Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Vietnam,
Volume I
List of Abbreviations and Symbols
- Adv, Adviser
- AEC, Atomic Energy
Commission
- ARK,
Armée Royale Khmer (Royal Cambodian Army)
- ARVN, Army of the
Republic of Vietnam
- ASAP, As soon as
possible
- bn(s),
battalion(s)
- BOB, Bureau of the
Budget
- C, Office of the
Counselor of the Department of State
- C–IN–C, Commander in
Chief
- C/T, Country
Team
- CAS, Controlled
American Source
- ChiCom(s), Chinese
Communist(s)
- ChiNats, Chinese
Nationalists
- ChMAAG, Chief,
Military Assistance Advisory Group
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- CINCPAC, Commander
in Chief, Pacific
- CINCPACFLT,
Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet
- CG, Commanding
General
- CNO, Chief of Naval
Operations
- CO, Commanding
Officer
- Contel, Consulate
telegram
- CONUS, Continental
United States
- COS, Chief of
Staff
- CVN, Central
Vietnam
- CVTC, Confederation
of Vietnamese Trade Congresses
- CY, calendar
year
- Def, Defense
- DEPTAR, Department
of the Army
- Deptel, Department
of State telegram
- DFS, Defense Forces
Support
- DOD, Department of
Defense
- DRF, Division of
Research for the Far East, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of
State
- DRV, Democratic
Republic of Vietnam
- DS, Defense
support
- DTG, date time
group
- Dulte, series
indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
- Embtels, Embassy
telegrams
- ETA, estimated time of
arrival
- ETD, estimated time of
departure
- EUR, Bureau of
European Affairs, Department of State
- FAVN,
Forces Armées de Vietnam (Armed Forces of
Vietnam)
- FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
- FBIS, Foreign
Broadcast Information Service
- FCDA, Federal Civil
Defense Administration
- FCN, Friendship,
Commerce, Navigation
- FE, Bureau of Far
Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- FE/SEA, Office of
Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of
State
- FEC, French
Expeditionary Corps
- FHC, French High
Commissioner (Vietnam)
- FOA, Foreign
Operations Administration
- FonMin, Foreign
Minister
- FonOff, Foreign
Office
- FRC, Federal Records
Center
- ftr sqn, fighter
squadron
- FY, Fiscal Year
- FYI, for your
information
- G, Office of the Deputy
Under Secretary of State; after 1955, the Deputy Under Secretary of State
for Political Affairs
- G–2, Army staff section
dealing with intelligence at the divisional level or higher
- G–5, Army staff section
dealing with civil affairs at the divisional level or higher
- G–6, Army staff section
dealing with communication electronics at the divisional level or
higher
- GA, General
Assembly
- GNP, Gross National
Product
- GOI, Government of
India
- GRC, Government of the
Republic of China
- GVN, Government of
Vietnam
- HBM, Her Britannic
Majesty’s
- HQ, headquarters
- IAC, Intelligence
Advisory Committee
- IC, Indochina
- ICA, International
Cooperation Administration
- Icato, series
indicator for telegrams originating with the International Cooperation
Administration
- ICC, International
Control Commission
- IMF, International
Monetary Fund
- inf, infantry
- INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
- ISA, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)
- ISC, International
Supervisory and Control Commission (variation of ICC)
- JAC, Joint (Armistice)
Commission
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
- JOC, Joint Operations
Center
- km, kilometer
- L, Office of the Legal
Adviser, Department of State
- L/FE, Office of the
Assistant Legal Adviser for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- LCM, Landing Craft,
Medium
- LCVP, Landing Craft,
Vehicle, Personnel
- ln sqn, line
squadron
- LOC, lines of
communication
- LSIL, Landing Ship,
Infantry, Large
- LSSL, Support Landing
Ship, Large
- MAAG, Military
Assistance Advisory Group
- MAGCH, series
indicator for telegrams from the Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory
Group
- MATS, Military Air
Transport Service
- MDA, Mutual Defense
Assistance
- MDAP, Mutual Defense
Assistance Program
- MSU, Michigan State
University
- MSUG, Michigan State
University Group
- mytel, my
telegram
- NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
- niact, night action;
communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of
the day or night
- NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
- NNSC, Neutral Nations
Supervisory Commission
- NRM, National
Revolutionary Movement
- NSC, National Security
Council
- OASD/ISA, Office
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security
Affairs)
- OCB, Operations
Coordinating Board
- ODM, Office of Defense
Mobilization
- OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
- PA, project
authorization
- PACOM, Pacific
Command
- POL, petroleum, oil,
and lubricants
- Polto, series
indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to
the North Atlantic Council
- PPS, Policy Planning
Staff, Department of State
- PriMin, Prime
Minister
- PSA, Office of
Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
- PSB, Psychological
Strategy Board
- RCT, Regimental Combat
Team
- reftel, reference
telegram
- Regt Hq, Regimental
Headquarters
- RKG, Royal Khmer
Government
- RLT, Regimental
Landing Team
- ROK, Republic of
Korea
- RVN, Republic of
Vietnam
- S/MSA, Office of the
Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Mutual Security
Affairs
- S/P, Policy Planning
Staff, Department of State
- S/S, The Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
- SAC, Strategic Air
Command
- SC, Security
Council
- SDC, Self Defense
Corps
- SEA, Office of
Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of
State
- SEA, Southeast
Asia
- SEACDT, Southeast
Asia Collective Defense Treaty
- SEATO, Southeast
Asian Treaty Organization
- Secto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at
international conferences
- SMM, Saigon Military
Mission
- SNIE, Special
National Intelligence Estimate
- SOA, Office of South
Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian and African Affairs,
Department of State
- SPA, Office of
Southwest Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of
State
- Sp Trps, Special
Troops
- sqn, squadron
- svc, service
- SVN, South
Vietnam
- TACPS, Tactical Air
Control Party Support
- Tedul, primarily a
series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to Secretary of
State Dulles while absent from
Washington
- TDY, Temporary
Duty
- TERM, Temporary
Equipment Recovery Mission
- TF, Task Force
- Toica, series
indicator for telegrams to the International Cooperation
Administration
- Tosec, series
indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the Secretary of
State (or his delegation) at international conferences
- Tousfo, series
indicator for telegrams and airgrams to the Foreign Operations
Administration from missions abroad
- Trans Sqn,
Transportation Squadron
- TRIM, Training
Relations Instruction Mission
- TWX(S),
teletypewriter exchange(s)
- U/PR, Protocol Staff
in the Office of the Under Secretary of State
- UK, United
Kingdom
- UN, United
Nations
- UNP, Office of United
Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization
Affairs, Department of State
- USAF, United States
Air Force
- USDel, United States
Delegation
- USIA, United States
Information Agency
- USN, United States
Navy
- USOM, United States
Operations Mission
- USSR, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
- VBI, Vietnamese Bureau
of Investigation
- VM, Viet
Minh
- VN, Vietnamese
- VNA, Vietnamese
National Army
- VNAF, Vietnamese
Armed Forces
- VNQDD,
Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dung (National
Party of Vietnam)
- WE, Office of Western
European Affairs, Department of State