Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • A, Assistant Secretary of State for Administration
  • AA, Administering Authority; Afro-Asian
  • ACBAQ, Advisory Committee on Budget and Administrative Questions, United Nations
  • AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
  • AF, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs until August 20, 1958; thereafter Bureau of African Affairs
  • AFN, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Bureau of African Affairs after August 20, 1958), Department of State
  • Amb, Ambassador
  • ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • ARPA, Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • ASAF, Asian-African, Asia-Africa
  • AU, Arab Union
  • BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • CA, circular airgram; Office of Chinese Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • Cahto, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Herter while away from Washington
  • Chi, Chinese
  • ChiComs, Chinese Communists
  • ChiRep, Chinese Representation
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCNELM, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
  • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
  • comite, committee
  • COSPAR, Committee on Space Research
  • CPR, People’s Republic of China
  • DBM, Division of Buildings Management, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Operations
  • DC, Disarmament Committee
  • del, delegation
  • Delga, series indicator for telegrams from the delegation at the United Nations General Assembly to the Department of State
  • Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
  • Dept, Department
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • desp, despatch
  • DEW Line, Distant Early Warning Line
  • DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
  • Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
  • ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council, United Nations
  • EE, Eastern Europe
  • elint, electronic intelligence
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • ETAP, Expanded Technical Assistance Program
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • EUR/BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FLN,Fédération de Liberation Nationale; Front de Libération Nationale
  • FonMin, Foreign Minister, Foreign Ministry
  • FonOff, Foreign Office
  • FYI, for your information
  • G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
  • G–2, military intelligence section of the Army or Marine Corps; military intelligence officer
  • GA, General Assembly, United Nations
  • GAA, General Armistice Agreement
  • Gadel, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the delegation to the United Nations General Assembly
  • GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GC, General Committee, United Nations
  • GDR, German Democratic Republic
  • GOI, Government of India
  • GOL, Government of Libya; Government of Lebanon
  • GOS, Government of Sudan
  • GOT, Government of Tunisia
  • govt, government
  • GRC, Government of the Republic of China
  • GVN, Government of Vietnam
  • H, Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
  • HKJ, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
  • Hung, Hungary, Hungarian
  • IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
  • IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
  • ICBM, Intercontinental ballistic missile
  • ICJ, International Court of Justice
  • ICSU, International Council of Scientific Unions
  • IGY, International Geophysical Year
  • ILC, International Law Commission
  • ILO, International Labor Organization
  • infotel, information telegram
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IO/OIA, Office of International Administration, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • L/EUR, Assistant Legal Adviser for European Affairs, Department of State
  • L/SFP, Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional Problems, Department of State
  • L/UNA, Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State
  • LA, Latin America
  • Leb, Lebanon
  • Leg, Legation
  • ME, Middle East
  • memcom, memorandum of conversation
  • mytel, my telegram
  • NAC, North Atlantic Council
  • NACA, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
  • NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs after August 20, 1958), Department of State
  • NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State, until August 20, 1958; thereafter Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
  • Niact, night action; communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NSGTs, non-self-governing territories
  • NY, New York
  • O, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
  • OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
  • ODM, Office of Defense Mobilization
  • OPI, Office of Public Information
  • ourtel, our telegram
  • P, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
  • P/OPS, Office of Public Services, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • para, paragraph
  • Phil, Philippines
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the Office of the United States Permament Representative to the North Atlantic Council
  • PriMin, Prime Minister
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • Rep, Representative
  • reourtel, reference our telegram
  • res, resolution
  • ROK, Republic of Korea
  • ROKG, Republic of Korea Government
  • RPA, Office of Inter-American Regional Affairs, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
  • RVN, Republic of Vietnam
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • S/AE, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Disarmament and Atomic Energy
  • S/P, Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/S–RO, Reports and Operations Staff, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • S/SA, Science Adviser to the Secretary of State
  • SA, Specialized Agency
  • SC, Security Council, United Nations
  • SCAP, Supreme Commander, Allied Powers
  • SCAR, Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • Sec, Secretary of State
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences to the Department of State
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimates
  • SOA/NEA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs after August 20, 1958), Department of State
  • Sov, Soviet
  • SPA, Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • SWA, Southwest Africa
  • SY, Office of Security, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
  • SYG, Secretary-General
  • TA, Technical Assistance
  • TC, Trusteeship Council, United Nations
  • tel, telegram
  • Tocah, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to Secretary of State Herter while away from Washington
  • Topol, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the United States Permanent Representative at the North Atlantic Council
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international Conferences
  • U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • U/FW, Special Assistant for Fisheries and Wildlife, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • U/LS, Special Assistant for Law of the Sea, Office of the Under Secretary of State
  • U/OP, Operations Coordinator, Department of State
  • UAR, United Arab Republic
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
  • UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UNHCR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • Unn, unnumbered
  • UNOGIL, United Nations Observer Group in Lebanon
  • UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • UNREF, United Nations Refugee Fund
  • UNRWA, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Arab Refugees from Palestine
  • UPC,Union des Populations du Cameroun
  • ur, your
  • urtel, your telegram
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USARP, United States Antarctic Research Program
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USN, United States Navy
  • USNHO, United States National Hydrographic Organization
  • USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
  • W, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
  • WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State; Western European; Western Europe
  • WHO, World Health Organization