List of Abbreviations

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