| DOLA | Department of Local Administration |
| DSP | Democratic Socialist Party |
| ECA | Economic Cooperation Administration |
| ECSC | European Coal and Steel Community |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| ERIC | Educational Resources Information Center |
| ERP | European Recovery Plan |
| ESL | English as a second language |
| FAs | Farmers' Associations |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FAPATUX | Fábricas de Papel Tuxtepec (a foreign-owned logging firm) |
| FBIS | Foreign Broadcast Information Service |
| FOA | Foreign Operations Administration |
| FRUS | Foreign Relations of the United States |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GNP | gross national product |
| ICA | International Cooperation Administration |
| IDC | Industrial Development Commission |
| IFCSS | Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars |
| INCORA | Colombian Land Reform Institute |
| INSEAD | Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (European Institute of Business Administration) |
| JCP | Japanese Communist Party |
| JCRR | Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction |
| JET | Japan Exchange and Teaching |
| JFQ | complete laws and regulations for education |
| JPRS | Joint Publications Research Service |
| JSP | Japanese Socialist Party |
| KMT | Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) |
| LDCs | less developed countries |
| LDP | Liberal Democratic Party |
| MEF | Mombusho English Fellow |
| MFN | most favored nation |
| MFR | Ministry of Foreign Relations |
| MIQRO | Maderas Industrializados de Quintana Roo (a state timber company) |
| MOE | Ministry of Education |
| MOF | Ministry of Finance |
| MOFA | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| MOFERT | Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade |
| MOHA | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| MOI | Ministry of Interior |
| MOP | Ministry of Personnel |