| ACOS | Acting Chief of Station |
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
| CMS | Career Management Staff |
| COS | Chief of Station |
| CT | Career Trainee |
| DAO | Defense Attaché’s Office |
| DCM | Deputy Chief of Mission |
| DC/NE | Deputy Chief, Near East Division |
| DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency |
| DO | Directorate of Operations |
| FBIS | Foreign Broadcast Information Service |
| IG | Inspector General |
| INR | Bureau of Intelligence and Research |
| MAAG | Military Assistance Advisory Group |
| MCAS | Marine Corps Air Station |
| MDAP | Military Defense Assistance Program |
| MFA | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| NE | Near East |
| NEA | Near East Affairs |
| NF | National Front (Iran) |
| NIE | National Intelligence Estimate |
| NSC | National Security Council |
| OSA | Operations Support Assistant |
| PGOI | Provisional Government of Iran |
| SCC | Special Coordinating Committee |
| TDY | Temporary Duty |
