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The 1959 Bilderberg Meeting was the eighth such meeting and the first one in Turkey. It had 60 participants from 10 European countries, the United States and Canada.[1] It was held at Yesilkoy, Turkey.[1] The 68 guests included 13 business executives, 22 politicians, 1 financiers, 5 editors/journalists and 4 academics. The next meeting was the 1960 Bilderberg.
Contents
- 1 Agenda
- 1.1 1. Review Of Developments Since The Seventh Conference In September 1958
- 1.2 2. Unity And Division In Western Policy
- 1.2.1 What are the positive and negative implications of recent strategic developments for the West?
- 1.2.2 What are the Western objectives in international economic development and how can we achieve them?
- 1.2.3 What are the elements in the evolving picture in tropical Africa that may affect Western unity?
- 2 Press Statement
- 3 Known Participants
- 4 Witnesses
- 5 References
Agenda
The 1959 Bilderberg Agenda has been leaked and is now online.[1]
1. Review Of Developments Since The Seventh Conference In September 1958
A paper on The Berlin Crisis was written by Charles Burton Marshall.[2]
2. Unity And Division In Western Policy
What are the positive and negative implications of recent strategic developments for the West?
What are the Western objectives in international economic development and how can we achieve them?
What are the elements in the evolving picture in tropical Africa that may affect Western unity?
Press Statement
The meeting report contains a brief (5 sentence) press statement.
Known Participants
67 of the 68 of the participants already have pages here:
| Participant | Description |
|---|---|
| Gianni Agnelli | Italian industrialist, 37 Bilderbergs |
| Fuat Alpkartal | A Turkish officer with strong ties to the Turkish intelligence community and a former Military Attaché in Washington. Attended the 1959 Bilderberg. |
| Otto Wolff von Amerongen | Bilderberg Advisory Committee member, deep politician |
| Enrico Anzilotti | Governor of Italian Somaliland from 1957-1958. Attended the 1959 Bilderberg |
| Tekin Ariburun | Attended the 1959 Bilderberg as Commander of the Turkish Air Force. Retired in 1960 because he was against the military coup. Briefly acting President of Turkey in 1973. |
| Charles Arliotis | Greek banker and Minister of Coordination. Bilderberg Steering committee member in the 1960s |
| David Astor | The Observer Editor for over 25 years, attended 2 Bilderbergs in the 1950s |
| A. G. Aukes | Director of the Dutch Africa-institute, of which Prince Bernhard was President. Bilderberg 1959. |
| George Ball | US deep politician who attended all 40 Bilderberg meetings up to his death, he helped make key decisions about post-WW2 Europe. |
| Burhan Belge | Turkish diplomat. First husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor, father of Murat Belge |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Erik Boheman | Swedish diplomat, 4 Bilderbergs from 1958 to 1962. Some Wallenberg Sphere connections. |
| Walter Boveri | Attended the Bilderbergs from 1959 to 1962 |
| Karl Brandt | German/US agricultural economist who attended the 1959 Bilderberg. |
| Max Brauer | Mayor of Hamburg. One of a dozen men whom Józef Retinger consulted when setting up the Bilderberg |
| W. Randolph Burgess | Attended two Bilderbergs in the 1950s as US Ambassador to NATO. Chairman of Atlantic Council. |
| Arthur Dean | Chairman and senior partner of Sullivan & Cromwell, where he worked closely with John Foster Dulles |
| Vecdi Diker | US-educated Turkish engineer and Directorate of Highways. Early Bilderberg guest. |
| James Duncan | Little known member of the Bilderberg Steering Committee. |
| Clarence Dunlap | Canadian air force officer who was at NATO in 1959. Deputy commander-in-chief of NORAD in the 1960s. |
| Hans Engen | Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations for 5 years, reportedly died in a skiing accident |
| Fritz Erler | SPD Deputy chair. Attended all Bilderberg meetings from 1955 September to his death in 1967, aged 53 |
| Melih Esenbel | Single Bilderberger, Three time Turkish ambassador to the United States |
| Frido von Senger und Etterlin | General in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II, who helped rebuild the German army after the war. Attended Königswinter conferences and the 1959 Bilderberg. |
| John Ferguson | US lawyer, attended the first Bilderberg and 7 others in the 1950s. US Ambassador to Morocco 1962-64 |
| Nail Gidel | Attended the 1959 Bilderberg as Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey |
| Walter Gordon | Triple Bilderberger, President of the Canadian Privy Council |
| Michael Heilperin | Polish economist friend and colleague of Ludwig von Mises who attended 5 Bilderbergs up to 1960. |
| Paul Hoffman | Five time early Bilderberger, UNDP administrator |
| Leif Høegh | Bilderberg Steering committee, as was his son |
| H. John Heinz II | 34 Bilderberg meetings, Bilderberg Steering & Advisory Committees |
| Joseph Johnson | Inaugural US secretary of the annual Bilderberg, Bilderberg Steering committee member. |
| Kurt Georg Kiesinger | Five early Bilderbergs, German Chancellor. Possible tool of the BND |
| Norman Kipping | Director-General of the Federation of British Industries from 1946 to 1965. Attended Bilderberg/1959. |
| E. N. van Kleffens | Dutch Bilderberger, heavy Bilderberg habit, President of the United Nations General Assembly 1954-55 |
| Klaus Mehnert | German journalist who attended the 1959 Bilderberg |
| Adnan Menderes | Turkish PM for 10 years. In this role he attended 2 Bilderbergs in the 1950s. After trying to balance the United States against the Soviet Union by successfully getting a Soviet loan, he was toppled in the CIA-supported 1960 coup d'état, after which he he was executed. |
| Finn Moe | Transatlantic and pro-EU Norwegian politician who attended the First Bilderberg and two more in the 1950s |
| Mike Monroney | US politician who attended two early Bilderbergs |
| Georges Morisot | Little known French engineer and propagandist for the business owners who attended the 1959 Bilderberg. Mount Pelerin Society. |
| Rudolf Mueller | Consulted by Józef Retinger when setting up the Bilderberg group |
| George Nebolsine | CFR, Russian born naturalised US lawyer who attended all Bilderberg meetings until his death the day after the 1964 Bilderberg. |
| Jacques Piette | Penta-Bilderberg French politician, confidant of Guy Mollet |
| Harry Pilkington | Attended the first Bilderberg as President of the Federation of British Industries, and two more in the 1950s |
| Andre Puget | French Deputy of the Air Staff who he worked at SHAPE. |
| Pietro Quaroni | One of a dozen men whom Józef Retinger consulted when setting up the Bilderberg group |
| ... further results | |
Witnesses
| Witness | Description |
|---|---|
| Frank Darvall | UK labour leader who attended 3 Bilderbergs in the 1950s |
| Wilhelm Drexelius | Hamburg politician and Vice Mayor. |
| Robert Grey | Little known US "in attendance" at the 1959 Bilderberg |
| John Pomian | Multi-Bilderberg Polish nobleman who settled in the UK |
| André Saint-Mleux | Witnessed the 1959 and 1960 Bilderbergs, Minister of State of Monaco from 1972-1981 |
| Z. Tepedelen | Unidentified Turkish witness at the 1959 Bilderberg |
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