List of Abbreviations

• AID, Agency for International Development
• AIK, assistance in kind
• Amb, Ambassador
• AP, Associated Press
• ARVN, Army of the Republic of Vietnam
• BGen, Brigadier General
• BN, battalion
• BOB, Bureau of the Budget
• CA, civic action
• CAS, Controlled American Source
• CEP, Country Economic Program
• CG, Civil Guard
• ChiCom, Chinese Communists
• CHMAAG, Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• CI, counterinsurgency
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIG, Counterinsurgency Group
• CIO, Central Intelligence Organization
• CIDG, Civilian Irregular Defense Group
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief of the Pacific
• CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
• COMUSMACV, Commander, U.S. Military Advisory Command, Vietnam
• CONUS, Continental United States
• CT, Country Team
• DA, Department of the Army
• DCI, Director for Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• DGI, Director General of Information
• DM, Deutschemark
• DOD/ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• DOD/OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense
• DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• ECAFE, Economic Cooperation Administration for the Far East
• EDCOR, Department of Defense psychological warfare project in the Philippines during the 1950s
• Embtel, Embassy telegram
• EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
• FBIS, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• FE, Far East; Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State
• FECON, Far East Conference
• FLN, National Liberation Front
• FP, Force Populaire
• FSI, Foreign Service Institute, Department of State
• FSO, Foreign Service officer
• GOF, Government of France
• GOI, Government of India
• GVN, Government of Vietnam
• HICOM, High Commissioner
• IAF, Far East Division, U.S. Information Agency
• ICA, International Cooperation Administration; intelligence collection area
• ICC, International Control Commission
• IDA, International Development Association
• ILO, International Labor Organization
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• ISA, International Security Affairs, Department of Defense
• JCS(M), Joint Chiefs of Staff (Memorandum)
• JGS, Joint General Staff
• L/C, Local currency; letter of credit
• LOC, lines of communication
• MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
• MACV, Military Advisory Command, Vietnam
• MACV/PIO, Public Information Officer for Military Advisory Command, Vietnam
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MGen, Major General
• MSP, Mutual Security Program
• NACO, National Agricultural Credit Office
• NBC, National Broadcasting Company
• NCO, Non-Commissioned Officer
• NEA, Near East and Africa; Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs, Department of State
• niact, night action
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NISC, National International Security Council
• noforn, no foreign dissemination
• NPSS, National Police and Security Service
• NSAM, National Security Action Memoranda
• PA, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
• PAO, Public Affairs Officer
• PA/PR, purchasing authority; purchasing regulation
• PIO/MACV, Public Information Officer for U.S. Military Advisory Command, Vietnam
• POL, petroleum, oil, and lubricants
• Polad, Political Adviser
• POW, prisoner of war
• R&R, rest and relaxation
• reftel, reference telegram
• RKG, Royal Khmer Government
• RLG, Royal Laotian Government
• RVN, Republic of Vietnam
• RVNAF, Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
• S, Secretary of State
• SAC, Strategic Air Command
• SACSA, Spedal Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities
• SDC, Self Defense Corps
• SEA, Southeast Asia; Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Department of State
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from U.S. delegations at international conferences
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• SOA, Office of South Asian Affairs, Department of State
• S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• SVN, South Vietnam
• TF/Saigon, Task Force in Saigon
• TF/SEA, Task Force on Southeast Asia
• TF/VN, Task Force on Vietnam
• Toeid, series indicator for telegrams from AID missions to Washington
• Tousi, series indicator for telegrams from USIS missions to USIA
• UPI, United Press International
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USDel, United States Delegation
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USIB, United States Intelligence Board
• USIS, United States Information Service
• USMACTHAI, United States Military Advisory Command, Thailand
• USMACV, United States Military Advisory Command, Vietnam
• USMC, United States Memorandum of Conversation; United States Marine Corps
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• VAdm, Vice Admiral
• VC, Viet Cong
• VM, Viet Minh
• VNMC, Vietnam Marine Corps
• VNN, Vietnam Navy
• WG/VN, Working Group on Vietnam