Bilderberg/1968
The 1968 Bilderberg Meeting was the 16th such meeting and had 88 participants from 15 European countries, the United States, Canada and "various international organisations".[1] 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.
Contents
Agenda
The 1968 Bilderberg Agenda has been leaked and is now online.[1] 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".[2]
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.[1]
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.[1]
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.[1] 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) |
