Glossary of Acronyms

ADF–Association des Dames Française

ATS–Auxiliary Territorial Service

BSC–British Security Coordination

CIA–Central Intelligence Agency

COI–Coordinator of Information

MO–Morale Operations

MU–Maritime Unit

R&A–Research and Analysis

SO–Special Operations

X-2–Counter Intelligence

CSP–Contact and Source in Place

FANY–First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

FBI–Federal Bureau of Investigation

FTP–Francs-Tireurs et Partisans

MI5–Security Service

MI6–Secret Intelligence Service (SIS)

NAAFI–Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes

NI–Navy Intelligence

NKVD–Soviet intelligence; translates to People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs

ODA–Order of Departure of Agents

OSS–Office of Strategic Services

OSS London:

Communications and Propaganda

Country Units

R&A–Research and Analysis

Sabotage

SI–Secret Intelligence

SO–Special Operations

X-2–Counter Intelligence

RAF–Royal Air Force

SAS–Special Air Service

SD–Sicherheitsdienst, the intelligence branch of the SS

SIS–Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)

SLU–Special Liaison Unit

SOE–Special Operations Executive

SS–Schutzstaffel

STO–Service du Travail Obligatoire

USAAF–United States Army Air Force

WAAF–Women’s Auxiliary Air Force