Tran Thien Khiem was a prominent ARVNgeneral during the Vietnam War. The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam). ... General is a high military rank, used by nearly every country in the world. ... The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies — notably the United States military in support of...
Career highlights
September 1969 to April 1975 – Prime Minister/Defense Minister.
1969 to September 1969 – Deputy Prime Minister
May 1968 to 1969 – Interior Minister.
October 1965 to May 1968 – Ambassador to Taiwan.
October 1964 to October 1965 – Ambassador to the United States.
July 1964 – Promoted to General.
January 1964 to September 1964 – Defense Minister/Chairman of Joint General Staff.
December 1963 to January 1964 – III Corps Commander.
November 1963 Promoted to – Lieutenant General.
December 1962 Promoted to – Major General.
December 1962 to November 1963 – Inter-Arms Chief of General of Staff.
February 1960 to December 1962 – Commanding General, 21st Infantry Division.
1958 to February 1960 – 4th Field Division Commander.
1957 to 1958 – Attended High Command and General Staff in USA.
August 1957 – Colonel, Chief of Joint General Staff.
July 1954 – Captain then Major, Deputy Chief of General Staff/Logistics, JGT.
July 1948 – 1st Lieutenant, South Vietnam Militia Guards.
1946 to 1947 – Aspirant (i.e. Warrant Officer), NCO School of Vien Dong (Dap Da)
No doubt Premier Tran Van Huu was pleased by the Govemor's initiative, since in the following year (1951) he was to attend the San Francisco Peace Conference with Japan where he solemnly and unequivocally reaffirmed the rights of his country over both the Paracel and Spratly archipelagoes.
The official finally recruited turned-out to be most unlucky, since, according to an eyewitness named Tran Van Manh who was serving at that time with the Itu-Aba Meteorological Station, he was seized and tied to the flag pole by Japanese troops occupying the Spratlys in 1941 (43).
Tran Van Manh is presently the Chief of Tuy Hoa Meteorological Service, Republic of Vietnam.
Khiem a été nommé Ministre de la Défense en remplacement du Général de Corps Nguyen Van Vy qui avait été licencié par Thieu à cause de son implication questionable dans la Banque d'Industrie et Commerce.
Thieu utilise Khiem, comme il a utilisé Huong.
Khiem a l'air très tranquille et vertueux, mais il "empochait tranquillement l'argent." Ses acolytes font une somme substantielle d'argent provenant des scandales impliquant le Port de Saïgon et l'Aéroport Tan Son Nhut.
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