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| + | '''Hastings Lionel Ismay''', 1st Baron Ismay, was a diplomat and general in the British Indian Army who was the first Secretary General of NATO and Winston Churchill's chief military assistant during the Second World War. | ||
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==Career== | ==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." | 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." | ||
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| − | In 1955 ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' named Hastings Ismay as a [[Bilderberg]] attendee.<ref>http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-31971309.html</ref> Such publicity was not extended to subsequent [[NATO Secretaries General]], almost all of whom were [[Bilderbergers]]. | + | In 1955 ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' named Hastings Ismay as a [[Bilderberg]] attendee.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120628144237/http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-31971309.html</ref> Such publicity was not extended to subsequent [[NATO Secretaries General]], almost all of whom were [[Bilderbergers]]. |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Born | Hastings Lionel Ismay 1887-06-21 Naini Tāl, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 December 1965 (Age 78) Wormington Grange, near, Stanton, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parents | • Stanley Ismay • Beatrice Read | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Laura Kathleen Clegg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ex Secretary General of NATO.
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Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, was a diplomat and general in the British Indian Army who was the first Secretary General of NATO and Winston Churchill's chief military assistant during the Second World War.
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.
“[NATO was created to] keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”
Hastings Ismay (1952) [1]
Bilderberg
In 1955 Der Spiegel named Hastings Ismay as a Bilderberg attendee.[2] Such publicity was not extended to subsequent NATO Secretaries General, almost all of whom were Bilderbergers.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1955 September | 23 September 1955 | 25 September 1955 | Germany 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/1956 | 11 May 1956 | 13 May 1956 | Denmark 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 |
