Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • ACA, Allied Control Authority
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AGO, American Government officer (official)
  • AHC, Allied High Commission
  • AMAS, American Military Assistance Staff
  • AMAY, American Military Assistance Staff, Yugoslavia
  • Amb, Ambassador
  • ARQ, Annual Review Questionnaire (NATO)
  • BASC, Berlin Air Safety Center
  • BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
  • BdD, Bund der Deutschen (Federation of Germans)
  • BHE, Bund der Heimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten (League of Expellees and Disenfranchised)
  • BIS, Bank for International Settlements
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
  • B/P, balance of payments
  • Br, British
  • C, Counselor of the Department of State
  • CA, circular airgram
  • CDU, Christlich-Demokratische Union (Christian-Democratic Union)
  • CG USAREUR, Commanding General, United States Army, Europe
  • CG USFA, Commanding General, United States Forces, Austria
  • Chanc, Chancellor
  • ChiComs, Chinese Communists
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • cif, cost, insurance, freight
  • CINCSOUTH, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group of nations working to control strategic exports to Communist countries
  • Cominform, Communist Information Bureau
  • CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
  • CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • CPY, Communist Party of Yugoslavia
  • CSC, Coal and Steel Community
  • CSU, Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union)
  • DA, Department of the Army
  • DDSG, Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft (Danube Shipping Company)
  • del, delegation
  • Depintel, Department instruction telegram
  • Dept, Department
  • DFS, direct forces support
  • DMW, Deutschemark-West (West German Mark)
  • DP, displaced person
  • DRP, Deutsche Reichspartei (German Reich Party)
  • DS, Diplomatic Service, Department of State
  • Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
  • DWG, Disarmament Working Group
  • E, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • EAD, Eastern Affairs Division
  • ECE, Economic Commission for Europe
  • ECOSOC, United Nations Economic and Social Council
  • EDC, European Defense Community
  • EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Department of State
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • EPU, European Payments Union
  • EUCOM, European Command
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Community
  • E-W, East-West
  • Ex-Im, Export-Import Bank
  • FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
  • FCDA, Federal Civil Defense Authority
  • FDP, Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party)
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FedRep, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FM, Foreign Minister
  • FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
  • fob, free on board
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • ForMin, Foreign Minister
  • FPM, Four-Power Meeting
  • FPRY, Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia
  • Fr, French
  • FVP, Freie Volkspartei (Free People’s Party)
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • GA, United Nations General Assembly
  • GARIOA, Government and Relief in Occupied Areas
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GDR, German Democratic Republic
  • GER, Office of German Affairs, Department of State
  • Ger, German
  • GerDel, German delegation
  • GFR, German Federal Republic
  • GNP, gross national product
  • GOI, Government of Italy
  • GPA, Office of German Political Affairs, Department of State
  • HEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
  • HICOG, High Commission(er) for Germany
  • HICOM, High Commission(er)
  • HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
  • Icato, series indicator for telegrams from International Cooperation Administration missions
  • ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
  • IFEMA, International Fund for Equipment and Mutual Aid
  • ILO, International Labor Organization
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
  • ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
  • IZT, interzonal trade
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • KPD, Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (Communist Party of Germany)
  • KVP, Kasernierte Volkspolizei (Garrisoned People’s Police)
  • LCY, League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Communist Party of Yugoslavia)
  • L/GER, Assistant Legal Adviser for German Affairs, Department of State
  • loc, line of communication
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • MC, memorandum of conversation
  • MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
  • M-Day, mobilization day
  • MFM/Doc, Meeting of Foreign Ministers, Document
  • MFM/Doc/RD, Meeting of Foreign Ministers, Record of Decision
  • MFN, most favored nation
  • MIG, Mikoyan i Gurevich (acronym for Soviet aircraft designed by A. I. Mikoyan and M.I. Gurevich)
  • mil, military
  • MinInt, Minister of Interior
  • Min, Minister
  • MSA, Mutual Security Act; Mutual Security Agency
  • MSI, minesweeper, inshore
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • MVD, Ministerstvo Vnutrennykh Del (Ministry of Internal Affairs)
  • mytel, my telegram
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Niact, night action, telegram indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NRW, Nordrhein–Westfalen (North Rhine–Westphalia)
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • OAS, Organization of American States
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
  • OSA, Ob’edinennye Shtaty Ameriki (United States of America)
  • SD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OSP, offshore procurement
  • OTC, Organization of Trade Cooperation
  • P, series indicator for telegrams from the Commander in Chief of the United States Forces in Austria
  • PL, Public Law
  • PermRep, Permanent Representative
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • POW (PW), prisoner of war
  • PRU, public relations unit
  • RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Department of State
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • rep, representative
  • RIAS, Rundfunk im Amerikanischen Sektor (Radio in the American Sector of Berlin)
  • RRA, Refugee Relief Act of 1953
  • S/AE, Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Matters
  • S/MSA, Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs, Department of State
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–RO, Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
  • SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
  • SecGen, Secretary General
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation at Foreign Ministers, Heads of Government, and North Atlantic Council meetings
  • SED, Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany)
  • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
  • SOF, status of forces
  • Sov, Soviet
  • SPD, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany)
  • SX, series indicator for telegrams from the Commander in Chief, United States Army, Europe
  • TE, technical exchange
  • Tedul, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
  • TO&E, table of organization and equipment
  • Toden, series indicator for telegrams to the Denver White House
  • Toget, series indicator for telegrams to President Eisenhower while at Gettysburg
  • Toica, series indicator for telegrams to International Coooperation Administration missions
  • Topol, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Tousfo, series indicator for telegrams to the Foreign Operations Administration
  • UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • UPI, United Press International
  • USAF(E), United States Air Force (Europe)
  • USAREUR, United States Army, Europe
  • USARIT, United States Army, Italy
  • US Ber, United States Mission at Berlin
  • USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
  • USCMB, United States Command, Berlin
  • USCOB, United States Command, Berlin
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USEP, United States Escapee Program
  • USAF, United States Forces Austria
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • Vopo, Volkspolizei (People’s Police)
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State
  • WEU, Western European Union
  • WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions
  • WG, working group
  • WHO, World Health Organization
  • WPC, World Peace Council
  • YAF, Yugoslav Air Force
  • YNA, Yugoslav National Army
  • ZI, zone of the interior