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soon "take over" a Korean university after having worked to that end for 1 1/2
years.
Unification Church International
The name "Unification Church International" (UCI) has been used in various
contexts to describe the worldwide UC, apart from national, State, and local
organizations. Pak Bo Hi talked about it as follows:
"The Unification Church International does not belong to any one country or
one particular geographical location. It is above the national structure of our
churches, so it will coordinate, assist, and spiritually guide, give the teachings
and international programs organized and so forth."(276)
In December 1975, Pak opened a bank account in the name of UCI at the
newly formed Diplomat National Bank. At the time, the status of UCI as a legal
entity was unclear. It appeared that Pak had simply adopted--without any formal
legal action--the corporate structure of the organization he had registered in
Virginia in 1962 under the name "Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of
World Christianity." (At the same time UCI letterheads were giving UCI's address
as the UC estate in Tarrytown, N.Y., where Moon had his headquarters.)
The UCI bank account at DNB was opened with an initial deposit of $70,000
which came from funds which had been in Moon's personal accounts at Chase
Manhattan Bank in New York. Only Moon and Pak were authorized to sign
checks. By March 1977, over $7 million had been deposited in the account. Most
of this money was received in the form of wire transfers or checks from abroad,
some of which were clearly from foreign UC accounts. Over $6 million was
received from Japan alone during this period.
During the same period, the UCI account disbursed large sums, mostly to
accounts of other Moon Organization groups such as the national UC in New
York. Moon personally signed the checks or transfer orders authorizing the
disbursement of most of these
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funds, sometimes signing as "Chairman of the Board" and sometimes as
"Founder" of UCI.
Beginning in late 1976, there were large disbursements from the UCI account
to Moon Organization business enterprises such as News World
Communications in New York and International Oceanic Enterprises in Virginia.
By February 1977, these businesses had received over $2.3 million from
UCI.(277)
On February 2, 1977 UCI was formally incorporated in the District of
Columbia as a "not-for-profit corporation"; the incorporators were Pak Bo Hi and
Pak's secretaries at the KCFF, Judith Le Jeune and Sandra McKeehan. Among
the purposes of the UCI, as listed in the incorporation papers, were:
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