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