Read article--The Crossroads of History: The Struggle against Jihad and Supremacist Ideologies

"....The true challenge of Islamic supremacism to America and the free world is not about Islam, Islamism, or terrorism, but about us.

It is a historic challenge to determine whether we truly have the courage of our convictions on equality and liberty and we are willing to fight for these ideals, or if we will instead accept the continuing growth of anti-freedom ideologies here and around the world...."

Foreign Diplomatic License Plates

in the US

Please note: this information is from 1996. If you know updates to this list, please let us know

This CI Centre video snapshot of a Russian diplomat car was taken as the car passed the infamous "Ames mailbox" on the corner of R Street and 37th Street in the Georgetown area.

CIA case officer Rick Ames made a chalk mark on this mailbox (signal site SMILE) to signal that the dead drop BRIDGE was ready to be unloaded. Russian intelligence officers on their way to the downtown embassy from their living quarters at the Russian Compound on Wisconsin Avenue used this route regularly, and would see the signal.

During the dark days of the Cold War, the Soviet license plate code was "FC". According to unnamed members of the CI Centre staff, yes, that's ("FC") what it unofficially stood for. Now that Communism and the Soviet Union are no longer, the license plate code has been randomly changed to "YR." Another unnamed member of the CI Centre staff from that country has hypothesized it means "Young Russia" while another member of the staff suggested "Young Republicans."

While these have a more hopeful ring than the previous code, the reality is that countries will continue to spy on each other if it is in their interest, regardless of ideologies. The majority of the time you will see these license plates on cars going about in a perfectly normal, legal matter. If, however, you were to notice unusual activity, you can relay concerns to your nearest FBI office. 

"There are more foreign spies in the Washington, DC area than in any other city in the world."

--Ray Mislock, a senior official in the FBI and CIA, now retired. He headed the FBI's premier field office--Washington Field Office (WFO)--and supervised the Ames case

Take our SpyDrive around Washington, DC and find out how much espionage takes place all around you.

Foreign Mission License Plates Country Codes

Nation-Wide

Diplomat

Consul

Staff

United Nations

Diplomat

Staff

United Nations Secretariat or Organization of American States Secretariat

A 

AA--Congo

AC--Cote d'Ivoire

AE--Uzbekistan

AF--Japan

AH--Madagascar

AJ--Panama

AK--Cape Verde

AQ--Syria

AU--Uganda

AV--Israel

AX--Marshall Islands

B

BL--South Africa

BV--Solomon Islands

BW--World Bank

C

CB--Cambodia

CC--Ethiopia

CG--Marshal Islands

CK--Namibia

CM--Micronesia

CN--International Organization

CS--Afghanistan

CT--Bhutan

CU--Botswana

CV--Myanmar (Burma)

CW--Cameroon

CX--Burundi

CY--People's Republic of China

D

DA--Colombia

DB--Costa Rica

DC--Cuba (NYC only)

DD--Cyprus

DF--Dominican Republic

DG--Ecuador

DH--Cote d'Ivoire

DI--South Africa

DJ--France

DK--Greece

DL--India

DM--Iran (UN only)

DN--Denmark

DP--Bangladesh

DR--Slovakia

DZ--Palau

F

FF--Antigua & Barbuda

FG--Central African Republic

FH--Ireland

FJ--Lebanon

FK--Kenya

FL--Liberia

FM--Libya

FN--Malta

FP--Morocco

FR--Philippines

FS--Netherlands

FT--Qatar

FV--Sri Lanka

FW--Holy See

FX--Sierra Leone

FZ--Suriname

G

GC--Sweden

GD--Ukraine

GG--Zambia

GN--Turkey

GP--Albania

GQ--North Korea

GX--Vanuatu

GY--Chile

H

HB--Tonga

HD--Argentina

HL--Saint Lucia

HM--Andorra

HN--Mongolia

HP--Handicap

HV--Belgium

HW--Guatemala

HX--Benin

HY--Guinea Bissau

HZ--Haiti

J

JB--Honduras

JC--Kuwait

JD--Mauritius

JF--Nigeria

JG--Portugal

JH--Somalia

JJ--Chad

JK--Turkey

JM--Yugoslavia

JP--Tunisia

JQ--Togo

JS--Slovenia

JT--Croatia

JY--Cyprus

K

KB--Monaco

KD--Eritrea

KG--Equatorial Guinea

KH--Hungary

KJ--Lithuania

KK-Fiji

KL--Jordan

KM--Jamaica

KN--Gabon

KP--Luxembourg

KR--Malaysia

KS--Mexico

KT--Unassigned Code

KU--Sao Tome & Principe

KV--Saudi Arabia

KW--Seychelles

KX--Sudan

L

LC--Venezuela

LD--Vietnam

LG--Turkey

LH--Israel

LJ--Israel

LK--European Economic Communities

LM--Macedonia

LN--Unassigned Code

LR--Bosnia-Herzegovina

LW--Germany

LX--Unassigned Code

M

MF--International Monetary Fund

MG--Unassigned Code

MK--Djibouti

ML--Unassigned Code

MM--Unassigned Code

MN--Comoros

MP--Bahamas

MQ--Unassigned Code

MW--Maldives

N

NA--Oman

NB--Papua New Guinea

NC--Paraguay

ND--Romania

NM--Unassigned Code

NQ--Angola

NX--Malaysia

P

PA--Austria

PB--Barbados

PC--Belize

PD--United Kingdom

PF--Bolivia

PG--Belarus

PK--Norway

PL--Chile

PM--Brunei

PR--Argentina

PS--Zimbabwe

PV--Zaire

Q

QD--Burkina Faso

QL--St. Kitts & Nevis

QM--Bulgaria

QN--Laos

QP--Latvia

QQ--Lesotho

QR--Malawi

QS--Mozambique

QT--New Zealand

QU--Nicaragua

QV--Niger

QW--Poland

QX--Pakistan

QX--Iran (DC only)

QY--Yemen

QZ--Indonesia

R

RB--Rwanda

RC--St. Vincent

RD--Senegal

RL--Uruguay

RM--Unassigned Code

RN--Unassigned Code

RV--San Marino

S

SF--Czech

SG--Israel

ST--Dominica

T

TF--Algeria

TF--Iraq (DC only)

TG--Canada

TH--Egypt

TK--Liechtenstein

TL--El Salvador

TM--Iceland

TN--Nepal

TP--Mauritania

TQ--Mali

TR--Italy

TS--Iraq (UN only)

TT--Guyana

TU--Guinea

TV--Ghana

TW--Gambia

TX--Finland

TY--Grenada

TZ--Peru

T--Trailer Plates

U

UA--Bahrain

UF--Estonia

UH--Spain

UX--Trinidad & Tobago

V

VF--Thailand

VG--Tanzania

VH--Switzerland/Cuba

VJ--Brazil

VK--Singapore

VL--Swaziland

VM--Nauru

W

WB--United Arab Emirates

WD--South Korea

WM--Western Samoa

WZ--United Kingdom

X

XA--Bangladesh

XB--Unassigned Code

XC--Fiji

XD--Myanmar

XE--Ghana

XF--Turkey

XG--Norway

XZ--Australia

Y

YA--Armenia

YG--Georgia

YJ--Tajikistan

YK--Kazakhstan

YM--Moldova

YR--Russia

YT--Turkmenistan

YY--Kyrgyzstan

YZ--Azerbaijan

Z

ZP--Unassigned Code

Z--Temporary Tag

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