Abbreviations and Terms

• ANZUS, Australia, New Zealand, United States
• AID, Agency for International Development
• A/IM, Office of Information Management, Bureau of Administration
• Antwerp, code name for peace initiative with the National Liberation Front conducted by Edward Lansdale
• Arc Light, code name for U.S. B–52 bombing strikes in Southeast Asia
• ARVN, Army of the Republic of (South) Vietnam
• Aspen, code name for U.S. peace negotiations through Swedish channels
• Barrell Roll, code name for U. S. air operations over northern Laos
• Buttercup, code name for prisoner exchanges with the National Liberation Front
• C, Confidential
• CAP, series indicator for outgoing White House telegrams
• CAS, controlled American source
• CBS, Columbia Broadcasting System
• ChiCom, Chinese Communists
• CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
• CIDG, Civilian Irregular Defense Group
• Chieu Hoi, Government of South Vietnam’s repatriation program for the Viet Cong
• CINCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
• CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
• CINCPACAF, Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force
• CINCPACFLT, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
• CINCUSARPAC, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army, Pacific
• CIP, Commercial Import Program
• CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• CM, Chief of Staff memorandum
• CMC, Clark M. Clifford
• COMUSMACV, Commander, U. S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• CONUS, Continental United States
• CORDS, Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development
• COS, Chief of Staff
• COSVN, Central Office for South Vietnam
• Crocodile, code name for secret peace initiatives conducted by W. Averell Harriman
• CTZ, Corps Tactical Zone
• C/VNO, Office of the Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency
• CVT, Congress of Vietnamese Trade Unions
• Daniel Boone, clandestine U.S.-ARVN reconnaissance operations into Cambodian border areas
• DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
• DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
• Dep, Deputy
• Deptel, Department of State telegram
• Delto, Department of State telegram to the Paris Delegation
• DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
• DMZ, Demilitarized Zone
• DOD, Department of Defense
• DO/EA, Directorate of Operations, Office of East Asian Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency
• DRV, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
• DTG, Date-Time-Group
• 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/VN, Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• Exdis, exclusive distribution
• EXO, Executive Officer
• FN, Financial
• FNL, National Liberation Front
• FRC, Federal Records Center
• FULRO, United Front for the Struggle of the Oppressed Race, a movement for Montagnard autonomy
• FVS, Foreign Voice Services
• FWMAF, Free World Military Assistance Forces
• FY, fiscal year
• FYI, for your information
• GME, George M. Elsey
• GVN, Government of (South) Vietnam
• Harvan, Harriman-Vance Mission to the Paris Peace Talks
• HQ, Headquarters
• ICC, International Control Commission
• ICEX, Infrastructure Coordination and Exploitation
• ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross
• IMF, International Monetary Fund
• INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/DDC, Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/IL, Intelligence Liaison, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• INR/REA, Office of Research and Analysis for East Asia and Pacific, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• IR, Intelligence Report
• ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
• IS/OIS, Office of Information Services
• JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum
• JGS, Joint General Staff, Vietnamese Armed Forces
• JUSPAO, Joint United States Public Affairs Office
• KIA, killed in action
• Killy, code name for secret peace negotiations mediated by the Italian government
• Lien Minh, National Alliance for Social Revolution
• Limdis, limited distribution
• Lions, code name for secret peace negotiations mediated by the Vatican
• LOC, line of communication
• MAC, Military Assistance Command
• MACV, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• MAF, Marine Amphibious Force
• MAP, Military Assistance Program
• MDT, Maxwell D. Taylor
• MiG, Soviet-built fighter aircraft
• MR, Military Region
• NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NSC, National Security Council
• NLF, National Liberation Front
• NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
• NM, nautical miles
• NMICC, NMCC, National Military Intelligence Coordination Center
• Nodis, no distribution
• Noforn, no foreign distribution
• Nor, Norway
• NP, National Police
• NPFF, National Police Field Force
• NSA, National Security Agency
• NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
• NSC, National Security Council
• NVA, North Vietnamese Army
• NVN, North Vietnam
• OASD, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
• O/B, order of battle
• O/DDI, Office of the Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
• Ohio, secret peace negotiations mediated by Norway
• OJCS, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• ONE, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency
• OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense
• Packers, code name for secret peace initiative mediated by the Romanian government
• PAVN, People’s Army of (North) Vietnam
• PF, Popular Forces
• Phoenix, U.S. military program targeting the Viet Cong infrastructure
• Phung Hoang, South Vietnamese program targeting the Viet Cong infrastructure
• P.L., Public Law
• PM, Prime Minister
• POL, petroleum, oil, lubricants
• POLAD, Political Adviser
• POW, prisoner of war
• Prairie Fire, interdiction operations in Laos
• PRU, Provisional Reconnaissance Unit
• PSAC, President’s Science Advisory Committee
• psywar, psychological warfare
• PT, motor torpedo patrol boat
• PTF, fast patrol boat
• PW, prisoner of war
• PX, post exchange
• Rams, code name for secret peace initiative involving U Thant
• RD, Revolutionary Development
• recce, reconnaissance
• reftel, reference telegram
• RF, Regional Forces
• RG, Record Group
• RLT, Regimental Landing Team
• ROK, Republic of Korea
• Rolling Thunder, code name for program of U.S. air operations in North Vietnam
• RP, route package
• RT, Rolling Thunder
• RVN, Republic of (South) Vietnam
• RVNAF, Republic of (South) Vietnam Armed Forces
• S, Secret
• SAM, surface to air missiles
• SAVA, Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency
• SC, Security Council
• SEA, Southeast Asia
• Sea Cabin, code name for study on military ramifications of a complete bombing halt
• Sea Dragon, code name for naval operations along the North Vietnamese coast up to the 20th parallel
• SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• SecDef, Secretary of Defense
• Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State while away from Washington
• septel, separate telegram
• SFRC, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
• SNIE, Special National Intelligence Estimate
• sitrep, situation report
• SOG, Studies and Observation Group; Special Operations Group
• S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
• Steel Tiger, code name for U.S. air strikes against the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos
• SVN, South Vietnam
• SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• TAOR, tactical area of responsibility
• TASS, official Soviet news agency
• TCC, troop contributing countries
• Todel, State Department telegrams to the Delegation in Paris
• Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State while away from Washington
• TS, Top Secret
• TSN, Tan Son Nhut
• TV, television
• U, unclassified
• UK, United Kingdom
• UN, United Nations
• UNGA, United Nations General Assembly
• USAF, United States Air Force
• USAID, United States Agency for International Development Mission
• USG, United States Government
• USIA, United States Information Agency
• USMACV, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
• USMC, U.S. Marine Corps
• USOM, United States Operations Mission
• USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• USUN, United States Mission to the United Nations
• VC, Viet Cong
• VCI, Viet Cong Infrastructure
• Viet Cong, South Vietnamese term for National Liberation Front guerrillas
• VIP, Very Important Person
• VN, Vietnam; Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• VNAF, (South) Vietnamese Air Force
• VNCC, Vietnam Coordinating Committee
• VNQDD, Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang (Vietnamese Nationalist Party)
• VP, Vice President
• WH, White House
• Z, Zulu or Greenwich Mean Time