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Alcohol was prohibited in 1920, a law which would be in effect for 13 years.

1920 saw the formation of Chatham House, a UK deep state milieu.

Prohibition

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On Janury 17, 1920, the consumption and production of alcohol was banned in USA. This was ostensibly an effort to tackle social problems stemming from alcohol consumption. In fact, it seems to have been more about protecting the profits of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil. It was a boon to organised crime in USA - net alcohol consumption was reduced little if at all, creating a highly profitable illegal business opportunity. In this way, it was a foreshadowing of Richard Nixon's deceitful "War on Drugs" of the 1970s, which fuelled the growth of deep state groups globally.

Chatham House

Full article: Chatham House

The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) was founded in 1920 as the 'Institute of International Affairs' following a meeting at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and was to become an important deep state milieu. The first chairman of Chatham House was Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, while Lionel Curtis was honorary secretary.

 

Events

Event	Start	End	Description
Armenia/Genocide	1914	1923
Spanish flu	January 1918	December 1920	A pandemic starting at the end of WW1, which killed perhaps 50 million
Irish War of Independence	1919	1921
Palmer Raids	November 1919	January 1920	A series of raids in 1919-1920 to capture and arrest foreign-born leftists and deport them from the United States. Breakthrough for J. Edgar Hoover.
Prohibition	17 January 1920	5 December 1933	The banning of drinkable alcohol (ethanol). This served multiple hypocritical purposes, much like the later "war on drugs". High on the list, as usual, were the private interests of the small clique who arranged it.

 

New Groups

Group	Image	Type	Description
University of Poznań			The university's prestige and large class size have enabled it to graduate a large number of distinguished alumni.
Athens University of Economics and Business			Economics and Business University
Corvinus University of Budapest		University	One of the universities in Budapest
World Confederation of Labour
Australian Institute of International Affairs			Australian think tank focusing on International relations. Formed in the 1920s as an affiliate of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
Chatham House		Think tank	A key organ of the UK Deep state
Bandung Institute of Technology		University	Top choice among Indonesia's high school students in 2006
Salem Castle School		School	One of the most elite schools in Europe.
Crypto AG			Manufacturers of notoriously backdoored cryptographic communication systems, owned by the CIA.
University of Turku		Public University	Finnish-speaking university
University of National and World Economy			Economic university in Bulgaria
Air University			University system for the United States Air Force
League of Nations			Supranational grouping started after World War I that was replaced by the UN after World War II
Communist Party of Great Britain			British communist party.
Ulster Special Constabulary

 

Deaths

Title	Born	Died	Place of death	Summary	Description
Walter Cunliffe	3 December 1855	6 January 1920	United Kingdom Surrey Headley Court	Central banker	Governor of the Bank of England 1913-1918
Max Weber	21 April 1864	14 June 1920		Sociologist	Renowned sociologist
George Perkins Sr	31 January 1862	18 June 1920	New York US	Politician Deep state functionary
Jacob Schiff	1847	25 September 1920	New York Manhattan New York State	Financier Deep state operative Businessperson

 

Births

Title	Born	Place of birth	Died	Summary	Description
Cord Meyer	1920		13 March 2001	Spook Propagandist Deep state operative	CIA spook who may have run the cover up of the JFK assassination
John Overbey	1920		February 2006	Spook Businessperson	Lifelong friend of GHWB
Shapoor Reporter	1920	Iran Tehran	2005	Spook Arms Dealer	Persian born arms dealer
John Whitten	1920		2000	Spook
Don Juan Jose Rovira	1920		14 June 2007	Diplomat	Spanish diplomat who led several round of negotiations with the U.S. over military bases in Spain. Attended Bilderberg 1978 as outgoing Ambassador to the United States.
Mehdi Ben Barka	January 1920	Morocco Rabat	1965	Politician
Andrew Cavendish	2 January 1920	London United Kingdom	3 May 2004		Clermont Set member who attended a meeting of Le Cercle in Oman in 1990
William Colby	4 January 1920	Minnesota St. Paul	27 April 1996	Spook Deep politician	CIA boss who maybe became too loose-mouthed, died in suspicious circumstances
Cecil Stoughton	18 January 1920	United States Iowa Oskaloosa	3 November 2008	Photographer	Official photographer present at JFK assassination
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	19 January 1920	Peru Lima	4 March 2020		Peruvian diplomat
Melvin Lasky	20 January 1920	New York US NY	19 May 2004	Journalist	US journalist, intellectual, with suspected CIA ties
Irving Kristol	22 January 1920	New York Brooklyn	18 September 2009	Academic Neoconservatism	"The Godfather of Neoconservatism"
Walter John Stoessel	24 January 1920	United States Manhattan Kansas	9 December 1986	Diplomat
Stewart Udall	31 January 1920	Arizona St. Johns	20 March 2010		US Secretary of the Interior 1961-1969
Iain Hamilton	3 February 1920		15 July 1986	Journalist Editor
Annæus Schjødt Jr.	3 February 1920		4 November 2014	Spook Lawyer	Norwegian lawyer with deep ties to Mossad, including marrying one of the murderers in the Lillehammer assassination.
Farouk al-Awwal	11 February 1920	Egypt Cairo Abdeen Palace	18 March 1965	King	Puppet king of Egypt under British rule. Deposed in a 1952 CIA-backed coup.
William Griffith	19 February 1920		28 September 1998	Spook Academic	Spooky US academic. "A very dedicated anti-Communist" and "Zbig's idea man." Helped introduce discussion on Domestic Developments In Eastern Europe:Policy Implications For The West for the 1989 Bilderberg
Antony Duff	25 February 1920		13 August 2000	Diplomat Spook
Philip Habib	25 February 1920	New York United States Brooklyn	25 May 1992	Diplomat	US diplomat who died aged 72 of a cardiac arrhythmia the day after the 1992 Bilderberg where he was a panelist on Whither The United States?
Sun Myung Moon	25 February 1920	Chongju North P'yŏng'an Japanese Korea	3 September 2012	Clergy	South Korean religious and business leader. Founder of the Unification movement.
Jean Lecanuet	4 March 1920	France Rouen	22 February 1993	Politician	French Minister of Justice. 1965 and 1966 Bilderberg
Carl Kaysen	5 March 1920		8 February 2010	Academic	US/Deputy National Security Advisor 1961-63
Kåre Kristiansen	11 March 1920		3 December 2005	Politician	Attended the 1984 Bilderberg as Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy
Donald Hornig	17 March 1920	United States Milwaukee Wisconsin	21 January 2013	Chemist Teacher	US nuclear detonators scientist and presidential science advisor
John Vogt	18 March 1920	New Jersey Elizabeth	16 April 2010	Pilot	US Air Force officer with extensive work for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the bombing of Vietnam, who attended the 1971 Bilderberg meeting. After retirement, part of Team B, a rigged intelligence analyst group to inflate the Soviet threat.
Geoffrey Arthur	19 March 1920		15 May 1984	Diplomat	UK diplomat to the Middle East, then Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee.
Kurt Becker	31 March 1920	Germany Hamburg	10 May 1987	Editor	German editor-in-chief and government spokesman. Attended Bilderberg/1967 and Bilderberg/1975. Member of Atlantik-Brücke.
Dorothy Hunt	1 April 1920	US Ohio	8 December 1972	Spook JFK/Assassination/Premature death	Spook, wife of Watergate/JFK assassination conspirator, E. Howard Hunt. Killed in a plane suspicious crash.
Barend Biesheuvel	5 April 1920	Netherlands Haarlemmerliede	29 April 2001	Politician	1968 Bilderberg. Dutch PM 1971-73
Roberto Calvi	13 April 1920	Italy Milan	17 June 1982	Banker	An Italian banker dubbed "God's Banker" (Italian: Banchiere di Dio) by the press because of his close association with the Holy See. Found death, hanging from a bridge in London.
Richard von Weizsacker	15 April 1920	Germany Stuttgart	31 January 2015	Politician	German deep state functionary?
Boonruen Choonhavan	25 April 1920	Thailand Bangkok	14 August 2021	Politician Royalty	The widow of the former Prime Minister of Thailand died of a "COVID 19 related illness". Also a relative of the Queen Mother Srinagarindra.
Jacob Esterline	26 April 1920	Pennsylvania Lewistown	16 October 1999	Spook	Deputy chief of the CIA Western Hemisphere division
Michele Sindona	8 May 1920	Italy Sicily Patti	22 March 1986	Banker Deep state actor	A financier and member of the Italian deep state
Karol Wojtyła	18 May 1920	Poland Wadowice	2 April 2005	Pope	Pope John Paul II
Joe Cahill	19 May 1920	Belfast Eire	23 July 2004		Chief of Staff of the PIRA
George Bell	24 May 1920	Canada Toronto	15 October 2000	Soldier Academic	Single Bilderberger
Edward Bennett Williams	31 May 1920	Connecticut Hartford	13 August 1988	Lawyer
Russel Train	4 June 1920	United States Rhode Island Jamestown	17 September 2012
Albin Chalandon	11 June 1920	France Reyrieux	29 July 2020	Politician Banker	French Gaullist politician who attended a Bilderberg in both the 1960s and 70s. French Minister of Justice in the late 1980s. A close collaborator of president Charles de Gaulle, a biography described him as "the man of secret networks, the powers of money, hidden financing, etc."
Raymond Pennock	16 June 1920		23 February 1993	Businessperson	UK businessman CBI President 1980-82
José López Portillo	16 June 1920	Mexico Mexico City	17 February 2004	Politician Lawyer	Mexican president who put country in unpayable debt trap. Later revealed to be CIA collaborator. Also escalated the supranational deep state drug trafficking.
Anthony Barber	4 July 1920	United Kingdom Doncaster	16 December 2005	Politician
John Horan	9 July 1920		22 January 2011	Businessperson	Led Merck in becoming the largest pharmaceutical company in the world
Dick Franks	13 July 1920	Hampstead	12 October 2008	Spook	Head of MI6
Eldon Rudd	15 July 1920	Arizona Camp Verde	8 February 2002	Politician Lawyer
Cartha DeLoach	20 July 1920	Claxton Georgia (State)	13 March 2013	Police officer	Third most senior official in the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson. Member of the Knights of Malta.
Elliot Richardson	20 July 1920	US Boston Massachusetts	31 December 1999		Pilgrims, Bilderberg, TLC, wrote in the New York Times that he believed Danny Casolaro was murdered.
Robert Boulin	20 July 1920		30 October 1979	Politician	French politician who died a sudden and irregular death. It was ruled a suicide.
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