Abbreviations

ARPA

Advanced Research Projects Agency

ARVN

South Vietnamese Army Forces

BRIAM

British Advisory Mission to South Vietnam

CBS

Columbia Broadcasting System

C&C

Commissions & Committees Files

CDTC

Combat Development Test Center

CG

Civil Guard

CI

Counterinsurgency

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

CIDG

Civilian Irregular Defense Group

CINCAL

Commander in Chief, Alaska

CINCPAC

Commander in Chief, Pacific

CORDS

Civil Operations and Revolutionary Support Program

CPSVN

Comprehensive Plan for South Vietnam

CY

Calendar year

DCI

Director of Central Intelligence

DDR&E

Director of Defense Research and Engineering

DIA

Defense Intelligence Agency

DOD

Department of Defense

DPM

Draft Presidential Memorandum

FCO

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK

FO

Foreign Office, UK

FRUS

Foreign Relations of the United States Series

FY

Fiscal year

GDP

Gross domestic product

GFL

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library

GNP

Gross national product

GVN

Government of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

GWU

George Washington University, National Security Archive

HASC

House Armed Services Committee

HBS

Harvard Business School

INR

Bureau of Intelligence and Research

ISA

International Security Affairs

JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff

JFKL

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

LBJL

Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library

LoC

Library of Congress

MAAG

Military Assistance and Advisory Group

MACV

Military Assistance Command, Vietnam

MAD

Mutually Assured Destruction

MAP

Military Assistance Program

MC

Miller Center, University of Virginia

M&M

Meetings & Memoranda Series

NARA

National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

NCP

National Campaign Plan

NME

National Military Establishment

NSA

National Security Advisor Files

NSAM

National Security Action Memorandum

NSC

National Security Council

NSF

National Security Files

NSRB

National Security Resources Board

OH

Oral history

OSD

Office of the Secretary of Defense

PM

Prime Minister

POF

Presidential Office Files

PPBS

Planning, Programming and Budgeting System

PREM

Prime Minister’s Files

RAF

Royal Air Force

R&D

Research and development

ROK

Republic of Korea

RSC

Roosevelt Study Center, Middelburg, NL

RSM

Robert S. McNamara

SASC

Senate Armed Services Committee

SEATO

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

SDC

Self-Defense Corps

SFRC

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

TFX

Tactical Fighter Experimental

USAF

United States Air Force

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USG

United States government

USIA

United States Information Agency

USMC

United States Marine Corps

USOM

United States Operations Mission

UVAL

University of Virginia Library Archives

VC

Viet Cong

WH

White House