Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume X,
Vietnam, January 1973–July 1975
Abbreviations and Terms
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A–6, U.S. carrier-based attack
aircraft
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A–7, U.S. tactical military
aircraft
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AAFLI, Asian American Free Labor
Institute
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ADD, Agency for Defense
Development
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AFB, Air Force Base
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AFP,
Agence France Presse, a French news agency
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AH,
Alexander Haig
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AHC, Attack Helicopter Command (South
Vietnam)
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AID, Agency for International
Development
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AK–47, Soviet-manufactured assault
rifle
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Amb, Ambassador
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AmEmbassy, American
Embassy
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AP, Associated Press
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ARVN, Army of the Republic of (South)
Vietnam
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ASAP, as soon as possible
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ASEAN, Association of Southeast
Asian Nations
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ASPAC, Asian and Pacific
Council
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B–52, U.S. bomber aircraft
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BOB, Bureau of the Budget
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BS,
Brent Scowcroft
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Cam, Cambodia
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CH–46, medium lift U.S. military
helicopter
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CH–53, heavy lift U.S. military
helicopter
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CINCPAC, Commander-in-Chief,
Pacific Command
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CINCPACAF, Commander-in-Chief,
Pacific Air Force
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CINCPACFLT, Commander-in-Chief,
Pacific Fleet
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CINCUSARPAC,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Army, Pacific
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CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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CM, Chairman’s (of the Joint Chief of
Staff) Memorandum
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Comint, communications
intelligence
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COMUSK, Commander U.S. Forces,
Korea
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COMUSMACV, Commander, U.S.
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
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COMUSSAG, Commander, United
States Special Advisory Group
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ConGen, Consulate General
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CONUS, Continental United
States
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COS, Chief of Station
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COSVN, Central Office for South
Vietnam, Communist political and military headquarters for the southern half
of South Vietnam
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CPR, People’s Republic of China
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CRA, Continuing Resolution
Authority
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CVA, Attack Aircraft Carrier
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CY, calendar year
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DAO, Defense Attaché’s Office
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DCI, Director of Central
Intelligence
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DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission, United
States Embassy
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Deptel, Department of State
telegram
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DIA, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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DMZ, demilitarized zone; established
roughly at Vietnam’s 17th parallel to a width not more than five kilometers
each side of the demilitarized zone
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DOD, Department of Defense
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DOD/ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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DOS, Department of State
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DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
(North Vietnam)
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DTG, date time group
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E, Bureau of Economic Affairs,
Department of State
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EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State
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EAP, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State
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EC–121, U.S. military early
warning/surveillance aircraft (electronic combat)
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E&E, emergency and
evacuation
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ELINT, electronic
intelligence
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Embtel, Embassy telegram
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ESF, Economic Support Fund
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Exdis, exclusive distribution
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EX-IM, Export-Import Bank
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F–4, U.S. fighter aircraft
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FAC, forward air controller
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FANK,
Forces Armées Nationales Khmères (Khmer National
Armed Forces [Cambodia])
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FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
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FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information
Service
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FEOF, Foreign Exchange Operation
Fund
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FonMin, Foreign Minister
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FPJMC, Four Party Joint Military
Commission
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FRC, Federal Records Center
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FRD, formerly restricted data
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FSO, Foreign Service officer
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FUNK,
Front uni national du Kampuchéa (National United
Front of Kampuchea)
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your information
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GA, General Assembly (United
Nations)
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GAC,
George A. Carver, Jr.
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GKR, Government of the Khmer
Republic
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GNP, gross national product
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govt, government
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GPO, Government Printing Office
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GRC, Government of the Republic of
China
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GRUNK,
Gouvernement Royal d’Union Nationale du Kampuchéa
(Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea)
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GSF, Ground Security Force, United
States Marine Corps
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GVN, Government of Vietnam (South
Vietnam)
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H, Bureau of Congressional Affairs,
Department of State
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HAK,
Henry A. Kissinger
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Hakto, series designator for
telegrams to Henry A. Kissinger
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HFAC, House Foreign Affairs
Committee
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HK,
Henry Kissinger; Hong Kong
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HQ, headquarters
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IBRD, International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
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ICC, International Control
Commission
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ICCS, International Commission for
Control and Supervision
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ICEM, Intergovernmental Committee for
European Migration
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ICRC, International Committee of the
Red Cross
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IG, Interdepartmental Group
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info, information
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INR, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INR/EAP, Office of East Asia and
the Pacific, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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intel, intelligence
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ISA, Office of International Security
Affairs, Department of Defense
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ITAC, Interagency Textile
Administrative Committee
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J, Office of the Under Secretary of
State for Political Affairs
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Memorandum
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JEC, Joint Economic Commission
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JGS, Joint General Staff, Republic of
Vietnam Armed Forces
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JUSMAG, Joint United States
Military Assistance Group
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KAF, Khmer Air Force
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KC, Khmer Communists
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KI, Khmer insurgents
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L, Office of the Legal Adviser,
Department of State
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Limdis, limited distribution
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LO, Laos
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LOC, lines of communication
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LPF, Laotian Patriotic Front,
political arm of the Pathet Lao
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LST, Landing Ship, Tanks
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M–16, U.S. military field rifle
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MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory
Group
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MACV, Military Assistance Command,
Vietnam
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MAP, Military Assistance
Program
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MASF, military assistance
service-funded
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MEDT, Military Equipment Delivery
Team
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MEDTC, Military Equipment Delivery
Team, Cambodia
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MFA, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
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MIA, missing in action
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MiG, Soviet-built fighter
aircraft
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MR, Military Region; Government of
Vietnam divided the country into four zones for military and administrative
purposes; MR1 contained the five northernmost provinces of South Vietnam,
MR2 included provinces in the central and north central sections, MR3 was
made up of the south central part of the country and included Saigon, and
MR4 in the Mekong Delta held the rest of the country; sometimes an MR was also called a Corps Tactical Zone
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MSAP, Multi-Services Access
Platform
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MSC, Military Sealift Command
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NATO, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
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NCNRC, National Committee for
National Reconciliation and Concord
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NIC, National Intelligence
Council
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NIE, National Intelligence
Estimate
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NIO/SEA, National Intelligence
Officer, Southeast Asia
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NKP, Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air
Force Base
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NLF, National Liberation Front
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NM, nautical mile
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NOA, New Obligational Authority
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Nodis, no distribution
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Noforn, no dissemination to foreign
nationals
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Notal, not all (telegram A,
referenced in telegram B, was not sent to all the recipients of telegram
B)
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NSA, National Security Agency
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NSC, National Security Council
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NSCIG, National Security Council,
Interdepartmental Group
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NSC–U/S, National Security Council,
Under Secretaries’ Committee
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NSDM, National Security Decision
Memorandum
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NSSM, National Security Study
Memorandum
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NVA, North Vietnamese Army
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NVN, North Vietnam
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OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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OBE, overtaken by events
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OCI, Office of Current Intelligence,
Central Intelligence Agency
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OD, ordinance disposal
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ODDI, Office of the Deputy Director
for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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OECD, Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
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OJSC, Office of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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O&M, operation &
maintenance
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OMB, Office of Management and
Budget
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ONE, Office of National Estimates,
Central Intelligence Agency
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OPIC, Overseas Private Investment
Corporation
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OSD, Office of the Secretary of
Defense
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OSD/ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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OUSD, Office of the Under Secretary
of Defense
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P, President
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PAA, Pan-American Airlines
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PACAF, Pacific Air Force (United
States)
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PACOM, Pacific Command (United
States)
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para, paragraph
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Paris Channel, Secret channel
through which the White House sent and received messages to and from the
North Vietnamese in Paris; the Air Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Paris,
Colonel Georges R. Guay, ran the
channel for the White House
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PCH&T, packing, crating,
handling, & transportation
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PFIAB, President’s Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board
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PGNU, Provisional Government of
National Union (Laos)
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PIO, Public Information Officer
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PL, Pathet Lao; Public Law
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PL–480, Public Law-480, food
assistance
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PM, Prime Minister
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POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants;
political
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POLAD, Political Adviser
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POW, prisoner of war
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PRC, People’s Republic of China
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Pres, President
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Private channel,
see
Paris Channel
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PRG, Provisional Revolutionary
Government, political wing of the South Vietnamese Communist movement,
replaced the NLF, but terms often used
interchangeably
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PriMin, Prime Minister
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psyops, psychological
operations
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QR, Quota Restriction
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QTE, quote
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RECPT, receipt
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reftel, reference telegram
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rep, representative
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res, resolution (United
Nations)
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RG, Record Group
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RIF, reduction in force
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RLG, Royal Lao Government
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RN,
Richard Nixon
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RNC, Republican National
Committee
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ROC, Republic of China
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ROKAF, Republic of Korea Air
Force
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ROKFV, Republic of Korea Forces,
Vietnam
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ROKG, Republic of Korea
Government
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rpt, repeat
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RTG, Royal Thai Government
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RVN, Republic of Vietnam (South
Vietnam)
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RVNAF, Republic of Vietnam, armed
forces
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S, Office of the Secretary of State;
Secret
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S/P, Policy Planning Council,
Department of State
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S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department
of State
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SAM, surface-to-air missile
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SAR, search and recovery
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SEA, Southeast Asia
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SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization
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SecDef, Secretary of Defense
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SecState, Secretary of
State
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Secto, series indicator for
telegrams from the Secretary of State or his party to the Department of
State
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Secy Gen, Secretary General
(United Nations)
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Secy, Secretary of State
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Septel, separate telegram
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SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
(National Security Council)
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SitRep, Situation Report
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SNIE, Special National Intelligence
Estimate
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SR–71, U.S. surveillance
aircraft
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SRF, Selective Reserve Force
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SRG, Senior Review Group (National
Security Council)
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SVN, South Vietnam
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TCN, third country national
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TDY, Temporary Duty
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Telcon, telephone
conversation
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Tohak, series designator for
telegrams to Henry A. Kissinger
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Tosec, series designator for
telegrams to the Secretary of State when he or she is traveling
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TOW, tube-launched, optically-tracked,
wire-guided missile
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TPJMC, Two Party Joint Military
Commission
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TS, top secret
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TTPI, Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands
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U, Office of the Under Secretary of
State; Unclassified
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UN, United Nations
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UNCURK, United Nations Commission
for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
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UNGA, United Nations General
Assembly
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UNHCR, United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
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UNICEF, United Nations
International Children’s Emergency Fund
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UNQTE, unquote
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US, United States
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USA, United States Army
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USAF, United States Air Force
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USC, Under Secretaries’
Committee
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USFY, United States fiscal
year
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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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U–S/M, Under Secretaries’
memorandum
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USN, United States Navy
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USSAG, United States Support
Activities Group
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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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U Tapao, Royal Thai Air Force Base
from which USAF
B–52s carried out missions over
Vietnam
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UW, unconventional warfare
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VC, Viet Cong
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VN, Vietnam
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VOLAG, voluntary agency
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VP, Vice President
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WH, White House
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WSAG, Washington Special Action
Group
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Z, Zulu, time designator on White House,
Departments of State and Defense messages/cables based on Greenwich Mean,
aka Coordinated Universal, Time