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1984, as well as a year, is the title of the dystopian book by George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Washington Conference on International Terrorism

Full article: Washington Conference on International Terrorism

The Washington Conference on International Terrorism, held in 1984, was more widely publicised than the Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism which brought together many of the same people 5 years earlier. Its stated aim was to coordinate the global response to "terrorism".

Operation Gladio

Full article: Operation Gladio

The Westland New Post was disbanded after the untimely death of its founder, Paul Latinus. This was ruled a suicide, "under highly dubious circumstances" (he reportedly knew Marc Dutroux).

 

Events

Event	Start	End	Description
Operation Paperclip	8 May 1945	1990	A transfer of top German scientists to USA.
Cold War	1947	26 September 1991	The official narrative had 2 diametrically opposed systems locked in combat with one another since soon after WW2. Each of the "superpowers" and its team of allies needed to outdo each other by creating ever more and deadlier weapons, creating a kind of perpetual war for perpetual peace, with the warring parties engaging mainly in covert/proxy wars. Deep state interests blossomed in the climate of fear and paranoia.
The Troubles	1966	1998	The sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland which flared into serious sustained violence through the summer of 1969
Operation Condor	1968	1989	US-backed campaign of assassination and terrorisation carried out in South America.
Inslaw	1970	1990	Complex financial/political fraud the full dimensions of which were never uncovered, but some of which were forced onto the official record.
FBI/Activities 1971-2001	1971	2001	FBI activities between the official end of COINTELPRO and 911
Project STARGATE	1978	1995	Project STARGATE aimed to gain domination over entire nations by making them cede their autonomy and privacy to the controlling person or group.
Bofors Affair	1979	1988	A collective name for two deals in which the Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors was involved in, including smuggling and bribes.
Operation Cyclone	1979	1992	The first time the CIA officially met Osama Bin Laden, they deemed him part of the hero movement to protect the world against Soviet influence. In Operation Cyclone, the CIA funded him and allowed entire cities to become death traps with the narrative of giving Soviets their own Vietnam.
1980s Afghan war	24 December 1979	15 February 1989	Another episode of the Soviet Union and US imploding a third world country from inside by fuelling a civil war with weapon smuggling. Afghanistan has yet to recover.
Arms-to-Iraq	1980	1988	A series of arms deals by UK companies during the Iran-Iraq War, when there was a UK government-endorsed UN embargo on such sales.
Iran-Iraq war	22 September 1980	20 August 1988	An war from 1980-1988, that was ended with a UN-brokered ceasefire.
Ronald Reagan/Presidency	20 January 1981	20 January 1989	The Ronald Reagan administration 1981-1989
The secret war against Sweden	27 October 1981	1994	A large number of "Soviet" submarine intrusions in Swedish waters in the 1980s, in reality committed by NATO under false flag. The intrusions were about deception and PSYOPs, to change the mindset of the Swedes, to make them adapt to US interests.
Brabant Massacres	13 March 1982	9 November 1985	A set of murders between 1982 and 1985, in which 28 people died and 40 were injured. It became Belgium's most notorious unpunished crime spree.
1982 Lebanon War	6 June 1982	June 1985	An Israeli invasion of Lebanon. They militarily occupied some of the country until 2000.
Contaminated blood affair	1983	2003	For several years in the 1980s France knowingly exported tainted blood, killing thousands.
McMartin Preschool	August 1983	July 1990	The day care scandal that started the so-called "satanic panic" of the 80s. Covered up.
1984 Libyan Embassy Siege	1984	1984
Le Cercle/1984 (Capetown)	12 January 1984	15 January 1984	4 day meeting of Le Cercle in Capetown exposed after Joel Van der Reijden discovered the attendee list for this conference and published it online in 2011
UK miners' strike (1984–85)	6 March 1984	3 March 1985	Bitter strike with a major victory for Thatcher and the Conservative Party, with the Thatcher government able to consolidate their neoliberal economic programme.
Bilderberg/1984	11 May 1984	13 May 1984	The 32nd Bilderberg, held in Sweden
The Bombers Affair (Luxembourg)	30 May 1984	2 December 1985	Luxembourg terrorist attacks by the local Gladio stay-behind network
Battle of Orgreave	18 June 1984	18 June 1984	1984 miners conflict in Great Britain.
Washington Conference on International Terrorism	24 June 1984	27 June 1984	A key conference in establishing the "War On Terror", 5 years after the seminal Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism
Le Cercle/1984 (Bonn)	5 July 1984	7 July 1984	Held in Bonn, West Germany, the list of the 36 visitors was published online in 2011.
Wapiti Aviation Flight 402	19 October 1984	19 October 1984	The sudden plane crash which killed Alberta Opposition leader Grant Notley at the start of his burgeoning political career.
US/1984 Presidential Election	6 November 1984	6 November 1984
Colloquium on Intelligence and Policy	9 November 1984	10 November 1984	A spooky conference in November 1984

 

New Groups

Group	Image	Type	Description
Bilkent University		Military ranks	Ranked among the top Turkish universities
Aspen Institute Italia			A big Italian business think tank, influence group and lodge
Revolutionary Anti-Racist Action
FTSE 250 Index			A capitalisation-weighted index.
Jamestown Foundation		Nonprofit 501(c)(3)
International Center for Journalists			US government funded organization to promote and finance a network of reliable journalists worldwide.
FTSE 100 Index			A capitalisation-weighted index.
WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management			One of the most prestigious business schools in the German-speaking world.
George C. Marshall Institute		Think tank
Investigative Group International		Commercial
Competitive Enterprise Institute		Think tank	A "vociferous anti-environmental" think tank.
Merex Corporation		Commercial	Implicated in Iran-Contra
Coudenberg group			Belgian federalist think tank,to defend the federal state against the demands of Flemish nationalists
Comverse		Commercial	American Tech company which does most of its research and development in Israel.

 

Groups that were Wound Up

Group	Image	Type	Description
Irish Joint Section		Intelligence agency
Paedophile Information Exchange		Disbanded
Global International Airways
Westland New Post			An offshoot of Gladio in Belgium, with an unclear connection to the Brabant Massacres

 

==Quotations== 

Deaths

Title	Born	Died	Place of death	Cause of death	Summary	Description
Steve Wilson		1984		Heart attack	Soldier Assassin
Gian Cittadini-Cesi	27 April 1907	1984			Diplomat	Italian fascist diplomat and a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee.
Ralph Assheton	24 February 1901	1984			Politician	Lord Clitheroe, Chairman of the Conservative Party in the 1940s, attended 2 Bilderbergs in the 1950s.
Michael Chomiak	12 August 1905	1984			Spook Soldier Editor Farmer	Nazi Editor in Chief turned Canadian farmer
Rene Sergent	1904	1984			Bureaucracy Deep state operative	French bureaucrat who was involved in the Marshall Plan and worked for NATO in the early 1950s. Secretary-General of the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) from 1955 to 1961, when it was changed into the OECD. Attended the 1963 Bilderberg meeting.
Klaus Mehnert	10 October 1906	2 January 1984			Journalist Scientist	German scientist who attended the 1959 Bilderberg
Jean de la Garde	29 March 1908	11 January 1984			Diplomat	Bilderberg visitor tentatively identified as a French diplomat
Peter Licavoli	7 June 1902	11 January 1984			Assassin Criminal	Mobster boss who may have had a hand in organizing the JFK assassination.
Yoshio Kodama	18 February 1911	17 January 1984
Giuseppe Santovito	12 August 1918	6 February 1984	Italy Florence		Spook Deep state operative
Yuri Andropov	15 June 1914	9 February 1984			Spook Politician
Maurice Macmillan	27 January 1921	10 March 1984		Heart operation	Politician Media executive	UK MP, Son of UK PM Harold Macmillan, who attended the 1979 Bilderberg. Died suddenly in 1984 after an operation
Aurelio Peccei	4 July 1908	14 March 1984	Italy Rome		Academic Businessperson Futurist	Italian businessman who attended 4 Bilderbergs in the 1960s, founder of the Club of Rome
Roy Kellerman	14 March 1915	22 March 1984	United States Florida Saint Petersburg
Hilda Murrell	3 February 1906	23 March 1984	Shropshire Shrewsbury UK		Spook Activist	A senior UK spook turned anti-nuclear activist assassinated in 1984 on the day she had notified friends that she had some sensitive papers she was seeking to publish... Blamed in 2006 on a 16 year old "lone nut"
K. B. Andersen	1 December 1914	23 March 1984			Politician	Danish Minister of Education and Minister of Foreign Affairs, triple Bilderberger
Sékou Touré	9 January 1922	26 March 1984	Ohio Cleveland		Politician	First President of Guinea, who died while in the US
Luigi Barzini	21 December 1908	30 March 1984	Italy Rome		Author Journalist	Italian anti-communist journalist and politician, Attended 1980 Bilderberg meeting.
Paul Latinus		April 1984			Spook Deep state operative	Started the spooky Operation Gladio associated group, the Westland New Post. "Suicide"
Nuno Rodrigues dos Santos	13 March 1910	5 April 1984	Portugal Lisbon		Politician
Frank Church	25 July 1924	7 April 1984	Maryland Bethesda		Lawyer	Leader of the Church Committee, which probably did more than any other organisation to expose the activities of the US intelligence agencies.
Yvonne Fletcher	1959	17 April 1984	London United Kingdom Westminster Hospital		Policewoman	Yvonne Fletcher was shot dead while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy on 17 April 1984, cue for the breakdown of diplomatic relations between the UK and Libya. In 2017 a decision was announced not to prosecute her murder on grounds of "national security".
Will Fritz	1895	19 April 1984		Cancer	Police officer
Glen Taylor	12 April 1904	28 April 1984	California Burlingame		Musician Politician Actor Businessperson
Geoffrey Arthur	19 March 1920	15 May 1984			Diplomat	UK diplomat to the Middle East, then Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee.
Manuel Buendía	24 May 1926	30 May 1984	Mexico Mexico City	Gunshot	Journalist
Joan Miller	1918	June 1984			Spook
Joseph Campbell	25 March 1900	21 June 1984	Florida Sarasota		Accountant
Gerhard Loitzenbauer	1939	23 June 1984			Diplomat Spook Iran-Contra/Premature death?	Austrian diplomat killed in Lebanon
Michel Foucault	15 October 1926	25 June 1984	France Paris		Author Philosopher Academic Social critic	Celebrated philosopher and social critic
Paul Gore-Booth	3 February 1909	29 June 1984			Diplomat	British high-ranking diplomat
Flora Solomon	28 September 1895	18 July 1984			Spook
Louis Bloomfield	8 August 1906	19 July 1984	Jerusalem		Spook Deep state operative	Canadian Zionist and spook tied to the assassination of John F. Kennedy through the CIA front organization Permindex.
Donato Menichella	23 January 1896	23 July 1984			Central banker	Governor of the Bank of Italy1948-1960
George Gallup	18 November 1901	26 July 1984	Switzerland Tschingel Bernese Oberland		Statistician	Pioneer in the field of polling
J. B. Priestley	13 September 1894	14 August 1984	United Kingdom Warwickshire Stratford-upon-Avon		Author Playwright Broadcaster
Karl-Friedrich Grau	1922	5 September 1984	Luxembourg		Journalist Fixer
Archibald Gordon	9 July 1913	7 September 1984			Author Broadcaster	One time Bilderberger, Scottish peer.
Carlo Pesenti	1907	20 September 1984			Deep state operative Businessperson	By inviting David Rockefeller, Pesenti lead to Le Cercle to having regular US meetings.
P. J. Kapteyn	26 September 1895	27 September 1984			Politician Businessperson	Attended two Bilderbergs in the 1950s.
Ellsworth Bunker	11 May 1894	27 September 1984			Diplomat Deep state functionary	Cold War hawk, diplomatic troubleshooter
Alan Lake	24 November 1940	10 October 1984	United Kingdom Berkshire Sunningdale UK		Actor
William Foster	27 April 1897	15 October 1984	Washington (D.C.)		Deep state functionary	Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in the 1960s
Indira Gandhi	19 November 1917	31 October 1984	India Delhi	Assassination	Politician	Le Cercle
William Duncan	16 December 1922	5 November 1984			Businessperson	Scottish businessman who attended the 1980 Bilderberg
Constantin Stavropoulos	15 August 1905	6 November 1984	Athens	Heart attack
Cats Falck	11 July 1953	18 November 1984	Sweden Stockholm Enskede		Journalist	Swedish journalist found dead after investigation arms trade. Lacklustre police investigation of death.
Graham Russell Mitchell	4 November 1905	19 November 1984	Sherington Buckinghamshire		Spook
Trygve Bratteli	11 January 1910	20 November 1984	Norway Oslo		Politician	Attended the 1977 Bilderberg as former Prime Minister of Norway
Hans Speidel	28 October 1897	28 November 1984	Germany Bad Honnef		Soldier	Oversaw the smooth integration of the Bundeswehr into NATO
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Births

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary	Description
Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens	1984			Propagandist Neoconservatism
Yulia Skripal	1984
Vera Daves de Sousa	1984	Angola Luanda		Politician	Millennial finance minister of Angola; WEF/Young Global Leaders 2021
Jason Miller	1984	US		Special Adviser	A close adviser of Donald Trump.
Devi Sridhar	1984	US Florida Miami		Propagandist Academic Deep state functionary	WEF Young Global Leader pushing SDS policy. In 2020, Devi Sridhar advised the Scottish government on how to deal with COVID in Scotland. Unflinching as to children.
Ben Chacko	1984			Journalist Editor
Radwan Mortada	1984			Journalist Filmmaker	Libyan-Lebanese journalist and filmmaker.
Mike Benz	1984			Analyst
Aaron Bastani	January 1984				Founded Novara Media and Silke Digital
Ben Shapiro	15 January 1984	US Los Angeles California		Author Lawyer Political commentator "Alt-right"	"Alt right" media personality that somehow is not censored and instead "shadow-boosted" by social media corporations like Facebook and Twitter.
Elizabeth Holmes	3 February 1984			Spook Fraudster Executive	Spooky starter of Theranos, a high tech health start up which defrauded investors.
Nighat Arif	9 February 1984	Pakistan		Propagandist Doctor	TV doctor. One of the biggest promoters of the Covid-19/Vaccine in Britain - received undisclosed payments from AstraZeneca.
Aine Davis	11 February 1984
Hannah Fry	21 February 1984	United Kingdom UK Harlow		Spook Mathematician TV presenter
Sharri Markson	8 March 1984	Australia Sydney New South Wales		Journalist	Host on Sky News Australia
Dan Crenshaw	14 March 1984	Scotland		Soldier Politician	Republican politician from Texas.
Mark Zuckerberg	14 May 1984	New York United States White Plains		Programmer Billionaire Businessperson Big Tech/Lobbyist	Nominally in charge of Facebook, a rebranding of LifeLog
Dustin Moskovitz	22 May 1984			Billionaire	Billionaire co-founder of Facebook
Sean Fraser	1 June 1984	Nova Scotia Antigonish		Politician Deep state functionary	WEF/Young Global Leaders/2022. After being elected to parliament in 2015, he became Minister of Immigration in 2021.
Matt DeHart	11 June 1984			Whistleblower Spook Hacker	US hacker who claimed to have received documents about the CIA's role in the 2001 Anthrax attacks. Later arrested for child pornography.
James O'Keefe	28 June 1984			Journalist Activist	Set up Project Veritas in 2006, from which he was ousted in 2023, right after exposing Pfizer.
Andrew Bragg	11 July 1984	Australia Carlton Victoria (Australia)		Politician	Australian Senator; WEF/Young Global Leaders 2021
Jack Conte	12 July 1984			Singer Businessperson	Patreon funder, World Economic Forum Young Global Leader 2020. Started evicting independent media from platform in 2020.
Mustafa Suleyman	August 1984			Activist Businessperson	Attended the 2019 Bilderberg aged 25
Marc Warner	August 1984			Businessperson	Businessman using AI to detect "terrorist" propaganda. Brother of Ben Warner
J. D. Vance	2 August 1984	United States Ohio Middletown		Author Politician Deep state functionary	Apparent front man for Peter Thiel and the Paypal Mafia.
Owen Jones	8 August 1984	United Kingdom Sheffield		Author Journalist
Chris Hazzard	20 August 1984			Politician
Abby Martin	6 September 1984	United States California Oakland		Journalist Activist Artist	Abby Martin beautiful journalist with a beautiful heart and mind with George Galloway, another strong voice for the voiceless. Hats off to you both for working so hard against injustice.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a>
Stefano Feltri	7 September 1984			Journalist	Deep state connected Italian journalist.
Henry Windsor	15 September 1984	London UK		British royal family	Part of the Windsor royal family. After a public decision to "step back" in 2020, he lives in the United States with his wife Megan Markle, where they have dedicated themselves to advocating online censorship.
Malcolm Shabazz	8 October 1984	France Paris	9 May 2013
Pavel Durov	10 October 1984			Programmer Billionaire Businessperson	Billionaire businessman arrested in France as part of the 2024 crack down on free speech
Ingrid Brodnig	November 1984	Austria Graz		Journalist Propagandist	Austrian journalist who was at the II-backed Tackling Tools of Malign Influence meeting
Andrew Bogut	28 November 1984	Australia Melbourne Victoria (Australia)		Whistleblower Sportsman	A basketball player who stated in 2020 that he was offered money if he would promote the COVID-19 Lockdown
Derrick Broze	1 December 1984	Texas Houston		Journalist Filmmaker Activist
Kai Wargalla	6 December 1984			Politician	German Green politician from Bremen.
Sean Stone	29 December 1984	New York		Filmmaker Actor Television host

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