Le Cercle/1980 (Washington)
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| Date | 5 December 1980 - 7 December 1980 |
|---|---|
| Location | Madison Hotel, Washington DC, USA |
| Witnessed by | Georges Albertini, Giulio Andreotti, Franz Josef Bach, Alfredo Sánchez Bella, Jacques Chirac, Brian Crozier, Francois de Grossouvre, Donald Jameson, Franz Josef Strauss, [[..|...]] |
Le Cercle met in the Madison Hotel, Washington DC from 5-7 December 1980.
Exposure
The meeting was detailed in a telegram to the South African Embassy in Madrid that was found on the internet in 2017. Some of the list of participants stems from that telegram in which they are referred to as "moontlike deelnemers" (=possible participants)[1], others from Brian Crozier's autobiography.[2]
Known Participants
9 of the 10 of the participants already have pages here:
| Participant | Description |
|---|---|
| Georges Albertini | French deep state operative. Man-behind-the-scenes for many politicians. |
| Giulio Andreotti | "The ultimate insider of Italian political life", who as Italian Prime Minister publicly confirmed the existence of Operation Gladio |
| Franz Josef Bach | A leading German member of the Cercle, who organised the 1982 meeting in Wildbad Kreuth. |
| Alfredo Sánchez Bella | Spanish spook and possible deep politician |
| Jacques Chirac | French PM. 2 year suspended sentence for embezzlement in 2011. His mayoral security assistant, Monique Garnier-Lançon, convened the French meetings of Le Cercle. |
| Brian Crozier | Arch espionage insider who founded his own intelligence agency |
| François de Grossouvre | The spook in charge of Operation Gladio in France. |
| Donald Jameson | Attended multiple Cercle meetings and worked for the CIA. Vice-president of the Jamestown Foundation |
| Franz Josef Strauß | A deep politician and politician, a known attendee of Le Cercle, accused in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals. |
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