Foreign Relations, 1964-1968, Volume VI, Vietnam, January-August 1968

Released by the Office of the Historian

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 Vietnams 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, Peoples 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, Presidents 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