List of Abbreviations

• AC, aircraft
• ACSI, Assistant Chief of Staff (Army), Intelligence
• admin, administration/administrative
• AF, air force
• AFP, Armed Forces of the Philippines
• AFPFL, Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League
• AG, Attorney General
• AID, Agency for International Development
• Aidto, series indicator for telegrams from the Agency for International Development
• ANZUS, Australia-New Zealand-United States (treaty organization)
• AP, Associated Press
• ARMA, Army Attaché
• ARPAC, Army, Pacific
• ASA, Association for Southeast Asia
• ASAF, Asia/Africa
• ASAS, Association of Southeast Asian States
• ASW, anti-submarine warfare
• BCP, Burmese Communist Party
• BDF, Burmese Defense Forces
• BG, battle group
• BLT, battalion landing team
• BPP, Border Patrol Police
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• CALTEX, Standard Oil of California, Texas
• CAT, Civil Air Transport
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• CG, Commanding General
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist
• ChiNats, Chinese Nationalist
• CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• CHJUSMAAG, Chief, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group
• CI, counter intelligence
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIA-DDP, Central Intelligence Agency, Deputy Directorate, Plans
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CJTF, combined joint task force
• CODEL, congressional delegation
• COMUSMACTHAI, Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Thailand
• COMUSMACV, Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• CONUS, continental United States
• CP, Communist Party
• CPB, Communist Party Burma
• CR, cavalry reconnaissance
• CT, Country Team
• DAC, Development Assistance Committee
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DDI/ONE, Deputy Director for Intelligence, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DLF, Development Loan Fund
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• ECAFE, Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (of the United Nations)
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EX-IM, Export-Import
• FARK, Forces Armées Royales Khmeres (Royal Khmer Armed Forces)
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FCN, friendship, commerce, and navigation
• FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FMM, French Military Mission
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GA, General Assembly (of the United Nations)
• GI, government issue
• GOI, Government of Indonesia
• GON, Government of the Netherlands
• GOP, Government of the Philippines
• GOT, Government of Thailand
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• GUB, Government of the Union of Burma
• GVN, Government of Vietnam
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICC, International Control Commission
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• Indo, Indonesia
• Inf Bn, infantry battalion
• Inf Co, infantry company
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/RFE, Office of Research for the Far East, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• ISA, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• ISP, International Security Plan
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum
• JFK,John F. Kennedy
• JUSMAG, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group
• KIA, Kachin Independence Army
• KLM, Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines)
• KMT, Kuomintang
• KNU, Karen National Union
• KNDO, Karen National Defense Organization
• KS, Khmer Serei
• LAS, long-range assistance strategy
• LFE, Assistant Legal Adviser, Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• LP, Liberal Party
• MA, military aid
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAP, Military Assistance Plan
• Maphilindo, Malaysia-Philippines-Indonesia
• Masjumi, Majelis Syoro Muslimin Indonesia (Council of Indonesia Muslim Assosciations)
• MDC, mobile development units
• MDP, master defense plan
• MEDT, miltary equipment delivery team
• MILTAG, military advisory group
• MND, Ministry of National Defense
• MOBRIG, mobile brigade
• Mtn Pack Inf Co, Mountain Pack Infantry Company
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NG, New Guinea
• Niact, needs immediate action
• NIE, National Intelligence Estmate
• Nofom, no foreign dissemination
• NP, Nationalista Party
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NU, Nahdatul Ulama (Muslim Scholar Party)
• NVN, North Vietnam
• OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
• OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OFD, Office of Finance Development
• OIC, officer in charge
• ONE, Office of National Estimates
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
• PACAF, Pacific, Air Force
• PACFLT, Pacific Fleet
• PACOM, Pacific Command
• PARU, Police Aerial Resupply Unit
• PC, Philippine Constabulary
• PG, planning group
• PKT, Partai Komunis Indonesia (Indonesia Communist Party)
• PL, Pathet Lao
• PL/VM, Pathet Lao/Viet Minh
• PM, Prime Minister
• PNI, National Party of Indonesia
• POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• PRC, People’s Republic of China
• PSI, Partai Sosialis Indonesia (Indonesian Socialist Party)
• PX, post exchange
• RCT, Regimental Combat Team
• RCTHDQ, Regimental Combat Team’s headquarters
• RDVN, Rural Development, Vietnam
• Res, resolution
• RG, Record Group
• RGUB, Revolutionary Government of the Union of Burma
• RKG, Royal Khmer Government
• RT, Royal Thai
• RTA, Royal Thai Army
• RTAF, Royal Thai Air Force
• SC, Security Council (of the United Nations)
• SEA, Southeast Asia; Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• SEATELCOM, Southeast Asia telecommunications
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while he is away from Washington
• septel, separate telegram
• SG, Secretary-General (of the United Nations)
• SLAT, Special Logistics Action, Thailand
• SNIE, Special National Security Estimate
• SOFA, Status of Forces Agreement
• S/P, Policy Planning Council/Staff
• STANVAC, Standard Vacuum Oil Company
• SVN, South Vietnam
• SYG, Secretary-General (of the United Nations)
• TEA, Thai Exiles Assosciation
• TF, task force
• TG, Thai Government
• T/O, table of organization
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNTEA, United Nations Temporary Executive Agency
• UP, Union Party
• URC, Union Revolutionary Council
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• VC, Viet Cong
• VDC, Volunteer Defense Corps
• VLF, very low frequency
• VOA, Voice of America
• WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• WNG, West New Guinea