List of Abbreviations

• AAA, anti-aircraft artillery
• ABN, airborne
• AC&W, aircraft control and warning
• ACSI, Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence)
• addee, addressee
• Admino, series indicator for administrative telegrams from CINCPAC
• AF, Air Force
• AFCIN, Air Force Chief of Intelligence
• AFRS, Armed Forces Radio Service
• AID, Agency for International Development
• Aidto, series indicator for telegrams from the Agency for International Development to its missions abroad
• Amb, Ambassador
• ammo, ammunition
• AP, Associated Press
• APC, armored personnel carrier
• ARPAC, U.S. Army, Pacific
• ARVN, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
• BG, Brigadier General
• bn, battalion
• CAS, Controlled American Source
• CG, Civil Guard
• ChiCom, Chinese Communists
• ChiNat, Chinese Nationalist
• CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• CI, counterinsurgency; commercial imports
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIB, Combined Intelligence Board
• CIDG, Citizen’s Irregular Defense Group
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
• CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
• CINCUSAPAC, Commander in Chief, United States Army, Pacific
• CIP, Commercial Import Program
• CM, Chairman’s Memorandum
• Cmdr, Commander
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• CO, Commanding Officer
• COMUSARPAC, Commander, United States Army, Pacific
• COMUSMACV, Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• CONUS, continental United States
• COPROR, Committee on Province Rehabilitation
• CPSVN, Comprehensive Plan for South Vietnam
• CSA, Chief of Staff, Army
• CSAF, Chief of Staff, Air Force
• CSCC, Coastal Surveillance Command Center
• CT, Country Team
• CVN, Central Vietnam
• CVTC, Confederation of Vietnamese Trade Congresses
• CY, calendar year
• DA, Department of the Army; Defense Attaché; defense assistance
• DAC, Development Assistance Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• DCFBA, Director General of Budget and Foreign Aid
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• desp, despatch
• DGI, Director General of Information
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• dissem, dissemination
• DLF, Defense Loan Fund
• DMZ, demilitarized zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/PRO, Public Relations Office, Department of Defense
• DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• DTG, date-time-group
• E & E, emergency and evacuation
• ECCO, Eastern Construction Company
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• FAR, Forces Armees Royales (Royal Armed Forces, Laos)
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FE, Far East; Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FOS, follow-on spares
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FSO, Foreign Service officer
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• GAO, General Accounting Office
• G/PM, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs
• GVN, Government of Vietnam
• helo, helicopter
• HQS, headquarters
• HSAS, Headquarters, Support Activity, Saigon
• IAF, Far East Branch, United States Information Agency
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration
• ICC, International Control Commission
• ICSH, International Committee on Strategic Hamlets
• ILO, International Labor Organization
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IOP, Office of Policy and Research, United States Information Agency
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• JAOC, Joint Air Operation Center
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JGS, Joint General Staff
• JOC, Joint Operations Center
• KIA, killed in action
• LAS, Long-Range Assistance Strategy
• LOC, lines of communication
• MA, military assistance
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MACV, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MEC, Military Executive Committee
• MRC, Military Revolutionary Council
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• NACO, National Agricultural Credit Office
• NBC, National Broadcasting Company
• NCO, non-commissioned officer
• NCP, National Campaign Plan
• NEA, Near East and Africa; Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NFLSVN, National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam
• Niact, night action
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NLHX, Neo Lao Hak Xat
• NOA, new obligational authority
• Noforn, no foreign dissemination
• NRM, National Revolutionary Movement
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NVN, North Vietnam
• OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
• OCI, Office of Current Intelligence
• ODMA, Office of the Director for Military Assistance
• OPCON, operational control
• OPNL, operational
• OPSUM, Operations Summary
• P, piaster; Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
• PACAF, Pacific Air Force
• PACFLT, Pacific Fleet
• PACOM, Pacific Command
• PAO, Public Affairs Officer
• PCHT, packing, crating, handling, and
• transportation PIC, person in command
• P10, Public Information Officer
• PIOPS, public information operations
• PL, Pathet Lao; Public Law
• plt, platoon
• PNG, persona non grata
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• POW, prisoner of war
• psywar, psychological warfare
• psyops, psychological operations
• PTT, post, telephone, telegraph
• reftel, reference telegram
• RG, Record Group
• rgt, regiment
• RKG, Royal Khmer Government
• RLG, Royal Lao Government
• RVN, Republic of Vietnam
• RVNAF, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• SACSA, Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• SDC, Self-Defense Corps
• SEA, Southeast Asia; Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State or his party to the Department of State
• Secy, Secretary
• SEPES, Service des Etudes Politigues et Sociales (Political and Social Studies Service)
• septel, separate telegram
• SFHCVN, Special Forces, High Command, Vietnam
• SH, Strategic Hamlet
• SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• sqdn, squadron
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• Stat., United States Statutes at Large
• SVN, South Vietnam
• TF/Saigon, Task Force in Saigon
• TF/SEA, Task Force on Southeast Asia
• TF/VN, Task Force on Vietnam
• TIAS, Treaties and Other International Agreements Series
• Toeid, series indicator for telegrams to the Agency for International Development from its missions abroad
• TOC, Tactical Operations Center
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State or his party from the Department of State
• Tousi, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Information Agency from its missions abroad
• UN, United Nations
• UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UPI, United Press International
• USA, United States Army
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USASGV, United States Army Support Group, Vietnam
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USIS, United States Information Service
• Usito, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Information Agency to its missions abroad
• USMACV, United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• USMC, United States Marine Corps
• USN, United States Navy
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaties
• VC, Viet Cong
• VM, Viet Minh
• VN, Vietnam
• VNAF, Vietnam Armed Forces; Vietnam Air Force
• VNMC, Vietnam Marine Corps
• VNN, Vietnam Navy
• VNQDD, Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang (National Party of Vietnam)
• VNSF, Vietnamese Special Forces
• VNSFHC, Vietnamese Special Forces High Command
• VOA, Voice of America
• WG/VN, Working Group on Vietnam
• WSM, Women’s Solidarity Movement