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First Term Glossary

ABA
American Bar Association
ADA
Americans for Democratic Action
AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
AFBF
American Farm Bureau Federation
AHEPA
American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association
AOIC
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
AF of L
American Federation of Labor
AMA
American Medical Association
ANZUS
Australia, New Zealand, United States
AP
Associated Press
AWF
Ann Whitman File (Eisenhower's presidential papers)
Bene, Benelux
Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
BLE
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
BMT
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit System
CA
Heavy Cruiser
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Board
CARE
Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere, Inc.
CBS
Columbia Broadcasting System
CCC
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCRAK
Covert, Clandestine and Related Activities in Korea
CDU
Christian Democratic Union
CEA
Council of Economic Advisors
CFR
Council of Foreign Relations
Chicoms
Chinese Communists
Chinats
Nationalist Chinese
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
CINCPAC
Commander in Chief, Pacific Command
CINCUNC
Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
CIO
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CNO
Chief of Naval Operations
COCOM
Coordinating Committee of the Paris Consultation Group
CPX
Command Post Exercise
CRALOG
Council of Registered Relief Agencies Licensed for Operation in Germany
DEW
Distant Early Warning line
DNC
Democratic National Committee
DOD
Department of Defense
ECA
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECSC
Economic Coal and Steel Community
EDC
European Defense Community
EM
Eisenhower manuscripts
EPC
European Political Community
EURATOM
European Atomic Energy Community
EVEREADY
U.S. military contingency plan in event Rhee pulled ROK out of U.N. command
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
FEPC
Federal Employment Practices Commission
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Farmers Home Administration
FOA
Foreign Operations Administration
FPC
Federal Power Commission
FSA
Federal Security Administration
FTC
Federal Trade Commission
GAO
General Accounting Office
GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDR
German Democratic Republic (Communist Germany)
GE
General Electric
G-4
Logistics section of divisional or higher staff
GOP
Grand Old Party (Republican Party)
GSA
General Services Administration
HEW
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
HUAC
House Un-American Activities Committee
IBM
International Business Machines
IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
ICA
International Cooperation Administration
ICBM
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission
IIA
International Information Administration
ILA
International Longshoreman's Association
ILO
International Labor Organization
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IRBM
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
MAAG
Military Assistance Advisory Group
MAC
Military Armistice Committee
MATS
Military Air Transport Service
MDAP
Mutual Defense Assistance Program
MEDO
Middle East Defense Organization
MRP
Movement Republicain Populaire
MSA
Mutual Security Administration
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAC
North Atlantic Council
NADA
National Automobile Dealers Association
NAM
National Association of Manufacturers
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC
National Broadcasting Company
NCFE
National Committee for a Free Europe
NLRB
National Labor Relations Board
NNRC
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
NNSC
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
NRA
National Recovery Administration
NSC
National Security Council
OAS
Organization of American States
OCB
Operations Coordinating Board
ODM
Office of Defense Mobilization
OEEC
Organization for European Economic Cooperation
OPD
Operations Division
OTC
Organization for Trade Cooperation
overlord
Code name for the Allied invasion of Northwest Europe in the spring, 1944
PJBD
Permanent Joint Board on Defense
PMA
Production Marketing Administration
Point Four
International technical and capital assistance program initiated by that Truman Administration; see also Technical Cooperation Administration (TCA)
POL
Petroleum, Oil lubricants
POW
Prisoner of War
RAF
Royal Air Force
RCA
Radio Corporation of America
REA
Rural Electrification Administration
RNC
Republican National Committee
REA
Rural Electrification Administration
ROK
Republic of Korea
ROKA
Republic of Korea Army
SAC
Strategic Air Command
SACEUR
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
SEATO
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission
SED
Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschland
SHEAF
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
SHAPE
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe
SPA
Southwest Power Administration
SUNFED
Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
TCA
Technical Cooperative Administration
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
UDF
Untied Defense Fund
U.K.
United Kingdom
UMT
Universal Military Training
U.N.
United Nations
UNC
United Nations Command
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNRWA
United Nations Relief and Works Agency
USIA
United States Information Agency
USIS
United States Information Service
USMA
United States Military Academy
USNA
United States Naval Academy
USO
United Service Organization
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
VA
Veterans Administration
VFC
Volunteer Freedom Corps
WAC
Women's Army Corps
WEU
Western European Union
WHCF
White House Central Files
 

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