10 NOW IN HOUSE MAY HAVE RECEIVED FUNDS FROM KOREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 2004
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• Publication Date: May 24, 1978
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NEW YORK TIMES,
PAGE ff -7 DATE
10 Now in House
May Have Received
Funds From Korea
WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI)-House
investigators have information that indi-
cates former Korean Ambassador Kim
Doing Jo may have made payments to
as many as 10 current members of Con-
gress, Capitol Hill sources said Monday.
"There as additional information indi-
cating payments were made"by Mr. Kim
to current Congressmen, the sources said.
"We don't know exactly how many peo-
ple are involved in the House. It's con-
ceivable as many as 10 sitting members
could be involved."
They said "many different sources"
provided the information, "in some oases
very circumstantial, in other cases very
direct." The sources declined to provide
specifics.
The information was disclosed after
Leon Jaworski, special counsel to the
House Ethics Committee's investigation
of Korean influence-buying on Capitol
Hill, urged passage of a House resolution
threatening to cut economic aid to Korea
unless Seoul allows Mr.. Kim to testify.
White House Opposes Request
Warren M. Christopher, Deputy Secre-
tary of State said the Administration op-
posed Mr. Jaworski's.request. Borth Mr.
Jaworski and Mr. Christopher testified
at a House International Relations Com-
mittee hearing.
The committee chairman, Clement Za-
blocki, Democrat of Wisconsin, said he
would vote against the move, and pre-
dicted that a majority of his panel would
too, possibly tomorrow. Should that hap-
pen, he said, the full House still could
vote later on the matter.
At issue is a nonbinding "sense of the
House" resolution to withhold about $60
million in economic aid for Korea until
the Seoul Government agrees to let Kim
Dong Jo testify under oath to the House
ethics committee.
The resolution, similar to one defeated
by the House May 10, was offered last
week by House leaders with backing by
the full ethics commmittee at Mr. Ja-
worksi's request. Military aid would not
beaffected.
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