Abbreviations and Terms

• AA, anti-aircraft
• ADPC (also AD/OPC), Assistant Director for Policy Coordination
• AFP, Agence France-Presse
• AIOC, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
• ALR, Arthur L. Richards
• Amb, Ambassador
• AmConsul, American Consul(ate)
• Amer, American
• AP, Associated Press
• ARAMCO, Arabian-American Oil Company
• ARMISH, United States Military Mission with the Iranian Army
• AWD, Allen W. Dulles
• BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation
• B/D, barrels per day
• BMI, Bank Melli Iran
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• BNE, Board of National Estimates, Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• Brit, British
• CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers
• CGSAC, Commanding General, Strategic Air Command
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
• cld, could
• CNE, Chief of the Near East and Africa Division, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• C/NEA (also CNEA), Chief of the Near East and Africa Division, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• Col., Colonel
• Cominform, Communist Information Bureau (informal name of the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties)
• Conf, conference
• Cons, Consuls; Consulates
• conv, conversation
• COS, Chief of Staff; Chief of Station
• C/PAD, Chief of the Political Action Division, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• CUCTU, Central United Council of Trade Unions (Iran)
• DADPC, Deputy Assistant Director of Policy Coordination, Central Intelligence Agency
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCOS, Deputy Chief of Staff
• DD/A, Deputy Director for Administration, Central Intelligence Agency
• DDCI (also D/DCI), Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
• DDE, Dwight D. Eisenhower
• DDI (also DD/I), Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• DDO, Deputy Director for Operations, (successor to the Deputy Director for Plans), Central Intelligence Agency
• DDP (also DD/P), Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• Depcirctel, Department circular telegram
• Dept, Department
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DI, Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• dissem, dissemination
• div, division
• DMS, Office of the Director of the Mutual Security Agency
• DO, Directorate of Operations (successor to the Directorate of Plans), Central Intelligence Agency
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOS, Department of State
• E&E, escape and evacuation
• Emb, Embassy
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EXIM, Export-Import Bank
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FGW, Frank G. Wisner
• finan, financial
• FNU, first name unknown
• FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G–2, military intelligence
• Gen. (also Genl.), General
• GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• GOI, Government of Iran
• govt, government
• grp, group
• GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
• HIM, His Imperial Majesty
• HMG, His/Her Majesty's Government
• HQS, headquarters
• IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• immed, immediate
• inf, infantry
• intnatl, international
• IranGov, Government of Iran
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JHW, John H. Waller
• JIC, Joint Intelligence Committee (UK)
• KR, Kermit Roosevelt
• KUBARK, cryptonym for Central Intelligence Agency
• KUCLUB, cryptonym for Office of Communications, Central Intelligence Agency
• LWH, Loy W. Henderson
• MA, military attaché
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• mbrs, members
• MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
• ME, Middle East
• MFA, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• mil, military
• milatts, military attachés
• MilGov, Military Governor
• milsitrep, military situation report
• Min, Minister
• Min Court, Minister of Court
• MinFonAff, Minister for Foreign Affairs
• MinInt, Minister of the Interior
• morn, morning
• MSA, Mutual Security Administration
• natl, national
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State; Near East
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State; Near East and Africa Division, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• negots, negotiations
• NF, National Front (Iran)
• NIACT, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
• NIC, National Intelligence Council
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NIOC, National Iranian Oil Company
• NMF, National Movement Faction
• Noforn, no foreign dissemination
• NSC, National Security Council
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• OCI, Office of Current Intelligence, Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• ODACID, cryptonym for Department of State
• ODDI, Office of the Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• ODYOKE, cryptonym for U.S. Government
• OIR, Office of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• ONE, Office of National Estimates, Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• ONI, Office of Naval Intelligence
• OPC, Office of Policy Coordination, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
• ORR, Office of Research and Reports, Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSD/ISA, International Security Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSO, Office of Special Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
• PED, Petroleum Policy Staff, Office of International Materials Policy, Department of State
• PM, Prime Minister; paramilitary
• pol (also polit), political
• PP, psychological and political
• PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• PSB, Psychological Strategy Board
• recd, received
• reftel, reference telegram
• Ret., retired
• RG, Record Group
• ROK, Republic of Korea
• rpt, repeat
• rptd, repeated
• RSFSR, Rossiyskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic)
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• shld, should
• SIS, Secret Intelligence Service (UK)
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SO, Special Operations
• Sov, Soviet
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• svc, service
• TCA, Technical Cooperation Administration, Department of State
• TCI, Technical Cooperation Administration Mission in Iran
• TEHE, Tehran
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• unn, unnumbered
• ur, your
• urtel, your telegram
• US, United States
• USA, United States Army
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USG, United States Government
• USN, United States Navy
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• VOA, Voice of America
• Wash., Washington
• WBS, Walter Bedell Smith
• WE, Western Europe
• wld, would
• Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean Time)