Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917–1972, Volume VI,
Public Diplomacy, 1961–1963
Abbreviations and Terms
-
- A,
airgram
- ABC, American
Broadcasting Company
- ACEC/S or ACE/S, Secretariat of the U.S.
Advisory Commission on Educational Exchange and the Advisory
Committee on the Arts, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State
- ACLU,
American Civil Liberties Union
- ADP,
automatic data processing
- AF, Bureau of
African Affairs, Department of State
- AF/P, Public
Affairs Adviser, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of
State
- AFE, Office
of Eastern and Southern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs,
Department of State
- AFL-CIO,
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
Organizations
- AFN, Office
of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department
of State; also, American Forces Network
- AFP,
Agence France Presse (French Press Agency);
also Alliance for Progress
- AFW, Office
of West African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of
State
- AGVA,
American Guild of Variety Artists
- AID or USAID, Agency for
International Development
- Amb.,
ambassador
- ANTA,
American National Theatre and Academy
- AP, Associated
Press
- ARA or ARA/LA, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State/Bureau for Latin
America, Agency for International Development
- ASPAU,
African Scholarship Program of American Universities
-
- BBC, British
Broadcasting Corporation
- BIE, Bureau
of International Exhibitions
- BPAO, Branch
Public Affairs Officer
-
- CA, circular
airgram; also Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State
- CAO, cultural
affairs officer
- CARE,
Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere
- CAT, Civil
Air Transport
- CBS, Columbia
Broadcasting System
- CEJ, Charles
E. Johnson
- CENTO,
Central Treaty Organization
- Ch.,
chair
- ChiCom,
Chinese Communist
- Chieu
Hoi, Government of Vietnam Viet Cong repatriation
program
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- CINCPAC or
USCINCPAC,
Commander-in-Chief, Pacific
- CINE,
Committee on International Nontheatrical Events
- COB, close of
business
- Col.,
colonel
- COM, chief of
mission
- Cong.,
Congress
- CORE,
Congress of Racial Equality
- COSEC,
coordinating secretariat of International Student Conference
- COSERV,
National Council for Community Services to International
Visitors
- CPAO, chief
public affairs officer
- CPP, Country
Plan Program
- CRP, China
Reporting Program, United States Information Service
- CU, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
- cy.,
copy
-
- D, Democrat;
also Office of the Deputy Secretary of State
- DAC,
Development Assistance Committee
- DAG,
Development Assistance Group
- DAR,
Daughters of the American Revolution
- DCM, deputy
chief of mission
- Dept.,
Department
- DFL,
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor party
- Distrib., distribution
- DLF,
Development Loan Fund
- DM, D Mark;
Deutschemark
- DOD,
Department of Defense
- DPAO, deputy
public affairs officer
- DRE,
Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil
(Student Revolutionary Directorate), Cuba
- DRV,
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
- DW or DMW, Donald M. Wilson
-
- ECAFE,
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
- ECHO,
passive communications satellite experiment
- EDT, Eastern
Daylight Time
- EE, East
European; Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European
Affairs, Department of State
- EEC, European
Economic Community
- Emb.,
Embassy
- Embtel,
Embassy telegram
- E.O.,
Executive Order
- ERM, Edward
R. Murrow
- EUR, Bureau
of European Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/CE,
Office of Central European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
- EUR/SES,
Soviet and East European Exchanges Staff, Bureau of European
Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/SOV,
Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs,
Department of State
- Ex-Im, also
Eximbank, Export-Import Bank
-
- FAO, United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
- FAR,
Forces Armées du Royaume (Royal Armed
Forces), Laos
- FBI, Federal
Bureau of Investigation
- FBIS,
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
- FBO, Office
of Foreign Buildings, Department of State
- FCC, Federal
Communications Commission
- FDR, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt
- FE, Bureau of
Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- FE/P, Office
of Public Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of
State
- FE/SEA,
Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs,
Department of State
- Fed.,
federal
- FFP, Food for
Peace (Public Law 480)
- FM, frequency
modulation
- FMM, French
Military Mission
- ForMin,
foreign minister
- FRG, Federal
Republic of Germany
- FSIO,
Foreign Service Information Officer
- FSO, Foreign
Service Officer
- FSR, Foreign
Service Reserve
- FY, fiscal
year
- FYI, for your
information
-
- G, Office of
the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- GAO, General
Accounting Office
- GATT,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- GDR, German
Democratic Republic
- Gen.,
general
- GOI,
Government of India
- GOM,
Government of Malaysia
- GS, Glenn
Smith; also General Schedule
- GVN,
Government of Vietnam
-
- H, Bureau of
Congressional Relations, Department of State
- HAR, Hewson
A. Ryan
- HEW,
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
-
- I or USIA/I, Office of the
Director, United States Information Agency
- I/R or USIA/I/R, Office of the
Director, Public Information, United States Information
Agency
- IAA or USIA/IAA, Office of the
Assistant Director, Africa, United States Information Agency
- IAE or USIA/IAE, Office of the
Assistant Director, Europe, United States Information Agency
- IAF or USIA/IAF, Office of the
Assistant Director, Far East, United States Information
Agency
- IAL or USIA/IAL, Office of the
Assistant Director, Latin America, United States Information
Agency
- IAN or USIA/IAN, Office of the
Assistant Director, Near East and South Asia, United States
Information Agency
- IAS or USIA/IAS, Office of the
Assistant Director, Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, United States
Information Agency
- IBS or USIA/IBS, Office of the
Director, Broadcasting, United States Information Agency
- ICA,
International Cooperation Administration
- ICC,
International Control Commission
- ICS or USIA/ICS, Office of the
Director, Information Center Service, United States Information
Agency
- IGC or USIA/IGC, Office of the
General Counsel, United States Information Agency
- IGY,
International Geophysical Year
- IMF,
International Monetary Fund
- IMG,
Informational Media Guaranty
- IMS or USIA/IMS, Office of the
Director, Motion Picture Service, United States Information
Agency
- Info-Guide, policy statement on U.S. attitudes
toward a given situation, usually classified and transmitted by
telegram or pouch
- INR, Bureau
of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- IOA or USIA/IOA, Office of the
Assistant Director, Administration and Management, United States
Information Agency
- IOA/B or USIA/IOA/B, Office of the
Assistant Director, Administration and Management, Budget, United
States Information Agency
- IOC or USIA/IOC, Office of Private
Cooperation, United States Information Agency
- IOP or USIA/IOP, Office of Plans
(later Office of Policy), United States Information Agency
- IPS or USIA/IPS, Office of the
Director, Press and Publications Service, United States Information
Agency
- IRR or USIA/IRR, Research and
Reference Service, United States Information Agency
- IRS, Office
of the Director of Information Research Service, United States
Information Agency
- ISC,
International Student Conference
- ISMUN,
International Student Movement for the United Nations
- ITV or USIA/ITV, Office of the
Director, Television Service, United States Information
Agency
- IUS,
International Union of Students
- IUSY,
International Union of Socialist Youth
-
- JCS, Joint
Chiefs of Staff
-
-
- L, Office of
the Legal Adviser, Department of State
- LDB, Lucius
D. Battle
- LSB, Leslie
S. Brady
-
- M, Office of
the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- MAAG,
Military Assistance Advisory Group
- MACV,
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
- MAP, Military
Assistance Program
- McG, George
McGovern
- McGB, Mc
George Bundy
- MBS, Mutual
Broadcasting System
- Meo (Hmong),
mountain tribes in Laos
- mm,
millimeter
- MSP, Mutual
Security Program
- mtg.,
meeting
-
- NAACP,
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- NAFSA,
National Association of Foreign Student Advisers
- NARBA,
North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement
- NASA,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NATO, North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NBC, National
Broadcasting Company
- NCFE,
National Committee for a Free Europe
- NEA, Bureau
of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State; also
National Endowment for the Arts
- NLF, National
Liberation Front
- NODIS, no
distribution
- NSAM,
National Security Action Memorandum
- NSC, National
Security Council
- NSF, National
Science Foundation
-
- OAS,
Organization of American States
- OBE,
overtaken by events
- OCB,
Operations Coordination Board
- OECD,
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OEE, Office
of Educational Exchange, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State
- OEEC,
Organization for European Economic Cooperation
- OEP, Office
of Emergency Planning, White House
- OITF, Office
of International Trade Fairs, Department of Commerce
- OSD, Office
of the Secretary of Defense
-
- P, Bureau of
Public Affairs, Department of State
- P/PG, Policy
Plans and Guidance Staff, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of
State
- P/SI, Special
Information Staff, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of
State
- PAO, public
affairs officer
- Pax
Romana, international federation of Catholic
university students and graduates
- PCG, Planning
Coordination Group
- PDJ,
Plaine des Jarres (Plain of Jars),
Laos
- P.L., public
Law; also Pathet Lao
- P.L.-480;
Public Law 480, Food for Peace
- POLAD,
political advisor
- Polaris,
submarine
- Potomac
Cable, unclassified Info-Guide transmitted over
Wireless File
- Pres.,
President
- PSB,
Psychological Strategy Board
-
- Q & A,
question and answer
-
- R,
Republican
- R & D,
research and development; also research and design
- ref.,
reference
- reftel,
reference telegram
- Res.,
resolution
- Rev.,
reverend
- RFA, Radio
Free Asia
- RFE/RL,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- RG, Record
Group
- RH, Reed
Harris
- RIAS,
Rundfunk in Amerikanischen Sektor (U.S. Radio
in the U.S. Sector of Berlin)
- RLG, Royal
Laotian Government
- RLN, Radio
Liberty Network
- RMR or RM/R, Records and Reference
Branch, Department of State
- rpt.,
repeat
- rptd,
repeated
- ROK or ROKG, Republic of
Korea/Republic of Korea Government
- RSC, Regional
Service Center, USIA
-
- S, Office of
the Secretary of State; also Senate
- S/AL, Office
of the Ambassador at Large, Department of State
- S/P, Policy
Planning Council, Department of State
- S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
- S/S-RO,
Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of
State
- S-5, U.S.
military civil affairs or civil affairs officers
- SE,
southeast
- SEATO,
South East Asian Treaty Organization
- Sec.,
secretary
- SECAF,
Secretary of the Air Force
- SECNAV,
Secretary of the Navy
- sess.,
session
- SFRC, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
- SIE, Special
International Exhibits
- SNIE,
Special National Intelligence Estimate
- SOP, standard
operating procedure
- SORAFOM,
Société de radiodiffusion de la France
d’outre-mer (radio and television stations operating in
French overseas departments and territories)
- SOV, Office
of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of
State
- SovBloc,
Soviet Bloc
- SP or SPA, Office of Southwest
Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of
State
- SR,
President’s Special Representative, Department of State
- Stat.,
statute
- STRAC,
Strategic Army Corps
-
- TASS,
Telegrafnoye Agentsvo Sovetskogo Soiuza
(Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
- TCS, Thomas
C. Sorensen
- TRP, Taiwan
Reporting Program, United States Information Service
- TV,
television
- TVA,
Tennessee Valley Authority
-
- U, Office of
the Under Secretary of State
- U-2, high
altitude reconnaissance aircraft
- UAR, United
Arab Republic
- UK, United
Kingdom
- UN, United
Nations
- UNESCO,
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization
- UNGA, United
Nations General Assembly
- UNICEF,
United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund
- UPI, United
Press International
- US, United
States
- USA, United
States of America; also United States Army
- USAF, United
States Air Force
- USARYIS,
United States Army Ryukyus Islands
- USCAR,
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyus
- USINFO,
series indicator for messages from the United States Information
Service
- USN, United
States Navy
- USUN, U.S.
Mission to the United Nations
- USIA, United
States Information Agency
- USIS, United
States Information Service
- USITO,
outgoing telegram from the United States Information Agency to the
field
- USMC, United
States Marine Corps
- USOM, United
States Operations Mission
- USSR, Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics
- U.S.T.,
United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
-
- VC, Viet
Cong
- VIP, very
important person
- VIS,
Vietnamese Information Service
- VOA, Voice of
America
-
- WAH, W.
Averell Harriman
- WAY, World
Assembly of Youth
- WE, Western
European
- WFCYWG,
World Federation of Catholic Young Women and Girls
- WFDY, World
Federation of Democratic Youth
- WH, White
House
- WR, weekly
report
- WUS, World
University Service
-
- Z, Zulu
(Greenwich Mean Time)
- Zone D,
Viet Cong jungle base area near Saigon