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In the United States, for example, Moon has aroused widespread antipathy.
To the extent that his organization's activities here are associated with Korea or
the Korean Government, there is potential harm to Korean-American relations.
Recent attempts by the ROK Government to dissociate itself from Moon seemed
to recognize this problem. However, these attempts at dissociation came only in
the context of a public controversy over Moon, investigations into Korean
influence activities, and strained relations between the two countries.
The misuse of the names of prominent Americans by the KCFF was of
concern to U.S. Government agencies as early as 1966. Much of the executive
branch's early awareness of Korean influence activities in the United States--
including those of Tongsun Park--arose from State Department and
congressional inquiries into KCFF publicity and fundraising activities. However,
these activities were not then perceived to be linked to Moon. Later, when
Moon's activities generated publicity in the United States, there were numerous
requests to the executive branch, as well as to the Congress and to State and
local authorities, for information about Moon and for investigations of his
organizations' activities. The response to these inquiries was fragmented.
Numerous investigations were launched by agencies such as the SEC, INS, and
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ment of Justice which involved one or another component of the Moon
Organization. The subcommittee's investigation led it to conclude that these
investigations were justified and should continue. However, the subcommittee
believes that these investigations will be inconclusive and redundant unless they
are coordinated with one another and treated as an investigation of essentially
one organization. The subcommittee concludes that the following objective could
be met by combining investigative activities related to the Moon Organization into
an interagency task force:
(1) Consideration could be given as to whether apparently unrelated
immigration, FARA, currency, banking, and other violations were in
furtherance of a common scheme or plan.
(2) All existing information bearing upon the same subjects could be
brought together and analyzed; earlier investigations which failed to do this
allowed improper influence activities to continue until they caused a major
public scandal affecting Korean-American relations.
(3) Maximum resources could be employed toward tracing cash and
obtaining evidence from outside the United States.
(4) Tax money could be saved by combining related investigations and
eliminating duplication of effort.
Executive branch task force
(1) The Department of Justice, the SEC, the IRS, and other executive branch
agencies currently investigating allegations relating to Sun Myung Moon, Pak Bo
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