Bilderberg/1968

 Bilderberg/1968(meeting)

The 1968 Bilderberg Report
Date	26 April 1968 - 28 April 1968
Location	Mont Tremblant,  Canada
Participants	Bernhard von Biesterfeld, Klaus-Georg von Amsberg, Ernst van der Beugel, Joseph E. Johnson, Arnold T. Lamping, Giovanni Agnelli, Jean V. Allard, Egon Bahr, George Ball, Wilfrid S. Baumgartner, Leonard Beaton, Michel Belanger, Bjarni Benediktsson, Frederic Bennett, Fritz Berg, Barend Biesheuvel, M. Nuri Birgi, Kurt Birrenbach, Alan R. Booth, Maurice Bridgeman, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Alastair Buchan, Louis Camu, Paul Chambers, Emilio Collado, Arthur Dean, Frederick Deming, C. Douglas Dillon, William Dodge, Henry Ford II, Jacques de Fouchier, Thomas S. Gates Jr., Anthony Griffin, Henri Hartung, Gabriel Hauge, Henry J. Heinz II, Leif Høegh, John Wendell Holmes, Henry Jackson, Christian Karsten, J. Ward Keener, Pieter Kuin, Allen T. Lambert, Paul Lendvai, Richard Lowenthal, D. Björn H. Lundvall, Joseph Luns, Paul Martin Sr, Charles McC. Mathias, William F. McLean, Robert McNamara, Pierre Mendes-France, Karl Mommer, Bill Moyers, Robert D. Murphy, Stavros Niarchos, Alberto Nogueira, Johan A. Nykopp, Roberto Olivetti, Duncan M. Oppenheim, Jacques Parizeau, Lester B. Pearson, Aurelio Peccei, James A. Perkins, Leopoldo Pirelli, Enoch Powell, Louis Rasminsky, Ronald S. Ritchie, David Rockefeller, Alberto Ronchey, Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Claude Ryan, John T. Ryan, Herman Sandberg, Andrew A. Shonfield, Baron Snoy et d'Oppuers, Jacques E. Solvay, Svend Sorensen, Dieter Spethmann, Altiero Spinelli, Ugo Stille, Shepard Stone, Dick Taverne, Terkel Terkelsen, Albert A. Thornbrough, Otto Tidemand, Pierre E. Trudeau, Ilter Turkmen, Victor Umbricht, Raymond Vernon, Willem A. Visser 't Hooft, Otto Wolff von Amerongen
Perpetrators	Bilderberg/Steering committee
Witnessed by	Robert Bartley, Bernard Thillaye, Edwin Vernede
Description	The 17th Bilderberg and the 2nd in Canada

The 1968 Bilderberg Meeting was the 17th such meeting and had participants from 15 European countries, the United States, Canada and "various international organisations". It was held at the Lodge at Mont Tremblant, Canada. The 91 guests included 22 business executives, 22 politicians, 7 financiers, 11 editors/journalists and 7 academics. The next meeting was the 1969 Bilderberg.

Agenda

The 1968 Bilderberg Agenda has been leaked and is now online. James A. Perkins spoke on universities. Bill Moyers spoke on the condition of the US administration, commenting that Lyndon Johnson although healthy was "obviously a weary man".

1. The Relations between the West and the Communist Countries

The background for discussion of this item of the Agenda consisted of a paper prepared by a German participant which was distributed before the meeting. The author of this paper began by noting that for more than a decade relations between the Western powers and the Soviet bloc had been characterized by the development oflimited but important elements of co-operation along with the persistence of overriding conflict.

In appraising the shortcomings and imperfections of the Atlantic Alliance, considerable attention was paid to the unsatisfactory state of public opinion vis-a-vis NATO.

2. Internationalization of Business

The groundwork for discussion of this item consisted of three papers prepared by an American and two French participants. These papers had been distributed among participants some weeks before the meeting. One of the speakers was Dr. Henri Hartung, whose paper on The Internationalization of Business: The Social Aspect has been posted online.

 

Known Participants

89 of the 91 of the participants already have pages here:

Participant	Description
Gianni Agnelli	Italian industrialist, 37 Bilderbergs
Jean Allard	Senior Canadian officer. Bilderberg 1968
Otto Wolff von Amerongen	Bilderberg Advisory Committee member, deep politician
Klaus-Georg von Amsberg	Prince Claus of the Netherlands, fought for Hitler, implicated in underage sex ring with mayor Ed van Thijn and finance minister Onno Ruding. Alleged victim of sexual blackmail.
Egon Bahr	Quad Bilderberger German SPD politician
George Ball	US deep politician who attended all 40 Bilderberg meetings up to his death, he helped make key decisions about post-WW2 Europe.
Wilfrid Baumgartner	Governor of the Bank of France, Bilderberg Steering Committee
Leonard Beaton	Died aged 41, three years after attending the 1968 Bilderberg. His book, The Reform of Power, was posthumously published in 1972.
Michel Belanger	Canadian businessman and banker. Trilateral, 1968 and 1989 Bilderbergs
Bjarni Benediktsson	Main responsible for Iceland joining NATO in 1949, against significant opposition, and for giving the United States Air Force a lease on Keflavík Airport. Prime Minister of Iceland for most of the 1960s. Died in 1970 from a fire soon after his 4th Bilderberg
Frederic Bennett	Parliamentary Private Secretary to Reginald Maudling, Privy Counsellor, Bilderberg Steering committee
Fritz Berg	President of the Federation of German Industries - "the real government of West Germany" - for over 20 years. 13 Bilderbergs.
Ernst van der Beugel	Dutch deep politician, 34 Bilderbergs, on both the Advisory & Steering committees
Barend Biesheuvel	1968 Bilderberg. Dutch PM 1971-73
Bernhard von Biesterfeld	Nazi arms dealer. Alleged bodyguard of Hitler, early member of the SS, requested presidency under Hitler during WW2. An early leader of the Dutch Deep State, founded Dutch division of Operation Gladio named Inlichtingen en Operatiën, co-founded Bilderberg as Steering Committee chairman. Started 1001 Club, WWF, Rijkens Club. Linked to Klaas Bruinsma.
Nuri Birgi	23 Bilderbergs, Turkish Permanent Representative to NATO
Kurt Birrenbach	7 Bilderbergs, West German politician
Alan Booth	British Christian leader and Co-founder of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Bilderberg/1968.
Maurice Bridgeman	UK Businessman who attended the 1968 Bilderberg as Chair of BP
Zbigniew Brzezinski	A central US Deep politician, Cercle, Bilderberg, ...
Alastair Buchan	Son of a spook, propagandist and UK deep state operative. Commandant of the Imperial Defence College, four Bilderbergs
Louis Camu	Belgian atlanticist banker and multi-Bilderberger. Proponent of European unification and creating a single European currency.
Paul Chambers	Chairman of ICI. Attended the 1963 and 1968 Bilderbergs.
Emilio Collado	Big oil, World Bank, Bilderberg Steering committee.
Arthur Dean	Chairman and senior partner of Sullivan & Cromwell, where he worked closely with John Foster Dulles
Frederick Deming	US central banker, stint in government under Lyndon Johnson, and Lazard Freres
Douglas Dillon	Bilderberg, Brookings, Committee on the Present Danger, CFR, US/Secretary of the Treasury...
William Dodge	Canadian Labor Union Leader
Jacques de Fouchier	French financier
Pierre Mendès France	Prime Minister of France in the 1950s, Bilderberg 1968, Le Siecle
Thomas Gates	Investment Banker, US secretary of defense for slightly over 1 year, attended the 1968 Bilderberg
Anthony Griffin	Worked for S.G. Warburg. A member of the Bilderberg Advisory Committee for 32 years.
Henri Hartung	Swiss academic who gave a presentation on The Internationalization of Business: The Social Aspect to the 1968 Bilderberg.
Gabriel Hauge	Early member of the Bilderberg Steering committee, CFR. "The expert who tells [President Eisenhower] what to think"
John Wendell Holmes	Canadian diplomat and academic. Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations in early 1950. Attended two Bilderbergs in the 1960s
Willem A. Visser 't Hooft	Dutch theologian who became the first secretary general of the World Council of Churches. Informant for Allen Dulles during WW2. Single Bilderberger.
Leif Høegh	Bilderberg Steering committee, as was his son
H. John Heinz II	34 Bilderberg meetings, Bilderberg Steering & Advisory Committees
Henry Ford II	Grandson of Henry Ford. Ford CEO after WW2. Hotchkiss School, Yale University, Book And Snake.
Henry Jackson	Suspected deep state operative who attended 3 Bilderbergs in the 1960s and spoke at the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism on "Terrorism as a Weapon in International Politics".
Joseph Johnson	Inaugural US secretary of the annual Bilderberg, Bilderberg Steering committee member.
C. Frits Karsten	Banker, Honorary Treasurer of the Bilderberg and a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee.
J. Ward Keener	US multinational business executive who went to the 1968 Bilderberg
Pieter Kuin	Unilever multinational corporation executive who spoke on "European co-operation for the development of Southern Italy" with Paul Rykens at the 1968 Bilderberg
Allen Lambert	50 year long banking career
Arnold Lamping	Deputy secretary general in Europe of the Bilderberg. All Bilderberg meetings from 1960 - 1968.
Paul Lendvai	Austrian Triple Bilderberger journalist
Björn Lundvall	As CEO of LM Ericsson, a part of the Wallenberg Sphere, Lundvall also represented the Wallenberg family as a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee.
Joseph Luns	Ex Secretary General of NATO, Regular Bilderberger
Richard Löwenthal	A Jewish exile from Nazi Germany, he soon was attached to US and UK intelligence services. After the war became a major intellectual in the Social Democratic Party of Germany, and often consulted by the SPD’s leaders, especially Willy Brandt and Ernst Reuter. He attended the 1968 Bilderberg conference.
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Witnesses

Witness	Description
Robert Bartley	Managed the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal for over 30 years. 15 Bilderberg visits
Bernard Thillaye	Tri Bilderberg Canadian mariner
Edwin Vernède	Personal Secretary to Prince Bernhard for 30 years (1965-95)

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