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| + | The World Anti-Communist League was founded in 1966 in Taipei, Taiwan. WACL was conceived as an expansion of the [[Asian People's Anti-Communist League]], a regional alliance against communism formed at the request of [[Chiang Kai-shek]] at the end of the Korean War.<ref>(1,9,30,35)</ref> The Asian People's Anti-Communist League (APACL) had roots in the China Lobby, a group dedicated to stopping official international recognition of the Chinese Communist government. The China Lobby had U.S. government connections, and allegedly [[Ray Cline]] of the CIA assisted this group in establishing the [[Taiwanese Political Warfare Cadres Academy]] in the late 1950s.<ref>(45)</ref> The founders of APACL were agents of the governments of Taiwan and Korea, including [[Park Chung Hee]] who later bacame president of Korea; [[Yoshio Kodama]], a member of organized crime in Japan; [[Ryiochi Sasakawa]], a gangster and Japanese billionaire jailed as a war criminal after World War II; and [[Osami Kuboki]] and other followers of the Reverend [[Sun Myung Moon]], head of the [[Unification Church]].<ref>(4,8,9,11,30)</ref> Sasakawa provided major funding for Moon and the Unification Church. When Park became president of South Korea after the 1961 coup, he adopted the Unification Church as his political arm.<ref>(45)</ref> | ||
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[[Image:Washington's War on Nicaragua - Google Book Search 1223282597844.png|thumb|600px|center|Extract from Washington's War on Nicaragua By Holly Sklar Published by South End Press, 1988 ISBN 0896082954, 9780896082953 p. 78]] | [[Image:Washington's War on Nicaragua - Google Book Search 1223282597844.png|thumb|600px|center|Extract from Washington's War on Nicaragua By Holly Sklar Published by South End Press, 1988 ISBN 0896082954, 9780896082953 p. 78]] | ||
[[Image:Washington's War on Nicaragua - Google Book Search-2 1223282640502.png|thumb|600px|center|Extract from Washington's War on Nicaragua By Holly Sklar Published by South End Press, 1988 ISBN 0896082954, 9780896082953 p. 78]] | [[Image:Washington's War on Nicaragua - Google Book Search-2 1223282640502.png|thumb|600px|center|Extract from Washington's War on Nicaragua By Holly Sklar Published by South End Press, 1988 ISBN 0896082954, 9780896082953 p. 78]] | ||
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The World Anti-Communist League was founded in 1966 in Taipei, Taiwan. WACL was conceived as an expansion of the Asian People's Anti-Communist League, a regional alliance against communism formed at the request of Chiang Kai-shek at the end of the Korean War.[1] The Asian People's Anti-Communist League (APACL) had roots in the China Lobby, a group dedicated to stopping official international recognition of the Chinese Communist government. The China Lobby had U.S. government connections, and allegedly Ray Cline of the CIA assisted this group in establishing the Taiwanese Political Warfare Cadres Academy in the late 1950s.[2] The founders of APACL were agents of the governments of Taiwan and Korea, including Park Chung Hee who later bacame president of Korea; Yoshio Kodama, a member of organized crime in Japan; Ryiochi Sasakawa, a gangster and Japanese billionaire jailed as a war criminal after World War II; and Osami Kuboki and other followers of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, head of the Unification Church.[3] Sasakawa provided major funding for Moon and the Unification Church. When Park became president of South Korea after the 1961 coup, he adopted the Unification Church as his political arm.[4]
