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ix Abbreviations AEC Atomic Energy Commission ANL Armée Nationale du Laos CAT Civil Air Transport CDNI Committee for the Defense of National Interests CIA Central Intelligence Agency CINCPAC Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command CIP Commodity Import Program CNO Chief of Naval Operations DCI Director of Central Intelligence DCM Deputy Chief of Mission DEFCON Defense Readiness Condition DRV Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) Embtel embassy telegram FAL Forces d’Armée de Laos FAR Forces Armée du Royaume FMM French Military Mission HRC High Revolutionary Command ICA International Cooperation Administration ICC International Commission for Supervision and Control ISA International Security Affairs JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff LHL Lao Hom Lao (Rally of the Lao People) MAAG Military Assistance Advisory Group NCO noncommissioned officer NIE National Intelligence Estimate x Abbreviations NLHS Neo Lao Hat Sat (Lao Patriotic Front) NSC National Security Council OCB Operations Coordinating Board OSS Office of Strategic Services PARU Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit PAVN People’s Army of Vietnam PBCFIA President’s Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities PEO Programs Evaluation Office PL Pathet Lao PRC People’s Republic of China RLG Royal Lao Government RVN Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) SEA Southeast Asia SIGINT signals intelligence SEATO Southeast Asia Treaty Organization USAF United States Air Force USIS United States Information Services USOM United States Operations Mission ...

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