List of Abbreviations and Symbols

• AA, anti-aircraft
• AAA, anti-aircraft artillery
• AC&W, aircraft control and warning
• ADA, Americans for Democratic Action
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AFFE, Army Forces Far East
• AG, Adjutant General
• ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (the ANZUS Pact nations)
• AP, Associated Press
• ARC, Annual Review Committee
• ATF, fleet ocean tug
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• C, Counselor, Department of State
• CA, Office of Chinese Affairs, Department of State
• CAF, Chinese Air Force (Republic of China)
• CAMG, Office of Civil Affairs and Military Government, Department of the Army
• CAT, Civil Air Transport
• CCP, Chinese Communist Party
• CG AFFE/ARMYEIGHT, Commanding General, Army Forces Far East, Eighth Army
• CGUSARPAC, Commanding General, United States Army, Pacific
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist
• ChiNat, Chinese Nationalist
• 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
• CINCFE, Commander in Chief, Far East
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
• CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group of nations working to control export of strategic goods to Communist countries
• COMFORM DEFCOM, Commander, Formosa Defense Command
• COMSEVENTHFLT, Commander, Seventh Fleet
• COMTAIWAN DEFCOM (US), Commander, Taiwan Defense Command
• COMUS, Commander, United States Forces
• CP, command post
• CPPCC, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
• CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
• DA, Defense Agency; Department of the Army
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DFS, Direct Forces Support
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DRF, Division of Research for Far East, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State
• Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington; also used as series indicator for telegrams to Dulles from the head of the United States Delegation at an international conference
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EAS, Department of State Executive Agreement Series
• ECAFE, Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
• EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State
• Embdesp, Embassy despatch
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• 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
• FE/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FEAF, Far East Air Forces
• FEC, Far East Command
• FMC, Foreign Ministers Conference
• FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
• Fr, France
• FY, Fiscal Year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• GA, General Assembly
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GMT, Greenwich mean time
• GNP, gross national product
• GOI, Government of India
• GOP, Government of Pakistan
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• GVN, Government of Vietnam
• HICOM, High Commissioner
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government (United Kingdom)
• IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICBM, Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
• ICC, International Control Commission
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INS, Immigration and Naturalization Service
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• KMT, Kuomintang (Nationalist Party), Republic of China
• L, Legal Adviser, Department of State
• LST, landing ship, tank
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAC, Military Armistice Commission
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance
• MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
• ME, Middle East
• MND, Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)
• MSA, Mutual Security Assistance
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• MWDP, Mutual Weapons Development Program
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Niact, night action; communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
• NIC, National Indications Center
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NPC, National People’s Congress (People’s Republic of China)
• NSC, National Security Council
• NZ, New Zealand
• O, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• OFD, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Department of State
• OIR, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSP, offshore procurement
• P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
• PASEP, being passed separately
• PAO, Public Affairs Officer
• PCH&T, packing, crating, handling, and transportation
• PL, Public Law
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• POW, prisoner of war
• PRC, People’s Republic of China
• PSA, Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
• RCT, regimental combat team
• ROK, Republic of Korea
• S/MSA, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs
• S/P, Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SC, United Nations Security Council
• SCA, Administrator, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
• SCAP, Supreme Commander, Allied Powers
• SEA, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
• SUNFED, Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
• SYG, Secretary-General
• TDC, Taiwan Defense Command
• Tedul, 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
• TH, Theater
• TO&E, Table of Organization and Equipment
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• U/OP, Operations Coordinator, Department of State
• UK, United Kingdom
• UKG, Government of the United Kingdom
• UKHC, United Kingdom High Commissioner
• UN, United Nations
• UNC, United Nations Command
• UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
• UNTS, United Nations Treaty Series
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USARMA, United States Army Attaché
• USARMLO, United States Army Liaison Officer
• USARPAC, United States Army, Pacific
• USG, United States Government
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
• USTDC, United States Taiwan Defense Command
• USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
• VAdm, Vice Admiral
• VOA, Voice of America