Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • AA, anti-aircraft
  • ACEN, Assembly of Captive European Nations
  • ACSI, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence
  • AF of L, American Federation of Labor
  • AFN, Armed Forces Network
  • AFOIN, Air Force, Office of Intelligence
  • a.i., ad interim
  • AK, Armia Krajowa (Home Army), military arm of the Polish Government-in-Exile during World War II
  • AMA, American Military Adviser
  • AMAS, American Military Assistance Staff
  • ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • AT, anti-tank; Atlantic Treaty
  • AVH, Allam Vedelmi Hatosag (State Security Authority) (Hungary)
  • AWD, Allen W. Dulles
  • BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BIS, Bank of International Settlements
  • BK, Balli Kombetar (National Front), Albanian émigré political group
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • BP, International Business Practices Division, Office of International Trade and Resources, Department of State
  • CA, circular airgram
  • 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 Sovet-skogo 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
  • DISZ, Magyar Kommunista Ifjusagi Szovetseg (Hungarian Communist Youth League)
  • 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
  • Dulte, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary Dulles from 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
  • EDAC, Economic Defense Advisory Committee
  • 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
  • EPU, European Payments Union
  • 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
  • FDP, Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party)
  • 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, Grand National Assembly (Romanian)
  • GNP, gross national product
  • GOE, Government of Egypt
  • GOG, Government of Greece; Government of Germany
  • H, Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • HMG, Her (His) Majesty’s Government
  • HWP, Hungarian Workers Party
  • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • IBS, International Broadcasting Service
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • Icato, series indicator for telegrams originating with the International Cooperation Agency
  • 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
  • ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
  • ITR/TAD, Trade Agreements and Treaties Division, Office of International Trade and Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Advisory Group
  • KVP, Kasernierte Volkspolizei (Garrisoned People’s Police)
  • 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
  • MRC, Munich Radio Center, International Broadcasting Service
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • MVD, Ministerstvo Vnutrennykh Del (Ministry of Internal Affairs) (Soviet Union)
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council; National Advisory Council for International Monetary Affairs
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NBC, National Broadcasting Company
  • NCO, non-commissioned officer
  • NE, Near East
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • NEP, new economic policy
  • niact, night action; communications indicator requiring action or 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 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, Department of State
  • ORM, Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
  • OSP, offshore procurement
  • P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs; series indicator for telegrams from the Commander in Chief, United States Forces in Austria
  • PAP, Polish political party
  • P.L., public law
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
  • PPF, Patriotic Peoples’ Front (Hungary)
  • PRU, Public Relations Unit
  • PZPR, Polish United Workers’ Party
  • 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
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, 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
  • Tedul, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to Secretary Dulles
  • tel, telegram
  • TO&E, Table of Organization and Equipment
  • Topol, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
  • 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) (Poland)
  • 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
  • USAFE, United States Air Force, Europe
  • USAREUR, United States Army, Europe
  • USARMA, United States Army Military Attaché
  • USCGS, United States Coast Guard ship
  • USCINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USDOCOSOUTH, Documents Officer, Allied Forces, Southern Europe
  • USDOCOSOUTHEAST, Documents Officer, Allied Forces, Southeastern Europe
  • USEP, United States Escapee Program
  • 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
  • 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