Colonel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phạm_Ngọc_Thảo" id="mw0A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Phạm Ngọc Thảo">Phạm Ngọc Thảo</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam" id="mw0Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Army of the Republic of Vietnam">Army of the Republic of Vietnam</a>, and a communist spy of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnam" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Vietnam">North Vietnamese</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Minh" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Viet Minh">Viet Minh</a>, along with Generals <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lâm_Văn_Phát" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lâm Văn Phát">Lâm Văn Phát</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trần_Thiện_Khiêm" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Trần Thiện Khiêm">Trần Thiện Khiêm</a>, all Catholics, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_South_Vietnamese_coup" id="mw1g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1965 South Vietnamese coup">attempt a coup</a> against the military <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_dictatorship" id="mw1w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Military dictatorship">junta</a> of the Buddhist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyễn_Khánh" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nguyễn Khánh">Nguyễn Khánh</a>.