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The 1972 Bilderberg Meeting was the 21st such meeting and had participants from 14 European countries, the United States, Canada and "various international organisations".[1] It was chaired by Prince Bernhard and took place at the hotel La Reserve, Knokke, Belgium. As in the case of the 1971 Bilderberg, John Pesmazoglou of Greece was invited but could not attend since the Greek authorities denied him a passport. The 103 guests included 16 business executives, 28 politicians, 6 financiers, 10 editors/journalists and 8 academics. The next meeting was the 1973 Bilderberg.
Contents
- 1 Agenda
- 2 Working papers
- 3 Discussion
- 3.1 1. Economic Considerations
- 3.1.1 The Crumbling Community of Purpose
- 3.1.2 The Claims of Domestic Priorities
- 3.1.3 Trade Relations
- 3.1.4 The Case of Japan
- 3.1.5 European Perspectives
- 3.1.6 Relations with the Third World
- 3.1.7 Economic Dealings with Communist Countries
- 3.1.8 Transnational Investment Issues
- 3.1.9 International Monetary Reform
- 3.1.10 Working Together: Institutions and Attitudes
- 3.2 2. Security Considerations
- 3.1 1. Economic Considerations
- 4 Legacy
- 5 Participants
- 6 Witnesses
- 7 References
Agenda
The 1972 Bilderberg Agenda was "the state of the Western community in the light of changing relationships among the non-Communist industrialized countries, and the impact of changing power relationships in the Far East on Western security" according to the conference report which was leaked and is now available online.[1]
Working papers
There were 4 working papers, on Economic Issues Between Industrialized Countries for the Seventies by George W. Ball, Western Europe and America in the Seventies by Ernst H. van der Beugel and Max Kohnstamm, Power Relationships in the Far East: a European View by Alastair Buchan and The Changing Configuration of Power in Asia.[2]
Discussion
1. Economic Considerations
The Crumbling Community of Purpose
The Claims of Domestic Priorities
Trade Relations
The Case of Japan
European Perspectives
Relations with the Third World
Economic Dealings with Communist Countries
Transnational Investment Issues
International Monetary Reform
Working Together: Institutions and Attitudes
2. Security Considerations
The New Geometry of Asian Relations
Ingredients of the Japanese Situation
Fundamentals of the East-West Relationship
The Evolution of Western Public Opinion
Implications for European Security
The American Commitment
Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions
Conference on Security and Cooperation
The Ostpolitik
The European Contribution
Legacy
The 1972 Bilderberg led to the creation of the Trilateral Commission.
Participants
| Participant | Description |
|---|---|
| Gianni Agnelli | Italian industrialist, 37 Bilderbergs |
| Otto Wolff von Amerongen | Bilderberg Advisory Committee member, deep politician |
| Klaus-Georg von Amsberg | Prince Claus of the Netherlands, fought for Hitler, implicated in underage sex ring with mayor Ed van Thijn and finance minister Onno Ruding. Alleged victim of sexual blackmail. |
| Beatrix Armgard | Former Dutch Queen. Survived 2009 Queen's Day Attack. Kicked a very heavy Bilderberg habit in 2015. |
| Hans Arnold | German diplomat |
| George Ball | US deep politician who attended all 40 Bilderberg meetings up to his death, he helped make key decisions about post-WW2 Europe. |
| Wilfrid Baumgartner | Governor of the Bank of France, Bilderberg Steering Committee |
| Frederic Bennett | Parliamentary Private Secretary to Reginald Maudling, Privy Counsellor, Bilderberg Steering committee |
| C. Fred Bergsten | Brookings Institution, CFR, 5 Bilderbergs ... |
| Ernst van der Beugel | Dutch deep politician, 34 Bilderbergs, on both the Advisory & Steering committees |
| Selahattin Beyazit | Turkish Bilderberg Steering committee |
| Bernhard von Biesterfeld | Nazi arms dealer. An early leader of the Dutch Deep State, founded Dutch division of Operation Gladio, co-founded Bilderberg. |
| Nuri Birgi | 23 Bilderbergs, Turkish Permanent Representative to NATO |
| Kurt Birrenbach | 7 Bilderbergs, West German politician |
| W. Michael Blumenthal | US/Secretary of the Treasury in the 1970s, Bilderberg, Le Cercle, CFR |
| Andrew Brimmer | Attended the 1972 Bilderberg as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| Neil Brown | An Australian politician who attended the 1972 Bilderberg |
| H. John C. Browne | |
| Zbigniew Brzezinski | US Deep politician, Cercle, Bilderberg, ... |
| Alastair Buchan | Son of a spook, propagandist and UK deep state operative. Commandant of the Imperial Defence College, four Bilderbergs |
| Miriam Camps | US State Department official and historian who attended the 1972 and the 1974 Bilderbergs |
| Louis Camu | Belgian banker and multi-Bilderberger. |
| Gian Cittadini-Cesi | Italian fascist diplomat and a member of the Bilderberg Steering committee. |
| Emilio Collado | Big oil, Bilderberg Steering committee. |
| Umberto Colombo | Chemical engineer and academic who attended the 1972 Bilderberg |
| Peter Corterier | Double Bilderberg possible German deep state functionary |
| John Culver | US senator who attended the 1970 and 1972 Bilderbergs. |
| Ralf Dahrendorf | German born philosopher. Regular contributor to Bilderberg meetings. |
| Michel David-Weill | French financier who attended the 1972 and 2002 Bilderbergs. |
| Étienne Davignon | Belgian deep politician, EU commissioner, Bilderberg chairman, Egmont Institute president |
| Arthur Dean | Chairman and senior partner of Sullivan & Cromwell, where he worked closely with John Foster Dulles |
| Jean-François Deniau | A diplomat who wrote the foreword of the Treaty of Rome. Le Cercle |
| Anton Dijkgraaf | Dutch banker who attended the 1972 Bilderberg |
| Marion Grafin Donhoff | Spooky German journalist |
| Roberto Ducci | 6 times Bilderberg visitor |
| Thomas Fleiner | Attended the 1972 Bilderberg |
| Françoise Giroud | French politician |
| Anthony Griffin | Worked for S.G. Warburg. A member of the Bilderberg Advisory Committee for 32 years. |
| Geir Hallgrímsson | Prime Minister of Iceland, Bilderberg Steering Committee |
| Gabriel Hauge | Early member of the Bilderberg Steering committee, CFR |
| Maria J. 't Hooft | Dutch economist specializing in raw materials and commodities. Visitor to the 1972 Bilderberg |
| Amo Houghton | US multi-millionaire politician. Attended the 1972 Bilderberg as CEO of family company Corning, on the verge of becoming world's leading manufacturer of optical fiber. |
| Thomas Hughes | Trilateral president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for 20 years, Bilderberg 1971 and 1972 |
| Leif Höegh | Bilderberg Steering committee, as was his son |
| H. John Heinz II | 34 Bilderberg meetings, Bilderberg Steering & Advisory Committees |
| Daniel Janssen | Bilderberg Steering committee Belgian business leader |
| Paul Janssen | Belgian businessman who founded Janssen Pharmaceutica, which became a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson in 1961 |
| Joseph Johnson | Inaugural US secretary of the annual Bilderberg, Bilderberg Steering committee member. |
| Paul Jolles | Quad Bilderberger Swiss diplomat businessman |
| Jonkheer John Loudon | |
| ... further results | |
Witnesses
| Witness | Description |
|---|---|
| Theodor Max van der Beugel | Dutch banker |
| E. Vernede | |
| Charles Getchell | Little known member of the Bilderberg Steering committee who attended most of the meetings in the 1970s and 1980s |
| L. Hulhoven | |
| J. T. Warmenhoven | Dutch diplomat "in attendance" at two early 1970s Bilderbergs |
