Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume II,
Vietnam, January–June 1965
Abbreviations and Terms
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AA,
anti-aircraft
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AAA, anti-aircraft
artillery
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ADA, Americans for
Democratic Action
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AFC, Armed Forces
Council
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AFSC, American
Friends Service Committee
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AID, Agency for
International Development
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AIF, Automated
Intelligence File
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A–1H, Skyraider,
single-engine attack aircraft
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AKA, attack cargo
ship
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ammo,
ammunition
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AP, Associated
Press
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Arc Light, code
name for U.S. B–52 bombing strikes in Southeast Asia
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ARVN, Army of the
Republic of Vietnam
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ASAP, as soon as
possible
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Barrel Roll,
U.S. air operations over northern Laos
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BDA, bomb damage
assessment
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Bks, barracks
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bldgs,
buildings
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BLT, battalion landing
team
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Blue Springs,
code name for U.S. photoreconnaissance drone operations over North
Vietnam
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Blue Tree, code
name for U.S. photoreconnaissance operations over North Vietnam
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Bn, battalion
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BOQ, Bachelor
Officers’ Quarters
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BTL, battalion
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C, Confidential
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CAP, series indicator
for outgoing White House telegrams
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CAS, controlled
American source
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CBU, cluster bomb
unit
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CG FMFPAC,
Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force Pacific
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CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
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ChiCom, Chinese
Communist
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CIDG, Civilian
Irregular Defense Group
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Chieu Hoi,
Government of South Vietnam’s repatriation program for the Viet Cong
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CINC; C-in-C,
Commander in Chief
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CINCPAC, Commander
in Chief, Pacific
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CINCPACAF,
Commander in Chief, United States Air Force, Pacific
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CINCPACFLT,
Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
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CINCRVNAF,
Commander in Chief, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
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CINCUSARPAC,
Commander in Chief, United States Army, Pacific
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CIP, Commercial Import
Program
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CJCS, Chairman, Joint
Chiefs of Staff
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CM, Chairman’s
memorandum
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COMUSKOREA,
Commander, United States Forces, Korea
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COMUSMACV,
Commander, United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
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conf,
conference
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CPFL, Contingency
Planning Facilities List
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CPR, Chinese People’s
Republic
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CTZ, corps tactical
zone
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CVT, Confederation of
Vietnamese Trade
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DCI, Director of
Central Intelligence
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DCM, Deputy Chief of
Mission
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DDP, Deputy Director
of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
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DEF, series indicator
for telegrams from the Department of Defense
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Dept,
Department
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Deptel, Department
of State telegram
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DeSoto, code name
for U.S. Navy destroyer patrols in the Gulf of Tonkin
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DF, direction
finding
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DGNP,
Director-General, National Police
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DIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency
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dissem,
dissemination
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div, division
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DJSM, Director of the
Joint Staff memorandum
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DMZ, Demilitarized
Zone
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DOD, Department of
Defense
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DRV, Democratic
Republic of (North) Vietnam
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DSC, Distinguished
Service Cross
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DTG,
date-time-group
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Emb, Embassy
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Embtel, Embassy
telegram
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ELINT, electronic
intelligence
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EST, Eastern Standard
Time
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ETA, estimated time of
arrival
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EUR, Bureau of
European Affairs, Department of State
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EUR/GER, Office of
German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
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Exdis, exclusive
distribution
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FBIS, Foreign
Broadcast Information Service
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FE, Bureau of Far
Eastern Affairs, Department of State
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Flaming Dart,
code name for retaliatory air strikes against North Vietnam in February
1965
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FNL, Front National de
Liberation (National Liberation Front)
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ForMin, Foreign
Minister
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FYI, for your
information
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G, Office of the Deputy
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
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GOB, Government of
Burma
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govt,
government
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GVN, Government of
(South) Vietnam
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H-H, Hanoi and
Haiphong
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HK, Hong Kong
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HMG, Her Majesty’s
Government
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HNC, High National
Council
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Hop Tac, Government
of Vietnam program for pacification of Saigon and surrounding
provinces
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HQ, headquarters
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ICC, International
Control Commission
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ICRC, International
Committee of the Red Cross
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IL-28, Soviet-made
light bomber based in North Vietnam
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INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
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IR, infrared
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ISA, Office of
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of
Staff memorandum
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JGS, Joint General
Staff, Vietnamese Armed Forces
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KIA, killed in
action
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KY-9, secure telephone
line
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L, Office of the Legal
Adviser, Department of State
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LBJ, Lyndon Baines
Johnson
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Limdis, limited
distribution
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LOC, line of
communication
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log, logistic
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LOR, distribution
indicator for closely held exchange of telegrams between the President and
Ambassador Taylor
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LSD, dock landing
ship
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LSM, landing craft,
mechanized
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Lucky Dragon,
code name for high altitude U.S. reconnaissance operations over Southeast
Asia
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MAB, Marine Amphibious
Battalion; Mobile Air Brigade
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MACV, Military
Assistance Command, Vietnam
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MAF, Marine Amphibious
Force
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MAROPS, Maritime
Operations
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MATS, Military Air
Transport Service
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MCC, Military-Civilian
Council
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MEB, Marine
Expeditionary Brigade
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MFA, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
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MiG, Soviet-built
fighter aircraft
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MLF, Multilateral
Force
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MM, millimeter
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MP, Military Police;
Member of Parliament
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MTU 79.3.5, U.S.
Marine unit at Danang as of January 1, 1965
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Natl Cap, national
capacity
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NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
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NBC, National
Broadcasting Corporation
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NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
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NLC, National
Leadership Council
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NLF, National
Liberation Front
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NM, nautical
mile
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NMCC, National
Military Command Center
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Nodis, no
distribution
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Noforn, no foreign
dissemination
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NOTAL, indication
that a reference telegram was not sent to all addressees
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NSAM, National
Security Action Memorandum
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NSC, National Security
Council
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NVN, North
Vietnam
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OCI, Office of Current
Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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ONE, Office of
National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
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OPLAN, operation
plan
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OPLAN 34A,
operation plan for covert operations against North Vietnam
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OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
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PACOM, Pacific
Command
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PAO, Public Affairs
Officer
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para,
paragraph
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PAVN, People’s Army
of North Vietnam
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Pinta, code name for
U.S. peace negotiations during the 37-day bombing pause
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PIO, Public
Information Officer
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PL, Pathet Lao; Public
Law
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POL, petroleum, oil,
lubricants
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POLAD, Political
Adviser
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PolAffs, Political
Affairs
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PNG, persona non
grata
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Pres,
President
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PriMin, Prime
Minister
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PsyWar,
psychological warfare
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PT, patrol
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PW, prisoners of
war
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RCT, Regimental Combat
Team
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recce,
reconnaissance
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ref, reference
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reftel, reference
telegram
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Rep,
Representative
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ret, retired
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RG, Record Group
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RKG, Royal Khmer
Government
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RLAF, Royal Laotian
Air Force
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RLG, Royal Laotian
Government
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ROK, Republic of
Korea
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Rolling
Thunder, code name for long-running program of U.S. air
operations in North Vietnam
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RR, railroad
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RRU, Radio Research
Unit
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RT, Rolling
Thunder
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Rupert, code name
for Mai Van Bo
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RVN, Republic of
Vietnam
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RVNAF, Republic of
Vietnam Armed Forces
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S, Office of the
Secretary of State
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SA–2, Soviet-made
surface-to-air missile
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SAC, Strategic Air
Command
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S/AL, Office of the
Ambassador at Large
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SAM, surface-to-air
missile
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SAR, search and
rescue
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SC, United Nations
Security Council
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SE, Southeast
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SEA, Southeast
Asia
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SEACOORD,
Southeast Asia Coordinating Committee
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SEATO, Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization
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SecGen,
Secretary-General of the United Nations
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Secto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from
Washington
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septel, separate
telegram
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SLF, Special Landing
Force
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SNIE, Special
National Intelligence Estimate
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SOG, Studies and
Observation Group
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Sov, Soviet
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sqdns,
squadrons
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S/P, Policy Planning
Council or Staff, Department of State
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S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
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Steel Tiger,
code name for air strikes against the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos
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SVN, South
Vietnam
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SYG, United Nations
Secretary-General
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TASS, tactical air
support squadron; Telegraphnoye Agentstvo Sovyetskovo Soyuza (Telegraphic
Agency of the Soviet Union)
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Thich, Venerable
(title for Buddhist monk)
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TOT, Time Over
Target
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U, Unclassified; Office
of the Under Secretary of State
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UAR, United Arab
Republic
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UBA, Unified Buddhist
Association
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UK, United
Kingdom
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UN, United
Nations
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UNMIS, United States
Mission to the United Nations
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UNSC, United Nations
Security Council
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UNSYG, United
Nations Secretary-General
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UPI, United Press
International
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USAF, United States
Air Force
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USASCV, U.S. Army
Support Command, Vietnam
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USG, United States
Government
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USIA, United States
Information Agency
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USIB, United States
Intelligence Board
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USIS, United States
Information Service
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USN, United States
Navy
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USOM, United States
Operations Mission
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USSR, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
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USUN, United States
Mission to the United Nations
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VC, Viet Cong
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VM, Viet Minh
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VN, Vietnam
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VNAF, South
Vietnamese Air Force
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Westy, General
William C. Westmoreland
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WH, White House
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WNRC, Washington
National Records Center
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XYZ, code name for
unofficial U.S. contacts with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam through Mai
Van Bo
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Z, Zulu Time (Greenwich
Mean Time)