List of Abbreviations

• AF, Air Forces
• ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States
• AP, Associated Press
• ASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• CA, Office of Chinese Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• CAF, Chinese Air Force (Republic of China)
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
• CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
• CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
• CINCUSARPAC, Commander in Chief, United States Army, Pacific
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• COMTAIWANDEFCOM, Commander, United States Taiwan Defense Command
• COMUSKOREA, Commander, United States Forces, Korea
• COMUSTDC, Commander, United States Taiwan Defense Command
• CPR, People’s Republic of China
• C/S, Chief of Staff
• CSUSA, Chief of Staff, United States Army
• CSUSAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
• CT, Country Team
• CUSA, Council for United States Aid (Republic of China)
• CY, calendar year
• DA, Department of the Army
• DAF, Department of the Air Force
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• Def, Defense
• Dept, Department
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DLF, Development Loan Fund
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DS, Defense Support Assistance Program
• DTG, date-time group (date and exact time on telegrams)
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FSL, Foreign Service local employee
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• GAO, General Accounting Office
• GBS, government budget support
• GOJ, Government of Japan
• govt, government
• H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
• HE, high explosive
• How Bns, Howitzer Battalions
• IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• 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
• IPI, International Press Institute
• 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
• JCRR, Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction (Republic of China)
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• LA, Latin America
• LST, tank landing ship
• LVT, landing vehicle tracked
• M, Office of the 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
• MND, Ministry of National Defense
• msg, message
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• NACC, Naval Auxiliary Communications Center
• NCO, non-commissioned officer
• Niact, night action, requiring immediate reply
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NIS, National Intelligence Survey
• Noforn, No foreign distribution
• NSC, National Security Council
• OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• OCDM, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
• OEC, Office of the Economic Coordinator
• OPI, Office of Public Information
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
• P.L., Public Law
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• PRC, People’s Republic of China
• REAT, designation for documents from Secretary of State Dulles’ trip to Rome, England, Alaska, and Taiwan, October 1958
• ref, reference
• reftel, reference telegram
• Rep, Representative
• ROK, Republic of Korea
• ROKG, Republic of Korea Government
• rptd, repeated
• SAM, surface-to-air missile
• SDMICC, Joint State/Defense Military Information Control Committee
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his party to the Department of State
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOFA, Status of Forces Agreement
• S/P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning; Policy Planning Staff
• TDC, Taiwan Defense Command
• 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, 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
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• unn, unnumbered
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• 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
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USPOLAD, United States Political Adviser
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USTDC, United States Taiwan Defense Command
• W/MSC, Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs