Le Cercle/1990 (Muscat)
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| Date | November 30, 1990 |
|---|---|
| Location | Al Bustan Hotel & Al-Baraka Palace, Muscat, Oman |
| Description | Start/End dates uncertain |
| Participants | Jonathan Aitken, Julian Amery, Andrew Cavendish, Paul Channon, Alan Clark, Sheikh Qaboos, Norman Schwarzkopf, AIVD/Director General |
Le Cercle met in Muscat, Oman on November 30, 1990, according to Alan Clark.[1]
Attendees
Attendees included
- Jonathan Aitken (Minister of Defence procurement)
- Alan Clark (Minister of State for Defence)
- Julian Amery (joint Chairman)
- Sheikh Qaboos (Ruler of Oman)
- General Norman Schwarzkopf
- Paul Channon (former secretary of State at the Dept. of Trade & Industry)
- the Head of the Dutch Secret Service
- An unnamed French Naval Admiral plus other serving or former intelligence operatives and VIP’s.[2]
Activities
Aitken, Clarke and Channon have all been heavily implicated in the arms to Iraq affair examined by Lord Justice Richard Scott.[2]
Known Participants
All 9 of the participants already have pages here:
| Participant | Description |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Aitken | UK deep politician, Cercle chair, convicted perjurer |
| Julian Amery | MI6, deep politician who chaired Le Cercle for several years. |
| Andrew Cavendish | Clermont Set member who attended a meeting of Le Cercle in Oman in 1990 |
| Paul Channon | US-born UK politician who attended and was involved in the Arms-to-Iraq deal together with fellow Cercle members Jonathan Aitken and Alan Clark. |
| Alan Clark | Bullingdon Club, Le Cercle, Minister for Defence Procurement... |
| Arthur Docters van Leeuwen | Former AIVD Director, Attorneys General chairman (a position he quit after Winnie Sorgdrager wanted to prosecute one of the attorneys his friends for pedo-activities), former chairman Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets, former inspector for government finances at Ministry of Finance, big investor in seized Libyan Oil companies after the 2011 Attacks on Libya. One time Bilderberg. |
| Qaboos bin Said al Said | Assumed power after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur, in a palace coup in 1970, with the help of the SAS. |
| Norman Schwarzkopf | As CENTCOM commander led 1990-91 Gulf War; Le Cercle |
| Omar al-Zawawi | One one of the wealthiest private individuals in the Middle East. Foreign advisor to puppet leader Qaboos bin Said |
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References
- ↑ 1993, Alan Clark, 'Diaries', pp. 369-374
- ↑ a b http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_lecercle06.htm
