Abbreviations and Terms

• AAA, anti-aircraft artillery
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AFC, Armed Forces Council
• ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AP, Associated Press
• Arc Light, code name for U.S. B–52 bombing strikes in Southeast Asia
• ARVN, Army of the Republic of (South) Vietnam
• ASA, Association of Southeast Asia
• ASPAC, Asian Pacific Council
• Aspen, code name for U.S. peace negotiations through Swedish channels
• Barrel Roll, code name for U. S. air operations over northern Laos
• CAP, series indicator for outgoing White House telegrams; combat air patrol; combined action platoon
• CAS, controlled American source
• ChiCom, Chinese Communist
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIAP, Inter-American Committee on the Alliance for Progress
• CIDG, Civilian Irregular Defense Group
• Chieu Hoi, South Vietnamese Governmentʼs repatriation program for the Viet Cong
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
• CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
• CINCUSARPAC, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army, Pacific
• CIP, Commercial Import Program
• CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• COMUSMACV, Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• CONUS, Continental United States
• CY, calendar year
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DepSecDef, Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DepCOMUSMACV, Deputy Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• DirGen, Director General
• Dissem, dissemination
• DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DTG, date-time-group
• DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
• EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs prior to November 1, 1966), Department of State
• EA/ACA, Office of Asian Communist Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/DDO, East Asia Division, Directorate for Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
• EA/VN, Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• Elmtree, code name for U.S. contacts with Nguyen Khanh and Le Van Truong in Paris
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EST, Eastern Standard Time
• EW, electronic warfare
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FE/VN, Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FNL, National Liberation Front
• FMin, Foreign Minister
• FonOff, Foreign Office
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FULRO, Unified Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races, a movement for Monta-gnard autonomy
• FW, Free World
• FWF, Free World Forces
• FWMAF, Free World Military Assistance Forces
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• George, code name for Paul Sturm in Elmtree contacts
• GOF, Government of France
• Gp, Group
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• GVN, Government of (South) Vietnam
• HEW, Department of Health, Education and Welfare
• HMG, Her Majestyʼs Government
• Hop Tac, South Vietnamese Governmentʼs program for pacification of Saigon and surrounding provinces; literally “victory”
• ICC, International Control Commission
• ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• Info, information
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• JCRR, Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum
• JGS, Joint General Staff, Vietnamese Armed Forces
• JUSPAO, Joint United States Public Affairs Office
• KIA, killed in action
• Limdis, limited distribution
• LOC, line of communication
• Louisiana, code name for U.S. effort to secure additional foreign country forces for the Vietnam War
• M, million
• MACV, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• Marigold, code name for U.S. peace negotiations through Polish and Italian channels
• McN, Robert McNamara
• MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• MIG, Soviet-built fighter aircraft
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NCO, non-commissioned officer
• NFLSV, National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam
• NLF, National Liberation Front
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• Nina, code name for Department of State communications concerning the decision in late June 1966 to bomb POL installations
• NM, nautical miles
• Nodis, no distribution
• Noforn, no foreign distribution
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NVA, North Vietnamese Army
• NVN, North Vietnam
• OAS, Organization of American States
• OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
• O/B, order of battle
• O/DDI, Office of the Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
• OCO, Office of Civil Operations
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• P, President; piasters
• PAT, Political Action Team
• PAVN, Peopleʼs Army of (North) Vietnam
• PF, Popular Forces
• PFF, Police Field Forces; usually referred to as National Police Field Forces (NPFF)
• Pinta, code name for U.S. peace negotiations during the 37-day bombing pause
• P.L., Public Law
• PM, Prime Minister
• POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• POW, prisoner of war
• PW, prisoner of war
• PX, post exchange
• Ray, code name for Nguyen Khanh in the Elmtree contacts
• RD, Revolutionary Development
• Recce, reconnaissance
• Reftel, reference telegram
• RF, Regional Forces
• RG, Record Group
• ROK, Republic of Korea
• Rolling Thunder, code name for long-running program of U.S. air operations in North Vietnam
• RT, Rolling Thunder
• RVN, Republic of South Vietnam
• RVNAF, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
• S, Secret
• SAM, surface to air missiles
• SANE, National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy
• SAR, search and rescue
• SAVA, Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency
• SEA, Southeast Asia
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from Washington
• Septel, separate telegram
• SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• Sitrep, situation report
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• Steel Tiger, code name for U.S. air strikes against the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos
• SVN, South Vietnam
• SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Tac, tactical
• TAOR, tactical area of responsibility
• TCC, troop contributing countries
• Thich, Venerable (title for Buddhist monk)
• Thrush, code name for U.S. operation to secure the defection of National Liberation Front Chairman Nguyen Huu Tho
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from Washington
• TS, Top Secret
• U, Unclassified
• UBA, Unified Buddhist Association
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• Uncle, code name for Nguyen Huu An in the Thrush contacts
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UPI, United Press International
• Urtel, your telegram
• USAID, United States Agency for International Development Mission (in Vietnam)
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• VC, Viet Cong
• VIP, very important person
• VIS, Vietnamese Information Service
• VN, Vietnam; Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• VNAF, (South) Vietnamese Air Force
• VNCC, Vietnam Coordinating Committee
• VNQDD, Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang (Vietnamese Nationalist Party)
• VP, Vice President
• WAC, Womenʼs Army Corps
• WAVES, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
• WH, White House
• X, code name for Mai Van Bo
• XYZ, code name for unofficial U.S. contacts with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam through Mai Van Bo
• Y, code name for Paul Sturm in the XYZ contacts
• Z, Zulu or Greenwich Mean Time