sentences:  Minh, Đôn and Kim woke up to find hostile forces surrounding their houses and thought it to be a quixotic stunt by some disgruntled young officers.Tho was apprehended during the coup and put under house arrest while the plotters consolidated their grip on power; he was then removed from the political scene.General Nguyen Van Vy, who had returned from France after Diệm's deposal to serve as Deputy Chief of Staff for training, was put under house arrest before being released within a day of the coup's success.