Bilderberg/1979

 Bilderberg/1979(meeting)

The 1979 Bilderberg Report
Date	27 April 1979 - 29 April 1979
Location	Clubhotel Schloss Weikersdorf,  Baden,  Austria
Perpetrators	Bilderberg/Steering committee
Witnessed by	Lord Home of the Hirsel, Ernst H. van der Beugel, William P. Bundy, Giovanni Agnelli, Hannes Androsch, Herlbert Apfalter, The Earl of Avon, George W. Ball, Vittorio Barattieri, Sir Frederic Bennett, Christoph Bertram, Christian Beullac, Selahattin Beyazit, Birgit Breuel, Tassilo Broesigke, L. Dean Brown, Costa Carras, John H. Chafee, Henning Christophersen, Il Marchese Cittadini Cesi, Vitor M. R. Constancio, Alfred Dallinger, Willem F. Duisenberg, Jr. Eliot, Theodore L., Bernard Esambert, Paul B. Finney, Heinz Fischer, William J. Foltz, Wayne J. Fredericks, Fritz Gerber, Knut Getz Wold, Victor Halberstadt, Arthur A. Hartman, Helmut Haussmann, II Heinz, Henry J., Alfred Herrhausen, Hans Igler, Daniel E. Janssen, Jr. Jordan, Vernon E., Christian Kind, Max Kohnstamm, Bruno Kreisky, Baron Lambert, Erwin Lanc, Franz J. Leibenfrost, Jhr. Emile van Lennep, Walter J. Levy, Bernard Lewis, Flora Lewis, D. Bjorn H. Lundvall, Joseph M.A.H. Luns, Donald S. Macdonald, Maurice Macmillan, David E. McGiffert, M. Jerome Monod, Thierry de Montbrial, Roelof J. Nelissen, Edward P. Neufeld, David D. Newsom, Niels Norlund, Willibald Pahr, Robert Pitti-Ferrandi, Hugo Portisch, Thomas Prinzhorn, Jacques Rastoul, David Rockefeller, Detlev Rohwedder, Lord Roll of Ipsden, Joaquin Romero-Maura, Robert V. Roosa, Roger M. Savory, Ernest A. Seilliere, Lord Shackleton, Jacob Sheinkman, Stefano Silvestri, Henry F. Simonet, Theo Sommer, Sir David Steel, Reiulf Steen, Ludwig Steiner, Josef Taus, Arthur R. Taylor, Gaston Thorn, Otto G. Tidemand, Heinrich Treichl, Nicola Tufarelli, Ola Ullsten, Victor H. Umbricht, Franz Vranitzky, Marcus Wallenberg, Franklin H. Williams, Joseph H. Williams, Lars Wohlin, Otto Wolff von Amerongen, Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou, Franz Schoser, Erbprinz Karl Schwarzenberg, Georg Zimmer-Lehmann, Herbert Cordt, Charles Getchell, Thomas Heine-Geldern

The 1979 Bilderberg Meeting was the 27th such meeting and had 95 participants from 16 European countries, the United States, Canada and "various international organizations". It was held at the Clubhotel Schloss Weikersdorf, Baden, Austria.

Agenda

The 1979 Bilderberg Conference Report has been leaked and is now online. There was only a single topic on the agenda.

1. The Present International Monetary Situation And Its Consequences For World Cooperation

There were two working papers. The first working paper, from the UK, was entitled A View From London. The second working paper, from the US, was entitled The International Monetary System: Implications For Economic Cooperation.

2. The Implications Of Instability In The Middle East And Africa For The Western World

There were three working papers. The first was a French paper on Instability in the Middle East and Africa, The consequences of the Iranian crisis and The African quagmire. The second working paper, by an American, was entitled Implications For the West Of Instability In The Middle East. The third, also by an American, was entitled United States Policy Perspectives On Africa And The Southern Africa Conflicts.

3. Other Current Issues Bearing On European-American relations

This was a half day discussion, with no working papers prepared.

 

Known Participants

92 of the 95 of the participants already have pages here:

Participant	Description
Gianni Agnelli	Italian industrialist, 37 Bilderbergs
Otto Wolff von Amerongen	Bilderberg Advisory Committee member, deep politician
Hannes Androsch	Former Bilderberg Steering committee member, politician, banker, businessman
Heribert Apfalter	Austrian businessman who attended the 1979 Bilderberg. Sold weapons to Iran and Iraq. His sudden death in 1987 was surrounded by rumors of foul play.
George Ball	US deep politician who attended all 40 Bilderberg meetings up to his death, he helped make key decisions about post-WW2 Europe.
Vittorio Barattieri	Italian economist interested in privatization who attended Bilderberg/1979. Later charged but acquitted in Mani pulite.
Frederic Bennett	Parliamentary Private Secretary to Reginald Maudling, Privy Counsellor, Bilderberg Steering committee
Christoph Bertram	German journalist with a heavy Bilderberg habit
Ernst van der Beugel	Dutch deep politician, 34 Bilderbergs, on both the Advisory & Steering committees
Christian Beullac	French politician who attended the 1979 Bilderberg meeting as Minister for Education.
Selahattin Beyazit	One of the biggest industrialists in Turkey and member of the Bilderberg Steering committee.
Birgit Breuel	German politician, 6 times Bilderberger. Became president of the Treuhandanstalt, the state-organized looting of former East German assets, after the assassination of her predecessor Detlev Rohwedder
Tassilo Broesigke	Made Austrian Court of Audit/President the year after attending the 1979 Bilderberg
L. Dean Brown	US diplomat who attended the 1979 Bilderberg as Middle East Institute/President
William Bundy	Skull & bones deep politician and cold warrior who played a key role in the US side of the Bilderberg.
John Chafee	Attended 4 Bilderbergs between 1979 to 1992
Henning Christophersen	Danish politician. An early architect of the Single Market and the Euro. 3 Bilderbergs
Gian Cittadini-Cesi	Italian fascist diplomat and a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee.
Vitor Constancio	Portuguese central banker. Vice President of the European Central Bank, 3 Bilderbergs
Alfred Dallinger	Austrian politician, Bilderberg 1979, died in a small plane crash in 1989
Alec Douglas-Home	UK Prime Minister. Bilderberg chairman. Member of the Other Club
Wim Duisenberg	President of the European Central Bank, 7 Bilderbergs
Nicholas Eden	Son of UK PM Anthony Eden
Theodore Eliot	US Ambassador to Afghanistan who attended 15 Bilderberg meetings.
Paul Finney	"Honorary Bilderberg Secretary General for the United States" as of 1981, US editor and author
Heinz Fischer	President of Austria for 12 years. 3 Bilderberg
William Foltz	US academic who attended the 1979 Bilderberg. National Intelligence Officer for Africa from 1995-1997.
Wayne Fredericks	US diplomat and Africa expert. Having worked for the CIA during the Korean War, Fredericks was also a chief member of the Ford Foundation. Attended the 1979 Bilderberg meeting
Victor Halberstadt	A professor of economics, with a minimal Wikipedia page, who has attended all Bilderberg meetings since 1975.
Arthur Hartman	4 times Bilderberger
Helmut Haussmann	Quad Bilderberger German politician
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"
H. John Heinz II	34 Bilderberg meetings, Bilderberg Steering & Advisory Committees
Hans Igler	Austrian economist and politician. Bilderberg Steering committee
Daniel Janssen	Bilderberg Steering committee Belgian business leader
Vernon Jordan	Close friend of Bill Clinton. A member of the Bilderberg Steering committee who attended 34 Bilderberg meetings.
Marcus Wallenberg Jr.	Chairman of the Federation of Swedish Industries, Bilderberg Steering committee, 22 Bilderbergs
Kostas Karras	Greek actor and politician. Bilderberg Steering committee, 19 Bilderbergs
Christian Kind	Head of the Swiss newspaper NZZ's foreign editorial office. Attended the 1979 and 1989 Bilderbergs.
Max Kohnstamm	Member of the Bilderberg Advisory Committee, visited the Bilderberg 28 times. European chair of the CFR
Bruno Kreisky	Single Bilderberger Austrian Chancellor
Léon Lambert	Banking heir and Bilderberg Steering Committee member and financier who suddenly died aged 58
Erwin Lanc	Attended the 1979 Bilderberg as Austria/Minister of Interior
Franz Leibenfrost	Austrian business executive also working in the United States.
Emile van Lennep	Secretary-General of the OECD for 15 years. Poly Bilderberg
Walter Levy	US spooky economist, headed the petroleum section of the Office of Strategic Services
Bernard Lewis	Spooky academic who attended the 1979 and 2002 Bilderbergs, as well as the Washington Conference on International Terrorism.
Flora Lewis	US journalist. Trilateral Commission. Tri-Bilderberg
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
... further results

 

Witnesses

Witness	Description
Herbert Cordt	"In attendance" at the Bilderberg as an Economic Advisor to the Federal Minister of Finance
Charles Getchell	Little known member of the Bilderberg Steering committee who attended most of the meetings in the 1970s and 1980s
Thomas Heine-Geldern	Austrian single Bilderberger
Franz Schoser	German business lobbyist who attended the 1979 and 1980 Bilderbergs
Karel Schwarzenberg	Deep state connected Czech diplomat and politician, MSC regular
Georg Zimmer-Lehmann	Austrian financier with a quarter century long Bilderberg habit

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