Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume I,
Vietnam, 1961
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