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on the UC. Prior to August 1975, the team consisted of eight members, headed
by the Japanese UC members. After that date, 12 new members (9 women, 3
men) joined for what was described as at least a 3-year assignment. From
August 1975 until the end of the year, a former member of the PR
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team recalled that approximately five Congressmen and five or six staff members
attended these dinners. (389)
Neil Salonen provided the PR team with a list of guidelines in June 1974. One
of the recommendations was that the PR team:
"Distinguish among the projects and organizations which Rev. Moon has
founded, and be aware of which ones a given Member of Congress has
supported. In many cases, support of one does not imply support of all--if they
are treated as separate projects, then it will be easier for a member of Congress
to unite with us on common ground." (390)
Salonen thus illustrated one of the advantages to the Moon Organization of
maintaining the facade of separate and independent organizations.
In time, some members of the PR team were able to secure employment in
congressional offices. In at least some cases, the Member of Congress did not
know the staffer was part of Moon's PR team. (391)
On at least one occasion, a member of the PR team visited a congressional
office and suggested that the chairman of the subcommittee and some of its staff
were Communist sympathizers. This was during a Moon Organization campaign
to discredit the subcommittee's investigation.
It is difficult to assess the degree to which the PR team succeeded in creating
influence for Moon in the Congress or obtained inside knowledge of
congressional actions. The subcommittee did not conduct systematic inquiries of
Senators, Congressmen, and their staffs in this regard. However, it is to be noted
that Moon was honored at a congressional reception and had his picture taken
with numerous Senators and Congressmen, and the Moon Organization used
congressional names to enhance its own prestige and to raise funds.
Anti-Japanese demonstration
During the 1976 hearings, the subcommittee learned that Moon's followers
had participated in plans for an anti-Japanese demonstration. Information
gathered in the course of the investigation confirmed the roles played by the
Moon Organization and the KCIA in planning this demonstration, which was to
have taken place on September 4, 1974.
A declassified summary of U.S. intelligence agency reports described the
circumstances as follows:
"In September of 1974, anti-Japanese demonstrations were planned in
Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York on orders from Seoul.
The head of the Washington KCIA arranged with Moon's group for
demonstrations in front of the Japanese Embassy and the White House.
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