List of Abbreviations

• A, Office of the Administrator, Agency for International Development; also airgram
• AA, Office of the Assistant Administrator, Agency for International Development
• ADP, Automated Data Processing
• ADCOR, subject indicator for telegrams concerning aid coordination
• ADELA, Atlantic Community Development Group for Latin America
• AFI, Office of Inter-African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFL, American Federation of Labor
• AFR, Bureau for Africa, Agency for International Development
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AID/W, Agency for International Development/Washington
• ASD, Assistant Secretary of Defense
• BC, Berlin Conference
• BDSA, Business and Defense Services Administration, Department of Commerce
• BIAC, Business and Industry Advisory Committee (OECD)
• 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 Department of State telegrams to the United States Mission to the European Community in Brussels
• CA, circular airgram
• CAS, controlled American source
• CBA, Office of Commercial Affairs and Business Activities, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
• CDF, Office of Capital Development and Finance, Bureau for Africa, Agency for International Development
• Cedto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Mission to European Regional Organizations in Paris to the Department of State
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIAP, Inter-American Committee of the Alliance for Progress
• CID, Center for Industrial Development (United Nations)
• CINC, Commander in Chief
• CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations
• COCOM, Coordinating Committee for Export Controls
• Comsec, secretary of commercial affairs (United States Foreign Service)
• COMZEUR, Communication Zone/Europe, United States Army
• CORDS, Civil Operations for Rural Development Support
• CY, calendar year
• D, Democrat
• DAA, Deputy Assistant Administrator
• DAC, Development Assistance Committee
• DC, developed or developing country
• Del, delegation
• Deptel, Department telegram
• DFPE, Office of Development Finance and Private Enterprise, Agency for International Development
• DIF, Development Investment Fund
• DL, Development Loan
• DLF, Development Loan Fund
• DNR, Daily News Record
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DREE, Department of Regional Economic Expansion (Canadian)
• DTEC, an agency for aid coordination (Thailand)
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EA, East Asian Affairs Section, Bureau of Far East Affairs, Department of State
• ECON, Economic Section
• ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council (United Nations)
• ECRB, Export Control Review Board
• EDF, European Development Fund
• EDO, Economic Defense Officer
• EEC, European Economic Community
• EFTA, European Free Trade Association
• EIB, European Investment Bank
• ELS, extra long staple cotton
• ENGR, Office of Engineering, Agency for International Development
• EPTA, Expanded Program of Technical Assistance
• ETA, estimated time of arrival
• EUCOM, European Command
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EWT, East-West Trade Division, Office of International Trade Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EXCON, subject code for telegrams dealing with export controls
• FAA, Foreign Assistance Act
• 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)
• FAS, Foreign Agricultural Service (Department of Agriculture)
• FD, Foodstuffs Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• Fodag, series indicator for telegrams to the United States representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
• FSO, Fund for Special Operations, Inter-American Development Bank
• FTD, Fibers and Textiles Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• FWA, Free World Aid Division, Office of Presidential Commissions, Department of State
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Department of State
• G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
• GAC, General Advisory Committee
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GCP, General Commercial Policy Division, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• GE, General Electric
• GNP, Gross National Product
• GOA, Government of Australia
• GOI, Government of India
• GOJ, Government of Japan
• GON, Government of the Netherlands; also Government of Norway
• GOS, Government of Sweden
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
• HCT, High Commission Territories
• HLM, high-level meeting
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
• IADB, Inter-American Development Bank
• IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
• IBM, International Business Machines (Incorporated)
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICAC, International Cotton Advisory Committee
• ICD, Office of International Commodities, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• ICSU, International Council of Scientific Unions
• ICVA, International Council of Voluntary Agencies
• ID, institutional development; also Office of Institutional Development, Bureau of African Affairs, Agency for International Development
• IDA, International Development Association
• IDB, Inter-American Development Bank
• IDTH, Industrial Development, Transportation and Housing Service, Agency for International Development
• IFC, International Finance Corporation
• IMCO, Intergovernment Maritime Consultative Organization of the United Nations
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• ISC, International Sugar Council
• ITP, Office of International Trade Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• IWA, International Wheat Agreement
• J, Office of Japanese Affairs, Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• KR, Kennedy Round
• LA, Latin America
• LDC, less developed country
• LT, long ton
• LTA, Long-Term Arrangement
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MdS, Montant de Soutien
• MFN, most favored nation
• MinAg, Minister of Agriculture
• MITI, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NATUS, series indicator for Department of State telegrams to the United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels
• NOA, New Obligation Authority
• NESA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Agency for International Development
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NTSC, National Television Systems Committee
• OAS, Organization of American States
• OAU, Organization of African Unity
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
• OEP, Office of Emergency Planning (White House)
• OR, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• OT, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• PC, Office of Program Coordination, Agency for International Development; Presidential Commission, Department of State; and Participating Country
• PI, Private Investment Division, Office of Development Finance and Private Enterprise, Agency for International Development
• PL, Public Law
• POL, political section of U.S. Embassies
• PPD, Policy Planning Division, Office of Program Coordination, Agency for International Development
• PSAC, President’s Science Advisory Committee
• RA, Office of Research and Analysis, Office of Technical Cooperation and Research, Agency for International Development
• RCA, Radio Corporation of America
• REP, Foreign Reporting Staff, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• RPE, Office of Atlantic Political and Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• RPL, replenishment
• S, Office of the Secretary, Department of State
• S/P, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
• SA, security assistance
• SEA, Southeast Asia; also Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• SecGen, Secretary General
• SECAM, Sequential Colour Avec Memoire (sequential color with memory); French color television broadcast standards system
• SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• SGS, Societa Generale Semiconduttori (General Semiconductor Society, an Italian firm)
• SID, Society for International Development
• SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near East and Asian Affairs
• SOV, Office of Soviet Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• SPA, Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Agency for International Development
• SPTF, Social Progress Trust Fund (of the IADB)
• ST, Office of Strategic Controls, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels
• STR, Office of the Special Trade Representative
• SYG, Secretary General of the United Nations
• TA, Trade Agreements Division, Office of International Trade, Office International Trade Policy and Economic Development, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State; also, technical assistance
• TAGG, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. delegation to GATT sessions
• TC, Technical Cooperation
• TCR, Office of Technical Cooperation and Research, Agency for International Development
• TEC, Trade Executive Committee
• Toced, series indicator for Department of State telegrams to the United States Mission to European Regional Organizations in Paris
• TR–4, a sophisticated TV signal recorder manufactured by RCA
• TR–22, a sophisticated TV signal recorder manufactured by RCA
• TRP, Tropical Products Division, Office of International Commodities, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• TSC, Trade Staff Committee, Department of State
• TSUS, Tariff Schedules of the United States
• TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
• UAM, Union Africaine et Malgache (Afro-Malagasy Union)
• UAR, United Arab Republics
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNCITRAL, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
• UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• UNIDO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• UNOID, United Nations Organization for Industrial Development
• USA, United States Army
• USAFE, United States Air Force in Europe
• USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
• USEC, United States Mission to the European Community
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USOECD, United States Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• USRO, United States Mission to European Regional Organizations
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
• V–E, Victory in Europe
• VHF, very high frequency
• WFP, World Food Program (United Nations)
• WG, Working Group
• WHO, World Health Organization (United Nations)
• WMO, World Meteorological Organization (United Nations)
• WP, Working Party
• WP–3, Third Working Party, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• WSG, William S. Gaud
• WW, Wyndham White