<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Army of the Republic of Vietnam">South Vietnamese</a> Colonel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phạm_Ngọc_Thảo" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Phạm Ngọc Thảo">Phạm Ngọc Thảo</a>, a formerly undetected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Army_of_Vietnam" id="mwASI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="People's Army of Vietnam">communist spy and double agent</a>, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death <i id="mwASM">in absentia</i> for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_South_Vietnamese_coup" id="mwASQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1965 South Vietnamese coup">February 1965 coup attempt</a> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyễn_Khánh" id="mwASU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nguyễn Khánh">Nguyễn Khánh</a>.