Abbreviations

• A–A, Afro-Asian Conference
• ABM, anti-ballistic missile
• ADB, Asian Development Bank
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AP, Associated Press
• APD, high-speed transport
• ARVN, Army of the Republic of (South) Vietnam
• ASPAC, Asian and Pacific Council
• ASW, anti-submarine warfare
• BN, battalion
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• BOP, balance of payments
• Cactus, identification for contacts between the United States and North Korea
• CAS, controlled American source
• CCNE, Communist Chinese Nuclear Explosion
• CG, Commander General
• CHICOM, Chinese Communist
• CHIEFMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• CI, counterinsurgency
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIGCOREP, Counter-Insurgency Communications Reequipment Program
• CINCPAC, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific
• CINCPACAF, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific, Air Force
• CINCPACFLT, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
• CINCUSARPAC, Commander-in-Chief, United States Army, Pacific
• COMNAVFORJAPAN, Commander, Naval Forces, Japan
• COMSEVENTHFLT, Commander, Seventh Fleet
• COMUSJAPAN, Commander, United States Forces, Japan
• COMUSKOREA, Commander, United States Forces, Korea
• COMUSMACV, Commander, United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• CONCOM, Consultative Committee
• CONUS, Continental United States
• CRP, Civil Rule Party (Republic of Korea)
• C/S, Chief of Staff
• CT, Country Team
• CY, calendar year
• DA, Department of the Army
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission, United States Embassy
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DIRNSA, Director, National Security Agency
• DL, development loans
• DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
• DOD, United States Department of Defense
• DOS, United States Department of State
• DPM, Deputy Prime Minister
• DPRK, Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea (North)
• DRP, Democratic Republican Party (Republic of Korea)
• DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North)
• DSP, Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EA, Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• EA/J, Officer in Charge of Japanese Affairs, Office of East Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• EAP, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• ECONCOM, Economic Committee, used with reference to U.S.-Japan Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EPB, Economic Planning Board
• EURATOM, European Atomic Energy Community
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FE/IRG, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Interdepartmental Regional Group
• FRD, Formerly Restricted Data
• FROKA, Forces of the Republic of Korea, Army
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
• GA, General Assembly of the United Nations
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GOJ, Government of Japan
• GRC, ground resolution camera
• GRI, Government of the Ryukyu Islands
• GRVN, Government of the Republic of Vietnam
• GVN, Government of (South) Vietnam
• HICOM/HICOMRY, High Commissioner of the Ryukyu Islands
• IAEA, International Atomic Energy Association
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• IMAF, International Military Assistance Forces (to South Vietnam)
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/IL, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of Intelligence Liaison, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organizational Affairs, Department of State
• IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
• IRG/EA, Interdepartmental Regional Group, East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• IRG/FE, Interdepartmental Regional Group, Far Eastern Affairs
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• JAEC, Japanese Atomic Energy Commission
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• JDA, Japanese Defense Agency
• JDO, Joint Duty Officer, Military Armistice Commission
• JFY, Japanese fiscal year
• JGLO, Japanese Government Liaison Office, Ryukyu Islands
• JSA, Joint Security Area
• JSDF, Japanese Self-Defense Forces
• JSP, Japanese Socialist Party
• KATUSA, Korean Augmentation to the United States Army
• KCIA, Korean Central Intelligence Agency
• KCP, Kim Chong-pil, South Korean statesman
• KFT, Korean Task Force
• KFX, Korean Foreign Exchange (South)
• KLSC, Korean Logistic Service Corps
• KNP, Korean National Police (South)
• KPA/CPV, Korean Peoples’ Army (North)/Chinese People’s Volunteers
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• L/FE, Assistant Legal Adviser for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• LDCs, less-developed countries
• LDP, Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
• Limdis, limit distribution
• LOC, lines of communication
• LST, landing ship, tank
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAC, Military Armistice Commission, United Nations Command, Korea
• MACV, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MDL, Military Demarcation Line (Korea)
• MI, military intelligence
• MND, Minister/Ministry of National Defense (Republic of Korea)
• MOFA, Minister/Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NDP, New Democratic Party (Republic of Korea)
• NK, North Korea
• NNSC, Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission of the United Nations
• Nodis, no distribution
• Noforn, no foreign distribution
• NPG, Nuclear Planning Group
• NPT, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSA/CSS, National Security Agency/Central Security Service Archives
• NSC, National Security Council
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OPCON, operational control
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OSP, Offshore procurement
• PACOM, Pacific Command (United States)
• PM, Prime Minister
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• PRC, Peoples’ Republic of China
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• PROVMAAG, Provisional Military Assistance Command/Korea
• QR, quota restriction
• RCT, Regimental Combat Team
• Reftel, referenced telegram
• Rep, representative
• ROC, Republic of China (Taiwan)
• ROK, Republic of Korea (South)
• ROKA, Republic of Korea, Army
• ROKFV, Republic of Korea Forces in Vietnam
• ROKG, Government of the Republic of Korea
• RVN, Republic of Vietnam (South)
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Secretary of State
• SA, Supporting Assistance
• SC, Security Council of the United Nations
• SCC, United States-Japan Security Consultative Committee
• SEA, Southeast Asia
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his party to the Department of State
• Septel, separate telegram
• SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
• SOFA, Status of Forces Agreement
• SPECAT, special category
• SSN, nuclear-powered submarine
• Stat., United States Statutes at Large
• SUBROC, submarine missile (nuclear)
• SVN, South Vietnam
• TCN, troop contribution nations (to Vietnam)
• TDY, temporary duty
• TE; TOE, Table of Equipment
• TO/TD, Table of Organization/Table of Distribution (of military units)
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State or his party from the Department of State
• TOVAN, series indicator for telegrams to Cyrus Vance during his mission to Seoul
• U, Under Secretary of State
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNCMAC, United Nations Command, Military Armistice Commission, Korea
• UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• USFK, United States Forces in Korea
• USFY, United States fiscal year
• USG, United States Government
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• UST, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements
• UW, unconventional warfare
• VANTO, series indicator for telegrams from Cyrus Vance to the Department during his mission to Seoul
• VC, Viet Cong
• VN, Vietnam
• VUNC, Voice United Nations Command
• WH, White House
• WPB, William P. Bundy