Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, American
Republics, Volume V
List of Abbreviations
- ACSI, Assistant Chief
of Staff for Intelligence
- AD,
Acción Democratica (Democratic Action Party),
Venezuela
- ADU,
Acción Democratica Unitas (United Democratic Action),
Nicaraguan political group
- AEC, Atomic Energy
Commission
- AFCIN, Air Force
Intelligence
- AFL, American
Federation of Labor
- AFL-CIO, American
Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations
- AFP (A&FP),
American and Foreign Power Company
- ALCOA, Aluminum
Company of America
- ANDE,
Administración Nacional de Electricidad (National
Administration of Electricity), Uruguay
- AP, Associated
Press
- APRA,
Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (American
Popular Revolutionary Alliance), Peruvian political party
- ARA, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- ARA/REA, Office of
Inter-American Economic Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs,
Department of State
- ARMA, Army
Attaché
- ASW, anti-submarine
warfare
- AV, Aviation Division,
Department of State
- BAR, Browning
Automatic Rifle
- BMEWS, Ballistic
Missile Early Warning System
- BNDE,
Banco Nacional do Desenvolvimento Economico (National
Bank for Economic Development), Brazil
- C, Counselor of the
Department of State
- CA, Central
America
- CA, circular
airgram
- CAB, Civil Aeronautics
Board
- CABEI, Central
American Bank for Economic Integration
- CADE,
Compañía Argentina de Electricidad (Electric Company
of Argentina)
- Cahto, seris
indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Herter while away from Washington
- CAIRC, Caribbean Air
Command
- CAP,
Corporación Argentina de Productores de Carnes
(Argentine Meat Producers Corporation)
- CARE, Cooperative for
American Remittances to Everywhere, until July 30, 1958; thereafter
Cooperative for American Relief to Everywhere
- CCC, Commodity Credit
Corporation, Department of Agriculture
- CFEP, Council on
Foreign Economic Policy
- CG, Commanding General;
Consulate General
- CGS,
Confederación General de Sindicatos (General
Confederation of Trade Unions), El Salvador
- CGT,
Confederación General del Trabajo (General
Confederation of Labor) Argentina
- CGTS,
Confederación General de Trabajadores Salvadorenos
(General Confederation of Salvadoran Workers)
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- CIVI,
Corpo Identification, Vigilancia, y Investigacion
(Identification, Vigilance, and Investigation Corps), Peru
- CINC, Commander in
Chief
- CINCARIB,
Commander in Chief, Caribbean
- CIO, Congress of
Industrial Organizations
- cirtel, circular
telegram
- CMA, Office of
Caribbean-Mexican Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of
State
- COAS, Council of the
Organization of American States
- COB,
Central Obrera Boliviana (Bolivian Labor Central,
Bolivian Workers Federation)
- COCOM, Coordinating
Committee of the Paris Consultatiove Group of Nations working to control
export of stategic goods to Communist countries
- Codel Nixon,
series indicator for telegrams concerning Vice Presidential delegation
travel
- COMIBOL (CMB),
Corporación Minera de Bolivia (Bolivian Mining
Corporation)
- COPEI,
Partido Social Cristiano Copei (Christian Socialist
Party), Venezuela
- CORFO,
Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (Production
Development Corporation), Chile
- CORPOSNA,
Corporación do Obras Sanitarias de Asuncion (Sanitary
Corporation of Asuncion), Paraguay
- CP, Cabinet
Paper
- CPN,
Coalición Patriotica Nacional (National Patriotic
Coalition), Panama
- Cr, cruzeiro,
Brazil
- CTAL,
Confederación de Trabajadores de America Latina
(Confederation of Latin American Workers)
- CTC,
Confederación de Trabajadores de Cuba (Confederation
of Cuban Workers)
- CTP,
Confederación de Trabajadores de Peru (Confederations
of Workers of Peru)
- D/USOM, Director,
United States Operations Mission
- DA, Department of the
Army; Defense Attaché
- DCM, Deputy Chief of
Mission
- DD, destroyer
- DE, destroyer
escort
- Depcirtel,
Department of State circular telegram
- Deptel, Department
of State telegram
- DLF, Development Loan
Fund
- DLM, Dominican
Liberation Movement
- DLP, Democratic Labor
Party, West Indies
- DOD, Department of
Defense
- DPA, Defense
Production Act
- Dulte, series
indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
- E, Assistant Secretary
of State for Economic Affairs; Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of
State
- ECLA, United Nations
Economic Council on Latin America
- ECP, Office of
Regional Economic Policy, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of
State
- ECU, Engineering
Construction Unit
- ED, Investment and
Economic Development Staff, Office of Financial and Development Policy,
Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
- EDT, Eastern Daylight
Time
- Emb, Embassy
- Embtel, Embassy
telegram
- EST, Office of East
Coast Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- EST/A, Officer in
Charge of Argentine Affairs, Office of East Coast Affairs, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- EST/B, Officer in
Charge of Brazilian Affairs, Office of East Coast Affairs, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- Exim (Eximbank),
Export-Import Bank of Washington
- FAO, Food and
Agricultural Organization, United Nations
- FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
- FCDA, Federal Civil
Defense Administration
- FCN, Friendship,
Commerce and Navigation (Treaty)
- FHA, Federal Housing
Administration
- FHLB, Federal Home
Loan Bank
- FLP, Federal Labor
Party, West Indies
- FM, Assistant Secretary
of the Army (Financial Management)
- FonOff, Foreign
Office
- FSB,
Falage Socialista de Bolivia (Socialist Falange Party
of Bolivia)
- FSO, Foreign Service
officer
- FY, Fiscal Year
- FYI, for your
information
- G, gourde (Haitian
monetary unit)
- G, Deputy Secretary of
State
- G–2, Army general staff
section dealing with intelligence at the divisional level or higher
- GAF, Guatemalan Air
Force
- GATT, General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GCR (GOCR),
Government of Costa Rica
- GNP, gross national
product
- GOA, Government of
Argentina
- GOB, Government of
Bolivia; Government of Brazil
- GOC, Government of
Chile; Government of Colombia; Government of Costa Rica
- GODR, Government of
the Dominican Republic
- GOES, Government of
El Salvador
- GOG, Government of
Guatemala
- GOH, Government of
Haiti; Government of Honduras
- GON, Government of
Nicaragua
- GOP, Government of
Panama; Government of Paraguay; Government of Peru
- GOV, Government of
Venezuela
- GSA, General Services
Administration
- H, Assistant Secretary
of State for Congressional Relations
- HEW, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare
- HOLC, Home Owner’s
Loan Corporation
- IA,
Inter-American
- IADB, Inter-American
Defense Board
- IACC, Inter-American
Cultural Convention
- IA-ECOSOC,
Inter-American Economic and Social Council
- IAPC, Inter-American
Peace Committee
- IBRD, International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- ICA, International
Cooperation Administration
- ICA/W, headquarters
of the International Cooperation Administration in Washington
- ICAITI,
Instituto Centroamericano de Investigación y Tecnologia
Industrial (Central American Research Institute for Industry and
Technology)
- ICE,
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (Costa Rican
Institute of Electricity)
- ICEM,
Intergovernmental Committee for European Migrants
- ICFTU, International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- ICJ, International
Court of Justice, The Hague
- IDA, International
Development Association
- IFC, International
Finance Corporation
- HAA, Institute of
Inter-American Affairs
- IMF, International
Monetary Fund
- IND,
Partido Independiente (Independent Party), Costa
Rica
- INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- INS, Immigration and
Naturalization Service
- IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
- IR,
Integración Republicana (Republican Integration),
Venezuelan political party
- IRCA, International
Railways of Central America
- ISA, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- ITC, International Tin
Council
- JBUSDC, Joint
Brazil–United States Defense Commission
- JBUSMC, Joint
Brazil–United States Military Commission
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
- JMUSDC, Joint
Mexico–United States Defense Commission
- L, Legal Adviser,
Department of State
- LA, Latin
America
- LAV,
Linea Aeropostal Venezolana, Venezuelan
airline
- LORAN, Long-Range
Navigational Aid
- M, Under Secretary of
State for Political Affairs
- MA, Military
Attaché
- MAAG, Military
Assistance Advisory Group
- MAP, Military
Assistance Program
- MC, Division of
Munitions Control, Department of State
- MDAP, Mutual Defense
Assistance Program
- MDN,
Movimiento Democratico Nacionalista (Nationalist
Democratic Movement), Guatemalan political party
- MDP,
Movimiento Democratico Peruano (Peruvian Democratic
Movement), Peruvian political party
- MFM, Meeting of
Foreign Ministers
- MID, Office of Middle
American Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of
State
- MNR,
Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (Nationalist
Revolutionary Movement), Bolivian political party
- MSA, Mutual Security
Assistance; Mutual Security Act; Mutual Security Agency
- MSF, minesweeper,
fleet
- MSP, Mutual Security
Program
- NAC, National Advisory
Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
- NACOIIA, National
Advisory Committee on Inter-American Affairs
- NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
- NCG, National Council
of Government, Uruguay
- NCWC, National
Catholic Welfare Conference
- 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
- OAP, Office of Central
American and Panamanian Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs,
Department of State
- OAP/N, Officer in
Charge of Nicaraguan Affairs, Office of Central American and Panamanian
Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- OAS, Organization of
American States
- OCB, Operations
Coordinating Board
- OCDM, Office of
Civilian and Defense Mobilization
- ODECA,
Organización de Estados Centroamericanos
(Organization of Central American States)
- OEA, Organización de
Estados Americanos (Organization of American States)
- OECD, Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OEEC, Organization of
European Economic Cooperation
- OFD, Office of
International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs,
Department of State
- OIC, Officer in
Charge
- OISP, Overseas
Internal Security Program
- OPA, Operation Pan
America
- OPAR(s), Operations
Program Approval Request(s), administrative form(s) used by the
International Cooperation Administration to request allocation(s) of local
currency resources
- ORIT,
Organización Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores
(Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers)
- OSA, Office of South
American Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of
State
- PA, purchase
authorization
- PAO, Public Affairs
officer
- PAR,
Partido Acción Revolucionaria (Revolutionary Action
Party), Guatemala
- PBOS, Planning Board
for Ocean Shipping (NATO)
- PCA,
Partido Comunista de Argentina (Communist Party of
Argentina)
- PCB,
Partido Comunista de Bolivia (Communist Party of
Bolivia)
- PCE, patrol
craft
- PCP,
Partido Comunista de Paraguay (Communist Party of
Paraguay); Partido Comunista Peruano (Communist Party
of Peru)
- PCV,
Partido Comunista Venezolano (Communist Party of
Venezuela)
- PEMEX, Petroleos
Mexicanos, S.A. (Mexican Petroleum Corporation)
- Petrobras,
Petroleo Brasileiro, S.A. (Brazilian Petroleum Corporation)
- PGT,
Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo (Guatemalan Labor
Party), Communist Party of Guatemala
- PLN,
Partido Liberación Nacional (National Liberation
Party), Costa Rica
- PMG, Postmaster
General
- POR,
Partido Obrero Revolucionario (Revolutionary Workers
Party), a Trotskyite faction of the Bolivian Communist Party
- PR,
Partido Revolucionario (Revolutionary Party),
Guatemala
- PRAM,
Partido Revolucionario Avril y Mayo (April and May
Revolutionary Party), El Salvador
- PRG,
Partido de la Revolución Guatemalteca (Party of the
Guatemalan Revolution)
- PRUD,
Partido Revolucionario de Unificación Democrática
(Revolutionary Party of Democratic Unification), El Salvador
- PSD,
Partido Social Democratico (Social Democratic Party),
Brazil
- PSD/ICA/W, Public
Safety Division, International Cooperation Administration, Washington
- PSP,
Partido Socialista Popular (Popular Socialist Party),
Cuban Communist Party
- PUN,
Partido Union Nacional (National Union Party), Costa
Rica
- REA, Office of
Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs,
Department of State
- RPA, Office of
Inter-American Regional Political Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs,
Department of State
- RPA/S, Office of
Inter-American Regional Political Affairs, Security and Military Assistance,
Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- S, Office of the
Secretary of State
- S/AE, Special
Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs
- SAMF,
Sindicato de Acción y Mejoramiento de los
Ferrocarrileros (Railwaymen’s Action and Improvement Union),
Guatemala
- SCA, Bureau of
Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
- SCIDA,
Servicio Cooperativo Interamericano de Agricultura
(Inter-American Co-operative Agricultural Service), United States
agricultural cooperation with Guatemala
- SCIPA,
Servicio Cooperativo Interamericano de Produccion de
Alimentos (Inter-American Cooperative Service for Food Production),
Peru
- SCISP,
Servicio Cooperativo Interamericano de Salud Publica
(Inter-American Cooperative Public Health Service)
- SEATO, Southeast
Asian Treaty Organization
- Secto, series
indicator for telegrams to the Department of State from the Secretary of
State or his delegation at international conferences
- SHAPE, Supreme
Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
- Sitrep, Situation
Report
- SOMISA,
Sociedad Mixta Siderurgia Argentina (Mixed Steel
Company of Argentina)
- S/P, Policy Planning
Staff, Department of
- State SS,
submarine
- Stat.,
United States Statutes at Large
- STICA,
Servicio Tecnico Interamericano Agricola
(Inter-American Technical Service for Agricultural Cooperation)
- SUMOC,
Superintendencia da Moeda e do Credito
(Superintendency of Money and Credit), Brazil
- TAC, Trade Agreement
Committee
- TC, technical
cooperation
- TCA, Technical
Cooperation Administration
- Tedul, series
indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
- TIAS, Treaties and
Other International Acts Series
- Tomur, series
indicator for telegrams concerning the Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs (Murphy)
- TPC, Trade Policy
Committee
- U, Office of the Under
Secretary of State
- U/MSC, Office of the
Deputy Coordinator for Mutual Security, Department of State
- UAR, United Arab
Republic
- UBD, Uruguayan
political party
- UCR,
Union Cívica Radical (Radical Civic Union),
Argentina
- UCRI,
Union Cívica Radical Intransigente (Intransigent
Radical Civic Union), Argentina
- UCRP,
Union Cívica Radical del Pueblo (People’s Radical
Civic Union), Argentina
- UDN,
Uniao Democratica Nacional (National Democratic
Union), Brazilian political party
- UFCO, United Fruit
Company
- UN, United
Nations
- UNEF, United Nations
Emergency Force
- UNESCO, United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UNGA, United Nations
General Assembly
- UNICEF, United
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
- UNO, Nicaraguan
Opposition Union
- UNTAA, United
Nations Technical Assistance Administration
- UP, United Press
- UPD, Democratic
Patriotic Union, Dominican exile organization
- URD,
Union Republicana Democratica (Republican Democratic
Union), Venezuelan political party
- USARCARIB,
United States Army, Caribbean
- USAF, United States
Air Force
- USC, United States
Code
- USDel, United States
Delegate (Delegation)
- USIA, United States
Information Agency
- USIB, United States
Intelligence Board
- USIS, United States
Information Service
- USMA, United States
Miltiary Attaché
- USMC, United Staes
Marine Corps
- USOM, United States
Operations Mission
- USSR, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
- UST,
United States Treaties and Other International
Agreements
- UTE,
Administración General de las Usinas Electrica y los
Telefonos del Estado (General Administration of State Electric
Power and Telephone Services), Uruguay
- VARIG,
S.A. Empresa de Viacao Aerea Riograndense, Brazilian
commercial airline
- W, Office of the Deputy
Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until July 30, 1958;
thereafter Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
- W/MSC, Office of the
Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination, Department of
State
- WFTU, World
Federation of Trade Workers
- WHO, World Health
Organzation
- WHO/PAHO, Pan
American Health Organization, World Health Organization
- WST, Office of West
Coast Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
- YPF,
Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales (National Petroleum
Company), Argentina
- YPFB,
Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Boliviano (Bolivian
National Petroleum Corporation)