ABDACOM

American–British–Dutch–Australian Command

ACJ

Allied Council for Japan

AEM

Australian Eastern Mission

AGPS

Australian Government Printing Service

AIF

Australian Imperial Force

ALP

Australian Labor Party

AMF

Australian Military Forces

ANZAC Agreement

Australian–New Zealand Agreement

ANZAM

Australian, New Zealand and Malayan (arrangement and area)

ANZUS

Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty

CID

Committee of Imperial Defence

COS

Chiefs of Staff Committee

CPD

Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates

DAFP

Documents on Australian Foreign Policy (book series)

DEA

Department of External Affairs (Australia)

DFAT

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)

ECOSOC

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia

ERP

European Recovery Program

FESR

Far East Strategic Reserve

FRUS

Foreign Relations of the United States (book series)

GDP

gross domestic product

IJN

Imperial Japanese Navy

MFN

most-favoured nation

NAA

National Archives of Australia

NARA

National Archives and Records Administration (USA)

NEI

Netherlands East Indies

NLA

National Library of Australia

NSC

National Security Council (USA)

PWC

Pacific War Council

RAAF

Royal Australian Air Force

RAN

Royal Australian Navy

RN

Royal Navy

SEATO

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

SPC

South Pacific Commission

SWPA

South West Pacific Area

TNA

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

UN

United Nations

US

United States

USJCS

United States Joint Chiefs of Staff

USSR

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics