Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • A, airgram
  • AA, Afro-Asian
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • C, Office of the Counselor, Department of State
  • CA, circular airgram
  • CEP, Chile, Ecuador, Peru
  • ChiCom, Chinese Communists, i.e., People’s Republic of
  • ChiNat, Chinese Nationalists, i.e., Republic of China
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CSAGI, Comite Special de l’Annee Geophysique (Special Committee of the International Geophysical Year)
  • CY, calendar year
  • del, delegation
  • Delga; DelGA, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly; United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • Dento, series indicator for telegrams sent from the Denver White House
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Dept, Department
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary Dulles when away from Washington
  • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council, United Nations
  • EE, Eastern European; Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Emb, Embassy
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
  • FE, Far East; Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State
  • GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
  • Gadel; GADel, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly; United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • GC, General Committee, United Nations General Assembly
  • GDR, German Democratic Republic
  • GOC, Good Offices Committee; Government of Ceylon
  • GOI, Government of India
  • GOJ, Government of Japan
  • GRC, Government of the Republic of China
  • H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
  • HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
  • IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
  • ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
  • ICC, International Control Commission
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • ICSU, International Council of Scientific Unions
  • IFC, International Finance Corporation
  • IGY, International Geophysical Year
  • ILA, International Longshoremen’s Association
  • ILC, International Law Commission
  • ILO, International Labor Organization, United Nations
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IRBM, intermediate–range ballistic missile
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • L/ARA, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Inter–American Affairs, Department of State
  • L/C, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for International Claims, Department of State
  • L/EUR, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for European Affairs, Department of State
  • L/T, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Department of State
  • L/UNA, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State
  • LA, Latin America
  • MCI, Mixed Commission on the Ionosphere
  • NGO, nongovernmental organization
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NZ, New Zealand
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • ODA, Office of Dependent Area Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
  • OSA, Office of South American Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • PAO, Public Affairs Officer
  • PermSec, Permanent Secretary
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • res, resolution
  • RG, record group
  • RIAS, Rundfunk im Amerikanischen Sektor (Radio in the American Sector)
  • ROK, Republic of Korea
  • RPA, Office of Inter–American Regional Political Affairs, Bureau of Inter–American Affairs, Department of State
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • SAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SC, Security Council of the United Nations
  • SEATO, Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
  • Sec/Def, Secretary of Defense
  • Sec/Navy, Secretary of the Navy
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams to the Department of State from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
  • SPA, Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • SUNFED, Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
  • SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • TAB, Technical Assistance Board, United Nations
  • TASS, Telegraphnoye Agentstvo Sovyetskogo Soyvza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
  • Tedul, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to Secretary of State Dulles when away from Washington
  • telecon, telephone conversation
  • TO, table of organization
  • Toden, series indicator for telegrams sent to the Denver White House
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams sent from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
  • U/FW, Special Assistant for Fisheries and Wildlife, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • U/LS, Special Assistant for Law of the Sea, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • U/OP, Operations Coordinator, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • U.K., United Kingdom
  • UKDel, United Kingdom Delegation
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNC, United Nations Command
  • UNCOP, United Nations Corps for Observation and Patrol
  • UNCURK, United Nations Command for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
  • UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
  • UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNICEF, United Nations International Children’s Fund
  • UNKRA, United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency
  • unn, unnumbered
  • UNO, United Nations Organization
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
  • urtel, your telegram
  • USA, United States Army
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USGADel, United States General Assembly Delegation
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • Usito, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Information Agency
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
  • U.S.S.R., Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • WE, Western Europe; Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • WEU, Western European Union