Hastings Ismay

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Person.png Hastings Ismay  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(lawyer, diplomat, politician)
Ex Secretary General of NATO.

Employment.png Secretary General of NATO

In office
March 24, 1952 - May 16, 1957
DeputyAdolph Bentinck
Succeeded byPaul-Henri Spaak
The first Secretary General of NATO.

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In office
28 October 1951 - 12 March 1952
Preceded byPatrick Gordon Walker

Career

At the War Office, Ismay served as an intelligence officer with responsibility for the Middle East, Far East, the Americas, the Soviet Union, Poland and the Baltic States. Ismay enjoyed his work, and wrote that "intelligence is perhaps the most interesting of all Staff work."

Secretary General of NATO

At the Lisbon Conference, the members of NATO agreed to appoint a Secretary General who would direct the organisation's staff and serve as Vice Chairman of the Atlantic Council. The position was initially offered to Sir Oliver Franks, but he declined. As such, the allies scrambled to find someone else to take the position. Two weeks later, the countries agreed to ask Ismay to become Secretary General at the suggestion of Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden.

Bilderberg

In 1955 Der Speigel named Hastings Ismay as a Bilderberg attendee.[1] This seems highly likely since almost all subsequent NATO Secretaries General were.[2]

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/1955 September23 September 195525 September 1955Germany
Bavaria
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
The third Bilderberg, in West Germany. The subject of a report by Der Spiegel which inspired a heavy blackout of subsequent meetings.
Bilderberg/195611 May 195613 May 1956Denmark
Fredensborg
The 4th Bilderberg meeting, with 147 guests, in contrast to the generally smaller meetings of the 1950s. Has two Bilderberg meetings in the years before and after
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