Bilderberg Group: A Political Mafia?

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Bilderberg Group:

A Political Mafia?

An Illustrated History of a

Modern European Political Intrigue

By William P. Litynski



The Bilderberg Group:“Annual Discussion Group”, Business Cartel, or Political Mafia?

Christine Lagarde (left), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fnd (IMF), greets former !.". "ecretary of "tate #enry $issingerthe %conomic Cl& of 'e ork in 'e ork City on *+ril -, -/. Lagarde and $issinger attended the -/ Bilder&erg Meetings held at0he 1ro2e hotel in Watford, %ngland from 3ne 456, -/. 0he man on the far right is 3aco& Frenkel, former 1o2ernor of the Bank of Israe(Photo7 %conomic Cl& of 'e ork)

“es, and others of the !rench "arshals, and the "ost fa"ous# Massena, for e$a"ple# his real na"

%as Manasseh: but to "& anecdote' The conse(uence of our consultations %as, that so"e )orthernpo%er should be applied to in a friendl& and "ediati*e capacit&' +e fi$ed on Prussia# and thePresident of the Council "ade an application to the Prussian Minister, %ho attended a fe% da&s aftour conference' Count Arni" entered the cabinet, and beheld a Prussian -e%' So you see, my dea

Coningsby, that the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by

those who are not behind the scenes”. Coningsby, or The New Generation /01223 b& Ben4a"in Disraeli /5arl 6f Beaconsfield, for"erPri"e Minister of Great Britain3, Boo7 8, Chapter 98

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According to the Debt Cloc7 in )e% or7 Cit&, the national debt of the nited <tates of A"erica e$ceeded 0 trillion'

Andre% -ac7son

“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of

government to their selfish purposes Distinctions in societ& %ill al%a&s e$istunder e*er& 4ust go*ern"ent' 5(ualit& of talents, of education, or of %ealth can not be produced b& hu"an institutions' n the full en4o&"ent of the gifts of =ea*en andthe fruits of superior industr&, econo"&, and *irtue, e*er& "an is e(uall& entitledto protection b& la%# but when the laws underta!e to add to these natural and

"ust advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and e#clusive

privileges, to ma!e the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble

members of society$the farmers, mechanics, and laborers$who have neither

the time nor the means of securing li!e favors to themselves, have a right to

complain of the in"ustice of their %overnment &here are no necessary evils in

government Its evils e#ist only in its abuses f it %ould confine itself to e(ual protection, and, as =ea*en does its rains, sho%er its fa*ors ali7e on the high andthe lo%, the rich and the poor, it %ould be an un(ualified blessing'” . Andre% -ac7son, President of the nited <tates, in his 8eto Message regardingthe <econd Ban7 of the '<' on -ul& 0, 01E>



'ilderberg Meetings( A Conspiracy &heory)George +' Ball and Da*id ;oc7efeller on the Bilderberg Meetings, in their o%n %ords

George +' Ballnder '<' <ecretar& of <tate /0F00F3#

<enior Partner of eh"an Brothers Hban7I /0FF0F1>3

“5arl& in 0F@2, Cole"an and attended a "eeting in Paris at the "odest apart"ent of -oseph ;etingerJs assistant, -ohn Po"ia6n entering the roo", %e found not onl& Prince Bernhard but also Gu& Mollet, for"er <ocialist Pri"e Minister of the !ourth;epublic, and Antoine Pina&, a conser*ati*e e$Pri"eMinister . t%o "en %ho, thought, %ould rarel& be seen together at a

pri*ate conference' As a result of this and later "eetings, plans %ere "ade for our first session to be held at the =otel Bilderbat 6osterbee7, =olland' t %as an oldfashioned su""er hotel in a %ooded par7, and, concerned for the securit& of so "an&fa"ous guests, the go*ern"ent had established a plainclothes guard behind e*er& tree' A"used b& such highl& *isibleprecautions, told the Prince on the second da& that %as going stir cra&# %e then speculated on the chances of "& getting oof the hotel and to the "ain road %ithout getting shot' Thereafter, for t%ent&se*en &ears, our group "et at least once a &ear a(uiet retreat /usuall& a tourist hotel off season3 for t%o and a half da&s of serious discussion' n addition, there %ere s"all"eetings of the <teering Co""ittee, held until recentl& at <oestdi47 Palace, Prince BernhardJs countr& ho"e' 5$cept during &ears in the go*ern"ent, %as a "e"ber of the <teering Co""ittee fro" the for"ation of the group until 0FKF' Then theBilderberg founders turned it o*er to a &ounger group, although re"ain an ad*iser' ha*e attended e*er& Bilderberg "eetin%ith one e$ception' &he 'ilderberg meetings primarily concentrate on a single ob"ective( to try to clear up abrasive

problems and attitudes that could poison effective relations between America and Europe The "eetings are attended bthe "e"bers of a per"anent steering co""ittee of 5uropeans and A"ericans and b& other "en and %o"en of achie*e"ent a

co"petence speciall& in*ited on each occasion' Attendance is li"ited to roughl& eight& persons' Candor is assured by grourules that forbid anyone to discuss the meetings e#cept in the most general way or, in outside conversation, to attribute

e#pressed views to any individual At each meeting, there is a political and an economic problem to which the discussi

is addressed All *ie%s are ta7en as indi*idual e$pressions# no one spea7s for his go*ern"ent, his political part&, or an& otheorganiation' The real distinction of Bilderberg is not, ho%e*er, its ground rules but the e$traordinar& (ualit& of those %hoattend the "eetings' There is hardl& a "a4or political figure fro" 5urope or the nited <tates %ho has not been in*ited at leaonce' 6f the present or recent heads of go*ern"ent, =el"ut <ch"idt, the Ger"an Chancellor, has attended se*eral ti"es, anda"ong others %ho ha*e co"e one or "ore ti"es ha*e been 8aler& Giscard dJ5staing, =arold +ilson, -a"es Callaghan, 5d%=eath, Margaret Thatcher, ;ene Ple*en, Gu& Mollet, Pierre Mendes!rance, as %ell as Prince Philip, Denis =eale&, Dean ;uDean Acheson, =enr& Lissinger, and C&rus 8anceBilderbergJs "ost *aluable achie*e"ent has been to pro*ide for thede*elop"ent of eas& relations bet%een indi*iduals of disparate bac7grounds, eating, drin7ing, %al7ing . and constantl& tal7intogether in isolated settings' +hen 4oined the <tate Depart"ent in 0F0, %as alread& %ell ac(uainted %ith "ost +estern

leaders' <o"e 7ne% particularl& %ell, since %e had been together at Bilderberg on "ore than one occasion'”. The Past Has Another Pattern: Memoirs b& George +' Ball /published in 0F1>3, p' 0@0



Da*id ;oc7efeller Chair"an of the board of Chase Manhattan Ban7 /0FF0F103

“f the Council on foreign ;elations raises the hac7les of conspirac& theorists, the 'ilderberg meetings must induceapocalyptic visions of omnipotent international ban!ers plotting with unscrupulous government officials to impose

cunning schemes on an ignorant and unsuspecting world At the ris! of disappointing these conspiracy mongers, the

truth is that 'ilderberg is really an intensely interesting annual discussion group that debates issues of significance to

both Europeans and *orth Americans+ without reaching consensus Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands con*ened the firconference in Ma& 0F@2 at the urging of -oseph ;etinger, a Pole of aristocratic origins %ho had ser*ed %ith British intelligenduring +orld +ar ' ;etinger, a d&na"ic and energetic "an %ho spo7e %ith a hea*& accent and %al7ed %ith a pronouncedli"p, %as concerned about the tense relations %ithin the Atlantic co""unit&' =e persuaded Bernhard to con*ene a group of

pro"inent indi*iduals to discuss these "atters' %as one of ele*en A"ericans in*ited, and %e 4oined fift& delegates fro"ele*en +estern 5uropean countries . a li*el& "osaic of politicians, business"en, 4ournalists, and trade unionists' %assurprised to ha*e been in*ited in the first place and e*en "ore ta7en abac7 %hen ;etinger as7ed "e to prepare a bac7groundpaper on prospects for the %orld econo"& fro" the A"erican perspecti*e' ;etinger indicated that =ugh Gaits7ell, a for"erabour Chancellor of the 5$che(uer, had agreed to address the sa"e topic fro" the 5uropean point of *ie%' %as a bitinti"idated b& the prospect of going up against such a for"idable opponent' Gaits7ell foresa% a drear& and dis"al future' Bcontrast, "& paper predicted stead& econo"ic gro%th in the nited <tates and a strong reco*er& in the *olu"e of %orld trade'+ithin the &ear "& confident forecasts had been borne out' The paper undoubtedl& helped establish "& credibilit& %ith asophisticated group of senior politicians and business leaders' The conference had ser*ed a useful purpose, and the consensus%as that %e should "eet again the follo%ing &ear under the continuing chair"anship of Prince Bernhard' +e also decided to the gathering “Bilderberg” after the hotel in 6osterbee7 %here %e had first asse"bled' !or the first t%ent& &ears Bilderberg"eetings %ere "ar7ed b& the sharp clash of opposing *ie%s' 6nce 5urope reco*ered its econo"ic strength, "an& of the old

national ri*alries and suspicions began to resurface, along %ith a strong distrust of A"erican intentions and e*en accusations an A"erican dri*e for hege"on& in 5urope' These attitudes gre% in strength during the 0Fs and ca"e to a head in the 0FKas a result of the econo"ic disarra& of those &ears and the stead& i"pro*e"ent in '<'<o*iet relations resulting fro" detentethese fissures had not been addressed, the conse(uences for the Atlantic Alliance "ight ha*e been disastrous' hile it is not

'ilderberg-s role to resolve disputes among sovereign states, individual participants are free to report on what they ha

heard to those who do wield official power in their respective countries In ./01, 'ilderberg faced a scandal that almo

resulted in its collapse Early that year in testimony before the Senate 2oreign 3elations Committee, it was alleged tha

Prince 'ernhard had approached the 4oc!heed Corporation with an offer to use his official position to influence 5utc

defense procurement policies in return for a significant financial consideration As the year wore on, the evidence agai

'ernhard accumulated, including indications that he had met with intermediaries during 'ilderberg events &he ./01

conference was canceled, and it appeared for a time that 'ilderberg was finished Although there %ere se*eral indignanresignations and a fe% others %ho thought the "eetings had outli*ed their usefulness, "an& "ore belie*ed %e should tr& to fia %a& to 7eep the" going' A speciall& appointed co""ittee reco""ended that Bilderberg be continued but that "eetings be"odified to in*ol*e &ounger participants %ho %ould help di*ersif& the political *ie%points represented' ord Alec =o"e, threspected for"er British pri"e "inister, accepted the chair"anship, and the 0FKK "eeting in Tor(ua&, 5ngland, %as anoutstanding success' ord =o"e %as the first in a line of distinguished chair"en# +alter <cheel, the for"er president of the!ederal ;epublic of Ger"an&# ord ;oll of psden, chair"an of <BC +arburg# ord Carrington, a for"er British foreignsecretar&# and, "ost recentl&, 5tienne Da*ignon, the chair"an of the <ociete Generale de Belgi(ue' a" pleased to report thathe ne% "illenniu" begins, a rein*igorated Bilderberg continues to thri*e'”. Memoirs b& Da*id ;oc7efeller /published in >>3, p' 2020> /Chapter >K: Proud nternationalist3



Bilderberg Group "e"bers Da*id ;oc7efeller /left3 and George +' Ball "eet pri*atel& in an undated photo' Da*id ;oc7efeller anGeorge +' Ball %ere longti"e "e"bers of the Council on !oreign ;elations, a pri*ate political organiation in )e% or7 Cit&'/Photo: George +' Ball Papers, <eele& G' Mudd Manuscript ibrar& at Princeton ni*ersit&3

'<' <ecretar& of <tate Dean ;us7 /left3 and nder '<' <ecretar& of <tate George +' Ball /center3 confer %ith -oseph uns, !oreigMinister of the )etherlands, in +ashington, D'C' in an undated photo during the 0Fs' All three "en ha*e attended the BilderbergMeetings in the past'



-ose Manuel Barroso /left3, President of the 5uropean Co""ission, and -eanClaude Trichet /right3, President of 5uropeanCentral Ban7, attend a ne%s conference follo%ing a su""it to discuss the international financial crisis at the 5l&see Palace inParis on 6ctober 2, >1' 6ose Manuel 'arroso and 6ean+Claude &richet attended the 7889 'ilderberg Meetings held in

:ersailles, 2rance from .;+.< May 7889 and attended the 788; 'ilderberg Meetings held in 3ottach+Egern, %ermany

from ;+< May 788; /;euters3

5uropean nion diplo"ats sign the ne% 5uropean nion constitution at the Apparta"ento dei Conser*atori, <ala degli 6rai Curiai, before the brone statue of Pope nnocent 9, in Capitoline =ill in ;o"e, tal& on 6ctober >F, >2'

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0he 0reaty of 8ome as signed &y estern %ro+ean di+lomats at the Pala99o dei Conser2atori on Ca+itoline #ill in 8ome, Italy on March6:;. 0he 0reaty of 8ome, officially the 0reaty esta&lishing the %ro+ean %conomic Commnity (0%%C), as an international agreement ted to the fonding of the %ro+ean %conomic Commnity (%%C) on 3anary , 6:<. The Bilderberg Group played a prominent role inestablishing both the European Economic Community and the European Union.

0he Maastricht 0reaty (formally the 0reaty on %ro+ean !nion) as signed &y the mem&ers of the %ro+ean Commnity in Maastricht,'etherlands on Fe&rary ;, 66. 0he signing of the Maastricht 0reaty led to the creation of the %ro+ean !nion and the %ro crrency.



The “so*ereign” countries of Portugal, <pain, !rance, Ger"an&, tal&, )etherlands, Belgiu", u$e"bourg, Austria, Greece,reland, and !inland ha*e discarded their o%n currencies and no% use the 5uro dollar as their official currenc&' 6ther 5uropenion countries "aintain their o%n currenc&' People li*ing in the 5uropean nion countries can tra*el fro" one 5uropeannion countr& to another 5uropean nion countr& %ithout passports and *isas'

*B=!0 0#% *!0#=87William P. Litynski ser2ed in the !.". *rmy from "e+tem&er --5'o2em&er -->, +rimarily in the First *rmored Di2ision in 1ermany (*+a0roo+, 5 C*?, Bdingen)@ he as de+loyed to IraA (near Baghdad) from *+ril --/ ntil 3ly -->. #e attended Crest2ie #igh "chool iCrest2ie, Florida from 6645--- and gradated in ---. #e li2ed at okota *ir Base, 3a+an (!.". *ir Force &ase near 0okyo) from 6<;66/. (#is mother is from 3a+an, and his grandfather as drafted tice &y the Im+erial 3a+anese 'a2y dring World War II.) William P.Litynski has tra2eled etensi2ely and has 2isited 0okyo, London, Paris, 8ome, Berlin, ?ienna, Brssels, Lem&org City, Mnich, Frankfam Main, 'e ork City, Washington D.C., Boston, Philadel+hia, Chicago, "eattle, and Dallas. (%5mail7 +l/>yahoo.com)



Longtime Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ant %tienne Da2ignon deli2ers a s+eech at a conference.

%tienne Da2ignon (left), President of Friends of %ro+e, meets ith %ro+ean Commission President 3os Manel Barroso at a conferenceBrssels, Belgim on =cto&er , -. (Photo7 htt+7EEec.ero+a.eEa2ser2icesE+hotoE+hotoDetails'es.cfmsitelangGenHridG<<)

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0hierry de Mont&rial (left), President and fonder of the WPC, greets Mario Monti, Prime Minister of Italy, dring a WPC -conference held in Cannes, France on Decem&er <, -. Thierry de Montbrial and Mario Monti are regular BilderbergMeetings participants. (Photo7 World Policy Conference)

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3osef *ckermann, Chairman of the &oard of Jrich Insrance 1ro+ Ltd and former C%= of Detsche Bank, deli2ers a s+eech at the WorldPolicy Conference - (WPC -) meeting in Cannes, France on Decem&er 6, -. (Photo7 World Policy Conference)

3ean5Clade 0richet, former President of the %ro+ean Central Bank, deli2ers a s+eech at the World Policy Conference - (WPC -)meeting in Cannes, France on Decem&er 6, -. (Photo7 World Policy Conference)

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Prominent %ro+ean +oer&rokers attend the World Policy Conference - (WPC -) meeting in Cannes, France on Decem&er 6, -From left to right7 3ean5Clade 0richet, Former President of the %ro+ean Central Bank@ 0hierry de Mont&rial, President and fonder of theWPC@ 3osef *ckermann, Chairman of the Board of Jrich Insrance 1ro+ Ltd, Former C%= of the Detsche Bank@ 3ean5Michel "e2erino,C%= of In2estissers et Partenaires. 0richet, Mont&rial, and *ckermann attended the - Bilder&erg Meetings in 66:, -->, --:, --<--6, and -. (Photo7 World Policy Conference)

Left +hoto7 Front co2er of the Friday, 3ne 6, --4 edition of Ottawa Citizen, a Canadian nes+a+er 8ight +hoto7 ?ernon 3ordan, #enry $issinger, and other financial, cor+orate, and +olitical +oer&rokers meet &ehind closeddoors at an e+ensi2e hotel at one of the annal Bilder&erg Meetings to discss economics, +olitics, and glo&ali9ation.







Pascal Lamy (left), Director-General of the World Trade rgani!ation "WT#, and 8o&ert Joellick, $resident of the WorldBan%, attend a meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, 1ermany on *+ril <, --. $ascal &amy and 'obert (oellic% attendethe Bilderberg Meetings together in )**+, )**, )*, and )*).

0imothy F. 1eithner (left), U./. /ecretary of the Treasury, shakes hand ith Mario Monti, $rime Minister of 0taly, after theitalks in Milan, Italy on 0hrsday, Decem&er <, -. 1eithnerKs 2isit to %ro+e comes on the e2e of a smmit of %ro+eaneaders Friday that cold yield a +lan for resol2ing the crisis. Timothy 1. Geithner and Mario Monti attended the BilderberMeetings together from )**2 to )**3. (Photo7 1etty Images)



3ean5Clade 0richet, former President of the %ro+ean Central Bank, deli2ers a s+eech at the World Policy Conference -(WPC -) meeting in Cannes, France on Decem&er 6, -. (Photo7 World Policy Conference)

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8ichard Perle stands in front of Lenins 0om& in Mosco, 8ssia on May 6, --4. 8ichard Perle attended the --4 Bilder&eMeetings conference held in =ttaa, Canada from <5 3ne --4. (Photo7 FlickrE3oanna Potts)

Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ant Carl Bildt, the Foreign Minister of "eden, deli2ers a s+eech at the !nited 'ations in 'e oCity on "e+tem&er <, -. (Photo7 !nited 'ations)

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Bilderberg Meetings participant =enr& Lissinger attends a "eeting' /"age: eon !arrellNPhotocall reland3

Bilderberg regulars =enr& Lissinger /left3 and Da*id ;oc7efeller /right3 attend an Asia <ociet& part& in >'



'ilderberg 'arons on the front cover of Time maga=ine

Left7 President of Chase Manhattan Bank Da4id 'oc%efeller ("e+tem&er ;, 64)8ight7 Fiat chairman Gio4anni 5gnelli (3anary ;, 646)

Left7 Chancellor of West 1ermany 6elmut /chmidt (3ne , 6;6)8ight7 Former !nited "tates "ecretary of "tate 6enry 7issinger (March , 6<)



Miscellaneous $hotos of the 0naugural Bilderberg Meetings in May 82

0he first Bilder&erg Meetings as held at the #otel de Bilder&erg (a&o2e) in =oster&eek, 'etherlands, a small ton near*rnhem (the site of a maor World War II &attle) from May 65/, 6:>.



Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands +resides o2er the inagral Bilder&erg Meetings at #otel de Bilder&erg in =oster&eek, 'etherlands in M6:>. 0he inagral Bilder&erg Meetings ere held from May 65/, 6:>, three eeks after the Commnist ?ietnamese gerillas defeatethe French army at the Battle of Dien Bien Ph. 0he inagral Bilder&erg Meetings occrred dring the ongoing 1ene2a Conference (*+ri6:>5 3ly -, 6:>) &eteen France, Britain, "o2iet !nion, Commnist China, and *merica.

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Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands presides o*er the inaugural Bilderberg Meetings at =otel de Bilderberg in 6osterbee7,)etherlands in Ma& 0F@2' /<ource: George C' McGhee Papers at Georgeto%n ni*ersit& ibrar&3

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Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands presides o*er the inaugural Bilderberg Meetings at =otel de Bilderberg in 6osterbee7,

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Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands presides o*er the inaugural Bilderberg Meetings at =otel de Bilderberg in 6osterbee7,)etherlands in Ma& 0F@2' A"ong the participants seated in the bac7ground include: Paul =' )ite /far left, later '<' <ecretaof the )a*&3, George C' McGhee /Erd fro" left, in the sa"e ro% as )ite# later '<' A"bassador to +est Ger"an&3, and Geor+' Ball /bac7ground, Erd fro" right, >nd ro% of tables# later nder '<' <ecretar& of <tate3'/<ource: George C' McGhee Papers at Georgeto%n ni*ersit& ibrar&3http:NNtherundo%nli*e'co"Nproofofthebilderbergconspirac&0actualdocu"entsno%publicphotosNOsthash'<L4Pptf'dp

Former !.". President Bill Clinton (left) and former Prime Minister of 1reat Britain 0ony Blair (right) attended the Bilder&erg Meeitngs onc





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Dr' -oseph =' ;etinger Co""unit& 6rganier and Co!ounder of The Bilderberg Group

T=5 BD5;B5;G G;6PB& Dr' -oseph =' ;etinger August 0F@

A few years ago a large number of people began to feel an#ious about a growing distrust of America which was ma!ing itsel

manifest in estern Europe and which was paralleled by a similar distrust of estern Europe in America &his feeling cau

considerable apprehension on both sides of the Atlantic and in ./;7 I felt that it was of the first importance to try to remove

this suspicion, distrust, and lac! of confidence which threatened to "eopardi=e the post+war wor! of the estern Allies

therefore approached =';'=' Prince Bernhard, Dr' Paul ;&7ens, and M' Paul *an eeland %ith the suggestion that %e shouldorganie so"e unofficial and pri*ate "eetings to discuss the difficulties and dangers %hich %ere causing us so "uch an$iet&' To the"eetings %e %ould in*ite influential and reliable people %ho carried the respect of those %or7ing in the field of national andinternational affairs and %hose personal contact %ith "en at the su""it of public acti*it& could help to s"ooth o*er these difficulti

Acting on the ad*ice of "& three friends, approached about a doen other people, *i': Mr' =ugh Gaits7ell, Ma4orGeneral <ir ColGubbins, Mr' 6le B4orn Lraft, M' Gu& Mollet, Dr ;udolf Mueller, M' Antoine Pina&, M'P' Pipinelis, M' Ma$ Brauer, Marshal of th;'A'!' ord Portal of =ungerford, A"bassador Quaroni, and <ignor de Gasperi' n our *ie% the i"pro*e"ent of relations bet%eenA"erica and 5urope ought not to be underta7en through an& special publicit& or propaganda, since it %as of far greater conse(uencus to ha*e "utual understanding and good%ill a"ong "en occup&ing the highest positions in the life of each countr& than to tr& toinfluence the "an in the street directl&'

+e had to consider ho% it %ould be possible to hold fran7 and full discussions on these proble"s' n official international "eetings%hich are attended b& representati*es acco"panied b& a retinue of e$perts and ci*il ser*ants, there are fe% opportunities fordiscussion, for three reasons:

0' Through fear of indiscretion, representati*es discuss onl& the proble"s, not their "utual reactions or the reactions those proble"s %ould pro*o7e a"ong the +estern countries'>' The& are s%a"ped b& details and practical considerations instead of being able to go to the core of the sub4ect underdiscussion'ER f the& are not able to reach agree"ent on a certain point the& shel*e it in order to a*oid gi*ing the i"pression of disunit&

Conse(uentl&, incidents occur %hich could ha*e been foreseen and %hich are al"ost una*oidable in such circu"stances'

6n the other hand, %hen international "eetings ta7e place bet%een representati*es of onl& a fe% countries not all interrelatedproble"s can be discussed, because there is no ade(uate representation to e"phasie the points of all indi*idual countries'

!inall&, the leaders of public life are not onl& politicians' 6ther big interests . religious, financial, industrial, tradeunionist,intellectual . are also responsible for the relationship a"ong countries'

The second point %e had to consider consisted in ensuring that fran7 con*ersations could ta7e place %ithout running the ris7 of bein"isinterpreted b& the press and that there should be no inter"inable speeches for the sa7e of publicit&' t %as clear, therefore, that scon*ersations had to be conducted pri*atel&, unofficiall&, and confidentiall&, and for this reason %e decided not to ad"it the press tour "eetings, restricting publicit& in general to one or t%o *er& short co""uni(ues %hich do not go into an& details, nor "ention aindi*idual spea7ers, in order to ensure that neither the sub4ect of our discussions nor the na"es of the participants should be gi*en apublicit&' 5$perience has pro*ed this course to be the right one, since our debates ta7e place in a spirit of co"plete fran7ness anddiscretion, and participants are ne*er afraid that an&thing the& sa& %ill be used against the"'



5*er&bod& %ho attends our "eetings does so in his pri*ate capacit& e*en if he is the leader of a go*ern"ent, a part&, or an associatiand thus he is not responsible to his supporters for an&thing he "a& sa&'

In order not to be accused of starting an unofficial political >mafia?, we decided from the outset not to consider ourselves a

policy+ma!ing body but to have as our principal aim the smoothing over of difficulties and tendencies among countries and

finding of a common approach in the various fields @ political, cultural, economic, and social Moreover, we do not contemp

ta!ing any direct action +e dra% the attention of e$isting organiations to the points in (uestion# %hat those organiations dore"ains their o%n responsibilit&' !or this side of our %or7, ho%e*er, %e ha*e al%a&s had the tacit appro*al of the Go*ern"ents of tcountries to %hich the participants belong'

+e ha*e tried to attract to our group, and our atte"pt has been successful, people of *arious tendencies, although %e ha*e notconsidered it necessar& to ha*e a representati*e of e*er& tendenc& of e*er& national group' +e thin7 there is no necessit& for instanto ha*e e*er& Catholic countr& represented b& a Catholic and e*er& Protestant countr& represented b& a Protestant' +e belie*e that %should in*ite to our group a certain nu"ber of Catholics %here*er the& "a& co"e fro", as long as the& ha*e full authorit& %ithin thsphere of influence, and of course this applies e(uall& to Protestants' n the sa"e %a& %ith tradeunionists, it has not pro*ed necessato ha*e a representati*e of trade unionists fro" all the +estern 5uropean countries' !or this reason also it has been our custo" toin*ite representati*es in the proportion of onethird politicians and onefifth business "en and tradeunionists, the re"ainder beingintellectuals, professional "en, and other leaders of public opinion' The first essential is undoubtedl& to ha*e "en of absolute persoand political integrit&# the second, to ha*e "en of real international standing, or %hose position in their o%n countries is such as togi*e the" considerable influence in at least an i"portant section of the population, "en %ho in their o%n field hold a position ofauthorit& and en4o& the confidence of their fello%"en# the third, to ha*e "en %ith no ob*ious nationalistic bias and %ho are broad"inded %hen it co"es to other peopleSs proble"s %hich "a& conflict %ith their o%n# last, but not least, "en %ho, in addition to the(ualifications 4ust "entioned, can be considered as ani"ated b& the highest public spirit'

t %as further decided that to ensure all these conditions no official organiation or association %ould be set up, and no part&, tendenor interest as7ed to no"inate their representati*es' nstead, %e %ould choose the people to be in*ited to ta7e part in our "eetings,"ostl& guided b& the nature of the sub4ects to be discussed, and using great care to preser*e a strict balance' This decision has pro*e%ise one' +e hold roundtable conferences %ith people %ho" %e belie*e represent the general opinion of the leaders of their countAt our "eetings, ho%e*er, %e dra% conclusions, but there is no *oting on resolutions'

6ur chair"an is =';'=' Prince Bernhard' At our first "eeting, ho%e*er, M' *an eeland presided, %hile at our first internationalgathering at Bilderberg the chair"anship %as held in rotation, as follo%s: Prince Bernhard, a Belgian, an A"erican' !or *ariousreasons it %as later decided that it %ould be better to ha*e one chair"an, and to the satisfaction and pleasure of all concerned=';'=' Prince Bernhard accepted this position' =e is the con*enor of our international "eetings, o*er %hich he also presides' a""&self responsible for all the spade%or7 for the group as a %hole, as %ell as for the "e"bers for +estern 5urope, %hile Mr' -oseph-ohnson underta7es si"ilar %or7 in the A"erican group' Mr' Paul ;&7ens is the superintendent of our treasur&'

A <teering Co""ittee has no% been set up %hich is co"posed of the original "e"bers on the 5uropean side, e$cept that the late<ignor de Gasperi has been replaced b& <ignor A"intore !anfani' n addition, the follo%ing persons ha*e beco"e "e"bers: <irTerence Aire&, Mr' -ens Christian =auge, Mr' D' =eale&, Mr' 5' )' *an Lleffens, Mr' ;eginald Maudling, Mr' Alfred ;obens,Professor Carlo <ch"id, and Mr' 6tto +olff *on A"erongen' 6n the A"erican side there are -i*e "e"bers in addition to Mr'-ohnson, *i': Mr' George Ball, Mr' -ohn =' !erguson, Mr' =' -' =ein, Mr' George )ebolsine, and Mr' Dean ;us7'

<o far as participants in the international conferences are concerned, the "ain core re"ains the sa"e, but since there are al%a&sdifferent proble"s to be studied different people "ust be in*ited to each conference'

t is our desire to 7eep this group as a loosel& 7nit association %ith no rules of procedure e$cept those ac(uired b& e$perience' !or treason, and because of the fact that there are no properl& established offices, the central office ha*ing been set up in "& o%n flat, th

running e$penses are *er& s"all' Moreo*er "&self as honorar& secretar& in*ol*e the group in no financial obligations# onl& "&i""ediate collaborators, consisting of not "ore than four people, recei*e an& re"uneration' Apart fro" the cost of running the offithe e$penses consist "ainl& in co*ering the cost of "eetings of the <teering Co""ittee and of international conferences' t "ust beadded, ho%e*er, that the hospitalit& at these conferences is al%a&s offered b& the host countr&, %hile the cost of the %or7 of thesecretariat, si"ultaneous interpretation, translation, printing, etc', is borne b& the international secretariat' The total e$pendituretherefore is s"all and has so far been co*ered co"pletel& b& pri*ate subscriptions' Thus the "one& recei*ed or spent has no stringspolitical or other%ise, attached to it'

Most of the &ear 0F@> %as spent in pri*ate consultations bet%een t%o or three people' A first "eeting %as held in Paris on >@<epte"ber 0F@> and %as attended b& all the original "e"bers of the group: Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, Mr' =ugh Gaits7el<ir Colin Gubbins, M' Gu& Mollet, Dr' ;udolf Mueller, M' Antoine Pina&, M' P' Pipinelis, Dr' -' =' ;etinger, Mr' Paul ;&7ens, andM' Paul *an eeland' The onl& t%o %ho could not attend %ere ord Portal and <ignor de Gasperi' At this "eeting %e discussed %h



could be done to i"pro*e A"erican 5uropean relations and on the initiati*e of M' *an eeland %e decided to set up a correspondingroup in the nited <tates'

n )o*e"ber 0F@> %ent to the nited <tates' <oon after%ards ca"e =';'=' Prince Bernhard and, finall&, M' *an eeland' +eapproached certain "e"bers of the De"ocratic ad"inistration %hich %as still in office' Mr' A*erell =arri"an %as especiall&interested in this %or7, but of course the ne% ad"inistration had to be consulted and, on the ad*ice of "e"bers of the Tru"anad"inistration, %e approached ;epublican leaders' =';'=' Prince Bernhard, M' *an eeland and "&self contacted a large nu"ber A"ericans of both parties and their reaction %as al%a&s *er& good' 6%ing to the change of ad"inistration and for other practicalreasons, it too7 so"e ti"e to for" an A"erican group' !inall&, ho%e*er, through the good offices of Mr' C' D' -ac7son and Mr' -oCole"an, an A"erican group %as constituted and it %as decided to call a conference %hich actuall& too7 place in Bilderberg fro" >

to E0 Ma& 0F@2'

ater on Mr' Cole"an %as obliged, on account of illness, to retire fro" the chair"anship of the A"erican tea" and %as succeeded bMr' Dean ;us7' t %as thought useful to appoint an A"erican honorar& secretar&, %ho %as, and still is, Mr' -oseph 5' -ohnson'During the four &ears %hich follo%ed, other countries %ere in*ited to 4oin in our %or7 and participantsR fro" the follo%ing 5uropeacountries ha*e been present at our "eetings: Austria, Belgiu", Den"ar7, !rance, Ger"an&, Greece, tal&, the )etherlands, )or%a&Portugal, <%eden, and <%iterland' !ro" outside 5urope, apart fro" A"ericans, %e ha*e had at our conferences personalities fro"Canada, Australia, )e% ealand and Pa7istan' <o far four plenar& conferences ha*e been held:0' Bilderberg, 6osterbee7, =olland >FE0 Ma& 0F@2>' Barbion, !rance 01> March 0F@@ER Gar"ischParten7irchen, Ger"an& >E>@ <epte"ber 0F@@2R !redensborg, Den"ar7 000E Ma& 0F@

The the"es discussed %ere:The attitude to%ards Co""unis" and the <o*iet nion'The attitude to%ards dependent areas and peoples o*erseas'The attitude to%ards econo"ic policies and proble"s'The attitude to%ards 5uropean integration and the 5uropean Defence Co""unit&'Co""unist infiltration in *arious +estern countries'The nco""itted Peoples:

(a) political and ideological aspects#(b) econo"ic aspects'

Article > of the )orth Atlantic Treat&'The political and strategic aspects of ato"ic energ&'The reunification of Ger"an&'5uropean unit&'The industrial aspects of ato"ic energ&'5cono"ic proble"s :

(a) 5ast+est trade'(b) The political aspects of con*ertibilit&'(c) 5$pansion of international trade'

The causes of the gro%th of anti+estern blocs, in particular in the nited )ations'The role pla&ed b& anticolonialis" in the relations bet%een Asians and +esterners'A co""on approach b& the +estern %orld to%ards China and the e"ergent nations of <outh and 5ast Asia'The Co""unist ca"paign for political sub*ersion or control of the ne%l& e"ancipated countries of Asia'=o% best the +est can "eet Asian re(uire"ents in the technical and econo"ic fields'

A <teering Co""ittee %as for"ed fro" the original founders of the group, in %hich the A"ericans "entioned abo*e no% participa

<ub4ects %hich do not need a long preparation as far as papers to be presented are concerned, and for %hich an attendance of fifteent%ent& people see"s sufficient, are discussed fro" ti"e to ti"e in this s"aller group'

<ince the group is not a polic&"a7ing bod&, its principal ob4ect being to s"ooth o*er difficulties bet%een +estern 5urope and thenited <tates %ith a *ie% to i"pro*ing their "utual relations, together %ith difficulties a"ong 5uropean countries or e*en certaine$tra5uropean countries, it %ould be i"possible to define %hat the group has achie*ed' +e certainl& pro*ide a "eetingplace for*arious distinguished personalities ha*ing authorit& in their o%n particular fields of action' +e ha*e found that an e$change of *ie%is *er& helpful, and "a& so"eti"es produce ne% ideas, and that in a %a& the group "a& be a factor& of initiati*e' +e decided,ho%e*er, that none of the ne% ideas and initiati*es %ould be de*eloped b& the group, but that the& should be passed on to so"epersons or organiation %ho could further de*elop the"'

=o% and %hen the non5uropean personalities, especiall& the A"erican, 4oined our group %ill be e$plained later'



)e%spaper Articles and Associated Press <tories on the Bilderberg Meetings

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April >, 0F@PHI4IP & 4ABE CM

6)D6) /;euters3 U Prince Philip, husband of Queen 5liabeth, left here b& plane Thursda& for a7e Co"o, in northerntal&, to attend the 0F@ Bilderberg "eeting, an infor"al conference on %orld affairs'<ource: The <po7es"an;e*ie%, !rida&, April >, 0F@# !ront Page

April , 0F@*A& SEC3E&A3 C*2E3S I* 3ME

;6M5, April /P3 U )AT6 <ecretar& General Manlio Brosio conferred here %ith talian Pre"ier Aldo Moro, !oreignMinister Ad"intore !anfani and President Gluseppe <aragat' =e arri*ed b& train fro" )orthern tal&, %here he attended the%ee7end Bilderberg conference at Co"o'<ource: The Pittsburgh Press, Tuesda&, April , 0F@# Page 2

!ebruar& >@, 0FK@D&HI*B &A*B- SCHE54E5 * I*24A&I*

The =ague, )etherlands /AP3 U More than 0 business, scientific and political leaders fro" the nited <tates and 5urope hbeen in*ited to attend the 0FK@ Bilderberg "eeting at "ir, Tur7e&, April >2>K'

The topic of discussion %ill be “nflation and ts 5ffects'” Directors of central ban7s of "an& +estern countries and trade uniofficials as %ell as Tur7e&Js top officials, are e$pected to attend'

The "eeting %ill be held under the chair"anship of )etherlandsJ Prince Bernhard, %ho founded the Bilderberg "eetings >0&ears ago in a personal atte"pt to pro"ote the cause of Atlantic har"on&'

Bernhard, no% E, belie*es in the benenfites of an international “thin7 tan7'” The first asse"bl& %as held in 0F@2 at theBilderberg =otel near Arnhe" in eastern =olland' The annual "eeting has ta7en its na"e fro" the original hotel site' <incethen "eetings ha*e been held in different countries %ith different paticipants each &ear'

Past guests ha*e included '<' President Gerald !ord, %hen he still %as in the =ouse of ;epresentati*es' '<' <ecretar& of <

=enr& Lissinger, another for"er participant, has been in*ited to attend the "ir "eeting and the ne% leader of the BritishConser*ati*e Part&, Mrs' Margaret Thatcher, has also been in*ited'

Main spea7ers at the Bilderberg "eetings are allo%ed 0 "inutes, %hile others are li"ited to fi*e' Papers %ritten b& bothA"erican and 5uropean participants are distributed in 5nglish and !rench, the conferenceJs t%o languages'

The ai" of the conference is to bring %orld leaders together to spea7 freel& %ithout publicit&' )e%s"en are usuall& barred anno infor"ation about the proceedings is gi*en out before the end of the "eeting'

<ource: The Mil%au7ee -ournal, Tuesda&, !ebruar& >@, 0FK@# Page 00 of Part >

April >0, 0FK1ES&E3* 4EA5E3S ASSEM'4E

)5+ 6;L /AP3 U Protected b& a phalan$ of securit& agents, 02 leaders of )orth A"erica and +estern 5urope begangathering in Princeton, )'-', Thursda& for pri*ate discussions of "utual proble"s' The "eeting, %hich ta7es its na"e fro" thfirst conference held in 0F@2 at Bilderberg, the )etherlands, %ill be held at the =enr& Chaunce& Conference Center through<unda&' As usual, no outsiders %ill be allo%ed to attend the sessions, officials said at a Thursda& ne%s conference at the Dra=otel' “t isnJt secret, itJs pri*ate,” e$plained ord =o"e, a for"er British pri"e "inister %ho too7 o*er as chair"an of theBilderberg 00N> &ears ago'<ource: The <po7es"an;e*ie%, !rida&, April >0, 0FK1# Page E

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April >2, 0FK13SS A3MS, EC*MICS 5ISCSSE5

P;)C5T6), )'-' /AP3 U The rich and the po%erful e"erged <unda& fro" a secluded threeda& "eeting at %hich the&pondered the state of the +estern %orld, concentrating on national econo"ies and the <o*iet "ilitar& buildup'

At a ne%s conference in Princeton after the Bilderberg Meeting in nearb& a%rence To%nship, for"er British pri"e "inisterord =o"e said the conferees had concluded that recognition of the <o*iet buildup i"pro*ed the prospects for %orld peace'

=e said the conference %as do"inated b& discussions of <o*iet con*entional %eapons and the need to get +estern econo"ies

"o*ing again'

The "eeting attracted 02 )orth A"erican and 5uropean leaders, including bignle% Breins7i, President CarterJs nationalsecurit& ad*iser# <%edish Pri"e Minister Thorb4ornn !alidin# Chase Manhattan Ban7 Chair"an Da*id ;oc7efeller# for"er<ecretar& of <tate =enr& Lissinger# +est Ger"an Parli"entar& <ecretar& of <tate Andreas *on Bulo%# and )AT6 Co""andAle$ander M' =aig'

The& "et, ate and slept in secrec& in a cluster of shingled buildings in %hat %as once a far"erJs field and is no% the =enr&Chaunce& Conference Center on the grounds of the 5ducational Testing <er*ice'

=o"e, the chair"an, ga*e fe% specifics of %hat had been said'

<ource: The <po7es"an;e*ie%, Monda&, April >2, 0FK1# Page E

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<T6CL=6M, <%eden /P3 U T%o hundred de"onstrators protesting '<' polic& in Central A"erica chanted “Lissinger,"urderer” to the tune of a brass band outside a "eeting of top %estern leaders'

=enr& Lissinger plans to address toda& an elite group of 0plus +estern leaders attending the tople*el Bilderberg "eetingthe seaside <alts4obaden chateau on <toc7hol"Js archipelago'

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April >E, 0FK0345 4EA5E3S MEE& I* :E3M*& & 5ISCSS EC*M

+66D<T6CL, 8T' /AP3 U Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands and other leaders fro" the %orlds of go*ern"ent, ban7ing abusiness gather toda& for the opening of the Bilderberg Meeting, an annual discussion of econo"ic affairs b& delegates fro"5urope and )orth A"erica'

Prince Bernhard, arri*ing in Boston Thursda& on his %a& to the "eeting, told a ne%s conference the threeda& gathering %illinclude such delegates as =enr& Lissinger, +hite =ouse ad*isor to President )i$on# Donald <' MacDonald, Canadian "inistof national defense, "e"bers of the '<' Congress and officials of 5uropean go*ern"ents'

The purpose of the "eetings, Prince Bernhard said at a ne%s conference Thursda&, is to pro"ote understanding a"ong +estenations' Prince Bernhard organied the "eetings 0K &ears ago' This %ill be the third held in the nited <tates'

Announced topics this &ear are “the contribution of business in dealing %ith current proble"s of social instabilit& and thepossibilit& of a change of the A"erican role in the %orld and its conse(uences'”

The topics %ere *ague, Prince Bernhard said, because “itJs frightfull& difficult to la& do%n discussion topics si$ "onths aheadthe "eeting' <o"ething al%a&s happens in the "eanti"e that people %ant to tal7 about'”

&he meetings will be private >People spea! more freely if they !now they-re not being Fuoted,? said Prince 'ernhard>&hat-s the only reason?

A"ong those scheduled to attend are '<' <en' Adlai 5' <te*enson , Dll'# =' <i"onet, "e"ber of the Belgiu" Parlia"entand president of Brussels ni*ersit&# Da*id ;oc7efeller, board chair"an of the Chase Manhattan ban7 of )e% or7# ;obertBourassa, pri"e "inister of Quebec, Canada# 6sborn 5lliott, president of )e%s%ee7 "againe# Gerhard <chroder, for"erGer"an "inister of foreign affairs and "e"ber of the Bundestag# C&rus 8ance, for"er '<' under secretar& of defense'6thers include ;a&"ond Cartier, director of ParisMatch "againe# nge"und Bengtsson, <%edish "inister of agriculture#;eginald Maudling, British secretar& of state for ho"e affairs# '<' ;ep' =enr& <' ;euss, D+&o', '<' ;ep Donald +' ;ieg;Mich'# Baron 5d"ond de ;othschild of !rance# <ir !rederic Bennett, "e"ber of the British Parlia"ent# George +' Ball,for"er '<' Delegate to the nited )ations'

6thers include ;obert 6' Anderson, board chair"an of Atlantic ;ichfield Co'# 5gon Bahr, Ger"an state secretar& in the federchanceller&# George Tho"son, British "e"ber of Parlia"ent# -ohn T' Dunlop, dean of the !acult& of Arts and <ciences at

=ar*ard ni*ersit&# '<' ;ep' Donald M' !raser, DMinn'# '<' ;ep' Peter ='B' !relinghu&sen, ;)'-'# Bill Mo&ers, for"erpublisher of )e%sda&# =o%ard <tein, president of Dre&fus Corp', t' Gen' -ohn +' 8ogt, director of the -oint Chiefs of <taff

Participants are fro" Belgiu", Canada, Den"ar7, !inland, !rance, Ger"an&, tal&, )etherlands, )or%a&, <%eden, <%iterlanTur7e&, nited Lingdo" and nited <tates'

The "eeting %ill cost 0>, to conduct, said Prince Bernhard, and is funded b& pri*ate contributions'

Participants are chosen b& steering co""ittee, of %hich Prince Bernhard is chair"an'

<ource: The Telegraph, !rida&, April >E, 0FK0# Page F

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-ul& E, 0FK2D&HI*B &A*B- P3M&ES &3A*SA&4A*&IC HA3M*

B& -ohn GaleAssociated Press +riter

AM<T5;DAM, the )etherlands /AP3 . tJs been > &ears since Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands first produced his for"ufor pro"oting the cause of transatlantic har"on&'

=e introduced the idea of an international thin7 tan7, co"prising top people fro" the nited <tates and +estern 5urope, ablespea7 %ith total fran7ness on issues ruffling the Atlantic alliance'

Bernhard ga*e the participants pri*ac&' The thin7 tan7 %as al"ost her"eticall& sealed fro" the press'

The first asse"bl& %as held in 0F@2 at the secluded Bilderberg =otel l&ing in %ooded countr&side not far fro" Arnhe",=olland' The na"e of the hotel caught on and the Bilderberg group has continued to "eet in different countries %ith differenparticipants' Al%a&s, ho%e*er, the chair"an has been Bernhard, the Ger"anborn prince %ho "arried Queen -uliana %hile s%as a princess' Bernhard later fought %ith the Allies in +orld +ar '

Gerald ;' !ord attended t%o Bilderberg "eetings long before he beca"e *ice president of the nited <tates'

>ou don-t really belong to the organi=ationG one gets an invitation from the prince,? 2ord said in ./1;

At *arious other ti"es, the prince has re(uested and obtained the presence of =enr& A' Lissinger . 0FK0, +oodstoc7, 8t' .=el"ut <ch"idt, no% +est Ger"an chancellor . 0FKE, <alts4obaden, <%eden . for"er '<' <ecretaries of <tate Dean ;us7 aChristian A' =erter# Tho"as 5' De%e&, for"er go*ernor of )e% or7 and t%ice ;epublican presidential no"inee# for"erBritish Pri"e Minister 5d%ard =eath, A"intore !anfani of tal& and so on'

Bernhard pro"ised the conferees pri*ac&, and the 0FK2 "eeting in April %as no e$ception'

t %as held in a lu$ur& hotel at the !rench s7i resort of Mege*e' Before the "eeting, Bernhard entered the do%nto%n presscenter, the Mege*e <ports =all, %hich %as practicall& surrounded b& police for the occasion'

=e announced %ho had been in*ited to the "eeting and %hat the topic %ould be' =e then declared there %ould be no "oreinfor"ation on the threeda& session and according to one !rench ne%s"an aroused the %rath of asse"bled 4ournalists b&

adding: “n fact, %e 4ust donJt %ant &ou around'”

3eporters were never allowed to enter the hotel where the sessions were held

There %as onl& one topic at the "eeting: prospects for the Atlantic %orld'

5ight& persons %ere in*ited and a"ong those A"ericans %ho turned up %ere )AT6 co""ander Gen' Andre% Goodpaster#for"er '<' ndersecretar& of <tate George Ball, Da*id ;oc7efeller, head of the Chase Manhattan Ban7, and <en' +alter !'Mondale, DMinn'

Man& of those in*ited fro" !rance sta&ed a%a& because of the !rench elections'

'ernhard has made it clear that participants who deal with the press won-t be invited bac!

Apart fro" that, he li7es to change the faces' There is often a @ per cent s%itch in representation fro" one &ear to the ne$t'

Procedures ha*e beco"e %ell established' The "ain spea7ers get 0 "inutes, other participants are li"ited to fi*e' Papers%ritten b& both A"erican and 5uropean participants are distributed in 5nglish and !rench, the t%o languages of the conferenc8otes are ne*er ta7en and titles are ne*er used' A go*ern"ent official or an a"bassador is plain "ister' Bernhard is Mr'Chair"an'

=e is often acco"panied to the "eetings b& the eldest of his four daughters, Princess Beatri$, heiress to the Dutch throne'

“Tri$ has no *oice,” the prince said once' “<he listens'”



The prince is unrepentant about the secreti*eness of the "eetings'

>&he purpose of the conference,? he has said, >is that eminent persons in every field get the opportunity to spea! freelywithout being hindered by the !nowledge that their words and ideas will be analy=ed, commented upon and eventually

critici=ed in the press?

=is pulling po%er appears to date fro" +orld +ar ' =a*ing ta7en his fa"il& into e$ile, he %on his %ings %ith BritainJs ;oAir !orce and reputedl& got into ro%s %ith the British for going on unofficial bo"bing e$cursions o*er Ger"an&'

=e ended the %ar as co""ander in chief of the Dutch ar"ed forces and a good friend of Gen' D%ight D' 5isenho%er'

“ ne*er regarded the prince as a useless appendage of the ro&al fa"il&,” 5isenho%er %as (uoted as sa&ing,” “But as a person%ho %as intelligent, interested and a"bitious to do so"ething useful and %ho %as greatl& respected in go*ern"ent circles'”

Bernhard, no% >, unhesitatingl& used his %arti"e contacts to get the Bilderberg conception rolling' =e has consistentl&asserted its onl& ai" is to foster the transatlantic relationship'

“People %ant to place all possible labels on our "eetings, fro" !ascist to Co""unist,” he HPrince BernhardI has said' “nrealit&, %ithout stri*ing for clearl& defined results, %e hold a discussion o*er a fe% %eight& sub4ects each ti"e' A betterunderstanding is our goal'”

After the nited <tates st&"ied the 0F@ Anglo!rench <ue in*asion, he said: “n the reall& bad "ood after <ue, %e %ere ab

to tal7 in such a %a& that both the British and !rench %ent ho"e no longer "ad at the A"ericans'”

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This %ee7end, QuebecJs elegant Chateau Montebello, 0E 7ilo"etres fro" Montreal, %ill be transfor"ed into a nest of intrig. a foru" for highpo%ered, secreti*e tal7s on %orld affairs'

&he 'ilderbergers are coming

&hey represent the elite and wealthy establishment of the estern world Among their ran!s are ban!ers, industrialis

politicians $ including some of the most influential and powerful names in *orth America and Europe

&hey meet annually behind loc!ed doors for a wee!end of lofty tal!s on problems facing the estern alliance &heir

meetings go unannounced, their debates are unreported and their decisions remain mostly un!nown

&hey have been meeting li!e this since ./;, when they first gathered in osterbee!, Holland, at the Hotel de 'ilderbe

from which the group got its name

An entire hotel

The Bilderbergers "eet in a different countr& each &ear and routinel& boo7 an entire lu$ur& hotel to ensure pri*ac&'

ts detractors accuse the Bilderberg group of plotting to control international e*ents or conspiring to change the globe into one%orld go*ern"ent'

Conspirac& or not, the Bilderberg group is a fascinating e$a"ple of behindthescenes influencepeddling'

Dr' -oseph ;etinger, perhaps one of the "ost "&sterious figures of the >th centur&, is the father of Bilderberg' A co"pulsi*intriguer, ;etinger %as a Polish political philosopher and a drifter %ho beca"e 7no%n in his circles as a gre& e"inence'

n Ma&, 0F2, ;etinger addressed the ;o&al nstitute for nternational Affairs in ondon and %arned of the i"pending threat t5urope fro" the <o*iet nion' !ro" this speech gre% the idea of a 5uropean Mo*e"ent, %hich he organied %ith Paul 8an

eeland, the Belgian foreign "inister, and Paul ;i47ens of nile*er'

n the nited <tates, a corresponding A"erican Co""ittee on a nited 5urope %as for"ed, using secret funds fro" the ne%lestablished Central ntelligence Agenc&'

Bet%een 0F@0 and 0F@F the CA, through the co""ittee, channeled "ore than E "illion to the 5uropean outh Ca"paign,%hich ;etinger directed'

<a&s -ohn Po"ian, ;etingerJs personal assistant fro" 0F21 until ;etingerJs death in 0F: “;etinger al%a&s belie*ed that pubopinion follo%s the lead of certain indi*iduals'”

European unity

Perhaps in this spirit, ;etinger, in 0F@>, %ent bac7 to his 5uropean Mo*e"ent associates 8an eeland and ;i47ens, %ith thesuggestion of organiing unofficial "eetings of i"portant people fro" )orth Atlantic Treat& 6rganiation /)AT63 countriesThe purpose he en*isioned for such a foru" %as to help pro"ote the case for 5uropean unit& and to for" an Atlantic alliance

;i47ens li7ed the idea and arranged for ;etinger to "eet Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen -uliana of the )etherlands'

t %as felt that Bernhard %ould be the ideal figurehead for such a foru"'

The prince readil& agreed and a s"all group of 5uropeans %as for"ed' Their first "eeting %as held at a s"all apart"ent inParis on <ept' >@, 0F@>' ncongruousl& sitting around an old pingpong table, the 02 5uropeans agreed that it %as i"perati*e in*ol*e the '<' in their plans'



Bernhard and ;etinger %ent to +ashington and enlisted the support of the CA director, Gen' +alter Bedell <"ith, and Charl-ac7son, a national securit& assistant to President D%ight 5isenho%er'

A '<' co""ittee, including ban7er Da*id ;oc7efeller, future secretar& of state Dean ;us7 and industrialist =enr& =ein , %for"ed'

The first for"al conference %as arranged for Ma& >FE0 at the =otel de Bilderberg, courtes& of the Dutch go*ern"ent'

<aid Po"ian: “There %ere about 1 participants' t %as a *er& high.po%ered gathering of pro"inent politicians, industrialist

ban7ers and scholars' After three da&s of li*ing together in this secluded place a certain faint, but discernible, bond %as creatA ne% entit& %as born'”

According to the “strictl& confidential” record of the "inutes of that first conference, it %as decided that “insufficient attentiohas so far been paid to longter" planning, and to e*ol*ing an international order %hich %ould loo7 be&ond the presentda&crisis' +hen the ti"e is ripe our present concepts of %orld affairs should be e$tended to the %hole %orld'”

Bilderberg is run b& an international steering co""ittee' The co""ittee decides the conference agenda and, according tofor"er co""ittee "e"ber +illia" Bund&, selects “people %ho %ould be "ost useful” at handling the chosen topics ofdiscussion, for in*itations to attend the conference'

DAll very fatuous-

Man& conte"porar& +estern leaders ha*e participated in Bilderberg' n 0F0, '<' President -ohn Lenned& staffed all thehighest positions at the depart"ents of state and defence %ith %hat Charles -ac7son called “Bilderberg alu"ni'”

hat goes on at 'ilderberg conferences)

Christopher Price, a British abor "e"ber of parlia"ent, found it “all *er& fatuousicing on ca7e %ith nothing to do %ith thca7e'”

Canadian Marshall Mcuhan, the "edia e$pert, attended in 0FF and %as “nearl& suffocated at the banalit& and irrele*ance'”

Mcuhan, %ho died in 0F1, said those in attendance “had not a clue concerning a %orld in %hich infor"ation "o*es at the

speed of light,” and that “the& %ere unifor"l& 0Fthcentur& "inds pretending to relate to the >th centur&'”

et %eorge Mc%hee, a former S ambassador to est %ermany, has said( >&he &reaty of 3ome, which brought the

EuropeanJ Common Mar!et into being, was nurtured at 'ilderberg meetings?

=e %as at the Bilderberg conference in Gar"isch, +est Ger"an&, in <epte"ber, 0F@@, %hen, according to the “confidential”record of that conference, “t %as generall& recognied that it is our co""on responsibilit& to arri*e in the shortest possible tiat the highest degree of integration, beginning %ith a co""on 5uropean "ar7et'”

And indeed, 2iat president %iovanni Agnelli @ a 'ilderberg steering committee member @ once said( >European

integration is our goal here the politicians have failed, we industrialists hope to succeed?

A 2rench periodical, Diplomatiques et Financiers, said the 'ilderberg group interfered in 2rench politics in ./1According to the article, published in ./10, the 'ilderbergers decided to support an opposition candidate to the

nationalistic President Charles de %aulle

Gaston Defferre, the "a&or of Marseilles and a Bilderberg participant in 0F2, is the "an the Bilderbergers apparentl&“selected” as their candidate' De Gaulle had displeased Bilderberg b& opposing BritainJs entr& into the Co""on Mar7et'

t %as belie*ed that DefferreJs internationalistic outloo7 %as "ore in tune %ith Bilderberg ob4ecti*es'

Defferre is no% interior "inister in the <ocialist go*ern"ent of President !rancois Mitterrand'

A serious accusation %as published in )e% =a"pshireJs Manchester "nion #eader after a 0FK0 Bilderberg conference in

+oodstoc7, 8t': “At a top secret conference, a /'<'3 presidential ad*iser lea7ed infor"ation on the proposed econo"ic free



to a select group of national and international figures enabling the", according to a +ashington source, to profit to the tune o0@ billion to > billion' The sa"e presidential ad*iser /presu"abl& =enr& Lissinger, %ho attended3 also re*ealed President;ichard )i$onJs plan to *isit ;ed China, %hich further enabled those figures to "a7e co""ercial plans for "ainland China'”

Bilderberg officials *ehe"entl& insist that no conclusions are e*er reached at Bilderberg conferences' et the follo%ing e$cerco"es fro" the “strictl& confidential” record of their second "eeting /March 0F@@, Barbion, !rance3:“General conclusions U t %as proposed that action should be ta7en on the follo%ing sub4ects %hich arose out of the discussiat the conference:“0' Participants in the Bilderberg conferences %ould use, as "uch as possible, the *arious "eetings and conferences %hich thattend else%here in order to put for%ard ideas and suggestions "ade at Bilderberg' t %as hoped that particular use %ould be

"ade of the press b& all concerned for this purpose”

According to the record fro" BilderbergJs third conference, “the discussions %hich too7 place during the three da&s of theconference %ere re"ar7able for the "easure of agree"ent e$pressed' t %as clear that participants %ould be able to return totheir *arious countries enriched b& a closer 7no%ledge and understanding of the *ie%s, difficulties and hopes of so "an& leadpersonalities of countries other than their o%n and so better e(uipped to deal %ith their "utual proble"s' Participants in thisconference "a&, in light of the consensus of opinion e$pressed during the discussions, be able to pass these *ie%s on to publicopinion in their o%n spheres of influence %ithout disclosing their source'”

t appears that e*en if the Bilderberg group has set out to %ield i"portant influence in the +est, its efforts %ould surel& befrustrated b& the nor"al bureaucratic co"ple$ities of decision"a7ing'

'ilderberg alumni

Con*ersel&, if, as in the Lenned& ad"inistration /and "an& recent +estern go*ern"ents3, all of the top decision"a7ing spotare filled b& “Bilderberg alu"ni,” it stands to reason that these alumni are now in a position to implement policy on which

they helped form a consensus at 'ilderberg conferences years earlier In essence, this is how the 'ilderberg system of

influence wor!s best

'ilderberg is a group of informed, concerned individuals who believe it their duty, and perhaps even their right, to hel

shape public opinion and who believe that the best way to do so is behind closed doors

Although it is a good thing when world leaders can meet and resolve their problems, the Fuestion inevitably arises( h

is being said that warrants such privacy) And, more important, how does this activity fit in with our estern concept

free world democracy)

;obert 5ringer is a freelance 4ournalist based in ondon' =e is the author of The Global Mani!ulators /Pentacle Boo7s3, a boon Bilderberg, and of $tri%e &or 'reedom: The $tory o& #ech (alesa and Polish $olidarity'

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Pro"inent indi*iduals %ho attended the 0F12 Bilderberg Meetings in <alts4obaden, <%eden in Ma& 0F12 include: for"erChair"an of the board of Chase Manhattan Ban7 Da*id ;oc7efeller, for"er '<' <ecretar& of <tate =enr& Lissinger, )AT6<ecretar& General -oseph uns, and <upre"e Allied Co""ander of 5urope Gen' Bernard +' ;ogers /'<' Ar"&3'

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Pri"e Minister of Great Britain =arold +ilson /center3 appears %ith British roc7 band The )eatles on March 0F, 0F2' Harold

ilson attended the ./17 'ilderberg Meetings in Salts"obaden, Sweden from .<+78 May ./17

#enry $issinger (left) sociali9es ith Princess Diana of Wales at a +arty in 'e ork City on 9une )+, :. Princess Dianaand her friend Dodi *l Fayed died in an atomo&ile collision in Paris, France on 5ugust +, :. 6enry 7issinger attendethe : Bilderberg Meetings held near 5tlanta, Georgia, U./.5. from )-8 9une :.(Photo &y 0im 1rahamE1etty Images)



1rom 0taly With &o4e;< *merican First Lady 9ac=ueline 7ennedy (center), the ife of !.". President 3ohn F. $ennedy, is

seen s+ending a to5eek 2acation in 8a2ello, Italy (located sotheast of 'a+les) ith Italian ato manfactrer Gio4anni

5gnelli (right, right leg otstretched), a reglar Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ant, on 5ugust +, >). In this +hoto, 3acAelin

$ennedy, her sister Lee 8ad9iill (left, earing shorts), and Italian ato manfactrer 1io2anni *gnelli go for a crise in his

yacht along the *malfi coastline in Italy. Gio4anni 5gnelli attended the Bilderberg Meetings in >) and >+. &ongtime

6olly?ood actress Marilyn Monroe died in &os 5ngeles, California, U./.5. on 5ugust 8, >).

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+AM B' ;C=A;D<6): “+ell, loo7, <enator H=illar&I Clinton %as enor"ousl& strong %ith =ispanic *oters because oher stance and President ClintonSs stance' t %as a t%otoone *ote generall&' But thin7 another reason %as =ispanic *otersdidnSt 7no% <enator 6ba"a' "ean, heSs ne% on the scene' Most *oters didnSt' And so thin7 as "ore *oters get to 7no% hi"get to see that heSs about reconciliation, get to see that he is a "inorit& hi"self %ith an internationalist bac7ground let "e te&ou, in this trip to the Middle 5ast, to Africa and to %ell, 5g&pt and )or%a& and srael and !rance and <pain 6ba"a %ouget F percent of the *ote around the %orld, e*en a"ong conser*ati*esV I was "ust tal!ing to Marie+6osee KBravisL ++ some

the people who attended the 'ilderberg Conference &he most conservative ban!ers ++ theyre all for bamaN "ean, donSt 7no% and thin7 &ouSre seeing this nationall&' ou 7no%, "& prediction is itSs going to be a decisi*e *ictor&'”

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Bilderberg <teering Co""ittee Me"bers Gio*anni Agnelli /left3 and -oseph -ohnson confer outside the "perial =otel inTor(ua&, 5ngland in April 0FKK during the 0FKK Bilderberg Meetings'/Photo: http:NN"onacointelligenceser*ice'blogspot'co"N>0EN@Nbilderberg"e"oriesEtor(ua&england'ht"l3

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'ilderberg Meetings Conference :enues since ./;0' >FE0 Ma& 0F@2: 6osterbee7, )etherlands /east of Ansterda", near Arnhe"3>' 01> March 0F@@: Barbion, !rance /south of Paris3E' >E>@ <epte"ber 0F@@: Gar"ischParten7irchen, +est Ger"an& /south%est of Munich, near nnsbruc7, Austria32' 000E Ma& 0F@: !redensborg, Den"ar7 /north of Copenhagen3@' 0@0K !ebruar& 0F@K: <t' <i"ons sland, Georgia, <A /bet%een <a*annah and -ac7son*ille3' 2 6ctober 0F@K: !iuggi, tal& /east of ;o"e3K' 0E0@ <epte"ber 0F@1: Bu$ton, 5ngland /near Manchester, 5ngland31' 01> <epte"ber 0F@F: esil7W&, Tur7e& /near stanbul3F' >1>F Ma& 0F: Burgenstoc7, <%iterland /near ucerne, <%iterland30' >0>E April 0F0: <t' Castin, Canada /near Quebec Cit&300' 01> Ma& 0F>: <alts4Wbaden, <%eden /near <toc7hol"30>' >FE0 Ma& 0FE: Cannes, !rance /near Monaco30E' >>> March 0F2: +illia"sburg, 8irginia, <A /east of ;ich"ond, 8irginia302' >2 April 0F@: 8illa dJ5ste, tal& /north of Milan, tal& and south of ugano, <%iterland, b& a7e Co"o30@' >@>K March 0F: +iesbaden, +est Ger"an& /near !ran7furt a" Main30' E0 March > April 0FK: Ca"bridge, 5ngland /north of ondon30K' >>1 April 0F1: Mont Tre"blant, Canada /north of Montreal and 6tta%a301' F00 Ma& 0FF: Marienl&st, Den"ar7 /north of Copenhagen30F' 0K0F April 0FK: Bad ;aga, <%iterland /near iechtenstein3>' >E>@ April 0FK0: +oodstoc7, 8er"ont, <A /near Dart"outh College in =ano*er, )e% =a"pshire3>0' >0>E April 0FK>: Lno77e, Belgiu" /near Brugge, Belgiu"3>>' 000E Ma& 0FKE: <alts4Wbaden, <%eden /near <toc7hol"3>E' 0F>0 April 0FK2: Mege*e, !rance /near Gene*a, <%iterland3

>2' >@>K April 0FK@: Xes"e, Tur7e& /near "ir, Tur7e&3>>>@ April 0FK: =ot <prings, 8irginia, <A CA*CE44E5 KPrince 'ernhard-s 4oc!heed bribery scandalL

>@' >>>2 April 0FKK: Tor(ua&, 5ngland /east of Pl&"outh, b& the 5nglish Channel3>' >0>E April 0FK1: Princeton, )e% -erse&, <A /near Philadelphia3>K' >K>F April 0FKF: Baden, Austria /near 8ienna3>1' 01> April 0F1: Aachen, +est Ger"an& /%est of Cologne and Dusseldorf3>F' 0@0K Ma& 0F10: Burgenstoc7, <%iterland /near ucerne, <%iterland3E' 020 Ma& 0F1>: <andef4ord, )or%a& /south of 6slo3E0' 0E0@ Ma& 0F1E: Montebello, Canada /bet%een Montreal and 6tta%a3E>' 000E Ma& 0F12: <alts4Wbaden, <%eden /near <toc7hol"3EE' 00> Ma& 0F1@: ;&e Broo7, )e% or7 <A /near )e% or7 Cit&3E2' >@>K April 0F1: Gleneagles, <cotland /north of 5dinburgh3E@' >2> April 0F1K: 8illa dJ5ste, tal& /north of Milan, tal& and south of ugano, <%iterland, b& a7e Co"o3

E' E@ -une 0F11: TelfsBuchen, Austria /%est of nnsbruc7, Austria3EK' 0>02 Ma& 0F1F: a To4a, <pain /north of Portugal near the Atlantic 6cean, in the Galicia pro*ince3E1' 00E Ma& 0FF: Glen Co*e, )e% or7, <A /east of )e% or7 Cit&, on ong sland3EF' F -une 0FF0: BadenBaden, Ger"an& /near <trasbourg, !rance32' >0>2 Ma& 0FF>: 5*ianlesBains, !rance /near ausanne, <%iterland320' >>>@ April 0FFE: 8ouliag"eni, Greece /near Athens32>' >@ -une 0FF2: =elsin7i, !inland2E' 100 -une 0FF@: Burgenstoc7, <%iterland /near ucerne, <%iterland322' E Ma& > -une 0FF: Toronto, Canada2@' 0>0@ -une 0FFK: a7e anier, Georgia, <A /northeast of Atlanta32' 020K Ma& 0FF1: Turnberr&, A&rshire, <cotland /south%est of Glasgo%32K' E -une 0FFF: <intra, Portugal /near isbon321' 02 -une >: Gen*al, Belgiu" /near Brussels3

2F' >2>K Ma& >0: <tenungsund, <%eden /south of 6slo, north of Copenhagen, and north of Gothenburg, <%eden3@' E Ma& > -une >>: Chantill&, 8irginia, <A /near +ashington, D'C'3@0' 0@01 Ma& >E: 8ersailles, !rance /near Paris3@>' E -une >2: <tresa, tal& /north%est of Milan, b& a7e Maggiore3@E' @1 Ma& >@: ;ottach5gern, Ger"an& /south of Munich3@2' 100 -une >: 6tta%a, Canada@@' E0 Ma& E -une >K: stanbul, Tur7e&@' @1 -une >1: Chantill&, 8irginia, <A /near +ashington, D'C'3@K' 020K Ma& >F: 8ouliag"eni, Greece /near Athens3@1' E -une >0: <itges, <pain /near Barcelona3@F' F0> -une >00: <t' Morit, <%iterland /southeast of urich and northeast of Milan3' E0 Ma& E -une >0>: Chantill&, 8irginia, <A /near +ashington, D'C'30' F -une >0E: =ertfordshire, 5ngland /near ondon3>' >F Ma& . 0 -une >02: Copenhagen, Den"ar7





Map of Co"o, tal& and the surrounding area, including Chiasso, <%iterland and Cernobbio, tal&' 8illa dJ5ste =otel inCernobbio, tal& is located about ' 7ilo"eters /2'0 "iles3 a%a& fro" Co"o, tal& and about K 7ilo"eters /2'E "iles3 a%a&fro" Chiasso, <%iterland'



Prominent Individuals who attended the ./1; 'ilderberg Meetings in Cernobbio, Italy

3ohan #. LodonO'etherlands

President of 8oyal DtchPetrolem Co.(6:564:)

Da2id 8ockefeller O*merica

President of ChaseManhattan Bank

(645646)

Prince Bernhard of 0he'etherlands

Prince Phili+,Dke of %din&rgh

"ir "iegmnd War&O1reat Britain

Director of ".1. War&H Co. O&ank in Londo

(6>45646)

Da2id $.%. Brce!.". *m&assador to

1reat Britain(645646)

1eorge C. Mc1hee!.". *m&assador to

West 1ermany(64/564<)

1eorge W. Ball!nder !.". "ecretary of

"tate (645644)

Manlio BrosioOItaly

"ecretary51eneral of'*0= (64>56;)

Pierre5Pal "cheit9Managing Director o

International MonetaFnd (64/56;/)

%milio 1. ColladoO*merica

%ecti2e ?ice Presidentof %on Cor+. Ooil

com+any (64456;:)

*rthr #. DeanO*merica

Partner of "lli2an HCromell Ola firm in 'e

ork City (6656;4)

3ohn 3. McCloyO*merica

Chairman of the Concilon Foreign 8elations

(6:/56;-)@ Mem&er ofthe Warren Commission

3ose+h %. 3ohnsonO*merica

President of Carnegie%ndoment for

International Peace(6:-56;)

8o&ert ?. 8oosaO*merica

Partner of Bron Brot#arriman H Co. O&an

(64:566/)

=tto Wolff 2on *merongen

OWest 1ermanyChairman and C%= of

=tto Wolff 1m&#

1io2anni *gnelliOItaly

Chairman of FiatOItalian car com+any

(6445664)

%rnst #. 2an der BegelO'etherlands

Professor of International8elations at Leiden

!ni2ersity

Marcs Wallen&erg 3r.O"eden

Chairman of Federation of"edish Indstries

Wilfrid ". BamgartnFinance Minister o

France (64-5641o2ernor, BanAe dFrance (6>6564-



3ohn Brademas!.". Congressman(Democrat5Indiana,

6:656<)

3ohn ?. Lindsay

!.". Congressman(8e+&lican5'e ork,

6:6564:)@Mayor of 'e ork City

(64456;/)

#enry ". 8ess!.". Congressman

(Democrat5Wisconsin,6::56</)

$ingman Brester 3r.O*merica

President of ale!ni2ersity (64/56;;)

3ames *. PerkinsO*merica

President of Corne!ni2ersity (64/564

1ido Carli1o2ernor of Banca dKItalia

(64-56;:)

#&ert *nsia1o2ernor of the 'ational

Bank of Belgim(6:;56;)

3ose+h M.*.#. LnsMinister of Foreign *ffairsof the 'etherlands (6:456;)@ "ecretary51eneral

of '*0= (6;56<>)

Denis #ealeyO1reat Britain

"ecretary of "tate forDefence (64>56;-)

8eginald MadlingO1reat Britain

Chancellor of the%cheAer (64564#ome "ecretary (6;

6;)

Barni BenediktssonPrime Minister of Iceland

(64/56;-)

=lof PalmePrime Minister of "eden(64656;4, 6<56<4)@

Minister forCommnications of

"eden (64:564;)

Lord Mont&atten ofBrma

O1reat Britain1o2ernor 1eneral of India

(6>;56><)@Chief of the Defence "taff

(6:6564:)

0horkil $ristensen"ecretary51eneral of=%CD (645646)@Finance Minister of

Denmark (6>:56>;,6:-56:/)

3onkheer %mile 2aLenne+

"ecretary51eneral o=rgani9ation for

%conomic Coo+eratiand De2elo+ment

(64656<>)

Mario PediniMinister of %dcation of

Italy (6;<56;6)

1io2anni MalagodiMem&er of the Italian"enate (6;6566)@

Mem&er of Parliament(6:/56;6)

Mariano 8mor Prime Minister of Italy

(64<56;-, 6;/56;>)@Foreign Minister of Italy(6;>56;4)@ Mem&er ofParliament (6>456;6)

%genio Cefis OItaly

President of %nte'a9ionale Idrocar&ri

(%'I) (64;56;)

Giuseppe Petrilli[Italy]

Member of the EuropCommission (1958-19President of Institute Industrial Reconstruc

(1960-1979)



Paul A. Samuelson[America]Ph.D. Harvard 1941Former Professor of

Economics atMassachusetts Institute of

Technology

*dol+h W. "chmidt!.". *m&assador toCanada (64656;>)

#.3. #ein9 IIO*merica

Chairman of the &oard of#.3. #ein9 Com+any

(6:656<;)

#edley Dono2anO*merica

%ditor5in5Chief of Timemaga9ine (64>56;6)

Donald C. CookO*merica

President of *merica

%lectric Poer Com+(6456;)@ Chairmathe "ecrities and

%change Commissi(6:56:/)

Sir Frederic M. Bennett[Great Britain]

Member of Parliament(1951-1987)

Dick Taverne[Great Britain]

Member of Parliament(1962-1974)

Jean LecanuetMinister of Justice ofFrance (1974-1976);

Mayor of Rouen, France(1968-1993)

8ainer Bar9elFederal Minister of *ll51erman *ffairs of West1ermany (64564/)

I2o "amkaldenMinister of 3stice of

'etherlands (64:56Mayor of *msterdam

(64;56;;)



Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (left) meets ith !.". President Lyndon Baines 3ohnson at the White #ose in Washington, D.C., !.".*on 5pril +, >8. Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands attended the 64: Bilder&erg Meetings held in Cerno&&io, Italy from )-2 5pril >8(*P Photo)

British roc7 band The *olling $tones pose for a group portrait in !rance on April .1, ./1;' eft to right: lead guitarist Leith ;ichaguitarist Brian -ones, bassist Bill +&"an, lead singer Mic7 -agger, and dru""er Charlie +atts' According to the Chinese calend

./1; was !nown as ear of the Sna!e /"age: Y ApisN<&g"aNCorbis3



Qeen 3liana of the 'etherlands (right) and her hs&and Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (left) chat ith Dr. Martin Lthe$ing 3r. at the Concert #all in *msterdam, 'etherlands on ctober )*, >8. 0he Prince as aarded an honorary degree economics &y the Free !ni2ersity hile Dr. $ing recei2ed an honorary degree in the social sciences. Prince Bernhard of the'etherlands as the Chairman of the Bilder&erg Meetings from 6:> to 6;:. (BettmannEC=8BI")

'e ork (City) +olice officers remo2e the &ody of ci2il rights acti2ist Malcolm R from the *d&on Ballroom in #arlem in 'eork City after Malcolm R as assassinated &y a Slone gnmanT st &efore deli2ering a s+eech on 1ebruary ), >8. MalcR as +rononced dead on Fe&rary , 64:. (N BettmannEC=8BI")



!nder "ecretary of "tate 1eorge W. Ball, "ecretary of "tate Dean 8sk, and President Lyndon B. 3ohnson read a docment 3ly , 64:. George W. Ball attended the >8 Bilderberg Meetings at @illa dAEste 6otel in Cernobbio, 0taly from )-25pril >8. (Photo7 oichi 8. =kamotoELyndon B. 3ohnson Presidential Li&rary)

3ohn 3. McCloy (left), the chairman of the Concil on Foreign 8elations (+ri2ate organi9ation in 'e ork City), former chairmof the &oard of Chase Manhattan Bank in 'e ork City, and a mem&er of the Warren Commission, meets ith !.". PresideLyndon B. 3ohnson at the White #ose in an ndated +hoto. 9ohn 9. McCloy attended the >8 Bilderberg Meetings at @dAEste 6otel in Cernobbio, 0taly from )-2 5pril >8.

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!nited "tates President Lyndon B. 3ohnson meets ith his ad2isers at a meeting at the White #ose in Washington, D.C., !.".*. on 3ly 64:. Clockise from LB37 "ecretary of Defense 8o&ert Mc'amara, Cyrs ?ance (hands only 2isi&le), Carl 8oan, Mc1eorge Bndy,Chester Coo+er, *m&. #enry Ca&ot Lodge, *dm. William 8a&orn, 8ichard #elms, 3ack ?alenti, #orace Bs&y (&ehind ?alenti), Leonard!nger, William Bndy, 1eorge W. Ball, "ecretary of "tate Dean 8sk. George W. Ball attended the >8 Bilderberg Meetings at @illadAEste 6otel in Cernobbio, 0taly from )-2 5pril >8. (Photo7 Frank WolfeELyndon B. 3ohnson Presidential Li&rary)

*la&ama +olicemen otside of "elma, *la&ama confront ci2il rights acti2ists on "nday, March :, >8. (Photo7 Frank Dandridge E LIF%






!.". President Lyndon B. 3ohnson (right) meets ith Federal 8eser2e Chairman William McChesney Martin 3r. (second from left), *ssistan"ecretary of Commerce for %conomic *ffairs Dr. *ndre F. Brimmer (third from right), and Under /ecretary of /tate George W. Ball

"second from right# dring a Balance of Payments Meeting in the Ca&inet 8oom at the White #ose in Washington, D.C., !.".*. on"e+tem&er -, 64:. (Photo7 oichi 8. =kamotoELyndon B. 3ohnson Presidential Li&rary)

President Lyndon B. 3ohnson and former President #arry ". 0rman shake hands at the signing ceremony of the Medicare legislation at th#arry ". 0rman Li&rary in Inde+endence, Missori on 3ly /-, 64:. ?ice President #&ert #. #m+hrey is standing in the &ackgrond.(White #ose Press =ffice)

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3ose+h Marie *ntoine #&ert Lns (left), Foreign Minister of the 'etherlands, a++ears ith Berlin "enator 8olf "chedler (right) on the&alcony of the 8eichstag &ilding in West Berlin on Fe&rary :, 64. 3ose+h Lns attended the 64: Bilder&erg Meetings at ?illa dK%ste#otel in Cerno&&io, Italy from 5> *+ril 64:. (N d+aEd+aECor&is)

Lyndon Baines 3ohnson (left), the President of the !nited "tates, and Manlio Brosio (right), "ecretary 1eneral of '*0=, lea2e the White#ose in Washington, D.C., !.".*. on "e+tem&er 6, 64>. Manlio Brosio attended the 64: Bilder&erg Meetings at ?illa dK%ste #otel inCerno&&io, Italy from 5> *+ril 64:. ( *ssociated Press Photo)

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%gy+tKs President 1amal *&del 'asser (right) sits across from "o2iet leaders (left to right) Leonid Bre9hne2, *leei $osygin, *nastas Mikoyat a $remlin meeting in Mosco, "o2iet !nion on *gst <, 64:. (N BettmannEC=8BI")

8hodesian go2ernment officials atch Ian "mith, the Prime Minister of 8hodesia, sign a nilateral declaration of inde+endence (!DI) in"alis&ry, 8hodesia (+resent5day #arare, Jim&a&e) on 'o2em&er , 64:. Ian "mith and other 8hodesian go2ernment officials declaretheir +olitical inde+endence from 1reat Britain after refsing to agree to Smaority rleT U +olitical +artici+ation of all nati2e *fricans in +oliticnclding *frican commnists U in 8hodesia. *n estimated ;-,--- British5descent 8hodesians li2ed in 8hodesia in 6;-@ an estimated :million +eo+le (6>V nati2e *frican) li2ed in 8hodesia in 6;-. (Photo7 N BettmannEC=8BI")



Qeen %li9a&eth II of 1reat Britain, Prince Phili+ (Dke of %din&rgh), West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt, and West 1ermanyKsChancellor Ldig %rhard ride in an o+en motorcade in front of the Branden&rg 1ate in West Berlin, West 1ermany on May;, 64:. $rince $hilip "Du%e of Edinburgh# attended the >8 Bilderberg Meetings at @illa dAEste 6otel in Cernobbio,0taly from )-2 5pril >8.



0F1K Bilderberg Meetings in Cernobbio, tal&: A <ecret Affair?

Conference roo" inside the 8illa dJ5ste =otel in Cernobbio, tal& b& a7e Co"o /Photo: Google <earch3

The 0F1K Bilderberg Meetings %as held at the 8illa dJ5ste =otel in Cernobbio, tal& fro" April >2>, 0F1K' The agenda forthe 0F1K Bilderberg Meetings %ere: <trateg& to%ard the '<'<';'# Polic& to%ard trade and protectionis"# The public sector aecono"ic gro%th# Current e*ents . Co""unist China# The ar"s control debate

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Map of 8illa dJ5ste =otel in Cernobbio, tal& /located near Co"o, tal& and ugano, <%iterland3



Prominent Individuals who attended the ./<0 'ilderberg Meetings in Cernobbio, Italy

1en. Bernard W. 8ogers/upreme 5llied

Commander of Europe(3ly , 6;65

3ne 4, 6<;)

Pal *. ?olcker Chairman of the1ederal 'eser4e(*gst 4, 6;65

*gst , 6<;)

Beatriueen of Theetherlands(6<-5-/)

*rthr DnkelDirector-General of theGeneral 5greement on

Tariffs and Trade(6<-566/)

Lord Carrington/ecretary-General

5T (6<>56<<

3ohn C. WhiteheadCo5Chairman of

1oldman, "achs H Co.(6;456<>)@ De+ty !."."ecretary of "tate (6<:5

6<6)


"tate (645644)@ "eniorPartner of Lehman

Brothers (64656<)

Da2id 8ockefeller O*merica

Chairman and C%= ofChase Manhattan Bank

(64656<)

#enry *. $issinger !.". "ecretary of "tate

(6;/56;;)@'ational "ecrity *d2isor

(64656;:)

3ames D. WolfensohO*merica

President, 3ames DWolfensohn, Inc.@

President of the WoBank (66:5--:)

Carlo *. Ciam+iOItaly

1o2ernor of Banca dKItalia(6;6566/)

Lord (%ric) 8oll of I+sdenO1reat Britain

3oint Chairman, ".1.War&rg H Co., Ltd.

O&ank in London

*lfred #errhasenO1ermany

Former ManagingDirector of Detsche Bank

*1@ 5ssassinated ono4ember +*, 3


Chairman of FiatOItalian car com+any

(6445664)

=tto Wolff 2on *merongen O1ermanChairman and C%=

=tto Wolff 1m&#

8o9anne L. 8idgay*ssistant !.". "ecretary

of "tate for %ro+ean andCanadian *ffairs

(6<:56<6)

8ichard 8. Brt!.". *m&assador to West

1ermany (6<:56<6)

Charles McC. Mathias 3r.!.". "enator

(8e+&lican5Maryland,3anary /, 64653anary /, 6<;)

Charles #. Price II!.". *m&assador to

1reat Britain (6</56<6)

Winston Lord!.". *m&assador tCommnist China

(6<:56<6)



1arret Fit91eraldPrime Minister of Ireland(6<56<, 6<56<;)

Francisco Pinto BalsemaoPrime Minister of Portgal

(6<56</)

Fran9 ?ranit9kyChancellor of *stria

(6<4566;)

$aare WillochPrime Minister of 'oray

(6<56<4)

1eir #allgrimssonPrime Minister of Icela

(6;>56;<)

0hierry de Mont&rialOFrance

President, French Instittefor International 8elations

8omano ProdiOItaly

Chairman of I8I@Prime Minister of Italy

(664566<, --45--<)

%tienne Da2ignonOBelgim

%ro+ean Commissionerfor Indstrial *ffairs and

%nergy (6<56<:)

Mario MontiOItaly

Professor of %conomics atBocconi !ni2. OMilan@Prime Minister of Italy

(-5+resent)

?ictor #al&erstadtO'etherlands

Professor of %conomicLeiden !ni2ersity

%doard Balladr Finance Minister ofFrance (6<456<<)

#annes *ndroschFinance Minister of

*stria (6;-56<)

ClasPrince Consort of the

'etherlands

Ma $ohnstammPresident of %ro+ean

!ni2ersity OFlorence, Italy

3aakko Iloniemi *m&assador of Finlan

the !nited "tates(6;;56</)

3ack F. BennettO*merica

"enior ?ice President of%on Cor+.(6;:56<6)

$enneth W. DamO*merica

?ice President for Laand %ternal 8elations,IBM Cor+. (6<:566)

Pal *. *llaireO*merica

President of Rero Cor+.(6<4566)@

Chairman and C%= ofRero Cor+. (665--)

Dayne =. *ndreasO*merica

Chairman of *rcher5Daniels5Midland Co.

(6;6566;)

?ernon %. 3ordan 3O*merica

Partner of *kin, 1m"trass, #aer H Fe

Ola firm in WashingtD.C. (6<5---)



International &anker Da4id 'oc%efeller "right# smiles as U./. $resident 'onald 'eagan recei4es a medal after 'eagandeli4ered a speech to the Council of the 5mericas on May ), 3: . Da2id 8ockefeller attended the 3: BilderbergMeetings at the @illa dAEste 6otel in Cernobbio, 0taly from )2-)> 5pril 3:. William 9. Casey, former Director of Cent0ntelligence 5gency, died on May >, 3:. "$hoto by Tim ClaryBettmannC'B0/#

=eads of state pose for a group photo at the ./<0 %0 Summit in :enice, Italy on -une F, 0F1K' !ro" left to right: +ilfriedMartens /Pri"e Minister of Belgiu"3, -ac(ues Delors /President of the 5uropean Co""ission3, asuhiro )a7asone /Pri"eMinister of -apan3, Margaret Thatcher /Pri"e Minister of Great Britain3, ;onald ;eagan /President of the nited <tates3,A"intore !anfani /Pri"e Minister of tal&3, !rancois Mitterand /President of !rance3, =el"ut Lohl /Chancellor of +estGer"an&3, and Brian Mulrone& /Pri"e Minister of Canada3' ilfred Martens, Margaret &hatcher, Amintore 2anfani, a

Helmut Bohl have attended the 'ilderberg Meetings in the past /Photo: ;onald ;eagan Presidential ibrar&3



President 8onald 8eagan a++ears ith (left to right) *lan 1reens+an, Federal 8eser2e Chairman Pal ?olcker, and "ecretary of the 0reas3ames *. Baker III in the Press 8oom at the White #ose on 3ne , 6<; as he annonces the nomination of *lan 1reens+an as Chairmaof the Board of 1o2ernors of the Federal 8eser2e Board. 1reens+an, ?olcker, and Baker are mem&ers of the Concil on Foreign 8elation(Photo7 8onald 8eagan Presidential Li&rary)

CI* agent Marine Lt. Col. =li2er 'orth is sorn in on his first day of testimony at the Iran5Contra hearings on Ca+itol #ill in Washington, D.Con 3ly ;, 6<;. Malcolm Baldrige, U./. /ecretary of Commerce under $resident 'onald 'eagan, died in office on 9uly )8, 3:.(Photo7 N BettmannEC=8BI")



'<' President ;onald ;eagan gi*es his fa"ous “Mr' Gorbache*, tear do%n this %allV” speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate at tBerlin +all in +est Berlin, Ger"an& on -une 0>, 0F1K' +est Ger"an&Js Chancellor =el"ut Lohl is seated to the right of ;eagan'

>%eneral Secretary %orbachev, if you see! peace, if you see! prosperity for the Soviet nion and Eastern

Europe, if you see! liberali=ation, come here to this gateN Mr %orbachev, open this gateN Mr %orbachev, teadown this wallN? . '<' President ;onald ;eagan, 0> -une 0F1K, in Berlin, +est Ger"an&

"o2iet Commissar Mikhail 1or&ache2 (left) and *merican President 8onald 8eagan sign the I'F 0reaty in the %ast 8oom of White #ose in Washington, D.C., !.".*. on Decem&er <, 6<;. (Photo7 8onald 8eagan Presidential Li&rary)



De+ty !.". "ecretary of "tate 3ohn C. Whitehead (left) greets PolandKs "olidarity la&or nion leader Lech Walesa at the*merican *m&assadorKs residence in Warsa, Poland in Fe&rary 6<;. 3ohn C. Whitehead as a mem&er of the Concil oForeign 8elations in Fe&rary 6<;. 3ohn C. Whitehead is a former Partner of 1oldman "achs H Co. &anking firm in 'e oCity. 3ohn C. Whitehead attended the 6<; Bilder&erg Meetings held in Cerno&&io, Italy from >54 *+ril 6<;.



8dolf #ess, the former De+ty Fhrer of 'a9i 1ermany (6//56>), alks inside the "+anda Prison com+ond in anndated +hoto. 8dolf #ess (*+ril 4, <6>5*gst ;, 6<;) died nder mysterios circmstances at "+anda Prison inestern Berlin on *gst ;, 6<;. "+anda Prison closed shortly after #essKs death. (Photo7 ad ?ashem Photo *rchi2e)

The Changing of the Guard at <pandau Prison in %estern Berlin

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President 8onald 8eagan attends an economic meeting ith Federal 8eser2e Chairman *lan 1reens+an, White #ose Chief of "taff #oBaker, and 0reasry "ecretary 3ames *. Baker III in the West "itting #all on =cto&er -, 6<;, a day after SBlack MondayT, hen the stockmarkets crashed. *lan 1reens+an, #oard Baker, and 3ames *. Baker III are mem&ers of the Concil on Foreign 8elations.(Photo7 8onald 8eagan Presidential Li&rary)

)o*e"ber >, 0F1K edition of Time "againe

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Prelde to the Bilder&erg Meetings in May 6:>7%ast Berlin 8iots (6:/), Panmnom (6:/), H Dien Bien Ph (6:>

Ger"ans in 5ast Berlin thro% stones at <o*iet tan7s on August >E, 0F@E' /Associated Press photo3/<ource: The Tumultuous 'i&ties: A +iew &rom The New ,or% Times Photo Archies b& Douglas Dreishpoon and Alan Trachtenberg

&imeline of Ma"or Historical Events during the Cold ar(

April 2, 0F2F: The establish"ent of )orth Atlantic Treat& 6rganiation /)AT63-une >@, 0F@-ul& >K, 0F@E: Lorean +ar March @, 0F@E: Death of <o*iet Co""issar -osef <talinMa& K1' 0F@2: Conclusion of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in northern 8ietna"6ctober >E, 0F@)o*e"ber 2, 0F@: The failed =ungarian ;e*olution of 0F@6ctober >F, 0F@)o*e"ber K, 0F@: <ue Canal CrisisMa& 0, 0F: A"erican > <p& Plane ncident /aerial espionage o*er <o*iet nion3April 0K0F, 0F0: Ba& of Pigs n*asion in Cuba

August 0E, 0F0: Beginning of the Construction of the Berlin +all)o*e"ber >>, 0FE: Assassination of '<' President -ohn !' Lenned&0F20FKE: 8ietna" +ar -une @0, 0FK: <i$Da& +ar /Third sraeliArab +ar3August >>0, 0F1: Prague <pring in Prague, Cechoslo*a7ia6ctober >@, 0FKE: o" Lippur +ar /!ourth sraeliArab +ar3)o*e"ber 2, 0FKF-anuar& >, 0F10: ran =ostage CrisisDece"ber >2, 0FKF.!ebruar& 0@, 0F1F: <o*ietAfghan +ar 0F10F1K: ranContra <candal)o*e"ber F, 0F1F: Collapse of the Berlin +allAugust >, 0FF . !ebruar& >1, 0FF0: Persian Gulf +ar /and 6peration Desert <hield3Dece"ber >, 0FF0: Dissolution of the <o*iet nion



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.ose!h *etinger/ Memoirs o& an Eminence Grise b& -ohn Po"ian Hpublished in 0FK>I /e$cerpt3Chapter ( European nity

0F@> started badl&' The Cold +ar %as at its height' Pressure for Ger"an rear"a"ent %as "ounting and %as creating tensions andstresses in 5urope' The Lorean %ar dragged on, and so did %ar in ndoChina' +hile neutralist feelings %ere spreading in 5urope,McCarth&is" %as gro%ing in the nited <tates' 6n both sides of the Atlantic there %as good deal of reciprocal "istrust' The ne%l&born Atlantic Alliance and )AT6 %ere seriousl& threatened as a result' A rift bet%een a scared and confused 5urope and an A"erio*erconfident in its po%er boded ill for the future' 5*er&thing that had been so painfull& built up in the +est since the +ar %ould ad*ersel& affected'

Man& people, including ;etinger, %ere concerned about this situation, but could see no solution' +hat could possibl& be done on bosides of the Atlantic at a "o"ent %hen go*ern"ents the"sel*es see"ed to be drifting apart?

;etinger al%a&s belie*ed that public opinion follo%s the lead of influential indi*iduals' =e "uch preferred %or7ing through a fe%carefull& selected people to publicit& on a "assi*e scale' Perhaps it %ould be possible to bring together a group of people, fro" a"othe "ost influential "en in their respecti*e fields, and cause the" to ta7e an acti*e interest in redressing the situation both in 5uropand A"erica' but although fe% %ould disagree %ith this ad"irable ai", "ost people %ould be reluctant to de*ote "uch ti"e toso"ething so *ague, An& proposal %ould, therefore, ha*e to be sufficientl& attracti*e and, abo*e all, de"onstrate that it %as effecti*

n the earl& part of 0F@> ;etinger consulted so"e of his friends and in particular Paul *an eeland and Paul ;&7ens, %ho %as thenChair"an of nile*er' The& shared his *ie%s and offered so"e ad*ice' t see"ed that the proble" %as real and serious enough and"an& people %ere concerned about it' t affected e*er& countr& and e*er& part& ali7e' But for that *er& reason an&thing that "ight bdone about it could appear suspect should it be identified %ith an& "a4or countr& or an& political part&' The principal difficult& %astherefore, to find the right 7ind of person to pla& a leading part' ;etinger thought about Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, %ho" hhad "et briefl& during the +ar and later during the Congress of the =ague' The Prince %as interested in politics and supported5uropean nit&' =is official position of prince Consort li"ited his freedo" of action but he %as al%a&s read& to help good causes' %as uni*ersall& li7ed and %as popular in A"erica' =is support %ould be in*aluable'

And so, in Ma&, Paul ;&7ens, %ho had the ear of the Prince, arranged an appoint"ent' During their first "eeting, the Prince %ass&"pathetic and intrigued b& the pro4ect' =e %anted to thin7 it o*er and consult his ad*isers and friends' 6ther "eetings too7 place"ore people %ere consulted and soon a s"all select group of people beca"e in*ol*ed' n addition to Dr ;&7ens and Mr' *an eelanco"prised <ignor de Gasperi and A"bassador Pietro Quaroni for tal&, =ugh Gaits7ell and <ir Colin Gubbins for Great Britain,Antoine Pina& and Gu& Mollet for !rance, Ma$ Brauer, the Ma&or of =a"burg, and ;udolf Mueller for Ger"an&, Pana4otis Pipinefor Greece and 6le B4orn Lraft for Den"ar7'

The first "eeting %as arranged in Paris on >@ <epte"ber 0F@>' Although de Gasperi could not co"e, the presence of all the others %"ore than enough to dra% attention and create a stir' Paris under the !ourth ;epublic %hen !rance %as in*ol*ed in colonial %ars ago*ern"ent crises succeeded one another rapidl& li*ed in an at"osphere of per"anent conspirac& and intrigue' =o%e*er ridiculou"ight be e*er&bod& had to ta7e it into account and pla& the part' n our case it %as said that should it be 7no%n that Mr' Pina& %as"eeting Mr' Mollet gra*e trouble %ould result for both' But also if an&bod& as7ed (uestions it %ould be e$tre"el& difficult to e$pla%hat the "eeting %as all about and %h& so "an& i"portant people %ere ta7ing part' t %as purel& e$plorator& and it %as too earl& tsa& %hat the outco"e %ould be' n the circu"stances it %as thought preferable to 7eep it all as discreet as possible'

The "eeting %ent *er& %ell and e*er&bod& agreed that there %as an urgent need to do so"ething to i"pro*e relations %ith the nit<tates' The "ethod of doing so %ould graduall& beco"e clearer' n an& case it %as necessar& to ha*e further consultations andestablish contacts in the nited <tates' n the "eanti"e "ore people and "ore countries should be brought into the circle and papershould be prepared on the feelings and position in each 5uropean count&' t %ould set people thin7ing and "ight &ield interestingresults'

Man& &ears later, A"bassador Quaroni, %riting on ;etinger, described this occasion as follo%s:

Z also recall the first "eeting to %hich %as in*ited' +e %ere s(ueeed round a *er& large table in a tin& roo"# %e agreed on theprinciple, but did not 7no% ho% to e$ecute it, ho% to organie things, %ho" to turn to, ho% to find the %here%ithal' t %as not *er&clearcut' <uggestions issued forth fro" ;etingerSs "outh li7e "achine gun fire' The& %ere not all e$cellent, it is true, but %hen one%as refuted, he had ten "ore up his slee*e' =e %as probabl& the onl& one a"ong us %ho had reall& studied the (uestion on both sidof the Atlantic and %ho had specific ideas on the sub4ect' +ith his pleasant, old sche"erSs "anners, he persuaded us to accept "ost %hat he %anted'S

The %hole of 0F@E %as spent on further contacts and consultations there %ere "ore "eetings and a couple of *isits to the nited<tates' There, things %ere a little slo% to start, "ainl& because people %ere absorbed in the Presidential elections' 6nce these %ere



o*er e*er&thing %ent s"oothl&' General 5isenho%er, the ne% President, as %ell as so"e of his closest collaborators had a recente$perience of 5urope and appreciated its proble"s' Also the& 7ne% Prince Bernhard %ell and held hi" in high estee"' As a result aA"erican group %as (uic7l& brought together under the Chair"anship of the late Mr' -ohn Cole"an, President of the BurroughsCorporation, assisted b& Mr' -oseph -ohnson, Director of the Carnegie !oundation'

&hen in May ./; the first conference too! place in a secluded hotel called the 'ilderberg, near Arnhem in Holland &here

were about eighty participants, including some twenty Americans It was a very high+powered gathering of prominent

politicians, industrialists, ban!ers and eminent public figures, writers, trade unionists and scholars Prince 'ernhard, Paul v

Oeeland and 6ohn Coleman too! the Chair in turn A certain atmosphere of tense e#pectation, noticeable when people who a

gathered together for the first time warily feel their way, was soon dissipated, than!s largely to the charm, easy manner and

sense of humour of the Prince Spea!ers were only allowed five minutes at a time which helped to liven up debates, while thepungent interventions of C5 6ac!son, 5enis Healey, 4ord 'oothby and a few others added bite to the discussions

In addition to the plenary meetings, meals and drin!s were occasions for some of the most interesting, stimulating and often

amusing e#changes After three days of living together in this secluded place, which participants left only once, when Prince

'ernhard invited them to coc!tails at the 3oyal Palace nearby, a certain faint but discernible bond was created A new entit

was born 'ut it was difficult to define what it was Its purpose, its methods and its structure were new and original &hey d

not bear any analogy and did not fit into any !nown category 2or the time being, for lac! of any better term, it was called t

'ilderberg %roup after the name of the hotel in which the first meeting too! place

&his name has stuc! and is still used today Since the first conference in ./; many others have been held under the

Chairmanship of Prince 'ernhard, usually at yearly intervals and each time in a different country, including the nited Sta

and Canada &he sub"ects discussed vary, but always cover the problems which confront the estern countries and which a

apt to create friction and divergencies between them It is perhaps the best forum possible to debate the great issues of the d

It is certainly one of the best informed assemblies, and after a 'ilderberg wee!+end one leaves with a feeling of !nowing not

only the points of view within the different countries but, what is more important, having had an insight into the inner feelin

of the principal actors

et the importance of the 'ilderberg %roup stems from the people who ta!e part At each successive meeting, new persons

invited &he circle thus grows larger and never gets stale nly the inner circle, called the Steering Committee, which is

responsible for the preparation of the meetings, remains the same and even there a change of guard occasionally ta!es place

During the first three or four &ears the alli"portant selection of participants %as a delicate and difficult tas7' This %as particularl& as regards politicians' t %as not eas& to persuade top office holders to co"e' The occasion %as interesting and pleasant enough but%as it %orth a four da& foreign 4ourne&? =ere ;etinger displa&ed great s7ill and an uncann& abilit& to pic7 out people %ho in a fe%&ears ti"e %ere to accede to the highest offices in their respecti*e countries' n this %a& after a fe% &ears, %hen the fa"e of the

conferences began to spread, getting people to co"e %as no longer a proble"' ;ather the opposite %as the case' Then the "ostfre(uent proble" %as ho% to 7eep the" out %ithout creating offence'

After several years the 'ilderberg %roup could claim an impressive array of statesmen and potentates of all sorts, who at on

stage or another have been brought into its circle *o names need be Fuoted + and indeed the rule was not to + but it would

suffice to say that today there are very few !ey figures among governments on both sides of the Atlantic who have not attend

at least one of these meetings hat is perhaps more important is that everyone is flattered to receive an invitation

The character, the strength and the *italit& of an& group depends on the gro%th of a net%or7 of personal relations bet%een its"e"bers' n the earl& da&s ;etinger %as largel& the focus and the inter"ediar& in addition to being the "o*ing spirit of it all' =e haplent& of initiati*e and %as full of ideas so"eti"es too "uch so for less ad*enturous spirits' But also, in*ol*ed as he %as in "an&affairs, he often had things up his slee*e %hich %ere of real or potential ad*antage to "an& "e"bers of the Group'

+ithin a fe% &ears, ho%e*er, Prince Bernhard beca"e the true centre of all the lo&alties and affecti*e bonds' At first, he had to step%aril&, establishing precedents and getting to 7no% people, "ost of %ho", b& the *er& nature of things, felt diffident to%ards theirro&al Chair"an' Ti"e %as needed to build confidence and that inti"ate "utual understanding necessar& for surefooted "anage"e

To build the %hole group around the person of the Prince %as a "asterstro7e on the part of ;etinger' Prince Bernhard has great(ualities of heart and "ind, %hose har"onious blend results in an enor"ous personal char" %hich fe% people can resist' Also hisposition is uni(ue' As a ro&al prince he naturall& ta7es precedence %ithout arousing an&bod&Ss en*&' =e is politicall& i"partial, %hithe fact that he represents a s"all countr& is also reassuring' There %ere also "an& intangible but *er& real and *er& great ad*antagein ha*ing a ro&al prince as Chair"an, and to illustrate this it "ight not be inappropriate to (uote fro" a Gilbert and <ulli*an operett

Though "en of ran7 "a& useless see",

The& do good in their generation,



The& "a7e the %ealth& upstart tee"+ith Christian lo*e and selfnegation#The bitterest tongue that e*er lashedManSs foll&, drops %ith "il7 and hone&,+hile <candal hides her head, abashed,Brought face to face %ith ;an7 and Mone&V

Although ta7en out of conte$t this little rh&"e "a7es a point %hich is li7el& to re"ain *alid for "an& generations to co"e'

=o% useful and effecti*e ha*e the Bilderberg Conferences reall& been? Much, of course, depended on the circu"stances at the ti"e

The "eeting held in !lorida in !ebruar& 0F@K %as, for instance, *er& "uch apropos to help heal the bruises after the <ue disaster'ord Lil"uir, %ho %as then ord Chancellor, recalls in his "e"oirs, that ha*ing been e$pressl& sent there b& the Pri"e Minister, MMac"illan, he found it an i""ensel& useful occasion for tal7s %ith highran7ing A"ericans'

Certainl& it created countless e$tre"el& helpful contacts bet%een people %ho bore so"e of the principal responsibilities for the affaof their countries both in politics and in econo"ics' Although co"pletel& intangible, this is a *er& i"portant factor in internationalaffairs %hich so"eti"es leads to great results' 5uropean nit& %ould not ha*e been possible %ithout a enor"ous nu"ber of personcontacts and confrontations bet%een the political and econo"ic leaders of 5uropean countries' There is "uch less of this bet%een5urope and A"erica and therefore occasions %here it ta7es place are all the "ore precious'

Moreo*er, the relationship bet%een the nited <tates and its 5uropean partners suffers fro" a disparit& of po%er, and this is furtheraggra*ated b& the sheer ph&sical distance bet%een A"erica and 5urope' t is a *er& real factor and %hate*er the issues of the da&

"ight be its influence is constantl& felt' nside 5urope, political opinion %ithin a countr& can be influenced b& the *ie%s and %ishesother 5uropean nations' Go*ern"ents ha*e to ta7e note of %hat others thin7' A good deal of pressure can be brought on a countr& %is out of step %ith its partners, and this is al"ost al%a&s effecti*e enough as none is sufficientl& strong to disregard others for long'That is %h& the Co""on Mar7et or an& other 5uropean grouping can be "ade to %or7'

General de Gaulle %as no e$ception to this rule' t "ight ha*e see"ed as if he could get a%a& %ith "ore than an&bod& else but, in fb& "eans of his *er& s7ilful diplo"ac& he "anaged to bring others round to share his *ie%s'

A"erica is in an altogether different position' t to%ers in the distance, and 5uropeans, of %hate*er countr&, en"eshed as the& are innet%or7 of treaties of %hich A"erica is al%a&s the hub, si"pl& feel that the& cannot e$ert the 7ind of influence nor bring the degreepressure %hich their o%n in*ol*e"ent re(uires' The& can pra&, hope and %atch but there is not "uch the& can do' An& occasion oftal7ing full& and fran7l& to top A"erican leaders is particularl& useful and i"portant' =ence the *er& fact that the Bilderberg e$ists in itself a factor of so"e conse(uence in Atlantic relations'

re"e"ber that, %hile "a7ing a "odest start in politics, tried to e$plain %hat to "e see"ed the "ost i"portant aspect of so"eproble" to Mr' Paul de Auer, an old and e$perienced =ungarian diplo"atist' "ust ha*e appeared too intent and gone on for too lo+hen finished, Mr' de Auer %earil& %a*ed his hand and said: SMonsieur Po"ian, in politics those things are important which

important people thin! are important 'y this simple rule the 'ilderberg %roup is certainly important

<ince the first "eeting in Paris in 0F@>, a slight air of "&ster& has surrounded the Bilderberg Group' )either %hat %as said, nor %hthe participants %ere, %ere e*er di*ulged to the Press' Publicit& %as shunned' <o"eti"es' <o"eti"es this contributed to stir curiosiand i"agination, so"eti"es to spread fa"e, so"eti"es to spread stories' 6n "an& occasions it ga*e rise to a great *ariet& of a"usiincidents'

An innocent one occurred in -ul& 0F@' Till then no Tur7s had participated in the "eetings' This gap had to be repaired and Prince

Bernhard, %ho %as on good ter"s %ith Pri"e Minister Menderes agreed to introduce ;etinger to e$plain %hat %as %anted' !or a*ariet& of reasons the "eeting could not be arranged until one da&, Prince Bernhard, %ho %as lea*ing on an African safari, rang up'had 4ust spo7en about it to the Tur7ish Minister at the =ague and an appoint"ent had been fi$ed in Tur7e& in a fortnightSs ti"e' Theline %as bad and ;etinger %as not sure %hether he had understood e*er&thing correctl&' And so, on our %a& to istanbul %e passedthrough the =ague to chec7 the arrange"ents and also to disco*er ho% "uch the Tur7s 7ne% about the purpose of the *isit' The&Tur7ish Minister %as "ost helpful and had organied e*er&thing *er& %ell, but although he see"ed *er& i"pressed %ith thei"portance of the "ission he 7ne% little of %hat it %as about or %ho on earth ;etinger %as' 6n one or t%o occasions he addressed;etinger as Professor, instead of his usual title of Doctor, but this see"ed irrele*ant'

n stanbul, %here %e arri*ed the sa"e da&, an i"pressi*e %elco"e a%aited us, and here again e*er&bod& addressed ;etinger asProfessor' The sa"e thing happened in An7ara, %here ;etinger first called on the !oreign Minister' All our Tur7ish hosts %ere sohospitable and so deferential to%ards ;etinger that %e let pass this slip %hich, after all, see"ed perfectl& inconse(uential' The tal7%ith the !oreign Minister too7 a good halfhour longer than scheduled' +e e"erged fro" it to be greeted b& our guide, a pleasant



&oung "an fro" the Protocol Depart"ent, %ho, %ith a %orried loo7 announced that %e "ust hurr& as %e %ere late for our ne$tappoint"ent' This %as ne%s to us as none had been e$pected' t turned out that our hosts thought it %ould please ;etinger, %ho %asTur7e& for the first ti"e, to "eet his colleagues '''' other Professors at the ni*ersit&' t %as too late to react' +e could not e$plain it %as all a "ista7e' Too "an& people to %ho" %e %ere indebted for a "ost hospitable reception %ould be e"barrassed' +e set offe$changing %orried glances'

At the ni*ersit& %e %ere greeted b& the Dean of the !acult& of a% and 5cono"ics, acco"panied b& so"e t%ent& professors' Dri%ere ser*ed and an ani"ated con*ersation started' ;etinger %as particularl& *oluble and , too, tried to second hi" as best could' 6sole ai" %as not to let an& of our hosts as7 fro" %hich uni*ersit& Professor ;etinger ca"e' That %ould ha*e been a%ful, fore*er&bod& %ould ha*e lost face' =appil& %e stood our ground for a good three(uarters of an hour' <uddenl&, lunch %as announced

but that %as too "uch' +e could face it no longer' ;etinger pleaded so"e pre*ious engage"ent and, e$hausted, %e beat a hast& retto the bar of our hotel %here the biggest %his7ies %ere pro"ptl& orderedV

6ther%ise the *isit to Tur7e& pro*ed *er& successful, largel& than7s to the help and understanding of a *er& able diplo"atist,A"bassador )uri Birgi %ho, at that ti"e, %as <ecretar&General of the !oreign Ministr&' T%o &ears later the Tur7s pla&ed host to aBilderberg Conference in a secluded hotel on the "agical shores of the Bosphorus'

Although the Bilderberg Group %as "ainl& concerned %ith proble"s facing the Atlantic Alliance, ;etinger re"ained, as before,pri"aril& attached to 5uropean nit&' =is *ie%s did not change nor did his in*ol*e"ent get less' =is field of action gre% %ider anda result he could do "ore in 5uropean affairs' nfortunatel& the opportunities to do so %ere no% fe%er' Progress in 5urope %asli"ited to the <i$ and all efforts %ere concentrated on this area' The failure of the 5uropean Defence Co""unit& in 0F@@ %asfollo%ed b& the Messina Conference %hich ga*e birth to the Co""on Mar7et' Again Britain refused to 4oin' nstead, seeing theresults, she too7 the initiati*e of for"ing the 5uropean !ree Trade Area /5!TA3 grouping the <candina*ian countries, Austria,

<%iterland and Portugal %ho %ere li7e"inded in their attitude to 5uropean unification' Then follo%ed an atte"pt to 4oin the t%otogether' t threatened the purpose and e$istence of the ne%l& for"ed Co""on Mar7et and General de Gaulle, %ho b& then had co"to po%er in !rance, ob4ected' At the sa"e ti"e he fir"l& set his face against an& further e$tension of the supranational principle' Thne$t phase %as to be SS5urope des PatriesS %hich at the sa"e ti"e %as the 5urope of Go*ern"ents'

The Bilderberg Group %as, naturall&, a great political asset for ;etinger' Than7s to it he could inter*ene and help "ost effecti*el& i"an& "atters' Man& of his friends sought his ad*ice and since he ne*er refused to help, he participated in the organiing andde*eloping of "an& underta7ings' The& all had to do either %ith S5uropeS or the SAtlanticS' A"ong these the 5uropean Cultural!oundation and the Atlantic Congress loo"ed larger as far as ti"e and effort %ere concerned'

There %ere also "an& things he launched hi"self' 6ne of the" had to do %ith Asia' =e sought to find a %a& of establishing a dialobet%een the +est and the 5ast, in %hich philosophers, theologians and political thin7ers %ould ta7e part' Much ti"e and effort %asspent on it and "an& people beca"e in*ol*ed' The brilliant boo7 SA*enture 6ccidentale de lS=o""e b& his friend Denis de;ouge"ont, %ho participated in it all, %ill long re"ain as a lone "onu"ent connected %ith this *enture' 6ther%ise it ca"e to nothi

Then there %as also 5astern 5urope' After the >th Congress of the <o*iet Co""unist Part&, it see"ed that a %ind of change %asbeginning to blo% throughout the <o*iet bloc' Perhaps the e*olution "ight e*en go far enough for the Bilderberg e$perience tobeco"e rele*ant to 5ast+est relations' ;etinger al%a&s li7e to proceed e"piricall& and graduall& test the ground' n this case it %ota7e a long ti"e and in the "eanti"e he needed to build up his o%n personal reno%n' !or the first ti"e in his li7e he felt in need ofso"e publicit& for hi"self' =e needed to be noticed and be in a position to i"press people in the 5astern bloc' The )obel Peace prioccurred to hi" as the best %a& to do so and so"e of his friends began to can*ass support' But ;ight at that ti"e priests rather thanpoliticians %ere getting all the pries and nothing ca"e of it' 5arlier on, in 0F@, a letter he %rote to Mr' C&ran7ie%ic, the then PoPri"e Minister, %ho" he 7ne% of old, as7ing for a *isa to Poland, re"ained unans%ered' Altogether, in the late fifties, an& "o*es ithe direction of 5astern 5urope %ere, in fact, pre"ature' li7e to thin7 that in this case as in so "an& others he anticipated the coursof e*ents'

All along ;etinger %or7ed closel& %ith Prince Bernhard, to %ho" he %as *er& deepl& de*oted' =e ser*ed his prince faithfull& andunsparingl& as a 7ind of selfappointed political courtier, and in turn the Prince %as al%a&s a "ost lo&al and faithful friend and all&

n 0F@K his health began to decline' t %orried hi" but he did little about it' +hen he finall& retired at the end of 0F@F his health %a*er& poor' et until a fe% %ee7s before he died, on the 0> -une 0F, he %as still acti*e' Although he no longer had an&responsibilities he ne*er cease "a7ing plans %ith regard to the *arious causes that %ere dear to his heart' There %as a sharp declineduring his last fe% %ee7s but e*en that had no *isible effect on his good hu"our or his interest in "en and proble"s' =e %as heard confession and recei*ed the last sacra"ents' n his last "onths he certainl& felt that he had fulfilled his tas7 and had done %hat he hset out to do e$cept to co"plete his "e"oirs' This boo7 "ight, perhaps, help to fill that gap'

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The 6riginal Bilderbergers

*ntoine PinayPrime Minister of France(6:56:/)@ Minister ofForeign *ffairs of France

(6::56:4)

Born Decem&er /-, <6@Died Decem&er /, 66>

3ose+h #. 8etinger Co-1ounder of theBilderberg Group

Born *+ril ;, <<<@Died 3ne , 64-

Prince Bernhard of 0he'etherlands

Co-1ounder andChairman of the

Bilderberg Group

Born in 3ena, 1ermanyon 3ne 6, 6@ Died in!trecht, 'etherlands onDecem&er , -->


former Chairman of FiatOItalian car com+any

Born March , 6@Died 3anary >, --/

=tto Wolff 2on *merongenO1ermany

Chairman and C%= =tto Wolff 1m&#

Born *gst 4, 6<@ DMarch <, --;

C.D. 3acksonP&lisher of Life

maga9ine (64-564>)

Born March 4, 6-@Died "e+tem&er <, 64>

1eorge C. Mc1hee!.". *m&assador to West

1ermany (64/564<)

Born March -, 6@Died 3ly >, --:


"tate (645644)@ "enior

Partner of LehmanBrothers (64656<)

Born Decem&er , 6-6@Died May 4, 66>

#.3. #ein9 IIChairman of the &oard of

#.3. #ein9 Com+any(6:656<;)

Born 3ly -, 6-<Died Fe&rary /, 6<;

Da2id 8ockefellerChairman and C%=

Chase Manhattan Ba

(64656<)

Born 3ne , 6:

1y MolletPrime Minister of France

(6:456:;)

Born Decem&er /, 6-:@Died =cto&er /, 6;:

Denis #ealeyO1reat Britain

Chancellor of the%cheAer (6;>56;6)@

"hado Foreign"ecretary (6:6564,6;-56;, 6<-56<;)

Born *gst /-, 6;

*lcide De 1as+eriPrime Minister of Italy

(6>:56:/)@President of the

%ro+ean Parliament(6:>)

Born *+ril /, <<Died *gst 6, 6:>

Pal #. 'it9e *ssistant !.". "ecretary

of Defense forInternational "ecrity *ffairs (64564/)@"ecretary of the 'a2y

(64/564;)

Born 3anary 4, 6-;@Died =cto&er 6, -->

3ohn ". ColemanPresident of Brrog

Cor+oration (6>456



3ose+h #. 8etinger (left), secretary5general of the %ro+ean Mo2ement, as the co5fonder of the Bilder&erg Meetings, along ith PrinceBernhard of the 'etherlands, and attended the first Bilder&erg Meetings in 6:>. 8etinger is shon meeting ith former ="" Chief WilliamSWild BillT Dono2an (center) and 0homas Braden (right), director of the Committee for !nited %ro+e. Both Dono2an and Braden eremem&ers of the Concil on Foreign 8elations. 0his +hoto a++ears in Donovan: America’s Master Spy &y 8ichard Dnlo+.

Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ant 1eorge W. Ball (left) sits &eside 'a9i 1erman ar criminal *l&ert "+eer dring an inter2ie at Dke of#olsteinKs castle O"chloss 1lcks&erg in 1ermany in March 6;. 1eorge W. Ball attended the 6; Bilder&erg Meetings in ?ermont O!."n *+ril 6;. 0his +hoto a++ears in +age :> of the &ook The ast !as Another attern: Memoirs &y 1eorge W. Ball.



“t %as not the first such effort' At the end of the %ar prodigious energ& had gone into the creation of an Atlantic consciousne8arious pri*ate groups organied b& %ellconnected indi*iduals sprang up in the Marshall Plan da&s to strengthen thetransatlantic bonds a"ong the elite of 5urope and A"erica' A 7e& figure %as Dr' -oseph =' ;etinger, %ho" George Ball, anenthusiastic collaborator, describes as a Zpolitical ad*enturer in the pattern of a Casano*a, Cellini or To" Paine'Z A friend ofAndre Gide and -oseph Conrad, ;etinger had li*ed in Me$ico before the %ar %here he counseled the go*ern"ent one$propriating the oil properties of A"erican co"panies' ater he beca"e a top aide to General +lad&sla% <i7ors7i, leader ofthe Polish go*ern"entine$ile, and parachuted into Poland in 0F22 at age fift&se*en to "a7e contact %ith the underground'During the %ar he pushed for regular consultations of foreign "inisters, so"ething then un7no%n, out of %hich had co"e thecreation of the Benelu$ custo"s union' More brash than -ean Monnet, %hose acti*ities he paralleled, ;etinger %as a "asterorganier of the po%erful"agnates, intellectuals, pri"e "inisters, 7ings, and those poised to 4oin their nu"ber' i7e Monnet

belie*ed strongl& in 5uropean unit&' n 0F2K he organied the 5uropean Mo*e"ent, a group of organiations to propagate thei"portance of '<'5uropean collaboration' The funds ca"e ostensibl& fro" A"erican philanthropic sources but about fi*esi$ths of the "one& %as supplied b& '<' intelligence agencies' 3etinger was worried about rampant anti+Americanism i

Europe after the war, not "ust on the 4eft but among conservative circles who loo!ed on the reorgani=ers of Europe fr

across the sea as clumsy, naive, and uncultured The decisions needed to re"a7e 5urope, he belie*ed, %ere not understoodb& the public, %hich %as still "ired in oldfashioned nationalis"' Public opinion, he %as con*inced, Zfollo%s the lead ofinfluential indi*iduals'” As his longti"e secretar& -ohn Po"ian put it, Z=e "uch preferred %or7ing through a fe% carefull&selected people to publicit& on a "assi*e scale'” Building on his %arti"e associations %ith "en li7e A*erell =arri"an, he cato 7no% the "ost po%erful "en in the nited <tates and proceeded to enlist the" in his cause' 6ne of ;etingerSs ideas forbrea7ing do%n transatlantic barriers %as to ha*e influential 5uropeans confront influential A"ericans in a congenial, utterl&pri*ate setting concerning McCarth&is" and other aspects of A"erica that disturbed 5uropeans and then let the A"ericans haZan opportunit& to ans%er the indict"ent'Z Men li7e -ohn <' Cole"an, president of Burroughs, =arr& Bullis, president of

General Mills, -ohn -' McClo&, and George Ball %ere alread& tr&ing to organie public opinion in the nited <tates against thanti5uropean protectionist i"pulse that %as once again "a7ing itself felt' The& li7ed the idea of institutionaliing old %arti"friendships into regular gettogethers' The participants %ould all belong to that special breed of citien %ho feels the %eight opublic responsibilit& %hether in office or out' Thus the Bilderberg "eetings %ere launched soon after 5isenho%er arri*ed in t+hite =ouse' Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, Paul 8an eeland, the for"er Belgian pri"e "inister, and Paul ;&7ens,chair"an of the board of nile*er, %ere recruited b& ;etinger as the 5uropean leadership, and in the nited <tates, Cole"an Ball handled the recruiting in close collaboration %ith C' D' -ac7son, 5isenho%erSs assistant for ps&chological %arfare, and+alter Bedell <"ith, another close %arti"e associate of the ne% president %ho had been head of the CA' The group had beecarefull& selected for balance %ithin the accepted political li"its of the da&' The for"er <ocialist pre"ier of !rance, Gu& Mol%as brought into the planning, along %ith the for"er conser*ati*e pre"ier, Antoine Pina&' C5 6ac!son established a certa

rapport by tal!ing fran!ly about Senator 6oseph McCarthy, whose rampages were coming to a clima# >e are boun

to get this !ind of supercharged emotional frea! from time to time,? he e#plained Hinting that the senator might well

assassinated, 6ac!son promised the 'ilderbergers that by ne#t year >he will be gone from the American scene? &he cof notables met under heavy guard at the Hotel 'ilderberg at osterbee!, Holland, in late May ./; =eld &ear after &ein si"ilar elegant settings around the %orld, the Bilderberg "eetings discussed "atters of great %eight such as Zthe role andcontrol of nuclear %eapons %ithin )AT6” /0F@13, “ele"ents of instabilit& in +estern societ&” /0FF3, and Zthe possibilit& ofchange of the A"erican role in the %orld and its conse(uencesZ /0FK03 %ith greater fran7ness and "ore leisure than %asa*ailable to the participants %hen the& "et under "ore official circu"stances' nfor"al se"inars on nuclear %eapons, DeGaulleSs obstructionis", and %hat to do about the resti*e students %ere held in %hat <ir 5ric ;oll, a for"er senior British ci*iser*ant and in*est"ent ban7er, calls Zthe inti"ac& of the senior co""on roo"'Z To be eligible a participant had to be a po%eor prestigious figure fro" a capitalist industrialied countr& of +estern 5urope or )orth A"erica and fall co"fortabl& %ithinthe centrist orthodo$& of his societ&' 6ne of the fe% e$ceptions %as the right%ing British MP 5noch Po%ell, %ho attended oand pronounced the proceedings Zlargel& futile but perfectl& har"less'Z Another was Marshall Mc4uhan who, in a daring

opening to the new intellectual currents of the late ./18s, was invited one time, but as one veteran 'ilderberger told Th

Times 4ondonJ, he used so many four+letter words that we learnt our lesson?”. The Alliance: America-Euro!e-.a!an/ Ma%ers o& the Postwar (orld b& ;ichard -' Barnet, p' EE>



“And that is about all for the inter*ention of +alter Bedell <"ith and C'D' -ac7son in the genesis of the group' !ro" the fall 0F@E, -ac7son as7ed Prince Bernhard to deal directl& %ith -ohn Cole"an' The Cole"an Co""ittee, or Co""ittee for a)ational Trade Polic&, therefore pro*ided the A"erican net%or7 out of %hich A"erican participation to Bilderberg gre%'Created in <epte"ber 0F@E at the re(uest of the +hite =ouse to ca"paign for its polic& of trade liberaliation, it gatheredpro"inent industrialists, la%&ers and ban7ers dedicated to freer trade, under the chair"anship of -ohn Cole"an, of theBurroughs Corporation, a longti"e supporter of 5isenho%er' George Ball, then a +ashington la%&er, %as an i"portant figuon the Cole"an Co""ittee, and that is ho% he beca"e in*ol*ed in the Bilderberg group' t %as a t&pical 5ast Coast, eliteorganiation of the 0F@s, %ith "an& "e"bers associated %ith the Co""ittee for 5cono"ic De*elop"ent, an influentialbusiness planning group, the Council on !oreign ;elations, the fa"ous )e% or7 thin7tan7, and the Marshall Planad"inistration' <o"e i"portant A"erican "e"bers of the Bilderberg group, such as business"en and diplo"at George C'

McGhee and industrialists ='-' =ein and -a"es ellerbach, 4oined this transatlantic net%or7 due to their "e"bership of theCole"an Co""ittee in 0F@E' After an A"erican report in )o*e"ber 0F@E, and a co""on, general report in the follo%ingspring, a conference %as held in Ma& 0F@2 in 6osterbee7, )etherlands, in the de Bilderberg =otel' t %as a success, and the rissue %as not so "uch co""unis" or antico""unis" in the"sel*es /re4ection of co""unis" %as a basic assu"ption a"onparticipants3, but the alleged lac7 of sophistication of A"erican inter*ention in 5urope at the ti"e' n other %ords, the realproble" %as antiA"ericanis", and especiall& the old antiA"ericanis" of 5uropean elites, %ith McCarth& constituting one the hottest topics' The sa"e pattern of 5uropean pressure and A"erican reluctance is noticeable in 0F@2@@' The 5uropeans%anted a big figure /McClo& is often referred to3 and a regular "echanis" of transatlantic "eetings, %hile the A"ericans %erreluctant to engage in a per"anent process' 5*en C'D' -ac7son, *er& appreciati*e of the first conference %hich he attended, dnot %ante to en*ision a regular series of conferences' 6nl& in late 0F@2 and earl& 0F@@, after repeated 5uropean re(uests, didA"erican participants finall& get organied, finding a chair"an, cochair"an, and secretar& . Dean ;us7 /president of the;oc7efeller !oundation3, Bedell <"ith, and -oseph 5' -ohnson /president of the Carnegie 5ndo%"ent for nternational Peace

respecti*el& . raising "one& a"ong the"sel*es, and appl&ing in 6ctober to the !ord !oundation for a grant for one conferento be held in the nited <tates /%hich actuall& too7 place "uch later3' n <epte"ber 0F@@, the third conference, held inGer"an& in Gar"ischParten7irchen, %as especiall& satisfactor&, and both 5uropean and A"erican elites %ere fro" that ti"econ*inced of the *alue of the group' t %as percei*ed as a place to get firsthand infor"ation on international affairs, to testfresh ideas in a nonofficial conte$t, and to net%or7 at a transatlantic le*el' The 0F@ and 0F@K conferences, in Den"ar7, thenited <tates and tal& respecti*el&, confir"ed this de*elop"ent and allo%ed heated e$changes on colonialis" anddecoloniation, the <ue crisis and the <o*iet econo"ic offensi*e in the Third +orld' n 0F@K, the A"erican group %as gi*eits definiti*e shape' Chaired b& la%&er Arthur =' Dean and industrialist ='-' =ein, it %as a%arded a ne% E, grant fro"the !ord !oundation for the <t' <i"ons conference, the first to ta7e place in the nited <tates' B& 0F@K, Bilderberg had beco"a %ellestablished structure in pri*ate, transatlantic relations' C'D' -ac7son al%a&s 7ept an interest in Bilderberg' =e attendethe conferences of <epte"ber 0F@K, <epte"ber 0F@1 and Ma& 0F and follo%ed the de*elop"ent of the group, but +alterBedell <"ith %as not a *er& acti*e "e"ber in this for"ati*e period' The intelligence co""unit& %as certainl& i"portant for

the creation of the Bilderberg group, but "ore in ter"s of "ilieu, personal contacts and shared *alues than political initiati*e funding'” . The Cultural Cold (ar in (estern Euro!e/ 0123-45, edited b& =ans Lrabbenda", Giles <cott<"ith, p' K@K



“The end of the 0F@s %itnessed the continuous de*elop"ent of the Bilderberg group, %ith an increased "e"bership for thesteering co""ittee' t is not possible in this short space to gi*e a detailed histor& of the group, but one can "ention i"portanpersonalities %ho contributed to the success of Bilderberg in the late 0F@s: fro" tal& the diplo"at Pietro Quaroni andbusiness"en Gio*anni Agnelli and Alberto Pirelli# fro" Ger"an& the industrialists !rit Berg and 6tto +olff *on A"erongeand the Christian De"ocrat Carlo <ch"id# fro" Britain the abour politicians =ugh Gaits7ell and Denis =eale& and theConser*ati*e ;eginald Maudling# fro" Belgiu" Paul *an eeland# and the A"ericans George Ball, ='-' =ein and C'D'-ac7son' A certain feeling of routine nonetheless surfaced' As C'D' -ac7son noted to Prince Bernhard in 0F0 about thepre*ious &ears,67t8here were some Con&erences o& !articular interest to the Americans during which the Euro!eans were somewhat bored/ a

ice-ersa9 ,ou will remember that there was een serious tal% as to whether or not )ilderberg might not hae outlied its

use&ulness9 The Con&erences were still &un/ because most o& the con&erees had gotten to %now and li%e each other/ but it haddeelo!ed into something o& a 6club atmos!here rather than solid bene&it9

Moreo*er, the group %as reorganied in the earl& 0Fs' n late 0F@F, -oseph ;etinger, in bad health, retired, and %as replaceb& 5rnst *an der Beugel, for"er Dutch <tate <ecretar& of !oreign Affairs and 8icePresident of LM, assisted b& anotherDutch"an, Arnold T' a"ping, a for"er A"bassador to Ger"an&' The na"e of [Bilderberg MeetingsJ %as also adopted tostress the infor"al nature of a series of conferences %ith ne% participants each &ear, and not the gathering of a closed andstructured group' The international conte$t %as also "ore fa*ourable to challenging Atlantic the"es, for e$a"ple the tradenegotiations bet%een 5urope and the nited <tates, discussed at the <t' Castin conference in April 0F0' This e*olution %asapparentl& positi*e since -ac7son felt enthusiastic about the 0F0 and 0F> conferences in <t' Castin, Canada, and <alts4obad<%eden, for their [4oint anal&sis of their 4oint proble"s, loo7ing to%ard a 4oint solutionJ' The successes resulted also fro" thfunctions of the Bilderberg group in the laste 0F@s and earl& 0Fs' !irst, it integrated the Ger"an elites, especiall& theGer"an <PD elites, in a +estern net%or7 and a +esternoriented fra"e of "ind' As noted b& <hepard <tone, an e$cellent

obser*er of the Ger"an political scene in an internal note for the !ord !oundation, after the 0F@K !iuggi conference the Ger"participants !rit 5rler and Carlo <ch"id said that the Bilderberg contact [%ould ha*e influence on <PD foreign polic& ideas the futureJ' This anal&sis %as confir"ed b& 5rnst *an der Beugel in a recent inter*ie%' n addition, the Bilderberg groupattained a re"ar7able closeness to the Lenned& Ad"inistration through the participation of Dean ;us7, George Ball and GeorC' McGhee, three of its founding "e"bers %ho entered the <tate Depart"ent in 0F0' The& left their responsibilities in the"anage"ent of the group, but closel& follo%ed the Bilderberg debates' Ball in particular attended the conferences %hen he %nder<ecretar& of <tate, and could pro*ide ideas on the Ad"inistrationJs thin7ing' The original reluctance of the *er&beginning had totall& disappeared b& the earl& 0Fs, and this interest of A"erican elites, both in and out of official positions%as confir"ed b& ne% !ord !oundation grants in 0F@F /21,3 and 0FE /,3' n *ie% of the polic& of the Lenned&ad"inistration to encourage a strong 5urope, but also to 7eep it Atlanticoriented and co"patible %ith A"erican econo"icinterests, the *alue of Bilderberg as a "eans of pro"oting Atlantic understanding %as considered *er& i"portant' Anothercharacteristic of the Bilderberg group should be noted at the end of our period' t could not integrate the ne% Gaullist elites'

+ilfred Bau"gartner, the for"er Go*ernor of the ban7 of !rance and then Minister of !inance, %as the regular !renchparticipant in the steering co""ittee fro" 0F, but he %as not a t&pical Gaullist' 6n the contrar&, the Bilderberg group becaa rall&ing point against %hat %as percei*ed as a nationalist challenge to Atlantic *alues' The Cannes conference, in March 0Fis an e$cellent e$a"ple of this' =eld 4ust after the fa"ous press conference of 02 -anuar& 0FE, in %hich de Gaulle re4ected tnited Lingdo" application for "e"bership of the 55C, the discussions presented a sharp criticis" of !rench polic&' As C'D-ac7son later put it, the conference %as successful in [7ic7ing hell out of de GaulleJs representati*eJ . "ore specificall& -ac(uBau"el, the secretar& general of the Gaullist Part& /);3, %ho had the hard tas7 of defending !rench polic& decisions' n 0Fthis aspect %as "ore i"portant than the antico""unist di"ension'”. The Cultural Cold (ar in (estern Euro!e/ 0123-45, edited b& =ans Lrabbenda", Giles <cott<"ith, p' KK1

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“The Bilderberg Group %as founded in 0F@2 to facilitate confidential '<'5uropean dialogue on the highest le*el' To this dathe Group holds &earl& "eetings attracting so"e of the "ost influential ban7ers, captains of industr&, diplo"ats, intellectualsand politicians on both sides of the AtlanticThe "ain argu"ent ad*anced is that this institution has contributed both to thecohesion and longe*it& of the Atlantic Alliance and to the *ast increase in co""erce and in*est"ent across the Atlantic in thepost%ar period' The Group has done so in part through the infor"al e$change of infor"ation, the establish"ent of relationshof trust a"ong "e"bers of the transatlantic elite, and the strengthening of co""on *alues and beliefs' -ust as i"portant,ho%e*er, %as the Bilderberg GroupJs function as a safet& *al*e for dissent and conflicting *ie%s %ithin the pluralisticco""unit& of the +est' Particularl& in the period fro" 0F@2 until 0FK, %hen Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands %as theBilderberg chair"an, Dutch in*ol*e"ent %as considerable' This should not co"e as a surprise since the )etherlands %asperfectl& situated to “host” the Group' The traditional %est%ard orientation of the countr& . e$e"plified b& "ultinational fir"

such as nile*er and <hell . coupled %ith its earl& participation in the creation of a united 5urope /Benelu$, 5C<C, 55C,5urato"3, ga*e the Dutch a natural "ediating role bet%een continental 5urope and the Anglo<a$on %orld' Moreo*er, as arelati*el& "inor po%er the )etherlands %as acceptable to the "a4or po%ers of the alliance as a transatlantic "ediator' There"ar7able fact that the )etherlands has occupied the position of )AT6 secretar& general for a total of o*er t%ent&one &earsfar longer than an& other )AT6 "e"ber . illustrates this point' &he 'ilderberg %roup was the brainchild of 6oseph

3etinger, a Polish+born cosmopolitan based in 4ondon During +orld +ar , ;etinger had been a close ad*isor to thePolish go*ern"ent in e$ile' After the %ar, he %as instru"ental in setting up *arious organiations pro"oting 5uropean unit&a"ong the" the 5uropean Mo*e"ent' n 0F@>, ;etinger ga*e up his position as secretar& general of this "o*e"ent in order de*ote hi"self to '<'5uropean relations' A rising tide of antiA"ericanis" s%ept across "uch of 5urope %hile +ashingto%as preoccupied %ith <enator McCarth&Js antico""unist %itch hunts' 3etinger felt that the growing lac! of understandin

between Europe and the nited States endangered their effective cooperation hile he was convinced that building astrong Europe offered the best hope for liberating his native Poland, he also believed that the help of the nited States

was crucial in forging a united Europe and winning the Cold war n <epte"ber 0F@>, ;etinger asse"bled a group ofleading 5uropeans in Paris to stud& the causes of antiA"ericanis" in 5urope' The first t%o "en he had contacted %ere Paul;i47ens, the Dutch chair"an of nile*er, and Prince Bernhard' The& both shared ;etingerJs concerns about the lac7 of unit&%ithin the +est and the prince agreed to beco"e chair"an of the stud& group' 6ther "e"bers included =ugh Gaits7ell, aleading abour politician# talian Pri"e Minister Alcide de Gasperi# Ma4or General Colin Gubbins, the British chief of the<pecial 6perations 5$ecuti*e /<653 during +orld +ar # 6le B4orn Lraft, the Danish foreign "inister# Gu& Mollet, the leadof the !rench socialists# Antoine Pina&, !ranceJs conser*ati*e pri"e "inister# and Paul *an eeland, the Belgian foreign"inister' The contacts bet%een these "en "ostl& dated bac7 to +orld +ar , %hen ondon had ser*ed as a pressure coo7er ideas on re"a7ing the post%ar international order' nfluenced b& the 0F20 Atlantic Charter, indi*idual hu"an rights, collectisecurit&, econo"ic interdependence, and a "ini"u" le*el of social securit& beca"e staples of allied and +estern thought'Man& earl& Bilderberg "e"bers belonged to the generation of internationalists that e"erged fro" the debris of +orld +ar Contrar& to the oftenheard clai" that the CA %as instru"ental in launching the Bilderberg Group, the A"erican reaction to

report %as slo% and reluctant' ;etinger tra*eled to the nited <tates in late 0F@>, shortl& after D%ight D' 5isenho%er had %othe presidential elections' +alter Bedell <"ith and Allen Dulles, t%o of the first directors of the CA, and other leading offic%ere too preoccupied %ith their 4obs in the ne% ad"inistration to gi*e ;etinger "uch ti"e' +ithout the persistence of PrinceBernhard . and, at least as i"portant, his highle*el contacts reaching up to President 5isenho%er . the Bilderberg Group "ignot ha*e co"e into e$istence' As it %as, the princeJs perse*erance and the (ualit& of the 5uropean group that produced thereport on antiA"ericanis" forced an A"erican response' The first official Bilderberg "eeting, in Ma& 0F@2 . at its na"esa7=otel De Bilderberg in 6osterbee7, the )etherlands . %as a resounding success' n the &ears thereafter, the Group (uic7l&established its reputation as a *aluable transatlantic "eeting place' All participants too7 part as pri*ate citiens and %ereencouraged to spea7 freel& during the confidential discussions, one of the 7e& reasons for BilderbergJs success' Bet%een si$tand one hundred "en and %o"en fro" the )AT6 and 655CN65CD "e"ber states too7 part in the threeda& "eetings /the f%o"an to participate %as Princess Beatri$ of the )etherlands, in 0F>3”. 'our Centuries o& Dutch-American *elations: 0451;<551, edited b& =ans Lrabbenda", Cornelis Abraha" *an Minnen, Gi

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“n its *arious "eetings the Bilderberg Group dealt %ith a %hole range of issues facing the +est' Political and econo"ic toprecei*ed "ore or less e(ual %eight' +hat is "ore, the Bilderberg discussions highlight the e$tent to %hich "an& political andecono"ic issues are closel& interconnected' 6ne of the best e$a"ples is the GroupJs debate on 5uropean integration in the "0F@s' After the defeat of the 5uropean Defense Co""unit& /5DC3 b& the !rench parlia"ent in August 0F@2, the future of t5uropean pro4ect do"inated se*eral Bilderberg "eetings' Proponents of 5uropean integration such as the for"er head of the655C, ;obert Mar4olin, Gu& Mollet, and +alter =allstein, the +est Ger"an state secretar& for foreign affairs and futurepresident of the 55C Co""ission, used the "eetings to nurture a reliance euro!eenne' The& en*isaged 5uropean integrationnot onl& as the best guarantee of binding Ger"an& irre*ersibl& to the +est# in light of the <o*iet ideological and "ilitar& threthe& regard a united 5urope also as a bul%ar7 against co""unist aggression and propaganda' More specificall&, "en such asMar4olin and Mollet portra&ed the 5uropean pro4ect as a %a& to o*erco"e 5uropeJs structural socioecono"ic proble"s b&

creating a larger "ar7et, thus unleashing entrepreneurial energ& and "oderniing 5uropean societies b& encouraging "ore so"obilit& and co"petition' n short, a united 5urope should restore 5uropeJs faith in the future, thus under"ining the ideologisiren call of co""unis" and pre*enting a return to the erosu" protectionis" and aggressi*e nationalis" of the 0FEs' TheBilderberg "eetings also ga*e A"erican participants . a"ong the", George +' Ball, Paul G' =off"an, George !' Lennan, an;obert D' Murph& . the opportunit& to influence the 5uropean debate on integration' <ecretar& of <tate -ohn !oster DullesJsatte"pts to force the 5DC upon the reluctant !rench . fa"ousl& threatening an “agoniing reappraisal” of '<' foreign polic&had badl& bac7fired' Conse(uentl&, the reach of official '<' diplo"ac& in the field of 5uropean integration %as li"ited, henincreasing the i"portance of infor"al channels' Ball, =off"an, and others used the Bilderberg "eetings to argue for thead*antages of a larger, "ore co"petiti*e 5uropean "ar7et, %hile A"erican officials (uietl& reassured the 5uropean participathat no agoniing reappraisal had actuall& ta7en place in +ashington' A"erican e$perts on ato"ic energ&, "oreo*er, infor"the 5uropeans on the latest de*elop"ents in this e"erging industr& and argued for a concerted 5uropean catchup effort' TheA"erican Bilderbergers, in a %ord, used the "eetings to pro"ote the selfA"ericaniation of 5urope' -ohan +ille" Be&en,

foreign "inister of the )etherlands, strongl& supported Prince BernhardJs efforts to solidif& '<'5uropean relations and brinabout a relance euro!eenne' This beca"e e*ident in 0F@@, %hen Queen -uliana tried to put a halt to her husbandsJ acti*ities iBilderberg' The Dutch cabinet resisted the (ueen, in part because Be&en felt that the Bilderberg "eetings ser*ed a *aluablepurpose' The foreign "inister no doubt realied that the prince %as a considerable international asset for the )etherlands' ThBilderberg connection opened e*en "ore doors for the prince than his ro&al title alread& did' Bernhard regularl& *isited the+hite =ouse and fre(uentl& acted as a ro*ing econo"ic a"bassador for the )etherlands . pro"oting, a"ong other things, theDutch aircraft industr& and LM' n the earl& 0Fs, Prince Bernhard also crossed into constitutionall& "ore haardousterritor& b& using his Bilderberg connections to under"ine !oreign Minister unsJs position on +est )e% Guinea' During th0F> Bilderberg "eeting in <%eden, the prince told A"erican diplo"ats that uns en4o&ed li"ited support for his hardlinepolic& in the )etherlands' n the earl& 0Fs, the Bilderberg Group entered a "ore Atlanticist phase in its e$istence after theinitial e"phasis on 5uropean integration' -oseph ;etinger resigned as honorar& secretar& general because of health proble"she died in 0F . and %as succeed b& the Dutch"an 5rnst *an der Beugel, a highran7ing for"er diplo"at and co""itted

Atlanticist' 5*en "ore i"portant than these personal de*elop"ents %ere the longter" effects of the <ue crisis and the returto po%er of Charles de Gaulle in !rance' f "ost Bilderbergers had regarded 5uropean integration and Atlantic cooperation a"utuall& reinforcing during "ost of the 0F@s, this beca"e a "uch "ore difficult proposition after de Gaulle "ade clear his%ish for a "ore independent 5urope' This %as particularl& the case for the Dutch participants' After attending his firstBilderberg conference in -anuar& 0F@F, 8an der Beugel %arned !oreign Minister uns that the Gaullist design for a united5urope %as based solel& on the !rench desire to do"inate 5urope' During the !ouchet negotiations in the earl& 0Fs, 8an dBeugel %as one of a group of Dutch Atlanticists %ho strongl& and publicl& supported uns in his stubborn opposition to the dGaulleAdenauer design for a "ore independent 5urope' The Dutch foreign polic& elites in the earl& 0Fs %ere !lus

americains =ue les Americains and The =ague succeeded in foiling de GaulleJs design for a !renchled Euro!e des !atries'Throughout the decade, the Bilderberg "eetings %ere an i"portant arena for the debates bet%een Gaullists, Atlanticists, and5uropeanists' B& the "id0Fs it %as clear that the Gaullists had failed to con*ert a "a4orit& of their 5uropean partners' Afde GaulleJs -anuar& 0FE *eto of British entr& into the Co""on Mar7et . a "o*e directed in part against the nited <tates .

Bilderberg "eetings ser*ed to rall& 5uropean support for the Atlantic Alliance' The Bilderberg discussions sho% that onereason for the strong opposition to de Gaulle %as the %idel& shared perception that his policies dangerousl& under"ined thebasic consensus on %hich the alliance %as founded: that +estern unit& %as essential in the Cold +ar# that the nited <tatesJpresence in 5urope %as necessar& and desirable# and, finall&, that integration and cooperation %ere to be preferred o*ernationalis" and unilateral action' A different challenge to the Atlantic Alliance %as posed b& the protest "o*e"ent of the0Fs' The 8ietna" +ar and the Ci*il rights (uestion caused a se*ere crisis of legiti"ac& for the nited <tates and other "acountries of the de"ocratic +est' +ith the ad*ent of "odern co""unications technolog& . particularl& tele*ision . this crisde*eloped a transnational d&na"ic hard to control' n 0F, 8an der Beugel %arned the Bilderberg steering co""ittee that thbasic assu"ptions of “practicall& e*er& participant in the Bilderberg conferences” . na"el& the “need for 5uropean integratiothe “need for a "a$i"u" of cohesion in the Atlantic %orld,” and the “need for a strong defensi*e posture to%ards the 5asternBloc” . %ere no longer shared b& large parts of the +estern publics, “especiall& the &oung people'” n the follo%ing &ears, thBilderberg Group e"bar7ed on a sustained re4u*enation progra"' Despite the generational conflicts and internal strife of the

0Fs and 0FKs, the Bilderberg Group continued to attract i"portant participants, also fro" &ounger generations' 4eaders o



international organi=ations such as the EC5, the orld 'an!, the IM2, the European Commission, and *A& were

particularly eager to participate &hey saw the meetings as a !ey source of information and as an effective way of

influencing estern policy agendas @ simply because the attitudes and views of those attending were bound to beinfluential In fact, all *A& secretaries general, from 4ord Ismay to 6aap de Hoop Scheffer, have participated in

'ilderberg meetings n a si"ilar *ein, s"aller nations such as the )etherlands realied that the& could e$ert influence farbe&ond their hard po%er resources through the effecti*e use of soft po%er in organiations such as Bilderberg' The fact thatthree fre(uent Dutch participants si"ultaneousl& headed i"portant international institutions in the 0FKs . -oseph uns assecretar& general of )AT6, <icco Mansholt as president of the 55C Co""ission, and 5"ile *an ennep as secretar& generalthe 65CD . is telling in this respect' 2or ban!ers and captains of industry the high+level contacts and information gain

at the meetings were no less important 5avid 3oc!efeller has said that up to 08 percent of his important internationa

contacts were established at 'ilderberg t is a desideratu" of research on transatlantic elite net%or7s to trace the i"pact osuch contacts on the econo"ic relations bet%een the nited <tates and 5urope' &he list of 'ilderberg participants does ma

clear that in the wa!e of the growing effects of globali=ation in the ./08s, multinationals and ban!s such as Ahold, A!=

'P, Coca+Cola, %oldman Sachs, *estle, Paribas, Philips, and Qero# were increasingly eager to participate At about t

same time, a few members, including 5avid 3oc!efeller and Obigniew 'r=e=ins!i decided to found the &rilateral

Commission in order to include 6apan in similar high+level meetings @ something the 'ilderberg steering committee ha

declined to do n the "id0FKs, a public scandal o*er Prince BernhardJs acceptance of illicit funds fro" the A"ericandefense giant oc7heed seriousl& endangered the future of the Bilderberg Group' The 0FK "eeting %as canceled and the"e"bers of the A"erican steering co""ittee reached the conclusion that Bernhard should resign' Man& of the oldguardBilderbergers thought this %ould "ean the end of the Group' et, in a telling sign of the i"portance of the organiation, a groof &ounger "e"bers, including Ger"an Chancellor =el"ut <ch"idt, insisted on continuation' 5rnst *an der Beugel re"ainesecretar& general . later succeeded b& a Dutch professor of econo"ics, 8ictor =alberstadt . and Queen Beatri$ to so"e e$ten

inherited her fatherJs role b& beco"ing a Bilderberg regular, thus ensuring a continuing Dutch fla*or to the "eetings' Perhapsurprisingl&, gi*en its initial bac7ground, the Bilderberg Group has sur*i*ed the end of the Cold +ar as %ell' &he basic idea

that the est should cooperate on the ma"or problems facing the world remains a powerful one, even without the Sovi

threat &he fact that the %roup still serves as an informal meeting place for many of the leaders of the est shows the

success of 3etinger-s and 'ernhard-s original idea In conclusion, the 'ilderberg %roup might be characteri=ed as an

attempt to >reconcile a national identity with a global one? Most 'ilderbergers agreed that the interwar period had

proven the inability of any nation+state in isolation to provide its citi=ens with a minimum of security and stability, a

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The New "nha!!y #ords: An E!osure o& Power Politics b& A'L' Chesterton /0F@3,Chapter 99 /Prince BernhardJs <ecret <ociet&3

f the facts concerning the ;o&al nstitute of nternational Affairs and the Council on !oreign ;elations be accepted, it %ill be seen the proper stud& of political "an7ind is the stud& of po%er elites, %ithout %hich nothing that happens can be understood' These elitpreferring to %or7 in pri*ate, are rarel& found posed for photographers, and their influence upon e*ents has therefore to be deducedfro" %hat is 7no%n of the agencies the& e"plo&' There are doens of such agencies, and financial support recei*ed fro" one or othor all three big A"erican foundations ;oc7efeller, Carnegie and !ord pro*ides an infallible "eans of recogniing the"' 6ne of t"ost blatant of these agencies, despite its adoption of a secret societ& techni(ue, is the Bilderberg Group, %hich see"s to ha*e beeninspired b& an i"portant e*ent' n the &ear 0F1, secret agents of the )e% or7 Mone& Po%er and their +ashington fugle"en hadthe"sel*es transported in the dead of night to -e7&ll sland off the coast of Georgia' As the result of their plotting there %as createdfour &ears later, the "eans %hereb& the Mone& Trust %as enabled to seie control of the entire A"erican econo"& through the"echanis" of the !ederal ;eser*e Board' n !ebruar& 0F@K, a si"ilarl& hushhush conference too7 place at <t' <i"ons sland in thesa"e region' A Zsu""ar&Z of the proceedings %as entered b& <enator +ile&, cha"pion of the eft%ing, in the appendi$ of theCongressional ;ecord' t referred to Zthe preser*ation of peaceZ under the auspices of )ato, %hich re*ealed nothing' The co"positiof the gathering, ho%e*er, %as re*ealing' )obod& %ith ;ight+ing *ie%s %as per"itted to attend' +ile& %as acco"panied b&!ulbright, both of the '<' !oreign Affairs Co""ittee' <ulberger of the )e% or7 Ti"es %as there' <o %as the "&sterious Gabrie=auge, said b& the +all <treet -ournal to be Zthe e$pert %ho tells 7e %hat to thin7Z' <o %as the onl& less "&sterious George Lennafor"er A"bassador to ;ussia' <o %ere the representati*es of the ;oc7efeller !oundation and the Carnegie 5ndo%"ent fornternational Peace' A <upre"e Court -udge %as reported to ha*e been present, although he did not register' +estbroo7 Pegler, thecourageous A"erican colu"nist, belie*es that he %as !eli$ !ran7furter, the patron of Dean Acheson and Alger =iss a"ong otherdubious proteges' There %as also ord Lil"uir, %ho as <ir Da*id Ma$%ell !&fe figured a"ong that of a "ore i"probableloo7ing <

than could be i"agined' +hat these agents of !inancial -e%r& %ere plotting %as nothing to the benefit of the so*ereign independenof the nations of the +estern +orld'

The follo%ing people %ere also present:

-'=' ;etinger, Polish Charge dSAffaires in ;ussia, 0F20# -oseph 5' -ohnson, President, Carnegie 5ndo%"ent for nternational Peace=on' !'D'' Astor, 5ditor, The 6bser*er, 'L'# G'+' Ball, Attorne&, Clear&, Gottlieb, !riendl& and Ball, '<'# !rit Berg, Chair"a!ederation of Ger"an ndustries, Ger"an&# M' )uri Birgi, <ecretar&General, Ministr& of !oreign Affairs, Tur7e&# 5ugene ;' BlacPresident, nternational Ban7 for ;econstruction and De*elop"ent# ;obert ;' Bo%ie, Ass' <ecretar& of <tate for Polic& Planning,'<'# McGeorge Bund&, Dean !acult& of A;ts and <ciences, =ar*ard ni*ersit&# =a7on Christianson, Chair"an, 5ast AsiaticCo"pan&, Den"ar7# +alter Cisler, Presidedent, Ato"ic ndustrial !oru", '<'# Pierre Co""in, <ecretar&, !rench <ocialist Part&#B'D' Coo7e, Director, Do"inion nsurance Co"pan&, '<'# Arthur =' Dean, a% partner of -ohn !oster Dulles, for"erl& of <ulli*aand Cro"%ell, '<'# -ean de la Garde, !rench A"bassador to Me$ico# Tho"as 5' De%e&, Attorne&, for"er Go*ernor of )e% or7

'<'# <ir +illia" 5ddlitt, Air Chief Marshal, ;o&al nstitute, 'L'# !rit 5rler, <ocialist M'P', Ger"an&# -ohn !erguson, Attorne&,Clear&, Gottlieb, !riendl& and Ball, '<'# incoln Gordon, Professor, Consultant to )atoSs ZThree +ise MenZ# <ir Colin Gubbins,ndustrialist, 'L'# a%rence ;' =afstead, Technical Ad*iser, Ato"ic 5nerg& Co""ission# -ens Christian =auge, <ocialist M'P',)or%a&N Broo7s =a&s, =ouse !oreign Affairs Co""ittee# Denis =eale&, abour M'P' /no% Minister of Defence3, 'L'# Arnold D'=eene&, A"bassador to '<'A', Canada# Michael A' =eilperin, 5cono"ist, '<'# =enr& -' =ein, President, ='-' =ein ] Co"pan&'<'# eif =oegh, Ban7er, )or%a&# Paul G' =off"an, !or"er Director, 5'C'A', ')' Delegate, '<'# C'D' -ac7son, President, Ti"enc', !or"er <pecial Assistant to the President, '<'# +"' =' -ac7son, !or"er <pecial Assistant to the President '<'# Per -acobsonMan' Director, nternational Monetar& !und, <%eden# Georg Lurt Leisinger, Director of <pecial <tudies, ;oc7efeller !oundation#Pieter iefnic7, Director, nternational Monetar& !und, )etherlands# "briani ongo, DirectorGeneral, Banco )aionale del la*orotal&# Paul Martin, Minister =ealth and +elfare, Canada# Da*id -' Mcdonald, President nited <teel%or7ers# Geo' C' McGhee,Director, Middle 5ast nstitute# ;alph 5' McGill 5ditor, Atlanta Constitution# Ale$ +' Menne, President, Association of Ger"anChe"ical ndustries, Ger"an&# ;udolf Mueller, a%&er, Ger"an&# ;obert Murph&, Deput&nder<ecretar& of <tate '<'# !ran7 C)ash, Attorne& for"er Assistant <ecretar& of Defence, '<'# Geo' )ebolsine, Attorne&, Coudert Bros, '<'# Paul =' )ite, DirectorPolic& Planning, <tate Depart"ent, '<'# Morehead Patterson, Deput& Co""issioner of Disar"a"ent, '<'# Don L' Price, 8icePresident, ;ussian nstitute, Colu"bia ni*ersit&# Da*id ;oc7efeller,

Chair"an of the Board, Chase )ational Ban7# -'=' 8an -oi4en, A"bassador to '<', )etherlands# Dean ;us7, President, ;oc7efelle!oundation# Paul ;&7ans, ndustrialist, )etherlands# -''<' <teele, Chair"an, British nternational Cha"ber of Co""erce, 'L'#Ter7el M' Ter7elson, 5ditor, Den"ar7# -ohn M' 8or&s, Me"ber, !oreign Affairs Co""itteeN !raser B' +ilde, Co""' on 5cono"iDe*elop"ent# 6tto *on A"erongen +ollf,Partner, 6tto +ollf, Ger"an&# +'T' +ren, Chair"an Allied ron !ounders, 'D'# Paul *eeland, !inancier, for"er Pri"e Minister of Belgiu"'

The Chair"an %as =';'=' Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands' <trange, is it not, that the Prince should be the ZfrontZ for a po%erfuleft%ing secret societ&?



+h& %ere these people present? +ho sent the"? +ho paid their fares? +ho sponsored their "eeting? +hat did the& discuss? +hadid the& decide? +hat orders %ere the& gi*en? +as there an& co""on deno"inator of interest a"ong the"? es, the& %ere allpro"oters of internationalis"' +ere the& instructed in the ne$t phase of the ad*ance to%ards 6ne +orld? The ans%er, be&ond doubis es'

The $unday Times reported during 6ctober 0F@K that financiers and business"en fro" Britain, the nited <tates, Canada and thirteother +estern nations had begun pri*ate tal7s at !iuggi, tal&, on the 5uropean free trade area and the Co""on Mar7et pro4ects' Th%ere si$t& delegates, Mr' Maudling, the Pa&"asterGeneral at the ti"e and the Minister responsible for BritainSs intended part in theproposed 5uropean free trade area, and 8iscount Lil"uir, ord Chancellor, attended' ord Lil"uir said it %as a point of honour thano i""ediate disclosure be "ade of the sub4ects under discussion' The %hole point %as that "e"bers should be able to discuss

proble"s of interest on both sides of the Atlantic %ithout co""itting their Go*ern"ents' All the "e"bers %ere spea7ing as pri*ateindi*iduals'

There is no difficult& in recognising in this secret gathering the "&sterious Bilderberg Group, of %hich Prince Bernhard is the officsponsor' As the author sur"ised after the <t' <i"ons sland "eeting, the purpose %as to speed up the cause of internationalis" and interesting to ha*e confir"ed the fact that these agents of the Mone& Po%er %ere directl& concerned %ith the 5uropean free trade arA" right in thin7ing that the %or7 underta7en b& the Bilderberg Group %as once underta7en b& such bodies as Chatha" =ouse? "a& e*en be that the re"orseless light shed on Chatha" =ouse acti*ities in the pages of the old Truth "a& ha*e led to its"anipulators see7ing ne% facades behind %hich to %or7' As ord Lil"uir "aintained that all the Bilderberg GroupSs "e"bers spo7as pri*ate indi*iduals %ould he also ha*e 7no%n %hether the& paid their o%n e$penses %hen attending these "eetings in differentparts of the %orld? f the& did not, %ho did?

n <epte"ber 0F@1 another "eeting of the Bilderberg Group too7 place in Bu$ton, Derb&shire' +ith the e$ception of three *er& old

residents, the Palace =otel at Bu$ton %as cleared of guests so as to acco""odate these cloa7 and dagger bo&s, and not onl& that . tnor"al hotel staff %as te"poraril& suspended during the in*asion so that alien %aiters and porters should ha*e the e$clusi*e dut& ofloo7ing after the conspirators' t %ould be interesting to 7no% ho% the foreign ser*ants ca"e to be collected for the 4ob and 4ust %hinternational securit& tests the& %ere called upon to pass'

The Ma&or of Bu$ton, %hose courteous function it %as to %elco"e conferences to his to%n, %as rudel& ignored, as the Queen see"to ha*e been, b& Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, %hose presence on British soil one %ould ha*e though necessitated a courtes&call on =er Ma4est&' Protocol goes b& the board %hen esoteric international policies are to be discussed'

&he security measures ta!en were prodigious &hey made clear that if we had not the honour of entertaining the arch+

conspirators in person, at least we had the doubtful distinction of being visited by their very highest agents &hey came not i

their official capacities but as private citi=ens &hat fact was repeatedly stressed et, according to rumour, there arrived for

their use crates of official documents so secret that the crates had to be loc!ed @ together with a 'ritish officer as custodian @

a room at the 'u#ton police station hen as!ed about the authenticity of this rumour, the Conferences spo!esman tried to

laugh it off =o%e*er, after persistent en(uiries the spo7es"an said: Z+ell, if General <chu&ler /Chief of <taff of <'='A'P'5'3 broualong certain docu"ents, that is his affair'Z a" not sa&ing that General <chul&er did in fact bring along the papers# the abo*e is"erel& a report of the %itnesses' +hate*er the truth of the "atter, the entire Bu$ton asse"blage stan7 of its o%n furti*eness andconcealed ai"s'

At least t%ent&four of those %ho attended the Bu$ton "eeting also attended that on <t' <i"ons sland' A"ong these %ere -ohn -'McClo& and Da*id ;oc7efeller /both Chase Manhattan3 and Paul ;&7ans, a Dutch ban7er and "e"ber of the AngloDutch TradeCouncil and chair"an of an Zindustrial de*elop"entZ organisation called MD5C' 6ne hundred and t%ent& 5uropean and si$ '<'fir"s %ere in this organisation in 0F for the purpose of Zde*elopingZ the Middle 5ast' 6ne of the '<' "e"bers of MD5C %as;oc7efeller Centre nc' Both Da*id and )elson ;oc7efeller ha*e been and "a& still be "e"bers of the Council on !oreign ;elation-a"es <' ;oc7efeller is or %as the president of the !irst )ational Cit& Ban7 of )e% or7' An&bod& %ho li7es to get a Director& of

Directors and a fe% doen copies of the nternational Monetar& !und %ee7l& %ill find plent& of e*idence to indicate that a good deaof socalled Zecono"ic polic&Z, %hether in +ashington or ndonesia, Australia or <%eden, e"anates fro" a relati*el& s"all circle ointerested parties'

The follo%ing is a list of the na"es of conspirators %ho attended the Bu$ton "eeting' use the %ord ZconspiratorsZ deliberatel&' Mpursuing purposes %hich %ill bear the light of da& do not hold secret "eetings in different parts of the %orld' The %hole businesscould be treated as schoolbo& silliness %ere it not for the fact that there e"erged fro" such gatherings policies hostile to the traditioorder of life' To depri*e the public of using the Bu$ton hotel coc7tail bar and other a"enities so as not to intrude on the pri*ac& of tplotters has about it so"ething of the spirit of 0F12 and %ould be better accepted b& the co%ed citiens of Mosco% than it %as b& th%holeso"e burgesses of Bu$ton'

-'=' ;etinger /=on' <ecretar&3# -o' 5' -ohnson /=on' <ecretar& in the '<'3# =er"an -' Abs, Ger"an&# Dean Acheson, nited <tateGio*anni Agnelli, tal&# G'+' Ball, '<'# +al%orth Barbour, '<'# +ilfred Bau"gartner, !rance# <ir 5d%ard BeddingtonBehrens,



'L'# Berthold Beit, Ger"an&# !rit Berg, Ger"an&# Muharre" )uri Birgi, Tur7e&# P'A' Blaisse, )etherlands# -a"es C' Boden,Ger"an&# 5ri7 Bohe"an, <%eden# Ma$ Brauer, Ger"an&# ;andolph +' Burgess, '<'# e%is Ca"u, Belgiu"# Guido Carli, tal&#Clifford P' CAse, '<'# 8ictor Ca*endishBentic7, 'L'# <ir ;alph Cochrane, 'L'# 5rich Dethleffsen, Ger"an&# !rit 5rler,Ger"an&# -ohn !erguson, '<'# ='T')' Gaits7ell, 'L'# +alter ' Gordon, Canada# -oseph Gri"ond, 'L'# <ir Colin Gubbins,'L'#+alther =allstein /Chair"an, 5uropean Co""on Mar7et Co""ission3# -oseph C' =arsch, '<'# Gabriel =auge, '<'# Denis=eale&, 'L'# Michael A' =eilperin, '<'# =' -' =ein , '<'# eif =oegh, )or%a&# C'D' -ac7son, '<'# 8iscount Lil"uir, 'L'# 5*an Lleffens# 8iscount Lnoll&s, 'L'# 6le B' Lraft, Den"ar7# Thor7il Lristensen, Den"ar7# Gio*anni !' Malagodi, tal&# -ohn -'McClo&, '<'# Geo' C' McGhee, '<'# Philip 5' Mosle&, '<'# ;oger Mot, Belgiu"# ;udolf Mueller, Ger"an&#Alfred C' )eal, 'Geo' )ebolsine, '<'# Paul =' )ite, '<'# Da*id 6r"sb&Gore, 'L'# P'!'<' 6tten, )etherlands# P')' Pipinelis, Greece, AlbertoPirelli, tal&# Pietro Quaroni, tal&# <ir Alfred ;oberts, 'L'# Da*id ;oc7efeller, '<'# Michael ;oss, '<'# -ac(ues ;ueff# Paul

;&7ans, )etherlands# Carlo <ch"id, Ger"an&# C'8';' <chu&ler# -''<' <teele, 'L'# Ter7el M' Ter7elson, Den"ar7# =enr& Tiar7s'L'# 5*er& A' 8er"eer, )etherlands# Marc +allenberg, <%eden# 6tto 8on A"erongen, Ger"an&# Paul *an eeland, Belgiu"# -'Dellerbach, '<'

n 0F0 an article in the Toronto $tar read as follo%s: ZThe Tenth Bilderberg Conference attended b& se*ent& delegates fro" 5uropand )orth A"erica %ound up &esterda& after three da&s of discussion of co""on proble"s' Participants, %hose na"es %ere notdisclosed, included leaders of the political, industrial, labour and professional fields of both continents, an official state"ent said'Chair"an of the "eeting %as Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, %ho left Quebec &esterda& for ho"e after "a7ing pri*ate *isits tcities in Me$ico, the '<' and Canada' The state"ent said although the conference Zfollo%ed the original Bilderberg concept of notatte"pting to reach conclusions or to reco""end policies, there %as substantial agree"ent on the need to pro"ote betterunderstanding and "ore effecti*e coordination a"ong the +estern nations' Points of particular concern included the role of the )oAtlantic Treat& 6rganisation in %orld polic&, the strengthening of both the nuclear and nonnuclear deterrent po%er of the alliance athe responsibilit& for control of ato"ic %eapons inside )AT6”, the state"ent said' SThe i"plications for +estern unit& of the chang

in the relati*e econo"ic strength of the '<' and +estern 5urope also %ere discussed at so"e length'SZ

To the unsuspecting all this "a& see" innocuous, perhaps e*en fatuous' !or instance, there "ight not appear to be "uch danger in abod& that does not atte"pt to reach conclusions or to reco""end policies' =o%e*er, there are other factors to be ta7en into accountQuite a lot of "one& is needed to fl& se*ent& delegates fro" all o*er the %orld to an annual conference' +ho finds that "one& and%h&? And %ho delegates the delegates? The author finds it hard to belie*e that the e$pense is incurred "erel& for the pleasure ofstaging discussion not ai"ed at an& conclusion' et there be no doubt about this business' +hen people li7e !ran7furter, DeanAcheson and C&rus 5aton foregather it is not for the purpose of a"iable chats and "utual bac7scratching' If the 'ilderberg

conferences reach no conclusions and recommend no policies, it is because the conclusions have already been reached and th

policies determined, so that the delegates assemble to be told what the form is &hey do not need to be given their orders n

the form is declared they !now well enough that is e#pected of them, while for our part it be affirmed with assurance that th

'ilderberg power+elite would not discuss the nuclear power deterrence of the *orth Atlantic &reaty Alliance in any sense

favourable to countries such as %reat 'ritain retaining nuclear weapons under their own sovereign control

<ir 5d%ard BeddingtonBehrens stated in The Times about -une 0F, %hen %riting an obituar& of -oseph ;etinger, that he, ;etingZfounded the Bilderberg Group, %hose "eetings under the chair"anship of Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands brought together theleading political and industrial personalities fro" the '<' and 5urope, to discuss %a&s of re"o*ing an& source of conflict bet%een '<' and her allies' The "eetings, held %ith out an& 7ind of publicit& in 5ngland, =olland, Tur7e&, <%iterland, or the nited <tatebrought together leading states"en %ho could discuss their proble"s in pri*ac& and e$change points of *ie% %ith "en of e(uale"inence in other countries' t %as -oseph ;etinger %ho brought the" together and 7ne% the" all personall&'Z

The author finds it hard to belie*e that ;etinger %as an&thing other than an agent or pro"oter' !inanciers rather than industrialists%ould be a "ore accurate description of GroupJs inspirators' And no ordinar& financiers' The "en %ho find the funds are theinternational polic& "a7ers %ho see7 to shape the %orld to their o%n particular specification' International financiers do not ta!e

orders for men li!e 6oseph 3etinger

;etinger, repeat, %as an agent' &he world is not run by stray idealists, although agents, of course, may be actuated by genuin

idealism &hat does not ma!e their pro"ects necessarily wholesome I affirm that the influences behind the European

movement which made use of 3etingers idealism are, from a national and Christian point of view, thoroughly unwholesome

and indeed evil, in that what they see! is a monopoly of political and financial power Evil, too, is the method *ations are

represented @ at any rate according to a polite fiction @ by their %overnments ho selects the >leading political and industr

personalities? who go cavorting around the globe to attend secret discussions upon world affairs( Is the 'ilderberg %roup a

flying circus nominated by the 3oyal Institute of International Affairs and its dominating partner in America, the Council o

2oreign 3elations) Some !ind of ne#us seems certain 'oth Chatham House and the Council fit the description of what has

been called the Power Elite @ >a group of men similar in interest and outloo!, shaping events from invulnerable positions

behind the scenes? And what is the 'ilderberg %roup if not precisely that)



+e "a& be certain that the Group %as not organised b& -oseph ;etinger as the principal' +ho %ould the principal ha*e been? Baru!ran7furter? The Luhn, oeb gang? And %h& the cloa7 and dagger stuff? s the Bilderberg Group an apparatus of Grand 6rientMasonr&? +hate*er the ans%er to that (uestion the at"osphere of plotting in the dar7 %hich per*ades it has a dan7 and *er& nast&s"ell' <ir 5d%ard BeddingtonBehrens %ould perfor" a ser*ice to the +estern )ations if he %ould describe in "ore detail the %orand bac7ground of ;etinger, %ho %as a *er& "&sterious person indeed'

There are other points %orth noting' t %as possible for Dean Acheson, for"er '<' <ecretar& of <tate, to slip in and out of Britain fthe Bu$ton Conference %ithout e$citing an& British ne%spaper co""ent' The Bilderberg Group had affir"ed its desire to strengthethe )AT6 alliance, %hich %as brought into being to contain Co""unis"' et %hen t%o A"erican 4uries found Alger =iss guilt& oper4ur& in den&ing that he %as a Co""unist agent, Dean Acheson publicl& reaffir"ed his friendship %ith the traitor' Another

Bilderberg enthusiast %as C&rus 5aton, the A"erican "illionaire %ho allo%ed his Pug%ash ho"e to be used for Bilderberg sponsorconferences' et C&rus 5aton %as notorious for his proCo""unist s&"pathies'

f it %ere possible to bring "e"bers of the Bilderberg Group before a Co""ission of 5n(uir& the& %ould ha*e theses and "an& oth"atters to e$plain' The& %ould also these and "an& other "atters to e$plain' The& %ould also ha*e to gi*e a "ore satisfactor& ans%than an& &et offered about the need for a secret societ& techni(ue so offered about the need for a secret societ& techni(ue so offeredabout the need for a secret societ& techni(ue so stringent that not e*en the honest British %aiters and %aitresses at a Bu$ton hotel cobe allo%ed %ithin earshot of the conspirators' ntil Prince 'ernhard and his colleagues e#plain themselves, which is an

improbable event, I propose to designate them as the chosen lac!eys of the *ew or! Money Power charged with the tas! o

plotting to bring into being a ne orld tyranny

M& friend and colleague Austen Broo7s dre% the attention of readers of Candour to another e$ceedingl& curious e$trago*ern"entabod& %or7ing along lines %hich %ould suggest its affiliation %ith the Bilderberg group' 5arl& in 0F> a doen Zleading church"en

/of %ho", needless to sa&, one %as Canon -ohn Collins3 published an Zappeal to the British Go*ern"ent and peopleZ urging thatBritain should be prepared to renounce her independent nuclear deterrent' Co""enting on this, the 6bser*er %rote: ZBehind thestate"ent lies a strange and little7no%n relationship bet%een Church leaders and so"e of BritainSs best7no%n "ilitar& pundits' Thconnection started bac7 in 0F@@, %hen ;ichard GooldAda"s, foreign affairs co""entator, Denis =eale&, the abour politician,Professor Blac7ett and ;earAd"iral <ir Anthon& Buard, for"er head of )a*al ntelligence and an acti*e Church"an, %ere %orrabout the lac7 of serious thin7ing about strateg& in Britain and, in particular, the undue reliance on the strategic =bo"b'Z/)ote thenuclear surrender hand in the ZstrategicZ glo*e'3 This (uartet, according to the 6bser*er, Zraised the proble"Z %ith the then Bishop Chichester, the late Dr' Bell, %ho in turn ZinterestedZ the chair"an and secretar& of the ChurchesS Co""ission on nternationalAffairs, <ir Lenneth Grubb and the ;e*' Alan Booth, and in -anuar&, 0F@K, a conference described b& the 6bser*er as Za strangeasse"bl&, eight&strong, hardheaded "ilitar& "en, 4ournalists and politicians surrounded b& clerical clothZ %as held at the Bedfor=otel in Brighton' A continuation co""ittee %as set up and the Brighton Conference Association ca"e into being to %or7 against Zundue reliance on the strategic =bo"bZ'

t %as at this point of the stor& that the 6bser*er opened the bag and let the cat out' ZAfter a &ear or so,Zit %rote, Zthe "one& the& hacollected %as beginning to run out' But 4ust at that "o"ent, Denis =eale& "anaged to interest the !ord !oundation in this enterpris=e as7ed for onl& 0, dollars' The& offered ten ti"es as "uch, and %ith this the Brighton Conference Association %ound itself uand the nstitute for <trategic <tudies ca"e into e$istence'Z

The persuasi*e Mr' =eale&, %ho Z"anaged to interestZ the !ord !oundation in the ZenterpriseZ %hich %as %or7ing to get rid ofBritainSs nuclear deterrent, %as then the abour Part&Ss shado% Minister of Defence' =e %as also a leading "e"ber of the !abian<ociet&, a "e"ber of the Bilderberg group and, al"ost certainl&, a "e"ber of the ;o&al nstitute of nternational Affairs' <"all%onder that the polic& of the nstitute for <trategic <tudies, %hich the A"erican !ord !oundation had brought into being, %as soonadopted as the official polic& of the abour Part&' n 6ctober, 0F2, the !abian Bilderberger Denis =eale& beca"e Minister ofDefence, an appoint"ent %hich %as the signal for the al"ost i""ediate abandon"ent of a nu"ber of British "ilitar& aircraft pro4eThen, earl& in April, 0F@, ca"e %hat %as for all practical purposes the renunciation of the British independent nuclear deterrent t

abandon"ent of the "agnificent British aircraft T<;>' The announce"ent of this abandon"ent %as "ade, curiousl&, not b& Mr'=eale& but b& his colleague Mr' -a"es Callaghan, the Chancellor of the 5$che(uer, in his Budget speech' +hat Mr' Callaghan did nannounce %as that onl& a couple of "onths earlier the !ord !oundation had "ade a further grant to Mr' =eale&Ss nstitute for 0,dollars loo7 parsi"onious' This %as a grant of @@, dollars o*er si$ &ears'

After the announce"ent that T<;> %as to be scrapped, the B'B'C' brought before the tele*ision ca"eras a strategic Ze$pertZ toreassure *ie%ers that the decision %as Z(uite rightZ' The Ze$pertZ %as Mr' Alistair Buchan, Director of the nstitute for <trategic<tudies' <trangel& enough, the B'B'C' o"itted to tell *ie%ers of the part pla&ed b& Mr' =eale& and the !ord !oundation in pro*idinMr' Buchan %ith the 4ob %hich Z(ualifiedZ hi" to pronounce a benediction on the polic& of Mr' =eale&' f the <ocialist Go*ern"en%ishes to econo"ise, %h& does it not shut do%n the Ministr& of Defence and transfer its po%ers outright to the head(uarters of the!ord !oundation? That %ould see" to accord %ith the factsV

6ne final fact about the Bilderberg group' At its 0F@ "eeting it had a ne% recruit' =is ;o&al =ighness Prince Philip'



5)D 6! C=APT5;

“!inall&, in Ma& 0F@2, the first "eeting of the Bilderberg Group too7 place in the )etherlands under the chair"anship of PrinceBernhard' In the following years, 'ilderberg established itself as one of the most important elite networ!s in the Atlantic

alliance, funded partly by the American 2ord 2oundation and by several large corporations and private participants &he

founding members of the group held three basic assumptions about transatlantic relations in the Cold ar era 2irst, they

were convinced that the Soviet threat was a threat common to the whole estern world Second, they believed that the ni

States and estern Europe shared the same cultural and historical bac!ground and values 2inally, they thought that the

lessons of :ersailles had taught that the nited States was needed as a stabili=ing force in Europe *ot surprisingly, therefo

the organi=ers were strongly in favor of *A& Prince 'ernhard made this clear at the beginning of the first meeting in ./;>In the face of the present challenge the estern world must act as one e must therefore find appropriate forms of actio

ne of the best ways to do this seems to me to ma!e multilateral agreements, such as for instance *A&? T&picall&, at the0F@@ "eeting in Ger"an& both ord s"a&, the first secretar&general of )AT6, and General Alfred M' Gruenther, )AT6Js top"ilitar& co""ander, %ere present to %elco"e the !ederal ;epublic of Ger"an& as a ne% "e"ber of the alliance' This )AT6 biasdid not "ean, ho%e*er, that onl& li7e"inded people %ere in*ited to the "eetings' 6n the contrar&, a special effort %as "ade toinclude representati*es of all political parties and trade unions, though co""unists, of course, %ere not included' Another lesson othe interbellu" &ears had been that de"ocracies could be dangerousl& di*ided and *ulnerable' n the face of the co""unist threat, de"ocratic forces had to cooperate' &he 'ilderberg meetings were not intended to directly influence policy ma!ing 3ather, t

organi=ation provided a forum where Americans and est Europeans could influence each other As the Bilderberg organiput it:The sole ob>ect o& these meetings is to reach a better understanding o& !reailing di&&erences between the (estern countries and to

study those &ields in which agreement may be sought9 To reach this aim men o& outstanding =uality and in&luence are brought toget

in circumstances where discussions can be &ran% and where arguments not always used in !ublic debate can be !ut &orward96f course, gi*en the fact that o*er the &ears the Bilderberg "eetings consistentl& attracted highle*el participants, in "an& cases thediscussions did ha*e an i"pact on polic& "a7ing' +e should be careful, ho%e*er, not to focus e$clusi*el& on these instances' Moof all, transatlantic net%or7s %ere i"portant for building consensus on international issues, for e"phasiing co""on interests and*alues in the Atlantic alliance, and for e$panding contacts a"ong the +estern foreign polic& elites' <ince )AT6 consisted ofde"ocratic countries, the organiation could not function effecti*el& %ithout a certain "easure of basic consensus, especiall& inpursuing ne% policies' Therefore, a close collaboration bet%een +est 5uropean and )orth A"erican elites %as *ital to its e$istencn practice, the e$istence of organiations li7e Bilderberg had se*eral conse(uences for the Atlantic alliance' !or one, suchorganiations facilitated the (estbindung of the !ederal ;epublic at different sociopolitical and econo"ic le*els' The participationse*eral highran7ing <ocial De"ocratic Part& /<PD3 politicians in the Bilderberg "eetings, for e$a"ple, contributed to the acceptanof the Atlantic alliance b& the Ger"an <ocial De"ocrats in the late 0F@s' But for the purposes of this chapter, the "ost i"portantconse(uence %as the fact that A"ericaJs acti*e engage"ent in these net%or7s legiti"ied and enhanced the '<' leadership role in alliance' Man& of the proble"s that see"ed to lead )AT6 fro" one crisis to another in the 0Fs concerned the (uestion of '<'leadership' n particular, t%o issues stood out: nuclear strateg& . the (uestion of %hether 5urope should continue to rel& on the '<deterrent . and !rench President Charles de GaulleJs challenge to A"ericaJs predo"inant position in 5urope' The (uestion is ho% transatlantic discourse concerning these t%o issues de*eloped in the Bilderberg Group and, conse(uentl&, %hat role transnational elnet%or7s had to pla& in the alliance'”. Trans&orming NAT? in the Cold (ar: Challenges beyond Deterrence in the 0145s, 5dited b& Andreas +enger, Christian )uenlisAnna ocher, p' @0@>

The 0F0 Bilderberg "eeting: '<' leadership and the nuclear (uestion

“The Bilderberg "eeting in 0F0 too7 place in <t' Castin, Canada, fro" >0>E April' Co"ing so soon after the inauguration of '<President -ohn !' Lenned&, it pro*ided 5uropean participants %ith the first possibilit& to get ac(uainted %ith the people and policie

the ne% '<' ad"inistration' In fact, many high+level members of Bennedy-s foreign policy team were already familiar faces the 'ilderberg meetings &he new Secretary of State, 5ean 3us!, Bennedy-s special assistant for national security affairs,

Mc%eorge 'undy, and the high+ran!ing State 5epartment and Pentagon officials %eorge 'all, %eorge Mc%hee, and Paul

*it=e had all been participants 'all, *it=e, and Mc%hee had accepted invitations to the ./1. meeting, although Mc%hee wa

unable to attend because of the 'ay of Pigs crisis earlier that wee! &he main point on the agenda in St Castin was the

Fuestion how >a new sense KofL leadership and direction in the estern Community? could be brought about, ta!ing into

consideration >the role of *A& in the world policy of the member countries? and >the role and control of atomic weapo

inside *A&? ester B' Pearson, the for"er Canadian secretar& of state for e$ternal affairs, started off the discussions at <t' Ca%ith an introduction identif&ing the "ost pressing issues confronting )AT6' Pearson %as a respected and %ell7no%n diplo"at anpolitician' =e had been a "e"ber of the 0F@ )AT6 Co""ittee of Three ad*ising on the future de*elop"ent of )AT6' Althoughfa*or of )AT6, Pearson did not hesitate to criticie the shortco"ings of the alliance' !irst of all, the approaching nuclear deadloc7bet%een the +est and the <o*iet nion urgentl& called for a rethin7ing of )AT6 strateg&' Moreo*er, the fact that the Cold +arbattlegrounds had shifted fro" 5urope to Asia and Africa created difficulties, aggra*ated b& the global disruptions of the



decoloniation process' As Pearson put it, certain countries “%ere proAtlantic in Paris but not in )e% or7'” +ith respect to nuclstrateg&, Pearson said, “the "ain difficult& to be o*erco"e %as the fact that )AT6 depended "ore and "ore on the nuclear deterreat a ti"e %hen the ris7 of nonnuclear aggression %as increasing'” )AT6Js lac7 of con*entional "eans to deal %ith li"ited conflic%as a real proble" in a situation %here a nuclear response %ould probabl& lead to total %ar' !ro" a 5uropean point of *ie%,"oreo*er, the (uestion %as %hether the '<' nuclear guarantee could still be trusted at a ti"e %hen the <o*iet arsenal directl&threatened the )orth A"erican continent' Paul )ite, the Assistant <ecretar& of Defense for nternational <ecurit& Affairs, and Alb+ohlstetter, a ;A)D Corporation anal&st and foreign polic& ad*iser to the Lenned& ad"inistration, presented A"erican thoughts othe nuclear issue' Both "en had been in*ol*ed in the drafting of the socalled Acheson ;eport, %hich ser*ed as a blueprint for the)AT6 polic& of the ne% ad"inistration, and the& could therefore be e$pected to spea7 %ith so"e authorit& on an& changes or ne%i"pulses in '<' polic&' Assistant <ecretar& )ite %as one of the strongest proponents in +ashington of a ne% strateg& of fle$ible

response' =e set out to e$plain the need for stronger con*entional forces and less reliance on the 5isenho%erDulles strateg& of“"assi*e retaliation'” =e argued that these ideas %ere neither ne% nor re*olutionar&:@ can well remember long discussions with Mr9 Acheson in 0121 in which we both agreed that in the long run/ and !robably sooner

rather than later/ the NAT? !owers including the "nited $tates should hae non-nuclear &orces aailable to Euro!e su&&icient to

balance the non-nuclear &orces o& the "9$9$9*9

This position %as adopted for three reasons' !irst, it %as clear that '<' nuclear predo"inance %ould not last' <econd, if the +est%anted to be in a position to seriousl& negotiate ar"s control and disar"a"ent, con*entional forces %ere necessar& as a fallbac7' “third reason %as the ob*ious one, that if at all possible, the +est should get out of the position of e$cessi*e reliance upon nuclear%eapons for its defense'” )ite e"phasied that the nited <tates %ould ans%er an& nuclear or “"a4or nonnuclear” <o*iet attac7upon a )AT6 "e"ber %ith “a full nuclear repl&'” <till, )AT6 should be capable of resisting an& <o*iet nonnuclear attac7 longenough “for significant political consultation %ithin )AT6, and long enough for the <o*iets to reassess the effect upon the"sel*es our deter"ination to react'” ndeed, )AT6 should be capable of a fle$ible response' +ohlstetter based his presentation on hisinfluential article “)uclear <haring: )'A'T'6' and the )^0 Countr&,” published earlier that April in 'oreign A&&airs' =is "ain

conclusion %as that a proliferation of independent national nuclear forces or the creation of a )AT6 force %ould destabilie theinternational situation' Gi*en the high degree of interdependence bet%een 5urope and the nited <tates, the '<' nuclear guaranteere"ained the best solution' +ohlstetter thus clearl& departed fro" the 5isenho%er polic& of nuclear sharing' Predictabl&, especiallso"e of the !rench participants too7 issue %ith +ohlstetterJs state"ent' 6li*ier Guichard, a Gaullist "e"ber of the !rench )ationAsse"bl&, pointed out that !rance %ould de*elop a nuclear capabilit& %ith or %ithout '<' cooperation' f +ashington, ho%e*er, %prepared to gi*e technical assistance, Paris %ould be %illing to reconsider its infle$ible attitude on )AT6 stoc7piling in !rance anddisar"a"ent or test ban negotiations' n )AT6, Guichard said, a “tripartite for"ula on ato"ic strateg&” %as urgentl& called for,echoing a recurring the" in !rench foreign polic& since de GaulleJs proposal for a '<'British!rench )AT6 directorate in<epte"ber 0F@1' Guichard recei*ed little support for his argu"ents fro" the other 5uropean participants' Man& "a& ha*e agreed%ith his anal&sis of the "a4or proble"s in )AT6: the need for a greater 5uropean *oice in nuclear polic& and for "ore consultationoutofarea proble"s' But the Gaullist idea of a '<'British!rench directorate in )AT6 did not appeal greatl& to the other )AT6"e"bers' Participants fro" the s"aller )AT6 "e"ber states and the !ederal ;epublic, such as the for"er Dutch foreign "inister5elco *an Lleffens and <PD defense specialist !rit 5rler, argued that there %as si"pl& no alternati*e to strong '<' leadership in)AT6' According to +ohlsetetter, e*en "an& of the !rench participants pri*atel& e$pressed doubts about de GaulleJs effort to buian independent &orce de &ra!!e' The A"erican suggestion to base Polarisar"ed sub"arines in 5uorpean %aters %as therefore%elco"ed b& "ost participants' A lasting solution to the nuclear (uestion in 5urope %as, ho%e*er, not &et in sight' n this respect,%as telling that for"er '<' <ecretar& of <tate Christian =erter, %ho in Dece"ber 0F had presented a plan for a "ultinational)AT6 nuclear force, and Paul )ite, %ho had 4ust counseled against =erterJs landbased sche"e, %ere sitting at the sa"e table in <Castin' Even in ashington there was no consensus on *A& policy &hus, the 'ilderberg discussions served not only as a

transatlantic e#change of views, but also as a sounding board for the internal S policy ma!ing process Prince Bernhardhi"self told President Lenned& a fe% da&s after the Bilderberg "eeting that, based on the discussions, he had concluded “that thereshould not be a tripartite control o*er the use of nuclear %eapons nor a 0@nation control through )AC, but rather he felt that the socontrol should rest %ith the President of the nited <tates'” The tal7s in Canada had re*ealed strong ob4ections to the GaullistsJ ideabout tripartis", especiall& a"ong the s"aller )AT6 countries' Lenned& replied %ith surprising candor that the Polaris proposals been "ade “%ith the thought in "ind of discouraging the de*elop"ent of an independent nuclear capabilit& on the part of the !renc

and e*entuall& the Ger"ans'” At the May ./17 'ilderberg meeting in Salts"obaden, Sweden, the future of the Atlantic alliancwas discussed at length Ma$ Lohnsta"", the *ice president of -ean MonnetJs Action Co""ittee for the nited <tates of 5uropepresented a report on the relations bet%een 5urope and the nited <tates'”. Trans&orming NAT? in the Cold (ar: Challenges beyond Deterrence in the 0145s, 5dited b& Andreas +enger, Christian )uenlisAnna ocher, p' @>@@http:NNboo7s'google'co"Nboo7s?id\%E(eM&"$oBC]pg\PA>]lpg\PA>]d(\bilderberg^st^castin^7enned&^bernhard]source\bl]ots\f!;dM%1E$]sig\>EG;75TigC9(d9sL_QEen+A]hl\en]sa\9]ei\P0Gci>6-LGFQT+s=BQ]*ed\CD1QA5%A%O*\onepage](\bilberg`>st`>castin]f\false

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1eorge C. Mc1hee, ne !.". *m&assador to West 1ermany, calls on !.". President 3ohn F. $ennedy at the White #ose on May >, 64to +ay a fareell call &efore re+orting to his ne +ost, and to discss the Presidents forthcoming 2isit to 1ermany. 1eorge C. Mc1hee amem&er of the Concil on Foreign 8elations, a Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ant, and a 8hodes "cholar. (BettmannEC=8BI")

President confers ith foreign +olicy ad2isors. President 3ohn F. $ennedy (right) schedled to make crcial cold ar address &efore the !n'ations 1eneral *ssem&ly on "e+tem&er :, confers ith his to+ foreign +olicy ad2isors at the Carlyle #otel in 'e ork City on "e+tem&e>, 64. "eated left to right are7 3ohn 3. McCloy, Chief !.". Disarmament 'egotiator@ *rthr #. Dean, #ead 'clear 0est Ban 'egotiator@and "ecretary of "tate Dean 8sk. McCloy, Dean, and 8sk ere mem&ers of the Concil on Foreign 8elations and Bilder&erg Meetings+artici+ants. (BettmannEC=8BI")





!.". President 8ichard 'ion (nd left) a++ears ith !.". "ecretary of "tate #enry $issinger (left), !.". Congressman 1eraldFord (nd right), and White #ose Chief of "taff *l #aig (right) in the =2al =ffice of the White #ose in Washington, D.C.,!.".*. on =cto&er /, 6;/. $issinger and Ford attended theh 64> Bilder&erg Meetings that as held in Williams&rg, ?irgin March 64>. (White #ose Photo)

!.". President 3immy Carter greets Da2id 8ockefeller (left), the Chairman of the &oard of Chase Manhattan Bank, in *+ril 6<-. Da2id8ockefeller attended the 6<- Bilder&erg Meetings in Bad *achen, 1ermany from <5- *+ril 6<-.(White #ose +hoto@ "orce7 Memoirs &y Da2id 8ockefeller)

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!nited "tates President 3immy Carter and +rominent dignitaries stand together at the White #ose in Washington, D.C., !.".on "e+tem&er 6, 6;6. Front ro, left to right7 Lloyd Ctler, 1%=81% W. B*LL, *2erell #arriman, #%'8 $I""I'1%8,"ecretary of "tate C8!" ?*'C%, President 3immy Carter, D%*' 8!"$, C. D=!1L*" DILL=', and Mc1%=81% B!'D"econd ro, left to right7 3=#' McCL=, ?ice President W*L0%8 F. M='D*L%, nidentified, B8%'0 "C=WC8=F0,"ecretary of Defense #arold Bron, and #%DL% D='=?*'. 0hird ro, left to right7 'ational "ecrity *d2isor JBI1'I%WB8J%JI'"$I, nidentified, 3ames 8. "chlesinger, nidentified, nidentified, nidentified.('ote7 C*P" G Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ants)(Photo7 1eorge W. Ball Pa+ers, "eeley 1. Mdd Manscri+t Li&rary at Princeton !ni2ersity)

“ %ent e*en deeper under co*er' uc7il&, Dic7 )eustadt at =ar*ard had arranged for "e to attend "& first Bilderberg"eeting, in 5lsinore, Den"ar7' Bilderberg is an organiation that started in 0F@2 in Bilderberg, =olland, founded b& a group pro"inent 5uropean and A"erican business e$ecuti*es and go*ern"ent officials to ha*e infor"ati*e and infor"al discussionpri"aril& about Cold +ar issues and the <o*iet threat to de"ocratic institutions in 5urope and the nited <tates' +hen %enthat &ear, it %as presided o*er b& Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands and%as attended b& such notables as Da*id ;oc7efellerC&rus 8ance, <ir 5ric ;oll, and 5rnst *an der Buegel' %as e$cited to be attending because it %ould be a %indo% on the %orand %ould broaden "& perspecti*e'” . 8ernon 5' -ordan, -r', +ernon Can *ead A Memoir , p' 0F10FF



West 1erman Chancellor #elmt "chmidt (left) 2isits !.". President 3immy Carter in the =2al office at the White #ose inWashington, D.C., !.".*. on 'o2em&er -, 6<-. #elmt "chmidt attended the 6<- Bilder&erg Meetings held in *achen, W1ermany from <5- *+ril 6<-. (N BettmannEC=8BI")

!nited "tates President 8onald 8eagan meets ith 3ose+h Lns, "ecretary 1eneral of '*0=, in the =2al =ffice of the White#ose in Washington, D.C., !.".*. on *+ril 4, 6</. 3ose+h Lns attended the 6</ Bilder&erg Meetings held at the ChateMonte&ello in Monte&ello, Qe&ec, Canada from /5: May 6</. (N BettmannEC=8BI")



!.". $resident 'onald 'eagan meets ?ith former U./. /ecretary of /tate 6enry 7issinger in the White 6ouse residenon 9une *, 3. 6enry 7issinger attended the 3 Bilderberg Meetings in Burgenstoc%, /?it!erland from 8-: M3.(Photo7 8onald 8eagan Presidential Li&rary)

Da4id 'oc%efeller smiles as U./. $resident 'onald 'eagan recei4es a medal after 'eagan deli4ered a speech to theCouncil of the 5mericas on May ), 3:. Da4id 'oc%efeller attended the 3: Bilderberg Meetings held at the @illadAEste 6otel in Cernobbio, 0taly from )2-)> 5pril 3:. "$hoto by Tim ClaryBettmannC'B0/#



Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ant #enry $issinger (left) meets ith !.". President 1eorge #.W. Bsh (center) and !.". "ecretary of "tate3ames *. Baker III.

Left +hoto7 Former Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank Da2id 8ockefeller (left) recei2es a gift from 1eorge #.W. Bsh.8ight +hoto7 #enry 8. $ra2is (left) greets ?ice President 1eorge #.W. Bsh at the White #ose in Decem&er 6<;.



nited <tates President Bill Clinton "eets %ith Bilderberg Meetings po%erbro7er 8ernon 5' -ordan -r' in an undated photo'/Photo b& C&nthia -ohnsonNGett& "ages3

President Bill Clinton gestres hile introdcing World Bank President 3ames D. Wolfensohn dring the Conference on the '%conomy in the %ast 8oom of the White #ose on *+ril :, ---. (Photo &y Mark Wilson)



3ames Wolfensohn (left), the otgoing President of the World Bank, meets ith !.". President 1eorge W. Bsh at the =2al=ffice of the White #ose on *+ril >, --:. 9ames Wolfensohn attended the )**8 Bilderberg Meetings held in 'ottachEgern, Germany from May 8-3, )**8. (White #ose +hoto &y Pal Morse)

!nited "tates President 1eorge W. Bsh (left) greets De+ty !.". "ecretary of Defense Pal Wolfoit9 in the =2al =ffice onMarch 4, --:. Pal Wolfoit9 is a reglar Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ant. $aul Wolfo?it! attended the )**8 BilderbergMeetings held in 'ottach-Egern, Germany from May 8-3, )**8. (White #ose +hoto &y Pal Morse)

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!.". President Barack =&ama (C) meets ith former !.". "ecretary of "tate 1eorge "hlt9 (L) and former !.". "ecretary of "tate #enry$issinger (8) in the =2al =ffice of the White #ose on May 6, --6. #enry $issinger is a mem&er of the 0rilateral Commission and a regBilder&erg Meetings +artici+ant. #enry $issinger and 1eorge "hlt9 are mem&ers of the Concil on Foreign 8elations. (8eters)

President Barack =&ama, right, dri2es a golf cart ith &sinessman ?ernon 3ordan, left, hile +laying golf at Farm 'eck 1olf Cl& in =akBlffs, Massachsetts, !.".*. on the island of Marthas ?ineyard on *gst /, -. ?ernon 3ordan is a reglar Bilder&erg Meetings+artici+ant. ("te2en "enneE*P Photo)

“+ell, thereJs not a conspirac&' J*e been going since 0FF' +e ha*e a discussion' ThereJs an agenda and %e discuss it' An%e put out a report' 'ecause we don-t want any press coverage e don-t have to have press coverage”. 8ernon 5' -ordan -r', %hen as7ed about the Bilderberg Meetings/<ource: http:NN%%%'&outube'co"N%atch?*\=nfnaP>Q3

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!.". President Barack =&ama meets ith Italys Prime Minister Mario Monti in the =2al =ffice of the White #ose in Washington, D.C. onFe&rary 6, -. (8eters)



!.". President Barack =&ama (right) shakes hands ith "edenKs Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (center) as British Foreign "ecretary William#age (left) looks on at the start of the International "ecrity *ssistance Force meeting on *fghanistan dring the - '*0= "mmit at thMcCormick Place con2ention center in Chicago on May , -. (1etty Images)

President Barack =&ama confers ith %ro+ean Concil #igh 8e+resentati2e 3a2ier "olana, hile Prime Minister of "eden Fredrik 8einfeft, and %ro+ean Commission President 3ose Manel Barroso, right, listen dring the !.".5%ro+ean !nion "mmit in the Ca&inet 8oom the White #ose on 'o2em&er /, --6. 3a2ier "olana, 3ose Manel Barroso, and Fredrik 8einfeldt ha2e attended the Bilder&erg Meetingsthe +ast. (=fficial White #ose Photo &y Pete "o9a)

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5$tract fro" H9 *9 H9 Prince )ernhard o& the Netherlands: an authoriBed biogra!hy b& Alden =at

&he HRtel de 'ilderberg

At a s"all hotel near Arnhe" in the deepl& %ooded uplands of eastern =olland on Ma& >F, E, and E0, 0F@2, a group of e"inentstates"en, financiers, and intellectuals fro" the principal nations of 5urope and the nited <tates "et together in, perhaps, the "ostunusual international conference e*er held until then'

There %as absolutel& no publicit&' The hotel %as ringed b& securit& guards, so that not a single 4ournalist got %ithin a "ile of theplace' The participants %ere pledged not to repeat publicl& %hat %as said in the discussions' 5*er& person presentPri"e Ministers,

!oreign Ministers, leaders of political parties, heads of great ban7s and industrial co"panies, and representati*es of such internationorganiations as the 5uropean Coal and steel Co""unit&, as %ell as acade"icians%as "agicall& stripped of his office as he enterethe door, and beca"e a si"ple citien of his countr& for the duration of the conference' Thus e*er&bod& could and did sa& %hat hereall& thought %ithout fear of international, political, or financial repercussions'

That "eeting and the subse(uent ones that ste""ed fro" it, %hich ha*e had a great if indefinite i"pact on the histor& of our ti"es,are, perhaps, int this %riterSs opinion, Prince BernhardSs proudest achie*e"ent in the field of +estern unit& and international a"it&'

t %as not BernhardSs original idea, but had its inception in the brilliant brain of Dr' -oseph =' ;etinger' ;etinger %as an e$traordinacharacter %ho flitted through 5urope tal7ing on inti"ate ter"s %ith Pri"e Ministers, labour leaders, industrial "agnates,re*olutionaries, and intellectualsin short, all the nonCo""unist rulers and %ouldbe rulers of the free nations of 5urope'

Lra7%, in Austrian Poland, %as ;etingerSs birthplace# his parents %ere landed gentr&' +hen he %ent to the <orbonne in Paris in0F, at the age of eighteen, this bo& tal7ed his %a& into the heart of that cit&Ss literar& and artistic life, and %as called friend b& sucas Andr Gide, Giraudou$, !ranois Mauriac, Maurice ;a*el, and the raffish Mar(uis Boni de Castellane' +hen he "o*ed on to5ngland, =erbert As(uith, his %ife, outspo7en Margot, and ord Balfour too7 hi" into their circle, and his "ost inti"ate friend %ahis fello%Pole, -oseph Conrad'

;etinger had %hat C' D' -ac7son calls Za builtin instinct for intrigueZ and a passionate lo*e for Poland' During +orld +ar his"achinations for a free Poland "ade hi" uni(uel& unpopular' The Central Po%ers put a price on his head, the Allies banned hi" froall their countries, and the nited <tates thre% hi" into 4ail' These e$periences taught hi" to be a better diplo"at'

n +orld +ar ;etinger %as closel& associated %ith General <i7ors7&, head of the Polish Go*ern"ent in 5$ile, as liaison "an %itthe other e$iled Go*ern"ents' n 0F22 General <ir Colin Gubbins of The <'6'5' /the supersecret <pecial 6perations 5$ecuti*e3

arranged for hi" to be parachuted into Poland %ith se*eral "illion dollars for the Polish ;esistance' At the age of fift&si$ ;etinger4u"ped at night into a field in ene"& territor&, and acco"plished his "ission' =o%e*er, his legs beca"e paral&sed, probabl& as a reof the 4u"p, and he had to be spirited out of Poland on a stretcher'

!ro" that ti"e until his death in 0F Dr ;etinger de*oted his life to his one i"passioned, idealistic purpose of uniting andstrengthening the +estern %orld against the danger fro" the 5ast'

-ac7son sa&s, Z=e %as a sort of 5"inence grise of 5urope, a Talle&rand %ithout portfolio'Z Certainl& he had al"ost as "an&ad*entures as an !le"ingSs fa"ous secretser*ice operati*e -a"es Bond'

;etinger %as a frail, delicate little "an %ith a deepl& sea"ed face and (uiical e&es behind bluetinted spectacles' =is big 4a% %asne*er still, for he tal7ed *olcanicall&' After the parachute 4u"p he al%a&s %al7ed %ith a cane' C'D' 4ac7son, %ho often clashed %ith

hi", said ;etinger %as Za *er& difficult, *er& opinionated "an %ho %ould not ta7e no for an ans%er and often achie*ed his purpose*er& de*ious "eans' But ne*ertheless he %as fearless and deter"ined, a tre"endousl& gallant gu&'Z

Though people persist in calling ;etinger an eighteenthcentur& "an functioning in the t%entieth centur&, he %as not that at all' =eca",e straight out of the ;enaissance' nstead of the sceptical, prcieuse attitude t&pical of the eighteenth centur&, his -esuiticalcon*iction that the end 4ustified the "eans, and a Borgian aptitude for intrigue# but the ends he sought %ere ne*er selfish' The& %ergood'

Though his na"e is *irtuall& un7no%n e$cept to the initiates, he "ade "ore histor& in his secret %a& than "an& a "an %ho "o*ed the sound of tru"pets and the ho%l of "otorc&cle sirens' According to the official publication of the 5uropean Centre of Culture,Z;etinger %as the 7e& figure in "ost of the great 5uropean union' The eague of 5uropean 5cono"ic Cooperation /fro" %hiche*ol*ed the Co""on Mar7et3, the 5uropean Mo*e"ent, and the 5uropean Centre of Culture %ould not ha*e seen the light %ithouthi"' The Congress of 5urope at The =ague %as his doing, and the Council of 5urope gre% out of that'Z



Being abo*e all a realist, ;etinger understood that e*en a united 5urope could not stand b& itself %ithout A"erica' n 0F@> he beca"deepl& concerned about the rising tide of antiA"ericanis" in practicall& e*er& countr& of +estern 5urope' t %as not confined toCo""unistinfluenced or left%ing circles, but %as e(uall& pre*alent a"ong conser*ati*es and liberals' The nited <tates %asdisli7ed, feared, and sneered at %ith a unani"it& that %as re"ar7able a"ong the peoples of 5urope' This feeling threatened thesolidarit& of the +estern %orldSs defences against Co""unis"'

;etinger %as not the t&pe of "an to sit %ringing his hands' =e e*ol*ed a brilliant plan for coping %ith this situation, but he neededpo%erful assistance to put it into effect' <o he as7ed his friend Dr' Paul ;i47ens to get hi" an appoint"ent %ith Prince Bernhard, %has described their "eeting:

Zt all stated %hen ;etinger ca"e to "e and sat here in this roo" and told "e about his %orries concerning the rising tide of antiA"ericanis" in 5urope' %as %orried about it, too' t see"ed illogical in the face of the Marshall Plan, "ilitar& assistance, )AT6etc', %hich had done so "uch for all of us' suppose it %as partl& the natural hu"an instinct to bite the hand that feeds &ou, and parreal grie*ances' said to hi", Ses, &ouSre (uite right' tSs *er& bad'S ;etinger said, S+ell, %ould &ou li7e to do so"ething about it?SAnd said, S6f course'SZ

<itting on the edge of an eas& chair in BernhardSs troph&filled stud&, %ith his cane bet%een his spindl& legs, his ine*itable cigaretteburning furiousl&, and his e&es shooting spar7s behind his bluetinted spectacles, ;etinger outlined his plan for bringing about betteunderstanding bet%een the touch&, suspicious 5uropeans and A"ericans' t consisted of t%o parts' The first %as to get the leaders oopinion in the "ost i"portant 5uropean countries to "a7e an appraisal of %here the A"ericans %ere %rong, apart fro" being rich,"po%erful, generous, and rather stupid, and %hat the& could do to put things right'

The second %as to present this fran7 criti(ue to leaders of A"erican opinion and gi*e the" an opportunit& to ans%er the indict"enta co"pletel& pri*ate "eeting of tople*el people fro" both continents'

Bernhard %as all for it, but an unusual instinct for caution "ade hi" sa&, Zt sounds %onderful, but Sd li7e another opinion' etSs finout %hat *an eeland thin7s about it'Z /8an eeland %as Pri"e Minister of Belgiu"'3

8an eeland thought so"ething should be done, and (uic7l&' ;einforced b& his appro*al, Bernhard %ent to %or7 %ith ;etingerrec7oned, could suppl& the ans%ers' The idea %as to get t%o people fro" each countr& %ho %ould gi*e the conser*ati*e and liberalslant' Then Bernhard, using his personal prestige and ro&al le*erage, induced, %ith the help of ;etinger, %ho 7ne% practicall& all ofthe", "ost of those selected to cooperate'

t %as (uite a list' 8an eeland %rote a paper for Belgiu", =ugh Gaits7ell and ord Portal spo7e for Great Britain, Pri"e MinisterAlcide de Gasperi for tal&, !oreign Minister 6le B4rn Lraft of Den"ar7 for <candina*ia# Gu& Mollet /for"er <ocialist Pri"eMinister3 and Conser*ati*e Pri"e Minister Pina& for !rance, and Ma$ Brauer, 6tto +olff *on A"erongen, and Dr Mller for +estGer"an&' Prince Bernhard hi"self handled the co"plaints of =olland, %ith the help of leading Dutch politicians and industrialists'

+hen all the reports ca"e in Bernhard and ;etinger found that "an& people of different countries and different parties ga*e the sa"reasons for disli7ing A"ericans, although there %ere, of course, so"e people %ith special grouses of their o%n' Bernhard, ;etingerand ;i47ens s&nthesied the ans%ers into a single report co*ering the "ain criticis"s' Then Bernhard sent it confidentiall& to so"e his A"erican friends %ith the proposal that the& organie an ans%er'

The election of 0F@> %as in full s%ing in the nited <tates, and political bric7bats %ere fl&ing' )obod& had an& ti"e for PrinceBernhard' A*erell =arri"an said, Z %onSt touch it' tSs d&na"ite'Z 5isenho%er said, ZGreatV Sd li7e to use it in the ca"paign,Z to %hBernhard replied, ZGood God, )6VZ

The "atter had to go o*er until after the election' Then Bernhard %ent to the nited <tates . and, incidentall&, got the bad ne%s fro+alter ;eed' =e sa% a nu"ber of A"erican politicians, and after se*eral "ore rebuffs he %ent to his friend Bedell <"ith, %ho %asthen head of the C''A' <"ith said, Z+h& the hell didnSt &ou co"e to "e in the first place?Z

5*en then things "o*ed slo%l&' <"ith beca"e nder<ecretar& of <tate for ne%l& elected President 5isenho%er, and %as engulfedthe business of putting a ne% ad"inistration together' =e finall& turned the "atter o*er to C' D' -ac7son, a special assistant to thePresident, and things reall& got going'

-ac7son got in touch %ith -ohn <' Cole"an, President of the Burroughs Corporation of Detroit, %ho %as a "e"ber of the ne%l&for"ed Co""ittee for a )ational Trade Polic& under the presidenc& of <enator ;obert TaftSs brother, Charles Taft' This co""itteeundertoo7 to draft an A"erican repl&, and a nu"ber of pri*ate citiens' 6ther fa"ous A"ericans %ere in*ited' Most of thead"inistration officials duc7ed ner*ousl&, so the A"erican delegation %as rather %eighted to%ards industr&, but it included such



e"inent A"ericans as -oseph 5' -ohnson, of the Carnegie 5ndo%"ent of nternational Peace, Dean ;us7, then head of the ;oc7efe!oundation, as %ell as Da*id ;oc7efeller and ='-' =ein '

All this too7 ti"e, %hich is %h& the first "eeting did not ta7e place until Ma& 0F@2' B& then, is spite of 5isenho%erSs personalpopularit&, the nited <tates %as at an allti"e nadir of popularit& in 5urope' As the 5uropeans sa% it, a soldier %as in the +hite=ouse, e*en though he %as the least "ilitant of "ilitar& "en' The Go*ern"ent %as in the hands of the conser*ati*e ;epublican Parfor the first ti"e in t%ent& &ears' And, %orst of all, <enator McCarth& %as roaring through the land %itchhunting for ;eds' =isarrogant stooges had 4ust co"pleted their boo7burning tour of A"erican e"bassies in 5urope, and the %hole A"erican career i"aof A"erica, erst%hile land of de"ocrac& and freedo", %as co*ered %ith "ud'

nder these circu"stances it loo7ed as though there %ould be a heated session at the =tel de Bilderberg' Prince Bernhard, %ho %achair"an, said, ZThe "eeting %as "ost encouraging because people accepted the idea that there %ould be no publicit&, and e*er&bocould spea7 for hi"self, irrespecti*e of his position, (uite fran7l&and fightVZ

At the memory Prince 'ernhard-s eyes lit up, and he said, >It was a beautiful meeting because spar!s were flying li!e cra=y

between Americans li!e C 5 6ac!son and 'ritishers li!e Sir liver 2ran!s and 5enis Healey and Hugh %aits!ell?

6ac!son himself described the meeting as follows(

>It was all very new and different e were tuc!ed away in a forest way bac! in Holland &here were no reporters &ight

security with guards all over the hotel I* the opening hours every one was uneasy, nervous, sniffing each other li!e strange

dogs &hey were afraid to tal! very much

>Prince 'ernhard was everywhere using his charming wiles People began to thaw &hen they began to fight, which was goo

&he Prince !ept things in hand hen feeling got too tense he was able to rela# people with "ust the right witty crac!, or ass

his authority &hough he is so charming, he is made of pretty stern stuff hen he was to restore order he does so in such a

way that no one can ta!e offence 'ut there is no fooling rder is restored?

*aturally the Europeans were continually needling the Americans about McCarthy Many of them seemed genuinely fearfu

that the nited States was heading for a 2ascist dictatorship &herefore, on the third day, Prince 'ernhard announced, Ev

though it is not on the agenda, there has been so much tal! of McCarthyism that, if there is time, I am going to as! Mr

6ac!son to tell us the American view on that

There %as ti"e, and -ac7son stood up to address the "eeting' =e is a big "an, %ell o*er si$ feet tall, fourteen stone of "uscular

%eight %ith a big do"ed head and a bold, 4utting profile# i"pressi*e b& his stature and his slo%, 4udicial %a& of speech' Al"ost in t"anner of a uni*ersit& professor, -ac7son told his audience a fe% facts of political life in the nited <tates' =e pointed out that in thA"erican s&ste" of go*ern"ent and politics, Z+e are certain to get this 7ind of supercharged, e"otional frea7 fro" ti"e to ti"e'ZThen he reached bac7 into histor& for the sa"e sort of de"agogue, telling the" of the spectacular but shortli*ed careers of !atherCoughlin and =ue& ong'

=e said that he 7ne% it %as hard of 5uropeans to understand ho% a <enator of the PresidentJs o%n part& could sa& things on the floof the <enate co"pletel& at *ariance %ith the Go*ern"entJs polic&' But, he pointed out, there %as no %a& to stop a nited <tates<enator %hen he %ent on a ra"page' Part& discipline %as none$istent in that case' Therefore, -ac7son said, the 5uropeans %ere rigto be interested in this peculiar pheno"enon of <enator McCarth&, but %rong to be fearful that he %as the first step to%ards !ascis"

!inall& -ac7son "ade a rash prediction: “+hether McCarth& dies b& an assassinSs bullet or is eli"inated in the nor"al A"erican %aof getting rid of boils on the bod& politic, prophes& that b& the ti"e %e hold our ne$t "eeting he %ill be gone fro" the A"ericanscene'”

The fact that %ithin a co"parati*el& short ti"e McCarth& %as rebu7ed b& the <enate and lost *irtuall& all his prestige and po%er "the 5uropeans feel that the& had heard the truth about A"erica' %eorge Mc%hee of the nited States 5epartment of State says,

>&he really bad misunderstandings between Europeans and Americans were dissipated at the first 'ilderberg Since then

there has never been such a sharp division between us and Europe?

The first Bilderberg Conference %as such a success in pro"oting real understanding across the Atlantic that its sponsors decided tocontinue the "eetings' A per"anent <teering Co""ittee %as set up to plan the agenda for future "eetings and decide %ho" to in*iaccording to the sub4ects to be discussed' Dr' ;etinger beca"e per"anent secretar&, until he died and %as succeeded b& 5rnst *an dBeugel, %ho, incidentall&, said to the %riter, Z a" allergic to international groups' attended "& first Bilderberg "eeting %ith greareser*e, but %as i"pressed b& it and re"ained i"pressed'Z



-oseph 5' -ohnson beca"e the first <ecretar& on the A"erican side' 6ther%ise the organiation %as 7ept as loose as possible to allo"a$i"u" fle$ibilit&' To insure this the <teering Co""ittee tries to ha*e a turno*er of at least t%ent& percent' of ne% faces at each"eeting' This %as "ade clear at the outset, so that people %ho are not as7ed bac7 e*er& ti"e %ould not consider it an affront'

Co"bined %ith this is the un%ritten rule that an&bod& %ho has e*er been to a Bilderberg Conference should be able to feel that he cin a pri*ate capacit&, call on an& for"er "e"ber he has "et' To this end a list of na"es and addresses is "aintained to %hich allparticipants ha*e access' This "a7es possible an e$panding continuation of association for people %ho "ight not other%ise ha*e "

Three da&s at a Bilderberg Conference are not onl& a sti"ulating but also an e$tre"el& e$hausting e$perience, especiall& for Bernhand the other "e"bers of the <teering Co""ittee' =' -' =ein described a t&pical da&: Z+e sit fro" nine oScloc7 in the table' ;ig

after lunch %e go at it again until se*en oScloc7' !ifteen "inutes to %ash up, and then an e$ecuti*e session of the <teering Co""itteThat lasts an hour, and then %e ha*e dinner' After that %e tal7 so"e "ore, infor"all&' tSs a fifteenhour da&, at leastVZ

Another "e"ber of the group said, Z+e "eet in such beautiful places, but %e ne*er ha*e ti"e to loo7 at the scener&'Z

<ince 0F@2, "eetings of the Bilderberg group ha*e been held once a &ear, so"eti"es t%ice' The <teering Co""ittee "eets "orefre(uentl&' The regular sessions are attended b& fro" fift& to eight& people' 5ach "eeting is held in a different countr&, but follo%ssa"e pattern' An entire hotel is ta7en o*er and closel& guarded' The "e"bers all li*e together, eat and drin7 together, for three da&+i*es are not in*ited' Dr' ;i47ens sa&s, ZMore i"portant things are done and better understandings are often arri*ed at in pri*atecon*ersations at lunch or dinner than in the regular sessions' Through the &ears %e ha*e achie*ed a sort of brotherhood of friendshiand trust'Z

The e$penses or each "eeting are borne b& pri*ate subscription in the host countr&, and Prince Bernhard al%a&s presidesthough nob& his o%n choice' At the *er& first "eeting he tried rotating the chair"anship, putting *an eeland in the second da& and Mr'Cole"an the third' t did not %or7' The other 5uropeans thought that *an eeland %as too political and the A"erican De"ocrats fethat Cole"an %as too oldguard ;epublican' The& all begged hi" to beco"e per"anent chair"an' Because he %as ro&al and therefapolitical, and, further"ore, ca"e fro" a s"all nation %ith no large a$es to grind, he %as, in fact, the logical choice' n addition e*eone agreed that he handled the "eetings e$tre"el& %ell' Mr' =ein sa&s, “f Prince Bernhard had not e$isted ;etinger %ould ha*e hto in*ent hi"'”

There %as also the fact that his ro&alt& ga*e hi" considerable le*erage in inducing these *er& e"inent "en to gi*e up their pressingaffairs to attend the "eetings' This rather %orried Bernhard, %ho once said to *an der Beugel, Zs it 4ust snobappeal that brings the

8an der Beugel ans%ered forthrightl&, Zf &ou can transfer snobbis" into so"ething fine and useful thatSs good' The authorit& %ith%hich &ou can as7 people to attend "eetings is i"portant' 6n the other hand, &ou donSt get eight& outstanding people to drope*er&thing and go off to a foreign countr& 4ust for snobbis"' The %a& &ou "anage the thing and the i"portance of the enterprise ar%hat dra%s the"'Z

Mean%hile ;etinger brought in "an& "en of the nonCo""unist but radical left %ho "ight not ha*e responded to an in*itation froPrince Bernhard' =o%e*er, e*en these %ould probabl& not ha*e consented to attend a conference %ith the "en of the conser*ati*eright had the& not been reassured b& ha*ing in the chair a co"pletel& nonpolitical figure' As Dr' ;i47ens said Z)o one but Bernharcould ha*e induced such old antagonists as Gu& Mollet and Antoine Pina& to sit at the sa"e table'Z

Prince Bernhard in his "ethodical %a& prepares *er& carefull& for each "eeting b& an intensi*e stud& of all the sub4ects on the agenThen he ta7es copious notes at the "eetings, and at the end of each session tries to su" up %hat has been said and perhaps add a fe%i"partial %ords of his o%n to clear the air' n spite of his preli"inar& %or7, Prince Bernhard confesses, Z al%a&s go to the "eeting%ith a feeling of great ner*ousness' There are so "an& e$plosi*e possibilities' But it is al%a&s tre"endousl& sti"ulating and

enor"ousl& interestingin fact, great fun'

Z6ne thing that %orries "e beforehand is suppose so"e 7e& person does not sho% up and the discussions are a flop? +e ha*e had *little trouble %ith that'Z

6ne "eeting Bernhard %as particularl& ner*ous about %as the one at <t <i"ons sland, Georgia' nited <tates <enator -' +illia"!ulbright, <enator +ile& and se*eral A"erican congress"en %ere co"ing for the first ti"e' The rule of the "eetings is that each "is allo%ed fi*e "inutes to tal7, and at the end of this ti"e the Prince is allo%ed fi*e "inutes to tal7, and at the end of this ti"e thePrince begins to "a7e signals' But he generall& gi*es the" a "inute "ore before ta7ing action' Z6nce or t%ice S*e had to beunpleasant to so"ebod&, but that is *er& difficult for "e,Z he sa&s' Zt is also difficult to 7eep a big bo& fro" tal7ing too long' s%in"& %rist%atch in front of his face and sa&, SAh, ah, "ore than fi*e "inutesVS And if so"ebod& "a7es a reall& short speech sa&, S)othat is %onderful' The shorter the speech the "ore it stic7s in our "inds'S But that does not al%a&s help, &ou 7no%' <o"e people are

*er& difficult'Z



At <t <i"ons so"e of BernhardSs A"erican friends said, Z+hat are &ou going to do %ith the A"erican politicians? ou 4ust canSt shup a nited <tates congress"an or senator' The& arenSt used to it'Z

Bernhard didnSt (uite 7no% hi"self' But before the "eeting he %ent to the A"erican politicians and in his "ost ingratiating %a& saZ)o%, loo7, gentle"en, "& A"erican friends are afraid to tell &ou this, but %e ha*e had this rule about fi*e"inute speeches at all o"eetings' <o %ould &ou be *er& 7ing and do "e a fa*our, a personal fa*our, and stic7 to the rule, because %ill be finished for thefuture if let &ou get a%a& %ith a long speech'Z

ZThe& said the& %ould be delighted# no proble" at all' St is perfectl& 6'L' %ith us'S And the& ne*er bro7e the rule at all' The onl&person had trouble %ith %as a 5uropean'Z

The onl& "eeting, other than the first, at %hich Bernhard did not preside all the %a& through %as the one in <%iterland in 0F' =earri*ed fro" one of his Zselling tripsZ loo7ing utterl& e$hausted and %ith a bad cold' After presiding at the opening session hede*eloped *irus pneu"onia' =e chose 5' )' *an Lleffens to ta7e the chair' Prince Bernhard sa&s, ZThis satisfied e*er&bod&, becaus*an Lleffens had once ser*ed as President of the Asse"bl& of the ')'Z

+hile the "eeting %ent on Bernhard got sic7er and sic7er' Mean%hile, bac7 at the Palace, -uliana %as beco"ing *er& an$ious'Professor )uboer sa&s, Z %as in the Palace that <aturda& e*ening %hen the Queen called Prince Bernhard' =e %as in a *er& bad"ood, and said there %as reall& nothing %rong %ith hi"' =o%e*er, the ne$t "orning the Queen telephoned "e and said that she hatal7ed to her husband again and that his te"perature had gone up' said, SSll go i""ediatel& and as7 "& colleague Professor -ordanour specialist on internal "edicine, to go %ith "e'SZ

Professor )uboer had "ade their reser*ations on L''M' and borro%ed so"e "one&it %as <unda& and the ban7s %ere shut%hen tQueen called bac7' ZS" going %ith &ou,Z she said' ZS" too %orried to sta& here' +eSll go in a "ilitar& plane'Z

Professor )uboer sa&s, Z+e found the Prince in the Conference =otel near ucerne' The Queen, -ordan, and 7idnapped hi", litera7idnapped hi"' +e brought hi" bac7 in his o%n plane' A car "et us at the airport, and %e too7 hi" straight to the hospital at trec=e %as there for se*eral %ee7s'Z

The Bilderberg "eetings are ne*er dull' 5*en though the group has beco"e, as McGhee sa&s, Zli7e belonging to a fraternit&,Z spar7ha*e flo%n at nearl& e*er& one' At <t <i"ons in 0F@K the !rench, British, and A"ericans al"ost ca"e to blo%s o*er <ue' At anothit %as Que"o& and Matsu' The 5uropeans could understand the A"erican attitude about !or"osa, but defending the offshore islansee"ed to the" "ilitar& "adness for the sa7e of t%ea7ing the dragonSs tail' ZAt least %e "ade the" understand the necessit& of ta7"ore interest in the !ar 5ast,Z sa&s McGhee'

6ther hot issues ha*e been the Co""on Mar7et and British and A"erican attitudes to%ards it' And CubaV There is al%a&s so"ethito "a7e the spar7s fl&# and, li7e lightning, these electrical discharges clear the at"osphere'

An& atte"pt to e*aluate the effect of the Bilderberg group is "ade nearl& i"possible b& the *er& nature and ob4ect of the conferenc%hich is not to act or e*en to con*ince, but rather to enlighten' As Prince Bernhard sa&s, Zou are not as7ed to agree, "erel& to list

At one point the ine*itable lac7 of concrete results &ou could put &our finger on "ade Prince Bernhard %onder if it %as %orth %hilecontinuing' =e sent out a (uer& to that effect to the "e"bers' A stor" of protest, especiall& fro" the A"ericans, con*inced hi" thashould go on'

Perhaps the onl& %a& of arri*ing at so"e assess"ent of the %or7 is to (uestion those participants %ho pla& an acti*e role ininternational affairs' +hen as7ed for an e$a"ple of a Bilderberg acco"plish"ent George McGhee said, Z belie*e &ou could sa& thTreat& of ;o"e, %hich brought the Co""on Mar7et into being, %as nurtured at these "eetings and aided b& the "ain strea" of oudiscussions there' Prince Bernhard is a great catal&st'Z

The for"ation of an international corporation to finance industrial de*elop"ent in the )ear 5ast is another concrete result'

=o%e*er, the intangible results are ad"ittedl& the greatestthe bringing together in friendship, e*en inti"ac&, of the leaders fro" "nations and the effect of their confidential reports on the go*ern"ents of their countries' An e$a"ple is the case of the nited <tatesduring President 5isenho%erSs ad"inistration' +hen as7ed if he thought 5isenho%er had been influenced b& the Bilderbergdiscussions Prince Bernhard said, Z donSt 7no%' 6f course, tal7ed to 7e about it %hen needed his help to gi*e A"erican officialthe green light to co"e to the conferences' Although C' D' -ac7son and Bedell <"ith %ere in fa*our of it, there %ere a lot of peoplethe <tate Depart"ent %ho thought one should not go' The& %ould not allo% their people to co"e at first' Then after the first "eetinthe& lifted the ban' An&bod& could co"e' The sa"e thing happened %ith de Gaulle'



ZAs to %hether 7e paid an& attention to the reports of our discussions, could not sa&'Z

=o%e*er, General 5isenho%er said to this %riter: Z al%a&s had one of "& people go to the Bilderberg Conferences HDr' Gabriel=augeI' S" in fa*our of an&thingan& stud& of that 7ind %hich helps international understanding' The Bilderberg "eetings enlighte"e# Sd get *ie%points fro" other than official channels' )ot that al%a&s agreed %ith the"# there %ere so "an& points of *ie% thaso"ebod& had to be %rong# but it %as still i"portant to 7no% the"'Z

The present A"erican Go*ern"ent is e*en closer to Bilderberg because President Lenned& has *irtuall& staffed the <tate Depart"e%ith %hat C'D' -ac7son calls ZBilderberg alu"niZ<ecretar& of <tate Dean ;us7, nder<ecretar& of <tate George +' Ball, GeorgeMcGhee, +alter ;osto%, McGeorge Bund&, Arthur Dean, and Paul =' )itse o*er at Defence' =o%e*er, the <teering Co""ittee tri

to 7eep a fairl& e*en balance bet%een ;epublicans and De"ocrats'

Mr Ball recentl& said, Z thin7 the "ost useful feature of the Bilderberg "eetings is the opportunit& for responsible people in industrstatecraft, or politics to ha*e a fran7 discussion %here the& %ill not be publicl& (uoted and are able to gi*e their personal *ie%s%ithout their re"ar7s being considered official'

ZThis is uni(ue and %ithout parallel, the character of the "eetings has been shaped b& the *er& de*oted and astute leadership of PrinBernhard hi"self' +ithout his special position, intelligence and good%ill nothing li7e this could co"e about'Z

Then the nder<ecretar& of <tate added, Z certainl& hope to continue to go the "eetings' <o does Dean ;us7'Z

The talian A"bassador in ondon, <ignor Quaroni, said Z+hat a pleasant changeV n other places diplo"ats al%a&s lie to each oth

!ro" Prince BernhardSs point of *ie% the Bilderberg group gi*es hi" an opportunit& to %or7 in pri*ate, %ithout *iolating theparlia"entar& taboo against ro&alt& "i$ing in politics, for the unification of 5urope and, indeed, of the Atlantic Co""unit& as %ell=e regards this as the best hope of hu"anit& not onl& in 5urope but in all the %orld' !urther"ore, he is highl& opti"istic about itschances of success'

Zt "a& be o*ersi"plification,Z Prince Bernhard said, Zbut thin7 that %ith a little bit of good%ill on both sides %e %ill find practicasolutions for the British proble", the Co""on%ealth, and the socalled S6uter <e*en'Z +e %ould appl& the "ain lines of the Treat&;o"e in principle %ith certain pro*isos' !or e$a"ple, it "ight ta7e certain countries t%ent& &ears to adapt to its pattern of tree"o*e"ent of labour, free "o*e"ent of goods and ra% "aterials, the lo%est possible custo"s barriers or none, coordination ofindustr&, etc'

ZSd li7e to see us all agree on basic principles, and then let one "an, li7e -ac(ues ;ueff, %ith a fe% helpers, %or7 it out' Bigco""ittees al%a&s fight' f %e could all agree beforehand in principle it %ould result, %ithout doubt, not in topia, but in ane$tre"el& strong and health& 5urope' This in turn %ould bring the nited <tates into the econo"ic co""unit&' t %ould encouragegreat deal of free trade throughout the %orld'

Z)o%, the "ore free trade &ou ha*e the "ore difficult &ou %ill "a7e it for the ne% countries of Africa and Asia to set up an autarchand li*e in econo"ic isolation, to adopt trade barriers and (uotas %hich after a hundred &ears or "ore %e are finding out donSt pa&'!ro" sheer necessit& these people %ill ha*e to 4oin in free trade' And once &ou get that &ou can help an underde*eloped count& "u"ore easil& than if there are a hundred and fift& thousand restrictions' Also it %ould be easier for the" . their national pride . toaccept help' That to "& "ind is the best possible guarant& against Co""unist influence'Z

ithin Europe itself Prince 'ernhard would li!e to go even further than economic union >ne thing we need for free

e#change of goods is complete interchangeability of money, a common currency I-m flat out for that,? he said >And this

implies a certain political unity Here comes our greatest difficulty 2or the governments of the free nations are elected by th

people, and if they do something the people don-t li!e they are thrown out It is difficult to re+educate people who have been

brought up on nationalism to the idea of relinFuishing part of their sovereignty to a supra+national body?

>&hen there is, of course, national selfishness, putting internal problems first 2or instance, no nation in Europe has met its

*A& Fuota &here is "ust so much money, and there are so many things needed inside each country People dont thin!

European enough or Atlantic enough to put the good of all before party politics or national advantage?

>&his is the tragedy 5ue to the freedom and democracy we cherish, we arent able to achieve what we all basically want to d

e dont show the world clearly enough that our way is better than the Communist way, because we Fuibble and throw bric

at each others heads 3eal unity comes only when we are scared+when the Soviets put the pressure on and the issue is war o



not war, though I should not say that because it is so old and sad and obvious e are moving towards unity, but we crawl

li!e snails when we should run?

Even if Europe moves too slowly towards political unity Prince 'ernhard optimistically believes that it will arrive if the who

place is not blown up first He foresees a nited States of Europe in which borders are reduced to an absolute minimum, an

there is a common currency, a common financial policy, a common foreign policy, and a common policy of trade &he nation

will give up so much of their sovereignty as is necessary to implement this

However, the Prince thin!s they will retain their national identities Each country has its history and traditions, and the

cultural, philosophical, and ethical bac!grounds of which it can be e#tremely proud, and which ma!e us what we are, he sa

It would be e#tremely stupid to throw all that away It would be li!e blowing up your old house before you get a new onebuilt I thin! the nations of the nited States of Europe will want to !eep their flags and their monarchs, certainly for the fir

fifty or one hundred years, though in that case the monarchs should be "olly good+there will be more demands on a person t

ever before

>hat I say is lets abolish our borders in the sense that we are not any longer going to curse our neighbours over them, or

deep them out, or try to frighten them as we used to do, but let us live across them as brothers, while maintaining our nation

characteristics, not only for our own advantage, but for the benefit of all?

Prince Bernhard in his higher flights of opti"is" e*en loo7 to the da&, fift& or a hundred hears fro" no%, %hen the ron Curtain "abe rolled up and put a%a&' =e belie*es that as the old Bolshe*i7s die off and the &oung ;ussians, %ho ha*e lost the hot crusadingfer*our of the Mar$ist ;e*elation, ta7e o*er, there %ill be a return to a "ore de"ocratic t&pe of socialis" and a loosening of discipl

that %ill "a7e it possible to bring those lost lands bac7 into the 5uropean sphere' ZAllen Dulles laughs at "e,Z he sa&s, Zbut thin7 the ;ussians %ill again beco"e friends %ith us, as the& ha*e been before'

Z!or this 7no%, and e*en Allen Dulles agrees, that Co""unis" inside ;ussia is not the sacred shibboleth it used to be' A lot of;ussians fran7l& ad"it that the& use it in other countries as propaganda in order to bring the" into their sphere' But that in ;ussiaitself it is getting a little out of date' ThatSs a lo*el& thought, but %hen it %ill co"e, or if it co"es in ti"e, %ho shall sa&''Z

Preceding e#tract from(

Hatch, Alden, H 3 H Prince 'ernhard of the *etherlandsG an authori=ed biography

Sub"ect ( 'ernhard 4eopold, consort of 6uliana, ueen of the *etherlands, Harrap, ./17

<ource: http:NN%%%'bilderberg'orgNbildhist'ht"O0F@2

“The first Bilderberg "eeting filled the last three da&s of Ma& 0F@2At their first "eeting, Bilderbergers co*ered the follo%broad areas, %hich re"ained focal points of discussion for successi*e "eetings: Co""unis" and the <o*iet nion# Dependeareas and peoples o*erseas# 5cono"ic policies and proble"s# and 5uropean integration and the 5uropean Defense Co""unitA"ong the people at the first "eeting %ere Da*id ;oc7efeller# -'=' =ein /his son, -' =ein is one of the t%o richest"e"bers of the '<' <enate3# Dean ;us7, then head of the ;oc7efeller !oundation and later secretar& of state under Lenned&and -ohnson# -oseph 5' -ohnson, head of the Carnegie 5ndo%"ent for nternational Peace and '<' secretar& of Bilderberg#Denis =eale&, Britains HsicI abor Part& "inister of defense 0F2K and Chancellor of the 5$che(uer /Treasur&3 0FK20FKF+inston ChurchillJs close 5uropean collaborator ord Boothb&# and the Bilderberg organiers "entioned abo*e' PrinceBernhard told his biographer that “it %as a beautiful "eeting because spar7s %ere fl&ing li7e cra& bet%een A"ericans li7e C-ac7son and Britishers li7e <ir 6li*er !ran7s and Denis =eale& and =ugh Gaits7ell'” !ro" the start, Bilderberg has been rub& a *er& s"all core group' +hen, in 0F@, a steering co""ittee %as set up to help Prince Bernhard arrange further Bilderbe"eetings it %as not in an& %a& an elected co""ittee' t could not be . because there %as no ac7no%ledged "e"bership'6oseph 3etinger e#plained, >the Prince centrali=es all 'ilderberg activities, appoints all the members of the steering

committee and, after consultation with these members, decides on those to be invited to the yearly conferences?”. Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning &or (orld Management b& =oll& <7lar, p' 00K

http://www.bilderberg.org/bildhist.htm#1954





3ames Wolfensohn (left), the President of 0he World Bank, s+eaks ith "tanley Fischer (right), the First De+ty Managing Director of theInternational Monetary Fnd (IMF), &efore a meeting at the IMF headAarters in Washington, D.C. on *+ril 4, ---. 3ames Wolfensohn a"tanley Fischer attended the Bilder&erg Meetings together in 664, 66<, and 666. (Photo7 Leslie $ossoffE*FPE1etty Images)

A"erican financier =enr& Lra*is has attended the Bilderberg Meetings 0K ti"es /0FF>0FFE, 0FF, 0FF1, >>0>3'



*merican di+lomat 1eorge C. Mc1hee attended the Bilder&erg Meetings at least < times (6:>, 6:;, 6:<, 64/564;).(Photo7 1eorge "kaddingE0ime Life)

Life maga9ine +&lisher C.D. 3ackson attended the Bilder&erg Meetings at least 4 times (6:>, 6:;, 6:<, 64564>).(Photo7 *lfred %isenstaedtE0ime Life)



Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands has attended the Bilder&erg Meetings < times (6;, 6;>, 6<>, 6<45--, --/5-). QeeBeatri of the 'etherlands is a shareholder of 8oyal Dtch "hell, one of the orldKs largest +etrolem com+any.

#enry $issinger (left) has attended at least /: Bilder&erg Meetings (6:;, 64>, 6;, 6;;56;<, 6<-566, 66>5--<, --5-%tienne Da2ignon (right) has attended the Bilder&erg Meetings // times (6;, 6;>, 6;;56;<, 6<-, 6</566, 66>5-).Da2id 8ockefeller (center) has attended at the Bilder&erg Meetings on at least >< se+arate occasion (6:>, 6:;56:<, 64/56;,6;>56;:, 6;;56<:, 6<;5--4, --<5--6, -).



Pal Wolfoit9 (left) has attended the Bilder&erg Meetings times (66-, 66>566<, ---, --/, --:, --;5--6).8ichard #ol&rooke (right) has attended the Bilder&erg Meetings times (66:5666, -->5--).

Carl Bildt (left) has attended the Bilder&erg Meetings times (66566/, 664566;, 6665---, --45-).3ean5Clade 0richet (right) has attended the Bilder&erg Meetings times (66:, 6665--:, --;5--6, -).



-eanClaude Trichet, President of the 5uropean Central Ban7, spea7s at a conference at Chatha" =ouse in ondon'

Carl Bildt, the !oreign Minister of <%eden, spea7s at a press conference'

“After the "o"entous political changes that ha*e ta7en place in the for"er co""unist bloc o*er the last fe% &ears, prospectsthe partnership bet%een the nited <tates and 5urope present ne% opportunities and challenges' These underlie the creation onew world order, %here international cooperation "a& be i"pro*ed and “regional” disputes handled to the greatest ad*antagof the parties in*ol*ed, en*iron"ental issues tac7led most profitably, ra% "aterials and other resources properly allocated,and de*eloping countries pro*ided %ith appropriate financing'”Gio*anni Agnelli, Chair"an of !iat auto"obile co"pan&, fro" his essa& An ndustrialistJs Ans%er to +here 5urope s Goinpublished in the boo7 @n $earch o& a New (orld ?rder: The 'uture o& "9$9-Euro!ean *elations, 5dited b& =enr& Brandon/published in 0FF>3, p' 0>K



5$cerpts on the Bilderberg Meetings

“HGeorge +'I Ball further e$ercised his burgeoning influence, telephoning Da*id ;oc7efeller and as7ing hi" to sponsor a s"all dinner pafor Ma&er' =e follo%ed up %ith a letter to ;oc7efeller, suggesting se*eral na"es for an in*itation list' BallJs connection to ;oc7efeller hbeen established and strengthened t%o &ears before %hen the t%o "en attended a pri*ate "eeting of select 5uropean and '<' leaders in th)etherlands' This pree"inentl& international asse"bl& beca"e the fourth and "ost i"portant seg"ent of BallJs e$tensi*e net%or7 ofinfluence' 6n Ma& >F, 0F@2, se*ent&four +estern political and financial leaders gathered for a threeda& conference at the Bilderberg =in 6osterbee7, =olland' Their goal %as to establish a highpo%ered foru" to pro"ote and protect 5uropean and '<' relations' A feeling"alaise concerning intra5uropean and '<'5uropean relations %as building' The concepts of a nited 5urope and a 5uropean defenseforce %ere under fire' The Marshall Plan had recentl& co"pleted its "inistrations' 5uropean leaders %ere concerned about the future and

the need to assess and i"pro*e the situation' The idea for the Bilderberg group originated in the "ind of a fla"bo&ant Pole and internatioad*enturer na"ed -oseph ;etinger' 6ne friend described ;etinger as “a sort of Eminence Grise of 5urope, a Talle&rand %ithout portfolioA"ong "an& other e$ploits, at age fift&se*en and %ith no training in the fields of intelligence and %ar, ;etinger had parachuted into Pola%here he 4oined the underground in 0F22' +hile engaged in dangerous guerilla acti*ities, he suffered a degenerati*e neurological diseaseand lost the use of his hands and feet' After escaping Poland, he decided to establish an infor"al organiation of dignitaries to i"pro*e 5uropean relations' n 0F@> ;etinger approached Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands and as7ed hi" to ser*e as honorar& head of theorganiation After establishing a s"all 5uropean co""ittee, ;etinger and Bernhard turned their attention to the nited <tates' Bernharclosest contact there %as General +alter Bedell <"ith, then under secretar& of state for 5isenho%er' Bernhard had 7no%n <"ith during th%ar, and the t%o %ere fishing friends as %ell' <"ith, %ho ne*er beca"e in*ol*ed in Bilderberg hi"self, contacted C' D' -ac7son, another+hite =ouse aide, %ho in turn approached -ohn Cole"an and George Ball, t%o 7e& leaders in the Co""ittee for a )ational Trade Polic&'!ro" the *er& beginning, George Ball %as the leading A"erican “Bilderberger'” Although there %ere no per"anent "e"bers of the grouBall "ade hi"self indispensable to the organiation' Bet%een 0F@2 and his death in 0FF2, he attended e*er& "eeting of the Bilderberg grbut one' B& 0FF2, he and Da*id ;oc7efeller %ere the onl& original founders still in regular attendance' n addition to their regular "eetinthe Bilderberg group had a steering co""ittee that usuall& "et t%ice a &ear to plan progra"s and to discuss the participant list' George Bsat on the steering co""ittee for t%ent&fi*e &ears' n this position, he pla&ed a critical role in shaping the direction and discussion of theorganiation' Because Bilderberg has no per"anent "e"bership list, the group is highl& fluid and e*erchanging in co"position' <teerinco""ittee leaders ha*e carefull& sought to recruit indi*iduals in three o*erlapping categories' 2irst, the 'ilderberg leaders have

emphasi=ed the need for their members to e#ercise considerable power and influence &hey have consciously attempted to recruit

individuals referred to by 6oseph E 6ohnson as Dbig shots- and Dmovers and sha!ers- <econd, the organiers ha*e been on the loo7ofor &ounger personalities %ho are on their %a& up the ladder of po%er' n the %ords of -ohnson, “+e ha*e tried, and (uite deliberatel&, tobring in &ounger people %ho loo7ed as if the& "ight ha*e a future'” The steering co""ittee selected Denis =eale&, for e$a"ple, %hen he%as but an opposition abor Part& "e"ber' Bill Mo&ers %as recruited 4ust after lea*ing the +hite =ouse' Mo&ers ser*ed on the steeringco""ittee for se*eral &ears before resigning, to the great disappoint"ent of Ball and other oldti"e Bilderbergers' !inall&, the steeringco""ittee decision "a7ers ha*e e"phasied the need for di*ersit&' The& ha*e "ade a point of in*iting indi*iduals %ho represent differenpoints of *ie%' 6ne of the consistent ri*alries that resulted fro" this polic& %as that bet%een George Ball and Denis =eale&' Both %erebright founding "e"bers of Bilderberg, but the& disagreed strongl& on such basic issues as 5uropean integration . and the& irritated oneanother personall& as %ell' 'ilderberg also brought together a wide variety of personalities drawn from business, government,

academia, and ban!ing n occasion, the steering committee issued invitations to captains of the mass media and leading "ournali&he 'ilderberg ground rules are severe All sessions are closed and off the record Although there is an agenda, there are no

resolutions passed or votes ta!en Conference participants usuall& nu"ber bet%een K and 0> and, %ith one partial e$ception, %i*es hnot been in*ited' &he conference location is rotated, with no country hosting the event in consecutive years &he 'ilderberg meetin

have been financed primarily from private sources and on occasion from such organi=ations as the 2ord, E##on, and 3oc!efeller

2oundations, along with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace The participants at the first Bilderberg "eeting in 0F@2included se*enteen influential A"ericans and fift&se*en 5uropeans dra%n fro" ten countries' The 5uropean representati*es included eleBritons, nine !rench, nine Dutch, se*en Ger"ans, and se*en talians, as %ell as representati*es fro" Belgiu", Den"ar7, Greece, <%edenand )or%a&' Besides Ball, the A"ericans present at the first Bilderberg "eeting included Da*id ;oc7efeller, Paul )ite, George McGheand =arr& =ein' The distinguished 5uropeans included Denis =eale&, 6li*er !ran7s, and =ugh Gaits7ell of Great Britain, and Gu& Moland Antoine Pina& of !rance' !our issues do"inated that first "eeting: co""unis" and the <o*iet nion, peoples of the underde*eloped%orld, econo"ic policies, and 5uropean integration' The Bilderberg group %as a *er& special organiation in George BallJs life' n his o%%ords: “t has been a re"ar7abl& useful organiation' n fact, of all the organiations ha*e e*er 4oined or belonged to, Bilderberg has be

the "ost useful'”According to Ball, Bilderberg %as “enor"ousl&, effecti*e, especiall& in pro*iding a foru" %here people could tal7perfectl& freel&, and %here ac(uaintances can be "ade'” n his *ie%, the for"al sessions %ere less *aluable than “people ha*HingI pri*atecon*ersations o*er dinner in the e*enings, ta7ing %al7s in the %oods, doing all 7inds of things' The& get to 7no% one another' These arepeople %ho ha*e influence on affairs, either directl& as "e"bers of go*ern"ents or "e"bers of opposition co"ing into go*ern"ents'”Da*id ;oc7efeller, %hose long association %ith Ball %as based on their co""on "e"bership in the Bilderberg group, has echoed BallJs4udg"ent' 3oc!efeller described 'ilderberg as >one of the most interesting organi=ations that I belong to? and admitted that >it g

me an opportunity at a relatively early age to become acFuainted with some of the leaders in Europe and the nited States on a ve

informal basis, where one got to !now them on a first+name basis? ;oc7efeller %as onl& thirt&eight &ears old %hen he attended the Bilderberg "eeting' =e and Ball, %ho %as fort&fi*e at the ti"e, %ere a"ong the &oungest participants' !ro" Ma& 0F@2 until Ma& 0FGeorge Ball attended nine Bilderberg conferences' +hen he 4oined the Depart"ent of <tate as part of the Lenned& ad"inistration in 0F0therefore, he alread& 7ne% "ost of the leaders of the +estern %orld' The& had, after all, been Bilderbergers together'”. George )all: )ehind the $cenes in "9 $9 'oreign Policy b& -a"es A' Bill, p' @>@2



5$cerpts on the Bilderberg Meetings

“That autu"n, H-ohnI McClo& finall& accepted an in*itation to attend one of the e$clusi*e and highl& confidential "eetings of theBilderberg Group' This organiation had been founded in 0F@>@E b& Dr' -oseph ;etinger and Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands,consort to Queen -uliana' ntil then, ;etinger, a for"er ad*iser to the Polish go*ern"entine$ile during the %ar, had ser*ed as thesecretar& general of the 5uropean Mo*e"ent, a coalition of institutions dedicated to pro"oting 5uropean political and econo"ic un)earl& half of the 5uropean Mo*e"entJs budget %as pro*ided b& the CAfunded A"erican Co""ittee for a nited 5urope' n 0F;etinger, alar"ed b& the rise of antiA"ericanis" in +estern 5urope, persuaded Prince Bernhard to head a ne% organiation desigto influence public opinion b& bringing together leading A"erican and 5uropean personalities once a &ear for a free%heelingdiscussion of their differences' As 3etinger later e#plained it to Prince 'ernhard-s official biographer, the idea was >to get th

leaders of opinion in the most important European countries to ma!e an appraisal of where the Americans were wrong? anthen >at a completely private meeting of top+level people from both continentsTto present this fran! critiFue to leaders of

American opinion and give them an opportunity to answer the indictment? n late 0F@>, ;etinger %ent to A"erica to tr& the out on his A"erican contacts' A"ong others, he sa% such old friends as A*erell =arri"an, Da*id ;oc7efeller, and Bedell <"ith, thdirector of the CA' After ;etinger e$plained his proposal, <"ith said, [+h& the hell didnJt &ou co"e to "e in the first place?J =e(uic7l& referred ;etinger to C'D' -ac7son, %ho %as about to beco"e 5isenho%erJs special assistant for ps&chological %arfare' t toa %hile for -ac7son to organie the A"erican %ing of the group, but finall&, in Ma& 0F@2, the first conference %as held in the =otelBilderberg, a secluded hotel in =olland, near the Ger"an border' Prince Bernhard and ;etinger dre% up the list of in*itees fro" the5uropean countries, %hile -ac7son controlled the A"erican list' As 3etinger e#plained, invitations were Donly sent to importan

and generally respected people who through their special !nowledge or e#perience, their personal contacts and their influen

in national and international circles can help to further the aims set by 'ilderberg- Americans li!e 5avid 3oc!efeller, 5ea

3us!, and 6oseph 6ohnson turned up in 'ilderberg to meet with such influential Europeans as 5enis Healey, %uy Mollet, an

Alcide de %asperi, the architect of postwar Italy &hat first meeting was dominated by a fierce discussion of McCarthyism <o"e of the 5uropeans suggested A"erica “%as heading for a !ascist dictatorship,” a charge -ac7son *igorousl& dis"issed' In

subseFuent years, the 'ilderberg %roup focused on negotiations with the Soviets in the wa!e of Stalin-s death, relations with

the non+aligned nations, and the future of *A& n 0F@K, the Bilderbergers “al"ost ca"e to blo%s” discussing the <ue crisis the pre*ious &ear' <o"e of these discussions actuall& resulted in concrete steps' ne regular 'ilderberger, %eorge Mc%hee, an

oil+company e#ecutive and former assistant secretary of state, later said, >I believe you could say the K./;0L &reaty of 3ome

which brought the Common Mar!et into being, was nurtured at these meetings? 'ut in general, the purpose of the 'ilderb

meetings was less a matter of elite decision+ma!ing than yet another attempt to s!etch the boundaries of an Atlantic consens

In this respect, Prince 'ernhard-s meetings were little more than an e#tension of the Council on 2oreign 3elations Indeed,

steering committee of the American section of the 'ilderberg %roup consisted entirely of C23 members McClo& had beenin*ited to the first "eeting, in 0F@2, but could not co"e' And though he accepted an in*itation to co"e to the 0F@K session, at the l"inute he had to cancel' =e finall& "ade it to the groupJs "eeting at an 6ceanside resort in Bu$ton, )orth Carolina, for three da&s"id<epte"ber 0F@1' <e*ent&fi*e "en attended this session %ith McClo&, including =er"ann -' Abs, Dean Acheson, George Bal

Da*id ;oc7efeller, Gio*anni Agnelli, and Paul )ite' Prince Bernhard presided, as usual, and the discussion ranged o*er such broaissues as )AT6 con*entionalforce strateg&, 5uropean "onetar& polic&, the character of foreign aid for the de*eloping nations, andthe possibilit& of benign e*olution %ithin the <o*iet nion' The "inutes of the "eeting report that the Bilderbergers that &ear“so"eti"es felt that a general rela$ation of tension in the %orld could help that trend of e*olution %hich %e hope for inside the <o*nion'” And &et, as C'D' -ac7son put it, “%e used to ha*e such a useful all& in the si"ple, b&antine brutalit& of <talin' ou 7ne%%here &ou %ere, and &ou also 7ne% that if &ou bu"bled &our %a& into trouble, &ou %ould be rescued b& <talin' That is no longer trtoda& %ith Mr' Lhrushche*, %ho is an infinitel& "ore subtle character'” <till, a consensus e"erged that the “see"ing ;ussian interin pre*enting the spread of ato"ic %eapons could lead the" to conclude so"e li"ited agree"ents'” The "ost contentious issuediscussed that &ear, ho%e*er, concerned the 5uropeansJ criticis" of +ashingtonJs China polic&' 6nl& three %ee7s earlier, ChiangLaishe7 had again instigated another crisis o*er Que"o& and Matsu' After he had steadil& infiltrated a hundred thousand of histroops onto the t%o offshore islands, the Chinese co""unists had first protested and then initiated an artiller& bo"bard"ent of theislands' 5isenho%er %as a%are that Chiang had pro*o7ed the crisis, but he %as un%illing to ha*e the Chinese co""unists o*errunislands' Publicl&, he announced that he had ordered t%o additional aircraft carriers to 4oin the <e*enth !leet in the !or"osa <traits'

Pri*atel&, he %as considering the use of tactical nuclear %eapons, an action !oster Dulles full& ad*ocated' 6nl& t%o da&s before thBilderberg Conference opened in Bu$ton, 5isenho%er %ent on national tele*ision and %arned that the nited <tates %as pledged todefend !or"osa: “There is not going to be an& appease"ent'” !e% people at ho"e or abroad thought Que"o& and Matsu %ere %orgoing to %ar o*er' Most 5uropeans thought the %hole crisis %as absurd, and it frightened the" to thin7 that their A"erican alliescould e*en conte"plate allo%ing Chiang Laishe7 to drag the" into a %ar %ith China' t %as in this conte$t that McClo& and theother A"erican in*itees to the Bilderberg Group found the"sel*es sub4ected to blistering criticis"' The 5uropeans felt the t%o isla“should be treated as part of the "ainland, and that the conflict o*er the" %as in realit& a further episode in the Chinese Ci*il +arQue"o& and Matsu the nited <tates had dug itself into an “untenable position'” The islands should be abandoned' This %as not aMost of the European 'ilderbergers favored seating communist China at the nited *ations”. The Chairman: .ohn .9 McCloy/ The Ma%ing o& the American Establishment b& Lai Bird, p' 2K02KE /Chapter >>: 7eJs +ise Ma

H)ote: The 0F@1 Bilderberg Meetings %as held in Bu$ton, 5ngland, not Bu$ton, North Carolina'I







Copies of etters and Correspondence bet%een Bilderberg Meetings Participants

Dean ;us7Js etter to McGeorge Bund& on Dece"ber 0K, 0F@<ource: McGeorge Bund& Papers, -ohn !' Lenned& Presidential ibrar&



<ource: McGeorge Bund& Papers, -ohn !' Lenned& Presidential ibrar&



Mc1eorge Bndy as the Dean of the Faclty of *rts and "cience at #ar2ard !ni2ersity (6:/564) and Professor of 1o2ernment at #ar2!ni2ersity (6:>564) in 6:;. Mc1eorge Bndy ser2ed as 'ational "ecrity *d2isor (645644) nder President 3ohn F. $ennedy andPresident Lyndon B. 3ohnson and ser2ed as President of Ford Fondation from 644 ntil 6;6.









April E, 0F@2

=is ;o&al =ighness Bernhard Prince of the )etherlands The =ague

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Than7 &ou for &our in*itation to attend an infor"al nternational conference to be held in the )etherlands on the >Fth, Eth, and E0st of Ma&'

a" happ& to accept &our in*itation and shall loo7 for%ard to attending the con ference'

<incerel& &ours,

George +' Ball

A cop& of George +' BallJs etter to Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands' /)ote: 6riginal letter can be found insid

the George +' Ball Papers at the <eele& G' Mudd Manuscript ibrar& at Princeton ni*ersit&3

3ose+h #. 8etingerKs tom&stone



5$cerpts fro" the 0FKK Bilderberg Meetings <u""ar& ;eport

















5$cerpts fro" the 0F1 Bilderberg Meetings <u""ar& ;eport











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'<' <enator -acob -a*itJs ;eport on the 0F2 Bilderberg Meetings

The follo%ing report %as entered into the Congressional ;ecord b& <en' -acob -a*its on April 00, 0F2' <en' -a*its attended the 0FBilderberg Meetings in +illia"sburg, 8irginia' /<ee the Congressional ;ecord, 8olu"e 00, Part , April 00, 0F2, pp' K12K1@

&HE 'I45E3'E3% MEE&I*%S

Mr' -A8T<' Mr' President, the 0Eth in a series of Bilderberg "eetings on international affairs, in %hich participated, %as held in+illia"sburg, 8a', on March >, >0 and >>' These "eetings are designed to bring together leading figures in the nited <tates,

Canada, and +estern 5urope for infor"al roundtable discussions of international proble"s, particularl& those affecting the Atlanticco""unit&' n 7eeping %ith the basic ob4ecti*es of increasing "utual understanding on both sides of the Atlantic through a free andrela$ed e$change of ideas, the "eetings do not atte"pt to reach for"al conclusions or adopt resolutions' ;epresentati*es ofgo*ern"ents as %ell as authorities in the fields under discussion attend in a personal capacit&, not official' The "eetings are pri*ateand off the record, and attendance is confined to those %ho are actuall& participating'

as7 unani"ous consent to ha*e printed in the ;ecord a bac7ground paper entitled ZThe Bilderberg Meetings,Z e$plaining the origiand purpose of the Bilderberg "eetings, a list of the persons %ho attended the +illia"sburg series, and a list of the 0> "eetings %hhad preceded this one' There being no ob4ection, the "aterial %as ordered to be printed in the ;ecord, as follo%s:

&HE 'I45E3'E3% MEE&I*%S

The idea of the Bilderberg "eetings originated in the earl& fifties' Changes had ta7en place on the international political and econo"scene after +orld +ar ' The countries of the +estern +orld felt the need for closer collaboration to protect their "oral and ethica*alues, their de"ocratic institutions, and their independence against the gro%ing Co""unist threat' The Marshall plan and )AT6%ere e$a"ples of collecti*e efforts of +estern countries to 4oin hands in econo"ic and "ilitar& "atters after +orld +ar '

n the earl& 0F@Ss a nu"ber of people on both sides of the Atlantic sought a "eans of bringing together leading citiens, notnecessaril& connected %ith go*ern"ent, for infor"al discussions of proble"s facing the Atlantic co""unit&' <uch "eetings, the& f%ould create a better understanding of the forces and trends affecting +estern nations# in particular, the& belie*ed that directe$changes could help to clear up differences and "isunderstandings that "ight %ea7en the +est'

3I%I*

6ne of the "en %ho sa% the need for such discussions %as the late -oseph ;etinger' n 0F@> he approached =';'=' Prince Bernhar

the )etherlands %ith the suggestion of infor"al and unofficial "eetings to discuss the proble"s facing the Atlantic co""unit&' 6thin 5urope %holeheartedl& supported the idea, and proposals %ere sub"itted to A"erican friends to 4oin in the underta7ing' A nu"bof A"ericans, including C'D' -ac7son, the late General +alter Bedell <"ith, and the late -ohn Cole"an, agreed to cooperate'

The first "eeting that brought A"ericans and 5uropeans together too7 place under the chair"anship of Prince Bernhard at theBilderberg =otel in 6osterbee7, =olland, fro" Ma& >F to Ma& E0, 0F@2' 5*er since, the "eetings ha*e been called Bilderberg"eetings'

* S&3IC& 34ES 2 P3CE53E

!ro" the outset it %as the intention of the Bilderberg founders and participants that no strict rules of procedure go*ern the "eetings5*er& effort %as "ade to create a rela$ed, infor"al at"osphere conducti*e to free and fran7 discussions' Bilderberg is in no sense apolic&"a7ing bod&' )o conclusions are reached' There is no *oting and no resolutions are passed' &he meetings are off the record

nly the participants themselves may attend the meetings

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t %as ob*ious fro" the first that the success of the "eetings %ould depend pri"aril& on the le*el of the participants' eading figurefro" "an& fields industr&, labor, education, go*ern"ent, etc' are in*ited, %ho, through their special 7no%ledge or e$perience, help to further Bilderberg ob4ecti*es' ;epresentati*es of go*ern"ent attend in a personal and not an official capacit&' An atte"pt is"ade to include participants representing "an& political parties and points of *ie%' A"erican participation has included Me"bers oCongress of both parties'

6*er the &ears, Bilderberg participants ha*e co"e fro" the )AT6 countries, <%iterland, <%eden, Austria, and !inland, and ha*eincluded pro"inent indi*iduals such as Dean ;us7, Christian A' =erter, Maurice !aure, !ran-osef <trauss, A"intore !anfani,

Pana&otis Pipinelis, ;eginald Maudling, the late =ugh Gaits7ell, 6"er Becu, Gu& Mollet, the late Michael ;oss, =er"an Abs, C'



<ulberger, -oseph =arsch, and T'M' Ter7elsen' ndi*iduals %ith international responsibilities ha*e also participated, a"ong the"being Gen' Alfred Gruenther, ord s"a&, 5ugene Blac7, Gen' &"an e"niter, Paul=enri <paa7, and the late Per -acobsson'

&HE MEE&I*%S

Bilderberg "eetings are held at irregular inter*als but ha*e ta7en place once or t%ice a &ear since 0F@2' All the earl& conferences %held in 5urope, but a "eeting is no% held on this side of the Atlantic e*er& fe% &ears to pro*ide a con*enient opportunit& forA"erican and Canadian participants to attend'

The Bilderberg "eeting at +illia"sburg, 8a', on March >, >0, and >>, is the 0Eth to ta7e place since 0F@2' The 0> preceding

"eetings %ere held at:

0' 6osterbee7, the )etherlands, Ma& >FE0, 0F@2'>' Barbion, !rance, March 01>, 0F@@'E' Gar"ischParten7irchen, Ger"an&, <epte"ber >E>@, 0F@@'2' !redensborg, Den"ar7, Ma& 000E, 0F@'@' <t' <i"onJs sland, Georgia, nited <tates, !ebruar& 0@0K, 0F@K'' !iuggi, tal&, 6ctober 2, 0F@K'K' Bu$ton, nited Lingdo", <epte"ber 0E0@, 0F@1'1' esil7o&, Tur7e&, <epte"ber 01>, 0F@F'F' Burgenstoc7, <%iterland, Ma& >1>F, 0F'0' <t' Castin, Canada, April >0>E, 0F0'00' <alts4obaden, <%eden, Ma& 01>, 0F>'

0>' Cannes, !rance, March >FE0, 0FE'

%ro+ean Central Bank (%CB) President 3ean5Clade 0richet gestres as he gi2es a +ress conference on in Frankfrt am Ma1ermany *gst ;, --<. ( *FPE1etty Images)

“!or %e %restle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against po%ers, against therulers of the dar7ness of this %orld, against spiritual %ic7edness in high places'”. 5phesians :0>, Ling -a"es 8ersion /L-83

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=uis ten Bosch Palace in The =ague, )etherlands, one of the four official residences of the Dutch ;o&al !a"il&

;o&al <tandard of the )etherlands /left3 and the <tandard of Bernhard of ippeBiesterfeld as ;o&al consort of the )etherlands /rig



President of "ainland Co""unist China 9i -inping /second left3, his %ife Peng i&uan /left3, Ling +ille" Ale$ander of the)etherlands /center3, Queen Ma$i"a of the )etherlands /second right3, and Princess Beatri$ of the )etherlands /right3 pose fthe official photo at the ro&al palace in A"sterda", )etherlands on <aturda&, March >>, >02' /Photot: AP PhotoNPeter De4on



2rom 3ussia ith 4ove)( Bilderberg Meetings participant Queen Beatri$ of the )etherlands /left3 shares a toast %ith Presidof ;ussia 8ladi"ir Putin after the& un*eiled a pla(uette %ith hand i"print of Peter the Great during a tour of the =er"itageMuseu" in A"sterda", )etherlands on April 1, >0E' ueen 'eatri# of the *etherlands attended the 78.9 'ilderberg

Meetings held in Hertfordshire, England near 4ondon from 6une 1+/, 78.9 Queen Beatri$ of the )etherlands is a directdescendant of Catherine the Great and Peter the Great' /Photo: A!P Photo3

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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (center) meets with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and his wife Sarah Netanyahu in tHague, Netherlands on January 19, 2012. (Photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)htt+7EE.timesofisrael.comEas5Aeen5a&dicates5israelis5like5the5dtch52ery5mchE

Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (nd from right) a++ears ith Chancellor of 1ermany *ngela Merkel on a state 2isit ith Cron PrinceWillem5*leander and Princess Maima at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin on *+ril , -. Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands, CronPrince Willem5*leander, and *ngela Merkel ha2e attended the Bilder&erg Meetings in the +ast.

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First Lady Michelle =&ama (center) and !.". President Barack =&ama (right) meet ith the Cron Prince of the 'etherlands (left) and CroPrincess of the 'etherlands (nd left) in the ello =2al 8oom of the White #ose in Washington, D.C. on "e+tem&er , --6.(=fficial White #ose Photo &y "amantha *++leton)

Prince Willem5*leander of the #ose of =range (left) and his ife Princess Maima of the 'etherlands (center) meet ith !nited 'ations"ecretary 1eneral Ban $i5moon at the !nited 'ations in 'e ork City on 'o2em&er , --;. (Photo7 N 3emal ContessEWireImage.com






Queen Beatri$ of the )etherlands signs legislation at her des7 at the Palace of =uis ten Bosch in The =ague, )etherlands in>00' /Photo: Y ;i47so*erheid# <ource: http:NNnttreasurehunt'%ordpress'co"N3

Mem&ers of the Freemason +ose for a +hotogra+h at Windsor Castle in 1reat Britain. 0he $ing of "+ain ($ing 3an Carlos), 0he Prince ofWales (Prince Charles), 0he Qeen of the 'etherlands (Qeen Beatri), 0he $ing of 'oray ($ing #arald ?), Lord Carrington, and Lady0hatcher (Margaret 0hatcher) ha2e attended the Bilder&erg Meetings in the +ast.

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Former !.". President Bill Clinton meets Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands at the #is ten Bosch +alace in 0he #age, 'etherlands on Ma, --. Bill Clinton and Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands attended the 66 Bilder&erg Meetings held in Baden5Baden, 1ermany in 3n66. (8etersEPoolE%d =denaarden)

*mericaKs President 1eorge W. Bsh (left) a++ears ith Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands at a !.". cemetery at Margraten near Maastrich'etherlands on May, <, --:, after laying a reath at the cemetery, here arond <,--- *mericans soldiers from World War II are &ried.ueen BeatriAs father $rince Bernhard of the etherlands ?as a a!i // /tormtrooper before World War 00. ueen Beatri of theetherlands attended the )**8 Bilderberg Meetings at 'ottach-Egern, Germany from May 8, )**8 to 3 May )**8.(N 3%88 L*MP%'E8etersECor&is)



Left to right7 !.". President 8onald 8eagan, First Lady 'ancy 8eagan, Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands, and Prince Clas othe 'etherlands stand together &efore the "tate Dinner at the 'orth Portico of the White #ose on *+ril 6, 6<. Prince Cla

of the 'etherlands attended the Bilder&erg Meetings in 6< and 6<. (Photo7 8onald 8eagan Presidential Li&rary)

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Qeen "ofia of "+ain (left) and Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands attend the edding of Cron Princess ?ictoria of "eden and DanielWestling at "tockholm Cathedral in "tockholm, "eden on "atrday, 3ne 6, --. Both Aeens attended the -- Bilder&erg Meetings as held in "itges, "+ain from /54 3ne --.(Photo7 htt+7EEk+ress.comE--E-4EEthe5edding5of5cron5+rincess52ictoria5of5seden5to5daniel5estlingEattachmentE6-:/>;E)

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Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (left), the Co5Fonder of the Bilder&erg Meetings, a++ears ith his daghter Qeen Beatrof the 'etherlands. Prince Bernhard as a 'a9i "" stormtroo+er before World War II@ hen asked a&ot his 'a9i e+eriencPrince Bernhard re+lied7 Se had a lot of fn.T

Left +hoto7 $ing 3an Carlos of "+ain (left), Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (center), and Qeen "ofia of "+ain attended th6<6 Bilder&erg Meetings in La 0oa, "+ain in May 6<6.8ight +hoto7 Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (left) and Prince Charles of Wales attended the 6<4 Bilder&erg Meetings in1leneagles, "cotland in *+ril 6<4.

$ing Carl 1staf of "eden (left), Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands, and Qeen "ofia of "+ain ha2e attended the Bilder&ergMeetings in the +ast.

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Qeen %li9a&eth II of 1reat Britain (L) and her hs&and Prince Phili+ (8) are greeted &y Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (C+on their arri2al at 8otterdam *ir+ort on Fe&rary :, --;. Qeen %li9a&eth II and Prince Phili+ are on a one5day 2isit to the'etherlands to mark the >--5year anni2ersary of *msterdams %nglish 8eformed Chrch and to 2isit the International Cort o3stice in 0he #age. ( *FPE1etty Images)

Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (L) and Prince Phili+, Dke of %din&rgh, attend a commemoration of the World War II li&eration of 'imen 'imegen, 'etherlands on "e+tem&er -, --6. (1etty Images)

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Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands elcomes Pakistan President 1eneral Per2e9 Msharraf, ho is on an official 2isit to 0he'etherlands, at 0he #age, 'etherlands on "e+tem&er ;, -->. #e as recei2ed in adience &y Qeen Beatri of the'etherlands folloed &y a lnch meeting ith De+ty Prime Minister Jalm and Minister Bot of Foreign *ffairs. ueen Beatriof the etherlands attended the )**2 Bilderberg Meetings in /tresa, 0taly in 9une )**2.(Photo &y Michel PorroE1etty Images)

*fghanistanKs President #amid $ar9ai (center), Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (left), and her son Prince Willem5*leanderthe 'etherlands +ose at the royal +alace #is 0en Bosch in 0he #age dring $ar9ais to5day 2isit to the 'etherlands on 3-, --<. ueen Beatri of the etherlands attended the )**3 Bilderberg Meetings held in Chantilly, @irginia, U./.5.from 8-3 9une )**3. (8eters)

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'*0= "ecretary 1eneral Lord 1eorge 8o&ertson (left) a++ears ith Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands dring his 2isit to the#is ten Bosch +alace in 0he #age, 'etherlands on "e+tem&er <, --/. Lord 8o&ertson and Qeen Beatri of the'etherlands attended the Bilder&erg Meetings together in 66< and --. (ContinentalE*FPE1etty Images)

Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (left) 2isits President of 8ssia ?ladimir Ptin at the $remlin in Mosco, 8ssia on 3ne :, --. ueenBeatri of the etherlands attended the )** Bilderberg Meetings in /tenungsund, /?eden from )2-): May )**.(Photo &y =leg 'ikishinE1etty Images)



Margit Fischer (left), ife *strian President #ein9 Fischer, Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (center), and Prince #assan &in *l 0alal from3ordan, right, arri2es for Middle %ast "mmit at the city hall in ?ienna, *stria, on 3anary -, --. (*P Photo)

Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (right) +oses ith Foreign Minister of 0rkey *&dllah 1l (left) and his ife $hayrnnssa +on her arri2a%rkilet air+ort &efore her 2isit to the city of $ayseri, 0rkey on Fe&rary <, --;. ( *FPE1etty Images)

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*ngela Merkel (left), Chancellor of 1ermany, smiles dring a meeting ith Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands in 0he #age,'etherlands on March , --. 5ngela Mer%el and ueen Beatri of the etherlands attended the )**8 BilderbergMeetings held in 'ottach-Egern, Germany from 8-3 May )**8. (8eters)

"te+hen #ar+er (left), Prime Minister of Canada, +oses ith Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands at the 8oyal Palace #is 0enBosch in 0he #age, 'etherlands on May ;, --. /tephen 6arper and ueen Beatri of the etherlands attended the)**+ Bilderberg Meetings held in @ersailles, 1rance from 8-3 May )**+. (8eters)



Cron Prince Willem *leander of the 'etherlands, MeicoKs First Lady Marta Fo, MeicoKs President ?icente Fo, Qeen

Beatri of the 'etherlands, Princess Maima of the 'etherlands, and Pieter 2an ?ollenho2e +ose for a +hoto at the 'oordeindPalace in 0he #age, 0he 'etherlands on 3anary ;, --/. (Photo &y Michel PorroE1etty Images)

Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (left) and Meicos President Feli+e Calderon toast dring a dinner in the Aeens honor at tCha+lte+ec Castle in Meico City 'o2em&er /, --6. (8eters)



Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (center) stands &eteen 0rkish Prime Minister 8ece+ 0ayyi+ %rdogan (left) and his ife %mine %rdogan(right) as they +ose for a +ictre at royal +alace #is ten Bosch in 0he #age, 'etherlands on March , -/.(8%!0%8"EPeter DeongEPool)

Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (center) and her son Prince Willem5*leander of the 'etherlands (right) a++ear ith President of France3acAes Chirac at a &anAet on Fe&rary 6, --- (N 3acAes Lange2inE"ygmaECor&is)

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Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (left) meets ith "inga+ore President 0ony 0an $eng am (right) in "inga+ore on 3anary >, -/.

Ban $i5moon (left), "ecretary51eneral of the !nited 'ations, and his ife oo "oon5taek (right) meet ith Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlandsdring the official +hoto session at the 8oyal Palace #is ten Bosch in 0he #age, 'etherlands on *+ril ;, -/.(8%!0%8"E0ossaint $litersE!nited Photos)



Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (left) and 8ssiaKs President ?ladimir Ptin toast after they n2eiled a +laAette ith hand im+rint of Petethe 1reat dring a tor of the *msterdam #ermitage Msem in *msterdam, 'etherlands on *+ril <, -/.(8%!0%8"E*leei Dr9hininE8I* 'o2ostiEPool)

Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (left) and 8ssiaKs President ?ladimir Ptin toast after they n2eiled a +laAette ith hand im+rint of Pete

the 1reat dring a tor of the *msterdam #ermitage Msem in *msterdam, 'etherlands on *+ril <, -/.



Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (left) +asses the *ct of *&dication to her son $ing Willem5*leander of the 'etherlands(center) to sign as his ife Qeen Maima of the 'etherlands (right) looks on dring the a&dication ceremony in the Moses9aat the 8oyal Palace in *msterdam, 'etherlands on *+ril /-, -/. Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands a&dicates the throne afte// year reign and transfers the throne to her son $ing Willem5*leander. Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands, a longtime mem&

of the Bilder&erg 1ro+, annonced her a&dication on 3anary <, -/. (Photo &y Bart Maat 5 PoolE1etty Images)

Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (left), the otgoing Qeen of the 'etherlands, and her son $ing Willem5*leander of the'etherlands hold hands at the 8oyal Palace in *msterdam, 'etherlands on *+ril /-, -/. (*P PhotoEBart Maat, +ool)



Cro%n Princess Beatri$ of the )etherlands /left3 and her groo" Prince Claus of the )etherlands /right3 sit together during the%edding da& in A"sterda", )etherlands on March .8, ./11' Beatri$Js father Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /glassesabo*e his e&es3 is seated behind Prince Claus' Prince 'ernhard of the *etherlands attended the ./11 'ilderberg Meetin

held at the Hotel *assauer Hof in iesbaden, est %ermany near 2ran!furt am MainJ from &hursday, March 7;, .

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Prince Willem5*leander of =range (left) and his mother Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands ha2e attended the Bilder&ergMeetings together in the +ast.





Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /right3 initiates his >0&earold daughter Cro%n Princess Beatri$ /born 0FE13 as an “=onorar&Co""ander” into the 6rder of Malta in The =ague, )etherlands on -une >>, 0F@F' Behind and on the left is Queen -uliana of the)etherlands and Princess rene, a sister of Beatri$' Prince Bernhard /born -une >F, 0F00# died Dece"ber 0, >23 ser*ed as PrinceConsort of the )etherlands fro" <epte"ber , 0F21 to April E, 0F1' /AP Photo3/Photo: http:NN*aticanne%%orldorder'blogspot'co"N>0>N0Nthe7nightsof"altahereisso"eof'ht"l3

Prince Phili+, Dke of %din&rgh (left) greets Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands in *msterdam, 'etherlands in 64;.

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President =arr& Tru"an and !irst ad& Mrs' Tru"an %elco"e Queen -uliana of the )etherlands and her husband Prince Bernhard the )etherlands at the +ashington )ational Airport in +ashington, D'C' on April >, 0F@>' /)ational Archi*es3



Left to right7 Dean *chesonKs ife, Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands, his ife Qeen 3liana of the 'etherlands, and !.". "ecretary of "Dean *cheson a++ear at a formal rece+tion +arty in the 'etherlands in *+ril 6:. Dean *cheson and Prince Bernhard attended se2eralBilder&erg Meetings together. (Photo &y 1eorge "kaddingEE0ime Life PictresE1etty Images)

Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands +ors ot a glass of ater dring lncheon at the hotel at 1rindelald here he is staying ith his ifePrincess 3liana of the 'etherlands and their daghter. 0he Dtch royal family maintained ties ith 8oyal Dtch "hell in the +ast hile the8ockefeller family maintained ties ith 2arios "tandard =il com+anies. (!nderood H !nderoodEC=8BI")



President Dight D. %isenhoer (right) and Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands enoy a lagh together &efore their lncheon meeting at theWhite #ose in Washington, D.C. on March 4, 6:>. 0he Prince as in the !nited "tates on an indstrial ins+ection tor. Prince Bernhardthe 'etherlands old +reside o2er the first Bilder&erg Meetings in =ster&eek, 'etherlands on May 6, 6:>. (BettmannEC=8BI")

!nited "tates President Dight %isenhoer (left) shakes hands ith Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands, the hs&and of Qe3liana of the 'etherlands, at the White #ose in Washington, D.C., !.".*. on March ;, 6:/. (*P Photo)



nited <tates President D%ight 5isenho%er /left3 sha7es hands %ith Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, the husband of Quee-uliana of the )etherlands, at the +hite =ouse in +ashington, D'C', '<'A' on March >K, 0F@E'



President 3ohn F. $ennedy meets ith Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands in the =2al =ffice of the White #ose in WashingtD.C. on *+ril :, 64. 0he Bay of Pigs in2asion in C&a occrred from ;56 *+ril 64@ the 64 Bilder&erg Meetings ("t.Castin Conference) as held in "t. Castin, Canada from 5/ *+ril 64.

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President 3ohn F. $ennedy meets ith Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands in the =2al =ffice of the White #ose in WashingtD.C. on *+ril :, 64. 0he Bay of Pigs in2asion in C&a occrred from ;56 *+ril 64@ the 64 Bilder&erg Meetings ("t.

Castin Conference) as held in "t. Castin, Canada from 5/ *+ril 64.(Photo7 8o&ert $ndsen, White #ose Photogra+hs, 3ohn F. $ennedy Presidential Li&rary and Msem)




















Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (left) meets ith !.". President Lyndon Baines 3ohnson at the White #ose in WashingtoD.C., !.".*. on *+ril /, 64:. Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands attended the 64: Bilder&erg Meetings held in Cerno&&ioItaly from 5> *+ril 64:. (*P Photo)

Qeen 3liana of the 'etherlands (right) and her hs&and Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (left) chat ith Dr. Martin Lthe$ing 3r. at the Concert #all in *msterdam, 'etherlands on =cto&er -, 64:. 0he Prince as aarded an honorary degree ineconomics &y the Free !ni2ersity hile Dr. $ing recei2ed an honorary degree in the social sciences. (BettmannEC=8BI")



Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (left) meets ith !.". President 8ichard 'ion (center) and !.". 'ational "ecrity *d2iso#enry $issinger (right) at the White #ose in Washington, D.C., !.".*. on *+ril 6, 646. $rince Bernhard attended the Bilderberg Meetings held near Copenhagen, Denmar% from - May >. (*P Photo)

Prince Bernhard of 0he 'etherlands (left) talks to !.". President 8ichard 'ion.



Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 "eets %ith =ar*ard ni*ersit& President )athan M' Puse& at =ar*ard ni*ersit& inCa"bridge, Massachusetts, '<'A' /near Boston3 on -une K, 0FK' /Photo: ;ecord A"erican <unda& Ad*ertiser3/<ource: http:NN%%%'eba&'co"Nit"N0FKPrinceBernhardofThe)etherlandsand)athanPuse&PressPhotoEN0FK0E0EK2F2?pt\Art_Photo_"ages]hash\ite">cKE1F@3

President 1eorge #.W. Bsh alks ith Qeen Beatri of 0he 'etherlands. Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands is a longtime Bilder&ergMeetings +artici+ant. Qeen BeatriKs father is Prince Bernhard, fonder of the Bilder&erg Meetings and a former 'a9i "" "torm 0roo+er.

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Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (nd left) a++ears ith Italian car manfactrer and Fiat chairman 1io2anni *gnelli (nd rign an ndated +hoto. (Photo7 htt+7EElaragosta.tm&lr.comE+ostE66//::<<)

Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (right) meets ith former Chancellor of West 1ermany $onrad *denaer (left) In Mnich,West 1ermany on Fe&rary <, 64;. (*P Photo)

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Qeen %li9a&eth II of 1reat Britain (seated left), Qeen 3liana of the 'etherlands (seated right), Prince Phili+, Dke of %din&rgh(standing left), Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (standing right), Princess Beatri of the 'etherlands (standing, second from left),and Princess Irene of the 'etherlands +ose for a gro+ +ortrait dring the British state 2isit to 0he 'etherlands.

Left +hoto7 Prince Phili+ of %ngland (left), the Dke of %din&rgh, and Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands ha2e attended the Bilder&ergMeetings together in 64: and 64;.

8ight +hoto7 Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands, her son Prince Willem5*leander, her ftre daghter5in5la Princess Maima, and her latehs&and Prince Clas of the 'etherlands smile for the camera +rior to Willem5*leanderKs marriage. Qeen Beatri, Prince Willem5*lean

and Prince Clas ha2e attended the Bilder&erg Meetings in the +ast.



Qeen %li9a&eth II of 1reat Britain and her hs&and Prince Phili+, Dke of %din&rgh on a state 2isit in 0he 'etherlands in 6:<. Feft to right7 Princess Beatri of the 'etherlands (later Qeen Beatri), Prince Phili+, Qeen %li9a&eth II of 1reat Britain, Qeen 3liaof 0he 'etherlands, Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands, and Princess Irene of the 'etherlands.(Photo7 htt+7EEtheroyalsorce.&logs+ot.comE-/E-Ethe5old5+hoto5Aeen5&eatri5Aeen.html)

Queen Beatri$ of the )etherlands brandishes a pistol in an undated photo'

http://theroyalsource.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-old-photo-queen-beatrix-queen.html





'elson Mandela (center), "oth *frican leader of the *frican 'ational Congress (*'C), a++ears ith Qeen Beatri of the'etherlands (right) and her 1erman5&orn hs&and Prince Clas of the 'etherlands (left) at the 8oyal Palace in the #age,'etherlands on "atrday, 3ne 4, 66-. (*P PhotoE8o& Croese 'ie *nefo)

Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (center) chats ith "oth *fricaKs President 'elson Mandela (left) on Fe&rary , 66;. D*nton 8+ert is seen sitting on the far right. (Photo7 htt+7EEde2.code.co.9aE.+eace+arks.orgEnes.+h+midG4<>H+idG;

http://dev.codex.co.za/www.peaceparks.org/news.php?mid=684&pid=72

http://dev.codex.co.za/www.peaceparks.org/news.php?mid=684&pid=72



1ro #arlem Brndtland (left), the former Prime Minister of 'oray, 'elson Mandela (center), former President of "oth *fricaand Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands attend the +resentation of the For Freedoms *ards in Middel&rg, 0he 'etherlands 3ne <, --. Gro 6arlem Brundtland and ueen Beatri of the etherlands ha4e attended the Bilderberg Meetings inthe past. (Photo &y Pal ?reekerE1etty Images)

'elson Mandela (left) is seen holding hands ith Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (right) at the 8oyal Palace in the #age,

'etherlands on "atrday, 3ne 4, 66-.



gosla2iaKs Commnist President 3osi+ Bro9 0ito (seated, second from right) a++ears ith the royal family of the 'etherlandnclding Bilder&erg Meetings organi9er Prince Bernhard (seated, left), Qeen 3liana of the 'etherlands (seated, right), andthen5Princess Beatri of the 'etherlands (standing, second from right).

File +hoto of Prime Minister Manmohan "ingh ith Qeen Beatri of the 'etherlands (second from left), Prince Willem*leander and Princess Maima dring a 2isit &y the Dtch royal family to India in --; (Photo7 0he #ind Bsiness Line)

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/international/dutch-queen-beatrix-to-abdicate-in-favour-of-son/article4356618.ece

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/international/dutch-queen-beatrix-to-abdicate-in-favour-of-son/article4356618.ece



eft to right: Princess Beatri$ of the )etherlands, Prince A7ihito of -apan, Queen -uliana of the )etherlands, Princess Michi7o of-apan, and Prince Claus of the )etherlands "eet together during a state *isit at <oestdi47 Palace in the )etherlands on 6ctober @, 0F

Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /center3 appears %ith -oseph uns /right3 at a part& in the )etherlands'



Da2id Ben51rion, the Prime Minister of Israel, 2isits Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands at a castle in the 'etherlands in 64. PrinceBernhard as the Chairman of the Bilder&erg Meetings from 6:> to 6;4. When asked a&ot his 'a9i e+erience, Prince Bernhard re+lieSWe had a lot of fn.T Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands as the co5fonder of the Bilder&erg Meetings, and he as a 'a9i "" stormtroofor a short time &efore World War II. 'a9i ar criminal *dolf %ichmann as +rosected in an Israeli cort in 64 for eterminating 3es inconcentration cam+s dring World War II. 0his +hoto as +&lished in +age 4 of the &ook Days of Davi en *$rion, a &ook edited &y =hJmora, Mordechai Barkai, 'ahm Pndak, and Israel "tockmann (1rossman P&lishers, 'e ork, 64;).

Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (left) greets "hah Mohammad 8e9a Pahla2i of Iran and his ife Qeen Farah Pahla2i in0ehran, Iran in 6;.



* state +ortrait taken at the 8oyal Palace on May , 6:6 shos Qeen 3liana of the 'etherlands (left) talking ith the "haof Iran (center) and Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands. (BettmannEC=8BI")

Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands jokes with President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (left), previously Joseph Desire Mobutu,after presenting the President with the Order of the Golden Arch on August 15, 1973. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlandspresided over the 1973 Bilderberg Meetings that was held in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden (near Stockholm) from 11-13 May 1973.(Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)



President Mo&t "ese "eko of Jaire (right) a++ears ith Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands in Jaire on *gst :, 6;/.(Photo7 Dtch 'ational *rchi2es)



Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands meets with Mobutu Sese Seko (left), President of Zaire (formerly Congo), in Zaire on Aug15, 1973. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands presided over the 1973 Bilderberg Meetings that was held in Saltsjöbaden,Sweden (near Stockholm) from 11-13 May 1973. (Keystone Photo)



Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (left) a++ears ith President of Indonesia 1eneral "harto (nd left), First Lady "iti #artinO"harto (nd right), and Qeen 3liana of the 'etherlands (right) dring a state 2isit at "oestdik Palace in the 'etherlands o"e+tem&er /, 6;-. ($eystone Photo)

Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (left) and his ife Qeen 3liana of the 'etherlands (nd left) greet IndonesiaKs strongma1eneral "harto (right) in 3akarta, Indonesia (formerly Dtch %ast Indies) on *gst ;, 6;. (*P Photo)



Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /right3 "eets %ith ArgentinaJs President Gen' -uan Peron and helps light PeronJs cigaretteduring an official *isit at the Go*ern"ent =ouse in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 0F@0' *a=i %erman war criminal Adolf

Eichmann lived in Argentina from ./;8 to May ./18, when he was !idnapped by Israeli Mossad agents /Le&stone Pho

Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 congratulates -ean Monnet in 0FKK' /Le&stone Photo3





Field Marshal Bernard La Montgomery, st ?iscont Montgomery of *lamein (center) conslts a ma+ ith Lietenant51ene

Brian 1. #orrocks (left) and Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands in "e+tem&er 6>>. Lietenant51eneral Brian 1. #orrocks commander of the British *rmyKs /-th Cor+s and res+onsi&le for the o+erationKs grond forces. (Photo7 Im+erial War Msem

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205203151

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205203151



)orth A"erican Test Pilot -oe &nch /left3 and Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands appear %ith a T!1 <abre airplane in 0F/<ource: http:NN4etpiloto*erseas'%ordpress'co"N>0>N1N>Nnortha"ericantestpilot4oel&nchdutchprincebernhard%ithtf1sabre0F@2N3

http://jetpilotoverseas.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/north-american-test-pilot-joe-lynch-dutch-prince-bernhard-with-tf-86-sabre-1954/






Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands appears %ith his daughter Queen Beatri$ of the )etherlands /center3





The %edding of Princess Beatri$ of the )etherlands and her husband Prince Claus of the )etherlands %as held at the +ester7in A"sterda", )etherlands on March 0, 0F' The +ester7er7 is a large church located not far fro" the building that hidDutch -e%ish teenager Anne !ran7 during +orld +ar '/Photo: http:NN%%%'unofficialro&alt&'co"Nro&al%eddingsNdutchro&al%eddingsN%eddingofbeatri$ofthenetherlandsandclaus*ona"sberg>N3

http://www.unofficialroyalty.com/royal-weddings/dutch-royal-weddings/wedding-of-beatrix-of-the-netherlands-and-claus-von-amsberg-2/






The Dutch ;o&al !a"il&, including Princess Beatri$ of the )etherlands /seated, fourth fro" left3, her soontobe husband PrinClaus of the )etherlands /seated, third fro" right3, and her father Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /third fro" left3, pose fogroup portrait in 0F' /Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3

Princess Beatri$ of the )etherlands and her husband Prince Claus of the )etherlands "eet %ith Prince Asch%in /PrincessBeatri$Js uncle3 and his %ife <i"one at the <chipholA"sterda" Airport in Ma& 0F1'/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3

http://vivamaxima.centerblog.net/rub-aschwin-van-lippe-.html






:intage Photos of Prince 'ernhard of the *etherlands

ith *a=i %erman Soldiers at His SideJ

Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands %al7s %ith Princess -uliana of the )etherlands in the presence of a )ai Ger"an ar"&officer /standing behind Prince Bernhard3' /Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3





Princess -uliana of the )etherlands appears at a train station in Berlin, )ai Ger"an& on 6ctober 01, 0FE' =er soontobe brotherinla%Prince Asch%in of ippeBiesterfeld /&ounger brother of Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands3 is seen %earing a )ai Ger"an ar"& unifor/Photo: http:NN%%%'geheugen*annederland'nlN?NnlNite"sNL6)B@:1KKN]p\>]i\F]st\%ehr"acht]sc\`>1%ehr"acht`>FN]%st\%ehr"acht3

http://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/nl/items/KONB05:877/&p=2&i=9&st=wehrmacht&sc=(wehrmacht)/&wst=wehrmacht







Princess -uliana departs =otel 5den in Berlin in 6ctober 0FE %ith her future brotherinla% Prince Asch%in /dressed in a )a

Ger"an ar"& unifor"3' /Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3





Princess -uliana of the )etherlands /center3 appears %ith the e$iled Laiser +ilhel" of Ger"an& /right3 at the LaiserJs =uisDoorn residence in the )etherlands' Queen -uliana of the )etherlands %as the greatgreatgranddaughter of Ling !rederic7+illia" of Prussia' Laiser +ilhel" of Ger"an& %as the greatgrandson of Ling !rederic7 +illia" of Prussia' Ling!rederic7 +illia" of Prussia %as the Ling of Prussia fro" 0KFK until his death )o*e"ber 0, 0KFK until -une K, 012'



The ippeBiesterfeld !a"il& Portrait' !ro" left to right: Bernhard, !ather, Mother, and &ounger brother Asch%in/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3





The ippeBiesterfeld !a"il& Portrait' Prince Bernhard is seated on the far right'/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3

!or"al +edding Portrait of Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, his %ife Princess -uliana of the )etherlands, and !riends in T=auge, )etherlands on -anuar& K, 0FEK'





Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 and his &ounger brother Prince Asch%in of ippeBiesterfeld ride a bic&cle'/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3





Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /right3 appears %ith his %ife Princess -uliana of the )etherlands /left3 and his brother PrinAsch%in' /Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3





Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 appears %ith his %ife Princess -uliana of the )etherlands /center3 and his brotherPrince Asch%in' /Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3

Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /center3 appears %ith his %ife Princess -uliana of the )etherlands /left3'/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3







Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 and Prince Asch%in of ippeBiesterfeld /%ith his older brother /Photo:http:NN%%%'findagra*e'co"NcgibinNfg'cgi?page\gr]G;id\K012F103

Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands is seen s"iling %hile riding inside a car'/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71840981


http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71840981




Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /center3 %al7s %ith his fiance Princess -uliana of the )etherlands in 0FE'/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3





Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /center3 appears %ith his %ife Princess -uliana of the )etherlands atop a balcon&'/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3





Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /center3 appears %ith his %ife Princess -uliana of the )etherlands />nd left3'

/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3





Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /center3 appears %ith his %ife Princess -uliana of the )etherlands /right3'/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubasch%in*anlippe'ht"l3





Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands at %or7

Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands greets a group of tourists' /Photo: http:NNpicturesofprincebernhard'tu"blr'co"N3

http://picturesofprincebernhard.tumblr.com/

http://picturesofprincebernhard.tumblr.com/



Prince Bernhard /ur ippeBiesterfeld3 of the )etherlands /right, %earing a carnation on his 4ac7et3 and his soninla% Claus*on A"bsberg' /!ro" the archi*es of the ;8D, 0FK3



Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 appears %ith his &ounger brother Prince Asch%in of ippeBiesterfeld in the)etherlands on April 2, 0F'







Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands



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