List of Abbreviations

• AA, Afro-Asian
• AEDF, Asian Economic Development Fund
• AJSS, Australian Joint Service Staff
• ANL, Armée Nationale de Laos (Lao National Army)
• ANZAM, Australia, New Zealand, Malaya
• ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States
• AP, Associated Press
• ARK, Armée Royale Khmer (Royal Cambodian Army)
• ARVN, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
• BIS, Bank for International Settlements
• BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
• C, Office of the Counselor of the Department of State
• CCC, Committee to Combat Communist Subversion
• CEE, Committee of Economic Experts
• CFEP, Council on Foreign Economic Policy
• CG, ANL, Commandant Général, Armée Nationale de Laos (Commanding General, Lao National Army)
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist
• CHMAAG, Chief, Military Advisory Assistance Group
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCFE, Commander in Chief, Far East
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
• COMFEAF, Commander, Far East Air Forces
• ConGen, Consul General
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• CPCC, Colombo Plan Coordinating Committee
• CSE, Committee of Security Experts
• CY, Calendar Year
• Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DFS, Defense Forces Support
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• Dulte, series indicator for telegrams from Secretary of State Dulles while away from Washington
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EA, Bureau of East Asian Affairs, Department of State
• ECAFE, Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• ETA, estimated time of arrival
• ETD, estimated time of departure
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• FARK, Forces Armées Royales Khmer (Royal Cambodian Armed Forces)
• FAVN, Forces Armées de Vietnam (Armed Forces of Vietnam)
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FCN, Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation
• FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FE/SPA, Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FEC, Far East Command
• FEC, French Expeditionary Corps
• FHC, French High Commissioner (Vietnam)
• FOA, Foreign Operations Administration
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FY, Fiscal Year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State; after 1955, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• G–2, Army General Staff section dealing with intelligence at the divisional level or higher
• GARIOA, Government Assistance and Relief in Occupied Areas
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GOI, Government of India
• GOP, Government of Pakistan
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• GTI, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State
• GVN, Government of Vietnam
• HICOM, High Commissioner
• HMG, Her (His) Majesty’s Government
• IAC, Intelligence Advisory Committee
• IC, Indochina
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICC, International Control Commission
• ICFEM, Interdepartmental Committee on Far East, Mobilization
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State.
• IPU, International Parliamentary Union
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, (International Security Affairs)
• ISC, International Supervisory and Control Commission
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JOC, Joint Operations Center
• JRBAN, Cambodian Police Unit
• JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Assistance Advisory Group
• KMT, Kuomintang
• L, Office of the Legal Advisor, Department of State
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MATS, Military Air Transport Service
• MDA, Mutual Defense Assistance
• MDAP, Mutual Defense Assistance Program
• METO, Middle East Treaty Organization
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• MSUG, Michigan State University Group
• NA, Office of Northeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NCO, non-commissioned officer
• NCSO, Naval Control of Shipping Organization
• NE, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• NLG, National Lao Government
• NSC, National Security Council
• NU, Nahdatul Ulama (Association of Orthodox Muslims)
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• ODM, Office Defense Mobilization
• OEEC, Organization of European Economic Cooperation
• OFD, Office of Finance and Development Policy, Department of State
• OIR/DFR, Division of Research for Far East, Office of Intelligence Research, Special Assistant for Intelligence, Department of State
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSP, offshore procurement
• PA, project authorization
• PEO, Programs Evaluation Office
• PL, Pathet Lao
• PL/VM, Pathet Lao/Viet Minh
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
• PPA, project proposal and approval form (ICA)
• PRO, Public Relations Officer
• PSA, Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
• PWG, Permanent Working Group (of SEATO)
• RAAF, Royal Australian Air Force
• RCT, Regimental Combat Team
• RG, Royal Government (of Laos)
• RKG, Royal Khmer Government
• RLG, Royal Lao 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
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SCAP, Supreme Commander, Allied Powers
• SDC, Self-Defense Corps
• SEA, Southeast Asia
• SEA, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
• SEACDT, Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
• SIDASP, Service interministerial de documentation et action sociale et politique (Interministerial Office of Documentation and Social and Political Action)
• SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs
• SSPP, Special Service for Political Propaganda
• SUNFED, Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
• SVN, South Vietnam
• TACPS, Tactical Air Control Party Support
• TCM, Technical Cooperation Mission
• TDY, temporary duty
• TERM, Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission
• TO’s, tables of organization
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at international conferences
• TRIM, Training Relations Instruction Mission
• U/OC, Operations Coordinator of the Office of the Under Secretary of State
• U/PR, Protocol Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary of State
• UK, United Kingdom
• UKG, United Kingdom Government
• UN, United Nations
• UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Department of State
• UP, United Press
• USA, United States Army
• USARMA, United States Army Attaché
• USARPAC, United States Army, Pacific Command
• USDel, United States Delegation
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USMC, United States Marine Corps
• USN, United States Navy
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• VM, Viet Minh
• VN, Vietnamese
• VNA, Vietnamese National Army
• WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Department of State
• WHO, World Health Organization
• WFTU, World Federation of Trade Unions
• Wirom, series indicator for certain Department of State administrative telegrams