Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Korea, Volume XV, Part 1

AB, airborne

Actel, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington

AE, ammunitions ship

afld, airfield

AKL, light cargo ship

AM, fleet minesweeper

AmEmb, American Embassy

ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (the ANZUS Pact Nations)

AO, oiler (vessel)

AOB, air order of battle

AP, Associated Press

AR, repair ship

ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State

ARL, landing craft repair ship

ASAP, as soon as possible

bn, battalion

BW, bacteriological warfare

C, Counselor of the Department of State

CAFIC, Communist Air Force in China

CAMG (CA/MG), Office of Civil Affairs and Military Government, Department of the Army

cav, cavalry

CCAF, Chinese Communist Air Force

CCF, Chinese Communist Forces

CFI, Custodial Forces of India

CEB, Combined Economic Board

CFM, Council of Foreign Ministers

CGAFFE, Commanding General, American Forces in the Far East

CGArEight, Commanding General, Eighth Army

CGEUSAK, Commanding General, Eighth United States Army in Korea

CGKCOMZ, Commanding General, Korean Communications Zone

ChiComs, Chinese Communists

CIA, Central Intelligence Agency

CIC, Counter Intelligence Corps

CI & E, Counter Intelligence and Espionage

CINCFE, Commander in Chief, Far East

CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific

CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command

CINCUNC–Adv, the headquarters of the UNC negotiating team at Panmunjom, located at Munsan-ni near Panmunjom

CIs, civilian internees

CMC, Collective Measures Committee, United Nations

CNA, Chinese Nationalist Army

COFS, Chief of Staff

COMFEAF, Commander, Far East Air Forces

COMNAVFE, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in the Far East

COMSAC, Commander, U.S. Strategic Air Command

CPR, Chinese People’s Republic

CPV, Chinese People’s Volunteers

CRIK, Civilian Relief in Korea

C/S, Chief of Staff

CSUSA, Chief of Staff, United States Army

CW, chemical warfare

DA, Department of the Army

DD, destroyer

DE, destroyer escort

Def, Department of Defense

Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly

DEPTAR, Department of the Army

Deptel, Department of State telegram

DIP, military series indicator for diplomatic traffic

DNP, Democratic Nationalist Party (South Korea)

DMS, Director of Mutual Security

DOD, Department of Defense

DPs, displaced persons

DRF, Division of Research for the Far East, Department of State

D/Z (DZ), Demilitarized Zone

ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration

EDC, European Defense Community

EE, Office of East European Affairs, Department of State

EM, enlisted man

Embtel, Embassy telegram

EST, Eastern Standard Time

EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

EUSAK, Eighth United States Army in Korea

Everready, plan covering eventualities of ROK domestic disturbances and non-cooperation with UNC

FAO, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation

FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State

FEC (FECOM), Far East Command

Final, UNC plan for signing armistice

FOA, Foreign Operations Administration

FonMin, Foreign Minister

FonOff, Foreign Office

FY, fiscal year

FYI, for your information

G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State

G–1, Army general staff section dealing with personnel at the division level or higher

G–2, Army general staff section dealing with intelligence at the division level or higher

G–3, Army general staff section dealing with operations and training at the division level or higher

G–4, Army general staff section dealing with supply at the division level or higher

GA, General Assembly, United Nations

Gadel, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation at the United Nations General Assembly

GHQ, general headquarters

GOI, Government at India

HICOG, High Commissioner for Germany

HICOM, High Commissioner

I, internal time

IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee

IC, Indochina

ICJ, International Court of Justice, United Nations

ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross

IN, incoming

INS, International News Service

ISA, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

J–5, Office of Civil Operations, Far East Command of the UN Command

JA UNC, Judge Advocate, United Nations Command

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

JOEWP, joint operation emergency war plan

JSPC, Joint Subsidiary Plans Division of JCS

KCAC, Korean Civil Assistance Command

KCOMZ, Korean Communications Zone

Kentel, series indicator and special channel for telegrams to or from Ambassador Kennan in Moscow

KMAG, United States Military Advisory Group to the Republic of Korea

KMT, Kuomintang (Nationalist Party), Republic of China

KPA, Korean People’s Army

L, Legal Adviser, Department of State

L/E, Legal Adviser to the Bureau of Economic Affairs

Little Switch, operation for repatriation of sick and wounded prisoners of war

LOC, line of communication

LSM, landing ship, medium

LST, tank landing ship

MAC, Military Armistice Commission

MB, medium bomber

MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance

MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program

MEDO, Middle East Defense Organization

MDT, Mutual Defense Treaty

M/L, martial law

MP, military police

MLR, Main Line of Resistance

MSA, Mutual Security Agency; Mutual Security Act (of 1951); Mutual Security Assistance

MSP, Mutual Security Program

mytel, my telegram

NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State

NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State

NDC, National Defense Corps (ROK)

niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night

NIE, National Intelligence Estimate

NK, North Korea

NKA, North Korean Army

NKPA, North Korean People’s Army

NNIT, Neutral Nations’ Inspection Teams

NNRC, Neutral Nations’ Repatriation Commission

NNSC, Neutral Nations’ Supervisory Commission

NOTAL, not needed by all addressees

NSC, National Security Council

NSF, National Safety Forces (Japan)

OCB, Operations Coordinating Board

OCS, Office, Chief of Staff

OFD, Office of Financial and Development Policy, Department of State

OMP, Office of International Materials Policy, Department of State

OPI, Office of Public Information (ROK)

OSD, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense

ourad, our radio (telegram)

P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State

PC, Political Conference

PCEC, escort amphibious control vessel

PIO, Public Information Officer

POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants

POWs, prisoners of war

PM, Prime Minister

PNG, persona non grata

Pres US, the President of the United States

PriMin, Prime Minister

PSB, Psychological Strategy Board

PSF, President’s Secretary’s File (Truman Papers, Truman Library)

PsyWar, psychological warfare

PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

PW, prisoner of war

RAAF, Royal Australian Air Force

rad, radio (telegram)

RCAF, Royal Canadian Air Force

RCT, regimental combat team

reftel, reference telegram

reurad, re your radio (telegram)

ROK, Republic of Korea

ROKA, Republic of Korea Army

ROKG, Republic of Korea Government

ROKN, Republic of Korea Navy

S, Office of the Secretary of State

SC, Security Council of the United Nations

Scatter, screening plan for repatriation of prisoners of war

SE, Special Estimate

SEA, South East Asia

SecDef, Secretary of Defense

Secto, series indicator for telegrams to the Department of State from the Secretary of State

sitrep, situation report

SK, South Korea

SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State

S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State

SM, Secretary’s Meeting

SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate

S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State

STU, short ton of tungsten

Supr Com, supervisory commission

SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Telac, series indicator for telegrams to Secretary of State Acheson while away from Washington

telecon, telecommunications conference

TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series

TO & E, Table of Organization and Equipment

Tofoa, series indicator for telegrams to Foreign Operations Administration

Topad, designation for telegraphic correspondence in either direction between the United States Political Adviser to the Supreme Commander for Allied Powers in Japan and the Department of State

Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State

TopSec, Top Secret

TS, Top Secret

UC, Unified Command

UKHC, United Kingdom High Commissioner

UNA, Bureau of United Nations Affairs, Department of State

UNASYG, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General

UNC, United Nations Command

UNCACK, United Nations Civil Assistance Command, Korea

UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea

UNGA, United Nations General Assembly

UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State

UNPW, United Nations prisoner of war

UNKRA, United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency

urad, your radio (telegram)

urtel, your telegram

USAF, United States Air Force

USIS, United States Information Service

USMC, United States Marine Corps

UST, United States Treaties and Other Agreements

USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations

WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State

WIROM, series indicator for certain Department of State administrative telegrams

YO, fuel oil barge

ZI, Zone of the Interior

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Korea, Volume XV, Part 1

List of Abbreviations and Symbols, and Code Names