Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume VI,
Vietnam, January 1969–July 1970
Abbreviations and Terms
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A–1, U.S.-made single engine, propeller
driven, attack aircraft
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AAA, anti-aircraft artillery
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ABF, attacks by fire
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ABM, anti-ballistic missile
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ACA, Office of Asian Communist
Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of
State
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AF, Air Force
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AID, Agency for International
Development
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AK–47, Soviet-designed Kalashnikov
assault weapon
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Amb, Ambassador
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AMH,
Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr.
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ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand,
United States
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APC, Accelerated Pacification
Campaign
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Arc Light, code name for U.S.
B–52 bombing strikes in Southeast
Asia
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ARDF, Aerial Radio Direction
Finding
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ARVN, Army of the Republic of (South)
Vietnam
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ASAP, as soon as possible
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ASD, Assistant Secretary of
Defense
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ASPAC, Asian and Pacific
Council
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B–52, all weather, intercontinental,
strategic heavy bomber
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Backchannel, a method of
communication outside normal bureaucratic procedure; the White House, for
instance, used “backchannel”
messages to bypass the Department of State.
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Barrel Roll, code name for U.S. Air
Force-Navy interdiction of North Vietnamese infiltration routed in northern
Laos
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BOB, Bureau of the Budget
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BPP, Border Patrol Police
(Thailand)
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Breakfast, code name for initial
secret U.S. bombing campaign in Cambodia
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C–47, propeller-driven, twin engine,
low-wing aircraft used for cargo or troop transportation
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C–123, high-wing, 2 prop engine
transport aircraft
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C–130, high-wing, 4 turbo prop engine
aircraft used for rapid transportation of troops and/or equipment.
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C–141, high-wing, 4 turbo prop
engine, long-range transport aircraft
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CAP, Combined Action Platoon
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CAS, Controlled American Source
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Cherokee, special telegraphic
distribution channel for the Secretary of State
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CH–47, heavy transport helicopter
(“Chinook”)
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ChiCom, Chinese Communist(s)
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CINCPAC, Commander-in-Chief,
Pacific
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CIP, Commodities Import Program
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CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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CL, classified
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CM, Chairman’s (of JCS) memorandum
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CMC, Commandant of the Marine
Corps
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CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
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Cobras, U.S. helicopter
gunship
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CODEL, Congressional
delegation
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COMINT, communications
intelligence
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COMUSMACTHAI, Commander, U.S.
Military Assistance Command, Thailand
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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 Support
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COSVN, Central Office for South
Vietnam
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CPDC, Central Pacification and
Development Council
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CSA, Chief of Staff of the Army
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CSAF, Chief of Staff of the Air
Force
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CTZ, corps tactical zone
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CVA, attack aircraft carrier
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CVT, Confederation of Vietnamese Labor
(Travail)
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CY, calendar year
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Daniel Boone (DB),
MACV reconnaissance operations in
Cambodia
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DAO, Defense Attaché Office
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DCI, Director of Central
Intelligence
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DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
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DDI, Deputy Directorate for
Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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DIA, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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del, delegate; delegation
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Delto, Delegation to (telegram
series indicator from the Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks on
Vietnam)
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DMZ, demilitarized zone
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DOD, Department of Defense
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DOD/ISA, Department of Defense,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
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DOS, Department of State
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DPRG, Defense Program Review
Group
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DRV (also DRVN), Democratic Republic
of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
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EAP, (also EA), Bureau of East Asian
and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
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EAP/ACA, Bureau of East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, Office of Asian Communist Affairs
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EC–121, unarmed, four engine
propeller-driven reconnaissance aircraft
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ECM, electronic counter
measures
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Embtel, Embassy telegram
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EOB, Executive Office Building
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EST, eastern standard time
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Exdis, exclusive distribution
(extremely limited distribution)
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FAL, forward air liaison
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FANK, Forces Armées Nationales
Khmeres (Khmer National Armed Forces)
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FARK, Forces Armées Royales Khmeres
(Royal Khmer Armed Forces)
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FDF, Free Democratic Forces (of South
Vietnam)
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FE, Division for Far East, Directorate
of Operations, Central Intelligence Agency
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FEOP, Foreign Exchange Operations
Fund
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Flash, indicates message of highest
priority requiring the attention of the Secretary of State
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FMS, foreign military sales
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FUNK, National United Front of
Kampuchea
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FWF, Free World forces
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your information
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GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
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GOC, Government of Cambodia
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GRC, Government of China
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GVN, Government of Vietnam
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GVR, Government of the Republic of
Vietnam
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HAK,
Henry A. Kissinger
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HES, Hamlet Evaluation System
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HEW, Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare
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hq, headquarters
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ICC, International Supervision and
Control Commission
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ICRC, International Committee of the
Red Cross
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IG, Interdepartmental Group
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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/IL, Office of Information
Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
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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, General Joint Staff, Vietnamese
Armed Forces
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JHH,
John Herbert Holdridge
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JUSMAG, Joint United States
Military Assistance Group
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JUSPAO, Joint United States Public
Affairs Office
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K,
Kissinger
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KK, Khmer Krom
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KIA, killed in action
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KW, kilowatt
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LCM, landing craft, mechanized
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LCT, landing craft, tracked
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LCU, landing craft, utility
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Lien Minh, Vietnamese acronym for
National Social Democratic Front
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Limdis, limited distribution
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LOC, lines of communication
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M–1, World War II-era U.S. military
rifle
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M–14, semi-automatic U.S. military
rifle
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MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory
Group
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MAC, Military Assistance
Command
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MACTHAI, Military Assistance
Command, Thailand
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MACV, Military Assistance Command,
Vietnam
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MASF, Military Assistance Sales
Funded
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MAP, Military Assistance
Program
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Market Time, code name for
coastal interdiction of South Vietnam
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MAT(s), Mobile Advisory
Team(s)
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MENU, code name for U.S. bombings in
Cambodia
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MIG, Soviet fighter aircraft
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MR, Military Region
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MSTS, Military Sea Transport
Ship
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NASA, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
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NATO, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
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NCO, non-commissioned officer
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NIE, National Intelligence
Estimate
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NLF, National Liberation Front
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NLHX, Neo Lao Hat Xat, political
organization of the Pathet Lao
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Nodis, no distribution (other than
to persons indicated)
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Noforn, no foreign
dissemination
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Notal, not to all
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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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NSDF, National Social Democratic
Front (of South Vietnam)
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NSDM, National Security Decision
Memorandum
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NSF, National Salvation Front (of
South Vietnam)
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NSSM, National Security Study
Memorandum
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NVA (also NVNA), North Vietnamese
Army
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NVN, North Vietnam
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OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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OEP, Office of Emergency
Preparedness
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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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P, President Nixon
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PARU, police aerial resupply unit
(Thailand, paramilitary arm of BBP)
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PAVN, People’s Army of Vietnam
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PBR, river boat patrol
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p.c., press conference
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PDJ, Plaine des Jarres
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PF, Popular Forces
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PFIAB, President’s Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board
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Phoenix, American name for the
Phuong Hoang program to destroy the Viet Cong infrastructure
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PL, Pathet Lao
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PL–480, Public Law 480 (Food for
Peace)
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POL, petroleum, oil, and
lubricants
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POL, political issues in the
Department of State Central Files
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POW, prisoner of war
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PR, public relations
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Prairie Fire (PF), code name for
U.S.-led South Vietnamese reconnaissance teams sent into Laos to seek
targets for U.S bombing operations of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and to assess
bombing damage
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PRG, Provisional Revolutionary
Government
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PRU, Provincial Reconnaissance Unit
(South Vietnam unit of the Phoung Hoang program to destroy the Viet Cong
infrastructure)
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PSDF, (also PS/DF), People’s Self
Defense Force
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PSYOPS(s), psychological
operation(s)
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RCT, regimental combat team
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RD, rural development
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Recce, reconnaissance
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Reftel, reference telegram
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RF/PF, Regional Forces/Popular
Forces
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RG, Record Group
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RKG, Royal Khmer (Cambodian)
Government
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RLA, Royal Lao Army
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RLAF, Royal Lao Air Force; Royal Lao
Armed Forces
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RLG, Royal Lao Government
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RLGAF, Royal Lao Government Armed
Forces
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RN,
Richard Nixon
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ROK, Republic of Korea
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RTAF, Royal Thai Air Force
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RVN, Republic of Vietnam
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RVNAF, Republic of Vietnam Armed
Forces
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SAC, Strategic Air Command
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Salem House, code name for
U.S.-led intelligence missions into Cambodia (formerly known as Daniel Boone)
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SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation
Talks
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SAM, surface-to-air missile
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SEACOORDS, Southeast Asia
Coordinating Group
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SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization
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Secto, series indicator for
telegrams from the Secretary of State or his party to the Department of
State
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Septel, separate telegram
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SGU(s), Special Group Unit(s)
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Sierra Romeo, code name for Thai
artillery units in Laos
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SNIE, Special National Intelligence
Estimate
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SR, strategic reserve
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SR–71, U.S. high altitude
reconnaissance aircraft
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S/S, Executive Secretariat of the
Department of State
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Steel Tiger, U.S. Air
Force-Navy interdiction of North Vietnamese infiltration routes in southern
Laos
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SVN, South Vietnam
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T–28, single engine 1950s-era
propeller-driven trainer aircraft converted for tactical combat
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Tacair, tactical air strikes
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TAC, Tactical Air Command
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TCC, Troop Contributing (to South
Vietnam) Countries
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TDY, temporary duty
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TOT, time of target
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TS, Top Secret
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U, Office of the Under Secretary of
State
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UAR, United Arab Republic
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UN, United Nations
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US, United States
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USA, United States Army
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USAF, United States Air Force
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USG, United States Government
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USIA, United States Information
Agency
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USMC, United States Marine
Corps
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USN, United States Navy
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VC, Viet Cong
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VCI, Viet Cong Infrastructure
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VC/VN, Viet Cong/North
Vietnamese
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VN, Vietnam
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VNAF, Vietnam Air Force
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VSSG, Vietnam Special Studies
Group
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WH, White House
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WHO, White House Office (series
indicator for White House messages)
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WIA, wounded in action
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WSAG, Washington Special Actions
Group
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Z, Zulu (Greenwich Mean) Time