List of Abbreviations

• CG, Commanding General
• CGS, Chief, General Staff
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CID, Criminal Investigation Division
• CINCAMBRITFOR, Commander in Chief, American and British Forces
• CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
• CINCLANTFLT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet
• CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
• CINCSPECOMME, Commander in Chief, U.S. Specified Command, Middle East
• CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, United States Air Force, Europe
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• COMLANFOR, Commander, Joint American Land Forces
• COMSIXTHFLT, Commander, Sixth Fleet
• COMTAC, Commander, Tactical Air Command
• CONUS, Continental United States
• COS, Chief of Staff
• CT, country team
• DD, destroyers
• Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Delegations at the United Nations General Assembly; also used to refer to the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
• Deptel, Department telegram
• DLF, Develoment Loan Fund
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DRN, Division of Research and Analysis for Near East, South Asia, and Africa of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EDT, Eastern Daylight Time
• Embdesp, Embassy despatch
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• G–2, Army (or Marine) general staff section dealing with intelligence at the divisional level or higher
• G–3, Army general staff section dealing with operations and training at the divisional level or higher
• GA, General Assembly
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GNP, gross national product
• GOE, Government of Egypt
• GOI, Government of Iraq; Government of Israel
• GOL, Government of Lebanon
• GOT, Government of Turkey
• H, Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
• HIM, His Imperial Majesty
• HKJ, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• HMG, Her (His) Majesty’s Government
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IPC, Iraq Petroleum Company
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JD, Jordanian dinars
• JFY, Jordanian fiscal year
• L/UNA, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MATS, Military Air Transport Service
• ME, Middle East
• METO, Middle East Treaty Organization
• MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NE, Near East
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State; after August 20, 1958, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
• Niact, night action; telegram indicator requiring immediate action
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• Noforn, distribution indicator limiting distribution to U.S. citizens
• NR, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Regional Affairs, Department of State
• NSA, National Security Agency
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSP, off-shore procurement program
• P.L., Public Law
• PM, Prime Minister
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• PPS, Partie Populaire Syrien (Syrian National Party)
• PSP, Progressive Socialist Party (Lebanon)
• RAF, Royal Air Force
• SA, Saudi Arabia
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SACEUR, Strategic Air Command, Europe
• SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
• SC, United Nations Security Council
• SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SSNP, Syrian Social Nationalist Party (PPS)
• SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Tedul, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Dulles
• TO, Table of Organization
• TO and E, Table of Organization and Equipment
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
• TS, Top Secret
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UK, United Kingdom
• UKDel, United Kingdom Delegation
• UN, United Nations
• UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNOGIL, United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon
• UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
• UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization
• USA, United States Army
• USARMA, United States Army Attaché
• USC, United States Code
• USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
• USDel, United States Delegation
• USFY, United States fiscal year USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USNMR, United States National Military Representative to Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
• USOM, United States Operation Mission
• USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
• USS, United States Ship
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
• WH, White House
• W/MSC, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Mutual Security Coordination