Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume V,
Vietnam, 1967
Abbreviations and Terms
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AAA, anti-aircraft
artillery
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AEC, Atomic Energy
Commission
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AFC, Armed Forces
Council
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ANZUS, Australia,
New Zealand, United States
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AID, Agency for
International Development
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Arc Light, code
name for U.S. B–52 bombing strikes in
Southeast Asia
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ARVN, Army of the
Republic of Vietnam
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ASA, Association of
Southeast Asia
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ASPAC, Asian Pacific
Council
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Aspen, code name for
U.S. peace negotiations through Swedish channels
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B–52, U.S. Air Force
strategic bomber
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Barrel Roll,
code name for U. S. air operations over northern Laos
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C–130, U.S. Air Force
transport plane
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CAP, series indicator
for outgoing White House telegrams; combat air patrol; combined action
platoon
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CAS, controlled
American source
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ChiCom, Chinese
Communist
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CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
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CIDG, Civilian
Irregular Defense Group
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Chieu Hoi,
Government of South Vietnam’s repatriation program for the Viet Cong
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CINCPAC, Commander
in Chief, Pacific
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CINCPACAF,
Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
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CINCPACFLT,
Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
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CINCUSARPAC,
Commander in Chief, U.S. Army, Pacific
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CIP, Commercial Import
Program
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CJCS, Chairman, Joint
Chiefs of Staff
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CMC, Clark M.
Clifford
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COMUSMACV,
Commander, U. S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
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CORDS, Civil
Operations and Revolutionary Development
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COSVN, Central
Office for South Vietnam (Viet Cong)
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CTZ, Combat Tactical
Zone
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DAB, Democratic
Alliance Bloc (South Vietnam)
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Daniel Boone,
clandestine U.S. Army-ARVN reconnaissance operations into Cambodian border
areas
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DCI, Director of
Central Intelligence
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DCM, Deputy Chief of
Mission
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Deptel, Department
of State telegram
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DIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency
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DMZ, Demilitarized
Zone
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DOD, Department of
Defense
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DPM, Draft
Presidential Memorandum
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DRV, Democratic
Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
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EA, Bureau of East
Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
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EA/ACA, Office of
Asian Communist Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
Department of State
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EA/VN, Vietnam
Working Group, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of
State
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Exdis, exclusive
distribution
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Footboy, overall
program of clandestine operations against North Vietnam
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FRC, Federal Records
Center
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FULRO, United Front
for the Struggle of the Oppressed Race, a movement for Montagnard
autonomy
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FW, Free World
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FWMAF, Free World
Military Assistance Forces
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your
information
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Govto, series
indicators for telegrams from Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman
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Gp, Group
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GRC, Government of the
Republic of China
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GVN, Government of
Vietnam (South Vietnam)
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HEW, Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
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Hickory, joint
U.S. Marine Corps-ARVN operations against NVA forces infiltrating through
the DMZ in mid-1967
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Hop Tac, Government
of Vietnam program for pacification of Saigon and surrounding
provinces
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ICC, International
Control Commission
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ICEX, Infrastructure
Intelligence Coordination and Exploitation
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ICRC, International
Committee of the Red Cross
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IMF, International
Monetary Fund
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info,
information
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INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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ISA, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of
Staff memorandum
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JGS, Joint General
Staff, Vietnamese Armed Forces
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Junction
City, military sweep of War Zone C during February through
April 1967
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JUSPAO, Joint
United States Public Affairs Office
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KIA, killed in
action
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Limdis, limited
distribution
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LOC, line of
communication
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Louisiana, code
name for U.S. effort to secure additional foreign country forces for the
Vietnam war
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MACV, Military
Assistance Command, Vietnam
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MAP, Military
Assistance Program
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Marigold, code
name for U.S. peace negotiations through Polish and Italian channels,
1966
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McN, Robert
McNamara
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MFA, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
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MIG, Soviet-built
fighter aircraft
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NATO, North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
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NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
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NLF, National
Liberation Front
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NM, nautical
miles
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Nodis, no
distribution
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Noforn, no foreign
distribution
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NP, National
Police
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NPFF, National Police
Field Force
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NSA, National Security
Agency
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NSAM, National
Security Action Memorandum
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NSC, National Security
Council
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NVA, North Vietnamese
Army
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NVN, North
Vietnam
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OAS, Organization of
American States
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OASD, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense
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O/B, order of
battle
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OCO, Office of Civil
Operations
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ONE, Office of
National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
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OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
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PAVN, People’s Army
of (North) Vietnam
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PF, Popular
Forces
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PFF, Police Field
Forces
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PFIAB, President’s
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
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P.L., Public Law
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PM, Prime
Minister
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POL, petroleum, oil,
lubricants
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POLAD, Political
Adviser
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POW, prisoner of
war
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Prairie Fire,
interdiction operations in Laos
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PRC, People’s Republic
of China
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PW, prisoner of
war
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PX, post
exchange
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RD, Revolutionary
Development
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reftel, reference
telegram
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RF, Regional
Forces
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RG, Record Group
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ROC, Republic of
China
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ROK, Republic of
Korea
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Rolling
Thunder, code name for program of U.S. air operations in
North Vietnam
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RP, route
packages
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RT, Rolling
Thunder
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RVN, Republic of
(South) Vietnam
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RVNAF, Republic of
(South) Vietnam Armed Forces
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S, Secret
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SAM, surface to air
missiles
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SAVA, Special
Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency
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SC, Security
Council
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SDF, Self-Defense
Forces
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SEA, Southeast
Asia
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Sea Dragon,
naval operations along the North Vietnamese coast up to the 20th
parallel
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SEATO, Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization
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SecDef, Secretary
of Defense
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Secto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away
fromWashington
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septel, separate
telegram
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SFRC, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
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Shining
Brass, code name for cross-border operations into Laos and
the DMZ
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SNIE, Special
National Intelligence Estimate
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Sitrep, situation
report
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Southpaw, code
name for a plan to conduct raids into Laos by joint U.S. Army-ARVN
teams
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S/S, Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
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Steel Tiger,
code name for U.S. air strikes against the Ho
Chi Minh trail in Laos
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SVN, South
Vietnam
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SYG, Secretary-General
of the United Nations
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TCC, troop
contributing countries
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Togov, series
indicators for telegrams to Ambassador at Large W. Averell Harriman
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Tosec, series
indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away
fromWashington
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TPP, Thermal Power
Plant
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TS, Top Secret
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U, unclassified
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UK, United
Kingdom
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UN, United
Nations
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UNGA, United Nations
General Assembly
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US, United
States
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USAID, United States
Agency for International Development Mission
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USG, United States
Government
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USIA, United States
Information Agency
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USMACV, U.S.
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
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USOM, United States
Operations Mission
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USSR, Union of SoVIET
Socialist Republics
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USUN, United States
Mission to the United Nations
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VC, Viet Cong
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VN, Vietnam; Vietnam
Working Group, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of
State
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VNAF, (South)
Vietnamese Air Force
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VNCC, Vietnam
Coordinating Committee
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VNQDD, Viet Nam Quoc
Dan Dang (Vietnamese Nationalist Party)
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VP, Vice
President
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WH, White House
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Z, Zulu (Greenwich Mean
Time)