Special Counter Intelligence in WW2 Europe. Keith Ellison
Kommando des Meldegebietes; HQ of the Reporting
Area, replaced AST and KO organizations.
KO. Kriegsorganization. A main Abwehr station in a neutral or
friendly state.
LCS. London Controlling Section. Responsible for planning and
co-ordinating all strategic deception in the European theatre.
Leitstelle I-West. Office in charge of FAKs and FATs in the West,
including collecting and disseminating agent information.
LVF. Légion des Volontaires Franҫais Contre le Bolchevisme;
French volunteers in the Waffen SS.
MEDTO. Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
METO. Middle East Theater of Operations.
MI5. The Security Service. Responsible for security and
counter-intelligence in Britain and in British overseas
possessions.
MI6/SIS. The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). Responsible for
foreign intelligence and counter-intelligence.
MI6(V). Section V of MI6, CE Section of British Foreign
Intelligence; MI6 Section 5.
Mil Amt. Militärische Amt; in June 1944, Abwehr I and II were
merged together and became the Militärisches Amt (or Mil Amt)
of Walter Schellenberg's SD.
Milice. Milice Franҫais, fascist police force in Vichy France.
MIS. US Military Intelligence Service.
MSS. Most Secret Sources, i.e. ULTRA and ISOS/ISK.
MYTH. Codename for a radio agent known from MSS.
NATO. North African Theater of Operations.
NATOUSA. North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army.
NEST. Nebenstelle, Sub-Office or –Branch.
NKVD. Soviet Intelligence.
Notional. Activities, persons, units, etc. presented to the enemy
as being real but which were, in fact, fake.
Oberbefehlshaber Süd west. The High Command of German
Armies in the Southwest.
Oberbefehlshaber West. The High Command of German
Armies in the West.
OKW. Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. High Command of the
German Armed Forces.
ONI. Office of Naval Intelligence, U.S. Navy
OSS. Office of Strategic Services. American wartime
intelligence agency.
OVRA. Opera Vigilanza Per Repressione Anti-Fascismo,
Fascist Italian Secret Police.
PC. Poste de Commandement, command post.
Penetration Agent. A double agent run for counter-intelligence
rather than deception purposes.
PPF. Parti Populaire Franҫais. French fascist and collaborationist
party, headed by Jacques Doriot.
PWB. US Psychological Warfare Board.
R&A. Research and Analysis Division, OSS.
RAB. Radio Analysis Bureau, also known as Section Vw in MI6.
Responsible for analyzing the Abwehr radio network and
decrypted Abwehr communications.
R Force. Deception Organization under 21AG, similar to A Force
in the Middle East.
RG. Renseignements Généraux, French Police intelligence
agency.
RIP. Refugee Interrogation Point.
RIS. Radio Intelligence Service. Successor agency with the
same functions as RAB in MI6.
R-Netz. Rückzugs-, Rückbleibe- or Räumungs-netz. Retreat,
stay-behind or evacuation network. W/T agent network
left behind by GIS.
RSHA. Reichsicherheitshauptamt. Reich Security Head Office,
encompassing a number of organizations, such as the
Gestapo and the SD.
RVPS. (The Royal Victoria Patriotic School) was the location of
the London Reception Centre, an interrogation point for
suspect persons entering the UK.
S Force. Allied formation formed to coordinate intelligence
gathering within a major target city.
SAINT. OSS indicator for messages containing security and
Counter-Intelligence information; cable designation for
X-2 HQs London, Paris, Washington. Codename for
James Murphy as Head of X-2 London.
SAVAGE. Codename for 1st British Army SCIU.
SCIU. Special Counter-Intelligence Units. MI6 field units
attached to Army Groups and armies (also SI(b), SCI,
SCI/Z, and SCI/A).
SD. Sicherheitsdienst. The intelligence service of the SS and
the Nazi Party. Part of the RSHA after 1939.
Section V. MI6 Counter-Espionage Section.
SHAEF. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force.
Command of Allied forces in North-West Europe.
SI(b) Units. First designation given to British Special
Counter-Intelligence Units (name changed to SCIU in
March 1944).
SI/OSS. Strategic Intelligence Branch, OSS
SID. Security Intelligence Department of the Gibraltar Defence
Security Office.
SID. Servizio Informazione Difesa or Difensa, Italian fascist
intelligence service created by dissident SIM officers.
SIM. Servizio Informazioni Militari. Italian military intelligence.
SIM/CS. Italian Military Intelligence/Counter Espionage
branch.
SIME. Security Intelligence Middle East. Responsible for
security and counter-intelligence in the zone under the
command