The 1001 Club

The 1001 Club   (Deep state milieu, Conservation movement)
Formation	1970
Founder	•  Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld •  Anton Rupert
Interest of	Joël van der Reijden
Membership	•  Agha Hasan Abedi •  Robert Adeane •  Giovanni Agnelli •  Susanna Agnelli •  Umberto Agnelli •  Sheikh Ali Ahmed •  Max Aitken •  Maria del Rosario Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart •  Mohammed Al-Naki •  James William Alsdorf •  Robert Orville Anderson •  Walter H. Annenberg •  Alexander Baring •  Gavin Astor •  Vincent Astor •  William Astor •  George F. Baker Jr •  John Fleming Ball •  David Barran •  Herbert Batliner •  Mrs. Kenneth K. Bechtel •  Stephen D. Bechtel •  John Russell (1001 Club) •  Berthold Beitz •  Baron Jean-Pierre Berghmans •  Mumtaz Ali Bhutto •  Sheikh Salem Bin Laden •  Alf R. Bjercke •  Brion Battin Black •  Conrad Black •  Pierre Blaton •  Therese Blaton •  Instone Bloomfield •  Louis Mortimer Bloomfield •  Rene Boel •  Sue Erpf van de Bovenkamp •  David K. E. Bruce •  Mrs. James Bruce •  George Burton •  August Anheuser Busch Jr. •  Aubrey Leland Oakes Buxton •  Christopher Cadbury •  Peter Cadbury •  Juan Carlos •  Vittorio Cini •  Vishwasrao D. Chowgule •  Gustavo Cisneros •  Bertrand Collomb •  George R. Cooley •  Joseph Cullman III •  Philip Kingsland Crowe •  Michel David-Weill •  John H. H. Davis •  Charles De Pauw •  Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev •  C. Douglas Dillon •  Eric Drake •  Frederick Anthony Hamilton Wills •  Val Duncan •  Barry East •  John Eastwood •  Shafi Lawal Edu •  Abayomi Edu •  Ademola Edu •  Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard •  Gladys d'Erlanger •  Karl-Wilhelm von Finckenstein •  Ferdinand von Galen •  Ronald A. Irish •  Henry Ford II •  Manuel Fraga-Iribarne •  Egmond Frommelt •  Kenneth Ping-fan Fung •  Kenneth H. C. Fung •  Sohrab Pirojsha Godrej •  S. Gerald Goldsmith •  Basil P. Goulandris •  Charles M. Grace •  J. Peter Grace •  Lew Grade •  John Grimston •  Francis Wilfred de Guingand •  Baron Alain de Gunzburg •  Jean-Louis de Gunzberg •  Clinton Raymond Gutermuth •  Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar •  Stelios Haji-Ioannou •  Charles de Haes •  Francesca von Habsburg •  Mrs. Reza Hakimzadeh •  John W. Hanes Jr. •  Alfred Hartmann •  Mrs. Henry J. Heinz II •  Alfred Herrhausen •  Basil E. Hersov •  R. L. Hersov •  Dirk Hertzog •  Lukas Hoffmann •  Andre Hoffmann •  Nelson Bunker Hunt •  Anders Jahre •  Baron Daniel Janssen •  Thomas V. Jones •  Sheikh Ahmed Juffali •  Joseph Kagan •  Tan Sri A. Nik Kamil •  Kenneth Keith •  Francis L. Kellogg •  Mrs. Geoffrey J. W. Kent •  David J. Keswick •  Henry N.L. Keswick •  Karim Aga Khan •  Sadruddin Aga Khan •  Hussein Aga Khan •  Henry L. Kimelman •  Hugh Kenyon Molesworth Kindersley •  Alexander B. King •  John King •  Shantanurao L. Kirloskar •  Cyril Kleinwort •  Mrs. Ernest G. Kleinwort •  Kenneth Drake Kleinwort •  Richard Drake Kleinwort •  Johannes Kraaijeveld van Hemert •  Friedrich Kristinus •  Philip C. Kwok •  Allen T. Lambert •  Leslie Lavy •  Philip William Bryce Lever •  Leopold Lippens •  Marie Lippens •  Franz Joseph II von Liechtenstein •  Hans Adam Liechtenstein II •  George P. Livanos •  George S. Livanos •  Daniel K. Ludwig •  Louis Luyt •  Carlo von Maffei •  Cyril Magnin •  George W. Mallinckrodt •  Boris Marmor •  Robert Strange McNamara •  Mrs. Constance Mellon •  Paul W. Mellon •  Hans L. Merkle •  Fred C. Meuser •  Emilio Azcárraga Milmo Jr •  Pierre Mirabaud •  David Charles Samuel Montagu •  Guy Reginald Mountfort •  Rafi Muneer •  Peter Munk •  John Dabney Murchison •  Sukum Navapan •  Stavros Niarchos •  Mrs. William A. Nitze •  Tenzing Norgay •  Arthur Norman •  David Mackenzie Ogilvy •  John M. Olin •  Mrs. John M. Olin •  Spencer T. Olin •  Gabrielle von Oppenheim •  Harold F. Oppenheimer •  Nicholas Oppenheimer •  Mrs. Lucius P. Ordway •  Alexander Orlow •  Yue Kong Pao •  Antenor Patino •  Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi •  Edgar G. Parser •  Mrs. Edgar de Picciotto •  Henrik von Platen •  Marcel van Poecke •  Derek W. Pritchard •  William Purves •  Hilmar Reksten •  Michel Relecom •  Robert Burnham Renwick •  Manuchehr Riahi •  Jean Riboud •  David Rockefeller •  Godfrey Anderson Rockefeller •  Laurence S. Rockefeller •  Tibor Imgas Rosenbaum •  Sydney Rothman •  Edmond de Rothschild •  Nadine de Rothschild •  Edmund L. de Rothschild •  Guy de Rothschild •  Anthony Edward Rupert •  Johann Peter Rupert •  Anthonij Edward Rupert •  Andres M. Sada •  Edmond J. Safra •  Lily J. Safra •  Walter Hans Salomon •  Harold Samuel •  Mrs. Pierre Schlumberger •  Ernst Schmidheiny •  Max Schmidheiny •  Stephan Schmidheiny •  Bruno L. Schroder •  Peter Scott •  Mobutu Sese Seko •  Barnett Shine •  Peter von Siemens •  Denis Solvay •  Pierre Solvay •  Sidney Spiro •  Maurice F. Strong •  John B. Sunley •  Ibnu Sutowo •  Julius Tahija •  Walter C. Teagle •  Johannes von Thurn und Taxis •  Heinrich II von Thyssen-Bornemisza •  Georg Thyssen-Bornemisza •  Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza •  Maria Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza •  Sabina Thyssen-Bornemisza •  Borja Thyssen-Bornemisza •  Henry F. Tiarks •  Ravi N. Tikoo •  Juan Antonio Samaranch Torello •  Noah Torno •  Georg Baron von Ullmann •  Georg Baron von Ullmann (2) •  Robert L. Vesco •  Edmund H. Vestey •  Marcus Wallenberg Jr. •  Marc Wallenberg •  Peter Wallenberg •  Marcus Wallenberg •  Lew R. Wasserman •  Arthur K. Watson •  Thomas J. Watson Jr. •  Tom Whyte •  Charles A. Werner •  Phillip (Windsor) Mountbatten •  Laurent Wolters •  Ardeshir Zahedi •  Mahnaz Zahedi •  John Hugo Loudon •  Poul Louis Justman Jacob
A nature trust started by a billionaire businessman and a co-founder of the Bilderberg Group, which raises funds for the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

The 1001 Club emerged out of the Bilderberg/Steering committee during the late 1960s. It centered around the chairman of that group, Bernhard von Biesterfeld.

Official Narrative

The following was taken verbatim (in November 2010) from WWF web site:

"The 1001: A Nature Trust is an endowment fund created in 1971 to provide WWF International with a financial base to maintain a sustainably managed organization. The fund aims to engage influential members of society, those that are able to bring about change in the world, in the conservation activities of WWF.

The idea for the fund came from Dr Anton Rupert, a founding member of WWF; HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands translated the idea into reality by inviting 1000 influential people from around the world to join him in investing in the endowment – hence the name The 1001: A Nature Trust."

Origins

The founder, Bernhard von Biesterfeld, was a deep politician who was Bilderberg/Steering committee/Chairman for over 20 years. A small group of fellow Bilderbergers (Gianni Agnelli and David Rockefeller of the Steering committee and Marcus Wallenberg Jr.) were regular Bilderbergers in the late 1960s, and guest of the late 1960s Bilderbergs included others who became members of the 1001 Club, including Douglas Dillon, Henry Ford II, Thomas Jones, Cyril Kleinwort, Allen Lambert, Robert McNamara, Stavros Niarchos, Hans Merkle and Philip Mountbatten.

Later Bilderberg Steering committee members who were also members of the 1001 club included Conrad Black, Bertrand Collomb, Alfred Herrhausen and Marcus "Husky" Wallenberg. In all, at least 61 members of the 1001 Club have also attended one or more Bilderberg meetings.

5 members of the 1001 Club have also attended one or more meetings of Le Cercle: Basil Hersov, Dirk W. R. Hertzog, Manuel Fraga Iribarne, David Rockefeller, Ardeshir Zahedi.

Concerns

Behind the glossy, feel-good image cultivated by its PR people and on display at its Web Site lies an altogether different reality. A 1993 Washington Monthly article hinted at it, noting that

"... The secret list of members includes a disproportionate percentage of South Africans, all too happy in an era of social banishment to be welcomed into a socially elite society. Other contributors include businessmen with suspect connections, including organized crime, environmentally destructive development, and corrupt African politics. Even an internal report called WWF's approach egocentric and neocolonialist."

For an in-depth study of this group, including detailed membership lists see the ISGP website:

• The 1001 Club - The 1001 Club: Bankers and Raw Materials Executives Striving for a Sustainable Future

See Also

• Photocopies 1978, 1987 and 2010 confidential list of the WWF's 1001 Club plus many biographies 6 September 2010

 

Known members

56 of the 245 of the members already have pages here:

Member	Description
Agha Hasan Abedi	Founded the infamous BCCI, amongst other banks.
Gianni Agnelli	Italian industrialist, 37 Bilderbergs
Umberto Agnelli	Italian business magnate with multiple deep state connections including the Bilderberg Steering committee.
Max Aitken
Robert O. Anderson	Triple Bilderberg Big Oil exec who attended the 1973 Bilderberg
David Barran	One of the UK's "most articulate spokesmen for free enterprise". Attended the 1967 Bilderberg conference as Chair of Shell.
Herbert Batliner	"one of Liechtenstein's most extraordinary figures, whose clients have included alleged insider dealers, the son of an African dictator and the pardoned fugitive US financier Marc Rich."
Berthold Beitz	Head of the Krupp steel conglomerate beginning in the 1950s. Attended the 1958 Bilderberg
Alf Bjercke	Norwegian business magnate and member of the 1001 Club
Conrad Black	Fraudulent Bilderberg steering committee member
David Bruce	spooky US diplomat
Bertrand Collomb	Connected French businessman. 13 Bilderbergs.
Philip Crowe	US OSS spook and diplomat
Michel David-Weill	French financier and heir to the Lazard banking dynasty who attended the 1972 and 2002 Bilderbergs.
Douglas Dillon	Bilderberg, Brookings, Committee on the Present Danger, CFR, US/Secretary of the Treasury...
Eric Drake	UK oil executive invited to the 1973 Bilderberg
Gustavo Cisneros	Venezuelan media mogul
Pehr G. Gyllenhammar	Swedish CEO, European Round Table of Industrialists, Banque Rothschild, with deep state ties
Alfred Herrhausen	Multi Bilderberg, Chairman of Deutsche Bank. Promoted the cancellation of unpayable debt. Assassinated in 1989 "in a military operation of a complexity without precedent"
Basil Hersov	"A man with considerable influence". Banker, Le Cercle, Patron of The Institute Of Directors in Southern Africa
Hans-Adam II	Billionaire ruler of Liechtenstein.
Henry Ford II	Grandson of Henry Ford. Ford CEO after WW2. Hotchkiss School, Yale University, Book And Snake.
Aga Khan IV	Ultra-rich leader of religious sect with own secluded pleasure island.
Manuel Fraga Iribarne	Member of both Le Cercle and the 1001 Club.
Poul Louis Justman Jacob	Chairman of Dutch state steel company Koninklijke Hoogovens in the 20th century.
Anders Jahre	Norwegian shipping magnate who owned the hotel where the 1982 Bilderberg was held.
Daniel Janssen	Bilderberg Steering committee Belgian business leader
Thomas Jones	US military-industrial businessman who attended the 1966 and the 1987 Bilderbergs.
George F. Baker Jr	A "prominent socialite" shot dead in 1977. 1001 Club. His son was presumed dead after flying a small plane.
Marcus Wallenberg Jr.	Chairman of the Federation of Swedish Industries, Bilderberg Steering committee, 22 Bilderbergs
Sadruddin Aga Khan	Specialist in running intelligence operations under humanitarian cover. Club of Rome member.
Alexander King	Co-founded the Club of Rome. 1970 Bilderberg
Allen Lambert	50 year long banking career
George Livanos	Greek/US shipping magnate who who built up Greece’s largest merchant fleet in the 1980s and 1990s. He attended the 1982 and 1993 Bilderberg conferences.
John Loudon	Anglo/Dutch CEO of Shell, and close friend with David Rockefeller. Attended the 1962, 1965, 1975 Bilderbergs.
Robert McNamara	US Deep state actor, War criminal, Defense secretary, World Bank president, Brookings, CFR...
Philip Mountbatten	"I am tempted to ask for reincarnation as a particularly deadly virus."
Peter Munk	Suspected Canadian deep state operative
Stavros Niarchos	Greek shipping magnate. Worked closely with the CIA. Bilderberger.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	The Shah of Iran. "I don't believe the tortures attributed to the SAVAK are as common as people say, but I can't run everything. "
William Purves	Chairman and CEO of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. 1001 Club. Hakluyt & Company Ltd. Bilderberg/1998
Jean Riboud	French businessman
David Rockefeller	US deep politician. CFR founder. Only person to attend over 50 Bilderberg meetings.
Laurence Rockefeller
Edmund de Rothschild	English financier. Major Edmund "Eddy" Leopold de Rothschild, CBE.
Edmond Safra	Banker who involved in drug, gold and currency trafficking, money laundering and organised crime, including what became known as Iran Contra. Died in suspicious fire.
Lily Safra	Widow of Edmond Safra
Max Schmidheiny	One of the most influential captains of industry in Switzerland in the 20th century
Stephan Schmidheiny	Second generation Swiss Bilderberger businessman
Juan Carlos I of Spain	King Juan Carlos I of Spain, attended the 1989 Bilderberg
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