Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AFS, Office of Middle and Southern African Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian and African Affairs, Department of State, through July 1958; thereafter in the Bureau of African Affairs
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • BOB, Bureau of the Budget
  • CA, circular airgram
  • CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
  • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture
  • CFEP, Council on Foreign Economic Policy
  • CFP, Compagnie Francaise des Petroles
  • CG, Consultative Group, based in Paris, consisting of nations working to control the export of strategic goods to Communist countries
  • ChiCom, Chinese Communists
  • CHINCOM, China Committee of the Paris Consultative Group (CG)
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CICT, Commission of International Commodity Trade of the United Nations
  • CMA, Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group (CG)
  • CP, Contracting Party (Parties); Cabinet Paper
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • DLF, Development Loan Fund
  • DM, D mark, Deutschemark
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles
  • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • ECAFE, United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
  • ECOSOC, United Nations Economic and Social Council; series indicator for telegrams from the United States delegation at meetings of the Economic and Social Council to the Department of State
  • EDAC, Economic Defense Advisory Committee
  • EEC, European Economic Community
  • EFTA, European Free Trade Association
  • ENI, Ente Nazional Idrocarburi
  • E.O., Executive Order
  • ETAP, Expanded Technical Assistance Program
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EURATOM, European Atomic Agency Community
  • EXIM, Exim Bank, Eximbank, Export-Import Bank
  • FAA, Federal Aviation Administration
  • FAC, Foreign Assests Control
  • FBC, Foreign Business Corporation
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FCDA, Federal Civil Defense Administration
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FN, International Finance Division, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • FRB, Federal Reserve Board
  • FSD, Fuels Division, Bureau of Economic Affairs
  • FY, fiscal year
  • GAO, General Accounting Office
  • GARIOA, Government and Relief in Occupied Areas
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GNP, gross national product
  • GOJ, Government of Japan
  • GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, through July 1958; thereafter in the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • GSA, Government Services Administration
  • H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
  • H.R., House of Representatives Resolution
  • H. Rept, House of Representatives Report
  • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • ICAC, International Cotton Advisory Committee
  • ICCICA, Interim Coordinating Committee for International Commodity Agreements
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missiles
  • ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • LA, Latin American
  • LDCs, less developed countries
  • L/E, Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MC, memorandum of conversation
  • MRBM, medium-range ballistic missiles
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems; North Atlantic Council
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • niact, night action
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NOA, New Obligational Authority
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • OCDM, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
  • ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
  • OFD, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • OISP, Overseas Internal Security Program
  • OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • OR, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • OT, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • OTC, Organization for Trade Cooperation
  • P.L., Public Law
  • POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
  • Polto, series indicator for telegram from the Office of the U.S. Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council
  • QRs, quantitative restrictions
  • RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • RAF, Royal Air Force
  • REA, Rural Electrification Administration
  • RG, Record Group
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • Secun, series indicator for telegrams from the Under Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences to the Department of State
  • Socec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the United States delegation to meetings of the Economic and Social Council
  • SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • SPA, Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • S. Rept., Senate Report
  • S. Res., Senate Resolution
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SUNFED, Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
  • TA, Trade Agreements Division, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State; trade agreements
  • TAC, Interdepartmental Committee on Trade Agreements
  • Tanto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States delegation to the GATT tariff negotiations conference in Geneva to the Department of State
  • tel, telegram
  • Totan, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the United States delegation to the GATT tariff negotiations conference in Geneva
  • TPC, Trade Policy Committee
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UAR, United Arab Republic
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNTA, United Nations Technical Assistance Program
  • US, United States
  • USA, United States Army
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USDel, United States delegation
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIB, United States Intelligence Board
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
  • VA, Veterans Administration
  • W, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs through June 30, 1958; thereafter Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • W/MSC, Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • WHO, United Nations World Health Organization