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Pentagon Papers

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by Neil Sheehan


  CTZ: corps tactical zone

  CY: calendar year

  Deptel: (State) Department telegram

  DePuy: Lieutenant General William E. DePuy, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1964–66

  De Soto patrols: U.S. destroyer patrols in Tonkin Gulf

  DIA: Defense Intelligence Agency

  Diem, Ngo Dinh: (See biography)

  Dinh: Major General Ton That Dinh, military governor of Saigon, 1963

  DMZ: Demilitarized Zone

  Dobrynin: Anatoly F. Dobrynin, USSR Ambassador to the U.S., 1961–

  Doc: document

  DOD: Department of Defense

  Don: Major General Tran Van Don, Chief of Staff, South Vietnamese armed forces, 1963; Defense Minister 1963–64; Deputy Commander in Chief, 1964

  Dong, Pham Van: (See biography)

  DPM: draft presidential memo

  DRV: Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam

  Duan, Le: (See biography)

  Dulles: Allen W. Dulles, director of Central Intelligence, 1953–61; or John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, 1952–59

  Durbrow: Elbridge Durbrow, U.S. Ambassador to Saigon, 1957–61

  E and E: escape and evasion

  ECM: electronic countermeasures

  EDC: European Defense Community

  Eden: Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon, Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, UK, 1951–55; Prime Minister, 1955–57

  Ely: General Paul Ely, French commander in Indochina, 1954–55

  Embtel: U.S. embassy telegram

  EPTEL: apparently a typographical error for Deptel or Septel, q.v.

  FAL: Lao armed forces

  FAR: Royal Armed Forces (of Laos)

  Farmgate: clandestine U.S. Air Force strike unit in Vietnam (1964)

  FEC: French Expeditionary Corps

  Felt: Admiral Harry D. Felt, Commander in Chief, Pacific, 1958–64

  Flaming Dart: code name of operations, reprisals for attacks on U.S. installations

  FOA: Foreign Operations Administration

  Forrestal, Michael V.: (See biography)

  Fulbright: J. W. Fulbright, chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee; U.S. Senator (D.-Ark.), 1945–

  FWMA: Free World Military Assistance

  FWMAF: Free World Military Assistance Force

  FY: fiscal year

  FYI: for your information

  Gardner: John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1965–68

  Giap: General Vo Nguyen Giap, Commander in Chief of Vietminh Army at time of defeat of French at Dienbienphu (1954)

  Gilpatric: Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1961–64

  GNP: gross national product

  G–3: U.S. Army General Staff branch handling plans and operations

  GVN: Government of (South) Vietnam

  Hardnose: code name, apparently for covert project, not otherwise identified in the documents

  Harkins, Paul D.: (See biography)

  Harriman: W. Averell Harriman, Assistant, then Under Secretary of State, 1961–65; Ambassador at Large, 1965–68

  Heath: Donald R. Heath, U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia and Vietnam, 1952

  Heinz: Vice Admiral Luther C. Heinz, director Far East region, office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1960–63

  Hieu: Ngo Trong Hieu, Minister of Civic Action, South Vietnam, 1963

  Hilsman, Roger: (See biography)

  Hinh: Major General Nguyen Van Hinh, chief of staff, South Vietnamese Army; unsuccessful rebel against Diem, 1954

  HNC: High National Council

  Ho: Ho Chi Minh, head of government, North Vietnam, 1954–69

  Hop Tac plan: operation planned to clear Saigon and its surroundings

  Huong: Tran Van Huong, head of government, South Vietnam, 1964–65

  ICA: International Cooperation Administration

  ICC: International Control Commission for Vietnam

  I Corps: military region, five northern provinces of South Vietnam

  IDA: Institute for Defense Analyses

  II Corps: military region in South Vietnam, Central Highlands and Central Coastal area

  III Corps: military region in South Vietnam, provinces surrounding Saigon

  in ref.: in reference to

  ISA: International Security Agency

  IV Corps: military region, southern Vietnam

  JCS: Joint Chiefs of Staff

  JCSM: Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum

  Johnson: U. Alexis Johnson, Deputy Under Secretary of State, 1961–64, 1965–66; deputy to Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor, 1964–65

  Joint Chiefs: Joint Chiefs of Staff

  Jorden Report: internal State Department paper by William J. Jorden, 1964

  Jungle Jim: aerial commando operations

  Katzenbach: Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Under Secretary of State, 1966–68

  Khanh, Nguyen: (See biography)

  Khiem: General Tran Thien Khiem, executive officer, South Vietnamese Joint General Staff, 1963; Defense Minister and Commander in Chief, 1964

  KIA: killed in action

  Kim: Major General Le Van Kim, leading figure in post-Diem government in South Vietnam

  Krulak, Victor H.: (See biography)

  Ky: Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky, head of government, South Vietnam, 1965–67; Vice-President, 1967–

  Kyes: Roger M. Kyes, Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1953–54

  Laniel: Joseph Laniel, Premier of France, 1953–54

  Lansdale, Edward G.: (See biography)

  Lao Dong: Communist party in North Vietnam

  Leaping Lena: code name for an allied operation not further identified in the documents

  Liberation Front: National Liberation Front

  Lippmann: Walter Lippmann, newspaper columnist

  LOC: lines of communication

  Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.: (See biography)

  Lucky Dragon: code name, apparently, for a covert allied operation in Vietnam, not otherwise identified

  MAAG: Military Assistance Advisory Group

  MAC: Military Assistance Command

  MacArthur: Douglas MacArthur II, counselor, State Department, 1953–56

  MACV: Military Assistance Command, Vietnam

  Mansfield: Senator Mike Mansfield (D.–Mont.)

  MAP: Military Assistance Program

  Marops: maritime operations

  Mau: Vu Van Mau, Foreign Minister, South Vietnam till fall of Diem (1963)

  McCone: John A. McCone, director of Central Intelligence, 1961–65

  McNamara: Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense, 1961–68

  McNaughton, John T.: (See biography)

  MDAP: Mutual Defense Assistance Program

  Mecklin: John M. Mecklin, public affairs officer, U.S. Embassy, Saigon, 1962–64

  MEF: Marine Expeditionary Force

  Mendès: Pierre Mendès-France, Premier of France, 1954–55

  Minh: General Duong Van Minh (“Big Minh”), head of government, South Vietnam, 1963–64

  Molotov: V. M. Molotov, Soviet Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1953–56

  Morgan: Thomas E. Morgan, chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee, 1954–

  NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  Navarre: General Henri Navarre, Commander in Chief, French forces in Indochina, 1953–54

  NFLSV: National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam

  Ngo family: family of Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu

  Nhu, Madame: wife of Ngo Dinh Nhu

  Nhu, Ngo Dinh: (See biography)

  NIE: National Intelligence Estimate

  Nitze: Paul H. Nitze, Secretary of the Navy, Deputy Secretary of Defense

  NLF: National Liberation Front

  Nolting: Frederick E. (“Fritz”) Nolting, U.S. Ambassador in Saigon, 1961–63

  Norstad: General Lauris Norstad, air deputy, SHAPE, 1953–56; commander, SHAPE, 1956–63

  NSA: National Security Agency

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sp; NSAM: National Security Agency memorandum

  NSC: National Security Council

  NVA: North Vietnamese Army

  NVN: North Vietnam

  OB: Operation Brotherhood

  OEEC: Organization for European Economic Cooperation

  Opcon: Operations Control

  Oplan: operation plan

  ops: operations

  OSD: Office of the Secretary of Defense

  PACOM: Pacific Command

  Para: paragraph

  PARU: Police Aerial Resupply Unit

  PAVN: People’s Army of (North) Vietnam

  PB: Planning Board

  PBR: river patrol boat

  PDJ: Plaine des Jarres

  PF: Popular Forces

  PI: Philippine Islands

  Pierce Arrow: code name for U.S. reprisal bombing of North Vietnam after the Tonkin Gulf incidents

  PL: Pathet Lao

  Pleven: René Pleven, French Minister of National Defense, 1953, 1954

  POL: petroleum, oil, lubricants

  POLAD: political adviser (to Commander in Chief, Pacific)

  Porter: William J. Porter, U.S. Deputy Ambassador (with rank of Ambassador) in Saigon, 1965–67

  psyops: psychological operations

  PTF: fast patrol boat

  Quang: Trich Tri Quang, South Vietnamese Buddhist leader

  Quat: Phan Huy Quat, head of government, South Vietnam, 1965

  Queen Bee: code name for an allied operation not otherwise identified in the documents

  QTE: quote

  Radford: Admiral Arthur W. Radford, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1953–57

  RAS: river assault squadron

  RD: Revolutionary Development; or Rural Development

  RECCE: reconnaissance

  REF: reference, meaning “the document referred to”

  Reftel: in reference to your telegram, or telegram referred to

  Resor: Stanley R. Resor, Secretary of the Army, 1965–

  RF: Regional Forces

  Rice: Edward E. Rice, U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1963–67

  RLAF: Royal Laotian Air Force

  RLG: Royal Laotian Government

  RLT: regimental landing team

  ROK: Republic of (South) Korea

  Rolling Thunder: code name of operation, sustained bombing of North Vietnam

  Rostow: Walt W. Rostow, Presidential assistant for national security, 1961; chairman, State Department Policy Planning Council, 1961–66

  rpt: repeat

  RSM: Robert S. McNamara

  RSSZ: Rungsat Special Zone

  RTA: Royal Thai Army

  RT–28: name of U.S. aircraft

  Rusk: Dean Rusk, Secretary of State, 1961–69

  RVN: Republic of (South) Vietnam

  RVNAF: Republic of (South) Vietnam Air Force or armed forces

  RVNF: Republic of (South) Vietnam forces

  SAC: Strategic Air Command

  SAM: surface-to-air missile

  SAR: search and rescue

  Sarit: Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, Prime Minister of Thailand, 1958–63

  SEA: Southeast Asia

  Seaborn, J. Blair: (See biography)

  SEATO: Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

  Sec Def: Secretary of Defense

  Septel: separate telegram

  Sharp, U. S. Grant: (See biography)

  Sihanouk: Prince Norodom Sihanouk, head of state, Cambodia, 1960–70

  SMM: Saigon Military Mission

  SNIE: Special National Intelligence Estimate

  Souvanna: Prince Souvanna Phouma, Prime Minister of Laos, 1951–

  Stassen: Harold Stassen, Governor of Minnesota, 1938–45; director, Foreign Operations Administration, 1953–55

  State: State Department

  STC: Security Training Center

  Stilwell: Lieutenant General Richard G. Stilwell, assistant to Chief of Staff, Operations, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1963–64

  SVN: South Vietnam

  SVNese: South Vietnamese

  TAOR: tactical area of responsibility

  Taylor, Maxwell D.: (See biography)

  TERM: Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission

  Tet: lunar new year; 1968 offensive during Tet

  TF: task force

  Thang: General Nguyen Ngoc Thang, director, Revolutionary Development, South Vietnam

  Thao: Colonel Pham Ngoc Thao (executed 1965 for part in attempted South Vietnamese coups, 1964–65)

  Thieu: Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam, 1967–

  34–A: operation plan, 1964, covering covert ground, air and sea raids against North Vietnam

  Tho: Nguyen Ngoc Tho, head of government, South Vietnam, 1963–64

  Thuan: Nguyen Dinh Thuan, holder of high positions in Diem government, South Vietnam

  TO&E: table of organization and equipment

  Triangle: code name for an allied operation not otherwise identified in the documents

  TRIM: Training Relations and Instruction Mission

  Trueheart: William C. Trueheart, deputy to Ambassador Nolting, 1961–63

  T–28: name of U.S. fighter-bomber

  UK: United Kingdom

  Unger: Leonard Unger, U.S. Ambassador to Laos, 1962–64; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, 1965–67

  UNO: United Nations Organization

  UNQTE: unquote

  USAF: United States Air Force

  USG: United States Government

  USIA: United States Information Agency

  USIB: United States Intelligence Board

  USIS: United States Information Service

  USOM: United States Operations Mission (U.S. economic aid apparatus in Saigon)

  UW: unconventional warfare

  Vance: Cyrus R. Vance, Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1964–67; troubleshooter for President Johnson, 1967–69

  VC: Vietcong

  VM: Vietminh

  VN: Vietnam

  VNAF: (South) Vietnamese Air Force or armed forces

  VNese: Vietnamese

  VNSF: (South) Vietnamese Special Forces

  VOA: Voice of America

  Westmoreland, William C: (See biography)

  Westy: see Westmoreland

  Wheeler, Earle G.: (See biography)

  white radio: in psychological warfare, broadcasts openly attributed to the side transmitting them

  Williams: Lieutenant General Samuel T. Williams, U.S. military adviser in South Vietnam, 1955–60

  Wilson: Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense, 1953–57

  W/T: walkie-talkie

  Yankee Team: phase of the Indochina bombing operation

  YT: see Yankee Team

 

 

 


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