Category: Timeline Stories

Prince Bernhard and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in 1976 after the prince was stripped of his military positions. Credit: ...

President Gerald Ford's bill proposal, titled the Foreign Payments Disclosure Act, introduced by Sen. Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.) as S. 3741, ...

In response to Northrop and Lockheed revelations, the US enacts the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of ...

Kakuei Tanaka, former Japanese prime minister. Credit: Bungei Shunjyu Magazine Leading Liberal Democratic Party politician and former Prime Minister Kakuei ...

Carl Kotchian, Lockheed's former president, is granted immunity by the Japanese prosecutor’s office and is deposed in the Los Angeles ...

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) releases “Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises,” which includes non-binding obligations on corporations to ...

Sen. William Proxmire introduces S. 3664, a compromise bill revising that consolidates S. 3418 and S. 3133.  

President Gerald Ford makes a televised statement announcing a White House plan to introduce legislation of his own; the Senate ...

Sen. Frank Church loses badly in the Ohio and California Democratic presidential primaries, effectively ending his presidential campaign. This would ...

The SEC publishes a document, “Report on Questionable and Illegal Corporate Payments and Practices,” reporting that 95 US companies have ...

Japanese authorities file charges against Yoshio Kodama for funneling bribes on behalf of Lockheed. 

Sen. Frank Church introduces S. 3379, the International Contributions, Payments, and Gifts Disclosure Act.