Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • A, airgram
  • AAA, Asociación de Amigos de Aureliano, Association of Aureliano’s Friends
  • ACA, Acción Civica Anti-Communista, Anti-Communist Civic Action
  • ACSI, Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence)
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AF, Air Force
  • AFL-CIO, American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • ALUSNA, United States Naval Attaché
  • Amb, Ambassador
  • AP, Associated Press
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA/EX, Executive Office, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA/MID, Office of Middle American Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA/P, Office of the Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARA/REA, Office of Inter-American Regional Economic Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ASNE, American Society of Newspaper Editors
  • ASTA, American Society of Travel Agents
  • BAC, Business Advisory Council
  • BANDES, Banco de Dessarrollo Economicoy Social, Bank for Economy and Social Development
  • BANFAIC, National Bank for Agrarian and Industrial Development
  • BOAC, Bloque de Organizaciones Anti-Communistas Cubano, Bloc of Cuban Anti-Communist Organizations
  • C, Office of the Counselor, Department of State
  • CA, circular airgram; Central America
  • CAA, Civil Aeronautics Administration
  • CAAF, Cuban Army Air Force
  • CARE, Cooperative for American Remittances
  • CCA, Office of the Coordinator for Cuban Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
  • CFEP, Council on Foreign Economic Policy
  • CG, Consultative Group of nations working to control the export of strategic material to Communist nations
  • ChiCom, Chinese Communist
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCARIB, Commander in Chief, Caribbean
  • CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
  • CINCLANTFLT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet
  • CMA, Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs, Department of State
  • CMA/C, Officer in Charge of Cuban Affairs, Office of Caribbean and Mexican Affairs, Department of State
  • CMC, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
  • CMQ, radio station in Cuba
  • COA, union group in Cuba
  • COAS, Council of the Organization of the American States
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultative Group of Nations
  • COMCARIBSEAFRON, Commander, Caribbean Sea Frontier
  • COMNAVB, Commander Naval Base
  • CP, Communist Party
  • CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
  • CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • CPT, Commercial Policy and Treaties Division, Office of International Trade, Department of State
  • CSD, Commodities Division, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • CTC, Confederación de Trabajadores Cubaños, Confederation of Cuban Workers
  • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • DCSOPS, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, United States Army
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • desp, despatch
  • DIER, Directorio de Investigaciónes del Ejercito Rebelde, Directorate of Investigations of the Rebel Army
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DR, Directorio Revolucionario, Revolutionary Directorate
  • DR, Dominican Republic
  • DRA, Division of Research and Analysis for American Republics, Department of State
  • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • E and E, emergency and evacuation
  • ECLA, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America
  • Emb, Embassy
  • Embdes, Embassy despatch
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Exim Bank, Export-Import Bank of Washington
  • FAA, Federal Aviation Agency
  • FAR, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Cuba, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FCC, Federal Communications Commission
  • FCR, Frente Civico Revolucionaro, Civic Revolutionary Front
  • FEN, Frente Estudiantil Nacional, National Students Front
  • FEU, Federación Estudiantil Universitaria, Federation of University Students
  • FLN, Front de Liberatión Nationale (Algeria)
  • fnu, first name unknown
  • FON, Frente de Obreros Nacionales, National Workers Front; Federación Obrera Nacional, National Labor Federation
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FONU, United Nationalist Labor Front
  • FRC, Federal Records Center
  • FRD, Frente Revolucionario Democratico, Democratic Revolutionary Front
  • FSO, Foreign Service officer
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • GA, United Nations General Assembly
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GOA, Government of Argentina
  • GOC, Government of Cuba
  • GOCR, Government of Costa Rica
  • GODR, Government of the Dominican Republic
  • GOH, Government of Honduras
  • GSA, General Services Administration
  • GTMO, Guantanamo
  • GUS, Government of the United States
  • H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • HQS, Headquarters
  • H.R., House Resolution
  • IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
  • IADB, Inter-American Defense Board
  • IA–ECOSOC, Inter-American Economic and Social Council
  • IAPC, Inter-American Peace Committee
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • INRA, Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria, National Institute for Agrarian Reform
  • INR/RAR, Office of Research and Analysis for American Republics, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • INS, Immigration and Naturalization Service
  • INVU, Instituto Nacional Vivienda Urbanización, National Institute for Housing and Urban Development (Costa Rica)
  • ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • IT&T, International Telephone and Telegraph
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
  • JOC, Juventud Obrera Católica, Young Catholic Workers
  • 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/MSA, Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser for Mutual Security Affairs, Department of State
  • LA, Latin America
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • MC, Office of Munitions Control, Department of State
  • MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance
  • MDAA, Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement
  • MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
  • MDC, Movimiento Democrático Cristiano, Christian Democratic Movement
  • MFM, Meeting of Foreign Ministers
  • MID, Office of Middle American Affairs, Department of State
  • MID/C, Officer in Charge of Cuban Affairs, Department of State
  • MRC, Movimiento de Resistencia Cívica, Civic Resistance Movement
  • MRP, Movimiento Revolucionario del Pueblo, People’s Revolutionary Movement
  • MRR, Movimiento de Rescate [Recuperación] Revolución, Movement for the Rescue [Recovery] of the Revolution
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • NACOIAA, National Advisory Committee on Inter-American Affairs
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NFTC, National Foreign Trade Council
  • Niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • noforn, no foreign dissemination
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • OA, Organización Auténtica, Authentic Organization
  • OAS, Organization of American States
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • OCDM, Office of Civilian and Defense Mobilization
  • ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
  • OFD, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • OIT, Office of International Trade, Department of Commerce
  • OR, Organización Revolucionaria, Revolutionary Organization
  • OR, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • OR/CSD, Commodities Division, Office of International Resource, Department of State
  • ORIT, Organización Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores, Inter-American Regional Organization of Workers
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OSD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • OSS, Office of Strategic Services
  • OT/TA, Trade Agreements Divison, Office of International Trade, Department of State
  • P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • PAA, Pan-American Airways
  • PAO, Public Affairs Officer
  • PER, Office of Personnel, Department of State
  • PL, Public Law
  • PNR, Partido National Revolucionario, Party of National Revolution
  • POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
  • PRC, Partido Revolucionario Cubaño, Cuban Revolutionary Party
  • PSP, Partido Socialista Popular, Popular Socialist Party
  • PUC, Partido Unidad Cubaño, Party of Cuban Unity
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • RG, Record Group
  • RPA, Office of Inter-American Regional Political Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SA, South America
  • SAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
  • SAR, Sociedad de los Amigos de la República, Society of Friends of the Republic
  • SC, United Nations Security Council
  • SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
  • SIM, Servicio de Inteligencia Militar, Military Intelligence Service
  • sitrep, situation report
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • S/P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • Stat., United States Statutes at Large
  • telcon, telephone conversation
  • TIAS, Treaties and Other International Agreements Series
  • Tousi, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Information Agency from its posts abroad
  • TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UAR, United Arab Republic
  • UCL, Unidad Cubaña de Liberación, Cuban Union for Liberation
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • U/MSC, Office of the Under Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • UNTS, United Nations Treaty Series
  • UPI, United Press International
  • U/PR, Chief of Protocol, Department of State
  • USA, United States Army
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USARLANT, United States Army Forces, Atlantic
  • USC, United States Code
  • USCARIB, United States Forces, Caribbean
  • USG, United States Government
  • USGTMO, United States Naval Base, Guantanamo
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIA/IAL, Office of the Assistant Director (Latin America), United States Information Agency
  • USIA/IOP, Office of Policy and Plans, United States Information Agency
  • USIB, United States Intelligence Board
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USMC, United States Marine Corps
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • UST, United States Treaties
  • USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • W, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • WFDY, World Federation of Democratic Youth
  • W/MSC, Office of the Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination, Department of State
  • WPA, Works Progress Administration