Office of the Historian

Abbreviations

  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • AIRA, Air Force Attaché
  • APAG, Atlantic Policy Advisory Group
  • ARMA, Army Attaché
  • B, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • BCP, Bulgarian Communist Party
  • BOP, balance of payments
  • B/P, balance of payments
  • CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
  • CAP, Common Agricultural Policy
  • CC, Central Committee
  • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
  • CDU, Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
  • CEMA, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • COCOM, Coordinating Committee of the Consultative Group, based in Paris, consisting of the nations seeking to control the export of strategic goods to Communist countries
  • CODEL, Congressional delegation
  • COMECON, Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
  • CP, Communist Party
  • CPSU, Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  • CSA, Czechoslovak State Airlines
  • CSSR, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • ECE, Economic Commission for Europe
  • EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EEC, European Economic Community
  • EFTA, European Free Trade Association
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/RPM, Office of Atlantic Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • E/W, East-West
  • EXIM, Export-Import Bank
  • Eximbank, Export-Import Bank
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • ForMin, Foreign Minister
  • FRC, Federal Records Center
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for
  • GA, General Assembly
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GDR, German Democratic Republic
  • GNP, Gross National Product
  • GOA, Government of Austria
  • GOB, Government of Bulgaria
  • GOC, Government of Czechoslovakia
  • GOF, Government of Finland
  • GOH, Government of Hungary
  • GOP, Government of Poland
  • GOR, Government of Romania
  • GOT, Government of Turkey
  • GOY, Government of Yugoslavia
  • G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICC, International Control Commission
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • IZT, Interzonal Trade
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • KGB, Committee for State Security (Soviet Secret Police)
  • LCY, Yugoslav Communist Party
  • Legtel, Legation telegram
  • M, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • MC, memorandum of conversation
  • MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • MFN, most favored nation
  • MLF, Multilateral Force
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • Niact, night action, communication indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of of the day or night
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • Noforn, no foreign dissemination
  • NPT, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • NSA, National Security Agency
  • NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • OIC, officer in charge
  • OSD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • PAA, Pan American Airlines
  • PL, Public Law
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • PNG, persona non grata
  • POLAD, Political Adviser
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • PriMin, Prime Minister
  • PZPR, Polish Communist Party
  • RCP, Romanian Communist Party
  • RFE, Radio Free Europe
  • RG, Record Group
  • RL, Radio Liberty
  • RPM, Office of Regional Political-Military Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • RWP, Romanian political party
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SC, Security Council
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his delegation to the Department of State
  • SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • S/P, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SYG, Secretary General
  • 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 from the Department of State
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • UAR, United Arab Republic
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • WEU, Western European Union
  • WP, Warsaw Pact
  • Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean Time)