Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • AA, anti-aircraft
  • ACEN, Assembly of Captive European Nations
  • AF of L, American Federation of Labor
  • a.i., ad interim
  • AKEL, Anorthotikon Komma Ergazomenou Laou (Progressive Party of the Working People) (Cyprus)
  • AMA, American Military Advisor
  • AMAG, American Military Assistance Group; American Mission for Aid to Greece
  • AMAS, American Military Assistance Staff
  • ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • AT, anti-tank; Atlantic Treaty
  • BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BIS, Bank of International Settlements
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • BP Baghdad Pact; International Business Practices Division, Office of International Trade and Resources, Department of State
  • CA, circular airgram
  • CAS, controlled American source
  • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
  • CEMA, Council for Economic Mutual Assistance
  • CFEP, Council on Foreign Economic Policy
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CIO, Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • CoCom, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group
  • Contel, consulate telegram
  • CP, Communist Party
  • CPSU, Kommunisticheskaya Partia Sovetskogo Soyuza (Communist Party of the Soviet Union)
  • CY, calendar year
  • DA, Department of the Army; Soviet designation for long-range aviation
  • DDR, Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)
  • Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • Depcirctel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Depintel, Department of State instruction telegram
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DFS, direct forces support
  • DKEL, Dimokratikon Komma Ergazomenou Laou (Democratic Party of the Working People)
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DP, Democratic Party; Deutsche Partei (German Party); displaced person
  • DRN, Division of Research for Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • DS, Department of State
  • Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary Dulles to the Department of State
  • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • ECE, Economic Commission for Europe
  • ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
  • EDA, Eniaia Dimokratiki Aristera (United Democratic Left)
  • EDC, European Defense Community
  • EDST, Eastern Daylight Savings Time
  • EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • EOKA, Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (National Organization of Cyprus Fighters)
  • EPEK, Ethniki Proodevtiki Enosis Kendrou (Progressive Union of the Center)
  • EPON, Ethniki Panelliniki Organosis Neon (National Panhellenic Youth Organization)
  • EPU, European Payments Union
  • ERE, Ethniki Pizopastiti Enosis (National Radical Union)
  • ES, Executive Session; Ellinikos Synagermos (Greek Rally)
  • ESKE, Eniaion Syndikalistikon Kinima Ellados (United Labor Movement of Greece/United Syndicalist Movement)
  • EUCOM, European Command
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Community
  • EXIM, Export-Import Bank
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
  • FE, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
  • FN, Division of Financial Affairs, Department of State; Federation Nationale
  • FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FP, Freedom Party
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State
  • G–2, U.S. Army Intelligence Division, Intelligence section of the general staff of a large unit
  • GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
  • Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GC, General Committee
  • GDR, German Democratic Republic
  • GNA, Greek National Assembly
  • GNP, gross national product
  • GOE, Government of Eygpt
  • GOG, Government of Greece; Government of Germany
  • GOT, Government of Turkey
  • GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs; Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs; Department of State
  • H, Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
  • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • Icato, series indicator for ICA telegrams
  • IDEA, Ieros Desmos Ellinon Andikommouniston (Sacred Bond of Greek Anticommunists); Ieros Desmos Ellinon Axiomatikon (Sacred Bond of Greek Officers)
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • ITR/TAD, Trade Agreements and Treaties Division, Office of International Trade and Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • JAMMAT, Joint American Military Mission for Aid to Turkey
  • JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Advisory Group
  • KKE, Kommounistikon Komma Ellados (Greek Communist Party)
  • KVP, Kasernierte Volks Polizei (Garrisoned People’s Police)
  • KYP, Kendriki Ypiresia Pliroforion (Greek Central Intelligence Service); Kypriaki Ypiresia Pliroforion (Cyprus Information Service)
  • LDU, Liberal Democratic Union
  • LS, Division of Language Services, Department of State
  • MA, military attaché
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
  • ME, Middle East
  • MEDO, Middle East Defense Organization
  • MEEOC, Middle East Emergency Oil Committee
  • METO, Middle East Treaty Organization
  • MI/6, United Kingdom Intelligence Service
  • MID, series indicator for telegrams from the Military Attaché in Greece
  • MOD, Ministry/Minister of Defense
  • MSC, minesweeper, coastal
  • MSI, minesweeper, inshore
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • MVD, Ministerstvo Vnutrennykh Del (Ministry of Internal Affairs) Soviet Union
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council; National Advisory Council
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NBC, National Broadcasting Company
  • NCO, non-commissioned officer
  • NDGS, National Defense General Staff; Greek Supreme National Defense Council
  • NE, Near East
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State; Nea Elliniki Aristera (New Greek Left)
  • NEP, new economic policy
  • niact, night action; communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSCID, National Security Council Intelligence Directive
  • O, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
  • OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
  • OIR, Office of Intelligence Research, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • ORM, Office of Refugee and Migration Affairs, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
  • OSP, offshore procurement
  • OSS, Office of Strategic Services
  • P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
  • Paks, Pakistan
  • P.L., public law
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants (pipeline)
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
  • PPF, Patriotic People’s Front (Hungary)
  • R, Office of the Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State
  • RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • RFE, Radio Free Europe
  • RHAF, Royal Hellenic Air Force
  • RPP, Republican People’s Party (Turkey)
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Command, Europe
  • SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences to the Department of State
  • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Forces, Europe
  • SOF, status of forces
  • SYG, Secretary General
  • TASS, Telegrafnye Agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
  • TE, technical exchange; table of equipment
  • TEA, National Defense Battalion, paramilitary force operating jointly with Greek National Army Reserve
  • Tedul, series indicator for telegrams from the Deparment of State to Secretary Dulles
  • tel, telegram
  • TL, Turkish Lira
  • TO & E, Table of Organization and Equipment
  • Topol, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
  • TOPRAK, Turkish Government Purchasing Agency for agricultural equipment and products
  • Tousfo, series indicator for telegrams to the Foreign Operations Administration
  • U/MSA, Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • U/OP, Operations Coordinator, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UB, Urzad Bezpieczenstwa (Security Office)
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Affairs, Department of State
  • UP, United Press
  • urtel, your telegram
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USARMA, U.S. Army Military Attaché
  • USCGS, U.S. Coast Guard ship
  • USCINCEUR, U.S. Army Commander in Chief, Europe
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USDOCOSOUTH, U.S. Documents Officer, Allied Forces, Southern Europe
  • USDOCOSOUTHEAST, U.S. Documents Officer, Allied Forces, Southeastern Europe
  • USEP, United States Escapee Program
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIBS, United States International Broadcasting Service
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USNMR, United States National Military Representative
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • USOM/T, United States Operations Mission/Turkey
  • USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations; United States Regional Organizations
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
  • VFC, Volunteer Freedom Corps
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • VOKSI, Russian All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries