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Foreign Relations of the United States 1945-1950 Emergence of the Intelligence Establishment Department of State Washington, DC

List of Abbreviations

AAF, Army Air Forces

ACC, Allied Control Council/Commission

ACI, Advisory Committee on Intelligence, Department of State

AD/ORE, Assistant Director for Reports and Estimates

ADPC, Assistant Director for Policy Coordination

ADSO, Assistant Director for Special Operations (CIG and CIA)

AEC, Atomic Energy Commission

AGF, Army Ground Forces

AMET, American Mediterranean European Theater

ATC, Air Transport Command

BOB, Bureau of the Budget

CCC, Combat Command Chiefs/Congressional Country Club

CCS, Combined Chiefs of Staff

CE, Division of Central European Affairs, Department of State

CG, Commanding General

CIBI, Counter Intelligence Corps, British

CIC, Commander in Chief

CIG, Central Intelligence Group

C/L, Legislative Counsel, Office of the Counselor, Department of State

CO, Commanding Officer

COAPS, Coordination, Operations, and Policy/Planning Staff

CON, Office of Controls; Office of Consular Affairs, Bureau of Administration, Department of State

CSP, Chief, Special Projects Division, Office of Policy Coordination

DCI, Director of Central Intelligence (CIG and CIA)

DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (CIG and CIA)

DNI, Director of Naval Intelligence

DOD, Department of Defense

DRA, Division of Research for American Republics, Department of State

ECA, Economic Cooperation Administration

ETO, European Theater of Operations

EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State

FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service

FC, Division of Foreign Activity Correlation, Bureau of Administration, Department of State

FE, Office of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State

FEA, Foreign Economic Administration

G-2, intelligence section of divisional or higher staff

G-5, civil affairs section of divisional or higher staff

GSC, General Staff Corps

IAB, Intelligence Advisory Board

IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee

IAD, Acquisition and Distribution Division, Office of Research and Intelligence, Department of State

ICAPS, Interagency Coordinating and Planning Staff

IIC, Interdepartmental Intelligence Committee

INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State

IPDP, Intelligence Photographic Documentation Project

IRIS, Interim Research and Intelligence Service

JANIS, Joint Army-Navy Intelligence Studies

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff

JIC, Joint Intelligence Committee

JIS, Joint Intelligence Staff

JISPD, Joint Intelligence Studies Publication Board

JRDB, Joint Research and Development Board

Le, Legal Adviser

METO, Middle East Theater of Operations

MID, Military Intelligence Division, Department of the Army

MIS, Military Intelligence Staff, War Department General Staff

MO, Morale Operations, Office of Strategic Services

MOB, Morale Operations Branch, Office of Strategic Services

MTO, Mediterranean Theater of Operations

NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Office of Far Eastern Affairs

NAP, North Atlantic Pact

NIA, National Intelligence Authority

NIE, National Intelligence Estimate

NIG, National Intelligence Group

NIS, National Intelligence Survey; National Intelligence Summary

NME, National Military Establishment

NSC, National Security Council

NSCID, National Security Council Intelligence Directive

NSRB, National Security Resources Board

OBP, Office of Budget and Planning, Bureau of Administration, Department of State

OCD, Office of Collection and Dissemination

OCI, Office of Current Intelligence

ODA, Office of Departmental Administration, Bureau of Administration, Department of State

OFS, Office of the Foreign Service, Bureau of Administration, Department of State

OIE, Office of Intelligence and Educational Exchange

OIR, Office of Intelligence Research

OLI, Office of Libraries and Intelligence Acquisition

ONE, Office of National Estimates

ONI, Office of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy

OO, Office of Operations

OPC, Office of Policy Coordination

OPD, Operations Division, War Department

ORE, Office of Research and Evaluation; Office of Reports and Estimates

OSO, Office of Special Operations

OSS, Office of Strategic Services

OWI, Office of War Information

PSB, Psychological Strategy Board

R, Secretary of State's Special Assistant for Research and Intelligence

R and A, research and analysis

RDB, Research and Development Board

SANACC, State-Army-Navy-Air Coordinating Committee

SHAEF, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces

SI, Secret Intelligence, Office of Strategic Services

SID, Strategic Intelligence Digest

SIS, Special Intelligence Service

SO, Special Operations

SPG, Special Procedures Group, Office of Special Operations

SR, Situation Report

SS, Schutzstaffel (German elite guard)

SSU, Strategic Services Unit, War Department

SWNCC, State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee

UNO, United Nations Organization

USCIB, U.S. Communications Intelligence Board

USFA, U.S. Forces in Austria

USFCT, U.S. Forces, China Theater

USFET, U.S. Forces, European Theater

USSBS, U.S. Stragetic Bombing Survey

USSTAF, U.S. Strategic Air Forces

WDGS, War Department General Staff

X-2, counterintelligence unit

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