Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume I,
Vietnam, 1961
List of Abbreviations
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A, airgram
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acft, aircraft
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Adm, Admiral
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AF, Air Force
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AFB, Air Force
Base
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AFL-CIO, American
Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations
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AP, Associated
Press
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ARPAC, Army of the
Pacific
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ARVN, Army of the
Republic of Vietnam
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B, Under Secretary of
State for Economic Affairs, Department of State
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B/FAC, Deputy
Coordinator for Foreign Assistance, Under Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs
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BIS, British
Information Services
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BNA, Office of British
and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
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bn(s),
battalion(s)
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CA, circular
airgram
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CAS, Controlled
American Source
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CENTO, Central
Treaty Organization CF, Conference File
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CG, Civil Guard
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ChiCom, Chinese
Communist
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ChiNats, Chinese
Nationalists
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CHMAAG, Chief,
Military Assistance Advisory Group
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CHMAAG SVN,
Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group, South Vietnam
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CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
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CINCPAC, Commander
in Chief, Pacific
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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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CIO, Central
Intelligence Organization
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CIP, Counterinsurgency
plan
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CNO, Chief of Naval
Operations
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Codel, Congressional
Delegation
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Comdr,
Commander
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COMUS
Vietnam,
Commander of U.S. Forces, Vietnam
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CONUS, Continental
United States
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CP, Communist
Party
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CT, country team
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CY, calendar
year
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DA, series indicator
for telegrams from the Department of Army
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DA IN, designation
for cables received at the Department of Army Command Center
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DAC, Development
Assistance Corporation
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DCM, Deputy Chief of
Mission
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DEF, series indicator
for telegrams from the Department of Defense
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DefSec, Secretary
of Defense
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Deptel, Department
of State telegram
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dissem,
dissemination
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DJSM, Director of the
Joint Staff memorandum
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DMZ, demilitarized
zone
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DOD, Department of
Defense
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DRV, Democratic
Republic of Vietnam
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DTG, date time
group
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EDCOR, Defense
psychological warfare project in the Philippines during the 1950’s
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Embdes(p), Embassy
despatch
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Embtel, Embassy
telegram
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Emtel, Embassy
telegram
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EUR, Bureau of
European Affairs, Department of State
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FAL, Forces d’Armee de
Laos (Lao Armed Forces)
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FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
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FE, Bureau of Far
Eastern Affairs, Department of State
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FE/SEA, Office of
Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of
State
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FECON, Far East
Conference
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FO, Foreign
Office
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fol, following
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FonOff, Foreign
Office
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FRC, Federal Records
Center
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FSO, Foreign Service
Officer
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your
information
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G, Deputy Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs
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Gen, General
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GNA, Greek National
Army
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Gp, group
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GOI, Government of
India
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GOP, Government of
Philippines
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GRC, Government of the
Republic of China
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GVN, Government of
Vietnam
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Hq, Headquarters
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Hq Det, Headquarters
Detachment
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ICA, International
Cooperation Administration; intelligence collection area
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ICC, International
Control Commission
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IMF, International
Monetary Fund
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info,
information
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INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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IO, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State
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IO/UNP, Office of
United Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, Department of State
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IPS/IBS,
International Press Service/International Broadcasting Service
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ISA, Office of
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
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ISC, Internal Security
Council
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of
Staff memorandum
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JGS, Joint General
Staff
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JUSMAG, Joint U.S.
Military Advisory Group
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JUSMAPG, Joint
U.S. Military Advisory and Planning Group
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km, kilometer
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kw, kilowatt
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L, Office of the Legal
Adviser, Department of State
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LOC, Lines of
Communication
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log, logistic
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MAAG, Military
Assistance Advisory Group
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MAGCH-CS, series
indicator for telegrams from the Chief of Staff of the Chief of the Military
Assistance Advisory Group
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MAGCH-LO, series
indicator for telegrams from the Liaison Office of the Chief of the Military
Assistance Advisory Group
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MAGCH-SA, series
indicator for telegrams from the Special Assistant to the Chief of the
Military Assistance Advisory Group
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MAP, Military
Assistance Program
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MilAd, Military
Adviser
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MNR, Vietnamese
political group
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msg, message
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MSP, Mutual Security
Program
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MSU, Michigan State
University
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NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
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NCO, Noncommissioned
Officer
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NEA, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
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niact, night action;
communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of
the day or night
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NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
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NISC, National
International Security Council
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Noforn, no foreign
dissemination
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NPSS, National Police
and Security Service
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NSAM, National
Security Action Memorandum
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NVN, North
Vietnam
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OAS, Organization of
American States
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OASD/ISA, Office
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
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OPLAN, operation
plan
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OSA, Office of the
Special Assistant to the Ambassador in Vietnam
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OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
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OSO/OSD, Office of
Special Operations, Office of the Secretary of Defense
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PACAF, Pacific Air
Force
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PACFLT, Pacific
Fleet PACOM. Pacific Command
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PAO, Public Affairs
Officer
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Pl, photo
interpretation
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PL, Public Law; Pathet
Lao
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POL, petroleum, oil,
and lubricants
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PolAd, Political
Adviser
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POW, prisoner of
war
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PPC, Policy Planning
Council, Department of State
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PPS, Policy Planning
Staff, Department of State
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PsyOps,
Psychological Operations
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PsyWar,
Psychological Warfare
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RAdm, Rear
Admiral
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RCT, Regimental Combat
Team
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ref, reference
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reftel, reference
telegram
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RKG, Royal Khmer
Government
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RLA, Royal Laotian
Army
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RLG, Royal Laotian
Government
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ROK, Republic of
Korea
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RVNAF, Republic of
Vietnam Armed Forces
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S, Office of the
Secretary of State
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S/P, Policy Planning
Staff, Department of State
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S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
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SC, United Nations
Security Council
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SDC, Self-Defense
Corps
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SEA, Southeast Asia;
Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
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SEATO, Southeast
Asian Treaty Organization
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SecDef, Secretary
of Defense
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SecGen,
Secretary-General
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SEPES, Service for
Social and Political Studies, Vietnamese Civilian Intelligence Agency
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SFG, Special Financial
Group
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SGN, series indicator
for telegrams from the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam
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SNIE, Special
National Intelligence Estimate
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SPA, Office of
Southwest Pacific Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of
State
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SVN, South
Vietnam
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TF(VN), Task Force
(on Vietnam)
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Toaid, series
indicator for telegrams sent to the Agency for International Development
(AID) in Washington from AID missions in the field
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trfd,
transferred
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bps, troops
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TS, Top Secret
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U, Under Secretary of
State; Unclassified
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U/MSC, Deputy
Coordinator of the Mutual Security Program, Office of the Under Secretary of
State
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UAR, United Arab
Republic
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UDT, underwater
demolition teams
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UK, United
Kingdom
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UN, United
Nations
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UNP, Office of United
Nations Political and Security Affairs, Bureau of International Organization
Affairs, Department of State
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US/FW, U.S. field
workers
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US/MC, U.S.
memorandum of conversation
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USA, U.S. Army; United
States of America
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USAF, U.S. Air
Force
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USAMHI, U.S. Army
Military History Institute
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USARPAC, U.S.
Army, Pacific
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USCOB, U.S. Command,
Berlin
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U.S. ELINT, U.S.
electronic intelligence
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USFV, U.S. Forces,
Vietnam
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USG, U.S.
Government
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USIA, U.S.
Information Agency
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USIS, U.S.
Information Service
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USOM, U.S. Operations
Mission
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VNA, Vietnamese
Army
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VOA, Voice of
America
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VC, Viet Cong
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VM, Viet Minh
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VN, Vietnam;
Vietnamese
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VNA, Vietnamese
National Army
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VNAF, Vietnamese
Armed Forces
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Z, Greenwich Mean
Time
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Zone D, Viet Cong
jungle base area northeast of Saigon