List of Abbreviations

• AA, Administering Authority
• ABAKs, Alliance des Bakings
• ACLU, Arab Confederation of Labor Unions
• AC&W, Aircraft Control and Warning System
• ADCC, Air Defense Control Center
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AF, Office of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFN, Office of Northern Africa Affairs, Department of State
• AFS, Office of Southern Africa Affairs, Department of State
• AFIS, Amministrazione Fiduciaria Italiana della Somalia
• AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations
• AFP, Agence France Presse
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AmEmb, American Embassy
• ANC, African National Congress
• AOF, Afrique Occidentale Française
• ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• AvGas, Aviation Gas
• B.C.A. Fed, British Central African Federation
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
• BP, Baghdad Pact
• C, Counselor of the Department of State
• CA, Office of Chinese Affairs, Department of State; Constituent Assembly; circular airgram
• CARE, Cooperative for American Remittances to Everywhere
• CCTA, Consultative Committee for Technical Assistance in Africa
• CFEP, Council on Foreign Economic Policy
• CGT, Confédération Générale du Travail
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• C.I.D., Criminal Investigation Department
• CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, United States Forces, Europe
• CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
• CINCSOUTH, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe
• CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, United States, Air Force, Europe
• CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations
• cirtel, circular telegram
• Cominform, Communist Information Bureau
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• CO, Commanding Officer
• Comdr, Commander
• COMNAVACTS, Commander of Naval Activities
• ConGen, Consulate General
• CP, Communist Party
• CPAO, Chief Public Affairs Officer
• CPI, Communist Party of India
• CPP, Convention People’s Party (Gold Coast)
• CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office
• CRS, Compagnie républicaines de sécurité
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DEF/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• Delga, series indictor for telegrams from the United States delegation to the United Nations General Assembly
• Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• desp, despatch
• DFS, Direct Forces Support
• DLF, Development Loan Fund
• DNI, Director of Naval Intelligence
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOT’s, Dependent Overseas Territories
• DRN, Division of Research for the Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Department of State
• DS, Defense Support
• Dulte, series indicator for personal telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration
• ED, Economic Development Division, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EDAC, Economic Defense Advisory Committee
• EDC, European Defense Community
• EE, Ofice of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State
• Embdes, Embassy despatch
• Embdesp, Embassy despatch
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• ESS, Egypt, Saudi, Syria Pact
• E.S.T., Eastern Standard Time
• ETA, estimated time of arrival
• EUCOM, European Command
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State
• Euratom, European Atomic Energy Community
• EXIM, Export–Import Bank of Washington
• Eximbank, Export–Import Bank of Washington
• FAMA, Foundation for Mutual Assistance in Africa
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBO, Office of Foreign Buildings, Department of State
• FCN, Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation
• FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FEA, French Equatorial Africa
• FLN, Front de Libération Nationale
• FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
• FOA/W, Foreign Operations Administration/Washington
• FonMin, Foreign Minister, Ministry
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FonSec, Foreign Secretary
• FWA, French West Africa
• FY, Fiscal Year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State
• GA, United Nations General Assembly
• Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the United States delegation to the United Nations General Assembly
• GARIOA, Government and Relief in Occupied Areas
• GG, Governor General
• GOA, Government of Afghanistan
• GOC, Government of Ceylon
• GOF, Government of France
• GOI, Government of India
• GOI, Government of Italy
• GOL, Government of Liberia
• GOL, Government of Libya
• GOM, Government of Morocco
• GOP, Government of Pakistan
• GOT, Government of Tunisia
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• H, Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
• H. Con. Res., House of Representatives concurrent resolution
• HICOM, High Commission, Commissioner
• H.J. Res., House of Representatives Joint Resolution
• HM, His (Her) Majesty
• HMG, His (Her) Majesty’s Government
• HQ, Headquarters
• HVA, Helmand Valley Authority
• IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICA/W, International Cooperation Administration, Washington
• Icato, series indicator for telegrams from the International Cooperation Administration in Washington to the missions abroad
• ICFTU, International Confederaton of Free Trade Unions
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• ICS, Indian Civil Service
• ICU, Industrial and Commercial Workers Union
• IEG, Imperial Ethiopian Government
• IES, International Educational Exchange Service
• ILO, International Labor Organiztion
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• instr, instruction
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IPU, Inter-Parliamentary Union
• IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
• IRR, Institute of Race Relations
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• JAS, Joint Administration Service
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• K.C.M.G., Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• L/E, Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic Affairs, Department of State
• L/EUR, Assistant Legal Adviser for European Affairs, Department of State
• L/MSA, Assistant Legal Adviser for Mutual Security Affairs, Depatment of State
• L/SFP, Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional Problems, Department of State
• L/UNA, Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State
• LA, Latin America
• LAJAS, Libyan-American Joint Service
• LARC, Libyan-American Reconstruction Commission
• LPDSA, Libyan Public Development and Stabilization Agency
• MA, Military Attaché
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MATS, Military Air Transport Service
• MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance
• MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
• MDS, Mutual Defense Security (Act)
• ME, Middle East
• MEA, Ministry of External Affairs
• MEDO, Middle East Defense Organization
• memcon, memorandum of conversation
• MEP, Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Coalition, Ceylon
• MKA, Morrison–Knudsen Corporation, Afghanistan
• MNA, Mouvement National Algérien
• MS, Mutual Security
• MSA, Mutual Security Agency/Act/Agreement
• msg, message
• msn, mission
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• MTLD, Triumph of Democratic Liberties Party (Mouvement pour le Triomphe des Libertés Démocratiques)
• mytel, my telegram
• NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems; North Atlantic Council
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NCNC, National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons
• NE, Near East; Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/EX, Office of the Executive Director of the Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
• NESA, Office of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSGT’s, Non–Self–Governing Territories
• NUP, National Unionist Party
• NWC, National War College
• NWFP, North West Frontier Province of Pakistan
• NYT, New York Times
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• ODA, Office of Dependent Area Affairs, Department of State
• OFD, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• OIR, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSP, offshore procurement
• PAA, Pan American Airlines
• PAF, Pakistani Air Force
• Pak, Pakistan
• PAO, Public Affairs Officer
• PDP, Peoples Democratic Party
• PF, Pakistani Forces
• P.L., Public Law
• PM, Prime Minister
• POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
• PolAd, Political Adviser
• PRC, People’s Republic of China
• PSA, Office of Philippines and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
• PTP, Togolese Progress Party (Parti Togolais du progrès)
• PTT, post, telegraph, and telephone
• R, Office of the Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State
• RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State
• RCA, Radio Corporation of America
• RDA, Rassemblement Démocratique Africain
• REA, Office of Inter–American Regional Economic Affairs, Bureau of Inter–American Affairs, Department of State
• refdesp, reference despatch
• reftel, reference telegram
• RGA, Royal Government of Afghanistan
• RILU, Reformed Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union
• S/AE, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs
• S/MSA, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• S/S–RO, Reports and Operational Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SA, South Africa
• SABC, South African Broadcasting Corporation
• SABRA, South Arican Bureau for Racial Affairs
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
• SAS, Sections Administratives Specialisées
• SC, United Nations Security Council
• SEA, Southeast Asia
• SEATO, Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams to the Department of State from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
• SFIO, Section Française de l’Internationale Ouvrière
• SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• SOF, status of forces
• S.Res., Senate resolution
• SYG, United Nations Secretary–General
• SYL, Somali Youth League
• TA, technical assistance
• TAA, Tanganyikan African Association
• TAC, Tactical Air Command
• TANU, Tanganyika African National Union
• TC, Trusteeship Council; technical cooperation
• TCA, Technical Cooperation Administration
• TCM, Technical Cooperation Mission
• Tedul, series indicator for personal telegrams to Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
• TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
• Toica, series indicator for telegrams to the International Cooperation Administration in Washington from its missions abroad
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
• TS, Top Secret
• TUC, Trade Union Congress
• TWA, Trans World Airlines, Inc.
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• U/MSA, Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• UDMA, Union Démocratique du Manifeste Algérien
• UGTA, Union Générale des Travailleurs Algériens
• UK, United Kingdom
• UMT, Union Morocaine du Travail
• UN, United Nations
• UNCIP, United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNICEF, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
• unn, unnumbered
• UNO, United Nations Organization
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• UP, United Press
• UPC, Union des Populations Camerounaises
• UPNA, Uniao das Populacoes de Norte de Angola
• urtel, your telegram
• USA, United States Army
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USAFE, United States Air Force, Europe
• USBA, Union Syndical des Bases Americains
• USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
• USDel, United States Delegation
• USDelUN, United States Delegation to the United Nations
• Usfoto, series indicator for telegrams and airgrams from the Foreign Operations Administration to its missions abroad
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USLO, United States Liaison Office
• USN, United States Navy
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USOM/L, United States Operations Mission, London
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
• USTA, Union Syndicale des Travailleurs Algériens
• USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
• VOA, Voice of America
• VP, Vice President
• WAAC, West African Airways Corporation
• WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State
• Weeka, weekly interagency summary analysis from United States diplomatic missions
• WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions