List of Abbreviations and Symbols

Editor’s Note.—This list does not include standard abbreviations in common usage; unusual abbreviations of rare occurrence which are clarified at appropriate points; and those abbreviations and contractions which, although uncommon, are understandable from the context.

  • A-, airgram
  • Actel, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington
  • ActSec, Acting Secretary of State
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • agam (agram), airgram
  • agit-prop, agitation and propaganda section of a Communist party
  • AIOC, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
  • AL, Arab League
  • AL, Arab Legion (Transjordan)
  • AMAG, American Mission for Aid to Greece; also Amag, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission
  • Amb, Ambassador
  • Amcits, American citizens
  • AmEmb, American Embassy
  • AMINCO, American Independent Oil Company
  • ANE, Office of African and Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • AP, Associated Press
  • ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company
  • ArMish, American Military Mission with the Iranian Army
  • ASYG, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • BalCom, United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans (see also UNSCOB); also Balcom, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Representative on that Committee
  • BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BC, Division of British Commonwealth Affairs, Department of State
  • BMEO, British Middle East Office
  • BMM, British Military Mission
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
  • CC, Conciliation Commission (for Palestine)
  • CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers
  • CFP, designation for memoranda on combined forces planning
  • CFTC, Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (French Confederation of Christian Workers)
  • CGT, Confédération Générale du Travail (General Confederation of Labor in France)
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CIGS, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (British)
  • C-in-C, Commander in Chief
  • CINCME, Commander in Chief, Middle East
  • CINCMED, Commander in Chief, British Naval Forces in the Mediterranean
  • CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
  • CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • cirtel, circular telegram
  • Combal, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Representative on the United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans
  • Cominform, Communist Information Bureau
  • Comkas, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Representative on the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan
  • ConGen, Consulate General
  • Congram, Consulate airgram
  • Contel, Consulate telegram
  • COS, Chief(s) of Staff (British)
  • CP, Communist Party
  • CP, Division of Commercial Policy (after October 3, 1949, Commercial Policy Staff), Department of State
  • CPG, Communist Party of Greece
  • CPY, Communist Party of Yugoslavia
  • CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office (British)
  • CSGID, Ground Intelligence Division, General Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Army
  • DAB, Dhahran Airbase
  • DAF, Dhahran Airfield
  • DEF, Department of Defense
  • Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • Depair, Department of State airgram
  • Depcirgram, Department of State circular airgram
  • Depcirin, Department of State circular instruction
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Depinfotel, Department of State information telegram
  • Depintel, Department of State circular information telegram
  • Depreftel, Department of State reference telegram
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DG, Director General
  • DP, displaced person
  • DRN, Division of Research for Near East and Africa, Department of State
  • EAM, Ethnikon Apeleftherotikon Metopon (National Liberation Front), a resistance group controlled by the Communist Party of Greece
  • ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration
  • ED, Division of Investment and Economic Development (after October 3, 1949, Investment and Economic Development Staff), Department of State
  • EFFINDI, Economic and Financial Development Institute of the Near East
  • Embdes, Embassy dispatch
  • Embreftel, Embassy reference telegram
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • ERP, European Recovery Program
  • ESM, United Nations Economic Survey Mission
  • EUR, Office (after October 3, 1949, Bureau) of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Exim (Ex-Im Bank), Export-Import Bank of Washington
  • FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice
  • FBO, Division of Foreign Buildings Operations, Department of State
  • FN, Division of Financial Affairs, Department of State
  • FO, Foreign Office
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • For Sec, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (British)
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Deputy Under Secretary of State
  • GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
  • GAA, General Armistice Agreement
  • GADel, United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly; also Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation
  • Gama, series indicator for telegrams to the American Mission for Aid to Greece
  • GA Res, United Nations General Assembly Resolution
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GCA, ground control approach
  • GENMISH, United States Military Mission with the Iranian Gendarmerie
  • GGS, Greek General Staff
  • GNA, Greek National Army
  • GOI, Government of India
  • GOP, Government of Pakistan
  • GTI, Division (after October 3, 1949, Office) of Greek, Turkish and Iranian Affairs, Department of State
  • HICOM, High Commission(er) for Germany
  • HMG, His Majesty’s Government
  • HSO, Highest Staff Officer
  • IBI, Imperial Bank of Iran
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
  • ICS, Israeli Chief of Staff
  • ILO, International Labor Organization
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • IMRO, Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
  • infotel, information telegram
  • intel, circular information telegram
  • IPC, Iraq Petroleum Company
  • IRO, International Refugee Organization
  • ITO, International Trade Organization
  • IZL, Irgun Zvai Leumi
  • J and K, Jammu and Kashmir
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Jlem, Jerusalem
  • JUSMAPG, Joint United States Military Advisory and Planning Group
  • JUSSGSA, Joint United States Survey Group to Saudi Arabia
  • Kascom, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Representative on the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan
  • KKE, Kommounistikon Komma Ellados (Communist Party of Greece)
  • KOC, Kuwait Oil Company
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • L/P, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Political Affairs, Department of State
  • Legtel, Legation telegram
  • MA, Military Adviser (of the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan)
  • MA, Military Attaché
  • MAC, Mixed Armistice Commission
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • Martel, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Marshall while away from Washington
  • MD, Munitions Division, Department of State
  • ME, Middle East
  • Mid, series indicator for telegrams from the Military Attaché in Greece
  • MilAd, Military Adviser (of the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan)
  • MinFonAff, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
  • Mistel, Mission telegram
  • MP, Military Police
  • MR, map reference, involving a grid overprinted on maps to show location
  • MRP, Mouvement Républicain Populaire (French political party)
  • NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NAP, North Atlantic Pact
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NDC, National Defense Corps (Greek)
  • NE, Division of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State; or Near East
  • NEA, Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs (after October 3, 1949, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs), Department of State
  • NEDA, Near East Development Agency
  • NEDI, Near East Development Institute
  • NERWA, Near East Relief and Works Agency
  • NESDA, Near East Settlement and Development Authority
  • niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
  • NME, National Military Establishment
  • NOF, Narodnoosloboditelniot front (Macedonian National Liberation Front)
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • OCI, Overseas Consultants, Inc.
  • OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
  • OFLC, Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, Department of State
  • OIR/GE, Special Adviser on Geography, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State
  • PA, Plebiscite Administrator
  • Palun, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation on the Conciliation Commission for Palestine
  • PCC, Palestine Conciliation Commission (United Nations); also series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation on the Conciliation Commission for Palestine
  • PED, Petroleum Division (after October 3, 1949, Petroleum Policy Staff), Department of State
  • PG, Persian Gulf
  • PGI, Provisional Government of Israel
  • PL, Public Law
  • PlebAd, Plebiscite Administrator
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
  • PolComm, Political Committee
  • POW, Prisoner of War
  • PPS, designation for documents by the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • PriMin, Prime Minister
  • PWOC, Pacific Western Oil Company
  • RAF, Royal Air Force (British)
  • reDeptel, regarding Department of State telegram
  • reEmbair, regarding Embassy airgram
  • reEmbtel, regarding Embassy telegram
  • refagram, reference airgram
  • refDeptel, reference Department of State telegram
  • refLegtel, reference Legation telegram
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • reMistel, regarding Mission telegram
  • Repto, series indicator for telegrams from the Special Representative in Europe for the Economic Cooperation Administration
  • reurad, regarding your radio message
  • RFC, Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  • RHAF, Royal Hellenic Air Force
  • RWRA, Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (United Nations)
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • S/, designation for documents issued by the Security Council
  • S/CFA, Coordinator for Military Assistance Programs, in the Office of the Secretary of State
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SAG, Saudi Arabian Government
  • SANACC, State–Army–Navy–Air Force Coordinating Committee
  • SC, Security Council of the United Nations
  • SE, Division of Southern (after March 14, 1949, Southeast) European Affairs, Department of State
  • SOA, Division (after October 3, 1949, Office) of South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • SYG, Secretary-General
  • TA, trade agreement
  • Tapline, Trans-Arabian Pipeline Company
  • TC, Truce Commission (in Palestine)
  • TC, Trusteeship Council of the United Nations
  • Telac, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington
  • TJ, Transjordan
  • Telmar, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Marshall while away from Washington
  • Torep, series indicator for telegrams to the Special Representative in Europe for the Economic Cooperation Administration
  • TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
  • U, Under Secretary of State
  • U/FW, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Fisheries and Wildlife
  • UGTT, Union Générale des Travailleurs Tunisiens, a large Moslem Federation
  • UKG, United Kingdom Government
  • UNA, Office (after October 3, 1949, Bureau) of United Nations Affairs, Department of State
  • UNCIP, United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan
  • UND, Division (after October 3, 1949, Office) of Dependent Area Affairs, Department of State
  • UNE, Division (after October 3, 1949, Office) of United) Nations Economic and Social Affairs, Department of State
  • UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNICEF, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
  • UNP, Division of United Nations Political Affairs (after October 3, 1949, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs), Department of State
  • Unpal, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation on the Conciliation Commission for Palestine
  • UNPCC, United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission
  • UNRep, United Nations Representative
  • UNRPR, United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees
  • UNRRA, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
  • UNSCOB, United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans
  • UNSCOP, United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
  • UnSecy, Under Secretary of State
  • urdesp, your dispatch
  • urinfo, your information
  • urtel, your telegram
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USG, United States Government
  • USGADel, United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • USIE, United States Information and Educational Exchange Program
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USMC, United States Marine Corps
  • USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
  • USUNDel, United States Delegation at the United Nations
  • V-J day, the day of Japanses capitulation (September 2, 1945)
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • WAA, War Assets Administration
  • Weeka, weekly, inter-agency, summary analysis from United States diplomatic missions
  • WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions
  • WHO, World Health Organization