Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Africa,
Volume XVIII
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