Hastings Ismay
 Hastings Ismay    (lawyer, diplomat, politician) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Hastings Lionel Ismay 1887-06-21 Naini Tāl, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1965-12-17 (Age 78) Wormington Grange, near, Stanton, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Laura Kathleen Clegg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ex Secretary General of NATO.
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Career
At the War Office, Ismay served as an intelligence officer with responsibility for the Middle East, Far East, the Americas, the Soviet Union, Poland and the Baltic States. Ismay enjoyed his work, and wrote that "intelligence is perhaps the most interesting of all Staff work."
Secretary General of NATO
At the Lisbon Conference, the members of NATO agreed to appoint a Secretary General who would direct the organisation's staff and serve as Vice Chairman of the Atlantic Council. The position was initially offered to Sir Oliver Franks, but he declined. As such, the allies scrambled to find someone else to take the position. Two weeks later, the countries agreed to ask Ismay to become Secretary General at the suggestion of Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden.
Bilderberg
In 1955 Der Speigel named Hastings Ismay as a Bilderberg attendee.[1] This seems highly likely since almost all subsequent NATO Secretaries General were.[2]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1955 September | 23 September 1955 | 25 September 1955 | Germany Bavaria Garmisch-Partenkirchen | The third Bilderberg, in West Germany. The subject of a report by Der Spiegel which inspired a heavy blackout of subsequent meetings. |
| Bilderberg/1956 | 11 May 1956 | 13 May 1956 | Denmark Fredensborg | The 4th Bilderberg meeting, with 147 guests, in contrast to the generally smaller meetings of the 1950s. Has two Bilderberg meetings in the years before and after |
