In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Lê, but is often simplified to Le in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Kim.
Lieutenant General Lê Văn Kim (born 1918) is a former general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He was the brother in law of General Trần Văn Đôn and together with General Dương Văn Minh, the trio organised the 1963 South Vietnamese coup which toppled President Ngô Đình Diệm and ended in the assassinations of Diệm and his brother, Ngô Đình Nhu.[1]
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- ↑ Karnow, Stanley (1997). Vietnam: A history. New York City, New York: Penguin Books. pp. 300–325. ISBN 0-670-84218-4.
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