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A– (plus number), airgram

A–A, Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Armour)

AA, Air Attaché

AA, anti-aircraft

AAF, Army Air Forces (U.S.)

AC, Allied Commission

ACC, Allied Control Commission, or Council

AC of S, Assistant Chief of Staff

AFA, Allied Financial Agency

Afem, series indicator for messages relating to the Foreign Aid Act of 1947 (Public Law 389)

AFHQ, Allied Force Headquarters (Mediterranean Theater)

AFL, American Federation of Labor

AGWar, Adjutant General, War Department

Alusna, U.S. Naval Attaché

AMAG, American Mission for Aid to Greece

Amag, series indicator for messages relating to the American Mission for Aid to Greece

Amb, Ambassador

AMC, Allied Military Command (of the Allied Zone of the Free Territory of Trieste)

AmDel, American Delegation

AmEmb, American Embassy

AMG, Allied Military Government

AMGVG, Allied Military Government, Venezia Giulia

ANFD, Alianza National de Fuerzas Democraticas (Spanish political group)

AOA, American Overseas Airlines

AT, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

ATC, Air Transport Command

AusDel, Austrian Delegation or Delegate at the Danube Conference in Belgrade

BalCom, Unied National Special Committee on the Balkans

Balgen, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Representative on the United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans, at Geneva

BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation

BC, Division of British Commonwealth Affairs, Department of State

BEA, British European Airways

Benelux, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg

BETFor, British Element, Trieste Forces

BMA, British Military Administration

bn, battalion

BOAC, British Overseas Airways Corporation

BOT, Board of Trade (United Kingdom)

BTA, British Troops, Austria

CA, Conference Attaché

CAA, Civil Aeronautics Administration

CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board

CC, Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

CCAC, Combined Civil Affairs Committee

CCP, Chinese Communist Party

CCS, Combined Chiefs of Staff

CD, Christian Democrat

CE, Division of Central European Affairs, Department of State

CEEC, Committee (Council, Conference) for European Economic Cooperation

Cere, series indicator for messages relating to the CEEC

CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers

CGMTO, Commanding General, Mediterranean Theater of Operations

ChNav-Grp, Chief, Naval Group

CIA, Central Intelligence Agency

c.i.f., cost, insurance, and freight

C-in-C, Commander in Chief

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

CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations

CIOS, Combined Intelligence Operations Section

circair, circular airgram

cirtel, circular telegram

CMF, Central Mediterranean Force (British)

CNO, Chief of Naval Operations

Combal, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Representative on the United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans

ComGen, General Committee at the Belgrade conference on free navigation of the Danube River

ComGenMed, Commanding General, Mediterranean

Cominform, Communist Information Bureau

Comm One, Committee One of the United Nations

COMOS, Continental Motor Shipping Company, Vienna

CP, Division of Commercial Policy, Department of State

CP, Communist Party

CPF (PCF), Communist Party of France

CPI, Communist Party of Italy

CPJ, Communist Party of Yugoslavia

CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union

CRC, Central Rhine Commission, at Strasbourg, France

CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office (United Kingdom)

CSA, Czechoslovak State Airline

CSGID, Ground Intelligence Division in the Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army

CSGPO, Plans and Operations Division, General Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army

DAG, Democratic Army of Greece (insurgent military force)

DDSG, Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft, First Danube Steamship Company, Austrian shipping company, founded in 1829

DefenseSec, Secretary of Defense

Deldu, series indicator for messages from the U.S. Delegate to the Danube Conference in Belgrade

Delga, series indicator for messages from the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly

Delsec, series indicator for messages to the Secretary of State while heading a U.S. Delegation away from Washington

Depcircair, circular airgram from the Department of State

Depcirinst, circular instruction from the Department of State

Depintel, Depinfotel, information telegram from the Department of State

Deptel, telegram from the Department of State

desp, despatch

Detert Company, founded in Hungary in 1936 for shipping via the Danube to the Black Sea and beyond

DP, displaced person

DRE, Division of Research for Europe, Department of State

DS, Division of Protective Services, Department of State

Dudel, series indicator for messages to the U.S. Delegate to the Danube Conference in Belgrade

E, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

ECA, Economic Cooperation Act, or Administration

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

ECE, Economic Commission for Europe

ECO, European Coal Organization

Econ, series indicator for messages to the U.S. Delegation to the Economic Commission for Europe

ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

ED, Division of Investment and Economic Development, Department of State

EE, Division of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State

EM, enlisted man, enlisted men

Embdes, despatch from an American Embassy

Embniact, night action (urgent) message from an American Embassy

Embtel, telegram from an American Embassy

EP, Division of Economic Property Policy, Department of State

ERP, European Recovery Program

Esso, Ekpaidevtiki Seira Stratevsimon Opliton (Enlisted Conscript Training Course)

ETA, estimated time of arrival

ETD, estimated time of departure

EuCom, European Command, U.S. Army

EUR, Office of European Affairs, Department of State

ExIm, or Ex-Im Bank, Export-Import Bank of Washington

FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice

FC, Division of Foreign Activity Correlation, Department of State

FEC, Far Eastern Commission

FLC, Foreign Liquidation Commismissioner, Department of State

FN, Division of Financial Affairs, Department of State

FonMin, Foreign Minister, Ministry

FonOff, Foreign Office

FPRY, Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia

FRB, Federal Reserve Bank

FSO, Foreign Service Officer

FTT, Free Territory of Trieste

Fund, International Monetary Fund

FY, fiscal year

FYI, for your information

G–1, –2, –3, –4, –5, sections of a military staff, in a division or larger unit

GA, General Assembly of the United Nations

Gadel, series indicator for messages to the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly

Gama, series indicator for messages relating to the American Mission for Aid to Greece

GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Genbal, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Representative on the United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans, at Geneva

GGS, Greek General Staff

GHQ, General Headquarters

GNA, Grand National Assembly (Bulgaria)

GNA, Greek National Army

GOC, Committee of Good Offices for the Netherlands East Indies of the United Nations Security Council

GOC, General Officer Commanding

GPU, Soviet secret police

GSC, General Staff Corps

GTI, Division of Greek, Turkish and Iranian Affairs, Department of State

HMG, His (Her) Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom (or in The Netherlands, etc.)

HRC, House of Representatives Committee

IARA, Inter-Allied Reparation Agency

IBD, Division of International Broadcasting, Department of State

IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

IC, Interim Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations

ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization

IEFC, International Emergency Food Council

IMF, International Monetary Fund

IMRO, Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization

infotel, information telegram

INP, Division of International Press and Publications, Department of State

INS, International News Service

inst, instruction

IR, International Resources Division, Department of State

IRO, International Refugee Organization

IS, Division of International Security Affairs, Office of United Nations Affairs, Department of State

ITO, International Trade Organization

ITP, Office of International Trade Policy, Department of State

IWG, International Working Group

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

JIC, Joint Intelligence Committee, in the American Embassy in the Soviet Union

JUSMAPG, Joint United States Military Advisory and Planning Group

JUSPAD, Yugoslav-Soviet Joint Shipping Company

KKE, Kommounistikon Komma Ellados (Communist Party of Greece)

KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines

L, Le, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State

LA, Latin America

Lasco, series indicator for messages from the Department of State to the U.S. Representative to the European Coal Organization

Legtel, telegram from an American Legation

LP, Division of Lend-Lease and Surplus War Property Affairs, Department of State

MA, Military Attaché

MAA, Miliary Air Attaché

MAORT, Magyar Amerikai Olajipari Reszenytarsasag (Hungarian-American Oil Company)

MAR, Military Attaché report

Martel, series indicator for messages from Secretary of State Marshall

ME, Middle East

MEA, Mission for Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy, London

Mefa, series indicator for messages relating to the Foreign Aid Act of 1947 (Public Law 389)

MESZHART, Joint Soviet-Hungarian Navigation Company

MFN, most favored nation

MGB, Ministry of State Security in the Soviet Union, in control of the secret political police

MID, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union

MILA, Military Liquidating Agency

MinFonAff, Minister of Foreign Affairs

MOFP, Ministry of Fuel and Power (United Kingdom)

MRP, Mouvement Républicain Populaire (French political party)

MTO, Mediterranean Theater of Operations

MTOUSA, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army

mydes, my dispatch

mytel, my telegram

NA, Naval Attaché

NAC, National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems

NDC, National Defense Corps (Greek)

NDE, National Defense Establishment

NEA, Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs, Department of State

NEI, Netherlands East Indies

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

NKVD, Soviet secret police

NME, National Military Establishment

Noce, series indicator for messages from the U.S. Delegation to the Economic Commission for Europe

NOE, Division of Northern European Affairs, Department of State

NOF, Narodnoosloboditelniot front (Macedonian National Liberation Front)

NSC, National Security Council

NSRB, National Security Resources Board

NV, note verbale

OA, Division of International Organization Affairs, Department of State

OBP, Office of Budget and Planning, Department of State

OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation

OFD, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Department of State

OFLC, Office of Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, Department of State

OIE, Office of Information and Educational Exchange, Department of State

OIR, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State

OIT, Office of International Trade, Department of Commerce

OMGUS, Office of Military Government for Germany (United States)

OSR, Office of the U.S. Special Representative in Europe under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948

OVIR, Bureau of Visas and Registration of Foreigners, in the Ministry for Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union

P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs

PAA, Pan American Airways

Par, series indicator for messages relating to the U.S. Foreign Relief Program

Patsu, series indicator for telegrams to the American Mission for Aid to Turkey, at Ankara

PED, Petroleum Division, Department of State

PL, Public Law

PM, Prime Minister

POL, pertroleum, oil, and lubricants

PolAd, Political Adviser

POS, Public Affairs Overseas Program Staff, Department of State

PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

PriMin, Prime Minister

R, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Research and Intelligence

R/SPS, Special Projects Staff of R

Rap, series indicator for messages relating to the U.S. Foreign Relief Program

Rece, series indicator for messages relating to the CEEC

reEmb, regarding Embassy’s message

refdes, despatch under reference

reftel, telegram under reference

remy, regarding my message

reourtel, regarding our telegram

Repto, series indicator for messages to the Economic Cooperation Administration headquarters in Washington from the United States Special Representative in Europe under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948

reurtel, regarding your telegram

RFC, Reconstruction Finance Corporation

RHAF, Royal Hellenic Air Force

RHN, Royal Hellenic Navy

RJ, ratification by Yugoslavia of the treaty of Peace with Italy

S, Secretary of State

SAC, Supreme Allied Commander

SACMED, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean

SANACC, State-Army-Navy-Air Force Coordinating Committee

SC, Security Council of the United Nations

SCAP, Supreme, Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan

SD, Shipping Division, Department of State

SD, Social Democrats

SDGP, Soviet Danube State Shipping Company

SE, Division of Southern European Affairs, Department of State

SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission

SecDef, Secretary of Defense

Secdel, series indicator for messages from the Secretary of State while heading a U.S. Delegation away from Washington

SecGen, Secretary-General

SecState, Secretary of State

SFND, Société Française de Navigation Danubienne (French Danube Navigation Company)

SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force

SMA, SMAD, SMAG, Soviet Military Administration (Germany)

Soceco, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Delegate to ECOSOC

SONJ, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey

SovDel, Soviet Delegation

SovRomtransport, Joint Soviet-Romanian Shipping Company

S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

SPA, Office of Special Political Affairs, Department of State

SWN, designation for a series of papers presented to the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee

SWNCC, State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee; also a designation of a series of papers presented to that Committee

SYG, Secretary-General

T, Assistant Secretary of State for Transportation and Communications

TA, trade agreement

TAC, Interdepartmental Committee on Trade Agreements

TASS, Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union, official communications agency of the Soviet Union

TC, Trusteeship Council of the United Nations

telecon, telecommunication conversation or conference

Telmar, series indicator for messages to Secretary of State Marshall

TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series, official publication by the Department of State

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

Torep, series indicator for messages to the U.S. Special Representative in Europe (Harriman, at Paris)

TRC, Office of Transport and Communications, Department of State

TUC, Trades Union Congress (British)

Tusag, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Army Group in Turkey

TWA, Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc.

U, Under Secretary of State

U/GT, Coordinator for Aid to Greece and Turkey in the Office of the Under Secretary of State

UDBA, Uprava drzavne bezbednosti (Yugoslav Administration of State Security)

UKDel, United Kingdom Delegation

UMT, Universal Military Training

UNA, Office of United Nations Affairs, Department of State

UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

UNGA, United Nations General Assembly

UNRRA, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

UNSC, United Nations Security Council

UNSCOB, United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans

UNSYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations

urdes, your dispatch

urtel, your telegram

USAF, U.S. Air Force

USAFE, U.S. Air Forces in Europe

USAGG, U.S. Army Group in Greece

USDel, U.S. Delegation

USFA, U.S. Forces in Austria

USFAP, U.S. Foreign Aid Program

USFET, U.S. Forces, European Theater

USFRP, U.S. Foreign Relief Program

USG, U. S. Government

USGADel, U.S. Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly

USIS, U.S. Information Service

Ustap, series indicator for telegrams from the American Mission for Aid to Turkey, at Ankara

USUN, U.S. Mission at the United Nations

VOA, VOUSA, Voice of America

WAR ( WARX, WAREX), series indicators for telegrams sent overseas by the Department of the Army or by Army Headquarters, Washington

WD, War Department

WE, Division of Western European Affairs, Department of State

WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions

WHO, World Health Organization

WPA, Works Progress Administration

YCP, Yugoslav Communist Party

YMS, motor mine sweeper

yrdes, your dispatch

yrtel, your telegram

Zecho, Czechoslovakia

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, Eastern Europe; The Soviet Union, Volume IV

List of abbreviations and symbols