Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Vietnam,
Volume I
List of Abbreviations and Symbols
- AB, Airbase
- ABN Bns, Airborne
Battalions
- ACSI, Assistant Chief
of Staff for Intelligence
- ACSI/DA, Assistant
Chief of Staff of Intelligence, Department of the Army
- AC&W, Aircraft
Control and Warning
- ADs, propeller-driven
aircraft
- AF, Air Force
- AFCIN, Air Force
Chief of Intelligence
- AFL, Armed Forces of
Laos
- AIRA, Air
Attaché
- ALUSNA, United
States Naval Attaché
- Am, American
- Amb, Ambassador
- AN/GRC, radio
teletypewriter
- AN/PRC,
receiver/transmitter radio
- ANL,
Armée Nationale du Lao (Lao National Army)
- AP, Associated
Press
- ARMA, Army
Attaché
- ArmAtt, Army
Attaché
- ARVN, Army of the
Republic of Vietnam
- ASAP, as soon as
possible
- ASD/ISA, Assistant
Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
- BAR, Browning
automatic rifle
- BBC, British
Broadcasting Corporation
- BNA, Office of British
Common wealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
- Bn(s),
Battalion(s)
- Br., British
- CACG, Collateral
Activities Coordinating Group
- cal, caliber
- CAMG, Civil Affairs
and Military Government
- CAP, Combined Action
Platoon/Capital
- CCS, Combined Chiefs
of Staff
- CENTO, Central
Treaty Organization
- CG, Civil Guard
- ChiComs, Chinese
Communists
- ChiNats, Chinese
Nationalists
- CHMAAG, Chief,
Military Assistance Advisory Group
- CHPEO, Chief,
Programs Evaluation Office (Laos)
- CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
- CID, Committee for
Industrial Development
- CINCPAC, Commander
in Chief, Pacific
- CINCPACAF,
Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
- CINCPACFLT,
Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
- CINCPAC
PolAd, Commander in Chief, Pacific’s Political
Adviser
- CINCPACREPHIL, Commander in Chief, Pacific’s Representative
in the Philippines
- CINCUSARPAC,
Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific
- CIP, Commercial Import
Program/Counter Insurgency Plan
- circ, circular
- civ, civilians
- Cmdr MATS,
Commander, Military Air Transport Service
- Cmdr PACAF,
Commander, Pacific Air Force
- Cmdr SAC,
Commander, Strategic Air Command
- Cmdt,
Commandant
- CNO, Chief of Naval
Operations
- CO, Commissioned
Officer/Commanding Officer
- CO ABN, Commander
Airborne Battalion
- CONUS, Continental
United States
- CP, Command Post
- CPB, Combined Planning
Board
- CPR, Chinese People’s
Republic
- CR, Citizens
Rally
- C/S, CS, Chief of
Staff
- CSAM, Chief of Staff
Army Memorandum
- C.T., Country
Team
- CVN, Central
Vietnam
- CVTC, Vietnamese
Confederation of Christian Workers
- CY, Calendar
Year
- D/A, DA, Department of
the Army
- DCI, Director of
Central Intelligence
- Def, Defense
- Depcirtel,
Department of State circular telegram
- Deptel, Department
of State telegram
- Div, Division
- DLF, Development Loan
Fund Corporation
- DOD, Department of
Defense
- DOD/ISA,
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
- DRV, Democratic
Republic of Vietnam
- DS, Defense
Support
- DTG, Date Time
Group
- ECAFE, Economic
Commission for Asia and the Far East
- Emb, Embassy
- EmbOff, Embassy
Officer
- Embtel, Embassy
telegram
- Embdes, Embassy
despatch
- ETD, estimated time of
departure
- EUR/BNA, Office of
British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European
Affairs, Department of State
- FAL,
Forces d’Armée de Laos (Royal Armed Forces of
Laos)
- FA’s, Farmers’
Associations
- FARK,
Forces des Armées Royales Khmer (Royal Cambodian
Armed Forces)
- FBIS, Foreign
Broadcast Information Service
- FE, Bureau of Far
Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- FE/P, Public Affairs
Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- FE/VN, Officer in
Charge of Vietnam Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of
State
- FER, Far East Region,
Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
- FOB, free on
board
- FRC, Federal Records
Center
- FSOs, Foreign Service
Officers
- FY, Fiscal Year
- FYI, for your
information
- G, Deputy Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- G–2, Army general staff
section dealing with intelligence at the divisional level or higher
- G–3, Army general staff
section dealing with opertions and training at the divisional or higher
level
- G–5, Army general staff
section dealing with civil affairs at the divisional level or higher
- G/PM, Special
Assistant for Politico-Military Affairs, Office of the Deputy Under
Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of State
- GAO, General
Accounting Office
- GHQ, General
Headquarters
- GOC, Government of
Ceylon
- GOI, Government of
India
- GS, General
Staff
- GTI, Office of Greek,
Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State
- GUS, Government of
United States
- GVN, Government of
Vietnam
- GVNL, Government of
Vietnam (electoral) List
- H, hours
- HMB,
Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (People’s Liberation
Army), a military force affiliated with the Philippine Communist
Party
- HQ, Headquarters
- Huk,
see
HMB
- IBM, International
Business Machines
- IBRD, International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- ICA, International
Cooperation Administration
- ICA/W, International
Cooperation Administration/Washington
- Icato, series
indictor for telegrams originating with the International Cooperation
Administration
- ICC, International
Supervisory and Control Commission
- IDC, International
Development Corportion
- IES, International
Educational Exchange Service
- ILO, International
Labor Organization
- IMF, International
Monetary Fund
- inf regts,
infantry regiments
- InfoMin,
Information Minister
- IPS, International
Program Service
- ISA, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
- JCSM, Joint Chiefs of
Staff Memorandum
- JOO, Joint Chiefs of
Staff document indicator.
- JSAD, Joint Strategic
Analysis Division of the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- km, kilometers
- KMT, Kuomintang
- KW, kilowatt
- L/FE, Office of the
Assistant Legal Adviser for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- MAAG, Military
Assistance Advisory Group
- MAGCH–CH, series
indicator for telegrams from the Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory
Group
- MAGCH–CS, series
indicator for telegrams from the Chief of Staff of the Military Assistance
Advisory Group
- MAGCH–CT, series
indicator for telegrams from the Chief of Training of the Military
Assistance Advisory Group
- MAGCH–SA, series
indicator for telegrams from the Senior Advisers in the Military Assistance
Advisory Group
- MAP, Military Aid
Program/Military Assistance Program
- MC, Memorandum of
Conversation
- MemCon, Memorandum
of Conversation
- Mil Att, Military
Attaché
- MNR, Movement for
National Revolution
- MR, Military
Region
- M/S, Motor Ship
- msg, message
- MSP, Mutual Security
Program
- MSU, Michigan State
University
- MSUG, Michigan State
University Group
- mytel, my
telegram
- NA, Office of Northeast
Asian Affairs, Department of State
- NavAtt, Naval
Attaché
- NBC, National
Broadcasting Corporation
- NCO, noncommissioned
officer
- NIA, National
Intelligence Assessment
- NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
- NLHX, NLHZ, Neo Lao
Hat Xat (Zat)
- Noforn, no foreign
(distribution)
- NPSS, National Police
and Security Service Government of Vietnam civilian intelligence
agency
- NRM, National
Revolutionary Movement
- NSC, National Security
Council
- O’s,
Officers
- OASD/ISA, Office
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
- OCB, Operations
Coordinating Board
- OCS, Office of the
Chief of Staff, Department of the Army
- OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
- OSD/ISA, Office of
the Secretary of Defense, Interntional Security Affairs
- OSO, Office of the
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
- PAs, procurement
authorizations
- PACOM, Pacific
Command
- PA/HO, Office of The
Historian, Department of State
- PAO, Public Affairs
Officer
- PAR, parachute
- PAVN, People’s Army
of (North) Vietnam
- PC/PAF, Philippine
Constabulary/Philippine Armed Forces
- PEO, Programs
Evaluation Office
- PL, Public Law
- POI, Program of
Instructions
- POL, petroleum, oil,
lubricants
- PsyWar,
Psychological Warfare
- PTT, Post, Telephone
and Telegraph
- PX, Post
Exchange
- reDeptel,
reference Department telegram
- reftel, reference
telegram
- regt, regiment
- RF, Radio
Finding
- RG, Record Group
- RKG, Royal Khmer
Government
- RLG, Royal Lao
Government
- ROK, Republic of
Korea
- ROKG, Republic of
Korea Government
- rptd, repeated
- RTG, Royal Thai
Government
- RVNAF, Republic of
Vietnam’s Armed Forces
- RWP, Revolutionary
Workers’ Party (Can Lao)
- S–2, Army staff section
dealing with intelligence at brigade level or below
- S–3, Army staff section
dealing with operations and training at brigade level or below
- S/P, Policy Planning
Staff, Department of State
- S/S, The Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
- SDC, Self Defense
Corps
- SEA, Office of
Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of
State
- SEA/E, Officer in
Charge Economic Affairs, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far
Eastern Affairs, Department of State
- SEATO, Southeast
Asian Treaty Organization
- SecState,
Secretary of State
- Secto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at
international conferences
- SEPES,
Service des Etudes Politiques et Sociales (Service of
Political and Social Studies)
- SF, Special
Forces
- SGN, series indicator
for back channel telegrams from the Military Assistance Advisory Group in
Vietnam
- SITREP, Situation
Report
- SMG, submachine
gun
- SNIE, Special
National Intelligence Estimate
- SOA, Office of South
Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs,
Department of State
- sqdn, squadron
- SVN, South
Vietnam
- TC, Technical
Cooperation
- TDY, Temporary
Duty
- telecom,
telephonic communications
- TERM, Temporary
Equipment Recovery Mission
- TF, Task Force
- TOE (T.O.&E.),
Table of Organization and Equipment
- Toica, series
indicator for telegrams to the International Cooperation
Administration
- TRIM, Training
Relations Instruction Mission
- TWXs, teletypewriter
exchange(s)
- U/MSC, Deputy
Coordinator for Mutual Security in the Office of the Under Secretary of
State
- U/PR, Protocol Staff
in the Office of the Under Secretary of State
- UN, United
Nations
- Unn, unnumbered
- UNTAA, United
Nations Technical Assistance Administration
- UNTAB, United
Nations Techical Assistance Board
- UPI, United Press
International
- USA, United States
Army
- USAF, United States
Air Force
- USARMA, United
States Army Attaché
- USARPAC, United
States Army, Pacific
- USEmb, United States
Embassy
- USG, United States
Government
- USIA, United States
Information Agency
- USIB, United States
Intelligence Board
- 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
- UST, United States
Treaties and Other International Agreements
- VBI, Vietnamese Bureau
of Investigation
- VC, Viet Cong
- VM, Viet Minh
- VN, Vietnam,
Vietnamese
- VNAF, Vietnamese Air
Force/Vietnamese National Air Force
- VNQDD,
Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dung (National Party of
Vietnam)
- VOA, Voice of
America
- VOR, variable
omni-range (direction finding)
- W/MSC, Special
Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination, Office of the Deputy Under
Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of State
- WE, Office of Western
European Affairs, Department of State
- Weeka, weekly,
interagency, summary analysis from United States diplomatic missions
- wpns, weapons