Bilderberg/1998

 Bilderberg/1998(meeting)

Date	14 May 1998 - 17 May 1998
Location	Turnberry,  Scotland
Perpetrators	Bilderberg/Steering committee

The 1998 Bilderberg Meeting was the 46th such meeting and had participants from __ European countries, the United States and Canada. It was held at Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Agenda

The 1998 Bilderberg Agenda has not been leaked, but the website at Bilderberg Meetings has posted an agenda.

Attendance

The 1998 Bilderberg was chaired by Peter Carrington and Victor Halberstadt was the Honorary Secretary General. The following other people were present:

• USA - Allaire, Paul A - Chairman, Xerox Corporation
• E - Almunia Amann, Joaquin - Secretary General, Socialist Party
• P - Balsemao, Francisco Pinto - Professor of Communication Science, New University, Lisbon; Chairman, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister
• S - Barnevik, Percy - Chairman, ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd
• TR - Bayar, Ugur - Chairman, Privitization Administration
• D - Bertram, Christoph - Director, Foundation Science and Policy, Former Diplomatic Correspondent, Die Zeit
• NL - Beugel, Ernst H van der - Emeritus Professor of International Relations, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings for Europe and Canada
• CDN - Black, Conrad - Chairman, The Telegraph plc
• INT - Brittan, Leon - Vice President of the European Commission
• GB - Browne, John - Group Chief Executive, British Petroleum Company plc
• IRL - Bruton, John - Leader of Fine Gael
• GB - Buchanon, Robin - Senior Partner, Bain and Company Inc. UK.
• D - Burda, Hubert - Chairman, Burda Media
• E - Carvajal Urquijo, Jaime - Chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson S.A. (Spain)
• TR - Cem, Ismail - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• CDN - Chretien, Raymond A.J. - Ambassador to the U.S.
• RUS - Chubais, Anatoli B. - Former First Vice Prime Minister; Chairman RAO EES
• GB - Clarke, Kenneth - Member of Parliament
• F - Collomb, Bertrand - Chairman and CEO, Lafarge
• INT - Courtis, Kenneth S. - First Vice President, Research Dept., Deutsche Bank Asia Pacific
• P - Coutinho, Vasco Pereira - Chairman, IPC Holding
• INT - Crockett, Andrew - General Manager, Bank for International Settlements
• GR - David, George A. - Chairman of the Board, Hellenic Bottling Company S.A.
• B - Davignon, Etienne - Executive Chairman, Societe Generale de Belgique; Former Vice Chairman of the Commission of the European Communities
• USA - Deutch, John M. - Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemistry. Former Director General, Central Intelligence Agency; Former Deputy Secretary of Defence
• CDN - Dion, Stephane - Queens Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
• USA - Donilon, Thomas - Partner, O'Melveny & Myers; Former Assistant Secretary of State, and Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of State.
• DK - Ellemann-Jensen, Uffe - Chairman, Liberal Party
• D - Engelen-Kefer, Ursula - Deputy Chairman of the Board of Management, Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB
• USA - Feldstein, Martin S. - President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research Inc.
• INT - Fischer, Stanley - First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
• USA - Forester, Lynn - President and CEO, FirstMark Holdings Inc.
• USA - Gadiesh, Orit - Chairman of the Board, Bain and Company Inc.
• F - Gregorin, Jean-Louis - Member of the Board of Directors, Matra Hachette
• TR - Gezgin Eris, Meral - President IKV (Economic Development Foundation)
• B - Goossens, John - President and CEO, Belgacom
• GB - Grierson, Ronald - Former Vice Chairman, GEC
• USA - Grossman, Marc - Assistant Secretary, US Department of State
• F - Guetta, Bernard - Editor in Chief, Le Nouvel Observateur
• GB - Hague, William - Leader of the Opposition
• GB - Hannay, David - Prime Ministers Personal Envoy for Turkey; Former Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• USA - Hoagland, Jim - Associate Editor, The Washington Post
• N - Hoegh, Westye - Chairman of the Board, Leif Hoegh and Co. A.S.A.; Former President, Norwegian Shipowners Association
• NL - Hoeven, Cees H. van der - President, Royal Ahold
• USA - Hoge, Jr., James F. - Editor, Foreign Affairs
• GB - Hogg, Christopher - Chairman, Reuters Group plc
• USA - Holbrooke, Richard C. - Former Assistant Secretary for European Affairs; Vice Chairman, CS First Boston
• P - Horta e Costa, Miguel - Vice-President, Portugal Telecom
• D - Ishinger, Wolfgang - Political Director, Foreign Office
• D - Issing, Otmar - Member of the Board, Deutsche Bundesbank
• GB - Jenkins, Michael - Vice Chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson
• USA - Johnson, James A. - Chairman and CEO, FannieMae
• USA - Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. - Senior Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP (Attorneys-at-Law)
• GB - Kaletsky, Anatole - Associate Editor, The Times
• GR - Karamanlis, Kostas A. - Leader of the Opposition
• TR - Kirac, Suna - Vice Chairman of the Board, Koc Holding A.S.
• USA - Kissinger, Henry A. - Former Secretary of State; Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.
• INT - Kohnstamm, Max - Senior Consultant, The European Policy Center
• D - Kopper, Hilmar - Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank A.G.
• NL - Korteweg, Pieter - President and CEO, Robeco Group
• CZ - Kovanda, Karel - Head of Mission to the Czech Republic to NATO and the WEU
• USA - Kravis, Henry R. - Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
• USA - Kravis, Marie-Josee - Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute Inc.
• USA - Leschly, Jan - CEO SmithKline Beecham plc.
• F - Levy-Lang, Andre - Chairman of the Board of Management, Paribas
• FIN - Lipponen, Paavo - Prime Minister
• DK - Lykketoft, Mogens - Minister of Finance
• CDN - MacMillan, Margaret - Editor, International Journal, Canadian Institute of International Affairs, University of Toronto
• CDN - Manning, Preston - Leader of the Reform Party
• USA - Matthews, Jessica Tuchman - President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• USA - McDonough, William J. - President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• D - Nass, Matthias - Deputy Editor, Zie Deit
• NL - Netherlands, Her Majesty Queen of the
• PL - Olechowski, Andrzej - Chairman, Central Europe Trust, Poland
• FIN - Ollila, Jorma - President and CEO, Nokia Corporation
• GR - Papandreou, George A. - Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs
• INT - Prendergast, Kieran - Under-Secertary General for Political Affairs, United Nations
• USA - Prestowitz, Clyde V. - President, Economic Strategy Institute
• A - Puhringer, Othmar - Chairman of Managing Board, VA-Technologie AG
• GB - Purves, William - Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc.
• CH - Pury, David de - Chairman, de Pury Pictet Turrettini and Co. Ltd.
• A - Randa, Gerhard - Chairman of the Managing Board, Bank of Austria
• USA - Rhodes, William R. - Vice Chairman, CitiBank, N.A.
• GB - Robertson, George - Secretary of State for Defence
• USA - Rockefeller, David - Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank International Advisory Committee
• E - Rodriguez Inciarte, Matias - Vice-Chairman, Banco de Santander
• GB - Roll, Eric - Senior Advisor, SBC Warburg Dillon Read
• GB - Rothschild, Evelyn de - Chairman, N M Rothschild and Sons
• D - Schremp, Jurgen E. - Chairman of the Board of Mangagement, Daimler Benz A.G.
• DK - Seidenfaden, Toger - Editor in Chief, Politiken A/S
• INT - Solana Madariaga, Javier - Seceretary General, NATO
• P - Sousa, Marcelo Rebelo de - Leader of the PSD Party
• N - Storvik, Kjell - Governor, Bank of Norway
• PL - Suchoka, Hanna - Minister of Justice
• USA - Summers, Lawrence H. - Deputy Secretary for International Affairs, US Department of the Treasury
• IRL - Sutherland, Peter D. - Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Chairman, British Petroleum Company plc.
• GB - Taylor, J. Martin - Group Chief Executive, Barclays plc.
• USA - Thoman, G. Richard - President and CEO, Xerox Corporation
• N - Udgaard, Nils M. - Foreign Editor, Aftenposten
• CH - Vasella, Daniel - CEO Novartis
• USA - Vink, Lodewijk J.R. de - President and CEO, Warner Lambert Company
• FIN - Virkkunen, Janne - Senior Editor in Chief, Helsingin Sanomat
• B - Vits, Mia de - General Secretary, ABVV-FGTB
• A - Vranitzky, Franz - Former Federal Chancellor
• INT - Vries, Gijs M. de - Leader of the Liberal Group, European Parliament
• S - Wallengerg, Jacob - Chairman of the Board, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
• USA - Whitman, Christine Todd - Governor of New Jersey
• D - Wissmann, Matthias - Federal Minister for Transport
• INT - Wolfensohn, James D. - President, the World Bank
• D - Wolff von Amerongen, Otto - Chairman and CEO of Otto Wolff GmbH
• USA - Wolfowitz, Paul - Dean, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• USA - Yost, Casimir A. - Director, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington

RAPPORTEURS

• GB - Micklethwait, John - Business Editor, The Economist
• GB - Wooldridge, Adrian - Foriegn Correspondent, The Economist.

 

Known Participants

114 of the 121 of the participants already have pages here:

Participant	Description
Gianni Agnelli	Italian industrialist, 37 Bilderbergs
Paul Allaire	Bilderberg Steering Committee member and board of the Council on Foreign Relations who headed Rank Xerox
Joaquín Almunia	Spanish politician, European Commissioner for 10 years, 6 Bilderbergs
Otto Wolff von Amerongen	Bilderberg Advisory Committee member, deep politician
Beatrix Armgard	Former Dutch Queen. Survived 2009 Queen's Day Attack. In 1962 became the first woman to attend a Bilderberg meeting. Kicked a very heavy Bilderberg habit in 2015.
Percy Barnevik	Bilderberg Steering committee member in the Wallenberg Sphere
Uğur Bayar	Turkish businessman and financier.
Franco Bernabè	Italian banker and manager, Steering Committee of the Bilderberg
Christoph Bertram	German journalist with a heavy Bilderberg habit
Ernst van der Beugel	Dutch deep politician, 34 Bilderbergs, on both the Advisory & Steering committees
Conrad Black	Fraudulent Bilderberg steering committee member
Emma Bonino	Attended the 1998 Bilderberg as European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection
Leon Brittan	former European Commissioner
John Browne (Executive)	UK businessman and former CEO of BP. He proposed a merger of Shell and BP at the 2004 Bilderberg.
John Bruton	Club de Madrid, Triple Bilderberger Irish politician
Robin Buchanan	Triple Bilderberger US businessman
Hubert Burda	Multi-billionaire publisher. 7 Bilderbergs
Peter Carrington	UK Deep politician. Bilderberg chairman. President of the Pilgrims Society. Secretary General of NATO. Chairman of the UK Conservative Party. Busy guy.
Luigi Cavalchini	Attended the 1998 Bilderberg as Italian Permanent Representative to the European Union.
İsmail Cem	Turkish politician and Robert College alumnus. Attended 1 Bilderberg as mooted presidential candidate, a second as Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Raymond Chretien	Attended the 1998 Bilderberg as Canadian Ambassador to the US.
Anatoly Chubais	Double Bilderberger facilitator of the privatization of Russia that killed millions. Central actor in the introduction of the Sputnik V "vaccine".
Kenneth Clarke	Bilderberg Steering committee, The Other Club, UK politician. When former child actor Ben Fellows went public with accusations that Clarke had assaulted him, Fellows was prosecuted for "attempting to pervert the course of justice".
Bertrand Collomb	Connected French businessman. 13 Bilderbergs.
Miguel Horta e Costa	Portuguese banker
Kenneth Courtis	Businessman, financier and 3 times Bilderberg visitor.
Vasco Pereira Coutinho	Portuguese businessman who attended the 1998 Bilderberg
Andrew Crockett	IMF, BIS, Bank Of England, JP Morgan
George David	Greek Cypriot entrepreneur, Bilderberg Steering committee.
Étienne Davignon	Belgian deep politician, EU commissioner, Bilderberg chairman, Egmont Institute president
Stéphane Dion	Canadian diplomat who attended the 1998 Bilderberg as Canada/President of the Privy Council
Tom Donilon	Spooky Bilderberger. Has advised the presidential campaigns of Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Joe Biden, Michael Dukakis, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton, designing policy, managing conventions, preparing candidates for debates, and overseeing presidential transitions. His brothers are also deep state operatives.
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen	Started more offensive military/soft power posture as Danish Foreign Minister. 8 Bilderbergs, candidate for NATO General-Secretary.
Ursula Engelen-Kefer	Vice Chairman of the German Confederation of Trade Unions 1990-2006. Attended 1998 Bilderberg meeting
Meral Gezgin Eriş	Lobbyist for Turkish membership of the European Union.
Martin Feldstein	US economist, Trilateral Commission, heavy Bilderberg habit towards the end of his life.
Stanley Fischer	Israeli/US central banker and quad Bilderberger
Orit Gadiesh	One of the world's "100 most powerful women". Attended the 1997 and 1998 Bilderbergs.
Jean-Louis Gergorin	Attended 4 Bilderbergs from 1997 to 2003. Sentenced to 3 years in prison for slanderous denunciation, forgery, concealment of breach of trust and theft
John Goossens	Belgacom/CEO who attended 3 Bilderbergs in the 1990s. Died at 57
Ronald Grierson	Spooky financier/businessman
Marc Grossman	Member of Sibel Edmonds' State Secrets Privilege Gallery, attended the 1998 and 2007 Bilderbergs.
Bernard Guetta	French journalist and editor, and MEP. Supported the official narrative from a "leftist" angle during the Cold War, the Arab Spring, the deep state drive for European supranational integration; and the New Cold War. French-American Foundation/Young Leader. Bilderberg/1998.
Victor Halberstadt	A professor of economics, with a minimal Wikipedia page, who has attended all Bilderberg meetings since 1975.
David Hannay	UK diplomat, Ditchley Governor, attended 2 Bilderbergs in the 1990s
Jim Hoagland	US journalist whose Deep state connections include the CFR, Hoover Institution, Institute for Strategic Dialogue and 4 visits to the Bilderberg
Cees van der Hoeven	Dutch businessman
James F. Hoge	Attended the 1998 Bilderberg as Foreign Affairs/Editor
Christopher Hogg	Double Bilderberg UK chairman of Reuters, later big pharma exec.
Richard Holbrooke	Bilderberg/Steering committee, deep state operative
... further results

 

Witnesses

Witness	Description
John Micklethwait	Editor of The Economist for 9 years then Bloomberg News
Adrian Wooldridge	UK journalist and columnist. Regular "observer" at the Bilderberg for The Economist.

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