Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • AA, Armistice Agreement
  • AAA, anti-aircraft artillery
  • Admin, Administrative
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AFB, Air Force base
  • ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States
  • AP, Associated Press
  • ASD/ISA, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • ASW, anti-submarine warfare
  • C, Office of the Counselor, Department of State
  • CG EUSA, Commanding General, Eighth United States Army
  • ChiCom, Chinese Communist
  • CHPROVMAAG–K, Chief, Provisional Military Assistance Advisory Group, Korea
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CIC, Counter Intelligence Corps
  • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
  • CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
  • CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
  • CINCPACREP, Commander in Chief, Pacific, Representative
  • CINCREP, Commander in Chief, Representative
  • CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
  • CINCUSARPAC, Commander in Chief, United States Army, Pacific
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee for the control of exports of strategic goods to Communist countries
  • CNO, Chief Naval Operations
  • COMAFFIVE, Commander, Fifth Air Force
  • COMAFK, Commander, Air Force, Korea
  • COMUS/JAPAN, Commander, United States Forces, Japan
  • COMUS/KOREA, Commander, United States Forces, Korea
  • CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
  • C/S, Chief of Staff
  • CSUSA, Chief of Staff, United States Army
  • CSUSAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
  • CT, Country Team
  • CY, calendar year
  • DA, Department of the Army
  • DAF, Department of the Air Force
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • Def, Defense
  • Dept, Department
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DLF, Development Loan Fund
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DP, Democratic Party (Republic of Korea)
  • DS, Defense Support Assistance Program
  • DSP, Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)
  • DTG, date-time-group (date and exact time on telegrams)
  • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • EX-IM, Export-Import Bank
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FE/NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • FinMin, Finance Minister
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FSL, Foreign Service local employee
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • GAO, General Accounting Office
  • GARIOA, Government and Relief in Occupied Areas
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GBS, government budget support
  • GOJ, Government of Japan
  • govt, government
  • GRC, Government of the Republic of China
  • GRI, Government of the Ryukyu Islands
  • H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • HE, high explosive
  • HICOMRYIS, High Commissioner of the Ryukyu Islands
  • HOW BNS, howitzer battalions
  • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
  • ICA/W, International Cooperation Administration/Washington
  • ICBM, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
  • ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • 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, Department of State
  • IPI, International Press Institute
  • IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
  • ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • ISA/FE, Far Eastern Division of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • JASDF, Japanese Air Self-Defense Force
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JDA, Japanese Defense Agency
  • JFY, Japanese fiscal year
  • JSP, Japanese Socialist Party
  • KATCOM, Korean Augmentation Troops with the Commonwealth Contingent
  • KATUSA, Korean Augmentation Troops with the United States Army
  • KMD, Kyungmudae Presidential Palace in Seoul
  • KPA/CPV, North Korean People’s Army/Chinese People’s Volunteers
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • LA, Latin American
  • LDP, Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
  • LE/FE, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • LP, Liberal Party (Republic of Korea)
  • LST, tank landing ship
  • LVT, landing vehicle tracked
  • M, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAC, Military Armistice Commission
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • MG, military government
  • MinDef, Minister of Defense
  • miscel, miscellaneous
  • MITI, Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry
  • MND, Minister of National Defense (Republic of Korea)
  • MP, Military Police
  • msg, message
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NACC, Naval Auxiliary Communications Center
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NCO, non-commissioned officer
  • niact, night action, communications indicator requiring immediate action
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NIS, National Intelligence Survey
  • Noforn, no foreign distribution
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • OCDM, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
  • OEC, Office of Economic Coordinator (in Korea)
  • OEEC, Organization of European Economic Cooperation
  • OPI, Office of Public Information
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • PA, procurement acquisitions
  • Phil, Philippines
  • P.L., Public Law
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
  • POLAD, Political Adviser
  • PRC, People’s Republic of China
  • PriMin, Prime Minister
  • PROVMAAG–K, Provisional Military Assistance Advisory Group, Korea
  • ref, reference
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • Rep, representative
  • ROC, Republic of China
  • ROK, Republic of Korea
  • ROKA, Republic of Korea Army
  • ROKAF, Republic of Korea Air Force
  • ROKF, Republic of Korea Forces
  • ROKG, Republic of Korea Government
  • ROKN, Republic of Korea Navy
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SAM, surface to air missile
  • SDMICC, Joint State/Defense Military Information Control Committee
  • SEA, Southeast Asia
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his party to the Department of State
  • Secnog, series indicator for telegrams relating to the revision of the Security Treaty with Japan
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • SOF(A), Status of Forces (Agreement)
  • S/P, Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning; Policy Planning Staff
  • SPA, Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–RO, Reports and Operations Staff of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
  • tng ctrs, training centers
  • T/O, table of organization
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State or his party from the Department of State
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • U/MSC, Deputy Coordinator of Mutual Security in the Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNC, United Nations Command
  • UNCMAC, United Nations Command, Military Armistice Commission
  • UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • unn, unnumbered
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • UNSOF, United Nations Status of Forces
  • U/OP, Office of the Operations Coordinator in the Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UPI, United Press International
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USCAR, United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyus
  • USFJ, United States Forces in Japan
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIB, United States Intelligence Board
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USO, United Service Organizations
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • USPOLAD, United States Political Adviser
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
  • WHO, World Health Organization
  • W/MSC, Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs