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Jai Hyon, a former official of the ROK Government who had been stationed at the
Korean Embassy in Washington.(226)
Lee described what appeared to him to
be "a curious working relationship"(227) involving the Korean Government, the
UC, and other organizations associated with Moon. Lee said that Pak Bo Hi,
Moon's aide and translator and president of the Washington-based Korean
Cultural and Freedom Foundation (KCFF), had access to the Korean Embassy's
cable channel to Seoul; that KCIA agents at the Embassy maintained contact
with the Freedom Leadership Foundation (FLF), another Moon-related
organization in Washington; that Moon had founded the "Little Angels," a Korean
children's dance troupe which had appeared around the world as official
representative of the Korean Government; that South Korean President Park
Chung Hee had mailed out 60,000 letters on behalf of the KCFF; and that Moon
operated an anti-Communist indoctrination center in Korea for Korean
Government employees and military officers. Lee also pointed to Moon's rise to
wealth and prominence under the Park regime and suggested that this could only
have occurred with the active cooperation of the KCIA and other branches of the
Government.
Alan Tate Wood, a former UC member who had been president of the FLF,
described to the subcommittee some of Moon's political ambitions and activities.
He said that Moon, through the UC and its numerous front organizations, wanted
to acquire enough influence in America to be able to "dictate policy on major
issues, to influence legislation, and move into electoral politics."(228) In the
United States, the political goals of the UC and those of the KCIA "overlap so
thoroughly as to display no difference at all."(229) Wood also charged that Moon
was violating U.S. laws by importing aliens to raise funds and that fundraising by
UC members was often done under false pretenses.
Another witness, Robert Roland, (230) described his friendship with Pak Bo
Hi when Pak was a military attache at the Korean Embassy in Washington in the
early 1960 s. According to Roland, Pak was then engaged in intelligence liaison
work and was also proselytizing for Moon and the UC. Pak told Roland of his
plans to use the KCFF and one of its projects, the Little Angels, to advance
Moon's cause, as well as to help the Korean Government. (231)
The subcommittee heard a former UC member, Chris Elkins, describe
political activities in which he had engaged for the FLF.
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These included working on a congressional election campaign, lobbying for
South Korean military aid bills, and staging demonstrations. Elkins said that
many of Moon's activities in the United States were designed to impress the
Korean Government with his importance. (232)
During 1976, the subcommittee also received information about an apparent
attempt by Moon and his followers--along with Tong-sun Park--to buy a
controlling interest in the Diplomat National Bank (DNB), which opened in
Washington D.C., in December 1975. Neil Salonen, president of the UC of
America, was called to testify concerning this and other allegations. Salonen said
he had bought DNB stock at the suggestion of Pak Bo Hi, but denied the UC was
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