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