Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • AIK, assistance in kind
  • Amb, Ambassador
  • AP, Associated Press
  • ARVN, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
  • BGen, Brigadier General
  • BN, battalion
  • BOB, Bureau of the Budget
  • CA, civic action
  • CAS, Controlled American Source
  • CEP, Country Economic Program
  • CG, Civil Guard
  • ChiCom, Chinese Communists
  • CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • CI, counterinsurgency
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CIG, Counterinsurgency Group
  • CIO, Central Intelligence Organization
  • CIDG, Civilian Irregular Defense Group
  • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief of the Pacific
  • CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
  • COMUSMACV, Commander, U.S. Military Advisory Command, Vietnam
  • CONUS, Continental United States
  • CT, Country Team
  • DA, Department of the Army
  • DCI, Director for Central Intelligence
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • DGI, Director General of Information
  • DM, Deutschemark
  • DOD/ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
  • DOD/OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense
  • DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
  • ECAFE, Economic Cooperation Administration for the Far East
  • EDCOR, Department of Defense psychological warfare project in the Philippines during the 1950s
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
  • FE, Far East; Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • FECON, Far East Conference
  • FLN, National Liberation Front
  • FP, Force Populaire
  • FSI, Foreign Service Institute, Department of State
  • FSO, Foreign Service officer
  • GOF, Government of France
  • GOI, Government of India
  • GVN, Government of Vietnam
  • HICOM, High Commissioner
  • IAF, Far East Division, U.S. Information Agency
  • ICA, International Cooperation Administration; intelligence collection area
  • ICC, International Control Commission
  • IDA, International Development Association
  • ILO, International Labor Organization
  • INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
  • ISA, International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
  • JCS(M), Joint Chiefs of Staff (Memorandum)
  • JGS, Joint General Staff
  • L/C, Local currency; letter of credit
  • LOC, lines of communication
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • MACV, Military Advisory Command, Vietnam
  • MACV/PIO, Public Information Officer for Military Advisory Command, Vietnam
  • MAP, Military Assistance Program
  • MGen, Major General
  • MSP, Mutual Security Program
  • NACO, National Agricultural Credit Office
  • NBC, National Broadcasting Company
  • NCO, Non-Commissioned Officer
  • NEA, Near East and Africa; Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
  • niact, night action
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NISC, National International Security Council
  • noforn, no foreign dissemination
  • NPSS, National Police and Security Service
  • NSAM, National Security Action Memoranda
  • PA, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
  • PAO, Public Affairs Officer
  • PA/PR, purchasing authority; purchasing regulation
  • PIO/MACV, Public Information Officer for U.S. Military Advisory Command, Vietnam
  • POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
  • Polad, Political Adviser
  • POW, prisoner of war
  • R&R, rest and relaxation
  • reftel, reference telegram
  • RKG, Royal Khmer Government
  • RLG, Royal Laotian Government
  • RVN, Republic of Vietnam
  • RVNAF, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
  • S, Secretary of State
  • SAC, Strategic Air Command
  • SACSA, Spedal Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities
  • SDC, Self Defense Corps
  • SEA, Southeast Asia; Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • SecDef, Secretary of Defense
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from U.S. delegations at international conferences
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State
  • S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
  • S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
  • SVN, South Vietnam
  • TF/Saigon, Task Force in Saigon
  • TF/SEA, Task Force on Southeast Asia
  • TF/VN, Task Force on Vietnam
  • Toeid, series indicator for telegrams from AID missions to Washington
  • Tousi, series indicator for telegrams from USIS missions to USIA
  • UPI, United Press International
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USDel, United States Delegation
  • USG, United States Government
  • USIA, United States Information Agency
  • USIB, United States Intelligence Board
  • USIS, United States Information Service
  • USMACTHAI, United States Military Advisory Command, Thailand
  • USMACV, United States Military Advisory Command, Vietnam
  • USMC, United States Memorandum of Conversation; United States Marine Corps
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • VAdm, Vice Admiral
  • VC, Viet Cong
  • VM, Viet Minh
  • VNMC, Vietnam Marine Corps
  • VNN, Vietnam Navy
  • WG/VN, Working Group on Vietnam