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FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATESVolume II, Vietnam January-June 1965
Washington, D.C. |
Abbreviations and Terms
AA, anti-aircraftAAA, anti-aircraft artillery
ADA, Americans for Democratic Action
AFC, Armed Forces Council
AFSC, American Friends Service Committee
AID, Agency for International Development
AIF, Automated Intelligence File
A-1H, Skyraider, single-engine attack aircraft
AKA, attack cargo ship
ammo, ammunition
AP, Associated Press
Arc Light, code name for U.S. B-52 bombing strikes in Southeast Asia
ARVN, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
ASAP, as soon as possible
Barrel Roll, U.S. air operations over northern Laos
BDA, bomb damage assessment
Bks, barracks
bldgs, buildings
BLT, battalion landing team
Blue Springs, code name for U.S. photoreconnaissance drone operations over North Vietnam
Blue Tree, code name for U.S. photoreconnaissance operations over North Vietnam
Bn, battalion
BOQ, Bachelor Officers' Quarters
BTL, battalion
C, Confidential
CAP, series indicator for outgoing White House telegrams
CAS, controlled American source
CBU, cluster bomb unit
CG FMFPAC, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force Pacific
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
ChiCom, Chinese Communist
CIDG, Civilian Irregular Defense Group
Chieu Hoi, Government of South Vietnam's repatriation program for the Viet Cong
CINC; C-in-C, Commander in Chief
CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, United States Air Force, Pacific
CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
CINCRVNAF, Commander in Chief, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
CINCUSARPAC, Commander in Chief, United States Army, Pacific
CIP, Commercial Import Program
CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
CM, Chairman's memorandum
COMUSKOREA, Commander, United States Forces, Korea
COMUSMACV, Commander, United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
conf, conference
CPFL, Contingency Planning Facilities List
CPR, Chinese People's Republic
CTZ, corps tactical zone
CVT, Confederation of Vietnamese Trade
DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
DDP, Deputy Director of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
DEF, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of Defense
Dept, Department
Deptel, Department of State telegram
DeSoto, code name for U.S. Navy destroyer patrols in the Gulf of Tonkin
DF, direction finding
DGNP, Director-General, National Police
DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
dissem, dissemination
div, division
DJSM, Director of the Joint Staff memorandum
DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
DOD, Department of Defense
DRV, Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam
DSC, Distinguished Service Cross
DTG, date-time-group
Emb, Embassy
Embtel, Embassy telegram
ELINT, electronic intelligence
EST, Eastern Standard Time
ETA, estimated time of arrival
EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
EUR/GER, Office of German Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
Exdis, exclusive distribution
FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
Flaming Dart, code name for retaliatory air strikes against North Vietnam in February 1965
FNL, Front National de Liberation (National Liberation Front)
ForMin, Foreign Minister
FYI, for your information
G, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
GOB, Government of Burma
govt, government
GVN, Government of (South) Vietnam
H-H, Hanoi and Haiphong
HK, Hong Kong
HMG, Her Majesty's Government
HNC, High National Council
Hop Tac, Government of Vietnam program for pacification of Saigon and surrounding provinces
HQ, headquarters
ICC, International Control Commission
ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
IL-28, Soviet-made light bomber based in North Vietnam
INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
IR, infrared
ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum
JGS, Joint General Staff, Vietnamese Armed Forces
KIA, killed in action
KY-9, secure telephone line
L, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State
LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson
Limdis, limited distribution
LOC, line of communication
log, logistic
LOR, distribution indicator for closely held exchange of telegrams between the President and Ambassador Taylor
LSD, dock landing ship
LSM, landing craft, mechanized
Lucky Dragon, code name for high altitude U.S. reconnaissance operations over Southeast Asia
MAB, Marine Amphibious Battalion; Mobile Air Brigade
MACV, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
MAF, Marine Amphibious Force
MAROPS, Maritime Operations
MATS, Military Air Transport Service
MCC, Military-Civilian Council
MEB, Marine Expeditionary Brigade
MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MiG, Soviet-built fighter aircraft
MLF, Multilateral Force
MM, millimeter
MP, Military Police; Member of Parliament
MTU 79.3.5, U.S. Marine unit at Danang as of January 1, 1965
Natl Cap, national capacity
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC, National Broadcasting Corporation
NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
NLC, National Leadership Council
NLF, National Liberation Front
NM, nautical mile
NMCC, National Military Command Center
Nodis, no distribution
Noforn, no foreign dissemination
NOTAL, indication that a reference telegram was not sent to all addressees
NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
NSC, National Security Council
NVN, North Vietnam
OCI, Office of Current Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
OPLAN, operation plan
OPLAN 34A, operation plan for covert operations against North Vietnam
OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
PACOM, Pacific Command
PAO, Public Affairs Officer
para, paragraph
PAVN, People's Army of North Vietnam
Pinta, code name for U.S. peace negotiations during the 37-day bombing pause
PIO, Public Information Officer
PL, Pathet Lao; Public Law
POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
POLAD, Political Adviser
PolAffs, Political Affairs
PNG, persona non grata
Pres, President
PriMin, Prime Minister
PsyWar, psychological warfare
PT, patrol
PW, prisoners of war
RCT, Regimental Combat Team
recce, reconnaissance
ref, reference
reftel, reference telegram
Rep, Representative
ret, retired
RG, Record Group
RKG, Royal Khmer Government
RLAF, Royal Laotian Air Force
RLG, Royal Laotian Government
ROK, Republic of Korea
Rolling Thunder, code name for long-running program of U.S. air operations in North Vietnam
RR, railroad
RRU, Radio Research Unit
RT, Rolling Thunder
Rupert, code name for Mai Van Bo
RVN, Republic of Vietnam
RVNAF, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
S, Office of the Secretary of State
SA-2, Soviet-made surface-to-air missile
SAC, Strategic Air Command
S/AL, Office of the Ambassador at Large
SAM, surface-to-air missile
SAR, search and rescue
SC, United Nations Security Council
SE, Southeast
SEA, Southeast Asia
SEACOORD, Southeast Asia Coordinating Committee
SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SecGen, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from Washington
septel, separate telegram
SLF, Special Landing Force
SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
SOG, Studies and Observation Group
Sov, Soviet
sqdns, squadrons
S/P, Policy Planning Council or Staff, Department of State
S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
Steel Tiger, code name for air strikes against the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos
SVN, South Vietnam
SYG, United Nations Secretary-General
TASS, tactical air support squadron; Telegraphnoye Agentstvo Sovyetskovo Soyuza (Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union)
Thich, Venerable (title for Buddhist monk)
TOT, Time Over Target
U, Unclassified; Office of the Under Secretary of State
UAR, United Arab Republic
UBA, Unified Buddhist Association
UK, United Kingdom
UN, United Nations
UNMIS, United States Mission to the United Nations
UNSC, United Nations Security Council
UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
UPI, United Press International
USAF, United States Air Force
USASCV, U.S. Army Support Command, Vietnam
USG, United States Government
USIA, United States Information Agency
USIB, United States Intelligence Board
USIS, United States Information Service
USN, United States Navy
USOM, United States Operations Mission
USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
VC, Viet Cong
VM, Viet Minh
VN, Vietnam
VNAF, South Vietnamese Air Force
Westy, General William C. Westmoreland
WH, White House
WNRC, Washington National Records Center
XYZ, code name for unofficial U.S. contacts with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam through Mai Van Bo
Z, Zulu Time (Greenwich Mean Time)
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