Registration Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended

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OMB NO. 1124-0001; Expires February 28, 2014
U.S. Department of Justice Registration Statement
Washington, DC 20530 Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938, as amended
INSTRUCTION SHEET-READ CAREFULLY
1.Use. All persons required to register under this Act shall use this form in
submitting the information required by Section
2(a).
2. Read Act and Rules. Registrant should carefully read the Act and the Rules thereunder befo
re completing this form.
3. Answer. Unless otherwise specifically instructed in this form, a registrant sh
all answer every item on this form. Whenever
the item is inapplicable or the appropriate response to an item is “none
“, an express statement to that effect shall be made.
4. Attachments. Inserts and riders of less than full page size shall not be used. Whe
never insufficient space is provided for
response to any item, reference shall be made in such space to a full in
sert page or pages on which the item number and
inquiry shall be restated and a complete answer given.
5. Filing.
The completed statement, including all exhibits, shall be filed in elect
ronic form with the Registration Unit,
Counterespionage Section, National Security Division, U.S. Department of
Justice at . The statement
must be filed in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1746. A copy should be
retained by the registrant.
https://www.fara.gov
6. Filing Fee. The filing of this document requires the payment of a filing fee for e
ach listed foreign principal as set forth in
Rule 5(d)(1), 28 C.F.R. § 5.5(d)(1).
7. Privacy Act Statement. The filing of this document is required for the Foreign Agents Registr
ation Act of 1938, as amended,
22 U.S.C. § 611 et seq., for the purposes of registration under the Act and public disclosure.
Provision of the information
requested is mandatory, and failure to provide the information is subjec
t to the penalty and enforcement provisions
established in Section 8 of the Act. Every registration statement, shor
t form registration statement, supplemental statement,
exhibit, amendment, copy of informational materials or other document or
information filed with the Attorney General under
this Act is a public record open to public examination, inspection and c
opying during the posted business hours of the
Registration Unit in Washington, DC. Statements are also available onli
ne at the Registration Unit’s webpage:
https://www.fara.gov . One copy of every such document, other than informational materials,
is automatically provided to the
Secretary of State pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, and copies of
any and all documents are routinely made available to
other agencies, departments and Congress pursuant to Section 6(c) of t
he Act. The Attorney General also transmits a semi-
annual report to Congress on the administration of the Act which lists t
he names of all agents registered under the Act and the
foreign principals they represent. This report is available to the publ
ic in print and online at:
https://www.fara.gov .
8. Public Reporting Burden. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimate
d to average 1.375 hours per
response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching exist
ing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Sen
d comments regarding this burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions fo
r reducing this burden to Chief, Registration Unit,
Counterespionage Section, National Security Division, U.S. Department of
Justice, Washington, DC 20530; and to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.
__________
Note: Omit this instruction sheet when filing this Statement.
Formerly CRM-153 FORM NSD-1
Revised 03/11

U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530
I–REGISTRANT
1. Name of Registrant
2. Registration No.
3. Principal Business Address
4. If the registrant is an individual, furnish the following information
:
(a) Residence address(es)
(b) Other business address(es), if any
(c) Nationality
(d) Year of birth
(e) Present citizenship
(f) If present citizenship not acquired by birth, state when, whe
re and how acquired
(g) Occupation
5. If the registrant is not an individual, furnish the following informa
tion:
(a) Type of organization: Committee
□ Association □ Partnership □ Voluntary group □
Corporation □ Other (specify) ______________________
(b) Date and place of organization
(c) Address of principal office
(d) Name of person in charge
(e) Locations of branch or local offices
(f) If a membership organization, give number of members
Formerly CRM-153
Revised 03/11
FORM NSD-1
OMB NO. 1124-0001; Expires February 28, 2014
Registration Statement
Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938, as amended

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(g) List all partners, officers, directors or persons performing
the functions of an officer or director of the registrant. Name Residence Address(es) Position
Nationality
(h) Which of the above named persons renders service directly in
furtherance of the interests of any of the foreign principals?
(i) Describe the nature of the registrant’s regular business or
activity.
(j) Give a complete statement of the ownership and control of th
e registrant.
6. List all employees who render services to the registrant directly in
furtherance of the interests of any of the foreign principals in other than a clerical, secretarial, or in a related or similar capacity.

Name Residence Address(es)
Nature of Services

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II–FOREIGN PRINCIPAL
7. List every foreign principal 1 for whom the registrant is acting or has agreed to act.
Foreign Principal Principal Address(es)
III–ACTIVITIES
8. In addition to the activities described in any Exhibit B to this stat
ement, will you engage or are you engaging now in activity on
your own behalf which benefits any or all of your foreign principals
?
Yes
□ No □
If yes, describe fully .
IV–FINANCIAL INFORMATION
9. (a) RECEIPTS-MONIES
During the period beginning 60 days prior to the date of your obligation
to register 2 to the time of filing this statement,
did you receive from any foreign principal named in Item 7 any contribut
ion, income, or money either as compensation or for
disbursement or otherwise? Yes
□ No □
If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each s
uch foreign principal an account of such monies. 3
Foreign Principal PurposeAmount
Total
1 The term “foreign principal” includes a foreign government, foreign p
olitical party, foreign organization, foreign individual and, for the pu
rpose of registration, an organization or an individual any of whose activities are directly or indirectly supe
rvised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in maj
or part by a foreign government,
foreign political party, foreign organization or foreign individual.
2 An agent must register within ten days of becoming an agent, and befo
re acting as such.
3 A registrant is required to file an Exhibit D if he collects or recei
ves contributions, loans, moneys, or other things of value for a foreign
principal, as part of a fundraising
campaign. There is no printed form for this exhibit. (See Rule 201(e)
).
Date Received

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(b) RECEIPTS-THINGS OF VALUE
During the period beginning 60 days prior to the date of your obligation
to register 4 to the time of filing this statement, did you
receive from any foreign principal named in Item 7 anything of value 5 other than money, either as compensation, or for
disbursement, or otherwise? Yes
□ No □
If yes, furnish the following information:
Foreign Principal Date Received Thing of Value
Purpose
10. (a) DISBURSEMENT-MONIES
During the period beginning 60 days prior to the date of your obligation
to register
6 to the time of filing this statement, did you
spend or disburse any money in furtherance of or in connection with your
activities on behalf of any foreign principal named in
Item 7? Yes
□ No □
If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each s
uch foreign principal named including monies transmitted,
if any, to each foreign principal.
Date To Whom
Purpose Amount
(b) DISBURSEMENTS-THINGS OF VALUE
During the period beginning 60 days prior to the date of your obligation
to register
7 to the time of filing this statement, did you
dispose of any thing of value 8 other than money in furtherance of or in connection with your activitie
s on behalf of any foreign
principal named in Item 7? Yes
□ No □
If yes, furnish the following information:
DateRecipient
Foreign Principal
Thing of Value Purpose
(c) DISBURSEMENTS-POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
During the period beginning 60 days prior to the date of your obligation
to register
9 to the time of filing this statement, did you,
the registrant, or any short form registrant, make any contribution of m
oney or other thing of value from your own funds and on
your own behalf in connection with an election to any political office o
r in connection with any primary election, convention, or
caucus held to select candidates for any political office? Yes

□ No □
If yes, furnish the following information:
Date Amount or Thing of Value Location of Event
4, 6, 7 and 9 See Footnote 2, on page 3.
5 and 8 Things of value include but are not limited to gifts, interest
free loans, expense free travel, favored stock purchases, exclusive righ
ts, favored treatment over competitors,
“kickbacks”, and the like.
Political Organization or Candidate

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V–INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS 10
11. Will the activities of the registrant on behalf of any foreign princ
ipal include the preparation or dissemination of informational materials? Yes
□ No □
IF YES, RESPOND TO THE REMAINING ITEMS IN THIS SECTION V.
12. Identify each such foreign principal.
13. Has a budget been established or specified sum of money allocated to
finance your activities in preparing or disseminating
informational materials? Yes
□ No □
If yes, identify each such foreign principal, specify amount and f
or what period of time.
14. Will any public relations firms or publicity agents participate in t
he preparation or dissemination of such informational materials?
Yes
□ No □
If yes, furnish the names and addresses of such persons or firms.
15. Activities in preparing or disseminating informational materials wil
l include the use of the following:
□ Radio or TV broadcasts □ Magazine or newspaper □ Motion picture films □ Letters or telegrams
□ Advertising campaigns □ Press releases □ Pamphlets or other publications □ Lectures or speeches
□ Other (specify) _______________________________________________________________________
______________________
Electronic Communications
□ Email
□ Website URL(s): ______________________________________________________________________
_______________________
□ Social media website URL(s): ________________________________________________________________________
________
□ Other (specify) ______________________________________________________________________
_________________________
16. Informational materials will be disseminated among the following gro
ups:
□ Public officials □ Civic groups or associations
□ Legislators □ Libraries

Government agencies □ Educational groups

Newspapers □ Nationality groups

Editors □ Other (specify) _____________________________
17. Indicate language to be used in the informational materials:
□ English □ Other (specify) ___________________________
10 The term informational materials includes any oral, visual, graphic,
written, or pictorial information or matter of any kind, including that
published by means of advertising,
books, periodicals, newspapers, lectures, broadcasts, motion pictures, o
r any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or othe
rwise. Informational materials
disseminated by an agent of a foreign principal as part of an activity i
n itself exempt from registration, or an activity which by itself would
not require registration, need not be
filed pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Act.

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VI–EXHIBITS AND ATTACHMENTS
18. (a) The following described exhibits shall be filed in triplicat
e with an initial registration statement:
Exhibit A-This exhibit, which is filed on Form NSD-3, sets forth the information r
equired to be disclosed concerning each
foreign principal named in Item 7.
Exhibit B- This exhibit, which is filed on Form NSD-4, sets forth the information c
oncerning the agreement or understanding
between the registrant and the foreign principal.
(b)
An Exhibit C shall be filed when applicable. This exhibit, for which no
printed form is provided, consists of a true copy of the charter, articles of incorporation, association, constitution, and b
ylaws of a registrant that is an organization. A waiver of
the requirement to file an Exhibit C may be obtained for good cause show
n upon written application to the Assistant Attorney
General, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washing
ton, DC 20530. (See Rule 201(c) and (d)).
(c) An Exhibit D shall be filed when applicable. This exhibit, for which no
printed form is provided, sets forth an account of
money collected or received as a result of a fundraising campaign and tr
ansmitted for a foreign principal. (See Rule 201 (e)).
VII–EXECUTION
In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1746, the undersigned swear(s) or af
firm(s) under penalty of perjury that he/she has (they have) read
the information set forth in this registration statement and the attache
d exhibits and that he/she is (they are) familiar with the contents
thereof and that such contents are in their entirety true and accurate t
o the best of his/her (their) knowledge and belief, except that the
undersigned make(s) no representation as to truth or accuracy of the i
nformation contained in the attached Short Form Registration
Statement(s), if any, insofar as such information is not within his/he
r (their) personal knowledge.
(Date of signature) (Print or type name under each signature or provide electronic signatur
e
11)
11 This statement shall be signed by the individual agent, if the regis
trant is an individual, or by a majority of those partners, officers, di
rectors or persons performing similar
functions, if the registrant is an organization, except that the organiz
ation can, by power of attorney, authorize one or more individuals to e
xecute this statement on its behalf.