Abbreviations

• A/A, anti-aircraft
• AA, African-Asian
• ACM, Air Chief Marshal
• ACSI, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence (U.S. Army)
• ADB, Asian Development Bank
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AFP, Agence France Press
• AID, Agency for International Development
• ANZAC, Australia, New Zealand Army Corps
• ANZAM, Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia
• ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States
• ARD, Accelerated Rural Development
• ARDP, Accelerated Rural Development Program
• ARVN, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
• ASA, Association of Southeast Asia
• ASPAC, Asian and Pacific Council
• BAOR, British Army of the Rhine
• Barrel Roll, code name for interdiction and close air support operations in Laos
• C–135, four engine, turbot propeller, long-range transport aircraft
• CAS, Controlled American Source
• CBI, China, Burma, India
• CD, civil defense
• CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
• CH–34, cargo helicopter
• CHICOMS, Chinese Communists
• CHJUSMAG, Chief, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group
• CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• CI, Counterinsurgency
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIA/ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIAP, Inter-American Committee for the Alliance for Progress
• CIDG, Citizensʼ Irregular Defense Group
• CINC, Commander in Chief
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• COMUSMACTHAI, Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Thailand
• COMUSMACV, Commander in Crhief, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• CONUS, continental United States
• COSVN, Central Office for South Vietnam
• CPM, Communist Party of Malaya
• C/S, chief of staff
• CSOC, Counter Insurgency Operations Command
• CST, Central Standard Time
• CT, Communist terrorists; Chinese teams; Country Team
• CTZ, combat zone
• DA, Department of the Army
• Daniel Boone, codename for cross border intelligence operations in northeast Cambodia
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DDO/EA, Deputy Directorate of Operations, East Asia, Central Intelligence Agency
• Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DMZ, demilitarized zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DRV or DRVN, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• DTG, date/time/group
• EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/BUC, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Office of Burma/Cambodia
• EA/RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• ECAFE, Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (of the United Nations)
• Embtel, embassy telegram
• EXCOM, Executive Committee (of the NSC)
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• EXTAFF, External Affairs
• F–5 (Freedom Fighter), twin-engine turbojet, supersonic, light tactical fighter
• F–100 (Super Sabre), single engine turbojet, supersonic jet fighter used for daytime mission with a single pilot
• FAC, Forward Air Controllers
• FAR, Forces Armees du Royaume, Royal Armed Forces (of Laos)
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FE/ACA, Office of Asian Communist Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FE/SEA, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FSO, foreign service officer
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GNP, Gross National Product
• GNZ, Government of New Zealand
• GOA, General Accounting Office
• GOA, Government of Australia
• G/PM, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• GUSSR, Government of the USSR
• GVN, Government of Vietnam
• H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
• Hardnose, codename for ground reconnaissance of the Ho Chi Minh Trail by Lao tribesmen
• HFAC, House Foreign Affairs Committee
• HMG, Her Majestyʼs Government
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
• ICC, International Control and Supervision Commission
• IJC, International Court of Justice
• 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
• IQ, intelligence quotient
• IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
• ISA, International Security Affairs
• JCS, Joint Chief of Staff
• JSC, Joint Security Center
• JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Advisory Group
• KL, Kuala Lumpur
• KMT, Koumingtang
• KS, Khmer Serei
• KW, kilowatt
• LA, Legislative Affairs
• LCU, landing craft, utility
• L/EA, Assistant Legal Adviser, Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• LOC, lines of communication
• L/UNA, Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, Department of State
• L/UNP, Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Political Affairs, Department of State
• MAC, Military Assistance Command
• MACV, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MATS, Military Air Transport System
• MDU, mobil development units
• MILAD, military adviser
• MSTS, Military Sea Transport System
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NCO, non-commissioned officers
• NE, northeast
• NLFSVN, National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
• Nodis, no distribution
• Noforn, no foreign distribution
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSC, National Security Council
• NU, Nahdlat ul Ulama (Indonesian Moslem party)
• NVA/VC, North Vietnamese Army/Viet Cong
• NVN, North Viet-Nam
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OSAD/ISA/FER, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State for International Security Affairs, Far East Region
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• P, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
• PARU, Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit
• PAVN, Peopleʼs Army of Vietnam
• PGM, motor gun boat
• PHILCAG, Philippine Civil Action Group
• PKI, Partai Komunis Indonesia (Indonesian Communist Party)
• PM, prime minister
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• POLAD, political adviser
• PRC, Peopleʼs Republic of China
• RAA, Royal Australian Army
• R & R, rest and relaxation
• RCT, regimental combat team
• RFE, Office of Research and Analysis for the Far East, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• RKG, Royal Khmer Government, Royal Cambodian Government
• ROK, Republic of Korea
• Rolling Thunder, codename for the air bombardment against North Vietnam and its lines of supply and communication into South Vietnam
• RTA, Royal Thai Army
• RTAF, Royal Thai Air Force
• RTARF, Royal Thai Armed Forces
• RTG, Royal Thai Government
• RTN, Royal Thai Navy
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• SA, supporting assistance
• S/AL, Ambassador at Large
• SC, Security Council of the United Nations
• SE, southeast
• SEA, Southeast Asia
• SEACOORD, Southeast Asia Coordinating Committee
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• SEAMES, Southeast Asia Monetary Exchange System
• Secto, indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State
• septel, separate telegram
• SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
• SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
• SOFA, Status of Forces Agreement
• SOG, Studies and Observation Group
• SPA, Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• SPA/E, Office of Southwest Pacific Affairs, Economic Affairs
• SPT, Saha Pracha Thai (United Thai Peopleʼs Party)
• SS, Army communications channel
• STPD, short tone per day
• S/VN, Secretary of Stateʼs Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs
• SVN, South Vietnam
• T–6, Prop-driven, single engine, two seat, trainer aircraft
• T–28, single engine, propeller driven, 1950s era trainer extensively modified as counter insurgency aircraft
• TC, technical cooperation
• TCC, Troop Contributing (to Vietnam) Countries
• TOAID, series indicator for telegrams to the Agency for International Development
• Todel, series indicator for telegrams to the delegation at the Paris Peace Talks
• Tosec, indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State
• TS, top secret
• UK, United Kingdom of Great Britain and North Ireland
• UN, United Nations
• UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs
• USAF, U.S. Air Force
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
• VC/NVA, Viet Cong/North Vietnamese
• VN, Vietnam