Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • Af, Afghanistan
  • AFI, Office of Inter-African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • Amb, Ambassador
  • ASW, anti-submarine warfare
  • B/FAC, Office of the Deputy Coordinator for Foreign Assistance, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
  • Chicom, Chinese Communist(s)
  • CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
  • CONUS, Continental United States
  • CPI, Communist Party of India
  • CRO, Commonwealth Relations Office
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • DefMin, Defense Minister
  • del, delegation
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DLF, Development Loan Fund
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FE/EA, Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FinMin, Finance Minister
  • FonSec, Foreign Secretary
  • FRC, Federal Records Center
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • GNP, Gross National Product
  • GOA, Government of Afghanistan
  • GOI, Government of India
  • GOP, Government of Pakistan
  • govt, government
  • G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
  • GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • HICOM, High Commissioner
  • IAF, Indian Air Force
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration
  • Icato, series indicator for telegrams from the International Cooperation Administration to its offices in the field
  • ICC, International Control Commission
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Indian Ocean; also, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • ISA/NESA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Near East and South Asia Region
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • MEA, Minister of External Affairs
  • memcon, memorandum of conversation
  • MIG, A.I. Mikoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich
  • mil, military
  • Min, Ministry
  • MNA, Member of the National Assembly (Pakistan)
  • MP, Member of Parliament
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/NR, Office of Near Eastern, South Asian Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEFA, Northeast Frontier Agency
  • Niact, night action, immediate reply
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NR, Office of Near Eastern, South Asian Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NSA, National Security Agency
  • NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • OCJCS, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Pak, Pakistan
  • P.L., Public Law
  • pol, political
  • PriMin, Prime Minister
  • R & D, research and development
  • RAF, Royal Air Force
  • Reps, representatives
  • RG, Record Group
  • RGA, Royal Government of Afghanistan
  • RPM, Office of Atlantic Political and Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • SC, Security Council
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • SecDef, Secretary of Defense
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his party to the Department of State
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • Sov, Soviet(s); also Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State or his party
  • UAR, United Arab Republic
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNCIP, United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan
  • UNICEF, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • U/PR, Office of the Chief of Protocol, Department of State
  • urtel, your telegram
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIB, United States Intelligence Board
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USMSMI, United States Military Supply Mission to India
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • USRO, United States Mission to European Regional Organizations
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
  • VOA, Voice of America