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 $issinger at
the %conomic Cl& of 'e( )ork in 'e( )ork City on *+ril ,-, .-,/. Lagarde and $issinger attended the .-,/ Bilder&erg Meetings held at
0he 1ro2e hotel in Watford, %ngland from 3ne 456, .-,/. 0he man on the far right is 3aco& Frenkel, former 1o2ernor of the Bank of Israel.
(Photo7 %conomic Cl& of 'e( )ork)
es, and others of the !rench "arshals, and the "ost fa"ous# Massena, for e$a"ple# his real na"e
%as Manasseh: but to "& anecdote' The conse(uence of our consultations %as, that so"e )orthern
po%er should be applied to in a friendl& and "ediati*e capacit&' +e fi$ed on Prussia# and the
President of the Council "ade an application to the Prussian Minister, %ho attended a fe% da&s after
our conference' Count Arni" entered the cabinet, and , beheld a Prussian -e%' So you see, my dear
Coningsby, that the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by
those who are not behind the scenes
. Coningsby , or The New Generation /01223 b& Ben4a"in Disraeli /5arl 6f Beaconsfield, for"er
Pri"e Minister of Great Britain3, Boo7 ,8, Chapter 98
8arious 5uropean and A"erican po%erbro7ers, including Paul +olfo%it: /President of the +orld Ban73, Prince Philippe of Belgiu",
-eroen *an der 8eer /chief e$ecuti*e of ;o&al Dutch <hell3, Peter D' <utherland /chair"an of British Petroleu"3, and -aap de =oop
<cheffer /<ecretar& General of )AT63 attend the >??@ Bilderberg Meetings at ;ottachA5gern, Ger"an&, a s"all resort to%n located
south of Munich, fro" @A1 Ma& >??@'
A <%iss police officer guards the pre"ises of <u*retta =ouse in <t' Morit:, <%it:erland during the -une >?00 Bilderberg Meetings'
According to the Debt Cloc7 in )e% or7 Cit&, the national debt of the Bnited <tates of A"erica e$ceeded C0D trillion'
Andre% -ac7son
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of
government to their selfish purposes Distinctions in societ& %ill al%a&s e$ist
under 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 and
the fruits of superior industr&, econo"&, and *irtue, e*er& "an is e(uall& entitled
to 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 and
the lo%, the rich and the poor, it %ould be an un(ualified blessing'
. Andre% -ac7son, President of the Bnited <tates, in his 8eto Message regarding
the <econd Ban7 of the B'<' 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 +' Ball
Bnder B'<' <ecretar& of <tate /0FD0A0FDD3#
<enior Partner of Geh"an Brothers Hban7I /0FDFA0F1>3
5arl& in 0F@2, Cole"an and , attended a "eeting in Paris at the "odest apart"ent of -oseph ;etingerJs assistant, -ohn Po"ian'
6n 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$APri"eAMinister . t%o "en %ho, , thought, %ould rarel& be seen together at a
pri*ate conference' As a result of this and later "eetings, plans %ere "ade for our first session to be held at the =otel Bilderberg
at 6osterbee7, =olland' ,t %as an oldAfashioned su""er hotel in a %ooded par7, and, concerned for the securit& of so "an&
fa"ous guests, the go*ern"ent had established a plainclothes guard behind e*er& tree' A"used b& such highl& *isible
precautions, , told the Prince on the second da& that , %as going stir cra:&# %e then speculated on the chances of "& getting out
of the hotel and to the "ain road %ithout getting shot' Thereafter, for t%ent&Ase*en &ears, our group "et at least once a &ear at a
(uiet retreat /usuall& a tourist hotel off season3 for t%o and a half da&s of serious discussion' ,n addition, there %ere s"all
"eetings of the <teering Co""ittee, held until recentl& at <oestdi47 Palace, Prince BernhardJs countr& ho"e' 5$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 the
Bilderberg founders turned it o*er to a &ounger group, although , re"ain an ad*iser' , ha*e attended e*er& Bilderberg "eeting
%ith one e$ception' &he 'ilderberg meetings primarily concentrate on a single ob"ective( to try to clear up abrasive
problems and attitudes that could poison effective relations between America and Europe The "eetings are attended b&
the "e"bers of a per"anent steering co""ittee of 5uropeans and A"ericans and b& other "en and %o"en of achie*e"ent and
co"petence speciall& in*ited on each occasion' Attendance is li"ited to roughl& eight& persons' Candor is assured by ground
rules that forbid anyone to discuss the meetings e#cept in the most general way or, in outside conversation, to attribute
e#pressed views to any individual At each meeting, there is a political and an economic problem to which the discussion
is addressed All *ie%s are ta7en as indi*idual e$pressions# no one spea7s for his go*ern"ent, his political part&, or an& other
organi:ation' The real distinction of Bilderberg is not, ho%e*er, its ground rules but the e$traordinar& (ualit& of those %ho
attend the "eetings' There is hardl& a "a4or political figure fro" 5urope or the Bnited <tates %ho has not been in*ited at least
once' 6f the present or recent heads of go*ern"ent, =el"ut <ch"idt, the Ger"an Chancellor, has attended se*eral ti"es, and
a"ong others %ho ha*e co"e one or "ore ti"es ha*e been 8aler& Giscard dJ5staing, =arold +ilson, -a"es Callaghan, 5d%ard
=eath, Margaret Thatcher, ;ene Ple*en, Gu& Mollet, Pierre MendesA!rance, as %ell as Prince Philip, Denis =eale&, Dean ;us7,
Dean Acheson, =enr& Lissinger, and C&rus 8anceMBilderbergJs "ost *aluable achie*e"ent has been to pro*ide for the
de*elop"ent of eas& relations bet%een indi*iduals of disparate bac7grounds, eating, drin7ing, %al7ing . and constantl& tal7ing .
together in isolated settings' +hen , 4oined the <tate Depart"ent in 0FD0, , %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?@A0?D
Da*id ;oc7efeller
Chair"an of the board of Chase Manhattan Ban7 /0FDFA0F103
,f the Council on foreign ;elations raises the hac7les of conspirac& theorists, the 'ilderberg meetings must induce
apocalyptic 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 first
conference in Ma& 0F@2 at the urging of -oseph ;etinger, a Pole of aristocratic origins %ho had ser*ed %ith British intelligence
during +orld +ar ,,' ;etinger, a d&na"ic and energetic "an %ho spo7e %ith a hea*& accent and %al7ed %ith a pronounced
li"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' , %as
surprised to ha*e been in*ited in the first place and e*en "ore ta7en abac7 %hen ;etinger as7ed "e to prepare a bac7ground
paper on prospects for the %orld econo"& fro" the A"erican perspecti*e' ;etinger indicated that =ugh Gaits7ell, a for"er
Gabour Chancellor of the 5$che(uer, had agreed to address the sa"e topic fro" the 5uropean point of *ie%' , %as a bit
inti"idated b& the prospect of going up against such a for"idable opponent' Gaits7ell foresa% a drear& and dis"al future' B&
contrast, "& paper predicted stead& econo"ic gro%th in the Bnited <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 a
sophisticated 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 call
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 of
an A"erican dri*e for hege"on& in 5urope' These attitudes gre% in strength during the 0FD?s and ca"e to a head in the 0FK?s
as a result of the econo"ic disarra& of those &ears and the stead& i"pro*e"ent in B'<'A<o*iet relations resulting fro" detente' ,f
these 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 have
heard to those who do wield official power in their respective countries In ./01, 'ilderberg faced a scandal that almost
resulted in its collapse Early that year in testimony before the Senate 2oreign 3elations Committee, it was alleged that
Prince 'ernhard had approached the 4oc!heed Corporation with an offer to use his official position to influence 5utch
defense procurement policies in return for a significant financial consideration As the year wore on, the evidence against
'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 indignant
resignations and a fe% others %ho thought the "eetings had outli*ed their usefulness, "an& "ore belie*ed %e should tr& to find
a %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' Gord Alec =o"e, the
respected for"er British pri"e "inister, accepted the chair"anship, and the 0FKK "eeting in Tor(ua&, 5ngland, %as an
outstanding success' Gord =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&# Gord ;oll of ,psden, chair"an of <BC +arburg# Gord Carrington, a for"er British foreign
secretar&# and, "ost recentl&, 5tienne Da*ignon, the chair"an of the <ociete Generale de Belgi(ue' , a" pleased to report that as
the ne% "illenniu" begins, a rein*igorated Bilderberg continues to thri*e'
. Memoirs b& Da*id ;oc7efeller /published in >??>3, p' 20?A20> /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 and
George +' Ball %ere longti"e "e"bers of the Council on !oreign ;elations, a pri*ate political organi:ation in )e% or7 Cit&'
/Photo: George +' Ball Papers, <eele& G' Mudd Manuscript Gibrar& at Princeton Bni*ersit&3
B'<' <ecretar& of <tate Dean ;us7 /left3 and Bnder B'<' <ecretar& of <tate George +' Ball /center3 confer %ith -oseph Guns, !oreign
Minister of the )etherlands, in +ashington, D'C' in an undated photo during the 0FD?s' All three "en ha*e attended the Bilderberg
Meetings in the past'
-ose Manuel Barroso /left3, President of the 5uropean Co""ission, and -eanAClaude Trichet /right3, President of 5uropean
Central Ban7, attend a ne%s conference follo%ing a su""it to discuss the international financial crisis at the 5l&see Palace in
Paris 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 Bnion diplo"ats sign the ne% 5uropean Bnion constitution at the Apparta"ento dei Conser*atori, <ala degli 6ra:i e
Curia:i, before the bron:e statue of Pope ,nnocent 9, in Capitoline =ill in ;o"e, ,tal& on 6ctober >F, >??2'
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 March .:,
,6:;. 0he 0reaty of 8ome, officially the 0reaty esta&lishing the %ro+ean %conomic Commnity (0%%C), (as an international agreement that
led to the fonding of the %ro+ean %conomic Commnity (%%C) on 3anary ,, ,6:<. The Bilderberg Group played a prominent role in
establishing 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", Gu$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 5uropean
Bnion countries "aintain their o%n currenc&' People li*ing in the 5uropean Bnion countries can tra*el fro" one 5uropean
Bnion countr& to another 5uropean Bnion countr& %ithout passports and *isas'
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William P. Litynski ser2ed in the !.". *rmy from "e+tem&er .--,5'o2em&er .-->, +rimarily in the First *rmored Di2ision in 1ermany (*+ache
0roo+, ,5, C*?, Bdingen)@ he (as de+loyed to IraA (near Baghdad) from *+ril .--/ ntil 3ly .-->. #e attended Crest2ie( #igh "chool in
Crest2ie(, Florida from ,6645.--- and gradated in .---. #e li2ed at )okota *ir Base, 3a+an (!.". *ir Force &ase near 0okyo) from ,6<;5
,66/. (#is mother is from 3a+an, and his grandfather (as drafted t(ice &y the Im+erial 3a+anese 'a2y dring World War II.) William P.
Litynski has tra2eled eBtensi2ely and has 2isited 0okyo, London, Paris, 8ome, Berlin, ?ienna, Brssels, LBem&org City, Mnich, Frankfrt
am Main, 'e( )ork City, Washington D.C., Boston, Philadel+hia, Chicago, "eattle, and Dallas. (%5mail7 (+l/,>Cyahoo.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 3osD Manel Barroso at a conference in
Brssels, Belgim on =cto&er ,,, .-,.. (Photo7 htt+7EEec.ero+a.eEa2ser2icesE+hotoE+hotoDetails'e(s.cfmFsitelangGenHridG<..<I.)
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 Bilderberg
Meetings participants. (Photo7 World Policy Conference)
3osef *ckermann, Chairman of the &oard of Jrich Insrance 1ro+ Ltd and former C%= of Detsche Bank, deli2ers a s+eech at the World
Policy 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)
Prominent %ro+ean +o(er&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 the
WPC@ 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 ne(s+a+er
8ight +hoto7 ?ernon 3ordan, #enry $issinger, and other financial, cor+orate, and +olitical +o(er&rokers meet &ehind closed
doors at an eB+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 World
Ban%, attend a meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, 1ermany on *+ril .<, .-,-. $ascal &amy and 'obert (oellic% attended
the Bilderberg Meetings together in )**+, )**-, )*.., and )*.).
0imothy F. 1eithner (left), U./. /ecretary of the Treasury, shakes hand (ith Mario Monti, $rime Minister of 0taly, after their
talks in Milan, Italy on 0hrsday, Decem&er <, .-,,. 1eithnerKs 2isit to %ro+e comes on the e2e of a smmit of %ro+ean
leaders Friday that cold yield a +lan for resol2ing the crisis. Timothy 1. Geithner and Mario Monti attended the Bilderberg
Meetings 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)
8ichard Perle stands in front of LeninLs 0om& in Mosco(, 8ssia on May .6, .--4. 8ichard Perle attended the .--4 Bilder&erg
Meetings conference held in =tta(a, 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( )ork
City on "e+tem&er .<, .-,.. (Photo7 !nited 'ations)
Bilderberg Meetings participant =enr& Lissinger attends a "eeting' /,"age: Geon !arrellNPhotocall ,reland3
Bilderberg regulars =enr& Lissinger /left3 and Da*id ;oc7efeller /right3 attend an Asia <ociet& part& in >??D'
'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 to(n near
*rnhem (the site of a maMor 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 May
,6:>. 0he inagral Bilder&erg Meetings (ere held from May .65/,, ,6:>, three (eeks after the Commnist ?ietnamese gerillas defeated
the French army at the Battle of Dien Bien Ph. 0he inagral Bilder&erg Meetings occrred dring the ongoing 1ene2a Conference (*+ril .4,
,6:>5 3ly .-, ,6:>) &et(een France, Britain, "o2iet !nion, Commnist China, and *merica.
0his +hotogra+h (as taken at the first Bilder&erg Meetings at #otel de Bilder&erg in =oster&eek, #olland in ,6:>. #gh 1aitskell is in the far
corner of the room, scratching his chin. (Photo7 htt+7EE(((.&ilder&erg.orgE&ildhist.htm)
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 Bni*ersit& Gibrar&3
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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 Bni*ersit& Gibrar&3
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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 =' )it:e /far left, later B'<' <ecretar&
of the )a*&3, George C' McGhee /E
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fro" left, in the sa"e ro% as )it:e# later B'<' A"bassador to +est Ger"an&3, and George
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ro% of tables# later Bnder B'<' <ecretar& of <tate3'
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Former !.". President Bill Clinton (left) and former Prime Minister of 1reat Britain 0ony Blair (right) attended the Bilder&erg Meeitngs once.
Multinational Corporations that are represented at the Bilderberg Meetings
0nternational rgani!ations and $ress that are represented at the Bilderberg Meetings
Dr' -oseph =' ;etinger
Co""unit& 6rgani:er and CoA!ounder of The Bilderberg Group
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A few years ago a large number of people began to feel an#ious about a growing distrust of America which was ma!ing itself
manifest in ,estern Europe and which was paralleled by a similar distrust of ,estern Europe in America &his feeling caused
considerable apprehension on both sides of the Atlantic and in ./;7 I felt that it was of the first importance to try to remove
this suspicion, distrust, and lac! of confidence which threatened to "eopardi=e the post+war wor! of the ,estern Allies
, therefore approached =';'=' Prince Bernhard, Dr' Paul ;&7ens, and M' Paul *an Peeland %ith the suggestion that %e should
organi:e so"e unofficial and pri*ate "eetings to discuss the difficulties and dangers %hich %ere causing us so "uch an$iet&' To these
"eetings %e %ould in*ite influential and reliable people %ho carried the respect of those %or7ing in the field of national and
international affairs and %hose personal contact %ith "en at the su""it of public acti*it& could help to s"ooth o*er these difficulties'
Acting on the ad*ice of "& three friends, , approached about a do:en other people, *i:': Mr' =ugh Gaits7ell, Ma4orAGeneral <ir Colin
Gubbins, Mr' 6le B4orn Lraft, M' Gu& Mollet, Dr ;udolf Mueller, M' Antoine Pina&, M'P' Pipinelis, M' Ma$ Brauer, Marshal of the
;'A'!' Gord Portal of =ungerford, A"bassador Quaroni, and <ignor de Gasperi' ,n our *ie% the i"pro*e"ent of relations bet%een
A"erica and 5urope ought not to be underta7en through an& special publicit& or propaganda, since it %as of far greater conse(uence to
us 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& to
influence 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$perts and ci*il ser*ants, there are fe% opportunities for
discussion, for three reasons:
0' Through fear of indiscretion, representati*es discuss onl& the proble"s, not their "utual reactions or the reactions those
proble"s %ould pro*o7e a"ong the +estern countries'
>' The& are s%a"ped b& details and practical considerations instead of being able to go to the core of the sub4ect under
discussion'
ER ,f the& are not able to reach agree"ent on a certain point the& shel*e it in order to a*oid gi*ing the i"pression of disunit&'
Conse(uentl&, incidents occur %hich could ha*e been foreseen and %hich are al"ost una*oidable in such circu"stances'
6n the other hand, %hen international "eetings ta7e place bet%een representati*es of onl& a fe% countries not all interArelated
proble"s can be discussed, because there is no ade(uate representation to e"phasi:e the points of all indi*idual countries'
!inall&, the leaders of public life are not onl& politicians' 6ther big interests . religious, financial, industrial, tradeAunionist,
intellectual . are also responsible for the relationship a"ong countries'
The second point %e had to consider consisted in ensuring that fran7 con*ersations could ta7e place %ithout running the ris7 of being
"isinterpreted b& the press and that there should be no inter"inable speeches for the sa7e of publicit&' ,t %as clear, therefore, that such
con*ersations had to be conducted pri*atel&, unofficiall&, and confidentiall&, and for this reason %e decided not to ad"it the press to
our "eetings, restricting publicit& in general to one or t%o *er& short co""uni(ues %hich do not go into an& details, nor "ention an&
indi*idual spea7ers, in order to ensure that neither the sub4ect of our discussions nor the na"es of the participants should be gi*en an&
publicit&' 5$perience has pro*ed this course to be the right one, since our debates ta7e place in a spirit of co"plete fran7ness and
discretion, 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 association,
and 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 the
finding of a common approach in the various fields @ political, cultural, economic, and social Moreover, we do not contemplate
ta!ing any direct action +e dra% the attention of e$isting organi:ations to the points in (uestion# %hat those organi:ations do
re"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 the
countries 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 not
considered it necessar& to ha*e a representati*e of e*er& tendenc& of e*er& national group' +e thin7 there is no necessit& for instance
to ha*e e*er& Catholic countr& represented b& a Catholic and e*er& Protestant countr& represented b& a Protestant' +e belie*e that %e
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 their
sphere of influence, and of course this applies e(uall& to Protestants' ,n the sa"e %a& %ith tradeAunionists, it has not pro*ed necessar&
to ha*e a representati*e of trade unionists fro" all the +estern 5uropean countries' !or this reason also it has been our custo" to
in*ite representati*es in the proportion of oneAthird politicians and oneAfifth business "en and tradeAunionists, the re"ainder being
intellectuals, professional "en, and other leaders of public opinion' The first essential is undoubtedl& to ha*e "en of absolute personal
and political integrit&# the second, to ha*e "en of real international standing, or %hose position in their o%n countries is such as to
gi*e the" considerable influence in at least an i"portant section of the population, "en %ho in their o%n field hold a position of
authorit& and en4o& the confidence of their fello%A"en# the third, to ha*e "en %ith no ob*ious nationalistic bias and %ho are broadA
"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 organi:ation or association %ould be set up, and no part&, tendenc&
or 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*ed a
%ise one' +e hold roundAtable conferences %ith people %ho" %e belie*e represent the general opinion of the leaders of their countr&'
At 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 Peeland presided, %hile at our first international
gathering at Bilderberg the chair"anship %as held in rotation, as follo%s: Prince Bernhard, a Belgian, an A"erican' !or *arious
reasons 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 5'
-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: <ir
Terence 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'T
<o far as participants in the international conferences are concerned, the "ain core re"ains the sa"e, but since there are al%a&s
different 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 this
reason, and because of the fact that there are no properl& established offices, the central office ha*ing been set up in "& o%n flat, the
running e$penses are *er& s"all' Moreo*er , "&self as honorar& secretar& in*ol*e the group in no financial obligations# onl& "&
i""ediate collaborators, consisting of not "ore than four people, recei*e an& re"uneration' Apart fro" the cost of running the office,
the e$penses consist "ainl& in co*ering the cost of "eetings of the <teering Co""ittee and of international conferences' ,t "ust be
added, 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 the
secretariat, si"ultaneous interpretation, translation, printing, etc', is borne b& the international secretariat' The total e$penditure
therefore 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 strings,
political 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 Gaits7ell,
<ir Colin Gubbins, M' Gu& Mollet, Dr' ;udolf Mueller, M' Antoine Pina&, M' P' Pipinelis, Dr' -' =' ;etinger, Mr' Paul ;&7ens, and
M' Paul *an Peeland' The onl& t%o %ho could not attend %ere Gord Portal and <ignor de Gasperi' At this "eeting %e discussed %hat
could be done to i"pro*e A"ericanA 5uropean relations and on the initiati*e of M' *an Peeland %e decided to set up a corresponding
group in the Bnited <tates'
,n )o*e"ber 0F@> , %ent to the Bnited <tates' <oon after%ards ca"e =';'=' Prince Bernhard and, finall&, M' *an Peeland' +e
approached 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"an
ad"inistration, %e approached ;epublican leaders' =';'=' Prince Bernhard, M' *an Peeland and "&self contacted a large nu"ber of
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 practical
reasons, 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' -ohn
Cole"an, an A"erican group %as constituted and it %as decided to call a conference %hich actuall& too7 place in Bilderberg fro" >F
to E0 Ma& 0F@2'
Gater on Mr' Cole"an %as obliged, on account of illness, to retire fro" the chair"anship of the A"erican tea" and %as succeeded b&
Mr' 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 5uropean
countries ha*e been present at our "eetings: Austria, Belgiu", Den"ar7, !rance, Ger"an&, Greece, ,tal&, the )etherlands, )or%a&,
Portugal, <%eden, and <%it:erland' !ro" outside 5urope, apart fro" A"ericans, %e ha*e had at our conferences personalities fro"
Canada, Australia, )e% Pealand and Pa7istan' <o far four plenar& conferences ha*e been held:
0' Bilderberg, 6osterbee7, =olland >FAE0 Ma& 0F@2
>' Barbi:on, !rance 01A>? March 0F@@
ER Gar"ischAParten7irchen, Ger"an& >EA>@ <epte"ber 0F@@
2R !redensborg, Den"ar7 00A0E Ma& 0F@D
The the"es discussed %ere:
The attitude to%ards Co""unis" and the <o*iet Bnion'
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 Bnco""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) 5astA+est trade'
(b) The political aspects of con*ertibilit&'
(c) 5$pansion of international trade'
The causes of the gro%th of antiA+estern blocs, in particular in the Bnited )ations'
The role pla&ed b& antiAcolonialis" 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% participate'
<ub4ects %hich do not need a long preparation as far as papers to be presented are concerned, and for %hich an attendance of fifteen to
t%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&A"a7ing bod&, its principal ob4ect being to s"ooth o*er difficulties bet%een +estern 5urope and the
Bnited <tates %ith a *ie% to i"pro*ing their "utual relations, together %ith difficulties a"ong 5uropean countries or e*en certain
e$traA5uropean countries, it %ould be i"possible to define %hat the group has achie*ed' +e certainl& pro*ide a "eetingAplace for
*arious distinguished personalities ha*ing authorit& in their o%n particular fields of action' +e ha*e found that an e$change of *ie%s
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"e
persons or organi:ation %ho could further de*elop the"'
T=o% and %hen the nonA5uropean personalities, especiall& the A"erican, 4oined our group %ill be e$plained later'
)e%spaper Articles and Associated Press <tories on the Bilderberg Meetings
An Associated Press article on the Bilderberg Meetings in The Argus-Press, published on -une >0, 0FK2
/<ource: http:NN%%%'acti*istpost'co"N>?0EN?0NfounderAre*ealsAsecretsAofAbilderberg'ht"l3
!ebruar& 0>, 0F@K edition of the Daily E!ress
/<ource: http:NNbilderberg>?0E'co'u7N3
April >, 0FD@
PHI4IP &A 4ABE CAMA
G6)D6) /;euters3 U Prince Philip, husband of Queen 5li:abeth, left here b& plane Thursda& for Ga7e Co"o, in northern
,tal&, to attend the 0FD@ Bilderberg "eeting, an infor"al conference on %orld affairs'
<ource: The <po7es"anA;e*ie%, !rida&, April >, 0FD@# !ront Page
April D, 0FD@
*A&A SEC3E&A3C CA*2E3S I* 3AME
;6M5, April D /BP,3 U )AT6 <ecretar& General Manlio Brosio conferred here %ith ,talian Pre"ier Aldo Moro, !oreign
Minister Ad"intore !anfani and President Gluseppe <aragat' =e arri*ed b& train fro" )orthern ,tal&, %here he attended the
%ee7Aend Bilderberg conference at Co"o'
<ource: The Pittsburgh Press, Tuesda&, April D, 0FD@# Page 2
!ebruar& >@, 0FK@
D&HI*B &A*B- SCHE5E4E5 A* I*24A&IA*
The =ague, )etherlands /AP3 U More than 0?? business, scientific and political leaders fro" the Bnited <tates and 5urope ha*e
been in*ited to attend the 0FK@ Bilderberg "eeting at ,:"ir, Tur7e&, April >2A>K'
The topic of discussion %ill be ,nflation and ,ts 5ffects' Directors of central ban7s of "an& +estern countries and trade union
officials as %ell as Tur7e&Js top officials, are e$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% DE, belie*es in the benenfites of an international thin7 tan7' The first asse"bl& %as held in 0F@2 at the
Bilderberg =otel near Arnhe" in eastern =olland' The annual "eeting has ta7en its na"e fro" the original hotel site' <ince
then "eetings ha*e been held in different countries %ith different paticipants each &ear'
Past guests ha*e included B'<' President Gerald !ord, %hen he still %as in the =ouse of ;epresentati*es' B'<' <ecretar& of <tate
=enr& Lissinger, another for"er participant, has been in*ited to attend the ,:"ir "eeting and the ne% leader of the British
Conser*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& both
A"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 and
no 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, 0FK1
,ES&E3* 4EA5E3S ASSEM'4E
)5+ 6;L /AP3 U Protected b& a phalan$ of securit& agents, 0?2 leaders of )orth A"erica and +estern 5urope began
gathering in Princeton, )'-', Thursda& for pri*ate discussions of "utual proble"s' The "eeting, %hich ta7es its na"e fro" the
first 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 Dra7e
=otel' ,t isnJt secret, itJs pri*ate, e$plained Gord =o"e, a for"er British pri"e "inister %ho too7 o*er as chair"an of the
Bilderberg 0A0N> &ears ago'
<ource: The <po7es"anA;e*ie%, !rida&, April >0, 0FK1# Page E
April >2, 0FK1
3ESS A3MS, ECA*AMICS 5ISCESSE5
P;,)C5T6), )'-' /AP3 U The rich and the po%erful e"erged <unda& fro" a secluded threeAda& "eeting at %hich the&
pondered the state of the +estern %orld, concentrating on national econo"ies and the <o*iet "ilitar& buildup'
At a ne%s conference in Princeton after the Bilderberg Meeting in nearb& Ga%rence To%nship, for"er British pri"e "inister
Gord =o"e said the conferees had concluded that recognition of the <o*iet buildup i"pro*ed the prospects for %orld peace'
=e said the conference %as do"inated b& discussions of <o*iet con*entional %eapons and the need to get +estern econo"ies
"o*ing again'
The "eeting attracted 0?2 )orth A"erican and 5uropean leaders, including Pbignle% Br:e:ins7i, President CarterJs national
securit& ad*iser# <%edish Pri"e Minister Thorb4ornn !alidin# Chase Manhattan Ban7 Chair"an Da*id ;oc7efeller# for"er
<ecretar& of <tate =enr& Lissinger# +est Ger"an Parli"entar& <ecretar& of <tate Andreas *on Bulo%# and )AT6 Co""ander
Ale$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"anA;e*ie%, Monda&, April >2, 0FK1# Page E
Ma& 0E, 0F12
S,E5ES P3A&ES& BISSI*%E3 :ISI&
<T6CL=6GM, <%eden /BP,3 U T%o hundred de"onstrators protesting B'<' 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 0??Aplus +estern leaders attending the topAle*el Bilderberg "eeting at
the seaside <alts4obaden chateau on <toc7hol"Js archipelago'
<ource: oungsto%n 8indicator, <unda&, Ma& 0E, 0F12# Page AA2
April >E, 0FK0
,A345 4EA5E3S MEE& I* :E3MA*& &A 5ISCESS ECA*AMC
+66D<T6CL, 8T' /AP3 U Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands and other leaders fro" the %orlds of go*ern"ent, ban7ing and
business 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 threeAda& gathering %ill
include such delegates as =enr& Lissinger, +hite =ouse ad*isor to President )i$on# Donald <' MacDonald, Canadian "inister
of national defense, "e"bers of the B'<' Congress and officials of 5uropean go*ern"ents'
The purpose of the "eetings, Prince Bernhard said at a ne%s conference Thursda&, is to pro"ote understanding a"ong +estern
nations' Prince Bernhard organi:ed the "eetings 0K &ears ago' This %ill be the third held in the Bnited <tates'
Announced topics this &ear are the contribution of business in dealing %ith current proble"s of social instabilit& and the
possibilit& of a change of the A"erican role in the %orld and its conse(uences'
The topics %ere *ague, Prince Bernhard said, because itJs frightfull& difficult to la& do%n discussion topics si$ "onths ahead of
the "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 B'<' <en' Adlai 5' <te*enson ,,,, DA,ll'# =' <i"onet, "e"ber of the Belgiu" Parlia"ent
and president of Brussels Bni*ersit&# Da*id ;oc7efeller, board chair"an of the Chase Manhattan ban7 of )e% or7# ;obert
Bourassa, pri"e "inister of Quebec, Canada# 6sborn 5lliott, president of )e%s%ee7 "aga:ine# Gerhard <chroder, for"er
Ger"an "inister of foreign affairs and "e"ber of the Bundestag# C&rus 8ance, for"er B'<' under secretar& of defense'
6thers include ;a&"ond Cartier, director of ParisAMatch "aga:ine# ,nge"und Bengtsson, <%edish "inister of agriculture#
;eginald Maudling, British secretar& of state for ho"e affairs# B'<' ;ep' =enr& <' ;euss, DA+&o', B'<' ;ep Donald +' ;iegle,
;AMich'# Baron 5d"ond de ;othschild of !rance# <ir !rederic Bennett, "e"ber of the British Parlia"ent# George +' Ball,
for"er B'<' Delegate to the Bnited )ations'
6thers include ;obert 6' Anderson, board chair"an of Atlantic ;ichfield Co'# 5gon Bahr, Ger"an state secretar& in the federal
chanceller&# George Tho"son, British "e"ber of Parlia"ent# -ohn T' Dunlop, dean of the !acult& of Arts and <ciences at
=ar*ard Bni*ersit&# B'<' ;ep' Donald M' !raser, DAMinn'# B'<' ;ep' Peter ='B' !relinghu&sen, ;A)'-'# Bill Mo&ers, for"er
publisher of )e%sda&# =o%ard <tein, president of Dre&fus Corp', Gt' 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, <%it:erland,
Tur7e&, Bnited Lingdo" and Bnited <tates'
The "eeting %ill cost C0>?,??? 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

-ul& E, 0FK2
D&HI*B &A*B- P3AMA&ES &3A*SA&4A*&IC HA3MA*C
B& -ohn Gale
Associated Press +riter
AM<T5;DAM, the )etherlands /AP3 . ,tJs been >? &ears since Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands first produced his for"ula
for pro"oting the cause of transatlantic har"on&'
=e introduced the idea of an international thin7 tan7, co"prising top people fro" the Bnited <tates and +estern 5urope, able to
spea7 %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 different
participants' Al%a&s, ho%e*er, the chair"an has been Bernhard, the Ger"anAborn prince %ho "arried Queen -uliana %hile she
%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 Bnited <tates'
>Cou 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 B'<' <ecretaries of <tate Dean ;us7 and
Christian A' =erter# Tho"as 5' De%e&, for"er go*ernor of )e% or7 and t%ice ;epublican presidential no"inee# for"er
British 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 press
center, 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 "ore
infor"ation on the threeAda& 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 B'<' Bndersecretar& of <tate George Ball, Da*id ;oc7efeller, head of the Chase Manhattan Ban7, and <en' +alter !'
Mondale, DAMinn'
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$t'
Procedures ha*e beco"e %ell established' The "ain spea7ers get 0? "inutes, other participants are li"ited to fi*e' Papers
%ritten b& both A"erican and 5uropean participants are distributed in 5nglish and !rench, the t%o languages of the conference'
8otes are ne*er ta7en and titles are ne*er used' A go*ern"ent official or an a"bassador is plain "ister' Bernhard is Mr'
Chair"an'
=e is often acco"panied to the "eetings b& the eldest of his four daughters, Princess Beatri$, 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! freely
without 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$ile, he %on his %ings %ith BritainJs ;o&al
Air !orce and reputedl& got into ro%s %ith the British for going on unofficial bo"bing e$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% D>, 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' ,n
realit&, %ithout stri*ing for clearl& defined results, %e hold a discussion o*er a fe% %eight& sub4ects each ti"e' A better
understanding is our goal'
After the Bnited <tates st&"ied the 0F@D AngloA!rench <ue: in*asion, he said: ,n the reall& bad "ood after <ue:, %e %ere able
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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<pecial to The Ga:ette
This %ee7end, QuebecJs elegant Chateau Montebello, 0E? 7ilo"etres fro" Montreal, %ill be transfor"ed into a nest of intrigue
. a foru" for highApo%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, industrialists,
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 ./;H, when they first gathered in Aosterbee!, Holland, at the Hotel de 'ilderberg,
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$ur& hotel to ensure pri*ac&'
,ts detractors accuse the Bilderberg group of plotting to control international e*ents or conspiring to change the globe into oneA
%orld go*ern"ent'
Conspirac& or not, the Bilderberg group is a fascinating e$a"ple of behindAtheAscenes influenceApeddling'
Dr' -oseph ;etinger, perhaps one of the "ost "&sterious figures of the >?th centur&, is the father of Bilderberg' A co"pulsi*e
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&, 0F2D, ;etinger addressed the ;o&al ,nstitute for ,nternational Affairs in Gondon and %arned of the i"pending threat to
5urope fro" the <o*iet Bnion' !ro" this speech gre% the idea of a 5uropean Mo*e"ent, %hich he organi:ed %ith Paul 8an
Peeland, the Belgian foreign "inister, and Paul ;i47ens of Bnile*er'
,n the Bnited <tates, a corresponding A"erican Co""ittee on a Bnited 5urope %as for"ed, using secret funds fro" the ne%l&
established Central ,ntelligence Agenc&'
Bet%een 0F@0 and 0F@F the C,A, through the co""ittee, channeled "ore than CE "illion to the 5uropean outh Ca"paign,
%hich ;etinger directed'
<a&s -ohn Po"ian, ;etingerJs personal assistant fro" 0F21 until ;etingerJs death in 0FD?: ;etinger al%a&s belie*ed that public
opinion 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 Peeland and ;i47ens, %ith the
suggestion of organi:ing unofficial "eetings of i"portant people fro" )orth Atlantic Treat& 6rgani:ation /)AT63 countries'
The 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 in
Paris on <ept' >@, 0F@>' ,ncongruousl& sitting around an old pingApong table, the 02 5uropeans agreed that it %as i"perati*e to
in*ol*e the B'<' in their plans'
Bernhard and ;etinger %ent to +ashington and enlisted the support of the C,A director, Gen' +alter Bedell <"ith, and Charles
-ac7son, a national securit& assistant to President D%ight 5isenho%er'
A B'<' co""ittee, including ban7er Da*id ;oc7efeller, future secretar& of state Dean ;us7 and industrialist =enr& =ein: ,,, %as
for"ed'
The first for"al conference %as arranged for Ma& >FAE0 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, industrialists,
ban7ers and scholars' After three da&s of li*ing together in this secluded place a certain faint, but discernible, bond %as created'
A ne% entit& %as born'
According to the strictl& confidential record of the "inutes of that first conference, it %as decided that insufficient attention
has so far been paid to longAter" planning, and to e*ol*ing an international order %hich %ould loo7 be&ond the presentAda&
crisis' +hen the ti"e is ripe our present concepts of %orld affairs should be e$tended to the %hole %orld'
Bilderberg is run b& an international steering co""ittee' The co""ittee decides the conference agenda and, according to
for"er co""ittee "e"ber +illia" Bund&, selects people %ho %ould be "ost useful at handling the chosen topics of
discussion, for in*itations to attend the conference'
DAll very fatuous-
Man& conte"porar& +estern leaders ha*e participated in Bilderberg' ,n 0FD0, B'<' President -ohn Lenned& staffed all the
highest positions at the depart"ents of state and defence %ith %hat Charles -ac7son called Bilderberg alu"ni'
,hat goes on at 'ilderberg conferences)
Christopher Price, a British Gabor "e"ber of parlia"ent, found it all *er& fatuousMicing on ca7e %ith nothing to do %ith the
ca7e'
Canadian Marshall McGuhan, the "edia e$pert, attended in 0FDF and %as nearl& suffocated at the banalit& and irrele*ance'
McGuhan, %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& 0FthAcentur& "inds pretending to relate to the >?th centur&'
Cet %eorge Mc%hee, a former ES ambassador to ,est %ermany, has said( >&he &reaty of 3ome, which brought the
IEuropeanJ 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& recogni:ed that it is our co""on responsibilit& to arri*e in the shortest possible ti"e
at 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 ./1H
According 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 0FD2, 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 /B'<'3 presidential ad*iser lea7ed infor"ation on the proposed econo"ic free:e
to a select group of national and international figures enabling the", according to a +ashington source, to profit to the tune of
C0@ billion to C>? billion' The sa"e presidential ad*iser /presu"abl& =enr& Lissinger, %ho attended3 also re*ealed President
;ichard )i$onJs plan to *isit ;ed China, %hich further enabled those figures to "a7e co""ercial plans for "ainland China'
Bilderberg officials *ehe"entl& insist that no conclusions are e*er reached at Bilderberg conferences' et the follo%ing e$cerpt
co"es fro" the strictl& confidential record of their second "eeting /March 0F@@, Barbi:on, !rance3:
General conclusions U ,t %as proposed that action should be ta7en on the follo%ing sub4ects %hich arose out of the discussions
at the conference:
0' Participants in the Bilderberg conferences %ould use, as "uch as possible, the *arious "eetings and conferences %hich the&
attend 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 purposeM
According to the record fro" BilderbergJs third conference, the discussions %hich too7 place during the three da&s of the
conference %ere re"ar7able for the "easure of agree"ent e$pressed' ,t %as clear that participants %ould be able to return to
their *arious countries enriched b& a closer 7no%ledge and understanding of the *ie%s, difficulties and hopes of so "an& leading
personalities of countries other than their o%n and so better e(uipped to deal %ith their "utual proble"s' Participants in this
conference "a&, in light of the consensus of opinion e$pressed during the discussions, be able to pass these *ie%s on to public
opinion 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& be
frustrated b& the nor"al bureaucratic co"ple$ities of decisionA"a7ing'
'ilderberg alumni
Con*ersel&, if, as in the Lenned& ad"inistration /and "an& recent +estern go*ern"ents3, all of the top decisionA"a7ing spots
are 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 help
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( ,hat
is being said that warrants such privacy) And, more important, how does this activity fit in with our ,estern concept of
free world democracy)
;obert 5ringer is a freelance 4ournalist based in Gondon' =e is the author of The Global Mani!ulators /Pentacle Boo7s3, a boo7
on Bilderberg, and of $tri%e &or 'reedom: The $tory o& #ech (alesa and Polish $olidarity'
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A cop& of a <%edish ne%spaper publici:ing the 0F12 Bilderberg Meetings that %as held in <alts4obaden, <%eden
fro" Ma& 00A0E, 0F12 /<ource: http:NN%%%'info%ars'seN>?0>N0?N>ENins7ic7adAarti7elAtillAinfo%ars'seA0>1?KKKK3
A cop& of a <%edish ne%spaper publici:ing the 0F12 Bilderberg Meetings that %as held in <alts4obaden, <%eden
fro" Ma& 00A0E, 0F12 /<ource: http:NN%%%'info%ars'seN>?0>N0?N>ENins7ic7adAarti7elAtillAinfo%ars'seA0>1?KKKK3
Pro"inent indi*iduals %ho attended the 0F12 Bilderberg Meetings in <alts4obaden, <%eden in Ma& 0F12 include: for"er
Chair"an of the board of Chase Manhattan Ban7 Da*id ;oc7efeller, for"er B'<' <ecretar& of <tate =enr& Lissinger, )AT6
<ecretar& General -oseph Guns, and <upre"e Allied Co""ander of 5urope Gen' Bernard +' ;ogers /B'<' Ar"&3'
/<ource: http:NN%%%'info%ars'seN>?0>N0?N>ENins7ic7adAarti7elAtillAinfo%ars'seA0>1?KKKK3
Pri"e Minister of Great Britain =arold +ilson /center3 appears %ith British roc7 band The )eatles on March 0F, 0FD2' 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 Diana
and her friend Dodi *l Fayed died in an atomo&ile collision in Paris, France on 5ugust +., .--:. 6enry 7issinger attended
the .--: 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 t(o5(eek 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, 3acAeline
$ennedy, her sister Lee 8ad9i(ill (left, (earing shorts), and Italian ato manfactrer 1io2anni *gnelli go for a crise in his
yacht along the *malfi coastline in Italy. Gio4anni 5gnelli attended the Bilderberg Meetings in .->) and .->+. &ongtime
6olly?ood actress Marilyn Monroe died in &os 5ngeles, California, U./.5. on 5ugust 8, .->).
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<pea7er: +illia" B' ;ichardson, Go*ernor, <tate of )e% Me$ico
Presider: Garric7 Btle&, Council on !oreign ;elations
-une 01, >??1
Council on !oreign ;elations
+,GG,AM B' ;,C=A;D<6): +ell, loo7, <enator H=illar&I Clinton %as enor"ousl& strong %ith =ispanic *oters because of
her stance and President ClintonSs stance' ,t %as a t%oAtoAone *ote generall&' But , thin7 another reason %as =ispanic *oters
didnSt 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 AA let "e tell
&ou, in this trip to the Middle 5ast, to Africa and to AA %ell, 5g&pt and )or%a& and ,srael and !rance and <pain AA 6ba"a %ould
get 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 of
the people who attended the 'ilderberg Conference &he most conservative ban!ers ++ theyMre all for AbamaN , "ean, ,
donSt 7no% AA 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 in
Tor(ua&, 5ngland in April 0FKK during the 0FKK Bilderberg Meetings'
/Photo: http:NN"onacointelligenceser*ice'blogspot'co"N>?0EN?@NbilderbergA"e"oriesAEAtor(ua&Aengland'ht"l3
Chancellor of +est Ger"an& =el"ut <ch"idt arri*es at the ,"perial =otel in Tor(ua&, 5ngland in April 0FKK during the 0FKK
Bilderberg Meetings' /Photo: http:NN"onacointelligenceser*ice'blogspot'co"N>?0EN?@NbilderbergA"e"oriesA>Ator(ua&Aengland'ht"l3
;obert 5ringer /right3, a freelance 4ournalist, inter*ie%s !oreign Affairs "aga:ine editor +illia" P' Bund& outside the ,"perial =otel
in Tor(ua&, 5ngland in April 0FKK during the 0FKK Bilderberg Meetings' +illia" P' Bund& attended the 0FKK Bilderberg Meetings'
/Photo: http:NN"onacointelligenceser*ice'blogspot'co"N>?0EN?@NbilderbergA"e"oriesAtor(ua&Au7A0FKK'ht"l3
/<ource: http:NN%%%'eringerreport'co"N>?0EN?@NpioneeringAbilderbergA>Ase*enAda&s'ht"l3
'ilderberg Meetings Conference :enues since ./;H
0' >FAE0 Ma& 0F@2: 6osterbee7, )etherlands /east of Ansterda", near Arnhe"3
>' 01A>? March 0F@@: Barbi:on, !rance /south of Paris3
E' >EA>@ <epte"ber 0F@@: Gar"ischAParten7irchen, +est Ger"an& /south%est of Munich, near ,nnsbruc7, Austria3
2' 00A0E Ma& 0F@D: !redensborg, Den"ar7 /north of Copenhagen3
@' 0@A0K !ebruar& 0F@K: <t' <i"ons ,sland, Georgia, B<A /bet%een <a*annah and -ac7son*ille3
D' 2AD 6ctober 0F@K: !iuggi, ,tal& /east of ;o"e3
K' 0EA0@ <epte"ber 0F@1: Bu$ton, 5ngland /near Manchester, 5ngland3
1' 01A>? <epte"ber 0F@F: esil7W&, Tur7e& /near ,stanbul3
F' >1A>F Ma& 0FD?: Burgenstoc7, <%it:erland /near Gucerne, <%it:erland3
0?' >0A>E April 0FD0: <t' Castin, Canada /near Quebec Cit&3
00' 01A>? Ma& 0FD>: <alts4Wbaden, <%eden /near <toc7hol"3
0>' >FAE0 Ma& 0FDE: Cannes, !rance /near Monaco3
0E' >?A>> March 0FD2: +illia"sburg, 8irginia, B<A /east of ;ich"ond, 8irginia3
02' >A2 April 0FD@: 8illa dJ5ste, ,tal& /north of Milan, ,tal& and south of Gugano, <%it:erland, b& Ga7e Co"o3
0@' >@A>K March 0FDD: +iesbaden, +est Ger"an& /near !ran7furt a" Main3
0D' E0 March A > April 0FDK: Ca"bridge, 5ngland /north of Gondon3
0K' >DA>1 April 0FD1: Mont Tre"blant, Canada /north of Montreal and 6tta%a3
01' FA00 Ma& 0FDF: Marienl&st, Den"ar7 /north of Copenhagen3
0F' 0KA0F April 0FK?: Bad ;aga:, <%it:erland /near Giechtenstein3
>?' >EA>@ April 0FK0: +oodstoc7, 8er"ont, B<A /near Dart"outh College in =ano*er, )e% =a"pshire3
>0' >0A>E April 0FK>: Lno77e, Belgiu" /near Brugge, Belgiu"3
>>' 00A0E Ma& 0FKE: <alts4Wbaden, <%eden /near <toc7hol"3
>E' 0FA>0 April 0FK2: Mege*e, !rance /near Gene*a, <%it:erland3
>2' >@A>K April 0FK@: Xes"e, Tur7e& /near ,:"ir, Tur7e&3
>>A>@ April 0FKD: =ot <prings, 8irginia, B<A CA*CE44E5 KPrince 'ernhard-s 4oc!heed bribery scandalL
>@' >>A>2 April 0FKK: Tor(ua&, 5ngland /east of Pl&"outh, b& the 5nglish Channel3
>D' >0A>E April 0FK1: Princeton, )e% -erse&, B<A /near Philadelphia3
>K' >KA>F April 0FKF: Baden, Austria /near 8ienna3
>1' 01A>? April 0F1?: Aachen, +est Ger"an& /%est of Cologne and Dusseldorf3
>F' 0@A0K Ma& 0F10: Burgenstoc7, <%it:erland /near Gucerne, <%it:erland3
E?' 02A0D Ma& 0F1>: <andef4ord, )or%a& /south of 6slo3
E0' 0EA0@ Ma& 0F1E: Montebello, Canada /bet%een Montreal and 6tta%a3
E>' 00A0E Ma& 0F12: <alts4Wbaden, <%eden /near <toc7hol"3
EE' 0?A0> Ma& 0F1@: ;&e Broo7, )e% or7 B<A /near )e% or7 Cit&3
E2' >@A>K April 0F1D: Gleneagles, <cotland /north of 5dinburgh3
E@' >2A>D April 0F1K: 8illa dJ5ste, ,tal& /north of Milan, ,tal& and south of Gugano, <%it:erland, b& Ga7e Co"o3
ED' EA@ -une 0F11: TelfsABuchen, Austria /%est of ,nnsbruc7, Austria3
EK' 0>A02 Ma& 0F1F: Ga To4a, <pain /north of Portugal near the Atlantic 6cean, in the Galicia pro*ince3
E1' 0?A0E Ma& 0FF?: Glen Co*e, )e% or7, B<A /east of )e% or7 Cit&, on Gong ,sland3
EF' DAF -une 0FF0: BadenABaden, Ger"an& /near <trasbourg, !rance3
2?' >0A>2 Ma& 0FF>: 5*ianAlesABains, !rance /near Gausanne, <%it:erland3
20' >>A>@ April 0FFE: 8ouliag"eni, Greece /near Athens3
2>' >A@ -une 0FF2: =elsin7i, !inland
2E' 1A00 -une 0FF@: Burgenstoc7, <%it:erland /near Gucerne, <%it:erland3
22' E? Ma& A > -une 0FFD: Toronto, Canada
2@' 0>A0@ -une 0FFK: Ga7e Ganier, Georgia, B<A /northeast of Atlanta3
2D' 02A0K Ma& 0FF1: Turnberr&, A&rshire, <cotland /south%est of Glasgo%3
2K' EAD -une 0FFF: <intra, Portugal /near Gisbon3
21' 0A2 -une >???: Gen*al, Belgiu" /near Brussels3
2F' >2A>K Ma& >??0: <tenungsund, <%eden /south of 6slo, north of Copenhagen, and north of Gothenburg, <%eden3
@?' E? Ma& A > -une >??>: Chantill&, 8irginia, B<A /near +ashington, D'C'3
@0' 0@A01 Ma& >??E: 8ersailles, !rance /near Paris3
@>' EAD -une >??2: <tresa, ,tal& /north%est of Milan, b& Ga7e Maggiore3
@E' @A1 Ma& >??@: ;ottachA5gern, Ger"an& /south of Munich3
@2' 1A00 -une >??D: 6tta%a, Canada
@@' E0 Ma& A E -une >??K: ,stanbul, Tur7e&
@D' @A1 -une >??1: Chantill&, 8irginia, B<A /near +ashington, D'C'3
@K' 02A0K Ma& >??F: 8ouliag"eni, Greece /near Athens3
@1' EAD -une >?0?: <itges, <pain /near Barcelona3
@F' FA0> -une >?00: <t' Morit:, <%it:erland /southeast of Purich and northeast of Milan3
D?' E0 Ma& A E -une >?0>: Chantill&, 8irginia, B<A /near +ashington, D'C'3
D0' DAF -une >?0E: =ertfordshire, 5ngland /near Gondon3
D>' >F Ma& . 0 -une >?02: Copenhagen, Den"ar7
0FD@ Bilderberg Meetings in Cernobbio, ,tal&: A <ecret Affair?
8illa dJ5ste =otel in Cernobbio, ,tal& /b& the shore of Ga7e Co"o near the to%n of Co"o, ,tal& and Chiasso, <%it:erland3 %as
the site of the 0FD@ Bilderberg Meetings />A2 April 0FD@3 and 0F1K Bilderberg Meetings />2A>D April 0F1K3' The agenda for the
0FD@ Bilderberg Meetings %ere: Monetar& CoAoperation in the +estern +orld, and The <tate of the Atlantic Alliance'
/Photo: http:NN%%%'*illadeste'co"NenNEENtheApropert&'asp$3
Prince Phili+, Dke of %din&rgh (left) and Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands attended the ,64: Bilder&erg Meetings together.
Map of Co"o, ,tal& and the surrounding area, including Chiasso, <%it:erland and Cernobbio, ,tal&' 8illa dJ5ste =otel in
Cernobbio, ,tal& is located about D'D 7ilo"eters /2'0 "iles3 a%a& fro" Co"o, ,tal& and about K 7ilo"eters /2'E "iles3 a%a&
fro" Chiasso, <%it:erland'
Prominent Individuals who attended the ./1; 'ilderberg Meetings in Cernobbio, Italy
3ohan #. Lodon
O'etherlandsP
President of 8oyal Dtch
Petrolem Co.
(,6:.5,64:)
Da2id 8ockefeller
O*mericaP
President of Chase
Manhattan Bank
(,64,5,646)
Prince Bernhard of 0he
'etherlands
Prince Phili+,
Dke of %din&rgh
"ir "iegmnd War&rg
O1reat BritainP
Director of ".1. War&rg
H Co. O&ank in LondonP
(,6>45,646)
Da2id $.%. Brce
!.". *m&assador to
1reat Britain
(,64,5,646)
1eorge C. Mc1hee
!.". *m&assador to
West 1ermany
(,64/5,64<)
1eorge W. Ball
!nder !.". "ecretary of
"tate (,64,5,644)
Manlio Brosio
OItalyP
"ecretary51eneral of
'*0= (,64>5,6;,)
Pierre5Pal "ch(eit9er
Managing Director of
International Monetary
Fnd (,64/5,6;/)
%milio 1. Collado
O*mericaP
%Becti2e ?ice President
of %BBon Cor+. Ooil
com+anyP (,6445,6;:)
*rthr #. Dean
O*mericaP
Partner of "lli2an H
Crom(ell Ola( firm in 'e(
)ork CityP (,6.65,6;4)
3ohn 3. McCloy
O*mericaP
Chairman of the Concil
on Foreign 8elations
(,6:/5,6;-)@ Mem&er of
the Warren Commission
3ose+h %. 3ohnson
O*mericaP
President of Carnegie
%ndo(ment for
International Peace
(,6:-5,6;,)
8o&ert ?. 8oosa
O*mericaP
Partner of Bro(n Brothers
#arriman H Co. O&ankP
(,64:5,66/)
=tto Wolff 2on
*merongen
OWest 1ermanyP
Chairman and C%= of
=tto Wolff 1m&#
1io2anni *gnelli
OItalyP
Chairman of Fiat
OItalian car com+anyP
(,6445,664)
%rnst #. 2an der Begel
O'etherlandsP
Professor of International
8elations at Leiden
!ni2ersity
Marcs Wallen&erg 3r.
O"(edenP
Chairman of Federation of
"(edish Indstries
Wilfrid ". Bamgartner
Finance Minister of
France (,64-5,64.)@
1o2ernor, BanAe de
France (,6>65,64-)
3ohn Brademas
!.". Congressman
(Democrat5Indiana,
,6:65,6<,)
3ohn ?. Lindsay
!.". Congressman
(8e+&lican5'e( )ork,
,6:65,64:)@
Mayor of 'e( )ork City
(,6445,6;/)
#enry ". 8ess
!.". Congressman
(Democrat5Wisconsin,
,6::5,6</)
$ingman Bre(ster 3r.
O*mericaP
President of )ale
!ni2ersity (,64/5,6;;)
3ames *. Perkins
O*mericaP
President of Cornell
!ni2ersity (,64/5,646)
1ido Carli
1o2ernor of Banca dKItalia
(,64-5,6;:)
#&ert *nsiaB
1o2ernor of the 'ational
Bank of Belgim
(,6:;5,6;,)
3ose+h M.*.#. Lns
Minister of Foreign *ffairs
of the 'etherlands (,6:45
,6;,)@ "ecretary51eneral
of '*0= (,6;,5,6<>)
Denis #ealey
O1reat BritainP
"ecretary of "tate for
Defence (,64>5,6;-)
8eginald Madling
O1reat BritainP
Chancellor of the
%BcheAer (,64.5,64>)@
#ome "ecretary (,6;-5
,6;.)
BMarni Benediktsson
Prime Minister of Iceland
(,64/5,6;-)
=lof Palme
Prime Minister of "(eden
(,6465,6;4, ,6<.5,6<4)@
Minister for
Commnications of
"(eden (,64:5,64;)
Lord Mont&atten of
Brma
O1reat BritainP
1o2ernor 1eneral of India
(,6>;5,6><)@
Chief of the Defence "taff
(,6:65,64:)
0horkil $ristensen
"ecretary51eneral of
=%CD (,64,5,646)@
Finance Minister of
Denmark (,6>:5,6>;,
,6:-5,6:/)
3onkheer %mile 2an
Lenne+
"ecretary51eneral of
=rgani9ation for
%conomic Coo+eration
and De2elo+ment
(,6465,6<>)
Mario Pedini
Minister of %dcation of
Italy (,6;<5,6;6)
1io2anni Malagodi
Mem&er of the Italian
"enate (,6;65,66,)@
Mem&er of Parliament
(,6:/5,6;6)
Mariano 8mor
Prime Minister of Italy
(,64<5,6;-, ,6;/5,6;>)@
Foreign Minister of Italy
(,6;>5,6;4)@ Mem&er of
Parliament (,6>45,6;6)
%genio Cefis
OItalyP
President of %nte
'a9ionale Idrocar&ri
(%'I) (,64;5,6;,)
Giuseppe Petrilli
[Italy]
Member of the European
Commission (1958-1960);
President of Institute for
Industrial Reconstruction
(1960-1979)
Paul A. Samuelson
[America]
Ph.D. Harvard 1941
Former Professor of
Economics at
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
*dol+h W. "chmidt
!.". *m&assador to
Canada (,6465,6;>)
#.3. #ein9 II
O*mericaP
Chairman of the &oard of
#.3. #ein9 Com+any
(,6:65,6<;)
#edley Dono2an
O*mericaP
%ditor5in5Chief of Time
maga9ine (,64>5,6;6)
Donald C. Cook
O*mericaP
President of *merican
%lectric Po(er Com+any
(,64,5,6;.)@ Chairman of
the "ecrities and
%Bchange Commission
(,6:.5,6:/)
Sir Frederic M. Bennett
[Great Britain]
Member of Parliament
(1951-1987)
Dick Taverne
[Great Britain]
Member of Parliament
(1962-1974)
Jean Lecanuet
Minister of Justice of
France (1974-1976);
Mayor of Rouen, France
(1968-1993)
8ainer Bar9el
Federal Minister of *ll5
1erman *ffairs of West
1ermany (,64.5,64/)
I2o "amkalden
Minister of 3stice of the
'etherlands (,64:5,644)@
Mayor of *msterdam
(,64;5,6;;)
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;' Geft to right: lead guitarist Leith ;ichards,
guitarist Brian -ones, bassist Bill +&"an, lead singer Mic7 -agger, and dru""er Charlie +atts' According to the Chinese calendar,
./1; was !nown as Cear 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 Lther
$ing 3r. at the Concert #all in *msterdam, 'etherlands on ctober )*, .->8. 0he Prince (as a(arded an honorary degree in
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 'e(
)ork City after Malcolm R (as assassinated &y a Slone gnmanT Mst &efore deli2ering a s+eech on 1ebruary )., .->8. Malcolm
R (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 on
3ly .,, ,64:. George W. Ball attended the .->8 Bilderberg Meetings at @illa dAEste 6otel in Cernobbio, 0taly from )-2
5pril .->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 chairman
of the &oard of Chase Manhattan Bank in 'e( )ork City, and a mem&er of the Warren Commission, meets (ith !.". President
Lyndon B. 3ohnson at the White #ose in an ndated +hoto. 9ohn 9. McCloy attended the .->8 Bilderberg Meetings at @illa
dAEste 6otel in Cernobbio, 0taly from )-2 5pril .->8.
!nited "tates President Lyndon B. 3ohnson meets (ith his ad2isers at a meeting at the White #ose in Washington, D.C., !.".*. on 3ly .,,
,64:. Clock(ise from LB37 "ecretary of Defense 8o&ert Mc'amara, Cyrs ?ance (hands only 2isi&le), Carl 8o(an, 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 @illa
dAEste 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), *ssistant
"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 the
#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)
,nco"ing )AT6 <ecretar& General -oseph Guns /left3, the !oreign Minister of the )etherlands, "eets %ith outgoing )AT6 <ecretar&
General Manlio Brosio in Gisbon, Portugal on -une 2, 0FK0' 6oseph 4uns and Manlio 'rosio attended the ./1; 'ilderberg
Meetings at :illa d-Este Hotel in Cernobbio, Italy from 7+H April ./1; -oseph Guns and Manlio Brosio attended the Bilderberg
Meetings together in 0FD@, 0FDD, and 0FDK' /AP Photo3
InMred ?ietnamese recei2e aid as they lie on the street after a &om& eB+losion otside the !.". %m&assy in "aigon, "oth ?ietnam on March
+*, .->8. "moke rises from (reckage in &ackgrond. *t least t(o *mericans and se2eral ?ietnamese (ere killed in the &om&ing.
(*P PhotoE#orst Faas)
3ose+h Marie *ntoine #&ert Lns (left), Foreign Minister of the 'etherlands, a++ears (ith Berlin "enator 8olf "ch(edler (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 in
Cerno&&io, Italy from .5> *+ril ,64:. (*ssociated Press Photo)
%gy+tKs President 1amal *&del 'asser (right) sits across from "o2iet leaders (left to right) Leonid Bre9hne2, *leBei $osygin, *nastas Mikoyan,
at 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 declared
their +olitical inde+endence from 1reat Britain after refsing to agree to SmaMority rleT U +olitical +artici+ation of all nati2e *fricans in +olitics,
inclding *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 1ermanyKs
Chancellor Ld(ig %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& Ga7e Co"o /Photo: Google <earch3
The 0F1K Bilderberg Meetings %as held at the 8illa dJ5ste =otel in Cernobbio, ,tal& fro" April >2A>D, 0F1K' The agenda for
the 0F1K Bilderberg Meetings %ere: <trateg& to%ard the B'<'<';'# Polic& to%ard trade and protectionis"# The public sector and
econo"ic gro%th# Current e*ents . Co""unist China# The ar"s control debate
Map of 8illa dJ5ste =otel in Cernobbio, ,tal& /located near Co"o, ,tal& and Gugano, <%it:erland3
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 the
1ederal 'eser4e
(*gst 4, ,6;65
*gst ,,, ,6<;)
BeatriB
Bueen of The
Cetherlands
(,6<-5.-,/)
*rthr Dnkel
Director-General of the
General 5greement on
Tariffs and Trade
(,6<-5,66/)
Lord Carrington
/ecretary-General of
C5T (,6<>5,6<<)
3ohn C. Whitehead
Co5Chairman of
1oldman, "achs H Co.
(,6;45,6<>)@ De+ty !.".
"ecretary of "tate (,6<:5
,6<6)
1eorge W. Ball
!nder !.". "ecretary of
"tate (,64,5,644)@ "enior
Partner of Lehman
Brothers (,6465,6<.)
Da2id 8ockefeller
O*mericaP
Chairman and C%= of
Chase Manhattan Bank
(,6465,6<,)
#enry *. $issinger
!.". "ecretary of "tate
(,6;/5,6;;)@
'ational "ecrity *d2isor
(,6465,6;:)
3ames D. Wolfensohn
O*mericaP
President, 3ames D.
Wolfensohn, Inc.@
President of the World
Bank (,66:5.--:)
Carlo *. Ciam+i
OItalyP
1o2ernor of Banca dKItalia
(,6;65,66/)
Lord (%ric) 8oll of I+sden
O1reat BritainP
3oint Chairman, ".1.
War&rg H Co., Ltd.
O&ank in LondonP
*lfred #errhasen
O1ermanyP
Former Managing
Director of Detsche Bank
*1@ 5ssassinated on
Co4ember +*, .-3-
1io2anni *gnelli
OItalyP
Chairman of Fiat
OItalian car com+anyP
(,6445,664)
=tto Wolff 2on
*merongen O1ermanyP
Chairman and C%= of
=tto Wolff 1m&#
8o9anne L. 8idg(ay
*ssistant !.". "ecretary
of "tate for %ro+ean and
Canadian *ffairs
(,6<:5,6<6)
8ichard 8. Brt
!.". *m&assador to West
1ermany (,6<:5,6<6)
Charles McC. Mathias 3r.
!.". "enator
(8e+&lican5Maryland,
3anary /, ,6465
3anary /, ,6<;)
Charles #. Price II
!.". *m&assador to
1reat Britain (,6</5,6<6)
Winston Lord
!.". *m&assador to
Commnist China
(,6<:5,6<6)
1arret Fit91erald
Prime Minister of Ireland
(,6<,5,6<., ,6<.5,6<;)
Francisco Pinto Balsemao
Prime Minister of Portgal
(,6<,5,6</)
Fran9 ?ranit9ky
Chancellor of *stria
(,6<45,66;)
$aare Willoch
Prime Minister of 'or(ay
(,6<,5,6<4)
1eir #allgrimsson
Prime Minister of Iceland
(,6;>5,6;<)
0hierry de Mont&rial
OFranceP
President, French Institte
for International 8elations
8omano Prodi
OItalyP
Chairman of I8I@
Prime Minister of Italy
(,6645,66<, .--45.--<)
%tienne Da2ignon
OBelgimP
%ro+ean Commissioner
for Indstrial *ffairs and
%nergy (,6<,5,6<:)
Mario Monti
OItalyP
Professor of %conomics at
Bocconi !ni2. OMilanP@
Prime Minister of Italy
(.-,,5+resent)
?ictor #al&erstadt
O'etherlandsP
Professor of %conomics at
Leiden !ni2ersity
%doard Balladr
Finance Minister of
France (,6<45,6<<)
#annes *ndrosch
Finance Minister of
*stria (,6;-5,6<,)
Clas
Prince Consort of the
'etherlands
MaB $ohnstamm
President of %ro+ean
!ni2ersity OFlorence, ItalyP
3aakko Iloniemi
*m&assador of Finland to
the !nited "tates
(,6;;5,6</)
3ack F. Bennett
O*mericaP
"enior ?ice President of
%BBon Cor+.
(,6;:5,6<6)
$enneth W. Dam
O*mericaP
?ice President for La(
and %Bternal 8elations,
IBM Cor+. (,6<:5,66.)
Pal *. *llaire
O*mericaP
President of ReroB Cor+.
(,6<45,66,)@
Chairman and C%= of
ReroB Cor+. (,66,5.--,)
D(ayne =. *ndreas
O*mericaP
Chairman of *rcher5
Daniels5Midland Co.
(,6;65,66;)
?ernon %. 3ordan 3r.
O*mericaP
Partner of *kin, 1m+,
"trass, #aer H Feld
Ola( firm in Washington,
D.C.P (,6<,5.---)
International &anker Da4id 'oc%efeller "right# smiles as U./. $resident 'onald 'eagan recei4es a medal after 'eagan
deli4ered a speech to the Council of the 5mericas on May .), .-3:. Da2id 8ockefeller attended the .-3: Bilderberg
Meetings at the @illa dAEste 6otel in Cernobbio, 0taly from )2-)> 5pril .-3:. William 9. Casey, former Director of Central
0ntelligence 5gency, died on May >, .-3:. "$hoto by Tim ClaryDBettmannDC'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: +ilfried
Martens /Pri"e Minister of Belgiu"3, -ac(ues Delors /President of the 5uropean Co""ission3, asuhiro )a7asone /Pri"e
Minister of -apan3, Margaret Thatcher /Pri"e Minister of Great Britain3, ;onald ;eagan /President of the Bnited <tates3,
A"intore !anfani /Pri"e Minister of ,tal&3, !rancois Mitterand /President of !rance3, =el"ut Lohl /Chancellor of +est
Ger"an&3, and Brian Mulrone& /Pri"e Minister of Canada3' ,ilfred Martens, Margaret &hatcher, Amintore 2anfani, and
Helmut Bohl have attended the 'ilderberg Meetings in the past /Photo: ;onald ;eagan Presidential Gibrar&3
President 8onald 8eagan a++ears (ith (left to right) *lan 1reens+an, Federal 8eser2e Chairman Pal ?olcker, and "ecretary of the 0reasry
3ames *. Baker III in the Press 8oom at the White #ose on 3ne ., ,6<; as he annonces the nomination of *lan 1reens+an as Chairman
of the Board of 1o2ernors of the Federal 8eser2e Board. 1reens+an, ?olcker, and Baker are mem&ers of the Concil on Foreign 8elations.
(Photo7 8onald 8eagan Presidential Li&rary)

CI* agent Marine Lt. Col. =li2er 'orth is s(orn in on his first day of testimony at the Iran5Contra hearings on Ca+itol #ill in Washington, D.C.
on 3ly ;, ,6<;. Malcolm Baldrige, U./. /ecretary of Commerce under $resident 'onald 'eagan, died in office on 9uly )8, .-3:.
(Photo7 N BettmannEC=8BI")
B'<' President ;onald ;eagan gi*es his fa"ous Mr' Gorbache*, tear do%n this %allV speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate at the
Berlin +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 Enion and Eastern
Europe, if you see! liberali=ation, come here to this gateN Mr %orbachev, open this gateN Mr %orbachev, tear
down this wallN? . B'<' 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 the
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 on
Foreign 8elations in Fe&rary ,6<;. 3ohn C. Whitehead is a former Partner of 1oldman "achs H Co. &anking firm in 'e( )ork
City. 3ohn C. Whitehead attended the ,6<; Bilder&erg Meetings held in Cerno&&io, Italy from .>5.4 *+ril ,6<;.
8dolf #ess, the former De+ty Fhrer of 'a9i 1ermany (,6//5,6>,), (alks inside the "+anda Prison com+ond in an
ndated +hoto. 8dolf #ess (*+ril .4, ,<6>5*gst ,;, ,6<;) died nder mysterios circmstances at "+anda Prison in
(estern 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
President 8onald 8eagan attends an economic meeting (ith Federal 8eser2e Chairman *lan 1reens+an, White #ose Chief of "taff #o(ard
Baker, and 0reasry "ecretary 3ames *. Baker III in the West "itting #all on =cto&er .-, ,6<;, a day after SBlack MondayT, (hen the stock
markets crashed. *lan 1reens+an, #o(ard 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 "aga:ine
Prelde to the Bilder&erg Meetings in May ,6:>7
%ast Berlin 8iots (,6:/), PanmnMom (,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 Archi-es b& Douglas Dreishpoon and Alan Trachtenberg3
&imeline of Ma"or Historical Events during the Cold ,ar(
April 2, 0F2F: The establish"ent of )orth Atlantic Treat& 6rgani:ation /)AT63
-une >@, 0F@?A-ul& >K, 0F@E: Lorean +ar
March @, 0F@E: Death of <o*iet Co""issar -osef <talin
Ma& KA1' 0F@2: Conclusion of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in northern 8ietna"
6ctober >E, 0F@DA)o*e"ber 2, 0F@D: The failed =ungarian ;e*olution of 0F@D
6ctober >F, 0F@DA)o*e"ber K, 0F@D: <ue: Canal Crisis
Ma& 0, 0FD?: A"erican B> <p& Plane ,ncident /aerial espionage o*er <o*iet Bnion3
April 0KA0F, 0FD0: Ba& of Pigs ,n*asion in Cuba
August 0E, 0FD0: Beginning of the Construction of the Berlin +all
)o*e"ber >>, 0FDE: Assassination of B'<' President -ohn !' Lenned&
0FD2A0FKE: 8ietna" +ar
-une @A0?, 0FDK: <i$ADa& +ar /Third ,sraeliAArab +ar3
August >?A>0, 0FD1: Prague <pring in Prague, C:echoslo*a7ia
6ctober DA>@, 0FKE: o" Lippur +ar /!ourth ,sraeliAArab +ar3
)o*e"ber 2, 0FKFA-anuar& >?, 0F10: ,ran =ostage Crisis
Dece"ber >2, 0FKF.!ebruar& 0@, 0F1F: <o*ietAAfghan +ar
0F1DA0F1K: ,ranAContra <candal
)o*e"ber F, 0F1F: Collapse of the Berlin +all
August >, 0FF? . !ebruar& >1, 0FF0: Persian Gulf +ar /and 6peration Desert <hield3
Dece"ber >D, 0FF0: Dissolution of the <o*iet Bnion
%ast 1ermany demonstrators, some carrying &anners, march throgh famed Branden&rg 1ate into the Western sector of Berlin on 3ne ,6,
,6:/ after &loody anti5"o2iet rioting and +rising &roke ot in the %astern sector. 0he 8ssians declared martial la( in se2eral cities as a
general strike &y the anti5Commnist 1ermans almost +araly9ed mch of the %ast 1erman indstry. 0he +rising &egan on 3ne ,;, ,6:/.
(BettmannEC=8BI")
* "o2iet 8ed *rmy tank a++ears in Lei+9ig, %ast 1ermany in 3ne ,6:/ as the "o2iet 8ed *rmy attem+ts to crack do(n the %ast 1erman
strikes. (Detsches Bndesarchi2)
Map of )AT6 and +arsa% Pact nations during the Cold +ar
Ma4or General Blac7shear M' Br&an, B'<' Ar"& />nd fro" left3, <enior Me"ber of the Militar& Ar"istice Co""ission, Bnited
)ationsS Co""and, e$changes credentials %ith Ma4or General Gee <ang Cho, )orth Lorean Ar"& /Erd fro" right3, <enior
Co""unist delegate, at the Conference Building at Pan"un4o", Lorea, >1 -ul& 0F@E' This %as the da& after the Lorean +ar
Ar"istice %ent into effect' /Photograph fro" the Ar"& <ignal Corps Collection in the B'<' )ational Archi*es3
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Battle of Dien Bien Ph in ?ietnam in early ,6:>. 0he French army srrendered to the ?iet Minh at Dien Bien Ph on May 3, .-82. Prince
Bernhard of the 'etherlands con2ened the first Bilder&erg Meetings at #otel de Bilder&erg in =oster&eek, 'etherlands on May )-, .-82.
Di+lomats meet together for the Peace 0alks at the 1ene2a Conference +rior to the signing of the W1ene2a *ccordsW in 1ene2a, "(it9erland in
3ly ,6:>. 0he first Bilder&erg Meetings in =oster&eek, 'etherlands (ere held in May ,6:> dring the ongoing 1ene2a Conference.
(BettmannEC=8BI")
Dr. 3ose+h #. 8etinger (right) chats (ith Monseigner Fernando Cento (left) dring a meeting in Brssels, Belgim in March
,6>6. Dr. 3ose+h #. 8etinger (as the co5fonder of the Bilder&erg Meetings. (Photo7 Dmitri $esselE0ime Life)
.ose!h *etinger/ Memoirs o& an Eminence Grise b& -ohn Po"ian Hpublished in 0FK>I /e$cerpt3
Chapter H( European Enity
0F@> started badl&' The Cold +ar %as at its height' Pressure for Ger"an rear"a"ent %as "ounting and %as creating tensions and
stresses in 5urope' The Lorean %ar dragged on, and so did %ar in ,ndoAChina' +hile neutralist feelings %ere spreading in 5urope,
McCarth&is" %as gro%ing in the Bnited <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"erica
o*erAconfident 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 be
ad*ersel& affected'
Man& people, including ;etinger, %ere concerned about this situation, but could see no solution' +hat could possibl& be done on both
sides 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"ong
the "ost influential "en in their respecti*e fields, and cause the" to ta7e an acti*e interest in redressing the situation both in 5urope
and A"erica' but although fe% %ould disagree %ith this ad"irable ai", "ost people %ould be reluctant to de*ote "uch ti"e to
so"ething so *ague, An& proposal %ould, therefore, ha*e to be sufficientl& attracti*e and, abo*e all, de"onstrate that it %as effecti*e'
,n the earl& part of 0F@> ;etinger consulted so"e of his friends and in particular Paul *an Peeland and Paul ;&7ens, %ho %as then
Chair"an of Bnile*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 be
done about it could appear suspect should it be identified %ith an& "a4or countr& or an& political part&' The principal difficult& %as,
therefore, to find the right 7ind of person to pla& a leading part' ;etinger thought about Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, %ho" he
had "et briefl& during the +ar and later during the Congress of the =ague' The Prince %as interested in politics and supported
5uropean Bnit&' =is official position of prince Consort li"ited his freedo" of action but he %as al%a&s read& to help good causes' =e
%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 %as
s&"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 Peeland it
co"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 Pipinelis
for 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 %as
"ore than enough to dra% attention and create a stir' Paris under the !ourth ;epublic A %hen !rance %as in*ol*ed in colonial %ars and
go*ern"ent crises succeeded one another rapidl& A li*ed in an at"osphere of per"anent conspirac& and intrigue' =o%e*er ridiculous it
"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$tre"el& difficult to e$plain
%hat the "eeting %as all about and %h& so "an& i"portant people %ere ta7ing part' ,t %as purel& e$plorator& and it %as too earl& to
sa& %hat the outco"e %ould be' ,n the circu"stances it %as thought preferable to 7eep it all as discreet as possible'
The "eeting %ent *er& %ell and e*er&bod& agreed that there %as an urgent need to do so"ething to i"pro*e relations %ith the Bnited
<tates' The "ethod of doing so %ould graduall& beco"e clearer' ,n an& case it %as necessar& to ha*e further consultations and
establish contacts in the Bnited <tates' ,n the "eanti"e "ore people and "ore countries should be brought into the circle and papers
should be prepared on the feelings and position in each 5uropean count&' ,t %ould set people thin7ing and "ight &ield interesting
results'
Man& &ears later, A"bassador Quaroni, %riting on ;etinger, described this occasion as follo%s:
Z, also recall the first "eeting to %hich , %as in*ited' +e %ere s(uee:ed round a *er& large table in a tin& roo"# %e agreed on the
principle, but did not 7no% ho% to e$ecute it, ho% to organi:e things, %ho" to turn to, ho% to find the %here%ithal' ,t %as not *er&
clearAcut' <uggestions issued forth fro" ;etingerSs "outh li7e "achine gun fire' The& %ere not all e$cellent, it is true, but %hen one
%as refuted, he had ten "ore up his slee*e' =e %as probabl& the onl& one a"ong us %ho had reall& studied the (uestion on both sides
of the Atlantic and %ho had specific ideas on the sub4ect' +ith his pleasant, old sche"erSs "anners, he persuaded us to accept "ost of
%hat he %anted'S
The %hole of 0F@E %as spent on further contacts and consultations A there %ere "ore "eetings A and a couple of *isits to the Bnited
<tates' There, things %ere a little slo% to start, "ainl& because people %ere absorbed in the Presidential elections' 6nce these %ere
o*er e*er&thing %ent s"oothl&' General 5isenho%er, the ne% President, as %ell as so"e of his closest collaborators had a recent
e$perience of 5urope and appreciated its proble"s' Also the& 7ne% Prince Bernhard %ell and held hi" in high estee"' As a result an
A"erican group %as (uic7l& brought together under the Chair"anship of the late Mr' -ohn Cole"an, President of the Burroughs
Corporation, assisted b& Mr' -oseph -ohnson, Director of the Carnegie !oundation'
&hen in May ./;H 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 van
Oeeland and 6ohn Coleman too! the Chair in turn A certain atmosphere of tense e#pectation, noticeable when people who are
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 the
pungent 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 entity
was born 'ut it was difficult to define what it was Its purpose, its methods and its structure were new and original &hey did
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 the
'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 ./;H many others have been held under the
Chairmanship of Prince 'ernhard, usually at yearly intervals and each time in a different country, including the Enited States
and Canada &he sub"ects discussed vary, but always cover the problems which confront the ,estern countries and which are
apt to create friction and divergencies between them It is perhaps the best forum possible to debate the great issues of the day
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 feelings
of the principal actors
Cet the importance of the 'ilderberg %roup stems from the people who ta!e part At each successive meeting, new persons are
invited &he circle thus grows larger and never gets stale Anly 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 allAi"portant selection of participants %as a delicate and difficult tas7' This %as particularl& so
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 "ost
fre(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 one
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 attended
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 had
plent& of initiati*e and %as full of ideas A 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 their
ro&al Chair"an' Ti"e %as needed to build confidence and that inti"ate "utual understanding necessar& for sureAfooted "anage"ent'
To build the %hole group around the person of the Prince %as a "asterAstro7e 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 his
position is uni(ue' As a ro&al prince he naturall& ta7es precedence %ithout arousing an&bod&Ss en*&' =e is politicall& i"partial, %hile
the fact that he represents a s"all countr& is also reassuring' There %ere also "an& intangible but *er& real and *er& great ad*antages
in 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 operetta:
Though "en of ran7 "a& useless see",
The& do good in their generation,
The& "a7e the %ealth& upstart tee"
+ith Christian lo*e and selfAnegation#
The bitterest tongue that e*er lashed
ManSs 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$t this little rh&"e "a7es a point %hich is li7el& to re"ain *alid for "an& generations to co"e'
=o% useful and effecti*e ha*e the Bilderberg Conferences reall& been? Much, of course, depended on the circu"stances at the ti"e'
The "eeting held in !lorida in !ebruar& 0F@K %as, for instance, *er& "uch apropos to help heal the bruises after the <ue: disaster'
Gord Lil"uir, %ho %as then Gord Chancellor, recalls in his "e"oirs, that ha*ing been e$pressl& sent there b& the Pri"e Minister, Mr'
Mac"illan, he found it an i""ensel& useful occasion for tal7s %ith highAran7ing A"ericans'
Certainl& it created countless e$tre"el& helpful contacts bet%een people %ho bore so"e of the principal responsibilities for the affairs
of their countries both in politics and in econo"ics' Although co"pletel& intangible, this is a *er& i"portant factor in international
affairs %hich so"eti"es leads to great results' 5uropean Bnit& %ould not ha*e been possible %ithout a enor"ous nu"ber of personal
contacts and confrontations bet%een the political and econo"ic leaders of 5uropean countries' There is "uch less of this bet%een
5urope and A"erica and therefore occasions %here it ta7es place are all the "ore precious'
Moreo*er, the relationship bet%een the Bnited <tates and its 5uropean partners suffers fro" a disparit& of po%er, and this is further
aggra*ated b& the sheer ph&sical distance bet%een A"erica and 5urope' ,t is a *er& real factor and %hate*er the issues of the da&
"ight be its influence is constantl& felt' ,nside 5urope, political opinion %ithin a countr& can be influenced b& the *ie%s and %ishes of
other 5uropean nations' Go*ern"ents ha*e to ta7e note of %hat others thin7' A good deal of pressure can be brought on a countr& %ho
is out of step %ith its partners, and this is al"ost al%a&s effecti*e enough as none is sufficientl& strong to disregard others for long'
That is %h& the Co""on Mar7et or an& other 5uropean grouping can be "ade to %or7'
General de Gaulle %as no e$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 fact,
b& "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 in a
net%or7 of treaties of %hich A"erica is al%a&s the hub, si"pl& feel that the& cannot e$ert the 7ind of influence nor bring the degree of
pressure %hich their o%n in*ol*e"ent re(uires' The& can pra&, hope and %atch but there is not "uch the& can do' An& occasion of
tal7ing full& and fran7l& to top A"erican leaders is particularl& useful and i"portant' =ence the *er& fact that the Bilderberg e$ists is
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$plain %hat to "e see"ed the "ost i"portant aspect of so"e
proble" to Mr' Paul de Auer, an old and e$perienced =ungarian diplo"atist' , "ust ha*e appeared too intent and gone on for too long'
+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 importantM '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 %ho
the participants %ere, %ere e*er di*ulged to the Press' Publicit& %as shunned' <o"eti"es' <o"eti"es this contributed to stir curiosit&
and 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"using
incidents'
An innocent one occurred in -ul& 0F@D' 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$plain %hat %as %anted' !or a
*ariet& of reasons the "eeting could not be arranged until one da&, Prince Bernhard, %ho %as lea*ing on an African safari, rang up' =e
had 4ust spo7en about it to the Tur7ish Minister at the =ague and an appoint"ent had been fi$ed in Tur7e& in a fortnightSs ti"e' The
line %as bad and ;etinger %as not sure %hether he had understood e*er&thing correctl&' And so, on our %a& to istanbul %e passed
through 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 organi:ed e*er&thing *er& %ell, but although he see"ed *er& i"pressed %ith the
i"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 as
Professor' The sa"e thing happened in An7ara, %here ;etinger first called on the !oreign Minister' All our Tur7ish hosts %ere so
hospitable 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 halfAhour 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$t
appoint"ent' This %as ne%s to us as none had been e$pected' ,t turned out that our hosts thought it %ould please ;etinger, %ho %as in
Tur7e& for the first ti"e, to "eet his colleagues '''' other Professors at the Bni*ersit&' ,t %as too late to react' +e could not e$plain that
it %as all a "ista7e' Too "an& people to %ho" %e %ere indebted for a "ost hospitable reception %ould be e"barrassed' +e set off
e$changing %orried glances'
At the Bni*ersit& %e %ere greeted b& the Dean of the !acult& of Ga% and 5cono"ics, acco"panied b& so"e t%ent& professors' Drin7s
%ere ser*ed and an ani"ated con*ersation started' ;etinger %as particularl& *oluble and ,, too, tried to second hi" as best , could' 6ur
sole 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, for
e*er&bod& %ould ha*e lost face' =appil& %e stood our ground for a good threeA(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$hausted, %e beat a hast& retreat
to the bar of our hotel %here the biggest %his7ies %ere pro"ptl& orderedV
6ther%ise the *isit to Tur7e& pro*ed *er& successful, largel& than7s to the help and understanding of a *er& able diplo"atist,
A"bassador )uri Birgi %ho, at that ti"e, %as <ecretar&AGeneral of the !oreign Ministr&' T%o &ears later the Tur7s pla&ed host to a
Bilderberg Conference in a secluded hotel on the "agical shores of the Bosphorus'
Although the Bilderberg Group %as "ainl& concerned %ith proble"s facing the Atlantic Alliance, ;etinger re"ained, as before,
pri"aril& attached to 5uropean Bnit&' =is *ie%s did not change nor did his in*ol*e"ent get less' =is field of action gre% %ider and as
a result he could do "ore in 5uropean affairs' Bnfortunatel& the opportunities to do so %ere no% fe%er' Progress in 5urope %as
li"ited to the <i$ and all efforts %ere concentrated on this area' The failure of the 5uropean Defence Co""unit& in 0F@@ %as
follo%ed b& the Messina Conference %hich ga*e birth to the Co""on Mar7et' Again Britain refused to 4oin' ,nstead, seeing the
results, she too7 the initiati*e of for"ing the 5uropean !ree Trade Area /5!TA3 grouping the <candina*ian countries, Austria,
<%it:erland and Portugal %ho %ere li7eA"inded in their attitude to 5uropean unification' Then follo%ed an atte"pt to 4oin the t%o
together' ,t threatened the purpose and e$istence of the ne%l& for"ed Co""on Mar7et and General de Gaulle, %ho b& then had co"e
to po%er in !rance, ob4ected' At the sa"e ti"e he fir"l& set his face against an& further e$tension of the supranational principle' The
ne$t phase %as to be SGS5urope des PatriesS %hich at the sa"e ti"e %as the 5urope of Go*ern"ents'
The Bilderberg Group %as, naturall&, a great political asset for ;etinger' Than7s to it he could inter*ene and help "ost effecti*el& in
"an& "atters' Man& of his friends sought his ad*ice and since he ne*er refused to help, he participated in the organi:ing and
de*eloping of "an& underta7ings' The& all had to do either %ith S5uropeS or the SAtlanticS' A"ong these the 5uropean Cultural
!oundation and the Atlantic Congress loo"ed larger as far as ti"e and effort %ere concerned'
There %ere also "an& things he launched hi"self' 6ne of the" had to do %ith Asia' =e sought to find a %a& of establishing a dialogue
bet%een the +est and the 5ast, in %hich philosophers, theologians and political thin7ers %ould ta7e part' Much ti"e and effort %as
spent on it and "an& people beca"e in*ol*ed' The brilliant boo7 GSA*enture 6ccidentale de lS=o""e b& his friend Denis de
;ouge"ont, %ho participated in it all, %ill long re"ain as a lone "onu"ent connected %ith this *enture' 6ther%ise it ca"e to nothing'
Then there %as also 5astern 5urope' After the >?th Congress of the <o*iet Co""unist Part&, it see"ed that a %ind of change %as
beginning to blo% throughout the <o*iet bloc' Perhaps the e*olution "ight e*en go far enough for the Bilderberg e$perience to
beco"e rele*ant to 5astA+est relations' ;etinger al%a&s li7e to proceed e"piricall& and graduall& test the ground' ,n this case it %ould
ta7e 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 of
so"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 pri:e
occurred 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 than
politicians %ere getting all the pri:es and nothing ca"e of it' 5arlier on, in 0F@D, a letter he %rote to Mr' C&ran7ie%ic:, the then Polish
Pri"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 in
the direction of 5astern 5urope %ere, in fact, pre"ature' , li7e to thin7 that in this case as in so "an& others he anticipated the course
of e*ents'
All along ;etinger %or7ed closel& %ith Prince Bernhard, to %ho" he %as *er& deepl& de*oted' =e ser*ed his prince faithfull& and
unsparingl& as a 7ind of selfAappointed 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 %as
*er& poor' et until a fe% %ee7s before he died, on the 0> -une 0FD?, 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 decline
during 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 in
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 had
set out to do e$cept to co"plete his "e"oirs' This boo7 "ight, perhaps, help to fill that gap'
<ource: http:NN%%%'bilderberg'orgNbildhist'ht"OMe"oirs
The 6riginal Bilderbergers
*ntoine Pinay
Prime Minister of France
(,6:.5,6:/)@ Minister of
Foreign *ffairs of France
(,6::5,6:4)
Born Decem&er /-, ,<6,@
Died Decem&er ,/, ,66>
3ose+h #. 8etinger
Co-1ounder of the
Bilderberg Group
Born *+ril ,;, ,<<<@
Died 3ne ,., ,64-
Prince Bernhard of 0he
'etherlands
Co-1ounder and
Chairman of the
Bilderberg Group
Born in 3ena, 1ermany
on 3ne .6, ,6,,@ Died in
!trecht, 'etherlands on
Decem&er ,, .-->
1io2anni *gnelli
OItalyP
former Chairman of Fiat
OItalian car com+anyP
Born March ,., ,6.,@
Died 3anary .>, .--/
=tto Wolff 2on
*merongen
O1ermanyP
Chairman and C%= of
=tto Wolff 1m&#
Born *gst 4, ,6,<@ Died
March <, .--;
C.D. 3ackson
P&lisher of Life
maga9ine (,64-5,64>)
Born March ,4, ,6-.@
Died "e+tem&er ,<, ,64>
1eorge C. Mc1hee
!.". *m&assador to West
1ermany (,64/5,64<)
Born March ,-, ,6,.@
Died 3ly >, .--:
1eorge W. Ball
!nder !.". "ecretary of
"tate (,64,5,644)@ "enior
Partner of Lehman
Brothers (,6465,6<.)
Born Decem&er .,, ,6-6@
Died May .4, ,66>
#.3. #ein9 II
Chairman of the &oard of
#.3. #ein9 Com+any
(,6:65,6<;)
Born 3ly ,-, ,6-<
Died Fe&rary ./, ,6<;
Da2id 8ockefeller
Chairman and C%= of
Chase Manhattan Bank
(,6465,6<,)
Born 3ne ,., ,6,:
1y Mollet
Prime Minister of France
(,6:45,6:;)
Born Decem&er /,, ,6-:@
Died =cto&er /, ,6;:
Denis #ealey
O1reat BritainP
Chancellor of the
%BcheAer (,6;>5,6;6)@
"hado( Foreign
"ecretary (,6:65,64,,
,6;-5,6;., ,6<-5,6<;)
Born *gst /-, ,6,;
*lcide De 1as+eri
Prime Minister of Italy
(,6>:5,6:/)@
President of the
%ro+ean Parliament
(,6:>)
Born *+ril /, ,<<,
Died *gst ,6, ,6:>
Pal #. 'it9e
*ssistant !.". "ecretary
of Defense for
International "ecrity
*ffairs (,64,5,64/)@
"ecretary of the 'a2y
(,64/5,64;)
Born 3anary ,4, ,6-;@
Died =cto&er ,6, .-->
3ohn ". Coleman
President of Brroghs
Cor+oration (,6>45,6:<)
3ose+h #. 8etinger (left), secretary5general of the %ro+ean Mo2ement, (as the co5fonder of the Bilder&erg Meetings, along (ith Prince
Bernhard of the 'etherlands, and attended the first Bilder&erg Meetings in ,6:>. 8etinger is sho(n meeting (ith former ="" Chief William 3.
SWild BillT Dono2an (center) and 0homas Braden (right), director of the Committee for !nited %ro+e. Both Dono2an and Braden (ere
mem&ers of the Concil on Foreign 8elations. 0his +hoto a++ears in Donovan: Americas 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&ergP in 1ermany in March ,6;,. 1eorge W. Ball attended the ,6;, Bilder&erg Meetings in ?ermont O!.".*.P
in *+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 consciousness'
8arious pri*ate groups organi:ed b& %ellAconnected indi*iduals sprang up in the Marshall Plan da&s to strengthen the
transatlantic bonds a"ong the elite of 5urope and A"erica' A 7e& figure %as Dr' -oseph =' ;etinger, %ho" George Ball, an
enthusiastic collaborator, describes as a Zpolitical ad*enturer in the pattern of a Casano*a, Cellini or To" Paine'Z A friend of
Andre Gide and -oseph Conrad, ;etinger had li*ed in Me$ico before the %ar %here he counseled the go*ern"ent on
e$propriating the oil properties of A"erican co"panies' Gater he beca"e a top aide to General +lad&sla% <i7ors7i, leader of
the Polish go*ern"entAinAe$ile, and parachuted into Poland in 0F22 at age fift&Ase*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 the
creation of the Benelu$ custo"s union' More brash than -ean Monnet, %hose acti*ities he paralleled, ;etinger %as a "aster
organi:er of the po%erfulA"agnates, intellectuals, pri"e "inisters, 7ings, and those poised to 4oin their nu"ber' Gi7e Monnet he
belie*ed strongl& in 5uropean unit&' ,n 0F2K he organi:ed the 5uropean Mo*e"ent, a group of organi:ations to propagate the
i"portance of B'<'A5uropean collaboration' The funds ca"e ostensibl& fro" A"erican philanthropic sources but about fi*eA
si$ths of the "one& %as supplied b& B'<' intelligence agencies' 3etinger was worried about rampant anti+Americanism in
Europe after the war, not "ust on the 4eft but among conservative circles who loo!ed on the reorgani=ers of Europe from
across the sea as clumsy, naive, and uncultured The decisions needed to re"a7e 5urope, he belie*ed, %ere not understood
b& the public, %hich %as still "ired in oldAfashioned nationalis"' Public opinion, he %as con*inced, Zfollo%s the lead of
influential 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 ca"e
to 7no% the "ost po%erful "en in the Bnited <tates and proceeded to enlist the" in his cause' 6ne of ;etingerSs ideas for
brea7ing 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 ha*e
Zan 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 organi:e public opinion in the Bnited <tates against the
antiA5uropean protectionist i"pulse that %as once again "a7ing itself felt' The& li7ed the idea of institutionali:ing old %arti"e
friendships into regular getAtogethers' The participants %ould all belong to that special breed of citi:en %ho feels the %eight of
public responsibilit& %hether in office or out' Thus the Bilderberg "eetings %ere launched soon after 5isenho%er arri*ed in the
+hite =ouse' Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, Paul 8an Peeland, the for"er Belgian pri"e "inister, and Paul ;&7ens,
chair"an of the board of Bnile*er, %ere recruited b& ;etinger as the 5uropean leadership, and in the Bnited <tates, Cole"an and
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 C,A' The group had been
carefull& selected for balance %ithin the accepted political li"its of the da&' The for"er <ocialist pre"ier of !rance, Gu& Mollet,
%as brought into the planning, along %ith the for"er conser*ati*e pre"ier, Antoine Pina&' C5 6ac!son established a certain
rapport by tal!ing fran!ly about Senator 6oseph McCarthy, whose rampages were coming to a clima# >,e are bound
to get this !ind of supercharged emotional frea! from time to time,? he e#plained Hinting that the senator might well be
assassinated, 6ac!son promised the 'ilderbergers that by ne#t year >he will be gone from the American scene? &he cast
of notables met under heavy guard at the Hotel 'ilderberg at Aosterbee!, Holland, in late May ./;H =eld &ear after &ear
in si"ilar elegant settings around the %orld, the Bilderberg "eetings discussed "atters of great %eight such as Zthe role and
control of nuclear %eapons %ithin )AT6 /0F@13, ele"ents of instabilit& in +estern societ& /0FDF3, and Zthe possibilit& of a
change of the A"erican role in the %orld and its conse(uencesZ /0FK03 %ith greater fran7ness and "ore leisure than %as
a*ailable to the participants %hen the& "et under "ore official circu"stances' ,nfor"al se"inars on nuclear %eapons, De
GaulleSs obstructionis", and %hat to do about the resti*e students %ere held in %hat <ir 5ric ;oll, a for"er senior British ci*il
ser*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%erful
or prestigious figure fro" a capitalist industriali:ed countr& of +estern 5urope or )orth A"erica and fall co"fortabl& %ithin
the centrist orthodo$& of his societ&' 6ne of the fe% e$ceptions %as the rightA%ing British MP 5noch Po%ell, %ho attended once
and 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 The
Times I4ondonJ, Phe 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' ED?AED>
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 of
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 liberali:ation, it gathered
pro"inent industrialists, la%&ers and ban7ers dedicated to freer trade, under the chair"anship of -ohn Cole"an, of the
Burroughs Corporation, a longAti"e supporter of 5isenho%er' George Ball, then a +ashington la%&er, %as an i"portant figure
on 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, elite
organi:ation of the 0F@?s, %ith "an& "e"bers associated %ith the Co""ittee for 5cono"ic De*elop"ent, an influential
business planning group, the Council on !oreign ;elations, the fa"ous )e% or7 thin7Atan7, and the Marshall Plan
ad"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 Pellerbach, 4oined this transatlantic net%or7 due to their "e"bership of the
Cole"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%ing
spring, a conference %as held in Ma& 0F@2 in 6osterbee7, )etherlands, in the de Bilderberg =otel' ,t %as a success, and the real
issue %as not so "uch co""unis" or antiAco""unis" in the"sel*es /re4ection of co""unis" %as a basic assu"ption a"ong
participants3, but the alleged lac7 of sophistication of A"erican inter*ention in 5urope at the ti"e' ,n other %ords, the real
proble" %as antiAA"ericanis", and especiall& the old antiAA"ericanis" of 5uropean elites, %ith McCarth& constituting one of
the hottest topics' The sa"e pattern of 5uropean pressure and A"erican reluctance is noticeable in 0F@2A@@' The 5uropeans
%anted a big figure /McClo& is often referred to3 and a regular "echanis" of transatlantic "eetings, %hile the A"ericans %ere
reluctant to engage in a per"anent process' 5*en C'D' -ac7son, *er& appreciati*e of the first conference %hich he attended, did
not %ante to en*ision a regular series of conferences' 6nl& in late 0F@2 and earl& 0F@@, after repeated 5uropean re(uests, did
A"erican participants finall& get organi:ed, finding a chair"an, coAchair"an, and secretar& . Dean ;us7 /president of the
;oc7efeller !oundation3, Bedell <"ith, and -oseph 5' -ohnson /president of the Carnegie 5ndo%"ent for ,nternational Peace3
respecti*el& . raising "one& a"ong the"sel*es, and appl&ing in 6ctober to the !ord !oundation for a grant for one conference
to be held in the Bnited <tates /%hich actuall& too7 place "uch later3' ,n <epte"ber 0F@@, the third conference, held in
Ger"an& in Gar"ischAParten7irchen, %as especiall& satisfactor&, and both 5uropean and A"erican elites %ere fro" that ti"e
con*inced of the *alue of the group' ,t %as percei*ed as a place to get firstAhand infor"ation on international affairs, to test
fresh ideas in a nonAofficial conte$t, and to net%or7 at a transatlantic le*el' The 0F@D and 0F@K conferences, in Den"ar7, the
Bnited <tates and ,tal& respecti*el&, confir"ed this de*elop"ent and allo%ed heated e$changes on colonialis" and
decoloni:ation, the <ue: crisis and the <o*iet econo"ic offensi*e in the Third +orld' ,n 0F@K, the A"erican group %as gi*en
its definiti*e shape' Chaired b& la%&er Arthur =' Dean and industrialist ='-' =ein:, it %as a%arded a ne% CE?,??? grant fro"
the !ord !oundation for the <t' <i"ons conference, the first to ta7e place in the Bnited <tates' B& 0F@K, Bilderberg had beco"e
a %ellAestablished structure in pri*ate, transatlantic relations' C'D' -ac7son al%a&s 7ept an interest in Bilderberg' =e attended
the conferences of <epte"ber 0F@K, <epte"ber 0F@1 and Ma& 0FD? and follo%ed the de*elop"ent of the group, but +alter
Bedell <"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 or
funding' . The Cultural Cold (ar in (estern Euro!e/ 0123-45, edited b& =ans Lrabbenda", Giles <cottA<"ith, p' K@AKD
The end of the 0F@?s %itnessed the continuous de*elop"ent of the Bilderberg group, %ith an increased "e"bership for the
steering co""ittee' ,t is not possible in this short space to gi*e a detailed histor& of the group, but one can "ention i"portant
personalities %ho contributed to the success of Bilderberg in the late 0F@?s: fro" ,tal& the diplo"at Pietro Quaroni and
business"en Gio*anni Agnelli and Alberto Pirelli# fro" Ger"an& the industrialists !rit: Berg and 6tto +olff *on A"erongen
and the Christian De"ocrat Carlo <ch"id# fro" Britain the Gabour politicians =ugh Gaits7ell and Denis =eale& and the
Conser*ati*e ;eginald Maudling# fro" Belgiu" Paul *an Peeland# 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 0FD0 about the
pre*ious &ears,
67t8here were some Con&erences o& !articular interest to the Americans during which the Euro!eans were somewhat bored/ and
-ice--ersa9 ,ou will remember that there was e-en serious tal% as to whether or not )ilderberg might not ha-e outli-ed 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 had
de-elo!ed into something o& a 6club: atmos!here rather than solid bene&it9:
Moreo*er, the group %as reorgani:ed in the earl& 0FD?s' ,n late 0F@F, -oseph ;etinger, in bad health, retired, and %as replaced
b& 5rnst *an der Beugel, for"er Dutch <tate <ecretar& of !oreign Affairs and 8iceAPresident of LGM, assisted b& another
Dutch"an, Arnold T' Ga"ping, a for"er A"bassador to Ger"an&' The na"e of [Bilderberg MeetingsJ %as also adopted to
stress the infor"al nature of a series of conferences %ith ne% participants each &ear, and not the gathering of a closed and
structured group' The international conte$t %as also "ore fa*ourable to challenging Atlantic the"es, for e$a"ple the trade
negotiations bet%een 5urope and the Bnited <tates, discussed at the <t' Castin conference in April 0FD0' This e*olution %as
apparentl& positi*e since -ac7son felt enthusiastic about the 0FD0 and 0FD> conferences in <t' Castin, Canada, and <alts4obaden,
<%eden, for their [4oint anal&sis of their 4oint proble"s, loo7ing to%ard a 4oint solutionJ' The successes resulted also fro" the
functions of the Bilderberg group in the laste 0F@?s and earl& 0FD?s' !irst, it integrated the Ger"an elites, especiall& the
Ger"an <PD elites, in a +estern net%or7 and a +esternAoriented fra"e of "ind' As noted b& <hepard <tone, an e$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"an
participants !rit: 5rler and Carlo <ch"id said that the Bilderberg contact [%ould ha*e influence on <PD foreign polic& ideas in
the futureJ' This anal&sis %as confir"ed b& 5rnst *an der Beugel in a recent inter*ie%' ,n addition, the Bilderberg group
attained a re"ar7able closeness to the Lenned& Ad"inistration through the participation of Dean ;us7, George Ball and George
C' McGhee, three of its founding "e"bers %ho entered the <tate Depart"ent in 0FD0' 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 %as
BnderA<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& 0FD?s, 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 /C21,???3 and 0FDE /CD?,???3' ,n *ie% of the polic& of the Lenned&
ad"inistration to encourage a strong 5urope, but also to 7eep it AtlanticAoriented and co"patible %ith A"erican econo"ic
interests, the *alue of Bilderberg as a "eans of pro"oting Atlantic understanding %as considered *er& i"portant' Another
characteristic 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 !rench
participant in the steering co""ittee fro" 0FD?, but he %as not a t&pical Gaullist' 6n the contrar&, the Bilderberg group beca"e
a rall&ing point against %hat %as percei*ed as a nationalist challenge to Atlantic *alues' The Cannes conference, in March 0FDE,
is an e$cellent e$a"ple of this' =eld 4ust after the fa"ous press conference of 02 -anuar& 0FDE, in %hich de Gaulle re4ected the
Bnited 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(ues
Bau"el, the secretar& general of the Gaullist Part& /B);3, %ho had the hard tas7 of defending !rench polic& decisions' ,n 0FDE,
this aspect %as "ore i"portant than the antiAco""unist di"ension'
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The Bilderberg Group %as founded in 0F@2 to facilitate confidential B'<'A5uropean dialogue on the highest le*el' To this da&,
the Group holds &earl& "eetings attracting so"e of the "ost influential ban7ers, captains of industr&, diplo"ats, intellectuals,
and politicians on both sides of the AtlanticMThe "ain argu"ent ad*anced is that this institution has contributed both to the
cohesion and longe*it& of the Atlantic Alliance and to the *ast increase in co""erce and in*est"ent across the Atlantic in the
post%ar period' The Group has done so in part through the infor"al e$change of infor"ation, the establish"ent of relationships
of trust a"ong "e"bers of the transatlantic elite, and the strengthening of co""on *alues and beliefs' -ust as i"portant,
ho%e*er, %as the Bilderberg GroupJs function as a safet& *al*e for dissent and conflicting *ie%s %ithin the pluralistic
co""unit& of the +est' Particularl& in the period fro" 0F@2 until 0FKD, %hen Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands %as the
Bilderberg chair"an, Dutch in*ol*e"ent %as considerable' This should not co"e as a surprise since the )etherlands %as
perfectl& situated to host the Group' The traditional %est%ard orientation of the countr& . e$e"plified b& "ultinational fir"s
such as Bnile*er and <hell . coupled %ith its earl& participation in the creation of a united 5urope /Benelu$, 5C<C, 55C,
5urato"3, ga*e the Dutch a natural "ediating role bet%een continental 5urope and the AngloA<a$on %orld' Moreo*er, as a
relati*el& "inor po%er the )etherlands %as acceptable to the "a4or po%ers of the alliance as a transatlantic "ediator' The
re"ar7able fact that the )etherlands has occupied the position of )AT6 secretar& general for a total of o*er t%ent&Aone &ears .
far 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 the
Polish go*ern"ent in e$ile' After the %ar, he %as instru"ental in setting up *arious organi:ations pro"oting 5uropean unit&,
a"ong the" the 5uropean Mo*e"ent' ,n 0F@>, ;etinger ga*e up his position as secretar& general of this "o*e"ent in order to
de*ote hi"self to B'<'A5uropean relations' A rising tide of antiAA"ericanis" s%ept across "uch of 5urope %hile +ashington
%as preoccupied %ith <enator McCarth&Js antico""unist %itch hunts' 3etinger felt that the growing lac! of understanding
between Europe and the Enited States endangered their effective cooperation ,hile he was convinced that building a
strong Europe offered the best hope for liberating his native Poland, he also believed that the help of the Enited States
was crucial in forging a united Europe and winning the Cold war ,n <epte"ber 0F@>, ;etinger asse"bled a group of
leading 5uropeans in Paris to stud& the causes of antiAA"ericanis" in 5urope' The first t%o "en he had contacted %ere Paul
;i47ens, the Dutch chair"an of Bnile*er, and Prince Bernhard' The& both shared ;etingerJs concerns about the lac7 of unit&
%ithin the +est and the prince agreed to beco"e chair"an of the stud& group' 6ther "e"bers included =ugh Gaits7ell, a
leading Gabour politician# ,talian Pri"e Minister Alcide de Gasperi# Ma4or General Colin Gubbins, the British chief of the
<pecial 6perations 5$ecuti*e /<653 during +orld +ar ,,# 6le B4orn Lraft, the Danish foreign "inister# Gu& Mollet, the leader
of the !rench socialists# Antoine Pina&, !ranceJs conser*ati*e pri"e "inister# and Paul *an Peeland, the Belgian foreign
"inister' The contacts bet%een these "en "ostl& dated bac7 to +orld +ar ,,, %hen Gondon had ser*ed as a pressure coo7er for
ideas on re"a7ing the post%ar international order' ,nfluenced b& the 0F20 Atlantic Charter, indi*idual hu"an rights, collecti*e
securit&, 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 ,,M
Contrar& to the oftenAheard clai" that the C,A %as instru"ental in launching the Bilderberg Group, the A"erican reaction to the
report %as slo% and reluctant' ;etinger tra*eled to the Bnited <tates in late 0F@>, shortl& after D%ight D' 5isenho%er had %on
the presidential elections' +alter Bedell <"ith and Allen Dulles, t%o of the first directors of the C,A, and other leading officials
%ere too preoccupied %ith their 4obs in the ne% ad"inistration to gi*e ;etinger "uch ti"e' +ithout the persistence of Prince
Bernhard . and, at least as i"portant, his highAle*el contacts reaching up to President 5isenho%er . the Bilderberg Group "ight
not ha*e co"e into e$istence' As it %as, the princeJs perse*erance and the (ualit& of the 5uropean group that produced the
report on antiAA"ericanis" forced an A"erican response' The first official Bilderberg "eeting, in Ma& 0F@2 . at its na"esa7e,
=otel De Bilderberg in 6osterbee7, the )etherlands . %as a resounding success' ,n the &ears thereafter, the Group (uic7l&
established its reputation as a *aluable transatlantic "eeting place' All participants too7 part as pri*ate citi:ens and %ere
encouraged to spea7 freel& during the confidential discussions, one of the 7e& reasons for BilderbergJs success' Bet%een si$t&
and one hundred "en and %o"en fro" the )AT6 and 655CN65CD "e"ber states too7 part in the threeAda& "eetings /the first
%o"an to participate %as Princess Beatri$ of the )etherlands, in 0FD>M3
. 'our Centuries o& Dutch-American *elations: 0451;<551, edited b& =ans Lrabbenda", Cornelis Abraha" *an Minnen, Giles
<cottA<"ith, Chapter @ /The Bilderberg Group and DutchAA"erican ;elations3, p' 1?1A10?
,n its *arious "eetings the Bilderberg Group dealt %ith a %hole range of issues facing the +est' Political and econo"ic topics
recei*ed "ore or less e(ual %eight' +hat is "ore, the Bilderberg discussions highlight the e$tent to %hich "an& political and
econo"ic issues are closel& interconnected' 6ne of the best e$a"ples is the GroupJs debate on 5uropean integration in the "idA
0F@?s' After the defeat of the 5uropean Defense Co""unit& /5DC3 b& the !rench parlia"ent in August 0F@2, the future of the
5uropean pro4ect do"inated se*eral Bilderberg "eetings' Proponents of 5uropean integration such as the for"er head of the
655C, ;obert Mar4olin, Gu& Mollet, and +alter =allstein, the +est Ger"an state secretar& for foreign affairs and future
president of the 55C Co""ission, used the "eetings to nurture a reliance euro!eenne' The& en*isaged 5uropean integration
not onl& as the best guarantee of binding Ger"an& irre*ersibl& to the +est# in light of the <o*iet ideological and "ilitar& threat,
the& regard a united 5urope also as a bul%ar7 against co""unist aggression and propaganda' More specificall&, "en such as
Mar4olin 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 "oderni:ing 5uropean societies b& encouraging "ore social
"obilit& and co"petition' ,n short, a united 5urope should restore 5uropeJs faith in the future, thus under"ining the ideological
siren call of co""unis" and pre*enting a return to the :eroAsu" protectionis" and aggressi*e nationalis" of the 0FE?s' The
Bilderberg "eetings also ga*e A"erican participants . a"ong the", George +' Ball, Paul G' =off"an, George !' Lennan, and
;obert D' Murph& . the opportunit& to influence the 5uropean debate on integration' <ecretar& of <tate -ohn !oster DullesJs
atte"pts to force the 5DC upon the reluctant !rench . fa"ousl& threatening an agoni:ing reappraisal of B'<' foreign polic& .
had badl& bac7fired' Conse(uentl&, the reach of official B'<' diplo"ac& in the field of 5uropean integration %as li"ited, hence
increasing the i"portance of infor"al channels' Ball, =off"an, and others used the Bilderberg "eetings to argue for the
ad*antages of a larger, "ore co"petiti*e 5uropean "ar7et, %hile A"erican officials (uietl& reassured the 5uropean participants
that no agoni:ing reappraisal had actuall& ta7en place in +ashington' A"erican e$perts on ato"ic energ&, "oreo*er, infor"ed
the 5uropeans on the latest de*elop"ents in this e"erging industr& and argued for a concerted 5uropean catchAup effort' The
A"erican Bilderbergers, in a %ord, used the "eetings to pro"ote the selfAA"ericani:ation of 5urope' -ohan +ille" Be&en,
foreign "inister of the )etherlands, strongl& supported Prince BernhardJs efforts to solidif& B'<'A5uropean relations and bring
about a relance euro!eenne' This beca"e e*ident in 0F@@, %hen Queen -uliana tried to put a halt to her husbandsJ acti*ities in
Bilderberg' The Dutch cabinet resisted the (ueen, in part because Be&en felt that the Bilderberg "eetings ser*ed a *aluable
purpose' The foreign "inister no doubt reali:ed that the prince %as a considerable international asset for the )etherlands' The
Bilderberg connection opened e*en "ore doors for the prince than his ro&al title alread& did' Bernhard regularl& *isited the
+hite =ouse and fre(uentl& acted as a ro*ing econo"ic a"bassador for the )etherlands . pro"oting, a"ong other things, the
Dutch aircraft industr& and LGM' ,n the earl& 0FD?s, Prince Bernhard also crossed into constitutionall& "ore ha:ardous
territor& b& using his Bilderberg connections to under"ine !oreign Minister GunsJs position on +est )e% Guinea' During the
0FD> Bilderberg "eeting in <%eden, the prince told A"erican diplo"ats that Guns en4o&ed li"ited support for his hardAline
polic& in the )etherlands' ,n the earl& 0FD?s, the Bilderberg Group entered a "ore Atlanticist phase in its e$istence after the
initial e"phasis on 5uropean integration' -oseph ;etinger resigned as honorar& secretar& general because of health proble"s .
he died in 0FD? . and %as succeed b& the Dutch"an 5rnst *an der Beugel, a highAran7ing for"er diplo"at and co""itted
Atlanticist' 5*en "ore i"portant than these personal de*elop"ents %ere the longAter" effects of the <ue: crisis and the return
to po%er of Charles de Gaulle in !rance' ,f "ost Bilderbergers had regarded 5uropean integration and Atlantic cooperation as
"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 first
Bilderberg conference in -anuar& 0F@F, 8an der Beugel %arned !oreign Minister Guns that the Gaullist design for a united
5urope %as based solel& on the !rench desire to do"inate 5urope' During the !ouchet negotiations in the earl& 0FD?s, 8an der
Beugel %as one of a group of Dutch Atlanticists %ho strongl& and publicl& supported Guns in his stubborn opposition to the de
GaulleAAdenauer design for a "ore independent 5urope' The Dutch foreign polic& elites in the earl& 0FD?s %ere !lus
americains =ue les Americains and The =ague succeeded in foiling de GaulleJs design for a !renchAled Euro!e des !atries'
Throughout the decade, the Bilderberg "eetings %ere an i"portant arena for the debates bet%een Gaullists, Atlanticists, and
5uropeanists' B& the "idA0FD?s it %as clear that the Gaullists had failed to con*ert a "a4orit& of their 5uropean partners' After
de GaulleJs -anuar& 0FDE *eto of British entr& into the Co""on Mar7et . a "o*e directed in part against the Bnited <tates . the
Bilderberg "eetings ser*ed to rall& 5uropean support for the Atlantic Alliance' The Bilderberg discussions sho% that one
reason for the strong opposition to de Gaulle %as the %idel& shared perception that his policies dangerousl& under"ined the
basic consensus on %hich the alliance %as founded: that +estern unit& %as essential in the Cold +ar# that the Bnited <tatesJ
presence in 5urope %as necessar& and desirable# and, finall&, that integration and cooperation %ere to be preferred o*er
nationalis" and unilateral action' A different challenge to the Atlantic Alliance %as posed b& the protest "o*e"ent of the
0FD?s' The 8ietna" +ar and the Ci*il rights (uestion caused a se*ere crisis of legiti"ac& for the Bnited <tates and other "a4or
countries of the de"ocratic +est' +ith the ad*ent of "odern co""unications technolog& . particularl& tele*ision . this crisis
de*eloped a transnational d&na"ic hard to control' ,n 0FDD, 8an der Beugel %arned the Bilderberg steering co""ittee that the
basic assu"ptions of practicall& e*er& participant in the Bilderberg conferences . na"el& the need for 5uropean integration,
the need for a "a$i"u" of cohesion in the Atlantic %orld, and the need for a strong defensi*e posture to%ards the 5astern
Bloc . %ere no longer shared b& large parts of the +estern publics, especiall& the &oung people' ,n the follo%ing &ears, the
Bilderberg Group e"bar7ed on a sustained re4u*enation progra"' Despite the generational conflicts and internal strife of the
0FD?s and 0FK?s, the Bilderberg Group continued to attract i"portant participants, also fro" &ounger generations' 4eaders of
international organi=ations such as the AEC5, the ,orld 'an!, the IM2, the European Commission, and *A&A were
particularly eager to participate &hey saw the meetings as a !ey source of information and as an effective way of
influencing ,estern policy agendas @ simply because the attitudes and views of those attending were bound to be
influential In fact, all *A&A secretaries general, from 4ord Ismay to 6aap de Hoop Scheffer, have participated in
'ilderberg meetings ,n a si"ilar *ein, s"aller nations such as the )etherlands reali:ed that the& could e$ert influence far
be&ond their hard po%er resources through the effecti*e use of soft po%er in organi:ations such as Bilderberg' The fact that
three fre(uent Dutch participants si"ultaneousl& headed i"portant international institutions in the 0FK?s . -oseph Guns as
secretar& general of )AT6, <icco Mansholt as president of the 55C Co""ission, and 5"ile *an Gennep as secretar& general of
the 65CD . is telling in this respect' 2or ban!ers and captains of industry the high+level contacts and information gained
at the meetings were no less important 5avid 3oc!efeller has said that up to 08 percent of his important international
contacts were established at 'ilderberg ,t is a desideratu" of research on transatlantic elite net%or7s to trace the i"pact of
such contacts on the econo"ic relations bet%een the Bnited <tates and 5urope' &he list of 'ilderberg participants does ma!e
clear that in the wa!e of the growing effects of globali=ation in the ./08s, multinationals and ban!s such as Ahold, A!=o,
'P, Coca+Cola, %oldman Sachs, *estle, Paribas, Philips, and Qero# were increasingly eager to participate At about the
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 had
declined to do ,n the "idA0FK?s, a public scandal o*er Prince BernhardJs acceptance of illicit funds fro" the A"erican
defense giant Goc7heed seriousl& endangered the future of the Bilderberg Group' The 0FKD "eeting %as canceled and the
"e"bers of the A"erican steering co""ittee reached the conclusion that Bernhard should resign' Man& of the oldAguard
Bilderbergers thought this %ould "ean the end of the Group' et, in a telling sign of the i"portance of the organi:ation, a group
of &ounger "e"bers, including Ger"an Chancellor =el"ut <ch"idt, insisted on continuation' 5rnst *an der Beugel re"ained
secretar& general . later succeeded b& a Dutch professor of econo"ics, 8ictor =alberstadt . and Queen Beatri$ to so"e e$tent
inherited her fatherJs role b& beco"ing a Bilderberg regular, thus ensuring a continuing Dutch fla*or to the "eetings' Perhaps
surprisingl&, 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 Soviet
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
point reinforced by the global challenges of the Cold ,ar and decoloni=ation
. 'our Centuries o& Dutch-American *elations: 0451;<551, edited b& =ans Lrabbenda", Cornelis Abraha" *an Minnen, Giles
<cottA<"ith, Chapter @ /The Bilderberg Group and DutchAA"erican ;elations3, p' 10EA10D
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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 that
the proper stud& of political "an7ind is the stud& of po%er elites, %ithout %hich nothing that happens can be understood' These elites,
preferring to %or7 in pri*ate, are rarel& found posed for photographers, and their influence upon e*ents has therefore to be deduced
fro" %hat is 7no%n of the agencies the& e"plo&' There are do:ens of such agencies, and financial support recei*ed fro" one or other
or all three big A"erican foundations A ;oc7efeller, Carnegie and !ord A pro*ides an infallible "eans of recogni:ing the"' 6ne of the
"ost blatant of these agencies, despite its adoption of a secret societ& techni(ue, is the Bilderberg Group, %hich see"s to ha*e been
inspired b& an i"portant e*ent' ,n the &ear 0F?1, secret agents of the )e% or7 Mone& Po%er and their +ashington fugle"en had
the"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 created,
four &ears later, the "eans %hereb& the Mone& Trust %as enabled to sei:e control of the entire A"erican econo"& through the
"echanis" of the !ederal ;eser*e Board' ,n !ebruar& 0F@K, a si"ilarl& hushAhush conference too7 place at <t' <i"ons ,sland in the
sa"e region' A Zsu""ar&Z of the proceedings %as entered b& <enator +ile&, cha"pion of the GeftA%ing, in the appendi$ of the
Congressional ;ecord' ,t referred to Zthe preser*ation of peaceZ under the auspices of )ato, %hich re*ealed nothing' The co"position
of the gathering, ho%e*er, %as re*ealing' )obod& %ith ;ightA+ing *ie%s %as per"itted to attend' +ile& %as acco"panied b&
!ulbright, both of the B'<' !oreign Affairs Co""ittee' <ul:berger of the )e% or7 Ti"es %as there' <o %as the "&sterious Gabriel
=auge, said b& the +all <treet -ournal to be Zthe e$pert %ho tells ,7e %hat to thin7Z' <o %as the onl& less "&sterious George Lennan,
for"er A"bassador to ;ussia' <o %ere the representati*es of the ;oc7efeller !oundation and the Carnegie 5ndo%"ent for
,nternational Peace' A <upre"e Court -udge %as reported to ha*e been present, although he did not register' +estbroo7 Pegler, the
courageous A"erican colu"nist, belie*es that he %as !eli$ !ran7furter, the patron of Dean Acheson and Alger =iss a"ong other
dubious proteges' There %as also Gord Lil"uir, %ho as <ir Da*id Ma$%ell !&fe figured a"ong that of a "ore i"probableloo7ing <cot
than could be i"agined' +hat these agents of !inancial -e%r& %ere plotting %as nothing to the benefit of the so*ereign independence
of the nations of the +estern +orld'
The follo%ing people %ere also present:
-'=' ;etinger, Polish Charge dSAffaires in ;ussia, 0F20# -oseph 5' -ohnson, President, Carnegie 5ndo%"ent for ,nternational Peace#
=on' !'D'G' Astor, 5ditor, The 6bser*er, B'L'# G'+' Ball, Attorne&, Clear&, Gottlieb, !riendl& and Ball, B'<'# !rit: Berg, Chair"an,
!ederation of Ger"an ,ndustries, Ger"an&# M' )uri Birgi, <ecretar&AGeneral, Ministr& of !oreign Affairs, Tur7e&# 5ugene ;' Blac7,
President, ,nternational Ban7 for ;econstruction and De*elop"ent# ;obert ;' Bo%ie, Ass' <ecretar& of <tate for Polic& Planning,
B'<'# McGeorge Bund&, Dean !acult& of A;ts and <ciences, =ar*ard Bni*ersit&# =a7on Christianson, Chair"an, 5ast Asiatic
Co"pan&, Den"ar7# +alter Cisler, Presidedent, Ato"ic ,ndustrial !oru", B'<'# Pierre Co""in, <ecretar&, !rench <ocialist Part&#
B'D' Coo7e, Director, Do"inion ,nsurance Co"pan&, B'<'# Arthur =' Dean, Ga% partner of -ohn !oster Dulles, for"erl& of <ulli*an
and Cro"%ell, B'<'# -ean de la Garde, !rench A"bassador to Me$ico# Tho"as 5' De%e&, Attorne&, for"er Go*ernor of )e% or7,
B'<'# <ir +illia" 5ddlitt, Air Chief Marshal, ;o&al ,nstitute, B'L'# !rit: 5rler, <ocialist M'P', Ger"an&# -ohn !erguson, Attorne&,
Clear&, Gottlieb, !riendl& and Ball, B'<'# Gincoln Gordon, Professor, Consultant to )atoSs ZThree +ise MenZ# <ir Colin Gubbins,
,ndustrialist, B'L'# Ga%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&, Gabour M'P' /no% Minister of Defence3, B'L'# Arnold D'P'
=eene&, A"bassador to B'<'A', Canada# Michael A' =eilperin, 5cono"ist, B'<'# =enr& -' =ein:, President, ='-' =ein: ] Co"pan&,
B'<'# Geif =oegh, Ban7er, )or%a&# Paul G' =off"an, !or"er Director, 5'C'A', B')' Delegate, B'<'# C'D' -ac7son, President, Ti"e
,nc', !or"er <pecial Assistant to the President, B'<'# +"' =' -ac7son, !or"er <pecial Assistant to the President B'<'# Per -acobson,
Man' Director, ,nternational Monetar& !und, <%eden# Georg Lurt Leisinger, Director of <pecial <tudies, ;oc7efeller !oundation#
Pieter Giefnic7, Director, ,nternational Monetar& !und, )etherlands# ,"briani Gongo, DirectorAGeneral, Banco )a:ionale del la*oro,
,tal&# Paul Martin, Minister =ealth and +elfare, Canada# Da*id -' Mcdonald, President Bnited <teel%or7ers# Geo' C' McGhee,
Director, Middle 5ast ,nstitute# ;alph 5' McGill 5ditor, Atlanta Constitution# Ale$ +' Menne, President, Association of Ger"an
Che"ical ,ndustries, Ger"an&# ;udolf Mueller, Ga%&er, Ger"an&# ;obert Murph&, Deput&ABnderA<ecretar& of <tate B'<'# !ran7 C'
)ash, Attorne& for"er Assistant <ecretar& of Defence, B'<'# Geo' )ebolsine, Attorne&, Coudert Bros, B'<'# Paul =' )it:e, Director,
Polic& Planning, <tate Depart"ent, B'<'# Morehead Patterson, Deput& Co""issioner of Disar"a"ent, B'<'# Don L' Price, 8iceA
President, ;ussian ,nstitute, Colu"bia Bni*ersit&# Da*id ;oc7efeller,
Chair"an of the Board, Chase )ational Ban7# -'=' 8an -oi4en, A"bassador to B'<', )etherlands# Dean ;us7, President, ;oc7efeller
!oundation# Paul ;&7ans, ,ndustrialist, )etherlands# -'G'<' <teele, Chair"an, British ,nternational Cha"ber of Co""erce, B'L'#
Ter7el M' Ter7elson, 5ditor, Den"ar7# -ohn M' 8or&s, Me"ber, !oreign Affairs Co""itteeN !raser B' +ilde, Co""' on 5cono"ic
De*elop"ent# 6tto *on A"erongen +ollf,Partner, 6tto +ollf, Ger"an&# +'T' +ren, Chair"an Allied ,ron !ounders, B'D'# Paul *an
Peeland, !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%erful
leftA%ing secret societ&?
+h& %ere these people present? +ho sent the"? +ho paid their fares? +ho sponsored their "eeting? +hat did the& discuss? +hat
did the& decide? +hat orders %ere the& gi*en? +as there an& co""on deno"inator of interest a"ong the"? es, the& %ere all
pro"oters of internationalis"' +ere the& instructed in the ne$t phase of the ad*ance to%ards 6ne +orld? The ans%er, be&ond doubt,
is es'
The $unday Times reported during 6ctober 0F@K that financiers and business"en fro" Britain, the Bnited <tates, Canada and thirteen
other +estern nations had begun pri*ate tal7s at !iuggi, ,tal&, on the 5uropean free trade area and the Co""on Mar7et pro4ects' There
%ere si$t& delegates, Mr' Maudling, the Pa&"asterAGeneral at the ti"e and the Minister responsible for BritainSs intended part in the
proposed 5uropean free trade area, and 8iscount Lil"uir, Gord Chancellor, attended' Gord Lil"uir said it %as a point of honour that
no 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*ate
indi*iduals'
There is no difficult& in recognising in this secret gathering the "&sterious Bilderberg Group, of %hich Prince Bernhard is the official
sponsor' As the author sur"ised after the <t' <i"ons ,sland "eeting, the purpose %as to speed up the cause of internationalis" and it is
interesting to ha*e confir"ed the fact that these agents of the Mone& Po%er %ere directl& concerned %ith the 5uropean free trade area'
A" , right in thin7ing that the %or7 underta7en b& the Bilderberg Group %as once underta7en b& such bodies as Chatha" =ouse? ,t
"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 Gord Lil"uir "aintained that all the Bilderberg GroupSs "e"bers spo7e
as pri*ate indi*iduals %ould he also ha*e 7no%n %hether the& paid their o%n e$penses %hen attending these "eetings in different
parts of the %orld? ,f the& did not, %ho did?
,n <epte"ber 0F@1 another "eeting of the Bilderberg Group too7 place in Bu$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 . the
nor"al hotel staff %as te"poraril& suspended during the in*asion so that alien %aiters and porters should ha*e the e$clusi*e dut& of
loo7ing after the conspirators' ,t %ould be interesting to 7no% ho% the foreign ser*ants ca"e to be collected for the 4ob and 4ust %hat
international securit& tests the& %ere called upon to pass'
The Ma&or of Bu$ton, %hose courteous function it %as to %elco"e conferences to his to%n, %as rudel& ignored, as the Queen see"s
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 in
their official capacities but as private citi=ens &hat fact was repeatedly stressed Cet, 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 @ in
a room at the 'u#ton police station ,hen as!ed about the authenticity of this rumour, the ConferenceMs 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 brought
along 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$ton asse"blage stan7 of its o%n furti*eness and
concealed ai"s'
At least t%ent&Afour of those %ho attended the Bu$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 AngloADutch Trade
Council and chair"an of an Zindustrial de*elop"entZ organisation called M,D5C' 6ne hundred and t%ent& 5uropean and si$ B'<'
fir"s %ere in this organisation in 0FD? for the purpose of Zde*elopingZ the Middle 5ast' 6ne of the B'<' "e"bers of M,D5C %as
;oc7efeller Centre ,nc' Both Da*id and )elson ;oc7efeller ha*e been and "a& still be "e"bers of the Council on !oreign ;elations'
-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% do:en copies of the ,nternational Monetar& !und %ee7l& %ill find plent& of e*idence to indicate that a good deal
of soAcalled Zecono"ic polic&Z, %hether in +ashington or ,ndonesia, Australia or <%eden, e"anates fro" a relati*el& s"all circle of
interested parties'
The follo%ing is a list of the na"es of conspirators %ho attended the Bu$ton "eeting' , use the %ord ZconspiratorsZ deliberatel&' Men
pursuing purposes %hich %ill bear the light of da& do not hold secret "eetings in different parts of the %orld' The %hole business
could be treated as schoolbo& silliness %ere it not for the fact that there e"erged fro" such gatherings policies hostile to the traditional
order of life' To depri*e the public of using the Bu$ton hotel coc7tail bar and other a"enities so as not to intrude on the pri*ac& of the
plotters has about it so"ething of the spirit of 0F12 and %ould be better accepted b& the co%ed citi:ens of Mosco% than it %as b& the
%holeso"e burgesses of Bu$ton'
-'=' ;etinger /=on' <ecretar&3# -o' 5' -ohnson /=on' <ecretar& in the B'<'3# =er"an -' Abs, Ger"an&# Dean Acheson, Bnited <tates#
Gio*anni Agnelli, ,tal&# G'+' Ball, B'<'# +al%orth Barbour, B'<'# +ilfred Bau"gartner, !rance# <ir 5d%ard BeddingtonABehrens,
B'L'# Berthold Beit:, Ger"an&# !rit: Berg, Ger"an&# Muharre" )uri Birgi, Tur7e&# P'A' Blaisse, )etherlands# -a"es C' Boden,
Ger"an&# 5ri7 Bohe"an, <%eden# Ma$ Brauer, Ger"an&# ;andolph +' Burgess, B'<'# Ge%is Ca"u, Belgiu"# Guido Carli, ,tal&#
Clifford P' CAse, B'<'# 8ictor Ca*endishABentic7, B'L'# <ir ;alph Cochrane, B'L'# 5rich Dethleffsen, Ger"an&# !rit: 5rler,
Ger"an&# -ohn !erguson, B'<'# ='T')' Gaits7ell, B'L'# +alter G' Gordon, Canada# -oseph Gri"ond, B'L'# <ir Colin Gubbins,
B'L'#+alther =allstein /Chair"an, 5uropean Co""on Mar7et Co""ission3# -oseph C' =arsch, B'<'# Gabriel =auge, B'<'# Denis
=eale&, B'L'# Michael A' =eilperin, B'<'# =' -' =ein: ,,, B'<'# Geif =oegh, )or%a&# C'D' -ac7son, B'<'# 8iscount Lil"uir, B'L'# 5')'
*an Lleffens# 8iscount Lnoll&s, B'L'# 6le B' Lraft, Den"ar7# Thor7il Lristensen, Den"ar7# Gio*anni !' Malagodi, ,tal&# -ohn -'
McClo&, B'<'# Geo' C' McGhee, B'<'# Philip 5' Mosle&, B'<'# ;oger Mot:, Belgiu"# ;udolf Mueller, Ger"an&#Alfred C' )eal, B'<'#
Geo' )ebolsine, B'<'# Paul =' )it:e, B'<'# Da*id 6r"sb&AGore, B'L'# P'!'<' 6tten, )etherlands# P')' Pipinelis, Greece, Alberto
Pirelli, ,tal&# Pietro Quaroni, ,tal&# <ir Alfred ;oberts, B'L'# Da*id ;oc7efeller, B'<'# Michael ;oss, B'<'# -ac(ues ;ueff# Paul
;&7ans, )etherlands# Carlo <ch"id, Ger"an&# C'8';' <chu&ler# -'G'<' <teele, B'L'# Ter7el M' Ter7elson, Den"ar7# =enr& Tiar7s,
B'L'# 5*er& A' 8er"eer, )etherlands# Marc +allenberg, <%eden# 6tto 8on A"erongen, Ger"an&# Paul *an Peeland, Belgiu"# -'D'
Pellerbach, B'<'
,n 0FD0 an article in the Toronto $tar read as follo%s: ZThe Tenth Bilderberg Conference attended b& se*ent& delegates fro" 5urope
and )orth A"erica %ound up &esterda& after three da&s of discussion of co""on proble"s' Participants, %hose na"es %ere not
disclosed, included leaders of the political, industrial, labour and professional fields of both continents, an official state"ent said'
Chair"an of the "eeting %as Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, %ho left Quebec &esterda& for ho"e after "a7ing pri*ate *isits to
cities in Me$ico, the B'<' and Canada' The state"ent said although the conference Zfollo%ed the original Bilderberg concept of not
atte"pting to reach conclusions or to reco""end policies, there %as substantial agree"ent on the need to pro"ote better
understanding and "ore effecti*e coAordination a"ong the +estern nations' Points of particular concern included the role of the )orth
Atlantic Treat& 6rganisation in %orld polic&, the strengthening of both the nuclear and nonAnuclear deterrent po%er of the alliance and
the responsibilit& for control of ato"ic %eapons inside )AT6, the state"ent said' SThe i"plications for +estern unit& of the change
in the relati*e econo"ic strength of the B'<' 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 a
bod& that does not atte"pt to reach conclusions or to reco""end policies' =o%e*er, there are other factors to be ta7en into account'
Quite 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$pense is incurred "erel& for the pleasure of
staging discussion not ai"ed at an& conclusion' Get there be no doubt about this business' +hen people li7e !ran7furter, Dean
Acheson and C&rus 5aton foregather it is not for the purpose of a"iable chats and "utual bac7scratching' If the 'ilderberg
conferences reach no conclusions and recommend no policies, it is because the conclusions have already been reached and the
policies determined, so that the delegates assemble to be told what the form is &hey do not need to be given their orders Ance
the form is declared they !now well enough that is e#pected of them, while for our part it be affirmed with assurance that the
'ilderberg Ppower+eliteP would not discuss the nuclear power deterrence of the *orth Atlantic &reaty Alliance in any sense
favourable to countries such as %reat 'ritain retaining nuclear weapons under their own sovereign control
<ir 5d%ard BeddingtonABehrens stated in The Times about -une 0FD?, %hen %riting an obituar& of -oseph ;etinger, that he, ;etinger,
Zfounded the Bilderberg Group, %hose "eetings under the chair"anship of Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands brought together the
leading political and industrial personalities fro" the B'<' and 5urope, to discuss %a&s of re"o*ing an& source of conflict bet%een the
B'<' and her allies' The "eetings, held %ith out an& 7ind of publicit& in 5ngland, =olland, Tur7e&, <%it:erland, or the Bnited <tates,
brought together leading states"en %ho could discuss their proble"s in pri*ac& and e$change points of *ie% %ith "en of e(ual
e"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 the
international 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 genuine
idealism &hat does not ma!e their pro"ects necessarily wholesome I affirm that the influences behind the European
movement which made use of 3etingerMs 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 industrial
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 on
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? Baruch?
!ran7furter? The Luhn, Goeb gang? And %h& the cloa7 and dagger stuff? ,s the Bilderberg Group an apparatus of Grand 6rient
Masonr&? +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 BeddingtonABehrens %ould perfor" a ser*ice to the +estern )ations if he %ould describe in "ore detail the %or7
and bac7ground of ;etinger, %ho %as a *er& "&sterious person indeed'
There are other points %orth noting' ,t %as possible for Dean Acheson, for"er B'<' <ecretar& of <tate, to slip in and out of Britain for
the Bu$ton Conference %ithout e$citing an& British ne%spaper co""ent' The Bilderberg Group had affir"ed its desire to strengthen
the )AT6 alliance, %hich %as brought into being to contain Co""unis"' et %hen t%o A"erican 4uries found Alger =iss guilt& of
per4ur& 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 sponsored
conferences' et C&rus 5aton %as notorious for his proACo""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& other
"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%er
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 offered
about the need for a secret societ& techni(ue so stringent that not e*en the honest British %aiters and %aitresses at a Bu$ton hotel could
be allo%ed %ithin earshot of the conspirators' Entil Prince 'ernhard and his colleagues e#plain themselves, which is an
improbable event, I propose to designate them as the chosen lac!eys of the *ew Cor! Money Power charged with the tas! of
plotting to bring into being a Ane ,orld tyranny
M& friend and colleague Austen Broo7s dre% the attention of readers of Candour to another e$ceedingl& curious e$traAgo*ern"ental
bod& %or7ing along lines %hich %ould suggest its affiliation %ith the Bilderberg group' 5arl& in 0FD> a do:en Zleading church"enZ
/of %ho", needless to sa&, one %as Canon -ohn Collins3 published an Zappeal to the British Go*ern"ent and peopleZ urging that
Britain should be prepared to renounce her independent nuclear deterrent' Co""enting on this, the 6bser*er %rote: ZBehind the
state"ent lies a strange and littleA7no%n relationship bet%een Church leaders and so"e of BritainSs bestA7no%n "ilitar& pundits' The
connection started bac7 in 0F@@, %hen ;ichard GooldAAda"s, foreign affairs co""entator, Denis =eale&, the Gabour politician,
Professor Blac7ett and ;earAAd"iral <ir Anthon& Bu::ard, for"er head of )a*al ,ntelligence and an acti*e Church"an, %ere %orried
about the lac7 of serious thin7ing about strateg& in Britain and, in particular, the undue reliance on the strategic =Abo"b'Z/)ote the
nuclear surrender hand in the ZstrategicZ glo*e'3 This (uartet, according to the 6bser*er, Zraised the proble"Z %ith the then Bishop of
Chichester, the late Dr' Bell, %ho in turn ZinterestedZ the chair"an and secretar& of the ChurchesS Co""ission on ,nternational
Affairs, <ir Lenneth Grubb and the ;e*' Alan Booth, and in -anuar&, 0F@K, a conference A described b& the 6bser*er as Za strange
asse"bl&, eight&Astrong, hardAheaded "ilitar& "en, 4ournalists and politicians surrounded b& clerical clothZ A %as held at the Bedford
=otel in Brighton' A continuation co""ittee %as set up and the Brighton Conference Association ca"e into being to %or7 against Zthe
undue reliance on the strategic =Abo"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& had
collected %as beginning to run out' But 4ust at that "o"ent, Denis =eale& "anaged to interest the !ord !oundation in this enterprise'
=e as7ed for onl& 0?,??? dollars' The& offered ten ti"es as "uch, and %ith this the Brighton Conference Association %ound itself up
and 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 of
BritainSs nuclear deterrent, %as then the Gabour 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 soon
adopted as the official polic& of the Gabour Part&' ,n 6ctober, 0FD2, the !abian Bilderberger Denis =eale& beca"e Minister of
Defence, an appoint"ent %hich %as the signal for the al"ost i""ediate abandon"ent of a nu"ber of British "ilitar& aircraft pro4ects'
Then, earl& in April, 0FD@, ca"e %hat %as for all practical purposes the renunciation of the British independent nuclear deterrent A the
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$che(uer, in his Budget speech' +hat Mr' Callaghan did not
announce %as that onl& a couple of "onths earlier the !ord !oundation had "ade a further grant to Mr' =eale&Ss ,nstitute for 0??,???
dollars loo7 parsi"onious' This %as a grant of @@?,??? dollars o*er si$ &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$pertZ to
reassure *ie%ers that the decision %as Z(uite rightZ' The Ze$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*iding
Mr' Buchan %ith the 4ob %hich Z(ualifiedZ hi" to pronounce a benediction on the polic& of Mr' =eale&' ,f the <ocialist Go*ern"ent
%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 0FD@ "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 Prince
Bernhard' 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 Enited
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 Enited States was needed as a stabili=ing force in Europe *ot surprisingly, therefore,
the organi=ers were strongly in favor of *A&A Prince 'ernhard made this clear at the beginning of the first meeting in ./;H(
>In the face of the present challenge the ,estern world must act as one ,e must therefore find appropriate forms of action
Ane of the best ways to do this seems to me to ma!e multilateral agreements, such as for instance *A&A? T&picall&, at the
0F@@ "eeting in Ger"an& both Gord ,s"a&, the first secretar&Ageneral 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 bias
did not "ean, ho%e*er, that onl& li7eA"inded people %ere in*ited to the "eetings' 6n the contrar&, a special effort %as "ade to
include representati*es of all political parties and trade unions, though co""unists, of course, %ere not included' Another lesson of
the interbellu" &ears had been that de"ocracies could be dangerousl& di*ided and *ulnerable' ,n the face of the co""unist threat, all
de"ocratic forces had to cooperate' &he 'ilderberg meetings were not intended to directly influence policy ma!ing 3ather, the
organi=ation provided a forum where Americans and ,est Europeans could influence each other As the Bilderberg organi:ers
put it:
The sole ob>ect o& these meetings is to reach a better understanding o& !re-ailing 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 together
in circumstances where discussions can be &ran% and where arguments not always used in !ublic debate can be !ut &orward9
6f course, gi*en the fact that o*er the &ears the Bilderberg "eetings consistentl& attracted highAle*el participants, in "an& cases the
discussions did ha*e an i"pact on polic& "a7ing' +e should be careful, ho%e*er, not to focus e$clusi*el& on these instances' Most
of all, transatlantic net%or7s %ere i"portant for building consensus on international issues, for e"phasi:ing co""on interests and
*alues in the Atlantic alliance, and for e$panding contacts a"ong the +estern foreign polic& elites' <ince )AT6 consisted of
de"ocratic countries, the organi:ation could not function effecti*el& %ithout a certain "easure of basic consensus, especiall& in
pursuing ne% policies' Therefore, a close collaboration bet%een +est 5uropean and )orth A"erican elites %as *ital to its e$istence'
,n practice, the e$istence of organi:ations li7e Bilderberg had se*eral conse(uences for the Atlantic alliance' !or one, such
organi:ations facilitated the (estbindung of the !ederal ;epublic at different sociopolitical and econo"ic le*els' The participation of
se*eral highAran7ing <ocial De"ocratic Part& /<PD3 politicians in the Bilderberg "eetings, for e$a"ple, contributed to the acceptance
of 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"portant
conse(uence %as the fact that A"ericaJs acti*e engage"ent in these net%or7s legiti"i:ed and enhanced the B'<' leadership role in the
alliance' Man& of the proble"s that see"ed to lead )AT6 fro" one crisis to another in the 0FD?s concerned the (uestion of B'<'
leadership' ,n particular, t%o issues stood out: nuclear strateg& . the (uestion of %hether 5urope should continue to rel& on the B'<'
deterrent . and !rench President Charles de GaulleJs challenge to A"ericaJs predo"inant position in 5urope' The (uestion is ho% the
transatlantic discourse concerning these t%o issues de*eloped in the Bilderberg Group and, conse(uentl&, %hat role transnational elite
net%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 )uenlist,
Anna Gocher, p' @0A@>
The 0FD0 Bilderberg "eeting: B'<' leadership and the nuclear (uestion

The Bilderberg "eeting in 0FD0 too7 place in <t' Castin, Canada, fro" >0A>E April' Co"ing so soon after the inauguration of B'<'
President -ohn !' Lenned&, it pro*ided 5uropean participants %ith the first possibilit& to get ac(uainted %ith the people and policies of
the ne% B'<' ad"inistration' In fact, many high+level members of Bennedy-s foreign policy team were already familiar faces at
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 was
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&A in the world policy of the member countries? and >the role and control of atomic weapons
inside *A&A? Gester B' Pearson, the for"er Canadian secretar& of state for e$ternal affairs, started off the discussions at <t' Castin
%ith an introduction identif&ing the "ost pressing issues confronting )AT6' Pearson %as a respected and %ellA7no%n diplo"at and
politician' =e had been a "e"ber of the 0F@D )AT6 Co""ittee of Three ad*ising on the future de*elop"ent of )AT6' Although in
fa*or of )AT6, Pearson did not hesitate to critici:e the shortco"ings of the alliance' !irst of all, the approaching nuclear deadloc7
bet%een the +est and the <o*iet Bnion urgentl& called for a rethin7ing of )AT6 strateg&' Moreo*er, the fact that the Cold +ar
battlegrounds had shifted fro" 5urope to Asia and Africa created difficulties, aggra*ated b& the global disruptions of the
decoloni:ation process' As Pearson put it, certain countries %ere proAAtlantic in Paris but not in )e% or7' +ith respect to nuclear
strateg&, Pearson said, the "ain difficult& to be o*erco"e %as the fact that )AT6 depended "ore and "ore on the nuclear deterrent
at a ti"e %hen the ris7 of nonAnuclear aggression %as increasing' )AT6Js lac7 of con*entional "eans to deal %ith li"ited conflicts
%as a real proble" in a situation %here a nuclear response %ould probabl& lead to total %ar' !ro" a 5uropean point of *ie%,
"oreo*er, the (uestion %as %hether the B'<' nuclear guarantee could still be trusted at a ti"e %hen the <o*iet arsenal directl&
threatened the )orth A"erican continent' Paul )it:e, the Assistant <ecretar& of Defense for ,nternational <ecurit& Affairs, and Albert
+ohlstetter, a ;A)D Corporation anal&st and foreign polic& ad*iser to the Lenned& ad"inistration, presented A"erican thoughts on
the nuclear issue' Both "en had been in*ol*ed in the drafting of the soAcalled Acheson ;eport, %hich ser*ed as a blueprint for the
)AT6 polic& of the ne% ad"inistration, and the& could therefore be e$pected to spea7 %ith so"e authorit& on an& changes or ne%
i"pulses in B'<' polic&' Assistant <ecretar& )it:e %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%erADulles 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 ha-e non-nuclear &orces a-ailable to Euro!e su&&icient to
balance the non-nuclear &orces o& the "9$9$9*9
This position %as adopted for three reasons' !irst, it %as clear that B'<' nuclear predo"inance %ould not last' <econd, if the +est
%anted to be in a position to seriousl& negotiate ar"s control and disar"a"ent, con*entional forces %ere necessar& as a fallbac7' The
third reason %as the ob*ious one, that if at all possible, the +est should get out of the position of e$cessi*e reliance upon nuclear
%eapons for its defense' )it:e e"phasi:ed that the Bnited <tates %ould ans%er an& nuclear or "a4or nonAnuclear <o*iet attac7
upon a )AT6 "e"ber %ith a full nuclear repl&' <till, )AT6 should be capable of resisting an& <o*iet nonAnuclear attac7 long
enough for significant political consultation %ithin )AT6, and long enough for the <o*iets to reassess the effect upon the"sel*es of
our deter"ination to react' ,ndeed, )AT6 should be capable of a fle$ible response' +ohlstetter based his presentation on his
influential article )uclear <haring: )'A'T'6' and the )^0 Countr&, published earlier that April in 'oreign A&&airs' =is "ain
conclusion %as that a proliferation of independent national nuclear forces or the creation of a )AT6 force %ould destabili:e the
international situation' Gi*en the high degree of interdependence bet%een 5urope and the Bnited <tates, the B'<' nuclear guarantee
re"ained the best solution' +ohlstetter thus clearl& departed fro" the 5isenho%er polic& of nuclear sharing' Predictabl&, especiall&
so"e of the !rench participants too7 issue %ith +ohlstetterJs state"ent' 6li*ier Guichard, a Gaullist "e"ber of the !rench )ational
Asse"bl&, pointed out that !rance %ould de*elop a nuclear capabilit& %ith or %ithout B'<' cooperation' ,f +ashington, ho%e*er, %as
prepared to gi*e technical assistance, Paris %ould be %illing to reconsider its infle$ible attitude on )AT6 stoc7piling in !rance and on
disar"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 B'<'ABritishA!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 consultation on
outAofAarea proble"s' But the Gaullist idea of a B'<'ABritishA!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 "inister
5elco *an Lleffens and <PD defense specialist !rit: 5rler, argued that there %as si"pl& no alternati*e to strong B'<' leadership in
)AT6' According to +ohlsetetter, e*en "an& of the !rench participants pri*atel& e$pressed doubts about de GaulleJs effort to build
an independent &orce de &ra!!e' The A"erican suggestion to base PolarisAar"ed sub"arines in 5uorpean %aters %as therefore
%elco"ed b& "ost participants' A lasting solution to the nuclear (uestion in 5urope %as, ho%e*er, not &et in sight' ,n this respect, it
%as telling that for"er B'<' <ecretar& of <tate Christian =erter, %ho in Dece"ber 0FD? had presented a plan for a "ultinational
)AT6 nuclear force, and Paul )it:e, %ho had 4ust counseled against =erterJs landAbased sche"e, %ere sitting at the sa"e table in <t'
Castin' Even in ,ashington there was no consensus on *A&A policy &hus, the 'ilderberg discussions served not only as a
transatlantic e#change of views, but also as a sounding board for the internal ES policy ma!ing process Prince Bernhard
hi"self told President Lenned& a fe% da&s after the Bilderberg "eeting that, based on the discussions, he had concluded that there
should not be a tripartite control o*er the use of nuclear %eapons nor a 0@Anation control through )AC, but rather he felt that the sole
control should rest %ith the President of the Bnited <tates' The tal7s in Canada had re*ealed strong ob4ections to the GaullistsJ ideas
about tripartis", especiall& a"ong the s"aller )AT6 countries' Lenned& replied %ith surprising candor that the Polaris proposals had
been "ade %ith the thought in "ind of discouraging the de*elop"ent of an independent nuclear capabilit& on the part of the !rench
and e*entuall& the Ger"ans' At the May ./17 'ilderberg meeting in Salts"obaden, Sweden, the future of the Atlantic alliance
was discussed at length Ma$ Lohnsta"", the *ice president of -ean MonnetJs Action Co""ittee for the Bnited <tates of 5urope,
presented a report on the relations bet%een 5urope and the Bnited <tates'
. Trans&orming NAT? in the Cold (ar: Challenges beyond Deterrence in the 0145s, 5dited b& Andreas +enger, Christian )uenlist,
Anna Gocher, p' @>A@@
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Bilder&erg Meetings Partici+ants H *merican Presidents
!nited "tates President D(ight D. %isenho(er shakes hands (ith C.D. 3ackson (left). C.D. 3ackson recei2ed his commission as "+ecial
*ssistant to the President and Chairman of the Psychological "trategy Board (later =+erations Coordinating Board). C.D. 3ackson (as a
Time"Life eBecti2e and one of the original Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ants. (*PEWide World Photos)
("orce7 #isenhower: T$rnin% the &or'( Towar( eace &y #arold "tassen and Marshall #ots)
!nited "tates President 3ohn F. $ennedy holds a disarmament meeting at the White #ose in ,64., +rior to the de+artre of the !.".
Delegation for the forthcoming 1ene2a Conference. Left to right are 3erome Wiesner, "+ecial *ssistant to the President@ CI* Director, 3ohn
McCone@ *rthr Dean, Permanent Chairman, !.". Delegation to Conference of Disarmament@ William Foster, Disarmament Director@
"ecretary of "tate Dean 8sk@ President $ennedy@ Pal 'it9e, *ssistant "ecretary of Defense for International "ecrity *ffairs@ and 1eneral
Lyman Lemnit9er, Chairman of the 3oint chiefs of "taff. !nder "ecretary of "tate 1eorge W. Ball is seated in the &ackgrond &ehind
$ennedy. 5rthur Dean, Dean 'us%, $aul Cit!e, General &yman &emnit!er, and George W. Ball attended the Bilderberg Meetings in the
past.
(BettmannEC=8BI")
1eorge C. Mc1hee, ne( !.". *m&assador to West 1ermany, calls on !.". President 3ohn F. $ennedy at the White #ose on May ,>, ,64/
to +ay a fare(ell call &efore re+orting to his ne( +ost, and to discss the PresidentLs forthcoming 2isit to 1ermany. 1eorge C. Mc1hee (as a
mem&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 !nited
'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&er
.>, ,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 Lyndon B. 3ohnson (right) s+eaks (ith (left to right) 'ational "ecrity *d2isor Walt 8osto(, !nder !.". "ecretary
of "tate 1eorge W. Ball, !.". "ecretary of Defense 8o&ert Mc'amara, and !.". "ecretary of "tate Dean 8sk a&ot the '*0=
conference of 3ne ,644 at the White #ose in Washington, D.C., !.".*. on 3ne ,-, ,644. 1eorge W. Ball attended the ,644
Bilder&erg Meetings that (as held in Wies&aden, 1ermany in *+ril ,644. 8sk and Mc'amara attended the Bilder&erg
Meetings in the +ast. (BettmannEC=8BI")
'ational "ecrity *d2isor #enry $issinger (left) and Chase Manhattan Bank Chairman and C%= Da2id 8ockefeller (center)
listen as !.". President 8ichard 'iBon deli2ers a s+eech in 'o2em&er ,646. Da2id 8ockefeller attended the ,646 Bilder&erg
Meetings that (as held in Marienlyst, Denmark in May ,646. (White #ose +hoto) ("orce7 Memoirs &y Da2id 8ockefeller)
!.". President 8ichard 'iBon (.nd left) a++ears (ith !.". "ecretary of "tate #enry $issinger (left), !.". Congressman 1erald
Ford (.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, ?irginia
in March ,64>. (White #ose Photo)
!.". President 3immy Carter greets Da2id 8ockefeller (left), the Chairman of the &oard of Chase Manhattan Bank, in *+ril ,6<-. Da2id
8ockefeller attended the ,6<- Bilder&erg Meetings in Bad *achen, 1ermany from ,<5.- *+ril ,6<-.
(White #ose +hoto@ "orce7 Memoirs &y Da2id 8ockefeller)
!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) $I""I'1%8,
"ecretary of "tate C)8!" ?*'C%, President 3immy Carter, D%*' 8!"$, 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 Bro(n, and #%DL%) D='=?*'. 0hird ro(, left to right7 'ational "ecrity *d2isor JBI1'I%W
B8J%JI'"$I, nidentified, 3ames 8. "chlesinger, nidentified, nidentified, nidentified.
('ote7 C*P" G Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ants)
(Photo7 1eorge W. Ball Pa+ers, "eeley 1. Mdd Manscri+t Li&rary at Princeton !ni2ersity)
M, %ent e*en deeper under co*er' Guc7il&, Dic7 )eustadt at =ar*ard had arranged for "e to attend "& first Bilderberg
"eeting, in 5lsinore, Den"ar7' Bilderberg is an organi:ation that started in 0F@2 in Bilderberg, =olland, founded b& a group of
pro"inent 5uropean and A"erican business e$ecuti*es and go*ern"ent officials to ha*e infor"ati*e and infor"al discussions,
pri"aril& about Cold +ar issues and the <o*iet threat to de"ocratic institutions in 5urope and the Bnited <tates' +hen , %ent
that &ear, it %as presided o*er b& Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands and%as attended b& such notables as Da*id ;oc7efeller,
C&rus 8ance, <ir 5ric ;oll, and 5rnst *an der Buegel' , %as e$cited to be attending because it %ould be a %indo% on the %orld
and %ould broaden "& perspecti*e' . 8ernon 5' -ordan, -r', +ernon Can *eadA A Memoir, p' 0F1A0FF
West 1erman Chancellor #elmt "chmidt (left) 2isits !.". President 3immy Carter in the =2al office at the White #ose in
Washington, D.C., !.".*. on 'o2em&er .-, ,6<-. #elmt "chmidt attended the ,6<- Bilder&erg Meetings held in *achen, West
1ermany 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 Chatea
Monte&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 residence
on 9une .*, .-3.. 6enry 7issinger attended the .-3. Bilderberg Meetings in Burgenstoc%, /?it!erland from .8-.: May
.-3..
(Photo7 8onald 8eagan Presidential Li&rary)
Da4id 'oc%efeller smiles as U./. $resident 'onald 'eagan recei4es a medal after 'eagan deli4ered a speech to the
Council of the 5mericas on May .), .-3:. Da4id 'oc%efeller attended the .-3: Bilderberg Meetings held at the @illa
dAEste 6otel in Cernobbio, 0taly from )2-)> 5pril .-3:. "$hoto by Tim ClaryDBettmannDC'B0/#
Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ant #enry $issinger (left) meets (ith !.". President 1eorge #.W. Bsh (center) and !.". "ecretary of "tate
3ames *. 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<;.
Bnited <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 'e(
%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 'ottach-
Egern, 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 Wolfo(it9 in the =2al =ffice on
March ,4, .--:. Pal Wolfo(it9 is a reglar Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ant. $aul Wolfo?it! attended the )**8 Bilderberg
Meetings held in 'ottach-Egern, Germany from May 8-3, )**8. (White #ose +hoto &y Pal Morse)
President 1eorge W. Bsh (left) (a2es as the former "ecretary of "tate #enry $issinger smiles for the camera dring a meeting at the
%conomic Cl& of 'e( )ork in 'e( )ork City on March ,>, .--<. 1eorge W. Bsh a++ointed #enry $issinger as the Chairman of the 6E,,
Commission@ #enry $issinger resigned to a2oid releasing his client lists. (8eters)
!nited "tates President 1eorge W. Bsh, Lara Bsh, and former !nited "tates President 1eorge #.W. Bsh (elcome $ing
3an Carlos of "+ain and Qeen "ofia of "+ain to the Bsh 8anch in Cra(ford, 0eBas on 'o2em&er .>, .-->. Qeen "ofia of
"+ain has attended se2eral Bilder&erg Meetings. (White #ose +hoto)
!.". 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 reglar
Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ant. #enry $issinger and 1eorge "hlt9 are mem&ers of the Concil on Foreign 8elations. (8eters)
President Barack =&ama, right, dri2es a golf cart (ith &sinessman ?ernon 3ordan, left, (hile +laying golf at Farm 'eck 1olf Cl& in =ak
Blffs, Massachsetts, !.".*. on the island of MarthaLs ?ineyard on *gst ./, .-,,. ?ernon 3ordan is a reglar Bilder&erg Meetings
+artici+ant. ("te2en "enneE*P Photo)
+ell, thereJs not a conspirac&' ,J*e been going since 0FDF' +e ha*e a discussion' ThereJs an agenda and %e discuss it' And
%e put out a report' 'ecause we don-t want any press coverage ,e don-t have to have press coverage
. 8ernon 5' -ordan -r', %hen as7ed about the Bilderberg Meetings
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!.". President Barack =&ama meets (ith ItalyLs Prime Minister Mario Monti in the =2al =ffice of the White #ose in Washington, D.C. on
Fe&rary 6, .-,.. (8eters)
!.". President Barack =&ama (right) shakes hands (ith "(edenKs Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (center) as British Foreign "ecretary William
#age (left) looks on at the start of the International "ecrity *ssistance Force meeting on *fghanistan dring the .-,. '*0= "mmit at the
McCormick Place con2ention center in Chicago on May .,, .-,.. (1etty Images)
President Barack =&ama confers (ith %ro+ean Concil #igh 8e+resentati2e 3a2ier "olana, (hile Prime Minister of "(eden Fredrik 8einfeldt,
left, and %ro+ean Commission President 3ose Manel Barroso, right, listen dring the !.".5%ro+ean !nion "mmit in the Ca&inet 8oom of
the White #ose on 'o2em&er /, .--6. 3a2ier "olana, 3ose Manel Barroso, and Fredrik 8einfeldt ha2e attended the Bilder&erg Meetings in
the +ast. (=fficial White #ose Photo &y Pete "o9a)
!nited "tates President Barack =&ama (left) meets (ith Pascal Lamy, Director51eneral of the World 0rade =rgani9ation (W0=), dring the
second day of the 1.- "mmit in Cannes, France on 'o2em&er >, .-,,. Pascal Lamy attended the 3ne .-,, Bilder&erg Meetings held in
"t. Morit9, "(it9erland.
5$tract fro" H9 *9 H9 Prince )ernhard o& the Netherlands: an authoriBed biogra!hy b& Alden =atch
&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"inent
states"en, financiers, and intellectuals fro" the principal nations of 5urope and the Bnited <tates "et together in, perhaps, the "ost
unusual 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 the
place' The participants %ere pledged not to repeat publicl& %hat %as said in the discussions' 5*er& person presentAPri"e Ministers,
!oreign Ministers, leaders of political parties, heads of great ban7s and industrial co"panies, and representati*es of such international
organi:ations as the 5uropean Coal and steel Co""unit&, as %ell as acade"iciansA%as "agicall& stripped of his office as he entered
the door, and beca"e a si"ple citi:en of his countr& for the duration of the conference' Thus e*er&bod& could and did sa& %hat he
reall& 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$traordinar&
character %ho flitted through 5urope tal7ing on inti"ate ter"s %ith Pri"e Ministers, labour leaders, industrial "agnates,
re*olutionaries, and intellectualsAin short, all the nonACo""unist rulers and %ouldAbe rulers of the free nations of 5urope'
Lra7a%, in Austrian Poland, %as ;etingerSs birthplace# his parents %ere landed gentr&' +hen he %ent to the <orbonne in Paris in
0F?D, at the age of eighteen, this bo& tal7ed his %a& into the heart of that cit&Ss literar& and artistic life, and %as called friend b& such
as Andrb Gide, Giraudou$, !rancois Mauriac, Maurice ;a*el, and the raffish Mar(uis Boni de Castellane' +hen he "o*ed on to
5ngland, =erbert As(uith, his %ife, outspo7en Margot, and Gord Balfour too7 hi" into their circle, and his "ost inti"ate friend %as
his fello%APole, -oseph Conrad'
;etinger had %hat C' D' -ac7son calls Za builtAin 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" fro"
all their countries, and the Bnited <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 %ith
the other e$iled Go*ern"ents' ,n 0F22 General <ir Colin Gubbins of The <'6'5' /the superAsecret <pecial 6perations 5$ecuti*e3
arranged for hi" to be parachuted into Poland %ith se*eral "illion dollars for the Polish ;esistance' At the age of fift&Asi$ ;etinger
4u"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 result
of the 4u"p, and he had to be spirited out of Poland on a stretcher'
!ro" that ti"e until his death in 0FD? Dr ;etinger de*oted his life to his one i"passioned, idealistic purpose of uniting and
strengthening 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 secretAser*ice operati*e -a"es Bond'
;etinger %as a frail, delicate little "an %ith a deepl& sea"ed face and (ui::ical e&es behind blueAtinted spectacles' =is big 4a% %as
ne*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 b&
*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 eighteenthAcentur& "an functioning in the t%entieth centur&, he %as not that at all' =e
ca",e straight out of the ;enaissance' ,nstead of the sceptical, prbcieuse attitude t&pical of the eighteenth centur&, his -esuitical
con*iction that the end 4ustified the "eans, and a Borgian aptitude for intrigue# but the ends he sought %ere ne*er selfish' The& %ere
good'
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 to
the sound of tru"pets and the ho%l of "otorAc&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 Geague of 5uropean 5cono"ic Cooperation /fro" %hich
e*ol*ed the Co""on Mar7et3, the 5uropean Mo*e"ent, and the 5uropean Centre of Culture %ould not ha*e seen the light %ithout
hi"' 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"e
deepl& concerned about the rising tide of antiAA"ericanis" in practicall& e*er& countr& of +estern 5urope' ,t %as not confined to
Co""unistAinfluenced or leftA%ing circles, but %as e(uall& pre*alent a"ong conser*ati*es and liberals' The Bnited <tates %as
disli7ed, feared, and sneered at %ith a unani"it& that %as re"ar7able a"ong the peoples of 5urope' This feeling threatened the
solidarit& 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 needed
po%erful assistance to put it into effect' <o he as7ed his friend Dr' Paul ;i47ens to get hi" an appoint"ent %ith Prince Bernhard, %ho
has described their "eeting:
Z,t 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
A"ericanis" in 5urope' , %as %orried about it, too' ,t see"ed illogical in the face of the Marshall Plan, "ilitar& assistance, )AT6,
etc', %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 partl&
real 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?S
And , said, S6f course'SZ
<itting on the edge of an eas& chair in BernhardSs troph&Afilled stud&, %ith his cane bet%een his spindl& legs, his ine*itable cigarette
burning furiousl&, and his e&es shooting spar7s behind his blueAtinted spectacles, ;etinger outlined his plan for bringing about better
understanding bet%een the touch&, suspicious 5uropeans and A"ericans' ,t consisted of t%o parts' The first %as to get the leaders of
opinion 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"ent at
a co"pletel& pri*ate "eeting of topAle*el people fro" both continents'
Bernhard %as all for it, but an unusual instinct for caution "ade hi" sa&, Z,t sounds %onderful, but ,Sd li7e another opinion' GetSs find
out %hat *an Peeland thin7s about it'Z /8an Peeland %as Pri"e Minister of Belgiu"'3
8an Peeland thought so"ething should be done, and (uic7l&' ;einforced b& his appro*al, Bernhard %ent to %or7 %ith ;etinger
rec7oned, 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 liberal
slant' Then Bernhard, using his personal prestige and ro&al le*erage, induced, %ith the help of ;etinger, %ho 7ne% practicall& all of
the", "ost of those selected to coAoperate'
,t %as (uite a list' 8an Peeland %rote a paper for Belgiu", =ugh Gaits7ell and Gord Portal spo7e for Great Britain, Pri"e Minister
Alcide de Gasperi for ,tal&, !oreign Minister 6le B4drn Lraft of Den"ar7 for <candina*ia# Gu& Mollet /for"er <ocialist Pri"e
Minister3 and Conser*ati*e Pri"e Minister Pina& for !rance, and Ma$ Brauer, 6tto +olff *on A"erongen, and Dr Meller for +est
Ger"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"e
reasons for disli7ing A"ericans, although there %ere, of course, so"e people %ith special grouses of their o%n' Bernhard, ;etinger,
and ;i47ens s&nthesi:ed the ans%ers into a single report co*ering the "ain criticis"s' Then Bernhard sent it confidentiall& to so"e of
his A"erican friends %ith the proposal that the& organi:e an ans%er'
The election of 0F@> %as in full s%ing in the Bnited <tates, and political bric7bats %ere fl&ing' )obod& had an& ti"e for Prince
Bernhard' 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 %hich
Bernhard replied, ZGood God, )6VZ
The "atter had to go o*er until after the election' Then Bernhard %ent to the Bnited <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 %as
then 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 BnderA<ecretar& of <tate for ne%l& elected President 5isenho%er, and %as engulfed in
the business of putting a ne% ad"inistration together' =e finall& turned the "atter o*er to C' D' -ac7son, a special assistant to the
President, 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""ittee
undertoo7 to draft an A"erican repl&, and a nu"ber of pri*ate citi:ens' 6ther fa"ous A"ericans %ere in*ited' Most of the
ad"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 ;oc7efeller
!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 personal
popularit&, the Bnited <tates %as at an allAti"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 Part&
for the first ti"e in t%ent& &ears' And, %orst of all, <enator McCarth& %as roaring through the land %itchAhunting for ;eds' =is
arrogant stooges had 4ust co"pleted their boo7Aburning tour of A"erican e"bassies in 5urope, and the %hole A"erican career i"age
of A"erica, erst%hile land of de"ocrac& and freedo", %as co*ered %ith "ud'
Bnder these circu"stances it loo7ed as though there %ould be a heated session at the =ftel de Bilderberg' Prince Bernhard, %ho %as
chair"an, said, ZThe "eeting %as "ost encouraging because people accepted the idea that there %ould be no publicit&, and e*er&bod&
could spea7 for hi"self, irrespecti*e of his position, (uite fran7l&Aand 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 Aliver 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 good
&he Prince !ept things in hand ,hen feeling got too tense he was able to rela# people with "ust the right witty crac!, or assert
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 Arder is restored?
*aturally the Europeans were continually needling the Americans about McCarthy Many of them seemed genuinely fearful
that the Enited States was heading for a 2ascist dictatorship &herefore, on the third day, Prince 'ernhard announced, PEven
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 thatP
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 the
"anner of a uni*ersit& professor, -ac7son told his audience a fe% facts of political life in the Bnited <tates' =e pointed out that in the
A"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'Z
Then he reached bac7 into histor& for the sa"e sort of de"agogue, telling the" of the spectacular but shortAli*ed careers of !ather
Coughlin and =ue& Gong'
=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 floor
of the <enate co"pletel& at *ariance %ith the Go*ern"entJs polic&' But, he pointed out, there %as no %a& to stop a Bnited <tates
<enator %hen he %ent on a ra"page' Part& discipline %as nonAe$istent in that case' Therefore, -ac7son said, the 5uropeans %ere right
to be interested in this peculiar pheno"enon of <enator McCarth&, but %rong to be fearful that he %as the first step to%ards !ascis"'
!inall& -ac7son "ade a rash prediction: +hether McCarth& dies b& an assassinSs bullet or is eli"inated in the nor"al A"erican %a&
of getting rid of boils on the bod& politic, , prophes& that b& the ti"e %e hold our ne$t "eeting he %ill be gone fro" the A"erican
scene'
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 "ade
the 5uropeans feel that the& had heard the truth about A"erica' %eorge Mc%hee of the Enited 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 to
continue the "eetings' A per"anent <teering Co""ittee %as set up to plan the agenda for future "eetings and decide %ho" to in*ite
according to the sub4ects to be discussed' Dr' ;etinger beca"e per"anent secretar&, until he died and %as succeeded b& 5rnst *an der
Beugel, %ho, incidentall&, said to the %riter, Z, a" allergic to international groups' , attended "& first Bilderberg "eeting %ith great
reser*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 organi:ation %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 can,
in 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 all
participants ha*e access' This "a7es possible an e$panding continuation of association for people %ho "ight not other%ise ha*e "et'
Three da&s at a Bilderberg Conference are not onl& a sti"ulating but also an e$tre"el& e$hausting e$perience, especiall& for Bernhard
and the other "e"bers of the <teering Co""ittee' =' -' =ein: ,, described a t&pical da&: Z+e sit fro" nine oScloc7 in the table' ;ight
after lunch %e go at it again until se*en oScloc7' !ifteen "inutes to %ash up, and then an e$ecuti*e session of the <teering Co""ittee'
That lasts an hour, and then %e ha*e dinner' After that %e tal7 so"e "ore, infor"all&' ,tSs a fifteenAhour da&, at leastVZ
Another "e"ber of the group said, Z+e "eet in such beautiful places, but %e ne*er ha*e ti"e to loo7 at the scener&'Z
<ince 0F@2, "eetings of the Bilderberg group ha*e been held once a &ear, so"eti"es t%ice' The <teering Co""ittee "eets "ore
fre(uentl&' The regular sessions are attended b& fro" fift& to eight& people' 5ach "eeting is held in a different countr&, but follo%s the
sa"e pattern' An entire hotel is ta7en o*er and closel& guarded' The "e"bers all li*e together, eat and drin7 together, for three da&s'
+i*es are not in*ited' Dr' ;i47ens sa&s, ZMore i"portant things are done and better understandings are often arri*ed at in pri*ate
con*ersations at lunch or dinner than in the regular sessions' Through the &ears %e ha*e achie*ed a sort of brotherhood of friendship
and trust'Z
The e$penses or each "eeting are borne b& pri*ate subscription in the host countr&, and Prince Bernhard al%a&s presidesAthough not
b& his o%n choice' At the *er& first "eeting he tried rotating the chair"anship, putting *an Peeland in the second da& and Mr'
Cole"an the third' ,t did not %or7' The other 5uropeans thought that *an Peeland %as too political and the A"erican De"ocrats felt
that Cole"an %as too oldAguard ;epublican' The& all begged hi" to beco"e per"anent chair"an' Because he %as ro&al and therefore
apolitical, and, further"ore, ca"e fro" a s"all nation %ith no large a$es to grind, he %as, in fact, the logical choice' ,n addition e*er&
one agreed that he handled the "eetings e$tre"el& %ell' Mr' =ein: sa&s, ,f Prince Bernhard had not e$isted ;etinger %ould ha*e had
to in*ent hi"'
There %as also the fact that his ro&alt& ga*e hi" considerable le*erage in inducing these *er& e"inent "en to gi*e up their pressing
affairs to attend the "eetings' This rather %orried Bernhard, %ho once said to *an der Beugel, Z,s it 4ust snobAappeal that brings the"?Z
8an der Beugel ans%ered forthrightl&, Z,f &ou can transfer snobbis" into so"ething fine and useful thatSs good' The authorit& %ith
%hich &ou can as7 people to attend "eetings is i"portant' 6n the other hand, &ou donSt get eight& outstanding people to drop
e*er&thing and go off to a foreign countr& 4ust for snobbis"' The %a& &ou "anage the thing and the i"portance of the enterprise are
%hat dra%s the"'Z
Mean%hile ;etinger brought in "an& "en of the nonACo""unist but radical left %ho "ight not ha*e responded to an in*itation fro"
Prince Bernhard' =o%e*er, e*en these %ould probabl& not ha*e consented to attend a conference %ith the "en of the conser*ati*e
right had the& not been reassured b& ha*ing in the chair a co"pletel& nonApolitical figure' As Dr' ;i47ens said Z)o one but Bernhard
could ha*e induced such old antagonists as Gu& Mollet and Antoine Pina& to sit at the sa"e table'Z
Prince Bernhard in his "ethodical %a& prepares *er& carefull& for each "eeting b& an intensi*e stud& of all the sub4ects on the agenda'
Then he ta7es copious notes at the "eetings, and at the end of each session tries to su" up %hat has been said and perhaps add a fe%
i"partial %ords of his o%n to clear the air' ,n spite of his preli"inar& %or7, Prince Bernhard confesses, Z, al%a&s go to the "eetings
%ith a feeling of great ner*ousness' There are so "an& e$plosi*e possibilities' But it is al%a&s tre"endousl& sti"ulating and
enor"ousl& interestingAin 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 *er&
little trouble %ith that'Z
6ne "eeting Bernhard %as particularl& ner*ous about %as the one at <t <i"ons ,sland, Georgia' Bnited <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 "an
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 the
Prince begins to "a7e signals' But he generall& gi*es the" a "inute "ore before ta7ing action' Z6nce or t%ice ,S*e had to be
unpleasant to so"ebod&, but that is *er& difficult for "e,Z he sa&s' Z,t is also difficult to 7eep a big bo& fro" tal7ing too long' , s%ing
"& %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)o%
that 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 shut
up a Bnited <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& said,
Z)o%, loo7, gentle"en, "& A"erican friends are afraid to tell &ou this, but %e ha*e had this rule about fi*eA"inute speeches at all our
"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 the
future if , let &ou get a%a& %ith a long speech'Z
ZThe& said the& %ould be delighted# no proble" at all' S,t 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 <%it:erland in 0FD?' =e
arri*ed fro" one of his Zselling tripsZ loo7ing utterl& e$hausted and %ith a bad cold' After presiding at the opening session he
de*eloped *irus pneu"onia' =e chose 5' )' *an Lleffens to ta7e the chair' Prince Bernhard sa&s, ZThis satisfied e*er&bod&, because
*an Lleffens had once ser*ed as President of the Asse"bl& of the B')'Z
+hile the "eeting %ent on Bernhard got sic7er and sic7er' Mean%hile, bac7 at the Palace, -uliana %as beco"ing *er& an$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 had
tal7ed to her husband again and that his te"perature had gone up' , said, S,Sll go i""ediatel& and as7 "& colleague Professor -ordan,
our specialist on internal "edicine, to go %ith "e'SZ
Professor )uboer had "ade their reser*ations on L'G'M' and borro%ed so"e "one&Ait %as <unda& and the ban7s %ere shutA%hen the
Queen called bac7' Z,S" going %ith &ou,Z she said' Z,S" 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 Gucerne' The Queen, -ordan, and , 7idnapped hi", literall&
7idnapped 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 Btrecht'
=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 spar7s
ha*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 another
it %as Que"o& and Matsu' The 5uropeans could understand the A"erican attitude about !or"osa, but defending the offAshore islands
see"ed to the" "ilitar& "adness for the sa7e of t%ea7ing the dragonSs tail' ZAt least %e "ade the" understand the necessit& of ta7ing
"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"ething
to "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 conferences,
%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 listen'Z
At one point the ine*itable lac7 of concrete results &ou could put &our finger on "ade Prince Bernhard %onder if it %as %orth %hile
continuing' =e sent out a (uer& to that effect to the "e"bers' A stor" of protest, especiall& fro" the A"ericans, con*inced hi" that he
should 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 in
international affairs' +hen as7ed for an e$a"ple of a Bilderberg acco"plish"ent George McGhee said, Z, belie*e &ou could sa& the
Treat& of ;o"e, %hich brought the Co""on Mar7et into being, %as nurtured at these "eetings and aided b& the "ain strea" of our
discussions 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 greatestAthe bringing together in friendship, e*en inti"ac&, of the leaders fro" "an&
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 Bnited <tates
during President 5isenho%erSs ad"inistration' +hen as7ed if he thought 5isenho%er had been influenced b& the Bilderberg
discussions Prince Bernhard said, Z, donSt 7no%' 6f course, , tal7ed to ,7e about it %hen , needed his help to gi*e A"erican officials
the 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 people in
the <tate Depart"ent %ho thought one should not go' The& %ould not allo% their people to co"e at first' Then after the first "eeting
the& 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&thingAan& stud& of that 7ind %hich helps international understanding' The Bilderberg "eetings enlightened
"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% that
so"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"ent
%ith %hat C'D' -ac7son calls ZBilderberg alu"niZA<ecretar& of <tate Dean ;us7, BnderA<ecretar& of <tate George +' Ball, George
McGhee, +alter ;osto%, McGeorge Bund&, Arthur Dean, and Paul =' )itse o*er at Defence' =o%e*er, the <teering Co""ittee tries
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 industr&,
statecraft, 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 Prince
Bernhard hi"self' +ithout his special position, intelligence and good%ill nothing li7e this could co"e about'Z
Then the BnderA<ecretar& of <tate added, Z, certainl& hope to continue to go the "eetings' <o does Dean ;us7'Z
The ,talian A"bassador in Gondon, <ignor Quaroni, said Z+hat a pleasant changeV ,n other places diplo"ats al%a&s lie to each other'Z
!ro" Prince BernhardSs point of *ie% the Bilderberg group gi*es hi" an opportunit& to %or7 in pri*ate, %ithout *iolating the
parlia"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 its
chances of success'
Z,t "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 practical
solutions for the British proble", the Co""on%ealth, and the soAcalled S6uter <e*en'Z +e %ould appl& the "ain lines of the Treat& of
;o"e in principle %ith certain pro*isos' !or e$a"ple, it "ight ta7e certain countries t%ent& &ears to adapt to its pattern of tree
"o*e"ent of labour, free "o*e"ent of goods and ra% "aterials, the lo%est possible custo"s barriers or none, coAordination of
industr&, etc'
Z,Sd li7e to see us all agree on basic principles, and then let one "an, li7e -ac(ues ;ueff, %ith a fe% helpers, %or7 it out' Big
co""ittees al%a&s fight' ,f %e could all agree beforehand in principle it %ould result, %ithout doubt, not in Btopia, but in an
e$tre"el& strong and health& 5urope' This in turn %ould bring the Bnited <tates into the econo"ic co""unit&' ,t %ould encourage a
great 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 autarch&
and 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& "uch
"ore easil& than if there are a hundred and fift& thousand restrictions' Also it %ould be easier for the" . their national pride . to
accept 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 >Ane 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 the
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 full
*A&A Fuota &here is "ust so much money, and there are so many things needed inside each country People donMt 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 arenMt able to achieve what we all basically want to do
,e donMt show the world clearly enough that our way is better than the Communist way, because we Fuibble and throw bric!s
at each otherMs heads 3eal unity comes only when we are scared+when the Soviets put the pressure on and the issue is war or
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 whole
place is not blown up first He foresees a Enited States of Europe in which borders are reduced to an absolute minimum, and
there is a common currency, a common financial policy, a common foreign policy, and a common policy of trade &he nations
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 PEach 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,P he said
PIt 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 one
built I thin! the nations of the Enited States of Europe will want to !eep their flags and their monarchs, certainly for the first
fifty or one hundred years, though in that case the monarchs should be "olly good+there will be more demands on a person than
ever before
>,hat I say is letMs 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 national
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 "a&
be 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 crusading
fer*our of the Mar$ist ;e*elation, ta7e o*er, there %ill be a return to a "ore de"ocratic t&pe of socialis" and a loosening of discipline
that %ill "a7e it possible to bring those lost lands bac7 into the 5uropean sphere' ZAllen Dulles laughs at "e,Z he sa&s, Zbut , thin7 that
the ;ussians %ill again beco"e friends %ith us, as the& ha*e been before'
Z!or this , 7no%, and e*en Allen Dulles agrees, that Co""unis" inside ;ussia is not the sacred shibboleth it used to be' A lot of
;ussians fran7l& ad"it that the& use it in other countries as propaganda in order to bring the" into their sphere' But that in ;ussia
itself it is getting a little out of date' ThatSs a lo*el& thought, but %hen it %ill co"e, or if it co"es in ti"e, %ho shall sa&''Z
Preceding e#tract from(
Hatch, Alden, MH 3 H Prince 'ernhard of the *etherlandsG an authori=ed biographyM
Sub"ect ( 'ernhard 4eopold, consort of 6uliana, Sueen of the *etherlands, Harrap, ./17
<ource: http:NN%%%'bilderberg'orgNbildhist'ht"O0F@2
The first Bilderberg "eeting filled the last three da&s of Ma& 0F@2MAt their first "eeting, Bilderbergers co*ered the follo%ing
broad areas, %hich re"ained focal points of discussion for successi*e "eetings: Co""unis" and the <o*iet Bnion# Dependent
areas and peoples o*erseas# 5cono"ic policies and proble"s# and 5uropean integration and the 5uropean Defense Co""unit&'
A"ong the people at the first "eeting %ere Da*id ;oc7efeller# -'=' =ein: ,, /his son, -' =ein: ,,, is one of the t%o richest
"e"bers of the B'<' <enate3# Dean ;us7, then head of the ;oc7efeller !oundation and later secretar& of state under Lenned&
and -ohnson# -oseph 5' -ohnson, head of the Carnegie 5ndo%"ent for ,nternational Peace and B'<' secretar& of Bilderberg#
Denis =eale&, Britains HsicI Gabor Part& "inister of defense 0FD2AK? and Chancellor of the 5$che(uer /Treasur&3 0FK2A0FKF#
+inston ChurchillJs close 5uropean collaborator Gord Boothb&# and the Bilderberg organi:ers "entioned abo*e' Prince
Bernhard told his biographer that it %as a beautiful "eeting because spar7s %ere fl&ing li7e cra:& bet%een A"ericans li7e C'D'
-ac7son and Britishers li7e <ir 6li*er !ran7s and Denis =eale& and =ugh Gaits7ell'M !ro" the start, Bilderberg has been run
b& a *er& s"all core group' +hen, in 0F@D, a steering co""ittee %as set up to help Prince Bernhard arrange further Bilderberg
"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' 0DDA0DK
3ames Wolfensohn (left), the President of 0he World Bank, s+eaks (ith "tanley Fischer (right), the First De+ty Managing Director of the
International Monetary Fnd (IMF), &efore a meeting at the IMF headAarters in Washington, D.C. on *+ril ,4, .---. 3ames Wolfensohn and
"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>A0FFE, 0FFD, 0FF1, >???A>?0>3'
*merican di+lomat 1eorge C. Mc1hee attended the Bilder&erg Meetings at least < times (,6:>, ,6:;, ,6:<, ,64/5,64;).
(Photo7 1eorge "kaddingE0ime Life)
Life maga9ine +&lisher C.D. 3ackson attended the Bilder&erg Meetings at least 4 times (,6:>, ,6:;, ,6:<, ,64.5,64>).
(Photo7 *lfred %isenstaedtE0ime Life)
Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands has attended the Bilder&erg Meetings .< times (,6;., ,6;>, ,6<>, ,6<45.--,, .--/5.-,,). Qeen
BeatriB 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;;5,6;<, ,6<-5,66., ,66>5.--<, .-,-5.-,,).
%tienne Da2ignon (right) has attended the Bilder&erg Meetings // times (,6;., ,6;>, ,6;;5,6;<, ,6<-, ,6</5,66., ,66>5.-,,).
Da2id 8ockefeller (center) has attended at the Bilder&erg Meetings on at least >< se+arate occasion (,6:>, ,6:;5,6:<, ,64/5,6;.,
,6;>5,6;:, ,6;;5,6<:, ,6<;5.--4, .--<5.--6, .-,,).

Pal Wolfo(it9 (left) has attended the Bilder&erg Meetings ,. times (,66-, ,66>5,66<, .---, .--/, .--:, .--;5.--6).
8ichard #ol&rooke (right) has attended the Bilder&erg Meetings ,. times (,66:5,666, .-->5.-,-).

Carl Bildt (left) has attended the Bilder&erg Meetings ,. times (,66.5,66/, ,6645,66;, ,6665.---, .--45.-,,).
3ean5Clade 0richet (right) has attended the Bilder&erg Meetings ,. times (,66:, ,6665.--:, .--;5.--6, .-,,).
-eanAClaude Trichet, President of the 5uropean Central Ban7, spea7s at a conference at Chatha" =ouse in Gondon'
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, prospects for
the partnership bet%een the Bnited <tates and 5urope present ne% opportunities and challenges' These underlie the creation of a
new world order, %here international cooperation "a& be i"pro*ed and regional disputes handled to the greatest ad*antage
of 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 Going,
published 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$ercised his burgeoning influence, telephoning Da*id ;oc7efeller and as7ing hi" to sponsor a s"all dinner part&
for Ma&er' =e follo%ed up %ith a letter to ;oc7efeller, suggesting se*eral na"es for an in*itation list' BallJs connection to ;oc7efeller had
been established and strengthened t%o &ears before %hen the t%o "en attended a pri*ate "eeting of select 5uropean and B'<' leaders in the
)etherlands' This pree"inentl& international asse"bl& beca"e the fourth and "ost i"portant seg"ent of BallJs e$tensi*e net%or7 of
influence' 6n Ma& >F, 0F@2, se*ent&Afour +estern political and financial leaders gathered for a threeAda& conference at the Bilderberg =otel
in 6osterbee7, =olland' Their goal %as to establish a highApo%ered foru" to pro"ote and protect 5uropean and B'<' relations' A feeling of
"alaise concerning intraA5uropean and B'<'A5uropean relations %as building' The concepts of a Bnited 5urope and a 5uropean defense
force %ere under fire' The Marshall Plan had recentl& co"pleted its "inistrations' 5uropean leaders %ere concerned about the future and felt
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 international
ad*enturer na"ed -oseph ;etinger' 6ne friend described ;etinger as a sort of Eminence Grise of 5urope, a Talle&rand %ithout portfolio'
A"ong "an& other e$ploits, at age fift&Ase*en and %ith no training in the fields of intelligence and %ar, ;etinger had parachuted into Poland,
%here he 4oined the underground in 0F22' +hile engaged in dangerous guerilla acti*ities, he suffered a degenerati*e neurological disease
and lost the use of his hands and feet' After escaping Poland, he decided to establish an infor"al organi:ation of dignitaries to i"pro*e B'<'A
5uropean relations' ,n 0F@> ;etinger approached Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands and as7ed hi" to ser*e as honorar& head of the
organi:ationM After establishing a s"all 5uropean co""ittee, ;etinger and Bernhard turned their attention to the Bnited <tates' BernhardJs
closest contact there %as General +alter Bedell <"ith, then under secretar& of state for 5isenho%er' Bernhard had 7no%n <"ith during the
%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 group,
Ball "ade hi"self indispensable to the organi:ation' Bet%een 0F@2 and his death in 0FF2, he attended e*er& "eeting of the Bilderberg group
but one' B& 0FF2, he and Da*id ;oc7efeller %ere the onl& original founders still in regular attendance' ,n addition to their regular "eetings,
the 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 Ball
sat on the steering co""ittee for t%ent&Afi*e &ears' ,n this position, he pla&ed a critical role in shaping the direction and discussion of the
organi:ation' Because Bilderberg has no per"anent "e"bership list, the group is highl& fluid and e*erAchanging in co"position' <teering
co""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 organi:ers ha*e been on the loo7out
for &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&, to
bring 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 Gabor Part& "e"ber' Bill Mo&ers %as recruited 4ust after lea*ing the +hite =ouse' Mo&ers ser*ed on the steering
co""ittee for se*eral &ears before resigning, to the great disappoint"ent of Ball and other oldAti"e Bilderbergers' !inall&, the steering
co""ittee decision "a7ers ha*e e"phasi:ed the need for di*ersit&' The& ha*e "ade a point of in*iting indi*iduals %ho represent different
points of *ie%' 6ne of the consistent ri*alries that resulted fro" this polic& %as that bet%een George Ball and Denis =eale&' Both %ere
bright founding "e"bers of Bilderberg, but the& disagreed strongl& on such basic issues as 5uropean integration . and the& irritated one
another personall& as %ell' 'ilderberg also brought together a wide variety of personalities drawn from business, government,
academia, and ban!ing An occasion, the steering committee issued invitations to captains of the mass media and leading "ournalists
&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 ha*e
not been in*ited' &he conference location is rotated, with no country hosting the event in consecutive years &he 'ilderberg meetings
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@2
included se*enteen influential A"ericans and fift&Ase*en 5uropeans dra%n fro" ten countries' The 5uropean representati*es included ele*en
Britons, nine !rench, nine Dutch, se*en Ger"ans, and se*en ,talians, as %ell as representati*es fro" Belgiu", Den"ar7, Greece, <%eden,
and )or%a&' Besides Ball, the A"ericans present at the first Bilderberg "eeting included Da*id ;oc7efeller, Paul )it:e, George McGhee,
and =arr& =ein:' The distinguished 5uropeans included Denis =eale&, 6li*er !ran7s, and =ugh Gaits7ell of Great Britain, and Gu& Mollet
and Antoine Pina& of !rance' !our issues do"inated that first "eeting: co""unis" and the <o*iet Bnion, peoples of the underde*eloped
%orld, econo"ic policies, and 5uropean integration' The Bilderberg group %as a *er& special organi:ation in George BallJs life' ,n his o%n
%ords: ,t has been a re"ar7abl& useful organi:ation' ,n fact, of all the organi:ations , ha*e e*er 4oined or belonged to, Bilderberg has been
the "ost useful'MAccording to Ball, Bilderberg %as enor"ousl&, effecti*e, especiall& in pro*iding a foru" %here people could tal7
perfectl& freel&, and %here ac(uaintances can be "ade' ,n his *ie%, the for"al sessions %ere less *aluable than people ha*HingI pri*ate
con*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 are
people %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 BallJs
4udg"ent' 3oc!efeller described 'ilderberg as >one of the most interesting organi=ations that I belong to? and admitted that >it gave
me an opportunity at a relatively early age to become acFuainted with some of the leaders in Europe and the Enited States on a very
informal basis, where one got to !now them on a first+name basis? ;oc7efeller %as onl& thirt&Aeight &ears old %hen he attended the first
Bilderberg "eeting' =e and Ball, %ho %as fort&Afi*e at the ti"e, %ere a"ong the &oungest participants' !ro" Ma& 0F@2 until Ma& 0FD?,
George Ball attended nine Bilderberg conferences' +hen he 4oined the Depart"ent of <tate as part of the Lenned& ad"inistration in 0FD0,
therefore, 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 $9 'oreign Policy b& -a"es A' Bill, p' @>A@2
5$cerpts on the Bilderberg Meetings
That autu"n, H-ohnI McClo& finall& accepted an in*itation to attend one of the e$clusi*e and highl& confidential "eetings of the
Bilderberg Group' This organi:ation had been founded in 0F@>A@E b& Dr' -oseph ;etinger and Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, the
consort to Queen -uliana' Bntil then, ;etinger, a for"er ad*iser to the Polish go*ern"entAinAe$ile during the %ar, had ser*ed as the
secretar& general of the 5uropean Mo*e"ent, a coalition of institutions dedicated to pro"oting 5uropean political and econo"ic unit&'
)earl& half of the 5uropean Mo*e"entJs budget %as pro*ided b& the C,AAfunded A"erican Co""ittee for a Bnited 5urope' ,n 0F@>,
;etinger, alar"ed b& the rise of antiAA"ericanis" in +estern 5urope, persuaded Prince Bernhard to head a ne% organi:ation designed
to influence public opinion b& bringing together leading A"erican and 5uropean personalities once a &ear for a freeA%heeling
discussion of their differences' As 3etinger later e#plained it to Prince 'ernhard-s official biographer, the idea was >to get the
leaders of opinion in the most important European countries to ma!e an appraisal of where the Americans were wrong? and
then >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 idea
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, then
director of the C,A' 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 too7
a %hile for -ac7son to organi:e the A"erican %ing of the group, but finall&, in Ma& 0F@2, the first conference %as held in the =otel de
Bilderberg, a secluded hotel in =olland, near the Ger"an border' Prince Bernhard and ;etinger dre% up the list of in*itees fro" the
5uropean countries, %hile -ac7son controlled the A"erican list' As 3etinger e#plained, invitations were Donly sent to important
and generally respected people who through their special !nowledge or e#perience, their personal contacts and their influence
in national and international circles can help to further the aims set by 'ilderberg- Americans li!e 5avid 3oc!efeller, 5ean
3us!, and 6oseph 6ohnson turned up in 'ilderberg to meet with such influential Europeans as 5enis Healey, %uy Mollet, and
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&A ,n 0F@K, the Bilderbergers al"ost ca"e to blo%s discussing the <ue: crisis of
the pre*ious &ear' <o"e of these discussions actuall& resulted in concrete steps' Ane 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 'ilderberg
meetings was less a matter of elite decision+ma!ing than yet another attempt to s!etch the boundaries of an Atlantic consensus
In this respect, Prince 'ernhard-s meetings were little more than an e#tension of the Council on 2oreign 3elations Indeed, the
steering committee of the American section of the 'ilderberg %roup consisted entirely of C23 members McClo& had been
in*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 last
"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 in
"idA<epte"ber 0F@1' <e*ent&Afi*e "en attended this session %ith McClo&, including =er"ann -' Abs, Dean Acheson, George Ball,
Da*id ;oc7efeller, Gio*anni Agnelli, and Paul )it:e' Prince Bernhard presided, as usual, and the discussion ranged o*er such broad
issues as )AT6 con*entionalAforce strateg&, 5uropean "onetar& polic&, the character of foreign aid for the de*eloping nations, and
the possibilit& of benign e*olution %ithin the <o*iet Bnion' The "inutes of the "eeting report that the Bilderbergers that &ear
so"eti"es felt that a general rela$ation of tension in the %orld could help that trend of e*olution %hich %e hope for inside the <o*iet
Bnion' And &et, as C'D' -ac7son put it, %e used to ha*e such a useful all& in the si"ple, b&:antine brutalit& of <talin' ou 7ne%
%here &ou %ere, and &ou also 7ne% that if &ou bu"bled &our %a& into trouble, &ou %ould be rescued b& <talin' That is no longer true
toda& %ith Mr' Lhrushche*, %ho is an infinitel& "ore subtle character' <till, a consensus e"erged that the see"ing ;ussian interest
in pre*enting the spread of ato"ic %eapons could lead the" to conclude so"e li"ited agree"ents' The "ost contentious issue
discussed that &ear, ho%e*er, concerned the 5uropeansJ criticis" of +ashingtonJs China polic&' 6nl& three %ee7s earlier, Chiang
LaiAshe7 had again instigated another crisis o*er Que"o& and Matsu' After he had steadil& infiltrated a hundred thousand of his
troops onto the t%o offshore islands, the Chinese co""unists had first protested and then initiated an artiller& bo"bard"ent of the
islands' 5isenho%er %as a%are that Chiang had pro*o7ed the crisis, but he %as un%illing to ha*e the Chinese co""unists o*errun the
islands' Publicl&, he announced that he had ordered t%o additional aircraft carriers to 4oin the <e*enth !leet in the !or"osa <traits'
Pri*atel&, he %as considering the use of tactical nuclear %eapons, an action !oster Dulles full& ad*ocated' 6nl& t%o da&s before the
Bilderberg Conference opened in Bu$ton, 5isenho%er %ent on national tele*ision and %arned that the Bnited <tates %as pledged to
defend !or"osa: There is not going to be an& appease"ent' !e% people at ho"e or abroad thought Que"o& and Matsu %ere %orth
going to %ar o*er' Most 5uropeans thought the %hole crisis %as absurd, and it frightened the" to thin7 that their A"erican allies
could e*en conte"plate allo%ing Chiang LaiAshe7 to drag the" into a %ar %ith China' ,t %as in this conte$t that McClo& and the
other A"erican in*itees to the Bilderberg Group found the"sel*es sub4ected to blistering criticis"' The 5uropeans felt the t%o islands
should be treated as part of the "ainland, and that the conflict o*er the" %as in realit& a further episode in the Chinese Ci*il +arM,n
Que"o& and Matsu the Bnited <tates had dug itself into an untenable position' The islands should be abandoned' This %as not all'
Most of the European 'ilderbergers favored seating communist China at the Enited *ations
. The Chairman: .ohn .9 McCloy/ The Ma%ing o& the American Establishment b& Lai Bird, p' 2K0A2KE /Chapter >>: ,7eJs +ise Man3
H)ote: The 0F@1 Bilderberg Meetings %as held in Bu$ton, 5ngland, not Bu$ton, North Carolina'I
A cop& of the -une F, >??D edition of The ?ttawa $un describing the Bilderberg Meetings that too7 place in 6tta%a, Canada
Copies of Getters and Correspondence bet%een Bilderberg Meetings Participants
Dean ;us7Js Getter to McGeorge Bund& on Dece"ber 0K, 0F@D
<ource: McGeorge Bund& Papers, -ohn !' Lenned& Presidential Gibrar&
<ource: McGeorge Bund& Papers, -ohn !' Lenned& Presidential Gibrar&
Mc1eorge Bndy (as the Dean of the Faclty of *rts and "cience at #ar2ard !ni2ersity (,6:/5,64,) and Professor of 1o2ernment at #ar2ard
!ni2ersity (,6:>5,64,) in ,6:;. Mc1eorge Bndy ser2ed as 'ational "ecrity *d2isor (,64,5,644) nder President 3ohn F. $ennedy and
President 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

<ir:

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

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

<incerel& &ours,



George +' Ball
A cop& of George +' BallJs Getter to Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands' /)ote: 6riginal letter can be found inside
the George +' Ball Papers at the <eele& G' Mudd Manuscript Gibrar& at Princeton Bni*ersit&3
3ose+h #. 8etingerKs tom&stone
5$cerpts fro" the 0FKK Bilderberg Meetings <u""ar& ;eport

5$cerpts fro" the 0F1? Bilderberg Meetings <u""ar& ;eport
>??D Bilderberg Meetings Participant Gist
>??F Bilderberg Meetings Participant Gist
B'<' <enator -acob -a*itJs ;eport on the 0FD2 Bilderberg Meetings
The follo%ing report %as entered into the Congressional ;ecord b& <en' -acob -a*its on April 00, 0FD2' <en' -a*its attended the 0FD2
Bilderberg Meetings in +illia"sburg, 8irginia' /<ee the Congressional ;ecord, 8olu"e 00?, Part D, April 00, 0FD2, pp' KD12AKD1@'3
&HE 'I45E3'E3% MEE&I*%S
Mr' -A8,T<' Mr' President, the 0Eth in a series of Bilderberg "eetings on international affairs, in %hich , participated, %as held in
+illia"sburg, 8a', on March >?, >0 and >>' These "eetings are designed to bring together leading figures in the Bnited <tates,
Canada, and +estern 5urope for infor"al roundtable discussions of international proble"s, particularl& those affecting the Atlantic
co""unit&' ,n 7eeping %ith the basic ob4ecti*es of increasing "utual understanding on both sides of the Atlantic through a free and
rela$ed e$change of ideas, the "eetings do not atte"pt to reach for"al conclusions or adopt resolutions' ;epresentati*es of
go*ern"ents as %ell as authorities in the fields under discussion attend in a personal capacit&, not official' The "eetings are pri*ate
and off the record, and attendance is confined to those %ho are actuall& participating'
, as7 unani"ous consent to ha*e printed in the ;ecord a bac7ground paper entitled ZThe Bilderberg Meetings,Z e$plaining the origin
and purpose of the Bilderberg "eetings, a list of the persons %ho attended the +illia"sburg series, and a list of the 0> "eetings %hich
had 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"ic
scene after +orld +ar ,,' The countries of the +estern +orld felt the need for closer collaboration to protect their "oral and ethical
*alues, their de"ocratic institutions, and their independence against the gro%ing Co""unist threat' The Marshall plan and )AT6
%ere e$a"ples of collecti*e efforts of +estern countries to 4oin hands in econo"ic and "ilitar& "atters after +orld +ar ,,'
,n the earl& 0F@?Ss a nu"ber of people on both sides of the Atlantic sought a "eans of bringing together leading citi:ens, not
necessaril& connected %ith go*ern"ent, for infor"al discussions of proble"s facing the Atlantic co""unit&' <uch "eetings, the& felt,
%ould create a better understanding of the forces and trends affecting +estern nations# in particular, the& belie*ed that direct
e$changes could help to clear up differences and "isunderstandings that "ight %ea7en the +est'
A3I%I*
6ne of the "en %ho sa% the need for such discussions %as the late -oseph ;etinger' ,n 0F@> he approached =';'=' Prince Bernhard of
the )etherlands %ith the suggestion of infor"al and unofficial "eetings to discuss the proble"s facing the Atlantic co""unit&' 6thers
in 5urope %holeheartedl& supported the idea, and proposals %ere sub"itted to A"erican friends to 4oin in the underta7ing' A nu"ber
of 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 the
Bilderberg =otel in 6osterbee7, =olland, fro" Ma& >F to Ma& E0, 0F@2' 5*er since, the "eetings ha*e been called Bilderberg
"eetings'
*A S&3IC& 3E4ES A2 P3ACE5E3E
!ro" the outset it %as the intention of the Bilderberg founders and participants that no strict rules of procedure go*ern the "eetings'
5*er& effort %as "ade to create a rela$ed, infor"al at"osphere conducti*e to free and fran7 discussions' Bilderberg is in no sense a
polic&"a7ing bod&' )o conclusions are reached' There is no *oting and no resolutions are passed' &he meetings are off the record
Anly the participants themselves may attend the meetings
PA3&ICIPA*&S
,t %as ob*ious fro" the first that the success of the "eetings %ould depend pri"aril& on the le*el of the participants' Geading figures
fro" "an& fields AA industr&, labor, education, go*ern"ent, etc' AA are in*ited, %ho, through their special 7no%ledge or e$perience, can
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 of
Congress of both parties'
6*er the &ears, Bilderberg participants ha*e co"e fro" the )AT6 countries, <%it:erland, <%eden, Austria, and !inland, and ha*e
included pro"inent indi*iduals such as Dean ;us7, Christian A' =erter, Maurice !aure, !ran:A-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'G'
<ul:berger, -oseph =arsch, and T'M' Ter7elsen' ,ndi*iduals %ith international responsibilities ha*e also participated, a"ong the"
being Gen' Alfred Gruenther, Gord ,s"a&, 5ugene Blac7, Gen' G&"an Ge"nit:er, PaulA=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 %ere
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& for
A"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& >FAE0, 0F@2'
>' Barbi:on, !rance, March 01A>?, 0F@@'
E' Gar"ischAParten7irchen, Ger"an&, <epte"ber >EA>@, 0F@@'
2' !redensborg, Den"ar7, Ma& 00A0E, 0F@D'
@' <t' <i"onJs ,sland, Georgia, Bnited <tates, !ebruar& 0@A0K, 0F@K'
D' !iuggi, ,tal&, 6ctober 2AD, 0F@K'
K' Bu$ton, Bnited Lingdo", <epte"ber 0EA0@, 0F@1'
1' esil7o&, Tur7e&, <epte"ber 01A>?, 0F@F'
F' Burgenstoc7, <%it:erland, Ma& >1A>F, 0FD?'
0?' <t' Castin, Canada, April >0A>E, 0FD0'
00' <alts4obaden, <%eden, Ma& 01A>?, 0FD>'
0>' Cannes, !rance, March >FAE0, 0FDE'
%ro+ean Central Bank (%CB) President 3ean5Clade 0richet gestres as he gi2es a +ress conference on in Frankfrt am Main,
1ermany *gst ;, .--<. (*FPE1etty Images)
!or %e %restle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against po%ers, against the
rulers of the dar7ness of this %orld, against spiritual %ic7edness in high places'
. 5phesians D:0>, Ling -a"es 8ersion /L-83

#ose of =range5'assa H Bilder&erg 1ro+7 * Dtch %nter+riseF
=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 GippeABiesterfeld as ;o&al consort of the )etherlands /right3
President of "ainland Co""unist China 9i -inping /second left3, his %ife Peng Gi&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 for
the official photo at the ro&al palace in A"sterda", )etherlands on <aturda&, March >>, >?02' /Photot: AP PhotoNPeter De4ong3
2rom 3ussia ,ith 4ove)( Bilderberg Meetings participant Queen Beatri$ of the )etherlands /left3 shares a toast %ith President
of ;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"itage
Museu" in A"sterda", )etherlands on April 1, >?0E' Sueen '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 direct
descendant of Catherine the Great and Peter the Great' /Photo: A!P Photo3
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (center) meets with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and his wife Sarah Netanyahu in the
Hague, Netherlands on January 19, 2012. (Photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)
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Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (.nd from right) a++ears (ith Chancellor of 1ermany *ngela Merkel on a state 2isit (ith Cro(n Prince
Willem5*leBander and Princess MaBima at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin on *+ril ,., .-,,. Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands, Cro(n
Prince Willem5*leBander, and *ngela Merkel ha2e attended the Bilder&erg Meetings in the +ast.
First Lady Michelle =&ama (center) and !.". President Barack =&ama (right) meet (ith the Cro(n Prince of the 'etherlands (left) and Cro(n
Princess 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*leBander of the #ose of =range (left) and his (ife Princess MaBima 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 of
Wales (Prince Charles), 0he Qeen of the 'etherlands (Qeen BeatriB), 0he $ing of 'or(ay ($ing #arald ?), Lord Carrington, and Lady
0hatcher (Margaret 0hatcher) ha2e attended the Bilder&erg Meetings in the +ast.
Former !.". President Bill Clinton meets Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands at the #is ten Bosch +alace in 0he #age, 'etherlands on March
,., .--,. Bill Clinton and Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands attended the ,66, Bilder&erg Meetings held in Baden5Baden, 1ermany in 3ne
,66,. (8etersEPoolE%d =denaarden)
*mericaKs President 1eorge W. Bsh (left) a++ears (ith Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands at a !.". cemetery at Margraten near Maastricht,
'etherlands on May, <, .--:, after laying a (reath at the cemetery, (here arond <,--- *mericans soldiers from World War II are &ried.
Bueen BeatriEAs father $rince Bernhard of the Cetherlands ?as a Ca!i // /tormtrooper before World War 00. Bueen BeatriE of the
Cetherlands 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 BeatriB of the 'etherlands, and Prince Clas of
the 'etherlands stand together &efore the "tate Dinner at the 'orth Portico of the White #ose on *+ril ,6, ,6<.. Prince Clas
of the 'etherlands attended the Bilder&erg Meetings in ,6<, and ,6<.. (Photo7 8onald 8eagan Presidential Li&rary)
Qeen "ofia of "+ain (left) and Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands attend the (edding of Cro(n Princess ?ictoria of "(eden and Daniel
Westling at "tockholm Cathedral in "tockholm, "(eden on "atrday, 3ne ,6, .-,-. Both Aeens attended the .-,- Bilder&erg Meetings that
(as held in "itges, "+ain from /54 3ne .-,-.
(Photo7 htt+7EEk+ress.comE.-,-E-4E..Ethe5(edding5of5cro(n5+rincess52ictoria5of5s(eden5to5daniel5(estlingEattachmentE6-:./>;E)
Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (left), the Co5Fonder of the Bilder&erg Meetings, a++ears (ith his daghter Qeen BeatriB
of the 'etherlands. Prince Bernhard (as a 'a9i "" stormtroo+er before World War II@ (hen asked a&ot his 'a9i eB+erience,
Prince Bernhard re+lied7 S(e had a lot of fn.T

Left +hoto7 $ing 3an Carlos of "+ain (left), Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (center), and Qeen "ofia of "+ain attended the
,6<6 Bilder&erg Meetings in La 0oMa, "+ain in May ,6<6.
8ight +hoto7 Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (left) and Prince Charles of Wales attended the ,6<4 Bilder&erg Meetings in
1leneagles, "cotland in *+ril ,6<4.
$ing Carl 1staf of "(eden (left), Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands, and Qeen "ofia of "+ain ha2e attended the Bilder&erg
Meetings in the +ast.
Qeen %li9a&eth II of 1reat Britain (L) and her hs&and Prince Phili+ (8) are greeted &y Qeen BeatriB 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 *msterdamLs %nglish 8eformed Chrch and to 2isit the International Cort of
3stice in 0he #age. (*FPE1etty Images)
Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (L) and Prince Phili+, Dke of %din&rgh, attend a commemoration of the World War II li&eration of 'iMmegen
in 'iMmegen, 'etherlands on "e+tem&er .-, .--6. (1etty Images)
!nited 'ations "ecretary 1eneral Ban $i Moon (left) talks (ith Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands at Palace his ten Bosch in the
'etherlands on Fe&rary ,, .--;. (*FPE1etty Images)
!nited 'ations "ecretary51eneral $ofi *nnan talks (ith Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands after recei2ing an honorary doctorate
from the !ni2ersity of 0il&rg in 0il&rg, 0he 'etherlands on 'o2em&er .,, .--.. Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands is a reglar
Bilder&erg Meetings +artici+ant. (Photo &y Michel PorroE1etty Images)
Qeen BeatriB 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 BeatriB of the
'etherlands follo(ed &y a lnch meeting (ith De+ty Prime Minister Jalm and Minister Bot of Foreign *ffairs. Bueen BeatriE
of the Cetherlands attended the )**2 Bilderberg Meetings in /tresa, 0taly in 9une )**2.
(Photo &y Michel PorroE1etty Images)
*fghanistanKs President #amid $ar9ai (center), Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (left), and her son Prince Willem5*leBander of
the 'etherlands +ose at the royal +alace #is 0en Bosch in 0he #age dring $ar9aiLs t(o5day 2isit to the 'etherlands on 3ne
,-, .--<. Bueen BeatriE of the Cetherlands attended the )**3 Bilderberg Meetings held in Chantilly, @irginia, U./.5.
from 8-3 9une )**3. (8eters)
'*0= "ecretary 1eneral Lord 1eorge 8o&ertson (left) a++ears (ith Qeen BeatriB 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 BeatriB of the
'etherlands attended the Bilder&erg Meetings together in ,66< and .--,. (ContinentalE*FPE1etty Images)
Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (left) 2isits President of 8ssia ?ladimir Ptin at the $remlin in Mosco(, 8ssia on 3ne :, .--,. Bueen
BeatriE of the Cetherlands attended the )**. Bilderberg Meetings in /tenungsund, /?eden from )2-): May )**..
(Photo &y =leg 'ikishinE1etty Images)
Margit Fischer (left), (ife *strian President #ein9 Fischer, Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (center), and Prince #assan &in *l 0alal from
3ordan, right, arri2es for Middle %ast "mmit at the city hall in ?ienna, *stria, on 3anary ,-, .-,-. (*P Photo)
Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (right) +oses (ith Foreign Minister of 0rkey *&dllah 1l (left) and his (ife $hayrnnssa +on her arri2al at
%rkilet air+ort &efore her 2isit to the city of $ayseri, 0rkey on Fe&rary .<, .--;. (*FPE1etty Images)
*ngela Merkel (left), Chancellor of 1ermany, smiles dring a meeting (ith Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands in 0he #age,
'etherlands on March ,,, .-,-. 5ngela Mer%el and Bueen BeatriE of the Cetherlands attended the )**8 Bilderberg
Meetings held in 'ottach-Egern, Germany from 8-3 May )**8. (8eters)
"te+hen #ar+er (left), Prime Minister of Canada, +oses (ith Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands at the 8oyal Palace #is 0en
Bosch in 0he #age, 'etherlands on May ;, .-,-. /tephen 6arper and Bueen BeatriE of the Cetherlands attended the
)**+ Bilderberg Meetings held in @ersailles, 1rance from .8-.3 May )**+. (8eters)
Cro(n Prince Willem *leBander of the 'etherlands, MeBicoKs First Lady Marta FoB, MeBicoKs President ?icente FoB, Qeen
BeatriB of the 'etherlands, Princess MaBima of the 'etherlands, and Pieter 2an ?ollenho2e +ose for a +hoto at the 'oordeinde
Palace in 0he #age, 0he 'etherlands on 3anary .;, .--/. (Photo &y Michel PorroE1etty Images)
Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (left) and MeBicoLs President Feli+e Calderon toast dring a dinner in the AeenLs honor at the
Cha+lte+ec Castle in MeBico City 'o2em&er /, .--6. (8eters)
Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (center) stands &et(een 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 DeMongEPool)
Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (center) and her son Prince Willem5*leBander of the 'etherlands (right) a++ear (ith President of France
3acAes Chirac at a &anAet on Fe&rary .6, .--- (N 3acAes Lange2inE"ygmaECor&is)
Qeen BeatriB 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 BeatriB of the 'etherlands
dring 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 BeatriB of the 'etherlands (left) and 8ssiaKs President ?ladimir Ptin toast after they n2eiled a +laAette (ith hand im+rint of Peter
the 1reat dring a tor of the *msterdam #ermitage Msem in *msterdam, 'etherlands on *+ril <, .-,/.
(8%!0%8"E*leBei Dr9hininE8I* 'o2ostiEPool)
Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (left) and 8ssiaKs President ?ladimir Ptin toast after they n2eiled a +laAette (ith hand im+rint of Peter
the 1reat dring a tor of the *msterdam #ermitage Msem in *msterdam, 'etherlands on *+ril <, .-,/.
Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (left) +asses the *ct of *&dication to her son $ing Willem5*leBander of the 'etherlands
(center) to sign as his (ife Qeen MaBima of the 'etherlands (right) looks on dring the a&dication ceremony in the Moses9aal
at the 8oyal Palace in *msterdam, 'etherlands on *+ril /-, .-,/. Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands a&dicates the throne after a
// year reign and transfers the throne to her son $ing Willem5*leBander. Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands, a longtime mem&er
of the Bilder&erg 1ro+, annonced her a&dication on 3anary .<, .-,/. (Photo &y Bart Maat 5 PoolE1etty Images)
Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (left), the otgoing Qeen of the 'etherlands, and her son $ing Willem5*leBander of the
'etherlands hold hands at the 8oyal Palace in *msterdam, 'etherlands on *+ril /-, .-,/. (*P PhotoEBart Maat, +ool)
Cro%n Princess Beatri$ of the )etherlands /left3 and her groo" Prince Claus of the )etherlands /right3 sit together during their
%edding da& in A"sterda", )etherlands on March .8, ./11' Beatri$Js father Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /glasses
abo*e his e&es3 is seated behind Prince Claus' Prince 'ernhard of the *etherlands attended the ./11 'ilderberg Meetings
held at the Hotel *assauer Hof in ,iesbaden, ,est %ermany Inear 2ran!furt am MainJ from &hursday, March 7;, ./11
until Sunday, March 70, ./11 /A!PNGett& ,"ages3
Prince Willem5*leBander of =range (left) and his mother Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands ha2e attended the Bilder&erg
Meetings together in the +ast.
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /right3 initiates his >0A&earAold daughter Cro%n Princess Beatri$ /born 0FE13 as an =onorar&
Co""ander into the 6rder of Malta in The =ague, )etherlands on -une >>, 0F@F' /AP Photo3
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /right3 initiates his >0A&earAold 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 Prince
Consort of the )etherlands fro" <epte"ber D, 0F21 to April E?, 0F1?' /AP Photo3
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Prince Phili+, Dke of %din&rgh (left) greets Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands in *msterdam, 'etherlands in ,64;.
President =arr& Tru"an and !irst Gad& Mrs' Tru"an %elco"e Queen -uliana of the )etherlands and her husband Prince Bernhard of
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 "tate
Dean *cheson a++ear at a formal rece+tion +arty in the 'etherlands in *+ril ,6:.. Dean *cheson and Prince Bernhard attended se2eral
Bilder&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 1rindel(ald (here he is staying (ith his (ife
Princess 3liana of the 'etherlands and their daghter. 0he Dtch royal family maintained ties (ith 8oyal Dtch "hell in the +ast (hile the
8ockefeller family maintained ties (ith 2arios "tandard =il com+anies. (!nder(ood H !nder(oodEC=8BI")
President D(ight D. %isenho(er (right) and Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands enMoy a lagh together &efore their lncheon meeting at the
White #ose in Washington, D.C. on March 4, ,6:>. 0he Prince (as in the !nited "tates on an indstrial ins+ection tor. Prince Bernhard of
the 'etherlands (old +reside o2er the first Bilder&erg Meetings in =ster&eek, 'etherlands on May .6, ,6:>. (BettmannEC=8BI")
!nited "tates President D(ight %isenho(er (left) shakes hands (ith Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands, the hs&and of Qeen
3liana of the 'etherlands, at the White #ose in Washington, D.C., !.".*. on March .;, ,6:/. (*P Photo)
Bnited <tates President D%ight 5isenho%er /left3 sha7es hands %ith Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, the husband of Queen
-uliana of the )etherlands, at the +hite =ouse in +ashington, D'C', B'<'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 Washington,
D.C. on *+ril .:, ,64,. 0he Bay of Pigs in2asion in C&a occrred from ,;5,6 *+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)
President 3ohn F. $ennedy meets (ith Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands in the =2al =ffice of the White #ose in Washington,
D.C. on *+ril .:, ,64,. 0he Bay of Pigs in2asion in C&a occrred from ,;5,6 *+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)
President 3ohn F. $ennedy meets (ith Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands in the =2al =ffice of the White #ose in Washington,
D.C. on *+ril .:, ,64,. 0he Bay of Pigs in2asion in C&a occrred from ,;5,6 *+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)
President 3ohn F. $ennedy meets (ith Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands in the =2al =ffice of the White #ose in Washington,
D.C. on *+ril .:, ,64,. 0he Bay of Pigs in2asion in C&a occrred from ,;5,6 *+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 Washington,
D.C., !.".*. on *+ril ,/, ,64:. Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands attended the ,64: Bilder&erg Meetings held in Cerno&&io,
Italy 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 Lther
$ing 3r. at the Concert #all in *msterdam, 'etherlands on =cto&er .-, ,64:. 0he Prince (as a(arded an honorary degree in
economics &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 'iBon (center) and !.". 'ational "ecrity *d2isor
#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 'iBon.
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 "eets %ith =ar*ard Bni*ersit& President )athan M' Puse& at =ar*ard Bni*ersit& in
Ca"bridge, Massachusetts, B'<'A' /near Boston3 on -une K, 0FDK' /Photo: ;ecord A"erican <unda& Ad*ertiser3
/<ource: http:NN%%%'eba&'co"Nit"N0FDKAPrinceABernhardAofATheA)etherlandsAandA)athanAPuse&APressAPhotoA
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President 1eorge #.W. Bsh (alks (ith Qeen BeatriB of 0he 'etherlands. Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands is a longtime Bilder&erg
Meetings +artici+ant. Qeen BeatriBKs father is Prince Bernhard, fonder of the Bilder&erg Meetings and a former 'a9i "" "torm 0roo+er.
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 *isits -oseph 5' -ohnson, President of Carnegie 5ndo%"ent for ,nternational Peace in
0FK0' Both "en %ere regular Bilderberg Meetings participants'
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Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (.
nd
left) a++ears (ith Italian car manfactrer and Fiat chairman 1io2anni *gnelli (.
nd
right)
in an ndated +hoto. (Photo7 htt+7EElaragosta.tm&lr.comE+ostE.66,//::<<,)
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)
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 BeatriB 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&erg
Meetings together in ,64: and ,64;.
8ight +hoto7 Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands, her son Prince Willem5*leBander, her ftre daghter5in5la( Princess MaBima, and her late
hs&and Prince Clas of the 'etherlands smile for the camera +rior to Willem5*leBanderKs marriage. Qeen BeatriB, Prince Willem5*leBander,
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:<. From
left to right7 Princess BeatriB of the 'etherlands (later Qeen BeatriB), Prince Phili+, Qeen %li9a&eth II of 1reat Britain, Qeen 3liana
of 0he 'etherlands, Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands, and Princess Irene of the 'etherlands.
(Photo7 htt+7EEtheroyalsorce.&logs+ot.comE.-,/E-,Ethe5old5+hoto5Aeen5&eatriB5Aeen.html)
Queen Beatri$ of the )etherlands brandishes a pistol in an undated photo'
'elson Mandela (center), "oth *frican leader of the *frican 'ational Congress (*'C), a++ears (ith Qeen BeatriB 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;. Dr.
*nton 8+ert is seen sitting on the far right. (Photo7 htt+7EEde2.codeB.co.9aE(((.+eace+arks.orgEne(s.+h+FmidG4<>H+idG;.)
1ro #arlem Brndtland (left), the former Prime Minister of 'or(ay, 'elson Mandela (center), former President of "oth *frica,
and Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands attend the +resentation of the For Freedoms *(ards in Middel&rg, 0he 'etherlands on
3ne <, .--.. Gro 6arlem Brundtland and Bueen BeatriE of the Cetherlands ha4e attended the Bilderberg Meetings in
the past. (Photo &y Pal ?reekerE1etty Images)
'elson Mandela (left) is seen holding hands (ith Qeen BeatriB 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 'etherlands,
inclding Bilder&erg Meetings organi9er Prince Bernhard (seated, left), Qeen 3liana of the 'etherlands (seated, right), and
then5Princess BeatriB of the 'etherlands (standing, second from right).
File +hoto of Prime Minister Manmohan "ingh (ith Qeen BeatriB of the 'etherlands (second from left), Prince Willem
*leBander and Princess MaBima dring a 2isit &y the Dtch royal family to India in .--; (Photo7 0he #ind Bsiness Line)
Geft 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 @, 0FKF'
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /center3 appears %ith -oseph Guns /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,. Prince
Bernhard (as the Chairman of the Bilder&erg Meetings from ,6:> to ,6;4. When asked a&ot his 'a9i eB+erience, Prince Bernhard re+lied7
SWe had a lot of fn.T Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (as the co5fonder of the Bilder&erg Meetings, and he (as a 'a9i "" stormtroo+er
for a short time &efore World War II. 'a9i (ar criminal *dolf %ichmann (as +rosected in an Israeli cort in ,64, for eBterminating 3e(s in
concentration cam+s dring World War II. 0his +hoto (as +&lished in +age 4, of the &ook Days of Davi( )en *$rion, a &ook edited &y =had
Jmora, Mordechai Barkai, 'ahm Pndak, and Israel "tockmann (1rossman P&lishers, 'e( )ork, ,64;).
Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (left) greets "hah Mohammad 8e9a Pahla2i of Iran and his (ife Qeen Farah Pahla2i in
0ehran, Iran in ,6;,.
* state +ortrait taken at the 8oyal Palace on May .., ,6:6 sho(s Qeen 3liana of the 'etherlands (left) talking (ith the "hah
of Iran (center) and Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands. (BettmannEC=8BI")
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands jokes with President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (left), previously Joseph Desire Mobutu,
after presenting the President with the Order of the Golden Arch on August 15, 1973. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
presided over the 1973 Bilderberg Meetings that was held in Saltsjbaden, Sweden (near Stockholm) from 11-13 May 1973.
(Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
President Mo&t "ese "eko of Jaire (right) a++ears (ith Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands in Jaire on *gst ,:, ,6;/.
(Photo7 Dtch 'ational *rchi2es)
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands meets with Mobutu Sese Seko (left), President of Zaire (formerly Congo), in Zaire on August
15, 1973. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands presided over the 1973 Bilderberg Meetings that was held in Saltsjbaden,
Sweden (near Stockholm) from 11-13 May 1973. (Keystone Photo)
Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (left) a++ears (ith President of Indonesia 1eneral "harto (.nd left), First Lady "iti #artinah
O"hartoP (.nd right), and Qeen 3liana of the 'etherlands (right) dring a state 2isit at "oestdiMk Palace in the 'etherlands on
"e+tem&er /, ,6;-. ($eystone Photo)
Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands (left) and his (ife Qeen 3liana of the 'etherlands (.nd left) greet IndonesiaKs strongman
1eneral "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 cigarette,
during 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 Photo3
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 congratulates -ean Monnet in 0FKK' /Le&stone Photo3
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, %ho is attending the 5uropeanAA"erican Association Con*ention in ;o"e, %as granted an
inter*ie% %ith Pope Pius 9,, /reign, 0FEFA0F@13 at Castlegandolfo, the PopeJs su""er residence near ;o"e, on <epte"ber 0F,
0F@@' Prince Bernhard is the ne% President of the 5uropeAA"erica Association' &he September ./;; 'ilderberg Meetings
was held at the %rand Hotel Sonnenbichl in %armisch+Parten!irchen, ,est %ermany Ilocated south of Munich in the
'avarian AlpsJ from 79+7; September ./;; /Le&stone Photo3
Field Marshal Bernard La( Montgomery, ,st ?iscont Montgomery of *lamein (center) conslts a ma+ (ith Lietenant51eneral
Brian 1. #orrocks (left) and Prince Bernhard of the 'etherlands in "e+tem&er ,6>>. Lietenant51eneral Brian 1. #orrocks (as
commander of the British *rmyKs /-th Cor+s and res+onsi&le for the o+erationKs grond forces. (Photo7 Im+erial War Msems)
)orth A"erican Test Pilot -oe G&nch /left3 and Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands appear %ith a T!A1D <abre airplane in 0F@2'
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Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands appears %ith his daughter Queen Beatri$ of the )etherlands /center3
The <hah of ,ran escorts Queen 5li:abeth of Great Britain %hile Prince Asch%in of GippeABiesterfeld /brother of Prince
Bernhard of the )etherlands3 escorts the <hahbanou of ,ran at a ban(uet'
/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
The %edding of Princess Beatri$ of the )etherlands and her husband Prince Claus of the )etherlands %as held at the +ester7er7
in A"sterda", )etherlands on March 0?, 0FDD' The +ester7er7 is a large church located not far fro" the building that hid
Dutch -e%ish teenager Anne !ran7 during +orld +ar ,,'
/Photo: http:NN%%%'unofficialro&alt&'co"Nro&alA%eddingsNdutchAro&alA%eddingsN%eddingAofAbeatri$AofAtheAnetherlandsAandA
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The Dutch ;o&al !a"il&, including Princess Beatri$ of the )etherlands /seated, fourth fro" left3, her soonAtoAbe husband Prince
Claus of the )etherlands /seated, third fro" right3, and her father Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /third fro" left3, pose for a
group portrait in 0FDD' /Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
Princess Beatri$ of the )etherlands and her husband Prince Claus of the )etherlands "eet %ith Prince Asch%in /Princess
Beatri$Js uncle3 and his %ife <i"one at the <chipholAA"sterda" Airport in Ma& 0FD1'
/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
:intage Photos of Prince 'ernhard of the *etherlands
I,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 )a:i Ger"an ar"&
officer /standing behind Prince Bernhard3' /Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
Princess -uliana of the )etherlands appears at a train station in Berlin, )a:i Ger"an& on 6ctober 01, 0FED' =er soonAtoAbe brotherAinAla%
Prince Asch%in of GippeABiesterfeld /&ounger brother of Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands3 is seen %earing a )a:i Ger"an ar"& unifor"'
/Photo: http:NN%%%'geheugen*annederland'nlN?NnlNite"sNL6)B?@:1KKN]p\>]i\F]st\%ehr"acht]sc\`>1%ehr"acht
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Princess -uliana departs =otel 5den in Berlin in 6ctober 0FED %ith her future brotherAinAla% Prince Asch%in /dressed in a )a:i
Ger"an ar"& unifor"3' /Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
Princess -uliana of the )etherlands /center3 appears %ith the e$iled Laiser +ilhel" ,, of Ger"an& /right3 at the LaiserJs =uis
Doorn residence in the )etherlands' Queen -uliana of the )etherlands %as the greatAgreatAgranddaughter of Ling !rederic7
+illia" ,,, of Prussia' Laiser +ilhel" ,, of Ger"an& %as the greatAgrandson of Ling !rederic7 +illia" ,,, of Prussia' Ling
!rederic7 +illia" ,,, of Prussia %as the Ling of Prussia fro" 0KFK until his death )o*e"ber 0D, 0KFK until -une K, 012?'
The GippeABiesterfeld !a"il& Portrait' !ro" left to right: Bernhard, !ather, Mother, and &ounger brother Asch%in
/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
The GippeABiesterfeld !a"il& Portrait' Prince Bernhard is seated on the far right'
/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
!or"al +edding Portrait of Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands, his %ife Princess -uliana of the )etherlands, and !riends in The
=auge, )etherlands on -anuar& K, 0FEK'
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 and his &ounger brother Prince Asch%in of GippeABiesterfeld ride a bic&cle'
/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /right3 appears %ith his %ife Princess -uliana of the )etherlands /left3 and his brother Prince
Asch%in' /Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 appears %ith his %ife Princess -uliana of the )etherlands /center3 and his brother
Prince Asch%in' /Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /center3 appears %ith his %ife Princess -uliana of the )etherlands /left3'
/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 and Prince Asch%in of GippeABiesterfeld /%ith his older brother /Photo:
http:NN%%%'findagra*e'co"NcgiAbinNfg'cgi?page\gr]G;id\K012?F103
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands is seen s"iling %hile riding inside a car'
/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /center3 %al7s %ith his fiancbe Princess -uliana of the )etherlands in 0FED'
/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /center3 appears %ith his %ife Princess -uliana of the )etherlands atop a balcon&'
/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'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$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'ht"l3
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /center3 appears %ith his %ife Princess -uliana of the )etherlands /right3'
/Photo: http:NN*i*a"a$i"a'centerblog'netNrubAasch%inA*anAlippeA'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
Prince Bernhard /:ur GippeABiesterfeld3 of the )etherlands /right, %earing a carnation on his 4ac7et3 and his sonAinAla% Claus
*on A"bsberg' /!ro" the archi*es of the ;8D, 0FDK3
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 appears %ith his &ounger brother Prince Asch%in of GippeABiesterfeld in the
)etherlands on April 2, 0FDD'
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /right3 and his friends en4o& their drin7s at a coc7tail part&'
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /left3 and 5n:o !errari stand beside a !errari EE? GT <eries 0 car on Ma& >>, 0FD2'
/Photo: http:NN%%%'EE?gt'co"N!actor&Photos'ht"3
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands
Prince Bernhard of the )etherlands /for"erl& Bernhard :ur GippeABiesterfeld3 displa&s his bo$ing s7ills'
/<ource: http:NN*orige'nrc'nlNinternationalNarticle>@??E2K'ece3
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