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 CIS NO: 78-H461-60
 TITLE: Investigation of Korean-American Relations, Part 4.
 SOURCE: Committee on International Relations. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: vi+721 p.
 DATE: Mar. 15, 16, 21, 22, Apr. 11, 20, June 20, 1978
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 95-2              SUDOC: Y4.In8/16:K84/3/pt.4
 ITEM NO: 1017
 LC CARD NO: 77-604749               MC ENTRY NO: 79-5112

 Continuation of hearings before the Subcom on International Organizations
 to investigate allegations of wrongdoing in Korean-American relations. This
 volume examines Korean-American relations from 1960-72 and focuses on U.S.
 activities of the Korean Cultural and Freedom Foundation (KCFF), and Radio
 Free Asia (ROFA) and alleged link between these organizations and the Korean
 Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) for purposes of influencing American
 opinion. Also examines charged Unification Church financial connections with
 KCIA and KCFF.
   Hearings on Mar. 22 and June 20 were held in executive session. Testimony
 was taken under subpoena.
   The following subcom staff members participate in questioning of
 witnesses:
 a. Howard T. Anderson, Investigator.
 b. Robert B. Boettcher, Staff Director.
 Nonwitnesses frequently discussed in this volume are:
 a. Tongsun Park, Korean businessman.
 b. Yang Doo Won, head of KCIA DC operation.
 c. Sun Myung Moon, head of Unification Church.
 Appendices (p. 497-721) include submitted statement, correspondence,
 articles, and:
 a. GAO, "Effectiveness of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as
     Amended, and Its Administration by the Department of Justice" Rpt
     B-177551, Mar. 13, 1974, with recommendations, tables, and charts (p.
     518-550).
 b. Testimony of Lawrence L. Mays before subcom investigative staff on his
     role in founding of ROFA as a project of KCFF, Mar. 10, 1978 (p.
     598-635).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Korean activities in US, congressional investigation
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND
     INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. HOUSE; FOREIGN.RELATIONS; ESPIONAGE
     (Korean Central Intelligence Agency activities in US); KOREA; GENERAL
     ACCOUNTING OFFICE ("Effectiveness of the Foreign Agents Registration
     Act of 1938, as Amended, and Its Administration by the Department of
     Justice"); DEPARTMENT.OF.JUSTICE (Admin of Foreign Agents Registration
     Act, GAO rpt); MAYS, LAWRENCE L.; PARK, TONGSUN; YANG, DOO WON;
     MOON, SUN MYUNG; BOETTCHER, ROBERT B.; ANDERSON, HOWARD T.; KOREAN
     CULTURAL AND FREEDOM FOUNDATION (Congressional investigation); KOREAN
     CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY; FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT; RADIO
     FREE ASIA; UNIFICATION CHURCH

 78-H461-60 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Mar. 15, 1978 p. 7-19
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LEDYARD, GARI (Korean language and history prof, Columbia Univ)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Chronology of political and military events in
     Korea from 1960 through early 1970s and impact on Korean-American
     relations.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Korean-Amer relations review

 78-H461-60 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Mar. 15, 1978 p. 20-36
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     GREEN, MARSHALL (Interagency Coord, Population Aff; former Asst Sec,
        Asian and Pacific Aff, State Dept)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Background of changing U.S. commitment to Korea
     between 1969-72 and Korean Government response.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Korean-Amer relations review

 78-H461-60 TESTIMONY NO: 3         Mar. 15, 1978 p. 36-72
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     PORTER, WILLIAM J. (former US Ambassador to Korea)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Implications of perceived U.S. lax response to
     Korean military security concerns, including Korean attempts to
     influence American opinion; extent of U.S. knowledge of alleged Korean
     agent lobbying operations in U.S., particularly by Tongsun Park.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Korean activities in US, congressional investigation

 78-H461-60 TESTIMONY NO: 4         Mar. 16, 1978 p. 74-106
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     RANARD, DONALD L. (former Dir, Office of Korean Aff, State Dept)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Review of efforts to limit Tongsun Park
     influence operation; extent of alleged KCIA operatives and organizations
     in U.S.; review of ROFA link with KCIA.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Korean activities in US, congressional investigation

 78-H461-60 TESTIMONY NO: 5         Mar. 21, 1978 p. 132-139
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BLAKE, GEORGE (former Investigator, Office of Inspector Gen, USDA)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Review of USDA investigation of Tongsun Park
     connection with Korean Government rice dealings.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Sales commission payments by US rice cos to Korean
     businessman Tongsun Park
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): RICE;
     DEPARTMENT.OF.AGRICULTURE (Tongsun Park rice dealings, USDA
     investigation)

 78-H461-60 TESTIMONY NO: 6         Mar. 22, Apr. 11, 20, June 20, 1978
                                      p. 152-236, 250-495
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     PAK, BO HI (pres, KCFF; spec asst, Sun Myung Moon); accompanied by
        BRAY, JOHN M. (counsel)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Denial of charged involvement of Unification
     Church with KCIA; details of KCFF founding and sources of financial
     support; summary of charged U.S. conspiracy to eliminate ROFA and KCFF;
     specifics of intermediary role in cash payment from KCIA agent to
     Japanese anti-Communist speaker. (p. 152-236)
       Background of Unification Church pension fund investment in D.C. bank
     (table, p. 306) and pension fund loan to bank officer; denial of charged
     Unification Church loan to KCFF without prior church leadership
     authorization; denial of claimed KCFF role in raising funds for
     Unification Church and Sun Myung Moon. (p. 250-495)
 CONTENT NOTATION: Korean activities in US, congressional investigation

 78-H461-60 TESTIMONY NO: 7         Apr. 20, 1978 p. 238-249
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KISSINGER, HENRY A. (former Sec, State Dept; former Asst to Pres, Natl
        Security Aff)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Overview of National Security Council
     information on Korean activities in U.S., 1969-72.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Korean activities in US, congressional investigation

 78-H461-60 TESTIMONY NO: 8         ROFA Investigation
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     HISE, JAMES C. (former Chief, Registration Section, Justice Dept, p.
        108-118)
     MCDONNELL, WILLIAM (former Spec Agent, FBI, p. 119-131)
     HERSHMAN, MICHAEL J. (Subcom Dep Staff Dir, p. 131-132)
     MITCHELL, JOHN N. (former Atty Gen, Justice Dept, p. 139-150)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Background of Justice Dept and FBI
     investigation of ROFA and reasons for case closure.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Radio of Free Asia investigation by US
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.JUSTICE