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DEPARTMENT OF STATE1964-1968 Volume XXVIII Laos |
Abbreviations
A-1 (Skyraider), single engine propeller-driven attack plane with one crew member
A-1E, single engine propeller driven attack aircraft with two crew members
A-1H, single engine propeller driven attack aircraft
A-26, (Invader), twin engine propeller driven, World War II era attack aircraft with three crew members
A/A, AA, anti-aircraft; Air America
AAA, anti-aircraft artillery
AAM, Air America
AARMA, assistant army attache
ACS, air commando squadron
ACW, air commando wing
AD, air division
AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
AID, Agency for International Development
AIRA, air attache
ALO, air liaison officer
AOC, air operations center
AP, Associated Press
ARMA, Army Attache
ARS, air rescue squadron
ARVN, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
ASOC, Air Support Operations Center
B-52 (Statofortress), all weather, intercontinental, strategic heavy bomber with twin turbojet engines and a crew of six
B-57 (Canberra), twin engine turbot jet medium bomber with two crew members
Bango, codename for U.S, aircraft stationed at Ubon, Thailand, and placed on alert for response to requests from the air attache in Vientiane for interdiction or support of Royal Lao Armed Forces
BDA, bomb damage assessment
Barrel Roll, codename for interdiction and close air support operations in eastern Laos
BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs
bns, battalions
BOB, Bureau of the Budget
BR, Barrel Roll
BR/ST, Barrel Roll/Steel Tiger
C-7 (Caribou), twin engine, propeller driven, short takeoff and landing aircraft with three crew members
C-123, twin engine propeller driven, highwing transport aircraft
CAS, controlled American source
CBU, cluster bomb unit
CC, Communist China
CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
ChiComs, Chinese Communists
CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
CIAP, Inter-American Committee for the Alliance for Progress
CIDG, Citizens' Irregular Defense Group
CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
CINCSAC, Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command
CINCUSARPAC, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific
CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
CM, chairman's memorandum
COMUSMACV, Commander, U.S, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
CONUS, continental United States
CORDS, Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support
CP, command post
CSAF, Chief of Staff, Air Force
CS, riot control gas
CT, Communist Thai
CY, calendar year
D/D, destroyed/damaged
DEPCHJUSMAG, Deputy Chief, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group
DEPCMDR, deputy commander
Deptel, Department of State telegram
DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
DJSM, Director of the Joint Staff memorandum
DMZ, demilitarized zone
DNC, Directorate of National Coordination
DOD, Department of Defense
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, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
DTG, date/time/group
Duck Soup, plan to intercept and destroy aircraft resupplying Pathet Lao/North Vietnamese forces in Laos
Dye Marker, anti-vehicular and anti-personnel campaign based primarily on mines and sensors
E & E, emergency evacuation
EA, East Asia
EAP, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
Embtel, Embassy telegram
ER, economic research
E.S.T., Eastern Standard Time
EXCOM, executive committee
Exdis, exclusive distribution
F-4 (Phantom), twin engine turbojet, all weather, supersonic tactical fighter bomber with two crew
F-5 (Freedom Fighter), twin engine, turbot jet, supersonic light tactical fighter aircraft with one or two crew
F-100, single engine turbojet, supersonic aircraft
FA, Forces Armees (Armed Forces)
FAC, Forward Air Controllers
FAL, Forces Armees de Laos (Lao Armed Forces)
FAR, Forces Armees du Royaume (Royal Armed Forces)
Farmgate, codename for 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron based at Ben Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam
FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation
FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
FEOF, foreign exchange operations fund
FW, free world
FY, fiscal year
FYI, for your information
GM, Group Mobile (usually 3 infantry battalions and 1 105 mm howitzer)
GNU, Government of National Union
GVN, Government of Vietnam
H.E., His Excellency
H.H., His Highness
HQ, headquarters
ICC, International Control and Supervision Commission
IM, intelligence memorandum
INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
INR/RFE, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of Research and Analysis for the Far East
IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
IO, Bureau of International Organizations Affairs, Department of State
IRG, Interdepartmental Review Group
ISA, International Security Affairs
IVS, International Volunteer Service
J-2, MACV, Intelligence, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
JCS, Joint Chief of Staff
JGS, Joint General Staff
JSCM, Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum
KIA, killed in action
KM, kilometer
L-19, single engine propeller driven, high wing light observation aircraft with one or two crew (later designated O-1 Bird Dog)
Leaping Lena, South Vietnamese Air Force drops of South Vietnamese intelligence gathering teams along the Ho Chi Minh Trail
L/FE, Assistant Legal Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs
Limdis, limited distribution
LOC, lines of communication
LPLA, Lao People's Liberation Army
Lucky Dragon, U-2 aircraft reconnaissance of the borders of Laos and North and South Vietnam
MACSOG, Military Assistance Command, Studies and Observation Group
MACV, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
MAP, Military Assistance Program
MG, machine gun
MIA, missing in action
MILAD, military adviser
mm, millimeter
MOD, Ministry of Defense
MR, military region
MSQ, a radar navigation device
Muscles Shoals, air supported anti-vehicular and anti-personnel system using acoustic and seismic sensors (Igloo White after July 1968)
NARC, National Army Revolutionary Committee
NCO, non-commissioned officer
NE, northeast
NKP, Nakhom Phanom
NLF, National Liberation Front
NLHX, Neo Lao Hat Xat (political arm of the Pathet Lao)
nm, nautical mile
Nodis, no distribution
Noforn, no foreign distribution
NSA, National Security Agency
NSAM, National Security Action memorandum
NSC, National Security Council
NVA, NVNA, North Vietnamese Army
O-1 (Bird Dog), single engine propeller driven, high wing light observation aircraft with one or two crew
OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
OB, order of battle
OCI, Office of Current Intelligence
OP, OPLAN, operations plan
Opord, operations order
OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
PACAF, Pacific, Air Force
PACOM, Pacific Command
PACFLT, Pacific Fleet
PARU, Police Aerial Resupply Unit
PAVN, People's Army of Vietnam
PCA, positive control area
PD, Presidential determination
PDJ, Plain of Jars (Plaine des Jarres)
PF, Prairie Fire
PFAO, Prairie Fire Area of Operations
PL, Pathet Lao
PL/VM, Pathet Lao/Viet Minh
POLAD, political adviser
Popeye, plan for weather modification in Southeast Asia
POW, prisoner of war
Prairie Fire, air supported, U.S.-led South Vietnamese reconnaissance teams sent to seek targets and assess damage to the Ho Chi Minh Trail (formerly Shining Brass)
PRC, People's Republic of China
PRU, Provincial Reconnaissance Unit
PTT, post, telegraphs, and telephones,
QM, quartermaster
RB-57, B-57 aircraft modified for reconnaissance
RDC, Revolutionary Development Corps
recce, reconnaissance
RF-8 (Crusader), single engine turbojet supersonic jet fighter modified for reconnaissance
RF-101 (Voodoo), reconnaissance version of the F-101 twin engine turbojet aircraft with one crew member
RLAF, Royal Lao Air Force
RLG, Royal Lao Government
RO, Requirements Office
RT-28, T-28 aircraft modified for reconnaissance
RTA, Royal Thai Army
RTAF, Royal Thai Air Force
RTG, Royal Thai Government
RVNAF, Republic of Vietnam Air Force or Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
S, Office of the Secretary of State
SA, systems analysis
SACSA, Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities
SAR, search and rescue
SAW, special air warfare
SEA, Southeast Asia
SEACOORD, Southeast Asia Coordinating Committee
SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Secto, indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State
septel, separate telegram
Shinning Brass, air supported, U.S-led South Vietnamese intelligence probes of the Ho Chi Minh Trail (renamed Prairie Fire after March 1, 1967)
SIP, selected interdiction point
SLAM, seek-locate-annihilate-monitor; concept operation combining strategic air, tactical air, and Prairie Fire operation teams
SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
SOG, Studies and Observation Group
Southpaw, codename for a plan to conduct U.S. Special Forces-led raids into the Laos Panhandle using ARVN forces of one to three battalion strength
SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
S/LD, secret/limit distribution
SP, Souvanna Phouma
S/P, Policy Planning Staff of the Department of State
S/S, Executive Secretariat of the Department of State
Steel Tiger, U.S. Air Force and Navy aerial interdiction of the Ho Chi Minh Trail
S/VN, Secretary of State's Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs
SVN, South Vietnam
SWS, Seaboard World Services
T-28, single engine propeller driven 1950s era trainer, crew of two, modified for counterinsurgency warfare
Tally Ho, intensified interdiction campaign against the southern Ho Chi Minh Trail
TACAN, tactical air navigation (radio air navigation system)
Tiger Hound, codename for a task force, a sub-command of the 2d Air Division, responsible for interdiction in southeastern Laos
Tosec, indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State
TS, Top Secret
TSQ-81, portable version of MSQ-77 (a radar navigation device)
U, unclassified
U-2, single engine, high altitude turbojet reconnaissance aircraft with one crew member
U-10 (Super Courier), single engine propeller driven short takeoff and landing aircraft with two crew and room for two passengers
UK, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UN, United Nations
UPI, United Press International
USAID, U.S. Agency for International Development
USAF, U.S. Air Force
USG, United States Government
USIB, United States Intelligence Board
USSF, United States Special Forces
USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
VC, Viet Cong
VN, Vietnam
VNAF, Vietnamese Air Force
VP, vice president
Water Pump, codename for Detachment 6, First Commando Wing (USAF)
Westpac, Western Pacific
Whiplash, codename for U.S. F-105 aircraft at Korat, Thailand, on alert for rapid response to requests from the Air Attache in Vientiane for interdiction and/or support of FAR
WIA, wounded in action
Yankee Team, U.S. Air Force and Navy air reconnaissance and suppressive fire for northern and southern Laos
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