LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS


GAA, General Armistice Agreement
GARIGA, Government and Relief in
  Occupied Areas
GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs
  and Trade
GDR, German Democratic Republic
GER, Bureau of German Affairs, De-
  partment of State
GHQ, General Headquarters
GOI, Government of India
GSA, General Services Administration
GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and
  Iranian  Affairs, Department of
  State
H, Office of the Assistant Secretary of
  State for Congressional Relations
H-bomb, hydrogen bomb
H.R., designation for legislation intro-
  duced in the House of Representa-
  tives
HSD, high separation diffusion
IADB, Inter-American Defense Board
IA  ECOSOC, Inter-American     Eco-
  nomic and Social Council
IBRD, International Bank for Recon-
  struction and Development
ICIS, Interdepartmental Committee on
  Internal Security
IEP, Division of Exchange of Persons,
  Department of State
IIAA, Institute  of Inter-American
  Affairs
IMF, International Monetary Fund
ITO, International Trade Organization
ITP, Office -of International Trade
  Policy, Department of State
JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Depart-
  ment of State
L/EUR, Office of the Assistant Legal
  Adviser for European Affairs, De-
  partment of State
LA, Latin America
Le, Office of the Legal Adviser, De-
  partment of State
Legtel, Legation telegram
LOC, lines of communication
LSD, low separation diffusion
MAP, Military Assistance Program
MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance
MDAA, Mutual Defense Assistance
  Act


MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance
  Program
MEA, Ministry of External Affairs
MN, Monetary Affairs Staff, Depart-
  ment of State
MVD, Soviet secret police
mytel, my telegram
NAC, National Advisory Council on
  International Monetary and Finan-
  cial Problems
NAP, North Atlantic Pact
NAT(O), North      Atlantic Treaty
  (Organization)
NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern, South
  Asian, and African Affairs, Depart-
  ment of State
NGO,    nongovernmental   organiza-
  tion (s)
niact, night action, communications
  indicator requiring, attention by the
  recipient at any hour of the day or
  night
NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
NME, National Military Establish-
  ment
NSC, National Security Council
NSRB, National Security Resources
  Board
OAS, Organization of American States
OEEC, Organization for European
  Economic Cooperation
OFD, Office of Financial and Develop-
  ment Policy, Department of State
OIR, Office of Intelligence Research,
  Department of State
OMB, Office of Management and
  Budget, Department of State
OSR, Office of the United States Spe-
  cial Representative in Europe under
  the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948
ourtel, our telegram
P, Office of the Assistant Secretary of
  State for Public Affairs
PD, Passport Division, Department of
  State
PJBD, Permanent Joint Board on
  Defense
P.L., Public Law
PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Depart-
  ment of State
PSC,   Social  Christian Party   of
  Belgium