Office of the Historian

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)