Lê Chí Thức has been a spokesperson for the

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since 1998-2002.

Biography

In April 1975, during the invasion of

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by the Communist

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and the

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, Thuc and his family fled from

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during the fighting. He had petitioned the United States Embassy for

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and was allowed to immigrate to the United States because he feared for his life living under the Communist Vietnamese.

Life in exile

Thuc currently has campaigned throughout the United States, to the

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community to bring

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. He has also made trips to exile Vietnamese Communities, located in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and Australia, where he has received a significant amount of support for the Government of Free Vietnam. He has been invited to

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, to speak on behalf of the Government of Free Vietnam, to set up Congressional Hearings concerning Human Rights violations in Vietnam and petitioned for the release of Vo Duc Van, who is currently in a Federal Detention Facility in California. Thuc has a weekly radio show that is broadcast worldwide on

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and democratic issues about

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. He currently has been representing the new policies of former Head of State and General of South Vietnam

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, who currently serves as the

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of the

Quotes

*"To live in Vietnam under Communism is not to live but to suffer." *"Freedom is only worth living if you can share it with your Countrymen."

External links

Government of Free Vietnam
Official Site
BEFORE 5,000 FELLOW COUNTRYMEN GENERAL NGUYEN KHANH TOOK OATH OF OFFICE AS GOVERNMENT OF VN CHIEF OF STATE
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