'~- .: ' '· ./ ·""·'~llh \'H' ' • .uw,.,e r... tlt-<'l ··,; ·.• 1ll he "li<'e to worsl.ip the way I '!": itn Due ldst night told a believe". l'•:; 7:'nslllp Seminar audif•nce at TJ.e 35-year-old Church of }J<,.·dinl( College that he \:anted ('hrist preacher said he left to retur·~ to his homeland but only Saigon because he could not und·c- r three conditons -- that he stand to live without freedom. is 11: .JI'.<"d to retain his economic "Freedom is primarily the status. is guaranteed reunion freedom of choice. Under with his mother and siblings and ~'ommunism then there is no 'reedom. I've been ask~d if .hink I would have been killed if I :1ad stayed there I know I wouid nJt be happy if I were left alive Linder Communism. I would rather die." Due said he could empathize with his fellow refugees who were separated from their families but thought that the number volunteering to return to Viet– nam would diminish when they realize that the "Communists who are aliiia rs" wiil not reunite SEMINAR SPEAKER - Vo Thanh Due, form Vietnamese minister and businessman and refug · from his homeland of South Vietnam, told last wee~. 3Ssembly .of the Youth Citizenship Seminar th Communism is a government form to be feared, a1 Narned of its dangers to society. Due told of ~· :amily's narrow escape from the war-torn countr tnd of the consequences to those that remained. ·them. "We have different kinds of mentalities. Some men when separated from their beloved wife can't go on living. For.them that's fine because returning would be like a man committing suicide.'' Due stated. The Philippine Bible College graduate, his wife and three children boarded a Cl30 April 25 and flew to Guam where they remained until their May 5 transfer to Camp Pendleton, California. Since May 22, the Due family has lived in Oklahoma City. Due stated two. purposes for his lecture tour· - to share his personal experiences with Communism and to tell Americans that the only weapon against tyranny is true'faith in a living Jesus Christ. When questioned about the <;Jomino theory, he urged mission– minded young people to think about Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore and Taiwan as their field. "How long will you have the opportunity to go to these places. Do it quick," Due said. He warned Americans that "tyranny does not d<:Jvelop in one night". Due opined that carelessness about social in– justice can lead the oppressed to believe Communism's pr )mises. "We are most careless when we have a big house and a new car. We don't care if we exploit our fellow man or not ... The Communists take advantage of this situation. Oppressed people will receive any kind of promises and the Communists will promise anything. But when the- people are under their control, they are very sorry they believed the promises . But there's nothing they can do because U1ey want to survive," Due said. On former President Nu:. gen \'an Thieu, Due stated, "I think Thieu is very dishonest and corru[Jtcd and not a very wise rnan, too. But two mm'tths ago, if you had asked rnc that qu_estion in Saigon, I would not have told " ' vou. · On the My Lai Massacre, Due said there are "l,OOO's of My Lais in war but there is one good thing about this incident. There was a 1:1an in America who exposed the
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