List of Abbreviations and Symbols
- AB, Aktiebolaget (company)
- ACEP, Advisory Committee on Export Policy
- ADC, Air Defense Command
- ADTC, Air Defense Technical Command; Allied Defense Tactical Communications
- AE, atomic energy
- AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
- AF, Air Force
- AFHQ, Allied Forces Headquarters
- AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations
- AFNE, Allied Forces Northern Europe
- AFOAT, Air Force Office of Atomic Energy
- AGIP, Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli (Italian General Petroleum Agency)
- ALN, Armée de la Libération Nationale (Army of National Liberation)
- Amb, Ambassador
- AOC–ADC, Air Officer Commanding, Canadian Air Defense Command
- ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- Aramco, Arabian American Oil Company
- ARS, Action Républicain et Sociale (French)
- ASEA, Allmanna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (German Swedish Electric Company)
- AWX, All weather aircraft interceptor (fighter plane)
- BADGE, Basic Air Defense Ground Environment
- BEM D, Bermuda Document
- Benelux, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
- BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- BOAC, British Overseas Airways Corporation
- BOMARC, Boeing-Michigan Aeronautical Center (area defense surface-to-air missile)
- BOT, Board of Trade; Board of Transport (NATO); balance of trade
- BP, Baghdad Pact
- B/P, balance of payments
- CA, circular airgram
- CADIZ, Canadian Air Defense Identification Zone
- CAGE, Combined Air Defense Ground Environment System
- CARE, Cooperative for American Remittances to Everywhere
- CD, Christian Democratic Party
- CDA, Combined Development Agency
- CDU, Christlich-Demokratische Union (Christian-Democratic Union); Coastal Defense Radar (for detecting U-boats)
- CE, Council of Europe; Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army
- CFEP, Council on Foreign Economic Policy
- CGIL, Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (Italian General Confederation of Labor)
- CGT, Confédération Générale du Travail (General Confederation of Labor)
- ChiCom, Chinese Communist
- CHINCOM, China Committee of the Paris Consultative Group
- CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
- CINCCHAN, Commander in Chief, Channel Command (NATO)
- CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
- CINCNE, Commander in Chief, Northeast Command
- CINCNORAD, Commander in Chief, North American Air Defense Command
- CINCNorth, Commander in Chief, North
- CINCONAD, Commander in Chief, Continental Air Defense Command
- CISL, Confederazione Italiana dei Sindicati Lavoro (Italian Confederation of Labor Unions)
- CL, light cruiser
- CLAA, anti-aircraft light cruiser
- COCOM, Coordinating Committee, a subordinate body of the Paris Consultative Group
- CODAR, Low frequency broad band acoustic radar
- Colux, series indicator for telegrams for the United States Mission to the European Coal and Steel Community
- COM, Chief of Mission
- COMISCO, Committee of the International Socialist Conference
- CP, Communist Party
- CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office
- CSC, Coal and Steel Community
- CSUSA, Chief of Staff, United States Army
- CT, country team
- CVL, small aircraft carrier
- CY, calendar year
- DA, Defense Attaché, Department of the Army
- DC, Democrazia Cristiana (Christian Democratic Party)
- DD, destroyer; Department of Defense
- DD/P, Office of Programs and Planning, International Cooperation Administration
- DDE, destroyer escort
- DE, destroyer escort
- DEFREPNAMA, series indicator for telegrams from the Defense Adviser to USRO and Naval and Military Attachés
- Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
- Dept, Department
- DEPTAR, Department of the Army
- Deptel, Department of State telegram
- DEW, Distant Early Warning
- DLF, Development Loan Fund
- DM, Deutschemark
- DOD, Department of Defense
- DOT, dependent overseas territory
- DRW, Division of Research for Western Europe, Department of State
- Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
- E, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Department of State; Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
- ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration
- ECAFE, Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
- ECE, Economic Commission for Europe
- EconAd, Economic Adviser
- EDC, European Defense Community
- EFTA, European Free Trade Area
- EM, European Movement; Emergency Movement
- Embtel, Embassy telegram
- EMH, falling mass hazard
- ENI, Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (National Hydrocarbon Trust)
- EOKA, Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (National Organization of Cyprus Fighters)
- EPA, European Productivity Authority
- EPU, European Payments Union
- ETW MC, Eden Talks Washington, Memorandum of Conversation
- EUCOM, European Command, United States Army
- EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Community
- EXIM Bank, Export-Import Bank
- FAP, Foreign Air Program
- FB, fighter bomber
- FDR, Freie Demokratische Republik (Free Democratic Republic)
- FE, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs; Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- FEC, Far Eastern Commission
- FedRep, Federal Republic of Germany
- FLN, (Algerian) National Liberation Front
- FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
- FonMin, Foreign Minister
- FonOff, Foreign Office
- FPC, Federal Power Commission
- FTA, Free Trade Association
- FY, financial or fiscal year
- FYI, for your information
- G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State
- GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
- GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GDR, German Democratic Republic
- GEORG, Gemeinschaftsorganisation (Community Organization)
- GER, Office of German Affairs, Department of State
- GFR, German Federal Republic
- GNP, gross national product
- GOS, Government of Spain
- GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State
- H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
- HA, High Authority
- HG, Head(s) of government
- HMG, Her (His) Majesty’s Government
- Hq, headquarters
- H.R., House Resolution
- IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
- IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- ICA(W), International Cooperation Administration (Washington)
- ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
- ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- IJC, International Joint Commission
- ILC, International Law Commission
- ILO, International Labor Organization
- IMF, International Monetary Fund
- INI, Instituto Nacional de Industria (National Institute of Industry)
- IPC, International Petroleum Corporation
- IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
- IRD, International Resources Division, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
- IRI, Instituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (Institute for Industrial Reconstruction)
- ISA/MDAP, International Security Affairs/Mutual Defense Assistance Program
- ITR, Office of International Trade and Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- JIMCO, Joint Industrial Mobilization Committee
- JMAAG, Joint Military Assistance Advisory Group
- JSC, Joint Service Chiefs
- JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Advisory Group
- loc, line of communication
- LOFAR, Low Frequency Acquisition and Ranging; Low Frequency Analysis and Recording
- Luxco, series indicator from telegrams to the European Coal and Steel Community
- M+30, Mobilization Day + 30
- MA, Military Attaché
- MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
- MAP, Military Assistance Program
- MB, missile bomber
- MC, Military Committee (NATO)
- MDA(P), Mutual Defense Assistance (Program)
- ME, Middle East
- MEDO, Middle East Defense Organization
- MEEC, Middle East Emergency Committee
- METO, Middle East Treaty Organization
- MFN, most favored nation
- MNA, Mouvement National Algérien (Algerian National Movement)
- MOD, Ministry of Defense
- MP, Member of Parliament
- MRP, Mouvement Républicain Populaire (Popular Republican Movement)
- MSA, Mutual Security Act, Mutual Security Assistance
- MSC, coastal mine sweeper
- MSI, Movimento Sociale Italiano (Italian Social Movement); inshore mine sweeper
- MSO, ocean mine sweeper
- MTW MC, Macmillan Talks Washington, Memorandum of Conversation
- MWDP, Mutual Weapons Development Program
- NA, Naval Attaché
- NA, North Africa
- NAC, North Atlantic Council; National Advisory Council
- NAMA, Naval Aeronautical Material Area
- NAMA, Naval Attaché–Military Attaché
- NAMC, North Atlantic Military Committee
- NAT, North Atlantic Treaty; North Atlantic Treaty Economic and Military Assistance Affairs, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
- NEACC, Near Eastern Arms Coordinating Committee
- Niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
- NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
- Nike, United States Army rocket propelled missile
- NIOC, National Iranian Oil Company
- NORAD, North American Air Defense Command
- Noforn, no foreign distribution
- NSC, National Security Council
- OAS, Organization of American States
- OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
- OCCF, Office Commun des Consommateurs de Ferraille (Common/Central Office of Consumers of Scrap Iron)
- ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
- OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
- OFD, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
- OIC, officer in charge
- OIR, Office of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
- OSP, offshore procurement
- OTC, Organization for Trade Cooperation
- PJBD, Permanent Joint Board on Defense
- P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
- PC, submarine chaser
- PCE, patrol escort
- PCF, Parti Communiste Française (Communist Party of France)
- PCI, Partito Communista Italiana (Italian Communist Party)
- PF, patrol frigate
- PL, public law
- PLI, Partito Liberale Italiana (Italian Liberal Party)
- PM, Prime Minister
- PNM, Partito Nazionale Monarchico (National Monarchist Party)
- POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
- PolAd, Political Adviser
- Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative at the North Atlantic Council
- PSDI, Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano (Social Democratic Party) (Italy)
- PSI, Partito Socialista Italiano (Italian Socialist Party)
- QR, quantitative restrictions
- RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State
- RAF, Royal Air Force
- reftel, reference telegram
- RF, reconnaissance fighter
- RGR, Rassemblement de la Gauche Républicaine (Assembly of the Republican Left) (France)
- RNAF, Royal Norwegian Air Force
- RPF, Rassemblement du Peuple Français (Rally of the French People)
- RRP, Refugee Relief Program
- S/AE, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs
- SAC, Strategic Air Command
- SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
- SACLANT, Supreme Allied Command, Atlantic
- SAGE, Semi-Automatic Ground Environment System
- SAS, Scandinavian Airways System
- SC, Security Council of the United Nations; submarine chaser
- SCUA, Suez Canal Users Association
- SDMICC, State–Defense Military Information Control Committee
- SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
- Secto, series indicator for telegrams to the Department of State from the [Page XV] Secretary of State (or his delegation) when at international conferences
- SETAF, Southern European Task Force
- SFIO, Société Française de l’Internationale Ouvrière (French Society of International Socialists)
- SG, Standing Group of the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Council
- SGN, Standing Group, NATO
- SHAFE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Forces, Europe
- SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
- SKDL, Suomen Kansan Demokriaaddinen Liiddo (Finnish Peoples Democratic League)
- SOF, status of forces
- SOSUS, sound surveillance system
- Sov, Soviet
- SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany)
- SRS/DDI, Special Research Staff, Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
- SS, submarine
- SUNFED, Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
- TA/CM, trade area/common market
- TE, technical exchange; table of equipment
- Tedul, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Dulles while he was away from Washington
- Todef, series indicator for telegrams to the Defense Advisor to the United States Representative to European Regional Organizations
- Toica, series indicator for telegrams to the International Cooperation Administration in Washington from its missions abroad
- Topol, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Permanent Representative at the North Atlantic Council
- Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
- U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
- UDSR, Union Démocratique et Socialiste de la Résistance (Democratic Socialist Resistance Union)
- UE, unit equipment
- UFF, Union et Fraternité Français (Union of French Brotherhood)
- UIL, Unione Italiana del Lavoro (Italian Union of Labor)
- UK(G), United Kingdom (Government)
- UN(O), United Nations (Organization)
- UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
- UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
- UNISCAN, United Kingdom and Scandinavia
- UNRRA, United Nations Relief and Reconstruction Agency
- UNTCOK, United Nations Temporary Commission on Korea
- UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
- UP, Unité Populaire (People’s Unity Party) (France)
- USA, United States Army
- USAF, United States Air Force
- USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
- USDel, United States Delegation
- USDel/MC, United States Delegation, Memorandum of Conversation
- USEA, United States European Agencies
- USIA, United States Information Agency
- USIS, United States Information Service
- USN, United States Navy
- USNMAR, United States National Military Representative
- USOM(/F), United States Operations Mission (in France)
- USRAF, Union pour le Salut et le Renouveau de l’Algérie française (Union for the Safety and Resurrection of French Algeria)
- USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
- USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
- WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- WEU, Western European Union
- WG, working group
- WPC, World Peace Conference