Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • A, airgram
  • AA, anti-aircraft
  • ACSP, Arab Collective Security Pact
  • ACW, Ann C. Whitman
  • AFSC, American Friends Service Committee
  • AL, Arab League; Arab Legion
  • ALCSP, Arab League Collective Security Pact
  • ALO, series indicator for militarytelegrams
  • Am Emb, American Embassy
  • AMS, Agricultural Marketing Services, Department of Agriculture
  • AP, Associated Press; Atlantic Pact
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARAMCO, Arabian American Oil Company
  • ARMAIT, Army Attaché
  • ASRP, Arab Socialist Resurrectionist Party (Syria)
  • AWD,Allen W. Dulles
  • B/D, barrels of petroleum perday
  • BG,David Ben Gurion
  • BIS, Bank of International Settlements
  • BJSM, British Joint Services Mission; British Joint Staff Mission
  • BMEO, British Middle East Office
  • BNA, Office of British Common wealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • CA, circular airgram
  • CASU, Cooperative Association of Suez Canal Users
  • CCS, Combined Chiefs of Staff
  • CE, Council of Europe; Division of Central European Affairs, Department of State
  • CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCARIB, Commander in Chief, Caribbean
  • CINCFE, Commander in Chief, Far East
  • CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
  • CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
  • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
  • CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Force, Europe
  • CINCUSAREUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army, Europe
  • cirtel, circular telegram
  • comite, committee
  • ConGen, Consulate General
  • Contel, Consulate telegram
  • CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office
  • CSA, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
  • CSAFM, Chief of Staff, Air Force Memorandum
  • CSS, Commodity Stabilization Service, Department of Agriculture
  • CVA, attack aircraft carrier
  • CVS, anti-submarine warfare aircraft carrier
  • CZ, Canal Zone
  • DA, Development Assistance
  • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
  • DD, destroyer
  • DEFREPAMA, Defense Representative Army Attaché
  • del, delegation
  • Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • Dento, series indicator for telegrams sent from the Denver White House
  • Depcirgram, Department of State circular airgram
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Deptel, Department of Statetelegram
  • desp, despatch
  • DEW, Distant Early Warning
  • DirGen, Director General
  • DL, Demarcation Line
  • DRN, Division of Research for the Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Department of State
  • Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
  • DZ, Demilitarized Zone
  • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • EARIS, Egyptian-American Rural Improvement Service
  • ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration
  • E–I, Egyptian-Israeli
  • EIMAC, Egyptian-Israeli Mixed Armistice Commission
  • Embdesp, Embassy despatch
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • ES, Emergency Session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • ES–I, First Emergency Session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • ESS, Egyptian-Syrian-Saudi
  • ETW,Eden talks, Washington
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EX-IM; EXIM Bank,Export-Import Bank
  • FAF, French Air Force
  • FAO, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
  • FAS, Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FinAtt, Financial Attaché
  • FLO, Foreign Liaison Office
  • FN, Division of Financial Affairs, Department of State
  • FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister/Ministry
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FPSC, Foreign Petroleum Supply Committee
  • FSD, Division of Fuels, Department of State
  • FTC, Federal Trade Commission
  • FY, fiscal year
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State
  • G-2, U.S. Army (or Marine) generalstaff section dealing with intelligence at the division level or higher
  • GA, United Nations General Assembly
  • GAA, General Armistice Agreement
  • Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • GHQ, General Headquarters
  • GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
  • GOE, Government of Egypt
  • GOI, Government of Israel; Government of India
  • GOL, Government of Lebanon
  • GOS, Government of Syria
  • GSA, General Services Admnistration
  • H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • HICOM, High Commission(er)
  • HJK, Hashemite Jordanian Kingdom
  • HJK-IMAC, Jordanian-Israeli Mixed Armistice Commission
  • HKJ, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  • HMG, Her (His) Majesty’s Government
  • HQ, Headquarters
  • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • IC, Division of International Conferences, Department of State
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
  • ICA/W, International Cooperation Administration, Washington
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • IDAB, International Development Advisory Board
  • IDF, Israeli Defense Forces
  • IDF–FLO, Israeli Defense Forces-Foreign Liaison Office
  • I–E, Israeli-Egyptian
  • IEG, Imperial Ethiopian Government
  • IFC, International Finance Corporation
  • IG, Israeli Government
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IO/OES, Office of International Economic and Social Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IO/OIA, Office of International Administration, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IPC, Iraqi Petroleum Company
  • IRD, International Resources Division, Department of State
  • ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • ISMAC, Israeli-Syrian Mixed Armistice Commission
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Jlem, Jerusalem
  • JSPC, Joint Strategic Plans Committee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JSSC, Joint Strategic Survey Committee
  • JVP, Jordan Valley Plan; Jordan Valley Proposal
  • K, kilometer
  • kw, kilowatt
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • L/E, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • L/NEA, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • LE, Egyptian pounds
  • MA, Military Attaché
  • MAAC, Mutual Assistance Advisory Committee
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAC, Mixed Armistice Commission
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MATS, Military Air Transport Service
  • MC, memorandum of conversation; Officeof Munitions Control, Department of State
  • MCM, milliard cubic meters
  • MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance
  • MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
  • ME, Middle East
  • MEEC, Middle East Emergency Committe
  • MEPPG, Middle East Policy Planning Group
  • Min Def, Minister of Defense
  • MSA, Mutual Security Act; Mutual Security Agency; Mutual Security Assistance
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • MSTS, Military Sea Transport Service
  • mytel, my telegram
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council; National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NE, Near East; Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA, Near East and Africa; Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • NEACC, Near East Arms Coordinating Committee
  • Niact, Night Action, immediatereply
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • Noforn, no foreigndistribution
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NZ, New Zealand
  • O, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
  • OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
  • OFD, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • ORM, Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs, Department of State
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OSP, offshore orocurement
  • PAO, Public Affairs officer
  • PCC, Palestine Conciliation Commission
  • P.L., Public Law
  • PLG, Paris Liaison Group
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • POL, petroleum, oil, andlubricants
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council to the Department of State
  • PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State; Parti Populaire Syrien, Syrian National Party
  • Pri Min, Prime Minister
  • R, Office of the Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State
  • RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • RAF, Royal Air Force
  • RCC, Revolutionary Command Council of Egypt
  • RCT, Regimental Combat Team
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • Res, Resolution
  • RG, Record Group
  • RGT, Army Regimental Combat Team
  • RLG, Rome Liaison Group
  • RMA, reimbursable militaryassistance
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • S/PV, Security Council/Procès Verbaux
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–RO, Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SA, Saudi Arabia
  • SAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
  • SC, United Nations Security Council
  • SCUA, Suez Canal Users Association
  • SEA, Southeast Asia
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s delegation at Foreign Ministers meetings
  • SFIO,Société Française de l’Internationale Ouvrière
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • Socony, Standard Oil Company of New York
  • SPC, Special Political Committee of the U.N. General Assembly
  • SY, Division of Security, Department of State
  • SYG, Secretary-General
  • T/O & E, Table of Organization and Equipment
  • TAPLINE, Trans-Arabian Pipeline
  • TC, Truce Commission in Palestine; United Nations Trusteeship Council
  • Tedul, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
  • TIAS, Treaties and Other International Agreements
  • Toden, series indicator for telegrams sent to the Denver White House
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or the his delegation) in connection with international conferences
  • TSO, United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization
  • TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
  • TWA, Trans World Airlines
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • U/MSA, Office of the Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs, Department of State
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UKG, United Kingdom Government
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNA, Office of United Nations Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNMIS, United Nations Mission
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • UNRRA, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
  • UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees
  • UNSC, United Nations Security Council
  • UNSCOP, United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
  • UNSYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • UNTS, United Nations Truce Supervisor; United Nations Treaty Series
  • UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization
  • UP, United Press
  • urtel, your telegram
  • USA, United States Army
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USAREUR, United States Army, Europe
  • USARMA, United States Army Attaché
  • USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USG, United States Government
  • USGADel, United States Delegationat the United Nations General Assembly
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USLO, United States Liaison Office/Officer
  • USMC, United States Marine Corps
  • 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
  • USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
  • WE, Western Europe; Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • WFTU (WFTCU), World Federationof Trade Unions