Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • AA, anti-aircraft
  • AAPC, All-African People’s Conference
  • AF, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs until August 20, 1958; thereafter Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AF/AFI, Office of Inter-African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • AFME, American Friends of the Middle East
  • AL, Arab League
  • ALN, Algerian Army of Liberation
  • ammo, ammunition
  • AOL, Army of Liberation
  • ASAF, Asia–Africa
  • ASD/ISA, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • ASRP, Arab Socialist Resurrectionist Party
  • ASW, anti-submarine warfare
  • AU, Arab Union
  • BG, B–G, Ben Gurion
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • BP, Baghdad Pact
  • C, Counselor of the Department of State
  • CARE, Committee for American Relief for Europe
  • ChiCom, Chinese Communist
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
  • CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, Eastern Atlantic, and Mediterranean
  • CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, United States Air Force Europe
  • COMSIXFLT, Commander, Sixth Fleet
  • CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
  • Contel, Consulate telegram
  • CP, Communist Party
  • DA, development assistance
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • del, delegation
  • Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the Delegation at the United General Assembly
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Dept, Department
  • Depreftel, Department of State reference telegram
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DLF, Development Loan Fund
  • DMZ, DZ, D/Z, demilitarized zone
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DP, displaced person
  • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • EARIS, Egyptian-American Rural Improvement Service
  • ED, Economic Development Division, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • ETA, estimated time of arrival
  • EUCOM, European Command
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/RPM, Office of Regional Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • FAO, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
  • FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
  • FedRep, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FLN, Fédération de Libération Nationale; Front de Libération Nationale
  • FMR/ISA, Foreign Military Rights Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • FN, International Finance Division, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister; Foreign Ministry
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FSO, Foreign Service officer
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • GA, United Nations General Assembly
  • GAA, General armistice agreement
  • Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • GADel, Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GNP, gross national product
  • GOE, Government of Egypt
  • GOF, Government of France
  • GOI, Government of Iraq; Government of Israel
  • GOJ, Government of Jordan
  • GOL, Government of Lebanon
  • GOM, Government of Morocco
  • GOS, Government of Spain; Government of Syria
  • GOT, Government of Tunisia; Government of Turkey
  • govt, government
  • GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • H, Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • HKJ, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • Icato, series indicator for telegrams from the International Cooperation Administration to its missions abroad
  • IDBI, International Development Bank for Israel
  • IDF, Israel Defense Force
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • I/S MAC, Israel/Syria Mixed Armistice Commission
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
  • LE, Egyptian pounds
  • L/EUR, Assistant Legal Adviser for European Affairs, Department of State
  • L/NEA, Assistant Legal Adviser for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • LS, Syrian pounds
  • L/SFP, Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional Problems, Department of State
  • M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • MAC, Mixed Armistice Commission
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • MATS, Military Air Transport Service
  • MC, memorandum of conversation; Office of Munitions Control, Department of State
  • MCM, metric cubic meter
  • ME, Middle East
  • mm, millimeter
  • MRP, Mouvement Républicain Populaire (Popular Republican Movement)
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NE, Near East; Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs as of August 20, 1958), Department of State
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, until August 20, 1958; thereafter Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • NEA/AF, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs as of August 20, 1958), Department of State
  • NEA/P, Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs as of August 20, 1958), Department of State
  • negots, negotiations
  • NESA/ISA, Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • Niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
  • Noforn, no foreign nationals
  • NR, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs as of August 20, 1958), Department of State
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • O, Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
  • OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • OCDM, Office of Civilian and Defense Mobilization
  • OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
  • OES, Office of International Economic and Social Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • OIA, Office of International Administration, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • ORM, Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OSP, off-shore procurement
  • ourtel, our telegram
  • PAG, Provisional Algerian Government
  • PCC, Palestine Conciliation Commission
  • PGAR, Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
  • P.L., Public Law
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the Office of the United States Permament Representative to the North Atlantic Council
  • PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • res, resolution
  • RMA, Royal Moroccan Army
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • S/P, Bureau of Policy Planning, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SA, Special Assistance
  • SAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SC, Security Council
  • SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • SecDel, Secretary of State’s delegation
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his delegation at international conferences to the Department of State
  • SPC, Special Political Committee
  • Stat., United States Statutes at Large
  • SYG, Secretary-General
  • TC, technical cooperation
  • TIAS, Treaties and Other International Agreements Series
  • Toica, series indicator for telegrams to the International Cooperation Administration from its missions abroad
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State or his delegation at international conferences
  • Tun, Tunisian
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UAR, United Arab Republic
  • UKDel, United Kingdom delegation
  • U/MSC, Deputy Coordinator of the Mutual Security Program, Department of State
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • UNICEF, United Nations International Children’s Fund
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees
  • UNSC, United Nations Security Council
  • UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
  • UNTSO, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine
  • UP, United Press
  • urtel, your telegram
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USCINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USG, United States Government
  • USGADel, United States General Assembly Delegation
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USMC, United States Marine Corps
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • USRep, United States Representative USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
  • USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • W, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • W/MSC, Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination, Department of State
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • WHO, World Health Organization