List of Abbreviations

• AA, anti-aircraft
• ACEN, Assembly of Captive European Nations
• AF of L, American Federation of Labor
• a.i., ad interim
• AKEL, Anorthotikon Komma Ergazomenou Laou (Progressive Party of the Working People) (Cyprus)
• AMA, American Military Advisor
• AMAG, American Military Assistance Group; American Mission for Aid to Greece
• AMAS, American Military Assistance Staff
• ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• AT, anti-tank; Atlantic Treaty
• BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
• BIS, Bank of International Settlements
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• BP Baghdad Pact; International Business Practices Division, Office of International Trade and Resources, Department of State
• CA, circular airgram
• CAS, controlled American source
• CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
• CEMA, Council for Economic Mutual Assistance
• CFEP, Council on Foreign Economic Policy
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations
• CoCom, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group
• Contel, consulate telegram
• CP, Communist Party
• CPSU, Kommunisticheskaya Partia Sovetskogo Soyuza (Communist Party of the Soviet Union)
• CY, calendar year
• DA, Department of the Army; Soviet designation for long-range aviation
• DDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)
• Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
• Depcirctel, Department of State circular telegram
• Depintel, Department of State instruction telegram
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DFS, direct forces support
• DKEL, Dimokratikon Komma Ergazomenou Laou (Democratic Party of the Working People)
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DP, Democratic Party; Deutsche Partei (German Party); displaced person
• DRN, Division of Research for Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• DS, Department of State
• Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary Dulles to the Department of State
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• ECE, Economic Commission for Europe
• ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
• EDA, Eniaia Dimokratiki Aristera (United Democratic Left)
• EDC, European Defense Community
• EDST, Eastern Daylight Savings Time
• EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EOKA, Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (National Organization of Cyprus Fighters)
• EPEK, Ethniki Proodevtiki Enosis Kendrou (Progressive Union of the Center)
• EPON, Ethniki Panelliniki Organosis Neon (National Panhellenic Youth Organization)
• EPU, European Payments Union
• ERE, Ethniki Pizopastiti Enosis (National Radical Union)
• ES, Executive Session; Ellinikos Synagermos (Greek Rally)
• ESKE, Eniaion Syndikalistikon Kinima Ellados (United Labor Movement of Greece/United Syndicalist Movement)
• EUCOM, European Command
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Community
• EXIM, Export-Import Bank
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FE, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
• FN, Division of Financial Affairs, Department of State; Federation Nationale
• FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FP, Freedom Party
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State
• G–2, U.S. Army Intelligence Division, Intelligence section of the general staff of a large unit
• GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
• Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GC, General Committee
• GDR, German Democratic Republic
• GNA, Greek National Assembly
• GNP, gross national product
• GOE, Government of Eygpt
• GOG, Government of Greece; Government of Germany
• GOT, Government of Turkey
• GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs; Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs; Department of State
• H, Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• Icato, series indicator for ICA telegrams
• IDEA, Ieros Desmos Ellinon Andikommouniston (Sacred Bond of Greek Anticommunists); Ieros Desmos Ellinon Axiomatikon (Sacred Bond of Greek Officers)
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• ITR/TAD, Trade Agreements and Treaties Division, Office of International Trade and Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• JAMMAT, Joint American Military Mission for Aid to Turkey
• JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Advisory Group
• KKE, Kommounistikon Komma Ellados (Greek Communist Party)
• KVP, Kasernierte Volks Polizei (Garrisoned People’s Police)
• KYP, Kendriki Ypiresia Pliroforion (Greek Central Intelligence Service); Kypriaki Ypiresia Pliroforion (Cyprus Information Service)
• LDU, Liberal Democratic Union
• LS, Division of Language Services, Department of State
• MA, military attaché
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
• ME, Middle East
• MEDO, Middle East Defense Organization
• MEEOC, Middle East Emergency Oil Committee
• METO, Middle East Treaty Organization
• MI/6, United Kingdom Intelligence Service
• MID, series indicator for telegrams from the Military Attaché in Greece
• MOD, Ministry/Minister of Defense
• MSC, minesweeper, coastal
• MSI, minesweeper, inshore
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• MVD, Ministerstvo Vnutrennykh Del (Ministry of Internal Affairs) Soviet Union
• NAC, North Atlantic Council; National Advisory Council
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NBC, National Broadcasting Company
• NCO, non-commissioned officer
• NDGS, National Defense General Staff; Greek Supreme National Defense Council
• NE, Near East
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State; Nea Elliniki Aristera (New Greek Left)
• NEP, new economic policy
• 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
• NSCID, National Security Council Intelligence Directive
• O, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
• OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
• OIR, Office of Intelligence Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• ORM, Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
• OSP, offshore procurement
• OSS, Office of Strategic Services
• P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
• Paks, Pakistan
• P.L., public law
• PM, Prime Minister
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants (pipeline)
• Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
• PPF, Patriotic People’s Front (Hungary)
• R, Office of the Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State
• RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• reftel, reference telegram
• RFE, Radio Free Europe
• RHAF, Royal Hellenic Air Force
• RPP, Republican People’s Party (Turkey)
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Secretary of State
• SACEUR, Supreme Allied Command, Europe
• SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences to the Department of State
• SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Forces, Europe
• SOF, status of forces
• SYG, Secretary General
• TASS, Telegrafnye Agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
• TE, technical exchange; table of equipment
• TEA, National Defense Battalion, paramilitary force operating jointly with Greek National Army Reserve
• Tedul, series indicator for telegrams from the Deparment of State to Secretary Dulles
• tel, telegram
• TL, Turkish Lira
• TO & E, Table of Organization and Equipment
• Topol, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
• TOPRAK, Turkish Government Purchasing Agency for agricultural equipment and products
• Tousfo, series indicator for telegrams to the Foreign Operations Administration
• U/MSA, Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• U/OP, Operations Coordinator, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• UB, Urzad Bezpieczenstwa (Security Office)
• UN, United Nations
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Affairs, Department of State
• UP, United Press
• urtel, your telegram
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USARMA, U.S. Army Military Attaché
• USCGS, U.S. Coast Guard ship
• USCINCEUR, U.S. Army Commander in Chief, Europe
• USDel, United States Delegation
• USDOCOSOUTH, U.S. Documents Officer, Allied Forces, Southern Europe
• USDOCOSOUTHEAST, U.S. Documents Officer, Allied Forces, Southeastern Europe
• USEP, United States Escapee Program
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIBS, United States International Broadcasting Service
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USNMR, United States National Military Representative
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USOM/T, United States Operations Mission/Turkey
• USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations; United States Regional Organizations
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• VFC, Volunteer Freedom Corps
• VOA, Voice of America
• VOKSI, Russian All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries