The Remote Control Job - synopsisA Story by Haim KadmanA manuscript's synopsis.The Remote
Control Job Synopsis Some
eighteen months before the “Tet offensive”, Nick Spree a U.S. marine fell into
the hands of the Viet Cong during a night patrol in the South Vietnamese
jungle. He was captured in the Hue vicinity, was led by his captors northwards,
across the border into North Vietnam; there he was interned as a P.O.W in a
reeducation center two and a hafl miles south of the capital Hanoi. He is the sole captive in
that well camouflaged jungle citedal, previous detainees must have perished by
torture and executions. But instead of solitary confinement, day and night
harsh interrogations and torture, he is met with bearable conditions and an
unexpected treatment. A young beautiful Eurasian comrade Lee Chen Woe her name,
conducts his brainwash operation in a peculiar and sophisticated process.
However, the process progress is slow, the reeducation center’s commander and
staff are frustrated. The hated Eurasian's free hand with Nick, the backup she
has is a thorn in their eyes. Meanwhile the war takes a further step " the
escalation, the american air force B52’s raid the North Vietnamese capital
Hanoi. During this time Lee Chen Woe convinces Nick that she is not his enemy,
he starts to believe that she has hidden ties with the South, that she would
land a chopper in a nearby jungle clearance to rescue both of them. According
to her ambiguous instructions he tries to escape during one of the air raids
and fails. He is caught in a deserted jungle shack where he waited for her to
join him. He is caught there and loses his consciousness in the brawel with the
reeducation’s staff, that were sent out to bring him back, and he loses her as
well. After a few days of solitary confinement Nick is sent southward through
the Ho Chi Minh trail, to serve as a living decoy, to tempt his fighting
comrades into deadly traps. In an unexpected almost miraculous escapade he
manages to escape at last, and he is rescued by a pair of prtrooling choppers.
He spends a week in an army hospital in Saigon, tormented by doubt and fears,
and by a terrible longing for Lee Chen Woe (Nicole, as she introduced herself
to him in his cell). Did he stir her father’s blood in her veins? Was that the
reason? Was she behind his successful escape? Or was she arrested as a traitor
herself and was put under torture? He wonders desperately crushed almost by his
doubts and fears. But above all, will he ever see her again? The only woman he
ever adored and worshipped. The blue-eyed living myth, that was but nineteen
years old, when he first met her in his cell. These thoughts kept haunting him,
while he was interrogated by the army intelligence and the C.I.A brnach in
Saigon. He is dishonorably discharged according to the C.I.A Saigon branch recommendations and is sent back home. Eight months later a KGB agent, contacts him in New York City, and offers him to meet Nicole again. The infatuated Nick travels to Montreal, to join the spy ring headed by his ex lover and tormentor Lee Chen Woe. After several days of getting to know his new surroundings, he meets Nicole and becomes her assistant and fiancée. Things are pretty well at the beginning but while Nick is being prepared for his next mission, there is a turn of power in Moscow; Nicole is summoned back by her new KGB boss, but instead of rotting in Lubianka’s torture dungeons she decides to flee and takes Nick with her. © Haim Kadman 1991 " all rights reserved. © 2011 Haim Kadman |
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Added on July 29, 2011 Last Updated on July 29, 2011 AuthorHaim KadmanPetach-Tikva, IsraelAboutProfile: A few words about myself: being a native of a small country whose waist is seventeen kilometers wide in a certain area; and in seven to eight hours drive one can cross its length, I was amaze.. more..Writing
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