STAUNCH DEFENSE PUPPET STYLE PART 2

PART 3 CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE "STAUNCH "DEFENSE

Upon receiving the news from captain Thu of the who commanded the ship
HQ16 that took supplies and Mr Kovan Kosh to the Paracelses
Kiem called Admiral Chon NCO who was in Saigon to report to him the
Chinese Invasion and ask for specific order. Chon responded by asking
Kiem to look for proof of Vietnam ‘s ownership of the Island. Kiem
spent a significant amount of time looking for the documents. He did
not find any. El Chino Assumed that Chon had informed President Thieu
or his National Security Advisor General Dang Van Quang of the Chinese
Invasion.

3)As the invasion progressed and still no order come from the NCO,
Kiem get in touch with the Vice NCO, Admiral Tanh who was in Danang.
Admiral Tanh ordered Kiem to shoot. After asking for confirmation of
the order to shoot had originated from President Thieu himself by Tanh
qhich responded by the affirmative, Kiem gave order to the captains
of his "fleet" consisting of 4 ships , HQ4, HQ5, HQ 10 and HQ 16 to
shoot.. He also instructed his subordinates now that Headquarter in
Saigon will take over from now on.
Kiem contacted the Airforce and ask fr coverage but was given the run
around. Range was not sufficient. Speed to high to detect anything
as small as a Chinese Boat.
4)Thieu gave the order to whom the paper did not say to "parley" with
the Chinese.
Kiem did not have the means to communicate (parley) with the Hicoms
even if He wanted too. So in this time of crisis a lowly
sublieutenant of the ARVIN to parley with the Chinese. He did it the
only way he knew. He asked one of the miserable poor soul in the
platoon of 20 puppets troops whom He commanded to come out to parley
with the Chinese brandishing a white flag. When the Chinese refused
to comply and showed sign of being ready to shoot, the Puppet troops
ran for their life-El Chino Don't blame them-2 of whom were shot in
the back by the Chinese. It is not clear to el Chino who these 20
Vietnamese were because even Do Kiem didn't know.

5) Do kiem was running like a headless chicken . He could not get in
touch with the NCO Chon who was flying to Danang or with the vice NCO
Tanh who went to Danang's airport to welcome Admiral Chon. He could
not get in touch with anybody in his upward chain of command. He
wondered aloud: Did his superiors intentionally disappeared to let him
holding the can. He could not report directly to President Thieu ,
nor to the minister of defense, the Chief of Staff or the Prime
Minister because they were outside of his chain of command.
The day is running out with bad news coming without interruption
There were alarming reports that two boats were sinking by the Chinese
but later on they were shown to be able to "limp" Back to Danang 200
miles away and that at least one of the ship was hit by friendly fire
the HQ16. Kiem Asked the DAO to send the US fleet to interdict the
Chinese Fleet but was met with a contemptuous refusal.

7)The Vietnamese Trafalgar victory was a humiliating defeat. Kiem gave
order to "his" boats to disengage and to return. I am sure that "his"
captains had already taken the decision to disengage themselves and to
implement it without waiting fir Kiem's order.
In the Mean Time, President Thieu asked the USA, probably through
Ambassador ……….but was met also with a contemptuous refusal