Office of the Historian

List of Abbreviations

  • AID, Agency for International Development
  • ARMA, Army Attache
  • ARVN, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
  • ASAP, as soon as possible
  • bn, battalion
  • CAT, Civil Air Transport CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
  • ChiComs, Chinese Communists
  • CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • CHPEO, Chief, Programs Evaluation Office
  • CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
  • CINCARPAC, Commander, United States Army, Pacific
  • CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
  • CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
  • COMUSMACV, Commander, United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
  • Confe, series indicator for telegrams to the United States Delegation at the Conference on Laos in Geneva
  • DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
  • DEPCHJUSMAG, Deputy Chief, Joint United States Military Assistance Group
  • Deptel, Department of State telegram
  • Dir, Director
  • DNC, Democratic Neutralist Committee
  • DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
  • Embtel, Embassy telegram
  • FAL, Forces Armees de Laos (Lao Armed Forces)
  • FAR, Forces Armees du Royaume (Royal Armed Forces)
  • FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
  • Fecon, telegram series indicator for telegrams from the United States Delegation at the Conference on Laos in Geneva
  • FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
  • FM, Foreign Minister
  • FRC, Federal Records Center
  • FYI, for your information
  • GOF, Government of France
  • H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
  • HM, His/Her Majesty
  • HMG, His/Her Majesty’s Government
  • ICC, International Control Commission
  • IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
  • IMF, International Monetary Fund
  • ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
  • JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Assistance Group
  • KMT, Kuomintang (Nationalist Party), Republic of China
  • L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
  • L/FE, Assistant Legal Adviser for Far Eastern Affairs
  • LP, Luang Prabang
  • LPK, Lao political party
  • LTAG, Lao Training Advisory Group
  • MA, Military Attache
  • MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • NCO, non-commissioned officer
  • NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
  • NLHX, (NLHZ), Neo Lao Hak Xat (Zat), the political arm of the Pathet Lao
  • NNC, Neutral Nations Commission
  • NSC, National Security Council
  • NVN, North Vietnam
  • OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • PACAF, Pacific Air Force
  • PARU, Police Aerial Resupply Unit
  • PDJ, Plaine des Jarres (Plain of Jars)
  • PEO, Programs Evaluation Office
  • PL, Pathet Lao
  • PM, Prime Minister
  • POLAD, Political Adviser
  • POW, prisoner of war
  • RCT, regimental combat team
  • RTAF, Royal Thai Air Force
  • RTG, Royal Thai Government
  • S, Office of the Secretary of State
  • SEA, Southeast Asia
  • SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
  • Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from Washington
  • SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
  • SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
  • SVN, South Vietnam
  • Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from Washington
  • UK, United Kingdom
  • UN, United Nations
  • UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
  • UPI, United Press International
  • USAF, United States Air Force
  • USG, United States Government
  • USOM, United States Operations Mission
  • USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • VM, Viet Minh
  • XK, Xieng Khouang