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A-bomb, atomic bomb

ABC, America, Britain, and Canada

ACC, Allied Control Council for Germany

Actel, series indicator for telegrams from Sectetary of State Acheson while away from Washington

ADA, Americans for Democratic Action

AF of L, American Federation of Labor

agam, airgram

AGSec, Allied General Secretariat, Allied High Commission for Germany

AHC, Allied High Commission for Germany

AIOC, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

AMC, Allied Military Government

AMP, Additional Military Production

AMPSB, Additional Military Production Supply Board

ANZAM, Australia, New Zealand, and Malaya

ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State

B.J.S.M., British Joint Staff Mission

BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State

BOT, Board of Trade (British)

C of E, Council of Europe

CC, Consultative Council of the Western Union

CCS, Combined Chiefs of Staff

CD, Christian Democratic Party

CDU, Christlich-Demokratische Union (Christian Democratic Union)

C.E.D.A., Confederación Española de Derechas Autonoma, a Catholic conservative coalition existing under the Spanish Republic

CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers

CFTC, Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (French Confederation of Christian Workers)

CGT, Confédération Générale du Travail (General Confederation of Labor), in France

CINC (C in C), Commander in Chief

CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe

CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific

CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations

cirtel, circular telegram

C.N.T., Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (National Confederation of Labor), in Spain

ConGenUSAFE, Commanding General, United States Air Force in Europe

COMISCO, Committee of the International Socialist Conference

Contel, Consulate telegram

COSSAC, Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Designate), a planning headquarters formed in 1943

CP, Communist Party

CPF, Communist Party of France

CPG, Central People’s Government (People’s Republic of China)

DC, Defense Committee, NATO

DCM, Defense Committee Memorandum

DDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)

DefCom, Defense Committee, NATO

DefMins, Defense Ministers

Delau, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation for Austria at the Council of Foreign Ministers

Depcirctel (Depcirtel, Deptcirctel), Department of State circular telegram

Depcirgram, Department of State circular airgram

Deptel, Department of State telegram

Depto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Deputy Representative to the North Atlantic Council

DFEC, Defense Financial and Economic Committee, NATO

DM, Deutsche Mark

DOT, dependent overseas territory

DPB, Defense Production Board

ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration

ECA/W, headquarters of the Economic Cooperation Administration in Washington

ECAFE, Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East

Ecato, series indicator for telegrams from the Economic Cooperation Administration in Washington to its missions abroad

ECC, European Coordinating Committee

ECE, Economic Commission for Europe

EDECC, Executive Director, European Coordinating Committee

EDF, European Defense Force

Embtel, Embassy telegram

EPU, European Payments Union

ERP, European Recovery Program

EuCom, European Command, United States Army

EUR, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs; Bureau of European Affairs; Europe; European

FACC, Foreign Assistance Correlation Committee

FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization

FCN, Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation (treaty)

FE, Far East; Far Eastern

FECD, Finance and Economic Committee Document

FedRep, Federal Republic of Germany

FINEBEL, a hypothetical combination of France, Italy, and the Benelux countries in a regional economic union

FM, Foreign Minister

FMACC, (formerly FACC), Foreign Military Assistance Coordinating Committee

FMASC, (formerly FASC), Foreign Military Assistance Steering Committee

FM D, designation for papers prepared for or during the meetings of the Foreign Ministers

FO, Force Ouvrière, French labor group

fonaff, foreign affairs

FonMin, Foreign Minister

FonOff, Foreign Office

FrDel, French Delegation

FTT, Free Territory of Trieste

FY, fiscal year

FYI, for your information

G, Deputy Under Secretary of State

GA, General Assembly of the United Nations

GADel, United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly

GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GDR, German Democratic Republic

GER, Bureau of German Affairs, Department of State

GOB, Government of Burma

GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State; or Greece, Turkey, and Iran

H-bomb, hydrogen bomb

HICOG, United States High Commissioner for Germany

HICOM, High Commission(er) for Germany

HMG, His Majesty’s Government

HPPP, High Priority Production Program

IAF, Italian Air Force

IAR, International Authority for the Ruhr

IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

IC, Indochina; or Interim Committee of the United Nations General Assembly

ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization

ILO, International Labor Organization

IMF, International Monetary Fund

infotel, information telegram

intel, circular information telegram

IRO, International Refugee Organization

ISG(G), Intergovernmental Study Group on Germany

Itcols, former Italian colonies

ITO, International Trade Organization

ITP, Office of International Trade Policy, Department of State

ITU, International Telecommunication Union

IWG, International Working Group

JAMAG, Joint American Military Advisory Group

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

JCSRE, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Representatives, Europe

JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Advisory Group

LA, Latin America

Leg, Legation

LiDel, Libyan Delegation

LOC, line of communication

MA, Military Attaché

MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group

MAP, Military Assistance Program

MAPAG, Military Assistance Program Advisory Group

MC, Military Committee, NATO

MDA, Director of Mutual Defense Assistance

MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program

MFN, most favored nation

MilCom, Military Committee, NATO

Min, Minister

MP, Member of Parliament

MPSB, Military Production and Supply Board, NATO

MRP, Mouvement Républicain Populaire, French political party

MSB, Military Supply Board, Western Union

MSC, Military Staff Committee of the United Nations Security Council

MTDP, Medium Term Defense Plan

MTP, Medium Term Plan

mytel, my telegram

NA, Naval Attaché

NA, North Atlantic

NAA, North Atlantic area

NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems

NAC, North Atlantic Council

NAP, North Atlantic Pact

NAPBOS, North Atlantic Planning Board for Ocean Shipping

NAT, North Atlantic Treaty

NAT–NE (NERPG), North Atlantic Treaty–Northern European Regional Planning Group

NAT–RPG, North Atlantic Treaty–Regional Planning Group

NAT–SEWM (SEWMRPG), North Atlantic Treaty–Southern Europe, Western Mediterranean Regional Planning Group

NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NATSG, North Atlantic Treaty Standing Group

NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State; Near East; Near Eastern

NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State; Northeast Asia

NECOS, Northern European Chiefs of Staff

niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night

NME, National Military Establishment

NNG, Netherlands New Guinea

NSC, National Security Council

NYDels, Delegation to the Foreign Ministers Meeting at New York

OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation

OSPB, Ocean Shipping Planning Board, NATO

OSR, Office of the Special Representative in Europe for the Economic Cooperation Administration

PC, participating country

PLANAT, Planning, North Atlantic Treaty

PLI, prohibited and limited industries

POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants

PolAd, Political Adviser

POW, prisoner of war

PRA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

PriMin, Prime Minister

PWS, Permanent Working Staff

QR, quantitative restriction(s)

RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State

RCT, Regimental Combat Team

reDepintel, regarding Department of State circular information telegram

reDeptel, regarding Department of State telegram

reEmbtel, regarding Embassy telegram

refdesp, reference despatch

reftel, reference telegram

Repsec, series indicator for telegrams from the Special Representative in Europe for the Economic Cooperation Administration to the Secretary of State

Repto, series indicator for messages from the Special Representative in Europe for the Economic Cooperation Administration to the Administration headquarters in Washington

reurtels, regarding your telegrams

RGR, Rassemblement des Gauches Républicaines, French political party

ROK, Republic of Korea

S/A, Ambassador at Large

S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

SC, Security Council of the United Nations

SCAP, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan

SEA, Southeast Asia

Secrep, series indicator for telegrams to the Special Representative in Europe for the Economic Cooperation Administration from the Secretary of State

Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State when he is absent from the Department; or a series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation at the May and September Foreign Ministers and NATO Council meetings

SFM, September Foreign Ministers Meetings; or a designation for documents or minutes of those meetings

SG, Standing Group of the North Atlantic Council Military Committee with headquarters in Washington, composed of the permanent representatives of the Chiefs of Staff of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States

SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (1944–1945)

SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe

SOA, South Asia

SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (German Social Democratic Party)

SUSRep, Senior United States Representative, North Atlantic Treaty Military Production Supply Board

SYG, Secretary-General

TC, Trusteeship Council of the United Nations

Telac, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington

Todep, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Deputy Representative to the North Atlantic Council

Toeca, series indicator for telegrams to the Economic Cooperation Administration in Washington from its missions abroad

Tomap, designation for telegrams concerned with the Mutual Defense Assistance Program

Torep, series indicator for messages to the Special Representative in Europe for the Economic Cooperation Administration from the Administration headquarters in Washington

Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State when he is absent from the Department; or a series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation to the May and September Foreign Ministers and NATO Council meetings

U.G.T., Unión General del Trabajadores, Spanish labor group

UKDel, United Kingdom Delegation

UNCI, United Nations Commission for Indonesia

UNCOK, United Nations Commission on Korea

UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNGA, United Nations General Assembly

UNISCAN, a limited financial union entered into in early 1950 by the United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State

UNSC, United Nations Security Council

UNSCOB, United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans

urtel, your telegram

USDel, United States Delegation

USIE, United States Information and Educational Exchange Program

USReps, United States Representatives

USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations

V.N.A., Vietnam National Army

VOA, Voice of America

WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State; Western European

WG, Working Group

WGPF, Working Group on Production and Finance

WHO, World Health Organization

WU, Western Union (Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, signatories of the Treaty of Brussels, March 17, 1948)

WUCC, Western Union Consultative Council

WUFEC, Western Union Finance and Economic Committee

WUMSB, Western Union Military Supply Board

WUO, Western Union Organization

WUPC, Western Union Permanent Commission

ZI, Zone of the Interior

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950, Western Europe, Volume III

List of abbreviations and symbols