| AD(E) | Africa Department (Equatorial) of the FCO, covering West Africa including Sierra Leone
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| C | The Head of the Secret Intelligence Service
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| CHOGM | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
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| DIS | Defence Intelligence Service
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| ECOMOG | ECOWAS Military Observer Group
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| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States
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| FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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| HMG | Her Majesty's Government
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| ISC | Intelligence and Security Committee
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| Kamajors | Traditional hunters, used by the Kabbah government as irregular fighters under the title of the Civil Defence Militia or Civil Defence Units
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| MoD | Ministry of Defence
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| REU | Restricted Enforcement Unit
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| RUF | Revolutionary United Front
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| SIS | Secret Intelligence Service
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| SLPP | Sierra Leone People's Party
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| UN | United Nations
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