List of Abbreviations

• AC & W, air communication and weather
• ACE, Allied Command Europe
• ACLI, Associazione Cristiana Lavoratori Italiani (Association of Italian Christian Workers)
• AEA, Atomic Energy Authority
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AFMED, Allied Forces Mediterranean
• AIRCENT, Allied Air Forces, Central Europe
• ALO, American Liaison Office; series indicator for telegrams from the American Liaison Office to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Amb, Ambassador
• AR, Annual Review
• ATAF, Allied Tactical Air Force
• b/d, barrels per day
• B/P, balance of payments
• BAOR, British Army on the Rhine
• BENELUX, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg
• BMEW, ballistic missile early warning
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
• BOQ, bachelor officers’ quarters
• BP, Baghdad Pact
• Busec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Mission to the European Communities, Brussels
• C, Office of the Counselor, Department of State
• CA, circular airgram
• Cahto, series indicator for telegrams to the Department of State from Secretary of State Herter while away from Washington
• CATAC, Commander Allied Tactical Forces
• CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System
• CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
• CEA, Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (Atomic Energy Commissariat)
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• CES, Conseil Economique et Social (Economic and Social Committee—OEEC); Conference on European Security
• CGT, Confédération Général du Travail (General Confederation of Labor)
• CHANCOM, Channel Command
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIG, Intergovernmental Committee on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area
• CINCAFMED, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Mediterranean
• CINCAIRCENT, Commander in Chief, Allied Air Forces, Central Europe
• CINCENT, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Central Europe
• CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
• CINCHAN, Commander in Chief, Channel Command
• CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
• CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
• CINCNORAD, Commander in Chief, North American Air Defense
• CINCONAD, Commander in Chief, Continental Air Defense
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCSOUTH, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe
• circinstr, circular instruction
• C-M, series indicator for North Atlantic Council memoranda
• COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Consultative Group, based in Paris, consisting of nations seeking to control the export of strategic goods to communist countries
• C of S, Chief of Staff
• Colux, series indicator for documents sent from the Representative to the European Economic Communities at Luxembourg to the Department of State
• CPC, Combined Policy Committee
• CRS, Campagnies Républicaines de Securité, French national security police
• CY, calendar year
• DAG, Development Assistance Group
• DAT, Défense aérienne du territoire (Territorial Air Defense)
• DC, Democrazia Cristiana (Christian Democratic Party)
• DE, Destroyer Escort
• Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DEW Line, Distant Early Warning Line
• DLF, Development Loan Fund
• DOD, Department of Defense
• Dulte, series indicator for telegrams sent to the Department of State by Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
• DS, defense support
• E, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
• Ecbus, series designator for telegrams to the Mission to the European Communities from the Department of State
• ECONAD, Committee of Economic Advisers to the North Atlantic Council
• EDC, European Defense Community
• EEC, European Economic Community
• EFTA, European Free Trade Area; European Free Trade Association
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• ENI, Ente Nazionale Idrocarbone (State Petroleum Agency)
• EPA, European Payments Agreement
• EPU, European Payments Union
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Community
• EX-IM, Export-Import Bank
• E/W, east/west
• FAA, Federal Aviation Administration
• FCDA, Federal Civil Defense Administration
• FedRep, Federal Republic of Germany
• FLN, Front de Libération Nationale (National Liberation Front)
• FM, Foreign Minister
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• ForMin, Foreign Minister
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FTA, Free Trade Association; Free Trade Area
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GA, General Assembly
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GAF, German Air Force
• GARIOA, Government and Relief in Occupied Areas
• GDR, German Democratic Republic
• GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• GFR, German Federal Republic
• GNP, gross national product
• GOF, Government of France; Government of Finland
• GOI, Government of Iceland; Government of Italy
• GOS, Government of Spain
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• HG, Head of Goverment
• HMG, His (Her) Majesty’s Government
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
• ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
• IEME, Instituto Español de Moneda Extranjera (Spanish Institute of Foreign Exchange)
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• IRBM, intermediate range ballistic missile
• IS, International Staff
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JEA(D), Joint Economic Affairs (Document)
• JIMCO, Joint Industrial Mobilization Committee
• JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Advisory Group
• KLM, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Aviation Company, KLM–Royal Dutch Airlines)
• KW, kilowatt
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• LDC, less developed country
• LOC, line of communication
• LS, Division of Language Services, Department of State
• Luxco, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Mission to the European Economic Communities at Luxembourg
• M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• MA, military assistance
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MB–1, missile-bomber
• MC, Military Committee
• MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
• MEDOC, Mediterranean Ocean; used by NATO to describe Western Mediterranean Area
• MFN, most favored nation
• Min, Minister
• MOD, Ministry of Defense
• MRBM, medium range ballistic missile
• MRP, Mouvement Républicain Populaire (Popular Republican Movement)
• MSI, Movimento Sociale Italiano (Italian Socialist Movement)
• MUIS, Movimento Unitario di Iniziativa Socialista (Unity Movement of Socialist Initiative)
• MWDP, Mutual Weapons Development Program
• NA, North Atlantic
• NAC, North Atlanic Council
• NADET,NATO Deterrent
• NARB,NATO Annual Review Board
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NEB, National Energy Board
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NOA, new obligational authority
• Noforn, no foreign nationals
• NORAD, North American Air Defense Command
• NSC, National Security Council
• OAS, Organization of American States
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• OCON, Office of Interministerial Commission for the Implementation of the Agreements Between Spain and the United States
• ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
• OEC, Organization for Economic Cooperation
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
• OSD/ISA, Office of the Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
• OSP, offshore procurement
• OT, overseas territory
• PCI, Partito Comunista Italiano (Italian Communist Party)
• PDI, Partito Democratico Italiano (Italian Democratic Party)
• PermRep, Permanent Representative
• PJBD, Permanent Joint Board on Defense
• P.L., Public Law
• PLI, Partito Liberale Italiana (Italian Liberal Party)
• PMP, Partito Monarchico Popolare (Popular Monarchist Party)
• PNM, Partito Nazionale Monarchico (National Monarchist Party)
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
• PPS, Policy Planning Staff
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• PR, Partito Radicale (Radical Party)
• PRI, Partito Repubblicano Italiano (Italian Republican Party)
• PSDI, Partito Social Democratico Italiano (Italian Social Democratic Party)
• PVC/MC, President’s visit to Canada/memorandum of conversation
• PX, post exchange
• QR, quantitative restriction
• R, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Intelligence
• R&D, research and development
• RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• RAF, Royal Air Force
• RCAF, Royal Canadian Air Force
• ref, reference
• refair, reference airgram
• reftel, reference telegram
• rep, representative
• ROK, Republic of Korea
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SACEUR, Supreme Allied Command, Europe
• SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
• Sage, Semi-Automatic Ground Environment
• SAM, surface-to-air missile
• SAMOS, Satellite-Missile Observation System
• SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
• SD–MICC, State–Defense Military Information Control Committee
• SEA, Southeast Asia
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Sec, Secretary
• SecDel/MC, Secretary of State’s delegation/memorandum of conversation
• SecGen, Secretary General
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams to the Department of State from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
• SG, Secretary General; Standing Group
• SGN, Standing Group, NATO
• SGRep, Secretary General’s Representative
• SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
• SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German Social Democratic Party)
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• STRIKEFORSOUTH, Strike Force South
• sq, squadron
• SUNFED, Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
• TC, technical cooperation
• telecon,, telephone conversation
• TNCD, Ten-Nation Committee on Disarmament
• Topol, series indicator from the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) while at internationa conferences
• U, Under Secretary of State
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNR, Union pour la Nouvelle République (Union for the New Republic)
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• US/MC, United States memorandum of conversation
• USA, United States Army
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USAFE, United States Air Force, Europe
• USCINCEUR, Commander in Chief,
• United States Forces, Europe
• USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
• USDel, United States Delegation
• USEC, United States Representative to the European Economic Communities at Luxembourg; series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Mission to the European Economic Communities
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USRO, Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
• W, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
• WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State
• WEU, Western European Union
• WG, working group
• WP, working party