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The KCIA had used Moon and members of his Unification Church to stage
rallies in the United States in support of Korean Government policies and aims,
and on at least one occasion Moon received KCIA funds for that purpose.
Due to State Department objections, the planned anti-Japanese rallies had to
be called off at the last minute by the KCIA chief through one of Reverend
Moon's subordinates. The thousands of dollars already expended on the aborted
demonstration had to be written off to good will." (392)
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Evidence from other sources confirmed that the demonstration had been both
planned and canceled by the KCIA, with the active cooperation of the Moon
Organization.
The demonstration was in relation to the assassination of President Park's
wife by a Korean resident of Japan in 1974,
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which, along with the Kim Dae
Jung kidnapping by the KCIA,
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had caused relations between Japan and
South Korea to deteriorate. Over a period of several weeks, anti-Japanese
demonstrations sponsored by the Korean Government had been held in Seoul,
demanding greater cooperation by the Japanese Government in the investigation
of the assassination.
In early September 1974, President Ford announced a planned visit to Japan,
which did not include a stop in Seoul. There were also plans for Japanese Prime
Minister Tanaka to visit Washington in September. These developments were
interpreted by the Korean Government to mean that the United States was siding
with Japan in its dispute with Korea. In response, the Korean Government
ordered anti-Japanese demonstrations.
The Seoul headquarters of the KCIA instructed the Washington KCIA station
to organize an anti-Japanese demonstration in the capitol. Kim Sang Keun, a
KCIA officer in Washington at the time, saw the order from Seoul; he attempted
to persuade local Korean residents to stage an anti-Japanese demonstration but
was unsuccessful. Kim was told later by a fellow KCIA officer, Lim Kyuil, that
KCIA headquarters in Seoul had sent subsequent instructions to cancel all
demonstrations. However, American UC members had already begun to march
to the Japanese Embassy and were in the area of the Korean Embassy. Lim had
to go out and halt the demonstration. (395)
According to Dan Fefferman, secretary-general of FLF in 1974, FLF staff had
held general discussions about a demonstration prior to September 14. The
actual decision to hold a demonstration was finalized on September 12 or 13. It
was to begin with a rally at Dupont Circle, and on September 14, FLF and UC
members congregated there.
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The idea of sending a small group to throw
eggs at the Japanese Embassy was also discussed. Chris Elkins, a member of
the group which was to carry out the egg-throwing, testified that plans were
called off at the last minute by Neil Salonen. Salonen had made a phone call
from the FLF office near Dupont Circle and afterward told Elkins and the others
that Moon had told him the egging "would not be necessary." President Ford had
agreed to make a stop in Korea on his forthcoming trip, and this would show
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