FOREIGN OFFICE FILES: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Series Two: Vietnam, 1959-1975

Part 2: Laos, 1959-1963

Abbreviations

ARVN - Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnamese army)
BRIAM - British Advisory Mission (UK military advisors)
CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
DMZ - Demiliterized Zone
DRV - Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
FRG - Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
GDR - German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
HMG - Her Majesty’s Government (British government)
IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICC - International Control Commission
MACV - Military Advisory Mission to Vietnam
NLF - National Liberation Front (aka Vietcong)
NVA - North Vietnamese Army
RAF - Royal Air Force (British air force)
RVN - Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
SEATO - South East Asia Treaty Organisation
UK - United Kingdom
UN - United Nations
US - United States

CDNI - Committee for the Defense of the National Interests
ICP - Indochinese Communst Party
LPF - Lao Patrocitic Front
LPLA - Lao People's Liberation Army
LPP - Lao People's Party (Phak Pasason Lao)
LPRP - Lao People's Revolutionary Party
OSS - Office of Strategic Services
PEO - Programs Evaluation Office
RLA - Royal Lao Army
RLG - Royal Lao Government

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