Trần Trọng Kim (Vietnamese: [t͡ɕən˨˩ t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ kim˧˧]; chữ Hán: 陳仲金, Kanji pronunciation: Chin Jūkin; Japanese: チャン・チョン・キム, romanized: Chan Chon Kimu; 1883 – December 2, 1953; courtesy name Lệ Thần was a Vietnamese scholar and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the short-lived Empire of Vietnam, a state established with the support of Imperial Japan in 1945 after Japan had seized direct control of Vietnam from Vichy France toward the end of World War II. He was an uncle of Bùi Diễm.

Headlines from April 17, 1945

18,000 Vote Phone Strike Here; Delay Likely to Let Truman Act; 18,000 HERE VOTE FOR PHONE STRIKE

Soviet Will Insist Lublin Act for Poland at Parley; London Poles Dissatisfied

TRUMAN SEES EDEN, AWAITS MOLOTOFF; AFTER CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN

218,000 Prisoners Taken in 72 Hours

STATES HIS POLICY; THE THIRTY-SECOND PRESIDENT MAKING HIS FIRST SPEECH TO CONGRESS

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