Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Vietnam,
Volume I
List of Abbreviations and Symbols
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AB, Airbase
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ABN Bns, Airborne
Battalions
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ACSI, Assistant Chief
of Staff for Intelligence
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ACSI/DA, Assistant
Chief of Staff of Intelligence, Department of the Army
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AC&W, Aircraft
Control and Warning
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ADs, propeller-driven
aircraft
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AF, Air Force
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AFCIN, Air Force
Chief of Intelligence
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AFL, Armed Forces of
Laos
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AIRA, Air
Attaché
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ALUSNA, United
States Naval Attaché
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Am, American
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Amb, Ambassador
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AN/GRC, radio
teletypewriter
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AN/PRC,
receiver/transmitter radio
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ANL,
Armée Nationale du Lao (Lao National Army)
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AP, Associated
Press
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ARMA, Army
Attaché
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ArmAtt, Army
Attaché
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ARVN, Army of the
Republic of Vietnam
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ASAP, as soon as
possible
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ASD/ISA, Assistant
Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
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BAR, Browning
automatic rifle
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BBC, British
Broadcasting Corporation
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BNA, Office of British
Common wealth and Northern European Affairs, Department of State
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Bn(s),
Battalion(s)
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Br., British
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CACG, Collateral
Activities Coordinating Group
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cal, caliber
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CAMG, Civil Affairs
and Military Government
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CAP, Combined Action
Platoon/Capital
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CCS, Combined Chiefs
of Staff
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CENTO, Central
Treaty Organization
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CG, Civil Guard
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ChiComs, Chinese
Communists
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ChiNats, Chinese
Nationalists
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CHMAAG, Chief,
Military Assistance Advisory Group
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CHPEO, Chief,
Programs Evaluation Office (Laos)
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CIA, Central
Intelligence Agency
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CID, Committee for
Industrial Development
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CINCPAC, Commander
in Chief, Pacific
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CINCPACAF,
Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
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CINCPACFLT,
Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
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CINCPAC
PolAd, Commander in Chief, Pacific’s Political
Adviser
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CINCPACREPHIL, Commander in Chief, Pacific’s Representative
in the Philippines
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CINCUSARPAC,
Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific
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CIP, Commercial Import
Program/Counter Insurgency Plan
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circ, circular
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civ, civilians
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Cmdr MATS,
Commander, Military Air Transport Service
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Cmdr PACAF,
Commander, Pacific Air Force
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Cmdr SAC,
Commander, Strategic Air Command
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Cmdt,
Commandant
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CNO, Chief of Naval
Operations
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CO, Commissioned
Officer/Commanding Officer
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CO ABN, Commander
Airborne Battalion
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CONUS, Continental
United States
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CP, Command Post
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CPB, Combined Planning
Board
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CPR, Chinese People’s
Republic
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CR, Citizens
Rally
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C/S, CS, Chief of
Staff
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CSAM, Chief of Staff
Army Memorandum
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C.T., Country
Team
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CVN, Central
Vietnam
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CVTC, Vietnamese
Confederation of Christian Workers
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CY, Calendar
Year
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D/A, DA, Department of
the Army
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DCI, Director of
Central Intelligence
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Def, Defense
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Depcirtel,
Department of State circular telegram
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Deptel, Department
of State telegram
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Div, Division
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DLF, Development Loan
Fund Corporation
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DOD, Department of
Defense
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DOD/ISA,
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
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DRV, Democratic
Republic of Vietnam
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DS, Defense
Support
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DTG, Date Time
Group
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ECAFE, Economic
Commission for Asia and the Far East
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Emb, Embassy
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EmbOff, Embassy
Officer
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Embtel, Embassy
telegram
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Embdes, Embassy
despatch
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ETD, estimated time of
departure
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EUR/BNA, Office of
British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European
Affairs, Department of State
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FAL,
Forces d’Armée de Laos (Royal Armed Forces of
Laos)
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FA’s, Farmers’
Associations
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FARK,
Forces des Armées Royales Khmer (Royal Cambodian
Armed Forces)
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FBIS, Foreign
Broadcast Information Service
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FE, Bureau of Far
Eastern Affairs, Department of State
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FE/P, Public Affairs
Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
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FE/VN, Officer in
Charge of Vietnam Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of
State
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FER, Far East Region,
Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
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FOB, free on
board
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FRC, Federal Records
Center
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FSOs, Foreign Service
Officers
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FY, Fiscal Year
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FYI, for your
information
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G, Deputy Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs
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G–2, Army general staff
section dealing with intelligence at the divisional level or higher
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G–3, Army general staff
section dealing with opertions and training at the divisional or higher
level
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G–5, Army general staff
section dealing with civil affairs at the divisional level or higher
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G/PM, Special
Assistant for Politico-Military Affairs, Office of the Deputy Under
Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of State
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GAO, General
Accounting Office
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GHQ, General
Headquarters
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GOC, Government of
Ceylon
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GOI, Government of
India
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GS, General
Staff
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GTI, Office of Greek,
Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State
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GUS, Government of
United States
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GVN, Government of
Vietnam
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GVNL, Government of
Vietnam (electoral) List
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H, hours
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HMB,
Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (People’s Liberation
Army), a military force affiliated with the Philippine Communist
Party
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HQ, Headquarters
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Huk,
see
HMB
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IBM, International
Business Machines
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IBRD, International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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ICA, International
Cooperation Administration
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ICA/W, International
Cooperation Administration/Washington
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Icato, series
indictor for telegrams originating with the International Cooperation
Administration
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ICC, International
Supervisory and Control Commission
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IDC, International
Development Corportion
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IES, International
Educational Exchange Service
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ILO, International
Labor Organization
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IMF, International
Monetary Fund
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inf regts,
infantry regiments
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InfoMin,
Information Minister
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IPS, International
Program Service
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ISA, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)
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JCS, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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JCSM, Joint Chiefs of
Staff Memorandum
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JOO, Joint Chiefs of
Staff document indicator.
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JSAD, Joint Strategic
Analysis Division of the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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km, kilometers
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KMT, Kuomintang
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KW, kilowatt
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L/FE, Office of the
Assistant Legal Adviser for Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
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MAAG, Military
Assistance Advisory Group
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MAGCH–CH, series
indicator for telegrams from the Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory
Group
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MAGCH–CS, series
indicator for telegrams from the Chief of Staff of the Military Assistance
Advisory Group
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MAGCH–CT, series
indicator for telegrams from the Chief of Training of the Military
Assistance Advisory Group
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MAGCH–SA, series
indicator for telegrams from the Senior Advisers in the Military Assistance
Advisory Group
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MAP, Military Aid
Program/Military Assistance Program
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MC, Memorandum of
Conversation
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MemCon, Memorandum
of Conversation
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Mil Att, Military
Attaché
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MNR, Movement for
National Revolution
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MR, Military
Region
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M/S, Motor Ship
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msg, message
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MSP, Mutual Security
Program
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MSU, Michigan State
University
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MSUG, Michigan State
University Group
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mytel, my
telegram
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NA, Office of Northeast
Asian Affairs, Department of State
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NavAtt, Naval
Attaché
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NBC, National
Broadcasting Corporation
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NCO, noncommissioned
officer
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NIA, National
Intelligence Assessment
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NIE, National
Intelligence Estimate
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NLHX, NLHZ, Neo Lao
Hat Xat (Zat)
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Noforn, no foreign
(distribution)
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NPSS, National Police
and Security Service Government of Vietnam civilian intelligence
agency
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NRM, National
Revolutionary Movement
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NSC, National Security
Council
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O’s,
Officers
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OASD/ISA, Office
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs
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OCB, Operations
Coordinating Board
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OCS, Office of the
Chief of Staff, Department of the Army
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OSD, Office of the
Secretary of Defense
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OSD/ISA, Office of
the Secretary of Defense, Interntional Security Affairs
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OSO, Office of the
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
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PAs, procurement
authorizations
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PACOM, Pacific
Command
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PA/HO, Office of The
Historian, Department of State
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PAO, Public Affairs
Officer
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PAR, parachute
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PAVN, People’s Army
of (North) Vietnam
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PC/PAF, Philippine
Constabulary/Philippine Armed Forces
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PEO, Programs
Evaluation Office
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PL, Public Law
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POI, Program of
Instructions
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POL, petroleum, oil,
lubricants
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PsyWar,
Psychological Warfare
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PTT, Post, Telephone
and Telegraph
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PX, Post
Exchange
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reDeptel,
reference Department telegram
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reftel, reference
telegram
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regt, regiment
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RF, Radio
Finding
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RG, Record Group
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RKG, Royal Khmer
Government
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RLG, Royal Lao
Government
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ROK, Republic of
Korea
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ROKG, Republic of
Korea Government
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rptd, repeated
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RTG, Royal Thai
Government
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RVNAF, Republic of
Vietnam’s Armed Forces
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RWP, Revolutionary
Workers’ Party (Can Lao)
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S–2, Army staff section
dealing with intelligence at brigade level or below
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S–3, Army staff section
dealing with operations and training at brigade level or below
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S/P, Policy Planning
Staff, Department of State
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S/S, The Executive
Secretariat, Department of State
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SDC, Self Defense
Corps
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SEA, Office of
Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of
State
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SEA/E, Officer in
Charge Economic Affairs, Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far
Eastern Affairs, Department of State
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SEATO, Southeast
Asian Treaty Organization
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SecState,
Secretary of State
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Secto, series
indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State (or his delegation) at
international conferences
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SEPES,
Service des Etudes Politiques et Sociales (Service of
Political and Social Studies)
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SF, Special
Forces
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SGN, series indicator
for back channel telegrams from the Military Assistance Advisory Group in
Vietnam
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SITREP, Situation
Report
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SMG, submachine
gun
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SNIE, Special
National Intelligence Estimate
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SOA, Office of South
Asian Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs,
Department of State
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sqdn, squadron
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SVN, South
Vietnam
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TC, Technical
Cooperation
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TDY, Temporary
Duty
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telecom,
telephonic communications
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TERM, Temporary
Equipment Recovery Mission
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TF, Task Force
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TOE (T.O.&E.),
Table of Organization and Equipment
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Toica, series
indicator for telegrams to the International Cooperation
Administration
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TRIM, Training
Relations Instruction Mission
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TWXs, teletypewriter
exchange(s)
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U/MSC, Deputy
Coordinator for Mutual Security in the Office of the Under Secretary of
State
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U/PR, Protocol Staff
in the Office of the Under Secretary of State
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UN, United
Nations
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Unn, unnumbered
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UNTAA, United
Nations Technical Assistance Administration
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UNTAB, United
Nations Techical Assistance Board
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UPI, United Press
International
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USA, United States
Army
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USAF, United States
Air Force
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USARMA, United
States Army Attaché
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USARPAC, United
States Army, Pacific
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USEmb, United States
Embassy
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USG, United States
Government
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USIA, United States
Information Agency
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USIB, United States
Intelligence Board
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USIS, United States
Information Service
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USMC, United States
Marine Corps
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USN, United States
Navy
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USOM, United States
Operations Mission
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USSR, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
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UST, United States
Treaties and Other International Agreements
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VBI, Vietnamese Bureau
of Investigation
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VC, Viet Cong
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VM, Viet Minh
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VN, Vietnam,
Vietnamese
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VNAF, Vietnamese Air
Force/Vietnamese National Air Force
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VNQDD,
Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dung (National Party of
Vietnam)
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VOA, Voice of
America
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VOR, variable
omni-range (direction finding)
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W/MSC, Special
Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination, Office of the Deputy Under
Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of State
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WE, Office of Western
European Affairs, Department of State
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Weeka, weekly,
interagency, summary analysis from United States diplomatic missions
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wpns, weapons