Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • AAA, anti-aircraft artillery
  • AC/S, Assistant Chief of Staff (Army)
  • ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States
  • ASD/ISA, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • CA, circular airgram
  • CCS, Combined Chiefs of Staff (U.S.–U.K.)
  • CEB, Combined Economic Board
  • CE/CI, counterespionage and counterintelligence
  • CG, Commanding General
  • CG, AFFE, Commanding General, American Forces in the Far East
  • CG, FEAF, Commanding General, Far Eastern Air Forces
  • CGUSAR/UNCEA, Commanding General, United States Army/U.N. Command, Eighth Army
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CIC, Counterintelligence Corps (U.S. Army)
  • CINCFE, Commander in Chief, Far East
  • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
  • CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, Pacific, Air Force
  • CINCREP, Commander in Chief, Pacific, Representative
  • CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
  • CINCUSARPAC, Commander in Chief, United States Army, Pacific
  • CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
  • COMFEAF, Commander, Far East Air Forces
  • COMNAVFE, Commander, Naval Forces, Far East
  • COMUS, Commander, U.S. Forces
  • CY, calendar year
  • DA, Department of the Army
  • Def, Department of Defense
  • DFS, Defense Forces Support
  • DMZ, DZ, Demilitarized Zone
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DRF, Division of Research for the Far East, Department of State
  • DS, Department of State
  • DTG, date-time-group (date and exact time on telegrams)
  • Dulte, series indicator for personal telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
  • ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration
  • ECM, electronic countermeasures
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FEC, Far East Command
  • FE/P, Officer in Charge of Public Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • Fr, French
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • GA, United Nations General Assembly
  • G–2, Army general staff section dealing with intelligence at the divisional level or higher
  • G–3, Army general staff section dealing with operations and training at the divisional level or higher
  • GROK, Government of the Republic of Korea
  • HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • JCP, Japanese Communist Party
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • KATUSA, Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army
  • KCAC, Korea Civil Assistance Command
  • KDST, Korean Daylight Savings Time
  • KLP, Korean Labor Party
  • KMAG, United States Military Advisory Group to the Republic of Korea
  • KNR, Korean National Railroad
  • KPA/CPV, North Korean People’s Army/Chinese People’s Volunteers
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LST, tank landing ship
  • L/UNA, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAC, Military Armistice Commission
  • MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
  • Memcons, Memoranda of Conversation
  • MIG, Russian-made fighter aircraft
  • MIT, military inspection teams
  • MND, Ministry of National Defense (Korea)
  • MSA, Mutual Security Agency/Act/ Assistance
  • msg, message
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • NA, National Assembly (Korea); Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • NA/K, Officer in Charge of Korean Affairs, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NNIT, Neutral Nations Inspection Teams
  • NNSC, Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
  • NOTAL, not needed by all addressees
  • NP, Nationalist Party (Korea)
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NZ, New Zealand
  • OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • OEC, Office of the Economic Coordinator
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • PA, project authorization
  • PAO, Public Affairs Officer
  • P.L., Public Law
  • POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
  • POLAD, Political Adviser
  • ref, reference
  • RG, Record Group
  • ROK, Republic of Korea
  • ROKA, Republic of Korea Army
  • ROKAF, Republic of Korea Air Force
  • ROKG, Republic of Korea Government
  • ROKN, Republic of Korea Navy
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • TDY, temporary duty
  • Tedul, series indicator for personal telegrams to Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
  • TF, Task Force
  • TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
  • TO and E, Table of Organizations and Estimates
  • Tofoa, series indicator for telegrams to the Foreign Operations Administration in Washington from its missions abroad
  • Toica, series indicator for telegrams to the International Cooperation [Page XIX] Administration in Washington from its missions abroad
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNC, United Nations Command
  • UNCMAC, United Nations Command, Military Armistice Commission
  • UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNKRA, United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USARPAC, United States Army, Pacific
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Z, indicator for Greenwich Mean Time