Abbreviations and Terms

• ADB, Asian Development Bank
• ADD, Agency for Defense Development
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AH, Alexander Haig
• AHC, Attack Helicopter Command (South Vietnam)
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AK–47, Soviet-manufactured assault rifle
• Amb, Ambassador
• AMEMBASSY, American Embassy
• AOB, air order of battle
• AP, Associated Press
• ARVN, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
• ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• ASPAC, Asian and Pacific Council
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
• CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
• CINCUNC, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
• CINCUSARPAC, Command in Chief, U.S. Army, Pacific
• CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• COMUSJAPAN, Commander, U.S. Forces, Japan
• COMUSK, Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea
• COMUSMACV, Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• ConGen, Consulate General
• CONUS, Continental United States
• CPR, People’s Republic of China
• CY, calendar year
• CVA, attack aircraft carrier
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DEFCON, defense readiness condition
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Dis or Diss, dissemination
• DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• DOS, Department of State
• DPRK, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
• DRP, Democratic Republican Party (Republic of Korea)
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/K, Officer in Charge of Korean Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EAP, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EC–121, unarmed, four-engine propeller-driven reconnaissance aircraft
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• Ex-Im, Export-Import Bank
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FMS, Foreign Military Sales
• FonMin, Foreign Minister
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GA, United Nations General Assembly
• GNP, gross national product
• GOJ, government of Japan
• GOK, government of Korea
• govt, government
• GRC, government of the Republic of China
• GVN, government of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
• HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
• HK, Hong Kong; Henry Kissinger
• HQ, headquarters
• ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
• IG, Interdepartmental Group
• info, information
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/REA, Office of Research and Analysis for East Asia and Pacific, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IRBM, intermediate range ballistic missile
• ISA, Bureau of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• J, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
• JHH, John Herbert Holdridge
• JSOP, Joint Strategic Objectives Plan
• KATUS, Korean Augmentation Troop, U.S. Army
• KCIA, Korean Central Intelligence Agency (South Korea)
• KIST, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
• KMAG, Korean Military Advisory Group
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• Limdis, limited distribution
• M–1, U.S. military field rifle (World War II and Korean War era)
• M–16, U.S. military field rifle
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAC, Military Armistice Commission
• MACV, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MDL, Military Demarcation Line (Korea)
• MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• MiG, Soviet-built fighter aircraft
• MIRV, multiple independently targeted reentry vehicle
• MND, Minister of National Defense; Ministry of National Defense
• MOD, Minister of Defense; Ministry of Defense
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NDP, New Democratic Party (South Korea)
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NK, North Korea
• NM, nautical mile
• NNSC, Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (United Nations)
• NOA, new obligational authority
• Nodis, no distribution
• Noforn, no foreign dissemination
• Notal, not all (telegram A, referenced in telegram B, was not sent to all the recipients of telegram B)
• NPT, Nonproliferation Treaty
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSCIG, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group
• NSC–U/S, National Security Council, Under Secretaries’ Committee
• NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
• NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
• NVA, North Vietnamese Army
• NVN, North Vietnam
• O&M, operations and maintenance
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OBE, overtaken by events
• ODDI, Office of the Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OEP, Office of Emergency Preparedness
• OJCS, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• OPIC, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• OSD/ISA, Office of the Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OUSD, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
• P, the President
• PACAF, Pacific Air Force (United States)
• PACOM, Pacific Command (United States)
• PARA, Policy Analysis and Resource Allocation; paragraph
• PIO, press information office
• PL, Public Law
• PM, Prime Minister
• POLAD, political advisor
• Polcouns, political counselor
• PRC, People’s Republic of China
• PriMin, Prime Minister
• QTE, quote
• R&D, research and development
• RB, Reconnaissance Bureau (North Korea)
• Reftel, reference telegram
• Rep, representative
• RG, record group
• RH, Richard Helms
• RN, Richard Nixon
• RNC, Republican National Committee
• ROC, Republic of China
• ROK, Republic of Korea (South Korea)
• ROKA, Republic of Korea Army
• ROKAF, Republic of Korea Air Force
• ROKFV, Republic of Korea Forces, Vietnam
• ROKG, Republic of Korea Government
• ROKMC, Republic of Korea Marine Corps
• ROTC, Reserve Officer Training Corps
• rpt, repeat
• RVN, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
• RVNAF, Republic of Vietnam, armed forces
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• S/P, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SEA, Southeast Asia
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• SecState, Secretary of State
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his party to the Department of State
• Secy, Secretary of State
• Secy Gen, Secretary General
• Septel, separate telegram
• SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SRG, Senior Review Group
• SVN, South Vietnam
• TCC, Troop Contributing Countries
• Telcon, telephone conversation
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State or his party while away from Washington
• TS, top secret
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State
• U–S/M, Under Secretaries’ memorandum
• UN, United Nations
• UNC, United Nations Command
• UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• Unqte, unquote
• US, United States
• USA, United States Army
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USC, Under Secretaries’ Committee
• USFY, United States fiscal year
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USN, United States Navy
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• UW, unconventional warfare
• VC, Viet Cong
• VN, Vietnam
• VP, Vice President
• WH, White House
• WNRC, Washington National Records Center
• WSAG, Washington Special Action Group
• Z, Zulu time (Greenwich Mean Time)