Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume VI,
Vietnam, January–August 1968
Abbreviations and Terms
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ANZUS,
Australia, New Zealand, United States
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AID, Agency for
International Development
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A/IM, Office of
Information Management, Bureau of Administration
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Antwerp, code
name for peace initiative with the National Liberation Front conducted
by Edward Lansdale
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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 (South) Vietnam
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Aspen, code name
for U.S. peace negotiations through Swedish channels
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Barrell
Roll, code name for U. S. air operations over northern
Laos
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Buttercup,
code name for prisoner exchanges with the National Liberation
Front
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C,
Confidential
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CAP, series
indicator for outgoing White House telegrams
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CAS, controlled
American source
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CBS, Columbia
Broadcasting System
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ChiCom, Chinese
Communists
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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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CINCEUR,
Commander in Chief, Europe
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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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CM, Chief of Staff
memorandum
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CMC, Clark M.
Clifford
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COMUSMACV,
Commander, U. S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
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CONUS,
Continental United States
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CORDS, Civil
Operations and Revolutionary Development
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COS, Chief of
Staff
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COSVN, Central
Office for South Vietnam
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Crocodile,
code name for secret peace initiatives conducted by W. Averell Harriman
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CTZ, Corps
Tactical Zone
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C/VNO, Office of
the Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CVT, Congress of
Vietnamese Trade Unions
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Daniel
Boone, clandestine U.S.-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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Dep, Deputy
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Deptel,
Department of State telegram
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Delto,
Department of State telegram to the Paris Delegation
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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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DO/EA,
Directorate of Operations, Office of East Asian Affairs, Central
Intelligence Agency
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DRV, Democratic
Republic of Vietnam
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DTG,
Date-Time-Group
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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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EXO, Executive
Officer
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FN,
Financial
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FNL, National
Liberation Front
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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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FVS, Foreign Voice
Services
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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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GME, George M.
Elsey
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GVN, Government of
(South) Vietnam
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Harvan,
Harriman-Vance Mission to the Paris Peace
Talks
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HQ,
Headquarters
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ICC, International
Control Commission
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ICEX,
Infrastructure 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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INR, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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INR/DDC, Deputy
Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
Department of State
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INR/IL,
Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of
State
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INR/REA, Office
of Research and Analysis for East Asia and Pacific, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Department of State
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IR, Intelligence
Report
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ISA, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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IS/OIS, Office
of Information Services
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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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JUSPAO, Joint
United States Public Affairs Office
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KIA, killed in
action
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Killy, code name
for secret peace negotiations mediated by the Italian government
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Lien Minh,
National Alliance for Social Revolution
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Limdis, limited
distribution
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Lions, code name
for secret peace negotiations mediated by the Vatican
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LOC, line of
communication
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MAC, Military
Assistance Command
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MACV, Military
Assistance Command, Vietnam
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MAF, Marine
Amphibious Force
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MAP, Military
Assistance Program
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MDT, Maxwell D.
Taylor
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MiG, Soviet-built
fighter aircraft
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MR, Military
Region
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NATO, North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
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NSC, National
Security Council
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NLF, National
Liberation Front
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NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
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NM, nautical
miles
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NMICC, NMCC,
National Military Intelligence Coordination Center
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Nodis, no
distribution
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Noforn, no
foreign distribution
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Nor, Norway
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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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OASD, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense
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O/B, order of
battle
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O/DDI, Office of
the Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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Ohio, secret
peace negotiations mediated by Norway
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OJCS, Office of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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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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Packers, code
name for secret peace initiative mediated by the Romanian
government
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PAVN, People’s
Army of (North) Vietnam
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PF, Popular
Forces
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Phoenix, U.S.
military program targeting the Viet Cong infrastructure
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Phung
Hoang, South Vietnamese program targeting the Viet Cong
infrastructure
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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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PRU, Provisional
Reconnaissance Unit
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PSAC, President’s
Science Advisory Committee
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psywar,
psychological warfare
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PT, motor torpedo
patrol boat
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PTF, fast patrol
boat
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PW, prisoner of
war
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PX, post
exchange
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Rams, code name
for secret peace initiative involving U
Thant
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RD, Revolutionary
Development
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recce,
reconnaissance
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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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RLT, Regimental
Landing Team
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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
package
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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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SEA, Southeast
Asia
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Sea Cabin,
code name for study on military ramifications of a complete bombing
halt
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Sea Dragon,
code name for 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 from
Washington
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septel,
separate telegram
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SFRC, Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
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SNIE, Special
National Intelligence Estimate
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sitrep,
situation report
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SOG, Studies and
Observation Group; Special Operations Group
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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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TAOR, tactical
area of responsibility
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TASS, official
Soviet news agency
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TCC, troop
contributing countries
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Todel, State
Department telegrams to the Delegation in Paris
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Tosec, series
indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from
Washington
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TS, Top
Secret
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TSN, Tan Son
Nhut
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TV,
television
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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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USAF, United
States Air Force
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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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USMC, U.S. Marine
Corps
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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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VCI, Viet Cong
Infrastructure
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Viet Cong,
South Vietnamese term for National Liberation Front guerrillas
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VIP, Very
Important Person
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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 or Greenwich
Mean Time