List of Abbreviations
- Abako, Alliance des Ba-Kongo Party
- AC, Advisory Committee
- AF/AFN, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
- AF/AFW, Office of West Coast and Malian Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
- AFB, Air Force Base
- AFN, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
- AFP, Agence France Presse
- AID, Agency for International Development
- AIRA, Air Attache
- ALN, Armee de la Liberation Nationale; National Army of Liberation (Algeria)
- ANC, Armee Nationale Congalaise
- ARMA, Army Attache
- BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
- CAC, United Nations Advisory Committee on the Congo
- CARE–MEDICO, Cooperative for American Remittances to Everywhere-Medical International Cooperation
- CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
- CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
- CG, Consulate General
- CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
- CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Armed Forces, Atlantic
- CINCSAC, Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command
- CNA, Congo National Army
- COMAFELM, Commander, Air Force, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
- Conakat, Confederation des Associations Tribales du Katanga
- ConGen, Consulate General
- CONUS, Continental United States
- CSK, Comite Special du Katanga
- CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
- CY, calendar year
- DAC, Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
- DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
- Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
- Deptel, Department of State telegram
- DG, Director General
- DL, Development Loan
- DLF, Development Loan Fund
- DOD, Department of Defense
- ECA, Economic Commission for Africa
- ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
- EEC, European Economic Community (Common Market)
- Embtel, Embassy telegram
- EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- Eville, Elisabethville
- EximBank, Export-Import Bank
- FLN, Front de Liberation Nationale (Algeria)
- FonOff, Foreign Office
- FRC, Federal Records Center
- FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
- FY, fiscal year
- FYI, for your information
- GA, General Assembly (United Nations)
- GDR, German Democratic Republic
- GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
- GOA, Government of Algeria
- GOF, Government of France
- GOG, Government of Ghana; Government of Guinea
- GOK, Government of Katanga
- GOL, Government of Libya
- GOM, Government of Morocco
- GOP, Government of Portugal
- GOS, Government of Sudan
- GOT, Government of Tunisia
- GRN, Government of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
- GSA, Government of South Africa
- GSR, Government of the Somali Republic
- HIM, His Imperial Majesty
- HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
- HQs, headquarters
- IATA, International Air Transport Association
- IATSG, International Air Transport Study Group
- IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
- ICA, International Cooperation Administration
- ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
- ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- ICJ, International Court of Justice
- IEG, Imperial Ethiopian Government
- ILO, International Labor Organization
- IMF, International Monetary Fund
- INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- ITU, International Trade Union
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
- JTF, Joint Task Force
- KAF, Katangan Air Force
- Leo, Leopoldville
- MAP, Military Assistance Program
- MATS, Military Air Transport Service
- MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
- memcon, memorandum of conversation
- MiG, A.I. MIkoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich )
- MNA, Mouvement Nationaliste Algerienne
- MNC, Mouvement National Congolais
- MOD, Ministry of Defense
- NAC, North Atlantic Council
- NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NBC, National Broadcasting Company
- NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
- Noforn, no foreign dissemination
- NR, Northern Rhodesia
- NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
- NSC, National Security Council
- OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- OAU, Organization of African Unity
- OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- ONUC, Operation des Nations Unies au Congo
- OPLAN, operation plan
- OSD/ISA, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Bureau of International Security Affairs
- PAG, Provisional Algerian Government
- PAFMECA, Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa
- PGAR, Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
- PL, Public Law
- PM, Prime Minister
- PNP, Parti National du Progres
- POLAD, Political Adviser
- Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State
- PSA, Congolese political party
- RG, Record Group
- SA, South Africa
- SAC, Strategic Air Command
- SAG, South African Government
- SC, Security Council (United Nations)
- Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from the United States
- septel, separate telegram
- SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
- Sov, Soviet
- SR, Southern Rhodesia
- S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
- SWA, South West Africa
- SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
- Topol, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
- Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from Washington
- UAR, United Arab Republic
- UK, United Kingdom
- UM, Union Miniere
- UMHK, Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga
- UN, United Nations
- UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UNOC, United Nations Operations in the Congo
- UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
- UPI, United Press International
- UPU, Universal Postal Union
- USAF, United States Air Force
- USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
- USG, United States Government
- USIA, United States Information Agency
- USN, United States Navy
- USNAVEUR, United States Naval Forces, Europe
- USOM, United States Operations Mission
- USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
- VOA, Voice of America
- WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State