List of Abbreviations and Symbols, and Code Names
Editor’s Note—This list does not include standard abbreviations in common usage; unusual abbreviations of rare occurrence which are clarified at appropriate points; and those abbreviations and contractions which, although uncommon, are understandable from the context.
- AB, airborne
- Actel, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington
- AE, ammunitions ship
- afld, airfield
- AKL, light cargo ship
- AM, fleet minesweeper
- AmEmb, American Embassy
- ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (the ANZUS Pact Nations)
- AO, oiler (vessel)
- AOB, air order of battle
- AP, Associated Press
- AR, repair ship
- ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- ARL, landing craft repair ship
- ASAP, as soon as possible
- bn, battalion
- BW, bacteriological warfare
- C, Counselor of the Department of State
- CAFIC, Communist Air Force in China
- CAMG (CA/MG), Office of Civil Affairs and Military Government, Department of the Army
- cav, cavalry
- CCAF, Chinese Communist Air Force
- CCF, Chinese Communist Forces
- CFI, Custodial Forces of India
- CEB, Combined Economic Board
- CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers
- CGAFFE, Commanding General, American Forces in the Far East
- CGArEight, Commanding General, Eighth Army
- CGEUSAK, Commanding General, Eighth United States Army in Korea
- CGKCOMZ, Commanding General, Korean Communications Zone
- ChiComs, Chinese Communists
- CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
- CIC, Counter Intelligence Corps
- CI & E, Counter Intelligence and Espionage
- CINCFE, Commander in Chief, Far East
- CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
- CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
- CINCUNC-Adv, the headquarters of the UNC negotiating team at Panmunjom, located at Munsan-ni near Panmunjom
- CIs, civilian internees
- CMC, Collective Measures Committee, United Nations
- CNA, Chinese Nationalist Army
- COFS, Chief of Staff
- COMFEAF, Commander, Far East Air Forces
- COMNAVFE, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in the Far East
- COMSAC, Commander, U.S. Strategic Air Command
- CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
- CPV, Chinese People’s Volunteers
- CRIK, Civilian Relief in Korea
- C/S, Chief of Staff
- CSUSA, Chief of Staff, United States Army
- CW, chemical warfare
- DA, Department of the Army
- DD, destroyer
- DE, destroyer escort
- Def, Department of Defense
- Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
- DEPTAR, Department of the Army
- Deptel, Department of State telegram
- DIP, military series indicator for diplomatic traffic
- DNP, Democratic Nationalist Party (South Korea)
- DMS, Director of Mutual Security
- DOD, Department of Defense
- DPs, displaced persons
- DRF, Division of Research for the Far East, Department of State
- D/Z (DZ), Demilitarized Zone
- ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration
- EDC, European Defense Community
- EE, Office of East European Affairs, Department of State
- EM, enlisted man
- Embtel, Embassy telegram
- EST, Eastern Standard Time
- EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- EUSAK, Eighth United States Army in Korea
- Everready, plan covering eventualities of ROK domestic disturbances and non-cooperation with UNC
- FAO, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
- FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- FEC (FECOM), Far East Command
- FINAL, UNC plan for signing armistice
- FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
- FonMin, Foreign Minister
- FonOff, Foreign Office
- FY, fiscal year
- FYI, for your information
- G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State
- G–1, Army general staff section dealing with personnel at the division level or higher
- G–2, Army general staff section dealing with intelligence at the division level or higher
- G–3, Army general staff section dealing with operations and training at the division level or higher
- G–4, Army general staff section dealing with supply at the division level or higher
- GA, General Assembly, United Nations
- Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
- GHQ, general headquarters
- GOI, Government at India
- HICOG, High Commissioner for Germany
- HICOM, High Commissioner
- I, internal time
- IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
- IC, Indochina
- ICJ, International Court of Justice, United Nations
- ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
- IN, incoming
- INS, International News Service
- ISA, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- J–5, Office of Civil Operations, Far East Command of the UN Command
- JA UNC, Judge Advocate, United Nations Command
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- JOEWP, joint operation emergency war plan
- JSPC, Joint Subsidiary Plans Division of JCS
- KCAC, Korean Civil Assistance Command
- KCOMZ, Korean Communications Zone
- Kentel, series indicator and special channel for telegrams to or from Ambassador Kennan in Moscow
- KMAG, United States Military Advisory Group to the Republic of Korea
- KMT, Kuomintang (Nationalist Party), Republic of China
- KPA, Korean People’s Army
- L, Legal Adviser, Department of State
- L/E, Legal Adviser to the Bureau of Economic Affairs
- Little Switch, operation for repatriation of sick and wounded prisoners of war
- LOC, line of communication
- LSM, landing ship, medium
- LST, tank landing ship
- MAC, Military Armistice Commission
- MB, medium bomber
- MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance
- MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
- MEDO, Middle East Defense Organization
- MDT, Mutual Defense Treaty
- M/L, martial law
- MP, military police
- MLR, Main Line of Resistance
- MSA, Mutual Security Agency; Mutual Security Act (of 1951); Mutual Security Assistance
- MSP, Mutual Security Program
- mytel, my telegram
- NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
- NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
- NDC, National Defense Corps (ROK)
- niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
- NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
- NK, North Korea
- NKA, North Korean Army
- NKPA, North Korean People’s Army
- NNIT, Neutral Nations’ Inspection Teams
- NNRC, Neutral Nations’ Repatriation Commission
- NNSC, Neutral Nations’ Supervisory Commission
- NOTAL, not needed by all addressees
- NSC, National Security Council
- NSF, National Safety Forces (Japan)
- OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
- OCS, Office, Chief of Staff
- OFD, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Department of State
- OMP, Office of International Materials Policy, Department of State
- OPI, Office of Public Information (ROK)
- OSD, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense
- ourad, our radio (telegram)
- P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
- PC, Political Conference
- PCEC, escort amphibious control vessel
- PIO, Public Information Officer
- POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
- POWs, prisoners of war
- PM, Prime Minister
- PNG, persona non grata
- Pres US, the President of the United States
- PriMin, Prime Minister
- PSB, Psychological Strategy Board
- PSF, President’s Secretary’s File (Truman Papers, Truman Library)
- PsyWar, psychological warfare
- PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
- PW, prisoner of war
- RAAF, Royal Australian Air Force
- rad, radio (telegram)
- RCAF, Royal Canadian Air Force
- RCT, regimental combat team
- reftel, reference telegram
- reurad, re your radio (telegram)
- ROK, Republic of Korea
- ROKA, Republic of Korea Army
- ROKG, Republic of Korea Government
- ROKN, Republic of Korea Navy
- S, Office of the Secretary of State
- SC, Security Council of the United Nations
- SCATTER, screening plan for repatriation of prisoners of war
- SE, Special Estimate
- SEA, South East Asia
- SecDef, Secretary of Defense
- Secto, series indicator for telegrams to the Department of State from the Secretary of State
- sitrep, situation report
- SK, South Korea
- SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State
- S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
- SM, Secretary’s Meeting
- SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
- S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
- STU, short ton of tungsten
- Supr Com, supervisory commission
- SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Telac, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington
- telecon, telecommunications conference
- TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
- TO & E, Table of Organization and Equipment
- Tofoa, series indicator for telegrams to Foreign Operations Administration
- Topad, designation for telegraphic correspondence in either direction between the United States Political Adviser to the Supreme Commander for Allied Powers in Japan and the Department of State
- Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State
- TopSec, Top Secret
- TS, Top Secret
- UC, Unified Command
- UKHC, United Kingdom High Commissioner
- UNA, Bureau of United Nations Affairs, Department of State
- UNASYG, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General
- UNC, United Nations Command
- UNCACK, United Nations Civil Assistance Command, Korea
- UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
- UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
- UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
- UNPW, United Nations prisoner of war
- UNKRA, United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency
- urad, your radio (telegram)
- urtel, your telegram
- USAF, United States Air Force
- USIS, United States Information Service
- USMC, United States Marine Corps
- UST, United States Treaties and Other Agreements
- USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
- WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State
- WIROM, series indicator for certain Department of State administrative telegrams
- YO, fuel oil barge
- ZI, Zone of the Interior