Pierre Gallois
 Pierre Gallois    (pilot) | |
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| Born | 1911-06-29 Turin, Italy |
| Died | 2010-08-24 (Age 99) Paris, France |
| Nationality | France |
| Children | • François Gallois • Richard Gallois • Phillip Gallois |
| Spouse | Françoise Marie Gallois |
| Member of | Le Cercle |
Pierre Gallois was a French air force brigadier general and geopolitician.
Activities
Gallois was instrumental in the constitution of the French nuclear arsenal. This earned him the nickname of father of the French atom bomb. However, Bruno Tertrais, a research fellow at the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, argued in "Destruction Assurée : The Origins and Development of French Nuclear Strategy, 1945-1981," an essay in Henry Sokolski, ed., Getting Mad: Nuclear mutual assured destruction, its origins and practice, that other contemporaries of Gallois in the community of French defense intellectuals deserve a greater share of the responsibility. After the war, Gallois was detached to civil aviation and took part in conferences of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Le Cercle
Brian Crozier wrote in his autobiography that he "interpreted for him [Pierre Galois] at Pinay Cercle meetings. Jean Violet gave him a 'genius' rating."[1]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1957 October | 4 October 1957 | 6 October 1957 | Italy Fiuggi | The 6th Bilderberg meeting, the latest ever in the year and the first one in Italy. |
| Bilderberg/1963 | 29 March 1963 | 31 March 1963 | France Cannes Hotel Martinez | The 12th Bilderberg meeting and the second one in France. |
| Bilderberg/1964 | 20 March 1964 | 22 March 1964 | US Virginia Williamsburg | A year after this meeting, the post of GATT/Director-General was set up, and given Eric Wyndham White, who attended the '64 meeting. Several subsequent holders have been Bilderberg insiders, only 2 are not known to have attended the group. |
