Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume
XXVIII, Laos
Abbreviations
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A–1 (Skyraider), single engine
propeller-driven attack plane with one crew member
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A–1E, single engine propeller driven
attack aircraft with two crew members
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A–1H, single engine propeller driven
attack aircraft
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A–26, (Invader), twin engine propeller
driven, World War II era attack aircraft with three crew members
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A/A, AA, anti-aircraft; Air
America
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AAA, anti-aircraft artillery
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AAM, Air America
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AARMA, assistant army attache
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ACS, air commando squadron
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ACW, air commando wing
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AD, air division
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AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
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AID, Agency for International
Development
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AIRA, air attache
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ALO, air liaison officer
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AOC, air operations center
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AP, Associated Press
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ARMA, Army Attache
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ARS, air rescue squadron
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ARVN, Army of the Republic of
Vietnam
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ASOC, Air Support Operations
Center
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B–52 (Statofortress), all
weather, intercontinental, strategic heavy bomber with twin turbojet engines
and a crew of six
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B–57 (Canberra), twin engine
turbot jet medium bomber with two crew members
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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
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BDA, bomb damage assessment
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Barrel Roll, codename for
interdiction and close air support operations in eastern Laos
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BNA, Office of British Commonwealth
and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs
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bns, battalions
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BOB, Bureau of the Budget
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BR, Barrel Roll
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BR/ST, Barrel Roll/Steel Tiger
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C–7 (Caribou), twin engine,
propeller driven, short takeoff and landing aircraft with three crew
members
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C–123, twin engine propeller driven,
highwing transport aircraft
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CAS, controlled American source
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CBU, cluster bomb unit
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CC, Communist China
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CENTO, Central Treaty
Organization
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ChiComs, Chinese Communists
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CIA, Central Intelligence
Agency
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CIAP, Inter-American Committee for
the Alliance for Progress
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CIDG, Citizens’ Irregular Defense
Group
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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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CINCSAC, Commander in Chief,
Strategic Air Command
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CINCUSARPAC, Commander in
Chief, U.S. Army Pacific
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CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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CM, chairman’s memorandum
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COMUSMACV, Commander, U.S,
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
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CONUS, continental United
States
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CORDS, Civil Operations and
Revolutionary Development Support
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CP, command post
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CSAF, Chief of Staff, Air
Force
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CS, riot control gas
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CT, Communist Thai
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CY, calendar year
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D/D, destroyed/damaged
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DEPCHJUSMAG, Deputy Chief,
Joint U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group
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DEPCMDR, deputy commander
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Deptel, Department of State
telegram
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DIA, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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DJSM, Director of the Joint Staff
memorandum
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DMZ, demilitarized zone
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DNC, Directorate of National
Coordination
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DOD, Department of Defense
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DCM, Deputy Chief of Mission
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DDO/EA, Deputy Directorate of
Operations, East Asia, Central Intelligence Agency
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Depcirtel, Department of State
circular telegram
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DIA, Defense Intelligence
Agency
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DMZ, demilitarized zone
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DOD, Department of Defense
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DRV, Democratic Republic of
Vietnam
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DTG, date/time/group
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Duck Soup, plan to intercept and
destroy aircraft resupplying Pathet Lao/North Vietnamese forces in
Laos
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Dye Marker, anti-vehicular and
anti-personnel campaign based primarily on mines and sensors
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E &E, emergency evacuation
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EA, East Asia
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EAP, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State
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Embtel, Embassy telegram
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ER, economic research
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E.S.T., Eastern Standard Time
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EXCOM, executive committee
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Exdis, exclusive distribution
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F–4 (Phantom), twin engine
turbojet, all weather, supersonic tactical fighter bomber with two
crew
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F–5 (Freedom Fighter), twin engine,
turbot jet, supersonic light tactical fighter aircraft with one or two
crew
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F–100, single engine turbojet,
supersonic aircraft
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FA, Forces Armees (Armed Forces)
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FAC, Forward Air Controllers
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FAL, Forces Armees de Laos (Lao Armed
Forces)
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FAR, Forces Armees du Royaume (Royal
Armed Forces)
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Farmgate, codename for 4400th
Combat Crew Training Squadron based at Ben Hoa Air Base, South
Vietnam
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FBI, Federal Bureau of
Investigation
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FE, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs,
Department of State
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FEOF, foreign exchange operations
fund
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FW, free world
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FY, fiscal year
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FYI, for your information
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GM, Group Mobile (usually 3 infantry
battalions and 1 105 mm howitzer)
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GNU, Government of National
Union
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GVN, Government of Vietnam
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H.E., His Excellency
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H.H., His Highness
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HQ, headquarters
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ICC, International Control and
Supervision Commission
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IM, intelligence memorandum
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INR, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State
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INR/RFE, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Office of Research and Analysis for the Far East
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IBRD, International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development
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IO, Bureau of International
Organizations Affairs, Department of State
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IRG, Interdepartmental Review
Group
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ISA, International Security
Affairs
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IVS, International Volunteer
Service
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J–2, MACV, Intelligence, Military
Assistance Command, Vietnam
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JCS, Joint Chief of Staff
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JGS, Joint General Staff
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JSCM, Joint Chiefs of Staff
memorandum
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KIA, killed in action
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KM, kilometer
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L–19, single engine propeller driven,
high wing light observation aircraft with one or two crew (later designated
O–1 Bird Dog)
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Leaping Lena, South Vietnamese
Air Force drops of South Vietnamese intelligence gathering teams along the
Ho Chi Minh Trail
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L/FE, Assistant Legal Adviser, Bureau
of Far Eastern Affairs
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Limdis, limited distribution
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LOC, lines of communication
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LPLA, Lao People’s Liberation
Army
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Lucky Dragon,
U–2 aircraft reconnaissance of the borders of
Laos and North and South Vietnam
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MACSOG, Military Assistance
Command, Studies and Observation Group
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MACV, Military Assistance Command,
Vietnam
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MAP, Military Assistance
Program
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MG, machine gun
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MIA, missing in action
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MILAD, military adviser
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mm, millimeter
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MOD, Ministry of Defense
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MR, military region
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MSQ, a radar navigation device
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Muscles Shoals, air
supported anti-vehicular and anti-personnel system using acoustic and
seismic sensors (Igloo White after July 1968)
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NARC, National Army Revolutionary
Committee
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NCO, non-commissioned officer
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NE, northeast
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NKP, Nakhom Phanom
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NLF, National Liberation Front
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NLHX, Neo Lao Hat Xat (political arm
of the Pathet Lao)
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nm, nautical mile
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Nodis, no distribution
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Noforn, no foreign
distribution
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NSA, National Security Agency
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NSAM, National Security Action
memorandum
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NSC, National Security Council
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NVA, NVNA, North Vietnamese
Army
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O–1 (Bird Dog), single engine propeller
driven, high wing light observation aircraft with one or two crew
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OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
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OB, order of battle
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OCI, Office of Current
Intelligence
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OP, OPLAN, operations plan
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Opord, operations order
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OSD, Office of the Secretary of
Defense
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PACAF, Pacific, Air Force
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PACOM, Pacific Command
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PACFLT, Pacific Fleet
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PARU, Police Aerial Resupply
Unit
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PAVN, People’s Army of Vietnam
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PCA, positive control area
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PD, Presidential determination
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PDJ, Plain of Jars (Plaine des
Jarres)
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PF, Prairie Fire
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PFAO,
Prairie Fire Area of
Operations
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PL, Pathet Lao
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PL/VM, Pathet Lao/Viet Minh
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POLAD, political adviser
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Popeye, plan for weather
modification in Southeast Asia
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POW, prisoner of war
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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)
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PRC, People’s Republic of China
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PRU, Provincial Reconnaissance
Unit
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PTT, post, telegraphs, and
telephones,
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QM, quartermaster
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RB–57, B–57 aircraft modified for
reconnaissance
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RDC, Revolutionary Development
Corps
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recce, reconnaissance
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RF–8 (Crusader), single engine
turbojet supersonic jet fighter modified for reconnaissance
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RF–101 (Voodoo),
reconnaissance version of the F–101 twin engine turbojet aircraft with one
crew member
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RLAF, Royal Lao Air Force
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RLG, Royal Lao Government
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RO, Requirements Office
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RT–28,
T–28 aircraft modified for
reconnaissance
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RTA, Royal Thai Army
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RTAF, Royal Thai Air Force
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RTG, Royal Thai Government
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RVNAF, Republic of Vietnam Air Force
or Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
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S, Office of the Secretary of
State
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SA, systems analysis
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SACSA, Special Assistant for
Counterinsurgency and Special Activities
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SAR, search and rescue
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SAW, special air warfare
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SEA, Southeast Asia
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SEACOORD, Southeast Asia
Coordinating Committee
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SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization
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Secto, indicator for telegrams from
the Secretary of State
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septel, separate telegram
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Shinning Brass, air
supported, U.S-led South Vietnamese intelligence probes of the Ho Chi Minh Trail (renamed Prairie Fire after March 1,
1967)
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SIP, selected interdiction
point
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SLAM, seek-locate-annihilate-monitor;
concept operation combining strategic air, tactical air, and Prairie Fire operation teams
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SNIE, Special National Intelligence
Estimate
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SOG, Studies and Observation
Group
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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
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SOV, Office of Soviet Union Affairs,
Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
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S/LD, secret/limit distribution
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SP,
Souvanna Phouma
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S/P, Policy Planning Staff of the
Department of State
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S/S, Executive Secretariat of the
Department of State
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Steel Tiger, U.S. Air Force and
Navy aerial interdiction of the Ho Chi
Minh Trail
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S/VN, Secretary of State’s Special
Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs
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SVN, South Vietnam
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SWS, Seaboard World Services
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T–28, single engine propeller driven
1950s era trainer, crew of two, modified for counterinsurgency
warfare
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Tally Ho, intensified interdiction
campaign against the southern Ho Chi
Minh Trail
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TACAN, tactical air navigation
(radio air navigation system)
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Tiger Hound, codename for a
task force, a sub-command of the 2d Air Division, responsible for
interdiction in southeastern Laos
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Tosec, indicator for telegrams to
the Secretary of State
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TS, Top Secret
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TSQ–81, portable version of MSQ–77
(a radar navigation device)
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U, unclassified
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U–2, single engine, high altitude
turbojet reconnaissance aircraft with one crew member
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U–10 (Super Courier), single engine
propeller driven short takeoff and landing aircraft with two crew and room
for two passengers
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UK, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
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UN, United Nations
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UPI, United Press International
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USAID, U.S. Agency for International
Development
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USAF, U.S. Air Force
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USG, United States Government
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USIB, United States Intelligence
Board
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USSF, United States Special
Forces
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USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics
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USUN, United States Mission at the
United Nations
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VC, Viet Cong
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VN, Vietnam
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VNAF, Vietnamese Air Force
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VP, vice president
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Water Pump, codename for
Detachment 6, First Commando Wing (USAF)
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Westpac, Western Pacific
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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
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WIA, wounded in action
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Yankee Team, U.S. Air Force and
Navy air reconnaissance and suppressive fire for northern and southern
Laos