List of Abbreviations

• ACA, Allied Control Authority
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AGO, American Government officer (official)
• AHC, Allied High Commission
• AMAS, American Military Assistance Staff
• AMAY, American Military Assistance Staff, Yugoslavia
• Amb, Ambassador
• ARQ, Annual Review Questionnaire (NATO)
• BASC, Berlin Air Safety Center
• BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
• BdD, Bund der Deutschen (Federation of Germans)
• BHE, Bund der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten (League of Expellees and Disenfranchised)
• BIS, Bank for International Settlements
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
• B/P, balance of payments
• Br, British
• C, Counselor of the Department of State
• CA, circular airgram
• CDU, Christlich-Demokratische Union (Christian-Democratic Union)
• CG USAREUR, Commanding General, United States Army, Europe
• CG USFA, Commanding General, United States Forces, Austria
• Chanc, Chancellor
• ChiComs, Chinese Communists
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• cif, cost, insurance, freight
• CINCSOUTH, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe
• COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group of nations working to control strategic exports to Communist countries
• Cominform, Communist Information Bureau
• CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
• CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• CPY, Communist Party of Yugoslavia
• CSC, Coal and Steel Community
• CSU, Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union)
• DA, Department of the Army
• DDSG, Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft (Danube Shipping Company)
• del, delegation
• Depintel, Department instruction telegram
• Dept, Department
• DFS, direct forces support
• DMW, Deutschemark-West (West German Mark)
• DP, displaced person
• DRP, Deutsche Reichspartei (German Reich Party)
• DS, Diplomatic Service, Department of State
• Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
• DWG, Disarmament Working Group
• E, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EAD, Eastern Affairs Division
• ECE, Economic Commission for Europe
• ECOSOC, United Nations Economic and Social Council
• EDC, European Defense Community
• EE, Office of Eastern 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
• E-W, East-West
• Ex-Im, Export-Import Bank
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FCDA, Federal Civil Defense Authority
• FDP, Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party)
• FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FedRep, Federal Republic of Germany
• FM, Foreign Minister
• FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
• fob, free on board
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• ForMin, Foreign Minister
• FPM, Four-Power Meeting
• FPRY, Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia
• Fr, French
• FVP, Freie Volkspartei (Free People’s Party)
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GA, United Nations General Assembly
• GARIOA, Government and Relief in Occupied Areas
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GDR, German Democratic Republic
• GER, Office of German Affairs, Department of State
• Ger, German
• GerDel, German delegation
• GFR, German Federal Republic
• GNP, gross national product
• GOI, Government of Italy
• GPA, Office of German Political Affairs, Department of State
• HEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
• HICOG, High Commission(er) for Germany
• HICOM, High Commission(er)
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
• Icato, series indicator for telegrams from International Cooperation Administration missions
• ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
• IFEMA, International Fund for Equipment and Mutual Aid
• ILO, International Labor Organization
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• IZT, interzonal trade
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• KPD, Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Communist Party of Germany)
• KVP, Kasernierte Volkspolizei (Garrisoned People’s Police)
• LCY, League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Communist Party of Yugoslavia)
• L/GER, Assistant Legal Adviser for German Affairs, Department of State
• loc, line of communication
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MC, memorandum of conversation
• MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
• M-Day, mobilization day
• MFM/Doc, Meeting of Foreign Ministers, Document
• MFM/Doc/RD, Meeting of Foreign Ministers, Record of Decision
• MFN, most favored nation
• MIG, Mikoyan i Gurevich (acronym for Soviet aircraft designed by A. I. Mikoyan and M.I. Gurevich)
• mil, military
• MinInt, Minister of Interior
• Min, Minister
• MSA, Mutual Security Act; Mutual Security Agency
• MSI, minesweeper, inshore
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• MVD, Ministerstvo Vnutrennykh Del (Ministry of Internal Affairs)
• mytel, my telegram
• NAC, North Atlantic Council
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Niact, night action, telegram indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NRW, Nordrhein–Westfalen (North Rhine–Westphalia)
• NSC, National Security Council
• OAS, Organization of American States
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
• OSA, Ob’edinennye Shtaty Ameriki (United States of America)
• SD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSP, offshore procurement
• OTC, Organization of Trade Cooperation
• P, series indicator for telegrams from the Commander in Chief of the United States Forces in Austria
• PL, Public Law
• PermRep, Permanent Representative
• Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• POW (PW), prisoner of war
• PRU, public relations unit
• RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State
• reftel, reference telegram
• rep, representative
• RIAS, Rundfunk im Amerikanischen Sektor (Radio in the American Sector of Berlin)
• RRA, Refugee Relief Act of 1953
• S/AE, Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Matters
• 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
• SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
• SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
• SecGen, Secretary General
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation at Foreign Ministers, Heads of Government, and North Atlantic Council meetings
• SED, Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany)
• SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
• SOF, status of forces
• Sov, Soviet
• SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany)
• SX, series indicator for telegrams from the Commander in Chief, United States Army, Europe
• TE, technical exchange
• Tedul, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
• TO&E, table of organization and equipment
• Toden, series indicator for telegrams to the Denver White House
• Toget, series indicator for telegrams to President Eisenhower while at Gettysburg
• Toica, series indicator for telegrams to International Coooperation Administration missions
• Topol, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Tousfo, series indicator for telegrams to the Foreign Operations Administration
• UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UPI, United Press International
• USAF(E), United States Air Force (Europe)
• USAREUR, United States Army, Europe
• USARIT, United States Army, Italy
• US Ber, United States Mission at Berlin
• USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
• USCMB, United States Command, Berlin
• USCOB, United States Command, Berlin
• USDel, United States Delegation
• USEP, United States Escapee Program
• USAF, United States Forces Austria
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
• VOA, Voice of America
• Vopo, Volkspolizei (People’s Police)
• WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State
• WEU, Western European Union
• WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions
• WG, working group
• WHO, World Health Organization
• WPC, World Peace Council
• YAF, Yugoslav Air Force
• YNA, Yugoslav National Army
• ZI, zone of the interior