Bilderberg/1978
The 1978 Bilderberg Meeting was the 26th such meeting and had participants from 18 European countries, the United States, Canada and "various international organizations".[1] It was held at the Henry Chauncey Conference Center, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. The 98 guests included 19 business executives, 26 politicians, 7 financiers, 12 editors/journalists and 13 academics. The next meeting was the 1979 Bilderberg.
Contents
Agenda
The 1978 Bilderberg Conference Report has been leaked and is now online. There were two topics on the agenda, followed by an open discussion.[1]
1. Western defense with its political implications
There were two working papers. The first working paper, from an American, was entitled Some Political Aspects Of Western Defense. The second working paper, from an 'international' participant, was entitled Defense, Security And The Western Alliance. It argued that "The Soviet military threat in Europe has grown but it remains one that the West can cope with if it has the will", that "There is no alternative to reliance on the U.S. nuclear strategic forces to deter Soviet nuclear capabilities in Europe" and that "The major test for the Alliance over the next decade is whether it can maintain its cohesion in the face of domestic political change in Alliance countries."
After the two papers were presented, a plenary discussion ensued.[1]
2. The changing structure of production and trade: consequences for the Western industrialized countries
There were two working papers. The first was an American paper on Adaptation To Structural Change. The second working paper, by an American, was entitled Developed Country Reactions To Calls For A New International Economic Order.
3. Open discussion about current problems in European-American relations
Known Participants
96 of the 98 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 |
| K. B. Andersen | Danish Minister of Education and Minister of Foreign Affairs, triple Bilderberger |
| Nino Andreatta | Italian politician and founder of think-tanks. Removed officials who appeared in the list seized from Licio Gelli and imposed the dissolution of the Banco Ambrosiano. |
| Joachim Angermeyer | German politician of the Free Democratic Party. |
| George Ball | US deep politician who attended all 40 Bilderberg meetings up to his death, he helped make key decisions about post-WW2 Europe. |
| Robert Bartley | Managed the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal for over 30 years. 15 Bilderberg visits |
| André Batenburg | Dutch financier who attended the 1978 Bilderberg |
| George Bell | Single Bilderberger |
| Frederic Bennett | Parliamentary Private Secretary to Reginald Maudling, Privy Counsellor, Bilderberg Steering committee |
| Jack Bennett | Bilderberg Steering committee banker/businessman. Worked alongside his father in post-war Germany to reset the country's economy. Presidential advisor in the 1970 who dismantled U.S. controls over international capital flows. |
| Christoph Bertram | German journalist with a heavy Bilderberg habit |
| Ernst van der Beugel | Dutch deep politician, 34 Bilderbergs, on both the Advisory & Steering committees |
| Selahattin Beyazit | One of the biggest industrialists in Turkey and member of the Bilderberg Steering committee. |
| Tor Brekke | tunnel building expert |
| George Brown | Double Bilderberger UK Labour right-wing politician. Later Social Democratic Party. |
| Zbigniew Brzezinski | A central US Deep politician, Cercle, Bilderberg, ... |
| William Bundy | Skull & bones deep politician and cold warrior who played a key role in the US side of the Bilderberg. |
| Andreas von Bülow | West German government minister who attended the 1978 Bilderberg. A prominent 9-11 dissident |
| Frank Cary | Bilderberg Steering Committee, attended the 1978 Bilderberg as IBM CEO |
| Gian Cittadini-Cesi | Italian fascist diplomat and a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee. |
| Robert Close | Belgian Anti-Communist spook who attended Le Cercle. |
| Emilio Collado | Big oil, World Bank, Bilderberg Steering committee. |
| Barber Conable | President of the World Bank, Quill and Dagger |
| Vitor Constancio | Portuguese central banker. Vice President of the European Central Bank, 3 Bilderbergs |
| George Contogeorgis | Greek politician. Played an important role in the negotiations for Greek accession to the European Economic Community in 1981. |
| Ralph Davidson | Worked for the Marshall Plan and the CIA, before becoming publisher of Time Magazine in the 1970s. Director of Refugees International. Bilderberg/1978. |
| Étienne Davignon | Belgian deep politician, EU commissioner, Bilderberg chairman, Egmont Institute president |
| Edmund Dell | Attended the 1978 Bilderberg as Secretary of State for Trade. Ditched Labour in 1981 for the well-financed Social Democratic Party. |
| William Diebold | CFR economist |
| Alec Douglas-Home | UK Prime Minister. Bilderberg chairman. Member of the Other Club |
| Roberto Ducci | 6 times Bilderberg visitor |
| Willem van Eekelen | Dutch Defence Minister who founded the JASON Institute |
| Kurt Furgler | President of Switzerland. 3 Bilderbergs, from 1970 to 1980. Wanted a strong central government and integration with the European Union. |
| Thorbjörn Fälldin | Single Bilderberger Prime Minister of Sweden |
| Curt Gasteyger | Swiss academic who attended the 1975 and 1978 Bilderbergs |
| Reay Geddes | Pro-EEC chairman of Dunlop, Bilderberger |
| Meg Greenfield | US writer who attended the 1978 and 1982 Bilderbergs |
| Anthony Griffin | Worked for S.G. Warburg. A member of the Bilderberg Advisory Committee for 32 years. |
| Patrick Haggerty | President and chairman of Texas Instruments attended the 1978 Bilderberg. |
| Alexander Haig | Attended the 1978 Bilderberg as SACEUR |
| Victor Halberstadt | A professor of economics, with a minimal Wikipedia page, who has attended all Bilderberg meetings since 1975. |
| Geir Hallgrímsson | Prime Minister of Iceland, Bilderberg Steering Committee |
| Rolf Hansen | As Norway's Minister of Defence, he kept a lid on Operation Gladio. Attended the 1978 Bilderberg when he was considered for future PM |
| John Harvey-Jones | UK spook, media operative and businessman. Participated in the 1983 foundation meeting of European Round Table of Industrialists |
| Gabriel Hauge | Early member of the Bilderberg Steering committee, CFR. "The expert who tells [President Eisenhower] what to think" |
| 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" |
| Jozef Houthuys | 5 time Bilderberg Belgian deep state operative. Chaired the Belgian Confederation of Christian Trade Unions for 18 years |
| H. John Heinz II | 34 Bilderberg meetings, Bilderberg Steering & Advisory Committees |
| H. John Heinz III | A US politician and Bilderberger who died in a small plane crash the day before a friend of his, John Tower also died in a plane crash. |
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Witnesses
| Witness | Description |
|---|---|
| Björn Bjarnason | Icelandic politician, heavy Bilderberg habit. Informant to US intelligence about his Icelandic politics. |
| 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 |
| Charles Muller | Bilderberg manager, Ditchley/US, deep state functionary |
| Grant Winthrop | Regular Bilderberg rapporteur |
| Georg Zimmer-Lehmann | Austrian financier with a quarter century long Bilderberg habit |
