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 of General Headquarters. Middle East.
SIPO. German Security Police.
SM. Sécurité Militaire. Military Security, covering military
security and CE until the end of 1944.
SOE. Special Operations Executive. British organization
designed to engage in espionage and sabotage in
occupied Europe, and to aid resistance groups.
Special Agent. In the Thirty Committee system, the term
used for double agents used for deception operations.
Special Section. Double agent section of SIME.
SSM. Service de Sécurité Militaire, French Military Security
Service.
SR. Service de Renseignements, Foreign Intelligence
Service within the French 2nd Bureau.
ST. Surveillance du Territoire, French Intelligence agency.
Sussex Mission. Combined OSS-MI6-French Intelligence
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