Office of the Historian

Abbreviations and Terms

  • AF, Air Force
  • AFB, Air Force Base
  • AFSOUTH, Armed Forces South
  • AHEPA, American-Hellenic Educational and Progressive Association
  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • AKEL, Anorthotikon Komma Ergazo Laou (Reform Party of the Working People) (Cyprus)
  • AMB, Ambassador
  • AMCITS, American citizens
  • AMCONGEN, American Consul General
  • AMCONSUL, American Consul
  • AMEMBASSY, American Embassy
  • ASW, antisubmarine warfare
  • A/SYG, Assistant Secretary General
  • C, Office of the Counselor, Department of State
  • CA, circular airgram
  • CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
  • CDI, Common Defense Installations
  • CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
  • Cherokee, special telegram channel
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINC, Commander in Chief
  • CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces, Europe
  • CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command
  • CINCSOUTH, Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces, Southern Europe
  • CINCUSAFE, Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Force, Europe
  • CINCUSAREUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army, Europe
  • CINCUSNAVEUR, Commander in Chief, U.S. Navy, Europe
  • CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
  • Col, Colonel
  • COMSIXTHFLT, Commander, Sixth Fleet
  • CONGEN, Consul General
  • Controlled Dissem, controlled dissemination
  • CONUS, continental United States
  • CPA, Cypriot Provisional Authority
  • CR, Continuing Resolution
  • CSCE, Council on Security and Cooperation in Europe
  • CYPOL, Cypriot Police
  • CY, calendar year
  • D, Deputy Secretary of State
  • D/INR, Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • DA, Department of the Army
  • DAO, Defense Affairs Officer
  • DATT, defense attaché
  • DCA, Defense Cooperation Agreement
  • DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • DDC, Office of the Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • DDI, Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
  • DDO, Deputy Director of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
  • DDO/EUR, Division of European Affairs, Deputy Director of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
  • DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency
  • DefMin, Minister of Defense
  • DefSec, Defense Secretary
  • Del, delegate, delegation
  • Depcirtel, circular telegram from the Department of State
  • DepFonMin, Deputy Foreign Minister
  • Dept, Department of State
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • DirGen or DG, Director General
  • Dis or Dissem, dissemination
  • DOD, Department of Defense
  • DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • DPC, Defense Planning Committee
  • DPRC, Defense Program Review Committee
  • DPRG, Defense Program Review Group
  • E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
  • EAN, Greek Anti-dictatorship Youth
  • EC, European Community
  • EDA, United Democratic Left (Greece)
  • EDE, National Democratic Union (Greece)
  • Emb, Embassy
  • Emboff, Embassy Officer
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • EOKA-B, Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (National Organization of Cypriot Fighters) (Greek Cypriots)
  • EPOK, National Cultural Movement (Greece)
  • ERE, National Radical Union (Greece)
  • ESA, Greek Military Police
  • EST, Eastern Standard Time
  • EUCOM, European Command
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/SE, Office of Southern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EXDIS, exclusive distribution only
  • Ex-Im, Export-Import Bank
  • FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
  • FCO, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • FIR, Far Infrared Radiation; also Finite Impulse Response
  • FM, foreign minister; also from
  • FMS, foreign military sales
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FonSec, Foreign Secretary
  • FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
  • FY, fiscal year
  • FYI, for your information
  • GA, United Nations General Assembly
  • GOC, Government of Cyprus
  • GOG, Government of Greece
  • GOT, Government of Turkey
  • GNP, Gross National Product
  • H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
  • HAF, Hellenic Air Force
  • HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
  • HF, Hellenic Forces
  • HICOMER, (British) High Commissioner
  • HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • INR/DDC, Office of the Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • INR/OD, Office of the Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organizations Affairs, Department of State
  • ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
  • J, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JP, Justice Party (Turkey)
  • JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum
  • JUSMAGG, Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group
  • K, Kissinger
  • KKE, Greek Communist Party
  • KYP, Greek Central Intelligence Agency
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • Limdis, limited distribution
  • LOS, law of the sea
  • LTG, Lieutenant General
  • MAC, Military Assistance Command
  • MAP, Military Assistance/Aid Program
  • Memcon, memorandum of conversation
  • MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • MIL, military
  • MILAD, military adviser
  • MIN, Minister
  • MP, member of parliament
  • MR, military region; also memorandum for the record
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council (NATO)
  • NARA, National Archives and Records Administration
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NDAC, Air Defense Committee, NATO
  • NE, northeast
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/CYP, Office of Cypriot Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/GRK, Office of Greek Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NEA/TUR, Office of Turkish Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • NG, National Guard
  • NIACT, night action, telegram indicator requiring immediate action
  • NIC, National Intelligence Council
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NIO/WE, Division of Western Europe, National Intelligence Office, Central Intelligence Agency
  • NMCC, National Military Command Center
  • Nodis, no distribution (other than to persons indicated)
  • Noforn, no foreign distribution
  • NPG, Nuclear Planning Group
  • NPT, Nonproliferation Treaty
  • NSA, National Security Agency
  • NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
  • NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
  • OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
  • OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • OBE, overtaken by events
  • OCI, Office of Current Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
  • OMB, Office of Management and Budget
  • ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • OSD/ISA, Office of the Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • OSR, Office of Strategic Research, Central Intelligence Agency
  • P, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • PAO, Public Affairs Officer
  • PARAS, paragraphs
  • PASOK, Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima (Pan-Hellenic Socialist Party) (Greece)
  • Permreps, permanent representatives
  • PM, Prime Minister; also Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • PM/ISO, International Security Operations, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
  • POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants; Poland; political adviser
  • POLTO, telegram series indicator
  • POLAD, political adviser
  • POL/MIL, political and military adviser
  • PolOff, political officer
  • PR, public relations
  • PriMin, Prime Minister
  • Reftel, reference telegram
  • Rep, representative
  • Res, resolution
  • RG, Record Group; also review group
  • RMN or RN, Richard Nixon
  • RPP, Republican People’s Party (Turkey)
  • RPT, repeat
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SA, supporting assistance
  • SAC, Supreme Allied Command; also Strategic Air Command
  • SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
  • S/AL, Ambassador at Large, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SBA, Sovereign Base Area
  • SE, southeast
  • SEA, Southeast Asia
  • SecDef, Secretary of Defense
  • SecGen, Secretary General (UN)
  • SECSTATE, Secretary of State
  • SECTO, series indicator for telegram from the Secretary of State while on travel
  • SEPTEL, separate telegram
  • SHAFC, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Forces Command
  • SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
  • SOFA, Status of Forces Agreement
  • SOV, Soviet
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • S/PRS, Office of Press Relations, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SRG, Senior Review Group
  • SSBN, Ship Submarine, Ballistic Missile, Nuclear Power (Fleet Ballistic Nuclear Missile Submarine)
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Secretary of State
  • S/S–I, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SYG, Secretary General (NATO)
  • T, Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance
  • Telcon, Telephone conversation
  • TMT, Turkish Cypriots
  • TOSEC, series indictor for telegram to the Secretary of State while on travel
  • TRU, Tactical Reserve Force (Cyprus)
  • UDI, Universal Declaration of Independence
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNFICYP, United Nations Force in Cyprus
  • UNGA, United National General Assembly
  • UNSC, United Nations Security Council
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
  • USDEL MC, United States Delegation to NATO, Military Committee
  • USDOCOSOUTH, Documents Officer, Allied Forces, Southeastern Europe
  • USEUCOM, United States European Command
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIB, United States Intelligence Board
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USNATO, United States Mission to NATO
  • USNMR, United States National Military Representative
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • USUN, U.S. Mission to the United Nations
  • VOA, Voice of America
  • WG, Working Group
  • WH, White House
  • WHSR, White House Situation Room
  • WSAG, Washington Special Actions Group
  • Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean Time)