List of Abbreviations

• ACW, anti-aircraft warfare
• AC&W, aircraft control & warning
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AIDTO, telegram indicator for messages from USOM to AID
• ARTY, artillery
• ASW, anti-submarine warfare
• BADGE, base air defense ground environment
• BNS, battalions
• CA, circular airgram; Office of Chinese Affairs, Department of State
• CAF, Chinese Air Force (Republic of China)
• CAS, Controlled American Source
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist(s)
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIB, Combined Intelligence Board
• CIC, Counterintelligence Corps
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCPAC POLAD, Political Adviser to the Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
• CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• CMDR, Commander
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• CODEL, Congressional delegation
• COMUSJAPAN, Commander, United States Forces, Japan
• COMUSKOREA, Commander, United States Forces, Korea
• COMUSTDC, Commander, United States Taiwan Defense Command
• CPG, Central People’s Government
• CPR, Chinese People’s Republic
• CUSA, Council for United States Aid (Republic of China)
• CY, calendar year
• DAG, Development Assistance Group
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DEF, defense
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DL, Development Loan
• DLF, Development Loan Fund
• DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DRP, Democratic Republican Party (Republic of Korea)
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EA, Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• EA/J, Officer in Charge of Japanese Affairs, Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• EAP, East Asia and Pacific
• ECM, electronic countermeasures
• ECONCOM, Economic Committee
• EEC, European Economic Community
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• E.O., Executive Order
• E/OR, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• E/OT, Office of International Trade, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EPB, Economic Planning Board
• FA, food allocation
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FE/EA, Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• F.R., Federal Register
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FROKA, First Republic of Korea Army
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• GARIOA, Government and Relief in Occupied Areas
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GIO, Government Information Office (Republic of China)
• GNP, Gross National Product
• GOJ, Government of Japan
• G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China (Taipei)
• GRI, Government of the Ryukyu Islands
• HE, high explosives
• HICOM, High Commissioner (of the Ryukyu Islands)
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICBM, inter-continental ballistic missiles
• ICC, International Control Commission (Vietnam)
• ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
• IDA, International Development Association
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IPI, International Press Institute
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• ISA/FE, Far East Division, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• JAEC, Japanese Atomic Energy Commission
• JCP, Japan Communist Party
• JCRR, Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction (Republic of China)
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• JFY, Japan fiscal year
• JIC, Joint Intelligence Committee
• JSP, Japan Socialist Party
• KBS, Korean Broadcast Service
• KCIA, Korean Central Intelligence Agency
• KMT, Kuomintang
• KST, Korean Standard Time
• kw, kilowatt
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• LCM, landing craft, mechanized
• LDC, less developed countries
• LDP, Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
• L/FE, Assistant Legal Adviser for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• LOG COMD, Logistics Command
• L/SFP, Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional Problems
• LST, landing ship, tank
• LTA, Long Term Agreement (on cotton textiles)
• M, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAC, Military Armistice Commission
• MACE, a surface-to-air missile
• MAF, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MC, Marine Corps
• MCST, Mutual Cooperation and Security Treaty
• MDC, Military District Commander
• MFN, most favored nation
• MITI, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan)
• MND, Minister of Defense
• MP, Military Police
• NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NEFA, Northeast Frontier Agency
• niact, night action, immediate reply
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NK, North Korea
• NOFORN, No foreign distribution
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NT, New Taiwan
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OP, Operations Plan
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OTF, Office of International Trade and Finance, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• OTF/TA, Trade Agreements Division, Office of International Trade and Finance, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• PACOM, Pacific Command
• PIO, EUSA, Public Information Office, Eighth U.S. Army
• POL, politics; petroleum, oil, and lubrication
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• P.L., Public Law
• PRC, People’s Republic of China
• Pri Min, Prime Minister
• QR, quota restriction
• reftel, reference telegram
• rep, representative
• ROK, Republic of Korea
• ROKA, Republic of Korea Army
• ROKAF, Republic of Korea Armed Forces
• ROKG, Republic of Korea Government
• rptd, repeated
• SA, Stabilization Assistance
• SAM, surface-to-air missile
• SCNR, Supreme Council for National Reconstruction
• SECTO, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his party to the Department of State
• sens, sensitive
• SG, Steering Group
• SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
• SIOP, Single Integrated Operations Plan (for use of strategic nuclear weapons)
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOF, Status of Forces
• SOFA, Status of Forces Agreement
• S/P, Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council, Department of State
• SROKA, Second Republic of Korea Army
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SSN, nuclear ballistic missile submarine
• TDC, Taiwan Defense Command
• TEA, Trade Expansion Act
• TIAS, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
• TOPOL, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Permanent Representative at the North Atlantic Council, Paris
• TOSEC, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State or his party from the Department of State
• U, Under Secretary of State
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNC, United Nations Command
• UNCMAC, United Nations Command, Military Armistice Commission
• UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• unn, unnumbered
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• U/PR, Chief of Protocol, Department of State
• USA, United States Army
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USARPAC, United States Army, Pacific
• USCAR, United States Civil Authority, Ryukyus
• USDEL, United States Delegation
• USFK, United States Forces in Korea
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USIS, United States Information Service
• US MP, U.S. Military Police
• US MPS, United States Military Personnel
• USN, United States Navy
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaties (series)
• USTDC, United States Taiwan Defense Command
• ZENRO, Japanese trade union grouping