  The radio jet axis of NGC 1068 is characterised by energetic activity from
x-ray to radio wavelengths. Detailed kinematic and polarization studies have
shown that this activity is confined to bipolar cones centered on the AGN which
intersect the plane of the disk. Thus, molecular clouds at 1 kpc distance along
this axis are an important probe of the nuclear ionizing luminosity and
spectrum. Extended MIR emission coincident with the clouds is reasonably
understood by dust heated to high temperatures by the nuclear radiation field.
This model predicts that the nuclear spectrum is quasar-like (power law + blue
excess) with a luminosity 2-5 times higher than inferred by Pier et al.
Consequently, there is little or no polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission
associated with the radio-axis molecular clouds. We review this model in the
light of new observations. A multi-waveband collage is included to illustrate
the possible orientations of the double cones to our line of sight and the
galaxian plane.
