Abbreviations and Terms

• A–1 (Skyrider), single engine propeller-driven attack plane with one crew member
• A/A, anti-aircraft
• A/AID, Office of the Administrator, Agency for International Development
• AA, Afro-Asian
• AAA, anti-aircraft artillery
• AAT, Additional Assistance to Thailand
• ABF, attacks by fire
• ABM, anti-ballistic missile
• ACA, Office of Asian Communist Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• ACM, Air Chief Marshal
• ADB, Asian Development Bank
• ADOA, Air Defense Operations Agreement
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AF, Air Force, also Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFB, air force base
• AFP, Agence France Press
• AG, Attorney General
• AH or AMH, Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr.
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AID/ASIA/NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Bureau for Asia, Agency for International Development
• AID/NESA, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development
• AK–47, Soviet-designed Kalasknikov assault weapon
• Amb, Ambassador
• AMCITS, American citizens
• APC, armored personnel carrier or Accelerated Pacification Campaign
• ARA–LA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs (State), Bureau for Latin America (AID)
• Arc Light, code name for U.S.B–52 bombing strikes in Southeast Asia
• ARD, Thai Accelerated Rural Development
• ARDF, Aerial Radio Direction Finding
• ARDL, Accelerated Rural Development Loan
• ARDP, Accelerated Rural Development Program
• ARVN, Army of the Republic of (South) Vietnam
• ASA, Association of Southeast Asia
• ASAP, as soon as possible
• ASD, Assistant Secretary of Defense
• ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• ASPAC, Asian and Pacific Council
• ASW, anti-submarine warfare
• B–52, United States Air Force strategic bomber
• Backchannel, a method of communication outside normal bureaucratic procedure; the
• White House, for instance, used “backchannel” messages to bypass the Department of State
• BNDD, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Department of Justice
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• BPP, Border Patrol Police (Thailand) XXIII
• C–47, propeller driven twin engine low wing aircraft used for transportation of troops and/or equipment
• C–123, high wing 2 prop engine transport aircraft
• C–130, United States Air Force transport plane
• C–141, high wing 4 turbo prop engine aircraft used for rapid transportation of troops and/or equipment
• C, Office of the Counselor of the Department of State
• CAP, Combined Action Platoon
• CASP, Country Analysis and Strategy Paper
• CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
• CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
• CEG, College Editor’s Guild
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• CF, contingency funds
• CH–47, heavy transport helicopter (“Chinook”)
• Chicom(s), Chinese Communist(s)
• CHJUSMAG, Chief, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group
• CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• CI, counterinsurgency
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIA/ONE, Central Intelligence Agency, Office of National Estimates
• CIAP, Inter-American Committee for the Alliance for Progress
• CIDG, Citizens’ Irregular Defense Group
• CIF, Chinese Irregular Forces
• CINC, Commander in Chief
• CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East, South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
• CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
• CINCPACREPPHIL, Commander in Chief, Pacific’s Representative in the Philippines
• CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
• CINCUNK, Commander in Chief of United Nations Forces in Korea
• CINCUSARPAC, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific
• CIP, commodities import program
• CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• CL, classified
• CM, Chairman’s (of JCS) memorandum
• CMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps
• CND, United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• Codel, Congressional delegation
• COMECON, Council on Mutual Economic Assistance
• Comint, communications intelligence
• Comite, committee
• COMNAVBASE Subic, Commander, Naval Base, Subic Bay
• COMUSMACTHAI, Commander in Chief, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Thailand
• COMUSMACV, Commander in Chief, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• ConCon, Philippine Constitutional Convention
• CONGEN, Consulate General
• CONUS, Continental United States
• CORDS, Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support
• COSVN, Central Office for South Vietnam
• CPDC, Central Pacification and Development Council
• CPP/ML, Communist Party of the Philippines/Marxist-Leninist
• CPT, Thai Communist Party
• CSA, Chief of Staff of the Army
• CSAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
• CSM, Philippine Christian Socialist Movement
• CSOC, Thai Counter Insurgency Operations Command
• CST, Central Standard Time
• CT, Thai Communist Insurgents; also Country Team
• CTZ, corps tactical zone
• CY, calendar year
• D, Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of State
• D/INR, Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• DA, Department of the Army
• DAO, Defense Attaché Office
• DATT, Defense Attaché
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DDC, Office of the Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
• DDI, Deputy Directorate for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• DDO/EA, Deputy Directorate of Operations, East Asia, Central Intelligence Agency
• DefSec, Defense Secretary
• del, delegate; delegation
• Delto, delegation to (telegram series indicator from the Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam)
• Depcirtel, circular telegram from the Department of State
• DepFonMin, deputy foreign minister
• Deptel, telegram from the Department of State
• DEYMO, Philippine Democratic Youth Movement
• DGNP, Director-General National Police
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DirGen or DG, Director General
• Dissem, dissemination
• DL, development loan
• DMZ, demilitarized zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, International Security Affairs
• DOS, Department of State
• DPM, Deputy Prime Minister
• DPRC, Defense Program Review Committee
• DPRG, Defense Program Review Group
• DRV or DRVN, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• DTG, date/time/group
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• E/ORF/ICD, Office of International Commodities, International Resources and Food Policy,
• Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/ACA, Office of Asian Communist Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/IND, Office of Indonesian Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/PHIL, Office of Philippines Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/TB, Office of Thailand and Burma Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EAP, former designation for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EC–121, unarmed, four engine propeller driven reconnaissance aircraft
• ECAFE, United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
• ECOSOC, United Nations Economic and Social Council
• ELR, Elliot L. Richardson
• Emb, Embassy
• Emboff, Embassy officer
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EOB, Executive Office Building
• EST, Eastern Standard Time, also estimated
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• Ex-Im, Export-Import Bank of Washington
• F–4 (Phantom), twin engine turbo jet, all weather, supersonic tactical fighter bomber with two crew members
• F, fighter
• FAC, Foreign Assets Control
• FANK, Forces Armées Nationales Khmeres (Khmer National Armed Forces)
• FAO, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
• FAR or FARK, Forces Armées Royales Khmeres (Royal Khmer Armed Forces)
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FDF, Free Democratic Forces (of South Vietnam)
• FEOP, Foreign Exchange Operations Fund
• FFF, Philippine Federation of Free Farmers
• Flash, indicates message of highest priority requiring the attention of the Secretary of State
• FM, from; also Foreign Minister
• FMS, Foreign Military Sales
• FODAG, United States Mission to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FonSec, Foreign Secretary
• FSO, Foreign Service Officer
• FWF, Free World Forces
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GA, United Nations General Assembly
• GAO, General Accounting Office
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GDP, Gross Domestic Product
• Gen, general
• GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
• GNP, Gross National Product
• GOC, Government of Cambodia
• GOI, Government of Indonesia
• GOJ, Government of Japan
• GOP, Government of the Philippines
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• GSA, General Services Administration
• GUB, Government of Burma
• GVN, Government of Vietnam
• GVR, Government of the Republic of Vietnam
• H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
• HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
• H.E., His Excellency
• HEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
• HFAC, House Foreign Affairs Committee
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government, United Kingdom
• hq, headquarters
• HR, House Resolution
• HRH, His Royal Highness
• Huks, Hukbong Magpapalaya Sa Banyan (paramilitary arm of Philippines Communist Party)
• I, Office of the Director, United States Information Agency
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Bank
• ICBM, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
• ICC, International Control and Supervision Commission
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• ICRC, International Committee, Red Cross
• IFI, International Financial Institution
• IG, Interdepartmental Group
• IGGI, Intergovernmental Group on Indonesia
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INCB, International Narcotics Control Board
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/DCC, Office of the Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/DDR/REA, Office of Research and Analysis for East Asia and Pacific, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IR–8, rice strain developed at the International Rice Research Institute
• IRBM, Intermediate-range Ballistic Missile
• IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• ITAC, Interagency Textile Advisory Committee
• J, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• J/PM, Office of Politico-Military Affairs in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• JHH, John Herbert Holdridge
• JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Group
• JUSPAO, Joint United States Public Affairs Office
• K, Kissinger
• kg, kilogram
• KHR, Khmer Republic
• KIP, Lao currency unit
• KK, Khmer Krom
• KL, Kuala Lumpur
• KMT, Kuomintang
• KW, kilowatt
• L, Legal Adviser of the Department of State
• LA, Latin America
• LDC, less developed country
• LDX, long distance xerography
• Limdis, limited distribution
• LOC, lines of communication
• LP, Philippines Liberal Party
• LPF, Lao Patriotic Front (Pathet Lao)
• LTA, Long-Term Agreement (textiles)
• LTG, Lieutenant General
• M–1, World War II-era U.S. military rifle
• M–14, semi automatic U.S. military rifle
• M–16, U.S. military field rifle
• M–113, armored personnel carrier
• M, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management
• mm, millimeter
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAC, Military Assistance Command
• MACTHAI, Military Assistance Command, Thailand
• MACV, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MASF, Military Assistance Service Funded
• MBA, Military Base Agreement
• MemCon, memorandum of conversation
• MENU, code name for U.S. bombings in Cambodia
• Meo (Hmong), mountain tribes in Laos that fought on the U.S. side during the Vietnam War
• MFN, Most Favored Nation
• MIL, military
• MILAD, military adviser
• MinDef, Minister of Defense
• Misoff, Mission Officer
• ML, military list
• MOD, Ministry of Defense
• MP, Member of Parliament
• MR, military region or memorandum for the record
• MT, metric ton
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NBC, National Broadcasting Company
• NCO, non-commissioned officer
• NE, northeast
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEC, Thai National Executive Council
• NESA, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development
• Niact, night action
• NIC, National Intelligence Council
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NLF, National Liberation Front
• NLFSVN, National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
• NOC, National Operations Council
• Nodis, no distribution (other than to persons indicated)
• Nodis/Khmer, special Department of State channel established to handle issues such as third country military assistance to Cambodia
• Noforn, no foreign dissemination
• Notal, not received by all addressees
• NPA, New People’s Army
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSC IG/EA, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group on East Asia
• NSDF, National Socialist Democratic Front
• NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
• NSF, National Salvation Front (of South Vietnam)
• NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
• NUSP, National Union of Students of the Philippines
• NVA (also NVNA), North Vietnamese Army
• NVA/VC, North Vietnam/Viet Cong
• NVN, North Vietnam
• NZ, New Zealand
• O & M, operations and maintenance
• OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OBE, overtaken by events
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OEP, Office of Emergency Preparedness
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• ONE, Office of National Estimates (CIA)
• OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSD/ISA, Office of the Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OUSD, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
• P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State, also President
• PA, purchase authorization
• PACAF, Pacific Air Force
• PACFLT, Pacific Fleet
• PACOM, Pacific Command
• PanAm, Pan-American Airways
• PAO, Public Affairs Officer
• Para, paragraph; also Policy Analysis Resource Allocation
• PARU, Police Aerial Resupply Unit (Thailand, paramilitary arm of BBP)
• PAVN, People’s Army of Vietnam
• PBR, river boat patrol
• PD, presidential determination
• PDB, President’s Daily Brief
• PDJ, Plain of Jars (Plaine des Jarres)
• PermRep, permanent representative
• PFIAB, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
• PHILCAG, Philippine Civil Action Group
• PHILCAGV, Philippine Civil Action Group-Vietnam
• PI, Philippine Islands
• PKI, Partai Komunis Indonesia (Indonesian Communist Party)
• PKP, Philippine Communist Party
• PL, Public Law; also Pathet Lao
• PL–480, Public Law 480 (Food for Peace)
• PLA, People’s Liberation Army
• PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; also prime minister
• PM/ISP, Office of International Security Policy and Planning, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PMG, Politico-Military Group
• PNG, persona non grata
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• PolOff, Political Officer
• POW, prisoner of war
• PPP, Philippines Peoples’ Progressive Party
• PR, public relations
• Prairie Fire (PF), code name for U.S.-led South Vietnamese reconnaissance teams sent into Laos to seek targets for U.S. bombing operations of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and to assess bombing damage
• PRC, People’s Republic of China
• PRG, Provisional Revolutionary Government
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• PSDF, People’s Self Defense Force
• PSYOP(s), psychological operation(s)
• QTE, quote
• R & D, research and development
• RCD, Organization of Regional Cooperation for Development
• RCT, Regimental Combat Team
• RD, rural development
• Recce, reconnaissance
• reftel, reference telegram
• rep, representative
• res, resolution
• RF/PF, Regional Forces/Popular Forces
• RG, Record Group, also Review Group
• RKG, Royal Khmer (Cambodian) Government
• RLA, Royal Lao Army
• RLAF, Royal Lao Air Force, also Royal Lao Armed Forces
• RLG, Royal Lao Government
• RLGAF, Royal Lao Government Armed Forces
• RMN or RN, Richard Nixon
• ROC, Republic of China
• ROK, Republic of Korea
• ROVN, Republic of Vietnam
• RTA, Royal Thai Army
• RTAF, Royal Thai Air Force
• RTARF, Royal Thai Armed Forces
• RTARFRV, Royal Thai Armed Forces Representation-Vietnam
• RTG, Royal Thai Government
• RTN, Royal Thai Navy
• RVN, Republic of Vietnam
• RVNAF, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• S/AL, Ambassador at Large
• S/NM, Office of the Coordinator for International Narcotics Matters, Department of State
• S/PC, Planning and Coordination Staff, Department of State
• S/PRS, Office of Press Relations, Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat of the Department of State
• S/S–S, Secretariat Staff, Executive Secretariat of the Department of State
• SA, supporting assistance
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• SAM, surface-to-air missile
• SAR, search and rescue missions
• SARG, Syrian Arab Republic Government
• SC, United Nations Security Council
• SCI, Bureau of International Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State
• SCI/EN, Office of Environmental Affairs, Bureau of International Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State
• SE, southeast
• SEA, Southeast Asia
• SEACOORD, Southeast Asia Coordinating Committee
• SEAMEC, Southeast Asia Monetary Exchange Council
• SEATO, South East Asian Treaty Organization
• Secdef, Secretary of Defense
• Secstate, Secretary of State
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from Washington
• septel, separate telegram
• SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• SGU, Special Guerrilla Units
• Sierra Romeo, code name for Thai artillery units in Laos
• SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
• SIGINT, signals intelligence
• SITREP, situation report
• SLAT, Supply and Logistical Agreement
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SNO, Special Narcotics Organization, Thailand
• SOFA, Status of Forces Agreement
• SOP, standard operating procedure
• Sov, Soviet Union
• SPT, Saha Pracha Thai (United Thai Peoples’ Party)
• SR, strategic reserve
• SR–71, U.S. high altitude reconnaissance aircraft
• SRG, Senior Review Group
• STAFD, Strengthening Thai Armed Forces for Defense
• Steel Tiger, U.S. Air Force-Navy interdiction of North Vietnamese infiltration routes in southern Laos
• Subj, subject
• SVN, South Vietnam
• SYG, United Nations Secretary-General
• T–28, single engine propeller driven 1950s era trainer extensively modified as counterinsurgency aircraft
• TA, technical assistance
• TAC, tactical, also Tactical Air Command
• TACAIR, tactical air
• TACS, Tactical Air Control System
• TASS, Telegraphnoye Agentsvo Sovetskogo Soyuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
• TC, technical cooperation
• TCC, Troop Contributing (to Vietnam) Countries
• TDY, temporary duty
• TKV, Thai Khmer Volunteers
• Toaid, series indicator for telegrams to the Agency for International Development
• Todel, series indicator for telegrams to the delegation at the Paris Peace Talks
• TOR, terms of reference
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams sent to the Secretary of State while outside of Washington
• Tosit, to the White House Situation Room
• TPLAF, Thai Peoples’ Liberation Armed Forces
• TS, top secret
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State; also unclassified
• U/SM, Under Secretaries’ Memorandum
• UAR, United Arab Republic
• UH, utility helicopter (Huey)
• UK, United Kingdom of Great Britain and North Ireland
• UN, United Nations
• UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• UNSTO, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
• UPI, United Press International
• US, United States
• USA, United States of America
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USAID, United States Agency for International Development
• U.S.C., United States Code
• USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
• USDAO, United States Defense Attaché Office
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USINFO, United States Information Service
• USIS, United States Information Service (overseas branches of USIA)
• USMC, United States Marine Corps
• USN, United States Navy
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaty
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• VA, Veteran’s Administration
• VC, Vietcong
• VC/NVA, Vietcong/North Vietnamese
• VCI, Viet Cong Infrastructure
• VN, Vietnam
• VNAF, Vietnamese Air Force
• VOLAGS, voluntary agencies
• VP, Vice President
• VSSG, Vietnam Special Studies Group
• WESTPAC, Commander, Western Pacific
• WH, White House
• WHO, White House Office (series indicator for White House messages)
• WHSR, White House Situation Room
• WNRC, Washington National Records Center
• WPR, William P. Rogers
• WSAG, Washington Special Actions Group
• Z, Zulu (Greenwich Mean Time)