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AA, anti-aircraft

AAA, anti-aircraft artillery

AC&W, aircraft and warning

ACSP, Asian Collective Security Pact

AFP, Armed Forces of the Philippines

AFPFL, Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League

ALUSNA, United States Naval Attaché

Aneta, Algemeen Nieuws en Telegraaf Agentschan, a semi-official Dutch news agency

Antara, Indonesian news agency

ANZAM, Australia-New Zealand-and-Malaya

ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States

AOP, aerial observation

AP, Associated Press

AV/AVP, seaplane tender/small seaplane tender

BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State

BSM, British Services Mission (in Burma)

BURM, Burma, Burmese

BWPP, Burmese Workers’ and Peasant’s Party

C, Office of the Counselor of the Department of State

C/S, Chief of Staff

CA/CL, heavy cruiser/light cruiser

CAT, Civil Air Transport

CCAF, Chinese Communist Air Force

CERP, Comprehensive Economic Reporting Program

CEV MC, Churchill-Eden Visit, Memorandum of Conversation

CF, Conference File

CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers

Chi, Chinese

Chi Commie(s), Chinese Communist(s)

ChiNats, Chinese Nationalists

CHINCOM, China Committee, a permanent working group of the Paris Consultative Group of nations working to control export of strategic goods to Communist countries

CIA, Central Intelligence Agency

c.i.f., cost, insurance, and freight

CIGS, Chief of the Imperial General Staff

CINCFE, Commander in Chief, Far East

CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific

CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet

CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command

COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group of nations working to control export of strategic goods to Communist countries

commo, communication

COMNAVCOM, Commander, Naval Communications

COMNAVPHIL, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in the Philippines

COMPHILCOM, Commander, U.S. Forces in the Philippines

ConGen, Consul General

CPR, Chinese People’s Republic

CRIK, Civilian Relief in Korea

CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office (United Kingdom)

CVA, attack aircraft carrier

CVS/CVL/CVE, anti-submarine warfare support aircraft carrier/small aircraft carrier/escort aircraft carrier

DD/DDR/DDE, destroyer/radar picket destroyer/escort destroyer

del, delegation

Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram

Deptel, Department telegram

DI, Darul Islam (House of Islam), Indonesian political movement

DMS, Director of the Mutual Security Agency

DTG, Date Time Group

Dulte, primarily a series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while absent from Washington; also used as series indicator for telegrams to him from the head of the United States Delegation at an international conference

E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State

ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration

ECAFE, Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East

EDC, European Defense Community

EDCOR, Economic Developmant Corps (Philippines)

Embdes, Embassy despatch

Embtel, Embassy telegram

EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

Excon, designation for telegrams dealing with the export control program; export control

FA, field artillery

FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service

FCN, Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (treaty)

FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State

FEC, Far Eastern Commision

FE/P, Officer in Charge of Public Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State

FF, foreign forces (in Burma)

FIC, French Indochina

FOA, Foreign Operations Administration

FOA/W, headquarters of the Foreign Operations Administration in Washington

F.O.B., free on board

FonMin, Foreign Minister

FY, fiscal year

FPT, French political talks; series indicator for documentation related to discussions with René Mayer, Premier of France, at Washington, in March 1953

FYI, for your information

G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State

G–2, Army general staff section dealing with intelligence at the divisional or higher level

G–3, Army general staff section dealing with operations and training at the divisional or higher level

GA, General Assembly of the United Nations

GARIOA, Government and Relief in Occupied Areas

GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GOB, Government of Burma

GOC, Government of Ceylon

GOI, Government of India

GRS, general purpose rubber, synthetic

GOP, Government of Pakistan

GUB, Government of the Union of Burma

HICOM, High Commissioner

Hicomer, High Commissioner

HM, Her Majesty

HMB, Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (People’s Liberation Army), a military force affiliated with the Philippine Communist Party

HMG, Her Majesty’s Government

HON, series indicator for papers prepared in connection with the First Meeting, ANZUS Council, held at Honolulu, August 4–6, 1952

Huk, see HMB

IADB, Inter-American Defense Board

IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

IC, Indochina

IES, International Educational Exchange Service

IMF, International Monetary Fund

Indo, Indonesia

INS, International News Service

ISA, International Security Affairs (an office of the Department of Defense)

IVAG, a proposed International Volunteer Air Group

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

JSG, Joint Study Group (of the United Kingdom and the United States)

JSSC, Joint Strategic Survey Committee

JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Advisory Group

JUSMAGPHIL, Joint United States Military Advisory Group in the Philippines

KMT, Kuomintang (Nationalist Party), Republic of China

KNDO, Karen National Defense Organization (Burma)

KV, series indicator for papers prepared in connection with the visit of Sir John Kotelawala, Prime Minister of Ceylon, to Washington, December 6–8, 1954

L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State

L/E, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic Affairs, Department of State

L/FE, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State

L/UNA, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State

LOC, line of communication

LST(s), Tank Landing Ships

MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group

Masjumi, Madjelis Sjuro Muslim Indonesia (Council of Indonesian Moslem Association)

MATS, Military Air Transport Service

MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program

ME, Middle East

MEC, the proposed Middle East Command

MEDO, the proposed Middle East Defense Organization

Merdeka, Indonesian word for “freedom”; a newspaper published by the Indonesian Nationalist Party

MFN, most favored nation

MIG(s), Russian-made fighter aircraft

Mil Rep(s), Military Representative(s)

MIN, minute

MISC/RA, Miscellaneous, Regional Affairs

MMS, Metals and Minerals Staff, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State

MND, Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)

MPIWG, MP(IWG), Manila Pact Informal Working Group

MS, Mutual Security Agency

MSA, Mutual Security Act (of 1951); Mutual Security Agency; Mutual Security Assistance

msg, message

MSP, Mutual Security Program

MTL, series indicator for papers prepared in connection with bipartite and tripartite meetings of the Foreign Ministers of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States at London late in June 1952

Musta, series indicator for telegrams from the Mutual Security Agency in Washington to its missions abroad

mytel, my telegram

NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State

NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems

NAMFREL, National Movement for Free Elections (Philippines)

NAT, North Atlantic Treaty

Natl(s), (Chinese) Nationalist(s)

NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NCNA, New China News Agency, People’s Republic of China

NEC, National Economic Council (Philippines)

NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State

niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night

NIE, National Intelligence Estimate

NKVD, Soviet Secret Police

NNG, Netherlands New Guinea

Noforn, no foreign dissemination

NP, Nacionalista Party (Philippines)

NSC, National Security Council

NU, Nahdatul Ulama (association of orthodox Muslims)

NZ, New Zealand

OAS, Organization of American States

OCB, Operations Coordinating Board

ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization

OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation

O/FE, Office of Far Eastern Operations, Foreign Operations Administration

OIR, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State

OMP, Office of International Materials Policy, Department of State

P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State

Pac, Pacific

Partai Murba, Indonesian national Communist party

PERBEPSI, Persatuan Bekas Pedjuang Bersendjata Seluruh Indonesia (All-Indonesian Association of Former Arned Fighters)

PIR, Partai Peratuan Indonesia Raja (Greater Indonesian Union Party)

PNI, Partai Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian Nationalist Party)

PriMin, Prime Minister

POC, Peace Observation Commission

POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants

PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

PSA, Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State

PSA/E, Officer in charge of Economic Affairs, Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State

PSB, Psychological Strategy Board

PSI, Partai Sosialis Indonesia (Socialist Party of Indonesia)

PW, prisoner of war

R, Office of the Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State

RAF, Royal Air Force

RCT, regimental combat team

reftel, reference telegram

RFC, Reconstruction Finance Corporation

RI, Republic of Indonesia

ROK, Republic of Korea

ROTC, Reserve Officer Training Corps

RRI, Radio Republik Indonesia

RTAF, Royal Thai Air Force

RTC, Round Table Conference

S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

S/S, the Executive Secretariat of the Department of State

S/S-R, the Executive Secretariat, Policy Reports Staff, Department of State

SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

SCAP, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan

SCEM, series indicator for papers prepared in connection with bipartite and tripartite meetings of the Foreign Ministers of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States at Paris in late May 1952

SE, Special Estimate

SEA, Southeast Asia

SEAP, letters standing for “Southeast Asia Pact” were used as a series indicator for documents circulated in preparation for the Manila Conference

SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

Secto, series indicator for telegrams to the Department of State from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) in connection with international conferences

SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe

SM N, Staff Meetings Notes

S/MSA, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs

SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate

SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State

SOBSI, Sentral Organiasi Buruh Seluruh Indonesia (Central Organization of all Indonesian labor)

STEM, United States Special Technical and Economic Mission

SUNFED, proposed Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development

SVPN, Standard Vacuum Petroleum Mij

TA, technical assistance; trade agreement

TCA, Technical Cooperation Administration, Department of State

TCA/B, Technical Cooperation Administration, Burma

TCA/W, Technical Cooperation Administration, Washington

TCT, Truman-Churchill talks (series indicator for papers prepared in connection with the visit to the United States of Winston S. Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, January 5–19, 1952)

Tedul, primarily a series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Dulles while absent from Washington; also used as series indicator for telegrams from Dulles to the head of the United States Delegation at an international conference

TELAC, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Acheson during absences from Washington

T.H., Territory of Hawaii

TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series

Tomus, series indicator for telegrams to the Mutual Security Agency in Washington from its missions abroad

Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State or his delegation in connection with conferences of Foreign Ministers

U/MSA, Office of the Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs in the [Page XV] Office of the Under Secretary, Department of State

UNCI, United Nations Commission for Indonesia

UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State

U/OC, Office of the Operations Coordinator, Department of State

UK, United Kingdom

UKG, United Kingdom Government

UN, United Nations

UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

UNKRA, United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency

UP, United Press

urinfo, your information

urtel, your telegram

USA, United States Army

USAF, United States Air Force

US Del, United States Delegation

Usfoto, series indicator for telegrams and airgrams from the Foreign Operations Administration to missions abroad

USIA, United States Information Agency

USIS, United States Information Service

USMC, United States Marine Corps

USN, United States Navy

USOM, United States Operations Mission

USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations

USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements

USUN, U.S. Mission at the United Nations

VM, Viet Minh

VOA, Voice of America

VP, patrol plane squadron

WAM, series indicator for papers prepared in connection with the Wash ington ANZUS meeting of September 1953

WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State

Weeka, weekly, interagency, summary analysis from the United States diplomatic missions

WG, Working Group

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, East Asia and the Pacific, Volume XII, Part 2

List of Abbreviations and Symbols