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| + | |locations=Stellenbosch, Capetown, South Africa | ||
| + | |description=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 | ||
| + | |participants=William Roth, Steven Symms, Frances Stockdale Symms, Pat Balestreri, Jim Lucier, Robert M. McKinney, Donald Jameson, Ian Butterfield, Julian Amery, John Wodehouse, John Killick, Frank Steele, Brian Crozier, Nicholas Elliott, Robert J. Hanks, Philippe Malaud, Monique Garnier-Lançon, Francis Lacoste, Werner Marx, Peter Petersen, Hans Graf Huyn, Rosemary Huyn, Franz Josef Bach, Jost Pfeiffer, Peter Jungen, Rolf Gärtner, Aline Griffith, Jaime Nogueira Pinto, Evo Fernandes, Pierre Joannon, Peter van der Byl, Enrique Gomez-Hurtado, Robert du Plooy, Giulia du Plooy, Charles Alan 'Pop' Fraser, Gavin W. H. Relly, Basil Hersov, Dirk Hertzog, Charles Fincham, Theodore Shackley, Tim Spicer, Philippe de Villiers, Pierre de Villiers | ||
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| − | '''[[Le Cercle]] held a meeting in Stellenbosch,<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/362409317/3-1984-Le-Cercle-Meeting-in-Stellenbosch</ref> [[Cape Town]] in January [[1984]]''' | + | '''[[Le Cercle]] held a meeting in Stellenbosch,<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/362409317/3-1984-Le-Cercle-Meeting-in-Stellenbosch</ref> [[Cape Town]] in January [[1984]]'''. |
==Exposure== | ==Exposure== | ||
| − | In 2011 [[Joel Van der Reijden]] discovered the attendee list for this conference among the papers of [[Monique Garnier- | + | [[image:1984 Cercle Meeting namelist 2.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Page 2]] |
| + | In 2011 [[Joel Van der Reijden]] discovered the attendee list for this conference among the papers of [[Monique Garnier-Lançon]] at [[Stanford University]], and published it online in 2011.<ref name=isgp>https://isgp-studies.com/2011_10_First_ever_documents_of_Le_Cercle</ref> A report in Afrikaans about the meeting was posted online in 2017.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/362409317/3-1984-Le-Cercle-Meeting-in-Stellenbosch</ref> | ||
==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||
See the documents.<ref name=isgp/> | See the documents.<ref name=isgp/> | ||
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| + | ==Location== | ||
| + | [[image:Lanzerac.jpg|thumb|The farm estate and hotel Lanzerac (in 2011)]] | ||
| + | Some of the guests were placed in the Lanzerac Wine Estate and hotel,<ref>https://lanzerac.co.za/estate-legacy/</ref>, while "the more prominent guests" were placed in the Fleur du Cap Wine Estate. | ||
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| + | During the [[Apartheid era]], several leaders of the [[Stellenbosch University]] (like [[Hendrik Bernardus Thom]] and [[Pieter Willem Botha]]) were also key members of the deep state [[Afrikaner Broederbond]] which controlled [[South Africa]]. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:16, 21 December 2021
Le Cercle held a meeting in Stellenbosch,[1] Cape Town in January 1984.
Exposure
In 2011 Joel Van der Reijden discovered the attendee list for this conference among the papers of Monique Garnier-Lançon at Stanford University, and published it online in 2011.[2] A report in Afrikaans about the meeting was posted online in 2017.[3]
Activities
See the documents.[2]
Location
Some of the guests were placed in the Lanzerac Wine Estate and hotel,[4], while "the more prominent guests" were placed in the Fleur du Cap Wine Estate.
During the Apartheid era, several leaders of the Stellenbosch University (like Hendrik Bernardus Thom and Pieter Willem Botha) were also key members of the deep state Afrikaner Broederbond which controlled South Africa.
Known Participants
34 of the 43 of the participants already have pages here:
| Participant | Description |
|---|---|
| Julian Amery | MI6, deep politician who chaired Le Cercle for several years. |
| Franz Josef Bach | A leading German member of the Cercle, who organised the 1982 meeting in Wildbad Kreuth. |
| Ian Butterfield | Spooky MICC consultant, Le Cercle |
| Peter van der Byl | Spooky Rhodesian politician |
| Brian Crozier | Arch espionage insider who founded his own intelligence agency |
| Nicholas Elliott | A key spook with a wide range of connections. |
| Charles Fincham | Le Cercle. |
| Monique Garnier-Lançon | Deep state operative whose papers lead to a major exposure of Le Cercle. French convenor of Le Cercle in the first half of the 1980s. |
| Enrique Gomez-Hurtado | Cercle regular. "One of the best bootlicker[s] of Bush" |
| Aline Griffith | US born Spanish spook who was a regular attender at Le Cercle in the 1980s. |
| Rolf Gärtner | Unknown Cercle attendee. |
| Robert J. Hanks | Cercle regular, rear admiral,Cold War hardliner |
| Basil Hersov | "A man with considerable influence". Banker, Le Cercle, Patron of The Institute Of Directors in Southern Africa |
| Hans Graf Huyn | German deep politician who attended Le Cercle |
| Donald Jameson | Attended multiple Cercle meetings and worked for the CIA. Vice-president of the Jamestown Foundation |
| Pierre Joannon | Historian invited to the 1984 meeting of Le Cercle in Bonn |
| Peter Jungen | At least 4 visits to Le Cercle... Personal assistant to Otto Wolff von Amerongen |
| John Killick | Spooky UK diplomat |
| Francis Lacoste | French diplomat and visitor to Le Cercle |
| James Lucier | Cercle attendee, "inside man in the skunk works," as he calls himself, or Lucifer as others sometimes refer to him. |
| Philippe Malaud | Le Cercle, French diplomat |
| Werner Marx | Spooky German politician, Le Cercle, Psychological warfare specialist, later leader of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee |
| Robert McKinney | Indiana Businessman who attended Le Cercle in 1983, 1984 and 1985 |
| Peter Petersen | German politician from the CDU who attended the January 1984 Le Cercle meeting. |
| Jost Pfeiffer | German industrialist who attended Le Cercle in 1983 |
| Robert du Plooy | South African deep state operative/diplomat who attended Le Cercle in South Africa in 1984. |
| Gavin W. H. Relly | South African businessman and chairman of Anglo American. He was also private secretary to Harry Oppenheimer. |
| William Roth | Spooky US lawyer, Le Cercle |
| Theodore Shackley | A key member of the US deep state, involved in a huge list of deep events from the JFK assassination, Iran Contra, Arms for Libya and possibly also 9-11 |
| Tim Spicer | UK soldier and arms dealer. Founded Sandline International, former CEO of Aegis Defence Services |
| Frank Steele | An MI6 officer with African connections who opened contacts with the IRA in the early 1970s. He later moved into banking and attended more than one meeting of Le Cercle. |
| Steven Symms | US politician who attended Le Cercle in 1984 in South Africa with his first wife, Frances Stockdale Symms. |
| Philippe de Villiers | French Cercle diplomat |
| Pierre de Villiers | French Cercle soldier |
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