Office of the Historian

Abbreviations

  • A, airgram
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • AL, Aviation Liaison Division, Office of Aviation, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department or State
  • ASP, American Selling Price
  • AUTEC, Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation Center
  • AVE, ad valorem equivalent
  • B, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • BAOR, British military aircraft
  • BBC, British Broadcasting Company
  • BIC, Bureau of International Commerce, Department of Commerce
  • BIS, Bank for International Settlements
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • BOB, Bureau of the Budget
  • BOP, balance of payments
  • B/P, balance of payments
  • BST, British Standard Time
  • BUSEC, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Mission to European Regional Organizations
  • CA, circular airgram
  • CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
  • CAN, Office of Canadian Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • CAP, Common Agricultural Policy, refers to agricultural policies of the Common Market; series indicator for White House telegrams
  • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture
  • C/D, certificate of deposit
  • CDT, Central Daylight Time
  • CDU/CSU, Christian Democratic Union/Christian Socialist Union
  • CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
  • CET, Common External Tariff
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • COB, close of business
  • CP, Contracting Party (Parties); Cabinet Paper
  • CRU, Collective Reserve Unit
  • CST, Central Standard Time
  • CU, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
  • CXT, common external tariff
  • CY, calendar year
  • D, Office of the Deputy Administrator, Agency for International Development
  • DA, Discover America, Inc.
  • DAC, Development Assistance Committee
  • DAG, Development Assistance Group
  • DC, developing country
  • DEF, Department of Defense
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • EA, Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • EC, European Community
  • ECE, Economic Commission for Europe (UN)
  • EEC, European Economic Community
  • EFTA, European Free Trade Association
  • EMA, European Monetary Agreement
  • ENI, Ente Nazional Idrocarburi
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EXIM, Exim Bank, Eximbank, Export-Import Bank
  • FAC, Office of the Deputy Coordinator for Foreign Assistance, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • FCIA, Foreign Credit Insurance Association
  • FDIP, Foreign Direct Investment Program
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FN, International Finance Division, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FRB, Federal Reserve Board
  • FRC, Federal Records Center (Washington National Records Center)
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • GA, U.N. General Assembly
  • GAB, General Agreements to Borrow
  • GARIOA, Government Assistance and Relief in Occupied Areas
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • GNP, Gross National Product
  • GOF, Government of France
  • GOJ, Government of Japan
  • G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
  • H.R., House of Representatives Resolution
  • H. Rept., House of Representatives Report
  • IATA, International Air Transport Association
  • IBM, International Business Machines, Inc.
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICFEP, Interdepartmental Committee of Under Secretaries on Foreign Economic Policy
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
  • IET, Interest Equalization Tax
  • ILO, International Labor Organization
  • IMA, International Monetary Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IP, International Payments Division, Office of International Monetary Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • ITA, Independent Television Authority
  • J, Japan Desk, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
  • JEA, Joint Export Association, Department of Commerce
  • KR, Kennedy Round
  • LDA, lesser developed area
  • LDC, less developed country
  • M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • MDS, Moutant de Soutien
  • MFN, most favored nation
  • MITI, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
  • NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
  • NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NEEC, National Export Expansion Council
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NTB, national tariff barrier
  • OA, Office of Aviation, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
  • OEP, Office of Emergency Planning
  • OFDI, Office of Foreign Direct Investment, Department of Commerce
  • OFE, Office of International Finance and Economic Analysis, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • OIA, Office of International Affairs, Department of the Treasury
  • OIF, Office of International Finance, Department of the Treasury
  • OIN, Office of Industrial Nations, Department of the Treasury
  • OMA, Office of International Monetary Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • OR, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • OS, Office of the Secretary, Department of the Treasury
  • OT, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • OTC, Organization for Trade Cooperation
  • P.L., Public Law
  • POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
  • QR, quantitative restriction
  • RG, Record Group
  • RPE, Office of Atlantic Political and Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • RTS, revised tariff schedule
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • S. Rept., Senate Report
  • S. Res., Senate Resolution
  • SDR, Special Drawing Rights
  • septel, separate telegram
  • SIC, standard industrial classification
  • SIG, Special Interdepartmental Group
  • S/P, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • STR, Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
  • TA, Trade Agreements Division, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State; trade agreements
  • TAC, Interdepartmental Committee on Trade Agreements
  • TEA, Trade Expansion Act of 1962
  • TEACC, Trade Expansion Act Advisory Committee
  • TEC, Trade Executive Committee
  • tel, telegram
  • TNC, Trade Negotiations Committee
  • TSC, Trade Staff Committee
  • TSUS, Tariff Schedules of the United States
  • TT, Office of Transportation and Telecommunications, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • TUC, Trade Union Congress
  • TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
  • TWA, Trans World Airlines
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • USC, United States Code
  • USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
  • USDel, United States delegation
  • USEC, United States Mission to the European Community
  • USG, United States Government
  • USRO, United States Mission to European Regional Organizations
  • UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
  • USTR, United States Trade Representative
  • USTS, United States Travel Service
  • VCP, Voluntary Commerce Program
  • WP, working party