SECURITY ISSUE IN OFFICE CLEANING RAISED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000201090012-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2010
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: March 8, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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LOS ANGELES TIMES
8 March 1980
Re-y l, O'0`n Followers H :access to FBJ;: Military Facilities
Friday under federal contract at Mather and
. Vessmarrsaid Friday he wants an in-
? Air Force bases in Sa-
vestigation into. how a. carpet-clean McClellan:
the-- .FBI office in Sa
'ingn company controlled by. the Rev..
Sun- Myun& Moon s Unification cramento and the offices of two for-
. _:
:'Church- got- contracts to clean-FBI mer - congressmen,. John Moss ands
building and.Air Force bases for the Robert Leggett =', = 7
federal government :-,:'. Contracts also have been awarded'
Leon. 'Panetta,-: a?; Democrat.,: from: to the International Exchange for Air
Force bases in _Southern California -
-:Carmel. Valley,. said. he :was worried
'b ecause''recent congressional>-in- Panetta said he has asked the GSA
quiries linked Moon and.the church to- to look into -its ; policies in awarding,
th e- Koreaa~ Central Intelligence Contracts. : r
r~. r He has; also ;Tasked. the -; House,
?last Government-..Operations Committee.
Pane tx~ `said., that during the
five .years,? International Exchange, 'which oversees-.the-.-GSA. to investi-
..based in Oakland, has-been -cleaning' gate the situation
;various government installations, in -know , GSA has discrimination
cluding policies, but when-you're dealing with -buildin
con ffices and b dings at Edwards Air --a-group that has-.security problems,'
Force Base, home of the-Space Shut that.oughtto be considered. We (the
, i T.S. government),_slmply . don't: hand
tlepr?ject' ,_t out information to anyone,. and these
They are going into very, sensitive carpet cleaners can come in under the
areas and I just think that is,a matters to
-that ought to be considered in :award rug, so speak, to get that informa-
ing those kinds of contracts, Panetta tion, ' Panetta said.
a:. Panetta said a 1978 congressional
u' Matthew Morrison, secretary-trea.' report
accused Moon of trying to
surer of `the=carpet company and : a' create a worldwide government based
Unification-.Church member, termed on-a vast organization of Unification.
Panetta's concerns "ridiculous. Church activities. ' . .
."That'is-what makes=for. reliF ous
- - RA Sal TT R intnlliue>ne rer~a~ .
the'carpet company; are. Unification KCIA as a political tool in 1961. Moon
Church members, as are most of its 20 has denial any. connection with the
religious affiliation does not. interfere Vii. Panetta said the federal govern-
with their work "
? 'r'ent knew about the inquiry and
"We do a helluva good job cl
helluva egg knew that the firm was controlled by
carpets; " a he said.:
The company-dean carpets unde r.' =followers of: Moon but hired it any-
s way;,. .
federal.contracts for federal `installa '4 Perlmutter-: said the admimstra
tions in Monterey County;' including lion's policy does not allow the GSA
Ft .,Ord,. and in Stockton,: where the to discriminate on "race, color, creed,
.government: maintains'. warehouses sex or belief." Besides, he said of the
,and naval installations.- Panetta's of.
firm: ''They do a good job."
'lice is in Monterey County:
.-,.,,-'Martin Perlmutter, director of busi
ness. affairs for the General Services
"Administration in San Francisco, said
employees, but maintained that their
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