CUNA confirmed Monday it has alerted leagues and some of its members to a TV expose on financial junkets slated for possible airing this week on the ABC network and which targets a CUES Caribbean conference held two weeks ago.

To forestall serious image damage as a result of the proposed broadcast, CUNA said it has issued a series of "talking points" made available to CU managers in addressing the PR challenge once the piece is aired, officials said.

CUNA, which has been in contact with ABC officials for the past week on the possible broadcast since a news crew "at first acting like vacationing tourists" started filming attendees on the golf course and in the pools at CUES Annual Symposium held at a Marriott Hotel on the island of St. Kitts.

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