Glossary

ACofS  Assistant Chief of Staff
AG Adjutant general
AGO Adjutant General's Office
AIOC Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
AMET Africa-Middle East Theater
ASF Army Service Forces
ASF CCF Army Service Forces, Current Classified Files
ASF NCF Army Service Forces, Noncurrent Classified Files
ATC  Air Transport Command
BAPCO Bahrein Petroleum Company
BMC Compania Constructora Bechtel-McCone
Bn Battalion
Br Branch
Bull Bulletin
CBI China-Burma-India theater
CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff
Cedar Civilian Emergency Defense Aid to Russia
CG  Commanding General
CinC Commander-in-Chief
Cir Circular
Civ Civilian
CO Commanding Officer
Co Company
CofEngr Chief of Engineers
CofOrd Chief of Ordnance
CofS Chief of Staff
CofTrans  Chief of Transportation
Coil Collections
Comd Command
Comdr Commander
Conf Conference
Cons Construction
Contl Control
CSP Combined Staff Planners
DCofS Deputy Chief of Staff
Dir Director
Dist  District
Div Division
Douglas Files Foreign Projects File, Storage Files, Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica , California 
Engr Engineer
Engrg Engineering
Folspen Foley Bros., Spencer, White and Prentis
G-1 Personnel section of divisional or higher staff
G-2 Intelligence section
G-3 Operations section
G-4 Supply section
GMOC General Motors Overseas Corporation
GO General Order
GOC General Officer Commanding
GS General Staff
Gulf Dist  Gulf District Headquarters Files, Persian Gulf Command, now filed at the Kansas City Records Center, Adjutant General's Office, Kansas City, Mo.
HOTI History of the Persian Gulf Command, prepared by Historical Section, Office of Technical Information, Headquarters, Persian Gulf Command
Hq AMET AG decimal files seen at Headquarters, Africa Middle East Theater, Cairo, now filed at the Kansas City Records Center
Hq PGC AG decimal files seen at Headquarters, Persian Gulf Command, Tehran, now filed at the Kansas City Records Center
HRS DRB AGO Historical Records Section, Department Records Branch, Adjutant General's Office 
IG Inspector general
ISR Iranian State Railway
IWT  Inland Water Transport
JA Judge advocate
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff
MA Military Attache
Maxwell Papers Personal files lent by General Maxwell to the Middle East Section of the Office of the Chief of Military History and returned to him upon his retirement from the Army
ME Middle East
MEF Middle East Files; Middle East Force
MESC Middle East Supply Center
MID Military Intelligence Division
Min Minutes
Mis Br Missions Branch
MIS MID WD Military Intelligence Service, Military Intelligence Division, War Department
MRS

Military Railway Service

Mtg  Meeting
MTS Motor Transport Service
NAD North Atlantic Division
NADEF

North Atlantic Division Engineer Files, New York

NYODF New York Ordnance District Files, New York
OCofEngrs Office of the Chief of Engineers
OCMH Office of the Chief of Military History
OCofOrd Office of the Chief of Ordnance
OCSigO Office of the Chief Signal Officer
OCofTrans Office of the Chief of Transportation
OPD

Operations Division, War Department General Staff

OpNav Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
OTI Office of Technical Information
PAI Force Persia and Iraq Force
Pers  Personnel
PGC Persian Gulf Command
PGF Historical Files, Office of Technical Information, Headquarters, Persian Gulf Command, now at Office of the Chief of Military History
PGSC Persian Gulf Service Command
OMQ Quartermaster General
RAF Royal Air Force
Regt  Regiment
S-1  Personnel section of regimental or lower staff
S-2 Intelligence section
S-3  Operations section
S-4 Supply section
Serv Service
SL Material formerly filed in Persian Gulf Service Command boxes at St. Louis, now filed at the Kansas City Records Center
SL AMET AG decimal files from Headquarters, Africa Middle East Theater, formerly filed in drawers and cabinets at St. Louis, now filed at the Kansas City Records Center
SOS Services of Supply
SO Special Order
SWP

Office Head Office, Spencer, White and Prentis, New York

TAG The Adjutant General
TAP Truck assembly plant
TUP  Twin-unit pack
UKCC United Kingdom Commercial Corporation
USAFIME U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East
WDGS War Department General Staff
White Office

Head Office, J. G. White Engineering Corporation, New York

WPD War Plans Division, War Department General Staff
WSA War Shipping Administration

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