Abbreviations

• A/A, anti-aircraft
• A/AID, Office of the Administrator, Agency for International Development
• AA, Afro-Asian
• AB, air base
• ABC, American Broadcasting Company
• ABF, attacks by fire
• ABM, anti-ballistic missile
• ACA, Office of Asian Communist Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• ACDA, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• ACTION, Federal agency that coordinates domestic volunteer efforts
• ADB, Asian Development Bank
• ADOA, Air Defense Operations Agreement
• AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
• AF, Air Force; also Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
• AFB, air force base
• AFL–CIO, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
• AFP, Agence France Press
• AID, Agency for International Development
• AID/NESA, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development
• AMB, ambassador
• AMCITS, American citizens
• AMH, Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr.
• AMCONGEN, American Consul General
• AMCONSUL, American Consul
• ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States
• AP, Associated Press
• APC, armored personnel carrier; also Accelerated Pacification Campaign
• AR, Albanian Resolution (UN)
• ARA, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State
• ARVN, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
• ASA, Association of Southeast Asia
• ASAP, as soon as possible
• ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• ASPAC, Asian and Pacific Council
• B–52, United States Air Force strategic bomber
• Backchannel, a method of communication outside normal bureaucratic procedure; the White House, for instance, used “backchannel” messages to bypass the Department of State
• BNDD, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Department of Justice
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• C–130, United States Air Force transport plane
• C, Office of the Counselor of the Department of State
• CA, circular airgram
• CAF, Chinese Air Force (ROC)
• CANDEL, Canadian Delegation
• CAP, Combined Action Platoon
• CAT, Civil Air Transport
• CCA, Chinese Communist Army
• CCK, Chiang Ching-kuo (Jiang Jingguo); also Ching Chuan Kang Airbase in Taiwan
• CCN, Chinese Communist Navy
• CCP, Chinese Communist Party
• CEA, Council of Economic Advisers
• CENTO, Central Asian Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact)
• Chicom(s), Chinese Communist(s)
• CHIDEL, Chinese delegation
• CHINAT, Chinese Nationalist(s)
• CHIREC, Chinese recognition (involves bilateral relations between the PRC or ROC and a third country)
• CHIREP, Chinese representation (UN)
• CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group (ROC)
• CI, counterinsurgency
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIA/ONE, Central Intelligence Agency, Office of National Estimates
• CIAP, Inter-American Committee for the Alliance for Progress
• CIB, Central Intelligence Bulletin (CIA)
• CIEP, Council on International Economic Policy
• CIF, Chinese Irregular Forces
• CINC, Commander in Chief
• CINCMEAFSA, Commander in Chief, Middle East, South Asia, and Africa South of the Sahara
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
• CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
• CINCPAC/POLAD, Commander in Chief, Pacific, Political Advisor
• CINCSTRIKE, Commander in Chief, Strike Command
• CINCUNK, Commander in Chief of United Nations Forces in Korea
• CINCUSARPAC, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific
• CIP, commodities import program
• CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• CL, classified
• CM, Chairman’s (of JCS) memorandum
• CMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• Cocom, Coordinating Committee on Export Controls
• Codel, Congressional delegation
• Col, Colonel
• COMECON, Council on Mutual Economic Assistance
• COMINT, communications intelligence
• Comite, committee
• COMUSMACV, Commander in Chief, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• COMUSTDC, Commander, U.S. Taiwan Defense Command
• CONG, Congress or congressman
• CONGEN, Consul General
• CONUS, continental United States
• COSVN, Central Office for South Vietnam
• CPR, Chinese People’s Republic (also PRC)
• CPT, Thai Communist Party
• CSA, Chief of Staff of the Army
• CSAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
• CST, Central Standard Time
• CT, Thai Communist Insurgents; also Country Team
• CTZ, corps tactical zone
• CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
• CY, calendar year
• D, Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of State
• D/INR, Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• DA, Department of the Army
• DAO, defense attaché office
• DATT, defense attaché
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• DDC, Office of the Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• DDCI, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
• DDO, Deputy Directorate for Operations
• DDP, Deputy Directorate for Plans
• DefMin, minister of defense
• DefSec, Defense Secretary
• Del, delegate; delegation
• Dept, Department of State
• Depcirtel, circular telegram from the Department of State
• DepFonMin, deputy foreign minister
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DirGen or DG, Director General
• Dis or Dissem, dissemination
• DL, development loan
• DMZ, demilitarized zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DOD/ISA, Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• DOS, Department of State
• DPM, Deputy Prime Minister
• DPRC, Defense Program Review Committee
• DPRG, Defense Program Review Group
• DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
• DTG, date/time/group
• E, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• E/ORF, International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• E/ORF/ICD, Office of International Commodities, International Resources and Food Policy, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
• EA, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/ACA, Office of Asian Communist Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/ANZ, Office of Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/LC, Office of Laos/Cambodian Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/ROC, Office of Republic of China Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• EA/ROK, Office of Republic of Korea Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• ECAFE, United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
• ECOSOC, United Nations Economic and Social Council
• ELR, Elliot L. Richardson
• Emb, Embassy
• Emboff, Embassy officer
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EOB, Executive Office Building
• EST, Eastern Standard Time; also estimated
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/CAN, Office of Canada Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• EUR/SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• Ex-Im, Export-Import Bank of Washington
• F–4 (Phantom), twin engine turbo jet, all weather, supersonic tactical fighter bomber with two crew members
• F–5 (Freedom Fighter), twin engine, supersonic light tactical fighter with one or two crew
• F–100, single engine, supersonic fighter aircraft
• F, fighter (designation used for United States fighter aircraft)
• FAC, Foreign Assets Control
• FAO, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
• FANK, Forces Armées Royales Khmeres (Khmer National Armed Forces)
• FAR or FARK, Forces Armées Royales Khmeres (Royal Khmer Armed Forces)
• FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FE, Far East; also Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs
• Flash, indicates message of highest priority requiring the attention of the Secretary of State
• FM, foreign minister; also from
• FMS, foreign military sales
• FODAG, United States Mission to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture
• FonMin, foreign minister
• FonOff, foreign office
• FonSec, foreign secretary
• FR, France
• FRC, Federal Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
• FSO, Foreign Service Officer
• FWF, free world forces
• FT, foreign trade
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GA, United Nations General Assembly
• GAO, General Accounting Office
• GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• GDP, gross domestic product
• Gen, General
• GIMO, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)
• GIO, Government Information Office (ROC)
• GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
• GNP, gross national product
• GOC, Government of Canada; also Government of Cambodia
• GOI, Government of India; also Government of Indonesia
• GOJ, Government of Japan
• GOVT, government
• GPO, Government Printing Office
• GRC, Government of the Republic of China
• GSA, General Services Administration
• GUB, Government of the Union of Burma
• GVN, Government of Vietnam
• GVR, Government of the Republic of Vietnam
• H, Bureau of Congressional Relations, Department of State
• HAK, Henry A. Kissinger
• H.E., His Excellency
• HEW, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
• HFAC, House Foreign Affairs Committee
• HK, Hong Kong; also initials for Henry Kissinger
• HKG, Hong Kong Government
• HMG, Her Majesty’s Government, United Kingdom
• hq, headquarters
• HR, House Resolution
• HUD, Department of Housing and Urban Development
• I, Office of the Director, United States Information Agency
• IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency
• IBMND, Intelligence Bureau, Ministry of National Defense (ROC)
• IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Bank
• ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
• ICC, International Control and Supervision Commission
• ICJ, International Court of Justice
• ICRC, International Committee, Red Cross
• IFI, International Financial Institution
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INFO, information
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/DDC, Office of the Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/DDR/REA, Office of Research and Analysis for East Asia and Pacific, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/EAP, East Asia and the Pacific, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
• INR/OD, Office of the Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
• INR/RA, Regional Affairs, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
• INTEL, intelligence
• IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IO/UNP, Office of United Nations Political Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
• IQ, important question
• IRBM, intermediate range ballistic missile
• IRG, Interdepartmental Regional Group
• ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• J, Office of the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of State
• J/PM, Office of Politico-Military Affairs in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
• JCRR, Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, Republic of China (ROC)
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum
• JHH, John Herbert Holdridge
• JUSMAG, Joint United States Military Group
• JUSPAO, Joint United States Public Affairs Office
• K, Kissinger
• KHR, Khmer Republic
• KMT, Kuomintang (Nationalist Party, ROC), also called the Guomindang (GMD)
• KT, kilotons
• L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
• LA, Latin America
• LDC, less developed country
• LDX, long distance xerography
• Limdis, limited distribution
• LOC, lines of communication
• LPF, Lao Patriotic Front (Pathet Lao)
• LTA, long-term agreement (textiles)
• LTG, Lieutenant General
• M–1, World War II-era U.S. military rifle
• M–14, semi automatic U.S. military rifle
• M–16, U.S. military field rifle
• M–113, armored personnel carrier
• M, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Management
• mm, millimeter
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MAC, Military Assistance Command
• MACV, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• MAP, Military Assistance/Aid Program
• MASF, Military Assistance Service Funded
• MBA, Military Base Agreement
• MBFR, Mutual Balanced Force Reduction talks
• MemCon, memorandum of conversation
• MFA, multifiber agreement
• MIA, missing in action
• MIG, A. I. Mikoyan and M. I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft named for their two most important designers)
• MIL, military
• MILAD, military adviser
• MinDef, minister of defense
• MisOff, mission officer
• MND, Ministry of National Defense (ROC)
• MOD, minister; also ministry of defense
• MOFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ROC)
• MONG, Mongolia
• MP, member of parliament
• MPR, Mongolian People’s Republic
• MR, military region; also memorandum for the record
• MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
• MT, metric ton
• NARA, National Archives and Records Administration
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NCO, non-commissioned officer
• NE, northeast
• NEA, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• NEA/INC, Country Director for India, Ceylon, Nepal and Maldives Islands, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
• NEA/PAF, Country Director for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
• NEA/RA, Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
• NESA, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Agency for International Development
• Niact, night action, communications indicator requiring attention by the recipient at any hour of the day or night
• NIC, National Intelligence Council
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NLF, National Liberation Front
• NLFSVN, National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
• nm, nautical mile
• Nodis, no distribution (other than to persons indicated)
• Noforn, no foreign dissemination
• Notal, not received by all addressees
• NPT, Nonproliferation Treaty
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NSC IG/EA, National Security Council Interdepartmental Group on East Asia
• NSDM, National Security Decision Memorandum
• NSSM, National Security Study Memorandum
• NT, New Taiwan Dollar, ROC’s unit of currency
• NVA (also NVNA), North Vietnamese Army
• NVA/VC, North Vietnam/Viet Cong
• NVN, North Vietnam
• NZ, New Zealand
• OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
• OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• OBE, overtaken by events
• OCI, Office of Current Intelligence
• OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• OEP, Office of Emergency Preparedness
• O & M, operations and maintenance
• OMB, Office of Management and Budget
• ONE, Office of National Estimates (CIA)
• 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, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State; also President
• PA, purchase authorization
• PACAF, Pacific Air Force
• PACOM, Pacific Command
• PACFLT, Pacific Fleet
• PARA, paragraph; also Policy Analysis Resource Allocation
• PAO, public affairs officer
• PAVN, People’s Army of Vietnam
• PD, presidential determination
• PDB, President’s Daily Brief
• PermRep, permanent representative
• PFIAB, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
• PL, public law; also Pathet Lao
• PL–480, Public Law 480 (Food for Peace)
• PLA, People’s Liberation Army (PRC)
• PM, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; also prime minister
• PM/ISP, Office of International Security Policy and Planning, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State
• PMG, Politico-military Group
• PNG, persona non grata
• POF, President’s Office Files (Nixon Presidential Materials)
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants; Poland; political
• POLAD, political adviser
• PolOff, political officer
• POW, prisoner of war
• PR, public relations
• PRC, People’s Republic of China (see also CPR)
• PRES, the President
• PriMin, prime minister
• R & D, research and development
• RCD, Organization of Regional Cooperation for Development
• RD, rural development
• reftel, reference telegram
• rep, representative
• res, resolution
• RET’D, returned
• RG, record group or review group
• RMN or RN, Richard Nixon
• RNC, Republican National Committee
• ROC, Republic of China (see also GRC)
• ROK, Republic of Korea (South Korea)ROVN or RVN Republic of Vietnam
• RPT, repeat RVN, Republic of Vietnam
• RVNAF, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
• S, Office of the Secretary of State
• S/AL, Ambassador at Large
• S/PC, Planning and Coordination Staff, Department of State
• S/PRS, Office of Press Relations, Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat of the Department of State
• S/S–S, Secretariat Staff, Executive Secretariat of the Department of State SA, supporting assistance SAC, Strategic Air Command SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• SAM, surface-to-air missile
• SAR, search and rescue missions
• SC, United Nations Security Council
• SCA, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State
• SCI, Bureau of International Scientific and Technological Affairs, Department of State
• SE, southeast
• SEA, Southeast Asia
• SEACOORD, Southeast Asia Coordinating Committee
• SEAMEC, Southeast Asia Monetary Exchange Council
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• Secdef, Secretary of Defense
• Secstate, Secretary of State
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from Washington
• Secy, Secretary of State
• Secy Gen, Secretary General
• Septel, separate telegram
• SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• SIG, Senior Interdepartmental Group (NSC)
• SIGINT, signals intelligence
• SIOP, Single Integrated Operations Plan (for strategic nuclear weapons)
• SITREP, situations report
• SLBM, submarine launched ballistic missile
• SMOF, Staff Member and Office Files (Nixon Presidential Materials)
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOF(A), Status of Forces (Agreement)
• SOP, standard operating procedure
• SR, strategic reserve
• SR–171, U.S. high altitude reconnaissance aircraft
• SRG, Senior Review Group
• Subj., subject
• SVN, South Vietnam
• SYG, United Nations Secretary General
• TA, technical assistance
• TAC, tactical; also tactical air command
• TACAIR, tactical air
• TACS, Tactical Air Control System
• TASS, Telegraphnoye Agentsvo Sovetskogo Soyuza (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
• TC, technical cooperation
• TCC, Troop Contributing (to Vietnam) Countries
• TDC, Taiwan Defense Command
• TDY, temporary duty
• TIAS, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (publication series from the Department of State)
• TIM, Taiwan Independence Movement
• Toaid, series indicator for telegrams to the Agency for International Development
• Todel, series indicator for telegrams to the delegation at the Paris Peace Talks
• TOR, terms of reference
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams sent to the Secretary of State while outside of Washington
• Tosit, to the White House Situation Room
• TS, top secret
• U–S/M, Under Secretaries’ memorandum
• U–2, single engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft with one crew member (U.S.)
• U, Office of the Under Secretary of State; also unclassified
• UH, utility helicopter (Huey)
• UK, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• UN, United Nations
• UNCURK, United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
• UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• UNSC, United Nations Security Council
• UNSTO, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
• UPI, United Press International
• US, United States
• USA, United States Army
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USAID, United States Agency for International Development U.S.C., United States Code
• USDA, United States Department of Agriculture
• USDAO, United States Defense Attaché Office
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USINFO, United States Information Service
• USIS, United States Information Service (overseas branches of USIA)
• USMC, United States Marine Corps
• USN, United States Navy
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• UST, United States Treaty
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• VC, Vietcong
• VC/NVA, Vietcong/North Vietnamese
• VCI, Viet Cong Infrastructure
• VN, Vietnam
• VNAF, Vietnamese Air Force
• VOA, Voice of America
• VOLAGS, voluntary agencies
• VP, Vice President
• VSSG, Vietnam Special Studies Group
• WESTPAC, Commander, Western Pacific
• WH, White House
• WHCF, White House Central Files
• WHO, World Health Organization; also White House Office (series indicator for White House messages)
• WNRC, Washington National Records Center
• WPR, William P. Rogers
• WSAG, Washington Special Actions Group
• Z, Zulu (Greenwich Mean Time)