Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • A, airgram; Army
  • ACEP, Advisory Committee on Export Policy
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AF, Air Force
  • AG, Attorney General
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter–American Affairs, Department of State
  • ASM, air–to–surface missile
  • ASW, anti–submarine warfare
  • B–K, Bulganin–Khrushchev
  • BBC, British Broadcasting Company
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • BOB, Bureau of the Budget
  • BOMARC, Boeing–Michigan Aeronautical Test Center missile; U.S. Air Force surface–to–air delta winged area defense missile
  • BOT, Board of Trade (United Kingdom)
  • C, Office of the Counselor, Department of State
  • CA, circular airgram; Office of Chinese Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • CCSL, Consolidated China Special List
  • CE, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army
  • CEA, Council of Economic Advisors
  • CEP, circular error probable
  • CERN, Conseil europeenne pour la recherche nucleaire (European Council for Nuclear Research)
  • CFEP, Council on Foreign Economic Policy
  • CG, Consultative Group of nations, based in Paris working to control the export of strategic goods to Communist countries
  • ChiCom, Chinese Communist
  • CHINCOM, China Committee of the Paris Consultative Group
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
  • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
  • CINCONAD, Commander in Chief, Continental Air Defense Command
  • circ, circular
  • cirtel, circular telegram
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group
  • COMINFORM, Communist Information Bureau
  • CONAD, Continental Air Defense Command
  • CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • CS/E, Allied Forces Southern Europe
  • CVE, escort aircraft carrier
  • CW, chemical warhead; chemical warfare
  • CY, calendar year
  • D, member of the Democratic Party in the United States
  • del, delegate; delegation
  • Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Delegation at the U.S. Mission at the United Nations
  • Dento, series indicator for telegrams to the Denver White House
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DEW, distant early warning DFI, Division of Functional Intelligence, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • Dulte, series indicator for personal telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
  • E, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • ECD, Economic Defense Division, Office of International Trade and Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • ECM, electronic countermeasures
  • ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
  • ED, Investment and Development Staff, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • EDAC, Economic Defense Advisory Committee
  • EDC, European Defense Community
  • EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • ELINT, electronic intelligence
  • Emb, Embassy
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • E.O., Executive Order
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/RPM, Office of Atlantic Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Community
  • E–W, East–West
  • Excon, series indicator for telegrams dealing with the export control program
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FCDA, Federal Civil Defense Administration
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FE/P, Public Affairs Staff, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FRC, Federal Records Center
  • 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 U.S. Delegation at the U.N. General Assembly
  • GADel, U.S. Delegation at the U.N. General Assembly
  • GRC, Government of the Republic of China
  • H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • HB, heavy bomber; horizontal bomber
  • HE, high explosive
  • HEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
  • HCR, U.S. House of Representatives Concurrent Resolution
  • H. J.Res, U.S. House of Representatives Joint Resolution
  • I, Office of the Director, U.S. Information Agency
  • I/R, Public Information Staff, Office of the Director, U.S. Information Agency
  • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
  • IAE, Office of the Assistant Director (Europe), U.S. Information Agency
  • IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • IAF, Office of the Assistant Director (Far East), U.S. Information Agency
  • IAN, Office of the Assistant Director (Near East, South Asia and Africa), U.S. Information Agency
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • IBS, International Broadcasting Service, U.S. Information Agency
  • IC/DV, Import Certificate/Delivery Verification
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
  • ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
  • ICIS, Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security
  • ICS, Information Center Service, U.S. Information Agency
  • IIC, Interdepartmental Intelligence Conference
  • IL, International List
  • IMG, Information Media Guaranty Program
  • IMS, Motion Picture Service, U.S. Information Agency
  • INC, International Nickel Company
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IOC, initial operation capability
  • IOP, Office of Policy and Plans, U.S. Information Agency
  • IPS, International Press Service, U.S. Information Agency
  • IRBM, intermediate–range ballistic missile
  • IRD, International Resources Division, Office of International Trade and Resources, Department of State
  • IRI, Office of Research and Intelligence, U.S. Information Agency
  • ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • JCAE, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JSOP, Joint Strategic Objective Plan
  • JSSC, Joint Strategic Survey Committee
  • kgs, kilograms
  • KT, kilotons
  • KW, kilowatt
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LOFAR, low frequency acquisition and ranging
  • M, mass; missile
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance
  • MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
  • MEEC, Middle East Emergency Meeting
  • MIG, A.I. Mikoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich)
  • mil, military
  • MRC, Munich Radio Center
  • MSA, Mutual Security Act; Mutual Security Agency
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • mytel, my telegram
  • N, Navy; nuclear–powered ship
  • n.m., nautical mile
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NBC, National Broadcasting Company
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • NESC, Nuclear Engineering and Scientific Congress; Nuclear Electronics Systems Command
  • niact, night action, communication indicator requiring action by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NOA, new obligational authority
  • noforn, not releasable to foreign nationals
  • NPN, U.S.Information Agency internal news policy note
  • NSC, National Security Council; NATO Supply Center
  • NSCID, National Security Council Intelligence Directive
  • NTE, Navy Technical Evaluation; not to exceed
  • O, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
  • OAS, Organization of American States
  • 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
  • ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
  • ONI, Office of Naval Intelligence
  • OIR, Office of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • ORIT, Operational Readiness Inspection Test
  • P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
  • PAO, public affairs officer
  • PC, participating country
  • PCG, Planning Coordination Group, Operations Coordinating Board
  • PL, public law
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Permanent Representative at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State
  • PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • PRECO, Preparatory Commission for the first session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency
  • PWR, power reactor
  • QC, quantitative control
  • R, Office of the Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State
  • R and D, research and development
  • RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • ROK, Republic of Korea
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • S/AE, Office of the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Atomic Energy Affairs
  • S/IAE, Office of the Special Ambassador to the Negotiations for the Establishment of the International Atomic Energy Agency
  • S/MSA, Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs, Department of State
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–RO, Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
  • SAGE, semi–automatic ground environment system
  • SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams to the Department of State from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
  • SETAF, Southern European Task Force
  • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
  • SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany)
  • SSM, surface–to–surface missile battalion
  • SSR, Soviet Socialist Republic
  • TAC, Transit Authorization Certificate–Tactical Air Command
  • TCP, Technological Capabilities Panel
  • Tedul, series indicator for personal telegrams to Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
  • Topol, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the U.S. Permanent Representative at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
  • TS, Top Secret
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • U/MSA, Office of the Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs, Department of State
  • U/OP, Operations Coordinator, Department of State
  • UCEP, unit circular error probability
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
  • urtel, your telegram
  • USA, United States of America; United States Army
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIBS, United States International Broadcasting Service
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • Usito, series indicator for telegrams originating in USIA
  • USMC, United States Marine Corps
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • USRO, U.S. Delegation to European Regional Organizations; U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations; U.S. Permanent Representative to European Regional Organizations
  • USRO/ST, Office of Strategic Trade, U.S. Mission to European Regional Organizations
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • WEU, Western European Union
  • WPC, World Peace Council