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+ | |members=Pablo Lopez Borrelli,Heinz Fischer,Lucien Huyse,Krusten Dyankov,Philips Tampoe,Pavel Kovaly,Chin-Hsing Wang,Dominique Le Vert,Andre Marissel,Carl Lenz,Hartmut Soell,Wolfgang Werth,Joseph Odunton,Giles Radice,Michael Wynn-Jones,Eleni Vakalo,Ashok Desai,Sumono Mustoffa,Nodoushan Eslami, Wedie Najim,Gad Yaacobi,Gerardo Mombelli,Biancamaria Pisapia,Koichiro Ishizaki,Michio Nishi,Toru Yano,Byung-kyu Woo,Thomas Jayasuriya,Mahatir bin Mohamad,Wilhelmus Bronzwaer,Hibnul Hasan,Abul Shamsuddoulah,Jose Oviedo,Apolonió Batalla,Leonidas Benesa,Nowina Krasuski,Zygmunt Kubiak,Ghazi Algosaibi,Ting Hui Lee,Candido Perez Gallego,Per Ahlmark,Snidvongse Kamtorn,Alexander Latim,Tihomir Vuckovic,Robert Peter Fichter,Thomas Hargadon,David Kieft | ||
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These are the participants from 1967 for the yearly International Seminar led by [[Henry Kissinger]] at Harvard University.<ref>https://findit.library.yale.edu/images_layout/fullview?parentoid=11784668</ref>. The fully paid six week stay had as one of its purposes to "establish better understanding among a select group of people who will be in top leadership roles in their countries in the years ahead".<ref>https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1969/8/12/international-seminar-introduces-foreign-dignitaries-to/</ref> Approximately half are from the field of the humanities and half in politics and economics.<ref>https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1969/8/12/international-seminar-introduces-foreign-dignitaries-to/</ref> | These are the participants from 1967 for the yearly International Seminar led by [[Henry Kissinger]] at Harvard University.<ref>https://findit.library.yale.edu/images_layout/fullview?parentoid=11784668</ref>. The fully paid six week stay had as one of its purposes to "establish better understanding among a select group of people who will be in top leadership roles in their countries in the years ahead".<ref>https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1969/8/12/international-seminar-introduces-foreign-dignitaries-to/</ref> Approximately half are from the field of the humanities and half in politics and economics.<ref>https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1969/8/12/international-seminar-introduces-foreign-dignitaries-to/</ref> | ||
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*[[Heinz Fischer]] - Austria. Secretary of the Socialist Faction of the Austrian Parliament | *[[Heinz Fischer]] - Austria. Secretary of the Socialist Faction of the Austrian Parliament | ||
*[[Lucien Huyse]] - Belgium. Research Associate, National Fund of Scientific Research | *[[Lucien Huyse]] - Belgium. Research Associate, National Fund of Scientific Research | ||
− | - | + | *[[Krusten Dyankov]]* -—Bulgaria. Editor ov L.I.K., a weekly magazine; editor of Snimki i Karikatur, a weekly pictorial of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. (crossed out of HIS list 1969) |
− | + | *[[Philips Tampoe]]; 221/2 Upper Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon. Advocate and General Secretary, Ceylon Mercantile Union | |
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*[[Pavel Kovaly]]* - Czechoslovakia. Head of department of history of philosophy, Praha (crossed out of HIS list 1969) | *[[Pavel Kovaly]]* - Czechoslovakia. Head of department of history of philosophy, Praha (crossed out of HIS list 1969) | ||
− | + | *[[Chin-Hsing Wang]] - Taiwan, Republic of China. Editor, The China News, an English language daily, published in Taipei | |
− | + | *[[Dominique Le Vert]] - France. Deputy Secretary General of the State Council; Lecturer at the Institute of Political Studies, University of Paris | |
− | + | *[[Andre Marissel]] pseudonym (J. M. Pittner) - France. Writer (poet, essayist); Art advisor (0.R.T.F.) | |
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− | France | ||
− | Deputy Secretary General of the State Council; Lecturer | ||
− | at the Institute of Political Studies, University of Paris | ||
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− | Writer (poet, essayist); Art advisor (0.R.T.F.) | ||
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*[[Carl Lenz]] - Germany. Lawyer; member of the German Bundestag | *[[Carl Lenz]] - Germany. Lawyer; member of the German Bundestag | ||
− | + | *[[Hartmut Soell]] -Germany. SPD-Parliamentary Group at the German Bundestag | |
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− | Germany | ||
− | SPD-Parliamentary Group at the German Bundestag | ||
*[[Wolfgang Werth]] - Germany. Junior Editor of the German monthly review, "Der Monat," in Berlin | *[[Wolfgang Werth]] - Germany. Junior Editor of the German monthly review, "Der Monat," in Berlin | ||
− | *[[ | + | *[[Joseph Odunton]] - Ghana. Principal Secretary, Ministry of Information; member of Board of Directors for the State Publishing Corporation; Chairman of the Publicity Committee |
− | + | *[[Giles Radice]] -England. Head of Research Department of the General and Municipal Workers' Union | |
− | Principal Secretary, Ministry of Information; member of | ||
− | Board of Directors for the State Publishing Corporation; | ||
− | Chairman of the Publicity Committee | ||
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− | England | ||
− | Head of Research Department of the General and Municipal | ||
− | Workers' Union | ||
*[[Michael Wynn-Jones]] - England. Assistant to the Editor of Nova Magazine; Editor of Twentieth Century Magazine | *[[Michael Wynn-Jones]] - England. Assistant to the Editor of Nova Magazine; Editor of Twentieth Century Magazine | ||
− | *[[ | + | *[[Eleni Vakalo]] - Greece. Poet and Art Critic; permanent art critic for the Athens newspaper Ta Nea and for the art magazine Zygos; teacher of art history in the School of Decorative and Applied Arts (which she and her husband founded). |
− | Poet and Art Critic; permanent art critic for the Athens | + | *[[Ashok Desai]] - India. Barrister at Law, High Court of Judicature; Legal Correspondent for "The Times of India"; Professor of Law, K.C. Law College, University of Bombay; Lecturer in Law, College of Journalism, Bombay |
− | newspaper Ta Nea and for the art magazine Zygos; teacher | + | *[[Sumono Mustoffa]] - Indonesia. Journalist, editor-in-chief of the National News Cooperation of Indonesia |
− | of art history in the School of Decorative and Applied | + | *[[Nodoushan Eslami]] - Iran. Writer; Teacher of Law and Literature at the Institute of Banking |
− | Arts (which she and her husband founded). | + | *[[Wedie Najim]]* - Iraq. Assistant professor of Arabic Literature, University of Baghdad. (crossed out of HIS list 1969) |
− | *[[ | + | *[[Gad Yaacobi]] - Israel. Histadrut, General Federation of Labour in Israel; member of Executive Bureau; member of the Board of Hevrat Ovdim-Histadrut Enterprises; Chairman, Department for Vocational Training; Chairman, Economic Committee of the Israel Labor List Party (Rafi) |
− | Barrister at Law, High Court of Judicature; Legal | + | *[[Gerardo Mombelli]] - Italy. Secretary General of IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali) |
− | + | *[[Biancamaria Pisapia]] - Italy. Lecturer of English and American Literature, University of Rome | |
− | K.C. Law College, University of Bombay; Lecturer in Law, | + | *[[Koichiro Ishizaki]] - Japan. Critic; Member of Japan Film Pen Club; Member of "Film Independent"; Organizer of "RUNAMI Film Gallery" |
− | College of Journalism, Bombay | + | *[[Michio Nishi]] - Japan. Professor of Law, Sophia University; Attorney-at-Law in the Haruhiko Tanaka Luw Office |
− | + | *[[Toru Yano]] - Japan. Section Chief of the Thai Section, Osaka University of Foreign Studies; Research Associate at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University | |
− | + | *[[Byung-kyu Woo]] - Republic of Korea. Counselor to the House Steering Committee and the Budget-Settlement Committee of the Republic of Korea National Assembly; Assistant Professor of political science at Kyunghee University; Director of publications, Korean Association of International Relations; legislative counsel for the Korean Unification Study Committee | |
− | + | *[[Thomas Jayasuriya]] - Malaysia. Minister ofNatural Resources, Sabah Government | |
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− | Journalist, editor-in-chief of the National News | ||
− | Cooperation of Indonesia | ||
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− | Writer; Teacher of Law and Literature at the Institute | ||
− | of Banking | ||
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− | Iraq | ||
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− | Histadrut, General Federation of Labour in Israel; | ||
− | member of Executive Bureau; member of the Board of Hevrat | ||
− | Ovdim-Histadrut Enterprises; Chairman, Department for | ||
− | Vocational Training; Chairman, Economic Committee of the | ||
− | Israel Labor List Party (Rafi) | ||
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− | Secretary General of IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali) | ||
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− | Lecturer of English and American Literature, University | ||
− | of Rome | ||
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− | Critic; Member of Japan Film Pen Club; Member of "Film | ||
− | Independent"; Organizer of "RUNAMI Film Gallery" | ||
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− | Professor of Law, Sophia University; Attorney-at-Law | ||
− | in the Haruhiko Tanaka Luw Office | ||
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− | Section Chief of the Thai Section, Osaka University of | ||
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− | Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University | ||
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− | Settlement Committee of the Republic of Korea National | ||
− | Assembly; Assistant Professor of political science at | ||
− | Kyunghee University; Director of publications, Korean | ||
− | Association of International Relations; legislative | ||
− | counsel for the Korean Unification Study Committee | ||
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*[[Mahatir bin Mohamad]] - Malaysia. Medical Practitioner; Member of the House of Representatives, Malaysian Parliament | *[[Mahatir bin Mohamad]] - Malaysia. Medical Practitioner; Member of the House of Representatives, Malaysian Parliament | ||
− | *[[ | + | *[[Wilhelmus Bronzwaer]] - The Netherlands. Assistant Lecturer in Modern English, Catholic University of Nijmegen |
− | The Netherlands | + | *[[Hibnul Hasan]] - West Pakistan. Chief Public Relations Officer of the National Bank of Pakistan |
− | + | *[[Abul Shamsuddoulah]]- East Pakistan (Bangladesh). Lecturer in English, Quaid-i-Azam College, Dacca | |
− | Assistant Lecturer in Modern English, Catholic University | + | *[[Jose Oviedo]]* - Peru. Professor of Spanish-American and Peruvian Literature, Lima (crossed out of HIS list 1969) |
− | of Nijmegen | + | *[[Apolonió Batalla]] - Philippines. Columnist, Manila Daily Bulletin |
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*[[Leonidas Benesa]] - Philippines. Information and Public Relations Officer, Operation Brotherhood International; President, Art Association of the Philippines | *[[Leonidas Benesa]] - Philippines. Information and Public Relations Officer, Operation Brotherhood International; President, Art Association of the Philippines | ||
− | + | *[[Nowina Krasuski]]* - Poland. Chief of the Historic section of the Western Institute (crossed out of HIS list 1969) | |
− | Poland | + | *[[Zygmunt Kubiak]]* - Poland. Writer. Translator of Greek and Roman Literature (crossed out of HIS list 1969) |
− | Chief of the Historic | + | *[[Ghazi Algosaibi]] - Saudi Arabia. Assistant Instructor, College of Commerce, University of Riyadh (Law and International Relations); formerly, Legal Advisor to the Saudi-Egyptian Peace Commission in Yemen |
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− | Assistant Instructor, College of Commerce, University | ||
− | of Riyadh (Law and International Relations); formerly, | ||
− | Legal Advisor to the Saudi-Egyptian Peace Commission in | ||
− | Yemen | ||
*[[Ting Hui Lee]] - Singapore. Deputy Director of Political Study Center | *[[Ting Hui Lee]] - Singapore. Deputy Director of Political Study Center | ||
− | *[[ | + | *[[Candido Perez Gallego]] - Spain. Professor of American Literature, University of Madrid;, Doctor of Philosophy; Research Fellow in Modern Philology |
− | Professor of American Literature, University of Madrid;, | ||
− | Doctor of Philosophy; Research Fellow in Modern Philology | ||
*[[Per Ahlmark]] - Sweden. Political publicist at the Expressen; Member of the governing committee of the Swedish Liberal Party | *[[Per Ahlmark]] - Sweden. Political publicist at the Expressen; Member of the governing committee of the Swedish Liberal Party | ||
− | *[[ | + | *[[Snidvongse Kamtorn]] - Thailand. Chairman of the Department of Art and Cultural Studies, College of Education; Director of Music Studies, Chulalongkorn University; licensed architect |
− | + | *[[Alexander Latim]] - Uganda. Member of Parliament; Secretary General of the Democratic Party; Leader of Uganda's Parliamentary Opposition | |
− | Chairman of the Department of Art and Cultural Studies, | + | *[[Tihomir Vuckovic]]; - Yugoslavia. Assistant, Institute for Theory of Art and Literature; Contributor to Belgrade magazines Gledista and Umetnost |
− | College of Education; Director of Music Studies, | ||
− | Chulalongkorn University; licensed architect | ||
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− | Member of Parliament; Secretary General of the Democratic | ||
− | Party; Leader of Uganda's Parliamentary Opposition | ||
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− | Assistant, Institute for Theory of Art and Literature; | ||
− | Contributor to Belgrade | ||
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*[[Robert Peter Fichter]] - Faculty Assistant, Humanities Section of the Seminar; B.A., Harvard College; presently, Candidate for Ph.D. degree, Department of English, Harvard University | *[[Robert Peter Fichter]] - Faculty Assistant, Humanities Section of the Seminar; B.A., Harvard College; presently, Candidate for Ph.D. degree, Department of English, Harvard University |
Latest revision as of 09:58, 10 September 2022
Harvard/International Seminar/1967 | |
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Kissinger's long term perspective paid off. Heinz Fischer, participant in 1967, after decades of deep state activities became President of Austria in 2004. | |
Membership | • Pablo Lopez Borrelli • Heinz Fischer • Lucien Huyse • Krusten Dyankov • Philips Tampoe • Pavel Kovaly • Chin-Hsing Wang • Dominique Le Vert • Andre Marissel • Carl Lenz • Hartmut Soell • Wolfgang Werth • Joseph Odunton • Giles Radice • Michael Wynn-Jones • Eleni Vakalo • Ashok Desai • Sumono Mustoffa • Nodoushan Eslami • Wedie Najim • Gad Yaacobi • Gerardo Mombelli • Biancamaria Pisapia • Koichiro Ishizaki • Michio Nishi • Toru Yano • Byung-kyu Woo • Thomas Jayasuriya • Mahatir bin Mohamad • Wilhelmus Bronzwaer • Hibnul Hasan • Abul Shamsuddoulah • Jose Oviedo • Apolonió Batalla • Leonidas Benesa • Nowina Krasuski • Zygmunt Kubiak • Ghazi Algosaibi • Ting Hui Lee • Candido Perez Gallego • Per Ahlmark • Snidvongse Kamtorn • Alexander Latim • Tihomir Vuckovic • Robert Peter Fichter • Thomas Hargadon • David Kieft |
These are the participants from 1967 for the yearly International Seminar led by Henry Kissinger at Harvard University.[1]. The fully paid six week stay had as one of its purposes to "establish better understanding among a select group of people who will be in top leadership roles in their countries in the years ahead".[2] Approximately half are from the field of the humanities and half in politics and economics.[3]
For next year's cadre, see Harvard/International Seminar/1968. For the previous year, see Harvard/International Seminar/1966. For an overview of the program itself, see Harvard/International Seminar.
Participants
- Pablo Lopez Borrelli - Argentina. Attorney at Law; permanent Attorney at Law for the Argentine National Bank
- Heinz Fischer - Austria. Secretary of the Socialist Faction of the Austrian Parliament
- Lucien Huyse - Belgium. Research Associate, National Fund of Scientific Research
- Krusten Dyankov* -—Bulgaria. Editor ov L.I.K., a weekly magazine; editor of Snimki i Karikatur, a weekly pictorial of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. (crossed out of HIS list 1969)
- Philips Tampoe; 221/2 Upper Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon. Advocate and General Secretary, Ceylon Mercantile Union
- Pavel Kovaly* - Czechoslovakia. Head of department of history of philosophy, Praha (crossed out of HIS list 1969)
- Chin-Hsing Wang - Taiwan, Republic of China. Editor, The China News, an English language daily, published in Taipei
- Dominique Le Vert - France. Deputy Secretary General of the State Council; Lecturer at the Institute of Political Studies, University of Paris
- Andre Marissel pseudonym (J. M. Pittner) - France. Writer (poet, essayist); Art advisor (0.R.T.F.)
- Carl Lenz - Germany. Lawyer; member of the German Bundestag
- Hartmut Soell -Germany. SPD-Parliamentary Group at the German Bundestag
- Wolfgang Werth - Germany. Junior Editor of the German monthly review, "Der Monat," in Berlin
- Joseph Odunton - Ghana. Principal Secretary, Ministry of Information; member of Board of Directors for the State Publishing Corporation; Chairman of the Publicity Committee
- Giles Radice -England. Head of Research Department of the General and Municipal Workers' Union
- Michael Wynn-Jones - England. Assistant to the Editor of Nova Magazine; Editor of Twentieth Century Magazine
- Eleni Vakalo - Greece. Poet and Art Critic; permanent art critic for the Athens newspaper Ta Nea and for the art magazine Zygos; teacher of art history in the School of Decorative and Applied Arts (which she and her husband founded).
- Ashok Desai - India. Barrister at Law, High Court of Judicature; Legal Correspondent for "The Times of India"; Professor of Law, K.C. Law College, University of Bombay; Lecturer in Law, College of Journalism, Bombay
- Sumono Mustoffa - Indonesia. Journalist, editor-in-chief of the National News Cooperation of Indonesia
- Nodoushan Eslami - Iran. Writer; Teacher of Law and Literature at the Institute of Banking
- Wedie Najim* - Iraq. Assistant professor of Arabic Literature, University of Baghdad. (crossed out of HIS list 1969)
- Gad Yaacobi - Israel. Histadrut, General Federation of Labour in Israel; member of Executive Bureau; member of the Board of Hevrat Ovdim-Histadrut Enterprises; Chairman, Department for Vocational Training; Chairman, Economic Committee of the Israel Labor List Party (Rafi)
- Gerardo Mombelli - Italy. Secretary General of IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali)
- Biancamaria Pisapia - Italy. Lecturer of English and American Literature, University of Rome
- Koichiro Ishizaki - Japan. Critic; Member of Japan Film Pen Club; Member of "Film Independent"; Organizer of "RUNAMI Film Gallery"
- Michio Nishi - Japan. Professor of Law, Sophia University; Attorney-at-Law in the Haruhiko Tanaka Luw Office
- Toru Yano - Japan. Section Chief of the Thai Section, Osaka University of Foreign Studies; Research Associate at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
- Byung-kyu Woo - Republic of Korea. Counselor to the House Steering Committee and the Budget-Settlement Committee of the Republic of Korea National Assembly; Assistant Professor of political science at Kyunghee University; Director of publications, Korean Association of International Relations; legislative counsel for the Korean Unification Study Committee
- Thomas Jayasuriya - Malaysia. Minister ofNatural Resources, Sabah Government
- Mahatir bin Mohamad - Malaysia. Medical Practitioner; Member of the House of Representatives, Malaysian Parliament
- Wilhelmus Bronzwaer - The Netherlands. Assistant Lecturer in Modern English, Catholic University of Nijmegen
- Hibnul Hasan - West Pakistan. Chief Public Relations Officer of the National Bank of Pakistan
- Abul Shamsuddoulah- East Pakistan (Bangladesh). Lecturer in English, Quaid-i-Azam College, Dacca
- Jose Oviedo* - Peru. Professor of Spanish-American and Peruvian Literature, Lima (crossed out of HIS list 1969)
- Apolonió Batalla - Philippines. Columnist, Manila Daily Bulletin
- Leonidas Benesa - Philippines. Information and Public Relations Officer, Operation Brotherhood International; President, Art Association of the Philippines
- Nowina Krasuski* - Poland. Chief of the Historic section of the Western Institute (crossed out of HIS list 1969)
- Zygmunt Kubiak* - Poland. Writer. Translator of Greek and Roman Literature (crossed out of HIS list 1969)
- Ghazi Algosaibi - Saudi Arabia. Assistant Instructor, College of Commerce, University of Riyadh (Law and International Relations); formerly, Legal Advisor to the Saudi-Egyptian Peace Commission in Yemen
- Ting Hui Lee - Singapore. Deputy Director of Political Study Center
- Candido Perez Gallego - Spain. Professor of American Literature, University of Madrid;, Doctor of Philosophy; Research Fellow in Modern Philology
- Per Ahlmark - Sweden. Political publicist at the Expressen; Member of the governing committee of the Swedish Liberal Party
- Snidvongse Kamtorn - Thailand. Chairman of the Department of Art and Cultural Studies, College of Education; Director of Music Studies, Chulalongkorn University; licensed architect
- Alexander Latim - Uganda. Member of Parliament; Secretary General of the Democratic Party; Leader of Uganda's Parliamentary Opposition
- Tihomir Vuckovic; - Yugoslavia. Assistant, Institute for Theory of Art and Literature; Contributor to Belgrade magazines Gledista and Umetnost
- Robert Peter Fichter - Faculty Assistant, Humanities Section of the Seminar; B.A., Harvard College; presently, Candidate for Ph.D. degree, Department of English, Harvard University
- Thomas Hargadon - Director of the Seminar; Administrative Assistant to the Mayor of Newton, Massachusetts; B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Harvard Law School; Andrew Carnegie Intern in Public Administration; formerly, Lecturer in Political Science, Boston College
- David Kieft Faculty Assistant, Politics and Economics Section of the Seminar; Assistant Professor of History at the University of Minnesota; B.A., Harvard College; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Known members
3 of the 47 of the members already have pages here:
Member | Description |
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Heinz Fischer | President of Austria for 12 years. 3 Bilderberg |
Mahathir Mohamad | President of Malysia. Member of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission. Implicated Boeing and CIA in Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappearance. Disagreed on the official narrative into MH 17. |
Giles Radice | A template for Tony Blair arguing for "modernization" of the Labour Party. A leading member of the European Movement in the UK. |
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