Office of the Historian

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