Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • A, airgram
  • ACEP, Advisory Committee on Export Policy
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Committee
  • AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • B, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BDSA, Business and Defense Services Administration, Department of Commerce
  • BIP, Bureau of International Programs, Department of Commerce
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • BOB, Bureau of the Budget
  • Busec, series indicator for telegrams to the Mission to the European Communities from the Department of State
  • CA, circular airgram
  • CAP, Common Agricultural Policy
  • CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
  • Cedto, series indicator for telegrams from Paris to the Department of State relating to OECD matters
  • CG, circular airgram; Consultative Group
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group (CG)
  • COMIBOL, CMB, Corporacion Minera de Bolivia (Mining Corporation of Bolivia)
  • CP, Contracting Party or Parties
  • CSD, Commodities Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • CU, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
  • CY, calendar year
  • D, Democrat; Office of the Deputy Administrator, Agency for International Development
  • DAC, Development Assistance Committee
  • DAG, Development Assistance Group
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • DLF, Development Loan Fund
  • DM, D mark, Deutschemark
  • 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
  • Ecbus, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission to the European Communities to the Department of State
  • ECD, Economic Defense Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • ECONAD, Committee of Economic Advisers (NATO)
  • ECOSOC, United Nations Economic and Social Council
  • ECRB, Export Control Review Board
  • ED, Economic Development Division, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs
  • EE, East European; Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EEC, European Economic Community
  • EFTA, European Free Trade Association
  • EMA, European Monetary Agreement
  • E.O., Executive Order
  • EPC, European Political Community
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State; European
  • EXIM, Eximbank, Export-Import Bank
  • EXSEC, Executive Secretariat, Agency for International Development
  • FAC, Office of the Deputy Coordinator for Foreign Assistance, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
  • FAZ, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • 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
  • FODAG, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FRB, Federal Reserve Board
  • FRC, Federal Records Center (Washington National Records Center)
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FSD, Fuels Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • FSE, Fuels and Energy Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • FY, fiscal year
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • GA, United Nations General Assembly
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • GNP, gross national product
  • GOI, Government of Iran
  • GOJ, Government of Japan
  • G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
  • GRC, Government of the Republic of China
  • GSA, General Services Administration
  • HEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
  • HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
  • H.R., House of Representatives
  • H. Rept., House of Representatives Report
  • H. Res., House of Represenatives Resolution
  • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
  • IAIAS, Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences (Costa Rica)
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • ICAC, International Cotton Advisory Committee
  • ICFEP, Interdepartmental Committee of Under Secretaries on Foreign Economic Policy
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
  • IDD, International Development Decade
  • IDY, International Development Year
  • IL, International List (of embargoed goods)
  • ILO, International Labor Organization, United Nations
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
  • LA, Bureau for Latin America, Agency for International Development
  • LAS, long-range assistance strategy
  • LDC, less developed country
  • M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAP, military assistance program
  • MC, memorandum of conversation
  • MDC, Mutual Defense Control Staff, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • MFN, most favored nation
  • MITI, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan
  • MOD, Ministry of Defense
  • MSA, Mutual Security Assistance
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NESA, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development
  • NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • O, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
  • OAS, Organization of American States
  • OC, Office of Communications, Department of State; Operating Committee of the Advisory Committee on Export Policy (ACEP)
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • OCDM, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
  • OEP, Office of Emergency Planning
  • OES, Office of International Economic and Social Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • OFD, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • 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
  • OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • OR, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • OT, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • OTC, Organization for Trade Cooperation
  • P.L., Public Law
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations to the Department of State
  • R, Republican
  • RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • RAF, Royal Air Force
  • REA, Office of Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ResDel, resident delegation
  • RG, Record Group
  • RO, Regional Office
  • RPE, Office of Political-Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SEATO, Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
  • SONJ, Standard Oil of New Jersey
  • SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • S/P, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SUNFED, Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
  • SYG, United Nations Secretary-General
  • TA, Trade Agreements Division, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • TAC, Interdepartmental Committee on Trade Agreements
  • Tanto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States delegation to the GATT conference in Geneva to the Department of State
  • Toced, series indicator for telegrams to Paris from the Department of State relating to OECD matters
  • Topol, series indicator for telegrams to the Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations from the Department of State
  • Totan, series indicator for telegrams to the United States delegation to the GATT conference in Geneva from the Department of State
  • TPC, Trade Policy Committee
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • UNDA, United Nations Development Authority
  • UNDD, United Nations Development Decade
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNSC, United Nations Security Council
  • UNTA, United Nations Technical Assistance Program
  • USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
  • USDel, United States delegation
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • WHO, World Health Organization
  • WP, working party
  • WST, Office of West Coast Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State