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McKenzie, all of whom had occupied positions in the UC hierarchy.
The competitive advantage UC staff members gave News World was
apparent in August 1978, when a strike shut down the major New York dailies,
making News World for a time one of the only choices for New Yorkers. During
this strike, the Washington Post quoted Michael Trulson of News World as saying
that the paper was financed by "friends of Moon--businesses operated by mem-
bers of the Unification Church of America." (311) However, Unification Church
International financial records at the Diplomat National Bank revealed that Moon
personally directed much of the early funding of News World by transferring
funds from UCI, not from businesses. (312)
News World served, when needed, as a propaganda instrument of the Moon
Organization. A casual reader would not detect its UC affiliation on most days.
On issues affecting Moon and the UC, however, the resources of the paper were
mobilized along with other components of the Moon Organization to attack and
discredit critics and investigators. One issue of News World, for example, carried
an article with photographs of IRS agents auditing the books of the UC, written to
suggest the IRS was harassing the church. (313) Similarly, News World printed
numerous derogatory articles about the subcommittee's investigation and its
chairman, including articles accusing the chairman of being a Russian
agent.(314)
News World and its counterpart in Japan were not the only ventures, into the
media and communications field. In July 1974, Moon had told his followers:
"Even a movie company is being formed right now in Japan"(315) It was set up
under the aegis of One Way Productions, with offices in Tokyo and Los Angeles.
The head of this company was Mitsuharu Ishii, who, as noted, also headed Tong
I1 Industry's Japanese branch (Toitsu Sangyo), was an officer in the ICF, and
was involved in funding various stock purchases in
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the DNB.(316) One of the employees in Los Angeles was Robert Standard, a UC
lawyer who represented the Moon factions of the KCFF in an internal conflict in
1976 and 1977. (317)
One Way Productions, like News World, was used for propaganda purposes.
At the time of Pak Bo Hi's testimony, the proceedings were filmed by crews under
Ishii's direction; the films were later edited and used to make a "documentary" of
the hearings, shown to UC members in various locations and aired on TV
stations in Korea. (318)
Ishii himself was present at one of Pak's appearances
before the subcommittee; later, when Pak's testimony pointed to Ishii as the
source of funds for Diplomat National Bank stock purchases, the subcommittee
learned he had returned to Japan. Attempts to communicate with him were
unsuccessful. (319)
The Moon Organization also invested heavily in fishing and shipping
enterprises in the United States. A former UC member recalled Moon speaking of
"dominating
the tuna fishing business."(320) In November 1976, International
Oceanic Enterprises was incorporated in Virginia, along with its subsidiary
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