Unification Church

===Investigation by the United States House of Representatives===

In 1977, the [[Subcommittee on International Organizations of the Committee on International Relations]], of the [[United States House of Representatives]], reported that the Unification Church was established by the director of the [[Korean Central Intelligence Agency]] (KCIA), [[Kim Chong Pil]].<ref name="Halloran">{{Cite news |last=Halloran |first=Richard |date=1978-03-16 |title=Unification Church Called Seoul Tool |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/16/archives/unification-church-called-seoul-tool-house-panel-releases-documents.html |access-date=2022-07-13 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The committee also reported that the KCIA had used the movement to gain political influence with the United States and some of its members had worked as volunteers in Congressional offices. Together they founded the Korean Cultural Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit organization which acted as a [[public diplomacy]] campaign for the [[Republic of Korea]].<ref name="books.google.com">{{Cite book |last=Diamond |first=Sara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AabywLOknbsC&dq=fraser+kcia&pg=PA59 |title=Spiritual Warfare: The Politics of the Christian Right |date=1989 |publisher=South End Press |isbn=978-0-89608-361-5 |language=en}}</ref> The committee also investigated possible KCIA influence on the Unification Church's campaign in support of Nixon.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f7ITAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KeADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6935,979096&dq=fraser+korea Ex-aide of Moon Faces Citation for Contempt], [[Associated Press]], ''[[Eugene Register-Guard]]'', August 5, 1977</ref>

Unification Church official [[Dan Fefferman]] testified in August 1977 before the Fraser Committee.<ref name="reid">{{cite news | last =Reid | first =T.R. | title =House Subcommittee's Report Links Rev. Moon to the KCIA | newspaper =[[The Washington Post]] | page =A7 | date =August 5, 1977 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/120059729.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Aug+5%2C+1977&author=By+T.R.+ReidWashington+Post+Staff+Writer&pub=The+Washington+Post++%281974-Current+file%29&edition=&startpage=A7&desc=House+Subcommittee%27s+Report+Links+Rev.+Moon+to+the+KCIA}}</ref> Testimony from Fefferman confirmed that he had social ties to officials within the [[South Korea]]n embassy.<ref name="babcock">{{cite news | last =Babcock |first =Charles R. | title =Moon Sect Support of Nixon Detailed | newspaper =[[The Washington Post]] | page =A1 | date =November 10, 197 | url =https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/138203752.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Nov+10%2C+1977&author=By+Charles+R.+BabcockWashington+Post+Staff+Writer&pub=The+Washington+Post++%281974-Current+file%29&edition=&startpage=A1&desc=Moon+Sect+Support+of+Nixon+Detailed | access-date =27 July 2023 | archive-date =23 October 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121023144523/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/138203752.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Nov+10,+1977&author=By+Charles+R.+BabcockWashington+Post+Staff+Writer&pub=The+Washington+Post++(1974-Current+file)&edition=&startpage=A1&desc=Moon+Sect+Support+of+Nixon+Detailed | url-status =dead}}</ref> Fefferman testified that he had arranged a meeting in 1975 between [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] aide [[Edwin Feulner]] of [[the Heritage Foundation]] and South Korean Minister Kim Yung Hwan, to potentially put together a group of congressional aides who would travel to South Korea.<ref name="bellant">{{cite book | last =Bellant | author-link =Russ Bellant | first =Russ | title =The Coors Connection | publisher =South End Press | year =1999 | pages =[https://archive.org/details/coorsconnectionh00bell/page/5 5–6] | isbn =0-89608-416-7 | url =https://archive.org/details/coorsconnectionh00bell/page/5}}</ref><ref name="babcock" /> Hwan was then-station chief for the KCIA.<ref name="babcock" />

During his testimony, Fefferman refused to answer nine questions from the subcommittee, saying that they violated his constitutional rights to freedom of religion and association.<ref name="balks" /> The subcommittee recommended that Fefferman be cited for [[contempt of Congress]].<ref name="babcock" /><ref name="balks">{{cite news | last =The Associated Press | author-link =Associated Press | title =Moon official balks at probe, faces House contempt action | work =[[Eugene Register-Guard]] | date =November 5, 1977 | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rRMRAAAAIBAJ&pg=5054,1158886&dq=moon-official-balks-at-probe-faces&hl=en}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title =New York Times Abstracts |work =[[The New York Times]] | page =9 | date =August 5, 1977}}</ref> Fefferman, speaking to ''[[The Michigan Daily]]'' in 1980, said the subcommittee's recommendations were never taken up, and no charges were pressed.<ref name="Moondenies">{{cite news | last =Hirschel | first = Alison | title = Rev. Moon's CARP recruits on campus | work =[[The Michigan Daily]] | date =April 20, 1980 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uUZKAAAAIBAJ&pg=1894,5213859&}}</ref>