From: cberlet@igc.apc.org (NLG Civil Liberties Committee)
Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy
Subject: Re: Bellant: Old Nazi Networks in US
Date: 12 Dec 92 02:28:00 GMT
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Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!cberlet    Dec 11 18:28:00 1992


/* Written  9:10 pm  Dec  8, 1992 by cberlet in igc:publiceye */
/* Written  8:30 pm  Dec  6, 1992 by cberlet in igc:p.news */
/* Written  7:18 pm  Mar  4, 1990 by nlgclc in igc:publiceye */
Bellant: Old Nazis/Allies 2
     
PART THREE - SECTION 2
	
ALLIES AND ALLEGIANCES
	
     - The ASC and the World Anti-Communist League -
	
      The American Security Council not only has ties to the 
aggressively pro-military network warned of by Senator Fulbright, 
but ASC is also one of the key U.S. links to the World 
Anti-Communist League (WACL). The League, described extensively 
in a 1986 book, <Inside The League>, is an umbrella group for 
Latin American death squad leaders, Hitler collaborators, 
followers of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, rightist dictatorships, 
and anti-Semitic activists, some of whom are connected to the 
quasi-Nazi Liberty Lobby. [F-239] As early as 1978 The 
<Washington Post> described the fascist and neo-Nazi elements 
affiliated with WACL. The <Post> article carried the headline: 
"The Fascist Specter Behind The World Anti-Red League." 
[F-240] In 1984 the unsavory elements of WACL were 
detailed in a series of columns by Jack Anderson. [f-241] 
Alternative publications since 1978 have carried articles about 
the fascist and Nazi undercurrents in WACL. [f-242]
	
      Despite this journalistic record, when the World 
Anti-Communist League was named in the "Iran Contragate" 
congressional hearings into the Contra supply networks of Oliver 
North, not one major news outlet reported the fascist 
constituencies within WACL or the leading role played in WACL by 
followers of Sun Myung Moon.
	
      Moon, of course, is no friend of democracy. He is a 
theocratic authoritarian who considers himself the Son of God and 
the new Messiah. Moon and his many front organizations have long 
been used by the Korean CIA as a lobbying and propaganda vehicle 
to advance the twin goals of maintaining high levels of U.S. 
military and economic aid, despite successive repressive regimes 
in South Korea and the continued presence of U.S. armed forces in 
South Korea. Moon's organizations have supported WACL financially 
and have helped solidify cooperation between WACL and members of 
the American political right wing. [f-243]
	
      Since 1970 there have been three organizations that have 
served as the U.S. branch of WACL. All three are in the ASC's 
Coalition for Peace Through Strength:
	
     *** {The American Council for World Freedom} was, from 1970 
to 1975, WACL's U.S. affiliate. Composed of 35 U.S. groups, it 
was formed at the urging of Taiwan. Its first chairman was ASC's 
John Fisher. [f-244]
	
     *** {The Council on American Affairs} was the second U.S. 
branch of WACL from 1975 to 1980. It was chaired by racialist 
Roger Pearson, who had strong ASC links throughout that period.
	
     *** {The U.S. Council for World Freedom} (USCWF) was formed 
in 1981 by retired Major General John Singlaub. It immediately 
became the third group to serve as the U.S. branch of WACL. While 
Singlaub was Field Education director for the ASC for the next 
three years, he cultivated USCWF and personal contacts abroad.
	
      Singlaub attended the August, 1981 WACL meeting in Taiwan. 
[f-245] On June 25, 1982 he told the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of 
Nations (ABN) [described in detail later in this report] meeting 
in Munich, Germany that it was his "objective to organize all 
anti-communist forces in the world, so as to not only contain 
this communist threat, but to bring about its final and 
{unequivocal demise}" [emphasis in the original], according to a 
paraphrased remark in an ABN periodical. [f-246] In 1984, 
Singlaub assumed the role of Chairman of the World Anti-Communist League.
	
      Although Singlaub began devoting his time to WACL, he kept 
the ASC briefed on his activities. Fisher served on the USCWF 
advisory board and Singlaub served on three ASC boards. The ASC 
is also one of 17 member organizations of the Coalition for World 
Freedom, the political action arm of the U.S. Council for World 
Freedom. At the 1984 WACL conference the ASC was also represented 
by Sam Dickens, who sat on a Contra aid panel. Another panel, 
concerned with aiding UNITA in Angola, reached the conclusion it 
was advisable to consult with Fisher on the best way to proceed 
with pressuring Gulf/Chevron Oil out of Angola. Other ASC leaders 
also participated in the WACL meeting.
	
      WACL was considered an important vehicle for Reagan's 
Central America policy. The White House sent warm greetings to 
the 1984 meeting in San Diego. [f-247] A U.S. military honor 
guard was also provided, as had been the case with other USCWF 
events in previous years. The White House sent R. Lynn Rylander, 
Deputy Director of the International Security Agency in the 
Pentagon, who kept the White House briefed on events as the 
meeting progressed. [f-248] His boss, Neal Koch, served as the 
Pentagon's representative on a panel coordinating assistance to 
the Contras, in concert with Oliver North. 
	
      At the 1984 WACL meeting, Singlaub announced the launching 
of the private aid campaign for the Contras. WACL, he declared, 
was going to lead efforts around the world on behalf of the 
Contra cause.
	
      Singlaub planned to approach the Taiwan and South Korean 
dictatorships for Contra aid. The <New York Times> reported that 
Singlaub told Congress that Assistant Secretary of State Abrams 
had "told him not to make the request, explaining that it would 
be made instead `at the highest level,' which Singlaub said he 
believed meant the White House." Holly Sklar, in her book 
<Washington's War on <Nicaragua>, cites testimony from the 
Iran-Contra hearings and concludes that Singlaub did approach 
both Taiwan and South Korea for Contra aid and then passed those 
contacts on to Oliver North. [F-249] Both Taiwan and South 
Korea have historically assumed leadership roles and provided 
substantial funds for WACL, as has the Saudi Arabian monarchy.
	
      The Canadian branch of WACL, the Canadian Freedom 
Foundation, headed by John Gamble, works closely with the U.S. 
Council for World Freedom (USCWF) and Singlaub. Together USCWF 
and the Canadian Freedom Foundation form the North American 
Regional unit of WACL (NARWACL). Gamble and Singlaub alternate as 
chair of NARWACL. Gamble was implicated in the Iran-Contra 
funding network when a firm for which he served as treasurer and 
director, Vertex Investments, was discovered to have invested in 
the arms sale to Iran through two of his partners. The Canadian 
Freedom Foundation (CFF) and Vertex both operate out of Gamble's 
law office. [f-250]
	
      At least two CFF leaders are active anti-Semites: Pat Walsh 
is the Canadian correspondent for the quasi-Nazi Liberty Lobby 
newspaper the <Spotlight> [F-251] and Paul Fromm helped 
found the neo-Nazi Western Guard. [f-252]
	
      The Western Guard is led by John Ross Taylor, who served 51 
months in detention for pro-Nazi activities during WWII. [f-253] 
Taylor also leads Canadian contingents to Aryan Nations meetings, 
including a commemoration of the deaths of members of The Order, 
a paramilitary offshoot of Aryan Nations that engaged in 
robberies and murder in its effort to overthrow the U.S. 
Government. [f-254]
	
      Shortly after the 1984 WACL conference, the National 
Security Council recommended that Reagan approve a plan that made 
Singlaub "the chief `authorized' contact for private fund 
raising," according to the Associated Press. His selection, due 
to "his military background and international connections," was 
verbally approved by President Reagan. [f-255]