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Subcommittee that the FLF actively participated in the election contest between
Charles Stephens and Richard Ottinger in October 1974 on behalf of Stephens.
(401) In the late 1960's, Stephens had founded and partially financed "American
Youth for a Just Peace." Both UC and non-UC members participated; two of the
three officers were UC members. (402) The anti-Communist philosophy of the
AYJP and the FLF had encouraged close ties between the two groups. However,
in May 1971, the AYJP ran out of funds and disbanded, and Stephens left
Washington, D.C. to enter New York politics.
According to Stephens, Dan Fefferman had provided some UC volunteers for
Stephens' 1972 New York State Assembly campaign.
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In 1974, Stephens asked Salonen for volunteer campaign workers for his
congressional campaign. Stephens said that Salonen first checked with Moon,
then provided four workers from the FLF. Fefferman himself played no role in the
1974 campaign. In his "Reponse to the testimony of Chris Elkins," Salonen
explained that:
"* * * If some members voluntarily wanted to work for Mr. Stephens they were
free to do so as they pleased. Mr. Stephens was a personal friend of some of the
FLF staff and he certainly could have asked them for help. They then could take
a leave of absence from the FLF where they worked as volunteers, and join his
campaign as private citizens." (403)
This statement obscured Salonen's own role in providing volunteers for the
Stephens campaign, which he did after checking with Moon and apparently
obtaining Moon's approval.
In his testimony of September 27, 1976, Elkins also described the
participation of the New Hampshire Unification Church in the 1974 senatorial
campaign of Louis Wyman. (404) Both the candidate and his campaign
manager, Norman Packard, recalled the assistance of Michael Smith, head of the
New Hampshire UC members. In his "Response to the testimony of Chris
Elkins," Salonen stated:
"* * * Mr. Michael Smith, a church leader in New Hampshire had been
attending prayer meetings with Mr. Wyman, who was impressed with the quality
of our dedication and commented that such people would make good staff
members." (405)
Salonen's statement failed to mention that the New Hampshire UC had helped
the Wyman campaign.
Activities at the United Nations
At the opening of the U.N. General Assembly Session in 1974, it appeared
that a North Korean-backed resolution calling for the dissolution of the U.N.
Command in Korea was likely to succeed. The psychological and political impact
on the Republic of Korea would have been considerable. Moon believed that
passage of the resolution would lead to a withdrawal of U.S. forces and heighten
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