Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • ABC, atomic, biological, chemical
  • ACE, Allied Command Europe
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • AFMED, Air Force, Mediterranean
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • APAG, Atlantic Policy Advisory Group
  • ARA, Bureau of Latin American Affairs, Department of State
  • APC, armored personnel carriers
  • ASAF, Asian/African
  • ASCS, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
  • ASW, anti-submarine warfare
  • B, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • BAOR, British Army in the Rhine
  • Benelux, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
  • Bercon/Marcon, Berlin contingency; Maritime contigency
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
  • BOP, balance of payments
  • Busec, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Mission to European Regional Organizations
  • CAP, common agricultural policy.
  • CD, Christian Democrat, Christian Democratic Party
  • CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
  • ChiCom, Chinese Communist
  • ChiNat, Chinese Nationalist
  • CINCHAN, Commander in Chief, Channel
  • CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic
  • CINCMED, Commander in Chief, Mediterranean
  • CLC, Canadian Labour Confederation
  • CMU, Canadian Maritime Union
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Consultative Group, based in Paris, consisiting of nations seeking to control the export of strategic goods to Communist countries
  • CONUS, Continental United States
  • cxt, common external tariff
  • DAG, Development Assistance Group
  • DC, Democrazia Cristiana (Christian Democratic Party)
  • DCI, Director for Central Intelligence
  • DDG, guided missile destroyer
  • DefSec, Defense Secretary
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • Deptcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • E/OT(F), Office of External Trade and Finance, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • Ecbus, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Mission to European Regional Organizations
  • ECSC, European Coal and Steel Community
  • EEC, European Economic Community
  • EFTA, European Free Trade Area
  • EMA, European Monetary Agreement
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • ENI, Ente Nazionale degli Idrocarburi (Italian National Hydrocarbon Trust)
  • EPC, European Political Community
  • EUR/RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • Euratom, European Atomic Energy Community
  • EX-IM, Export-Import Bank
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FedRep, Federal Republic
  • Fed Govt, Federal Government
  • FLN, Front de Libération Nationale (National Liberation Front)
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • fyi, for your information
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
  • GA, United Nations General Assembly
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • GFR, German Federal Republic
  • GOB, Government of Belgium
  • GOC, Government of Canada
  • GOF, Government of France
  • GOI, Government of India
  • GOP, Government of Portugal
  • GOS, Government of Spain
  • HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
  • IANF, interallied nuclear forces
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
  • ICC, International Control Commission
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • ILO, International Labor Organization
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
  • IRI, Instituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale
  • IS, International Staff
  • JCAE, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JSSC, Joint Strategic Survey Committee
  • LANTCOM, Atlantic Command
  • LDC, less developed country
  • LS, Division of Language Services, Department of State
  • M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAP, military assistance program
  • MATS/TAC, Military Air Transport Service/Tactical Air Command
  • MC, military committee, memorandum of conversation
  • memcon, memorandum of conversation
  • MFN, most favored nation
  • MLF, multilateral force
  • MOD, Minister of Defense
  • MPLA, Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (Angola Popular Liberation Movement)
  • MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
  • MRP, Mouvement Republicain Populaire (Popular Republican Movement)
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NADGE, NATO air defense ground environment
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NDP, New Democratic Party
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NFP, NATO Force Planning
  • niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
  • NNF, NATO nuclear forces
  • noforn, no foreign dissemination
  • NORAD, North Atlantic Air Defense Command
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • OAS, Organization of American States; L’Organisation de l’Armee Secrete
  • OECO, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OTF, Office of International Trade and Finance, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • PCI, Partito Communista Italiano (Italian Communist Party)
  • perm rep, permanent representative
  • PJDB, Permanent Joint Defense Board
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • POLAD, political advisor
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • PRI, Partito Republicano Italiano (Italian Republican Party)
  • PriMin, Prime Minister
  • PSDI, Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano (Italian Democratic Socialist Party)
  • PSI, Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano (Italian Socialist Party)
  • QR, quantitative restrictions
  • R and D, research and development
  • RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • RCAF, Royal Canadian Air Force
  • RPE, Office of Atlantic Political Economic Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • S/AE, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy and Outer Space
  • S/MF, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for NATO Multilateral Force Negotiations
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–RO, Reports and Operations Staff of the Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
  • SACLANT, Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
  • SAM, surface to air missile
  • SC, United Nations Security Council
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his delegation at international conferences
  • SETAF, Southern European Task Force
  • SET/MC, Secretary’s European trip/memorandum of conversation
  • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
  • SSB(N), SSN(B), ballistic missile submarine, nuclear powered
  • STR, Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
  • STRAAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SYG, Secretary-General
  • TAC, U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command
  • TAGG, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. GATT delegation at Geneva
  • TEA, Trade Expansion Act
  • Topol, series indicator for telegrams to the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State or his delegation at international conferences
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UAM, Union Africaine et Malagache (African and Malagasy Union)
  • UKG, United Kingdom Government
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • USA, United States Army
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USEC, United States Mission to the European Communities
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USREP, United States Representative
  • USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • WEU, Western European Union
  • WHO, World Health Organization
  • WNG, Western New Guinea