Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume II,
Vietnam, 1962
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