List of Abbreviations

• Abako, Alliance des Ba-Kongo
• AC, United Nations Advisory Committee on the Congo
• AF, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/AFC, Office of Central African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/AFI, Office of Inter-African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFE, Office of Eastern and Southern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/N, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFP, Agence France Presse
• AFS, Office of South African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AF/W, Office of West African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AID, Agency for International Development
• Amb, Ambassador
• ANC, Armée Nationale Congolaise (Congo); African National Congress (South Africa)
• AP, Associated Press
• ASAF, Asian-African
• ASW, anti-submarine warfare
• AV, Aviation Division, Office of Transport and Communications, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• Balubakat, Association des Ba-Luba du Katanga
• BCP, Belgian Communist Party
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• CA, circular airgram
• CAC, United Nations Advisory Committee on the Congo
• CARE, Cooperative for American Remittances to Everywhere
• CC, United Nations Conciliation Commission
• CEREA, Centre de Regroupement Africain (Congo)
• CFEP, Council on Foreign Economic Policy
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist(s)
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIMCO, Congo International Management Corporation
• CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Armed Forces, Atlantic
• CINCLANTFLT, Commander in Chief, Armed Forces, Atlantic Fleet
• CNA, Congolese National Army
• CODEL, Congressional delegation
• comite, committee
• Conakat, Confédération des Associations Tribale du Katanga
• Contel, Consulate telegram
• CRITIC, indicator for emergency telegram
• CSK, Comite Speciale du Katanga
• CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
• DAG, Development Assistance Group
• DDE, Dwight David Eisenhower
• Del, delegate, 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
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DLF, Development Loan Fund
• DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EDT, Eastern Daylight Time
• EE, Office of Eastern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EEC, European Economic Community
• EmbDes, Embassy despatch
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• ES, Emergency Session of the United Nations
• ETA, estimated time of arrival
• EUCOM, European Command (U.S. Army)
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EXIM, Export-Import Bank
• FAMA, Foundation for Mutual Assistance in Africa South of the Sahara
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FBO, Office of Foreign Buildings, Department of State
• FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FEPC, Fair Employment Practices Commission
• FLN, Front de Libération Nationale (Algeria)
• FM, FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FP, Force Publique (Congo)
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G–2, Army general staff section dealing with intelligence at the divisional level or higher
• GA, United Nations General Assembly
• GADel, United Nations General Assembly Delegation
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GOB, Government of Belgium
• GOC, Government of the Congo; United Nations Good Offices Committee on South West Africa
• GOF, Government of France
• GOG, Government of Ghana; Government of Guinea
• GOI, Government of Italy
• GOL, Government of Liberia
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• GSR, Government of the Somali Republic
• HICOM, High Commission, High Commissioner
• HMG, Her (His) Majesty’s Government
• HQ, Headquarters
• IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• IDA, International Development Association
• IES, International Educational Exchange Service
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• JFD, John Foster Dulles
• kw, kilowatt
• LA, Latin America
• Leo, Leopoldville
• ltr, letter
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MC, MemCon, Memorandum of Conversation
• ME, Middle East
• MEA, Ministry of External Affairs
• MFN, most favored nation
• MinDef, Minister/Ministry of Defense
• MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• MNC, Mouvement National Congolais
• M/OP, Operations Coordinator, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• MSA, Mutual Security Agency/Act/Agreement
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• mtg, meeting
• mytels, my telegrams
• NAC, North Atlantic Council
• NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NBC, National Broadcasting Company
• NEA/AF, Office of African Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
• Niact, night action requiring immediate reply
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NSC, National Security Council
• NY, New York
• NZ, New Zealand
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• OEEC, Organization for European Economic Cooperation
• OFD/ED, Office of International Financial and Development Affairs, Economic Development Division, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• ONUC, Organisation des Nations-Unis au Congo (see UNOC)
• OPEX, United Nations technical assistance program for providing operational, executive, and administrative personnel
• ourtel, our telegram
• P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
• PAA, Pan American Airways
• PAFMECA, Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa
• PDG, Parti Democratique Guinéen
• PGAR, Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
• P.L., Public Law
• PM, Prime Minister
• PNG, persona non grata
• POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
• Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the Department of State
• PPS, Policy Planning Staff
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• PSA, Parti Solidaire Africain (Congo)
• RA, Office of European Regional Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• refdes, reference despatch
• reftel, reference telegram
• Res, resolution
• RG, Record Group
• SA, South Africa
• SC, United Nations Security Council
• SecDel, Secretary of State’s Delegation
• Secy, Secretary of State
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• S/P, Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning; Policy Planning Staff
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• Stat., United States Statutes at Large
• SUNFED, Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
• SWA, South West Africa
• SYG, United Nations Secretary-General
• TASS, Telegraphnoye Agentstvo Sovyetskogo Soyuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
• TC, Technical Cooperation
• Topol, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the United States Permanent Representative at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• TSO, United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• U/CEA, Special Assistant for Communist Economic Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• UK, United Kingdom
• UKDel, United Kingdom Delegation to the United Nations
• UM, Union Minière (Congo mining company)
• UMHK, Union Minière du Haut-Katanga
• U/MSC, Deputy Coordinator for Mutual Security, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• UN, United Nations
• UNDel, United Nations Delegation
• UNEF, United Nations Emergency Force
• UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund
• UNOC, United Nations Operations in the Congo (see ONUC)
• UNOGIL, United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• urtel, your telegram
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USIS, United States Information Service (overseas branches of USIA)
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USRO, United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
• USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
• VIP, very important person
• VOA, Voice of America
• WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State