Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • AA, Afro-Asian
  • AEDF, Asian Economic Development Fund
  • AJSS, Australian Joint Service Staff
  • ANL, Armée Nationale de Laos (Lao National Army)
  • ANZAM, Australia, New Zealand, Malaya
  • ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States
  • AP, Associated Press
  • ARK, Armée Royale Khmer (Royal Cambodian Army)
  • ARVN, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
  • BIS, Bank for International Settlements
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
  • C, Office of the Counselor of the Department of State
  • CCC, Committee to Combat Communist Subversion
  • CEE, Committee of Economic Experts
  • CFEP, Council on Foreign Economic Policy
  • CG, ANL, Commandant Général, Armée Nationale de Laos (Commanding General, Lao National Army)
  • ChiCom, Chinese Communist
  • CHMAAG, Chief, Military Advisory Assistance Group
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCFE, Commander in Chief, Far East
  • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
  • CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
  • COMFEAF, Commander, Far East Air Forces
  • ConGen, Consul General
  • CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
  • CPCC, Colombo Plan Coordinating Committee
  • CSE, Committee of Security Experts
  • CY, Calendar Year
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DFS, Defense Forces Support
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
  • Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
  • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • EA, Bureau of East Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • ECAFE, Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • ETA, estimated time of arrival
  • ETD, estimated time of departure
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • FARK, Forces Armées Royales Khmer (Royal Cambodian Armed Forces)
  • FAVN, Forces Armées de Vietnam (Armed Forces of Vietnam)
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
  • FCN, Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FE/SPA, Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FEC, Far East Command
  • FEC, French Expeditionary Corps
  • FHC, French High Commissioner (Vietnam)
  • FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FY, Fiscal Year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State; after 1955, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • G–2, Army General Staff section dealing with intelligence at the divisional level or higher
  • GARIOA, Government Assistance and Relief in Occupied Areas
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GOI, Government of India
  • GOP, Government of Pakistan
  • GRC, Government of the Republic of China
  • GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State
  • GVN, Government of Vietnam
  • HICOM, High Commissioner
  • HMG, Her (His) Majesty’s Government
  • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
  • IC, Indochina
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • ICC, International Control Commission
  • ICFEM, Interdepartmental Committee on Far East, Mobilization
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State.
  • IPU, International Parliamentary Union
  • ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, (International Security Affairs)
  • ISC, International Supervisory and Control Commission
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JOC, Joint Operations Center
  • JRBAN, Cambodian Police Unit
  • JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • KMT, Kuomintang
  • L, Office of the Legal Advisor, Department of State
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MATS, Military Air Transport Service
  • MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance
  • MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
  • METO, Middle East Treaty Organization
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • MSUG, Michigan State University Group
  • NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NCO, non-commissioned officer
  • NCSO, Naval Control of Shipping Organization
  • NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • NLG, National Lao Government
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NU, Nahdatul Ulama (Association of Orthodox Muslims)
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • ODM, Office Defense Mobilization
  • OEEC, Organization of European Economic Cooperation
  • OFD, Office of Finance and Development Policy, Department of State
  • OIR/DFR, Division of Research for Far East, Office of Intelligence Research, Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OSP, offshore procurement
  • PA, project authorization
  • PEO, Programs Evaluation Office
  • PL, Pathet Lao
  • PL/VM, Pathet Lao/Viet Minh
  • POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
  • POLAD, Political Adviser
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
  • PPA, project proposal and approval form (ICA)
  • PRO, Public Relations Officer
  • PSA, Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • PWG, Permanent Working Group (of SEATO)
  • RAAF, Royal Australian Air Force
  • RCT, Regimental Combat Team
  • RG, Royal Government (of Laos)
  • RKG, Royal Khmer Government
  • RLG, Royal Lao Government
  • RLT, Regimental Landing Team
  • ROK, Republic of Korea
  • RVN, Republic of Vietnam
  • S/MSA, Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs
  • SAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SCAP, Supreme Commander, Allied Powers
  • SDC, Self-Defense Corps
  • SEA, Southeast Asia
  • SEA, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • SEACDT, Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
  • SIDASP, Service interministerial de documentation et action sociale et politique (Interministerial Office of Documentation and Social and Political Action)
  • SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs
  • SSPP, Special Service for Political Propaganda
  • SUNFED, Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
  • SVN, South Vietnam
  • TACPS, Tactical Air Control Party Support
  • TCM, Technical Cooperation Mission
  • TDY, temporary duty
  • TERM, Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission
  • TO’s, tables of organization
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
  • TRIM, Training Relations Instruction Mission
  • U/OC, Operations Coordinator of the Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • U/PR, Protocol Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UKG, United Kingdom Government
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
  • UP, United Press
  • USA, United States Army
  • USARMA, United States Army Attaché
  • USARPAC, United States Army, Pacific Command
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USMC, United States Marine Corps
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • VM, Viet Minh
  • VN, Vietnamese
  • VNA, Vietnamese National Army
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State
  • WHO, World Health Organization
  • WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions
  • Wirom, series indicator for certain Department of State administrative telegrams