French-American Foundation

French-American Foundation   (Deep state milieu)
Formation	1976
Headquarters	Paris, France
Type	influence network
Interests	France, Creating a network of reliable US-loyal political cadre
Sponsored by	Open Society Foundations
Subpage	•French-American Foundation/Young Leaders
Membership	•  Paul S. Bird •  Gary M. Cole •  Denis de Graeve •  Shannon Fairbanks •  Yves-André Istel •  François Pagès •  Douglas M. Price •  Clyde E. Rankin •  Cynthia Smith •  G. Richard Thoman •  Felix G. Rohatyn •  Allan M. Chapin •  Edward C. Wallace •  James G. Lowenstein •  Francois Bujon de L’Estang •  Michael Iovenko •  Dana Arifi •  David Dean •  Ezra N. Suleiman •  Olivier Chevrillon •  Alain Chevalier
A long established and relatively public organ of the US to control French politics.

The French-American Foundation (FAF) is deep state entity that has a remarkable reach in French politics. Its flagship program is the selection of Young Leaders - many of its alumni have become presidents, prime ministers or other high leaders.

Official narrative

The FAF was established in 1976 to promote bilateral relations between France and the United States on topics of importance to the two countries, with a focus on identifying and creating contact between upcoming leaders from each country. It employs a variety of initiatives that include multi-year policy programs, conferences on issues of French-American interest, and leadership and professional exchanges of decision-makers from France and the United States.

Despite stressing the equal nature of the partnership, the program naturally influences the policy positions of the French leaders much more than their US counterparts, where future cooperative partners are identified and nurtured. For the American future leaders, the forum is more of an exercise to identify their leadership potential, and for politicians, a training in empire management.

History

The idea was born in 1973 between ambassador] James G. Lowenstein, James Chace, editor-in-chief of Foreign Affairs, both members of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Nicholas Wahl, a specialist of post-war France at Princeton University..

Since old CIA methods to buy foreign leaders were found to be compromising after several embarrassing revelations during this era ^{[Citation Needed]}, this foundation was part of a new tactic, where the influence and vetting happened more openly (see National Endowment for Democracy). Similar grooming programs are in place in many countries, for example Australia (see Australian-American Leadership Dialogue) and the UK (see British-American Project), and other deep state recruitment networks.

Since 1976, with more than 3,500 participants in more than 500 programs with leaders in many sectors, including politics; education; immigration; security and the armed forces; business and the economy; energy and the environment; urban development and renewal; health care; and the role of culture, the French-American Foundation has created a rich network of people and ideas for action.

Chairmen

Since 1989, the Chairman is Allan Chapin is a Partner of Compass Partners Advisers, LLP, a strategic financial advisory firm based in New York. Chapin began his career as a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, CIA director Allen Dulles old law firm, where he became a Partner in 1976. He was a resident of their Paris office for several years and was head of Sullivan & Cromwell’s European operations.

James G. Lowenstein, co-founder of the French-American Foundation, is still honorary chairman. He began government career at the Marshall Plan in Paris 1952-3. Naval officer Sixth Fleet and Naval War College staff 1952-55. Commissioned Foreign Service Officer 1956 and served successively at the State Department, American Embassies in Colombo and Belgrade, Staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs and Ambassador to Luxembourg.

John Negroponte was Chairman 1997 to 2001. Negroponte, known for his active support for death squads in Latin America and for suppressing non-violent resistance in Iraq after the 2003 US invasion, became United States Director of National Intelligence under George W. Bush.

Young Leaders Program

Full article: French-American Foundation/Young Leaders

The Young Leaders Program is the flagship program of the French-American Foundation. The program was created in 1981, under the sponsorship of Princeton French-American economist Ezra N. Suleiman, who remained its president until 2000. It was initially intended as to groom a new generation of young future leaders and give them exposure to their transatlantic counterparts. 38 years later, it still plays a key role in the creation of bonds to the US, with more than 500 leaders in government, business, media, military, culture and the NGO (ie. para-governmental) sector having taken part.

Every year, juries in France and the United States select a small group of around twenty French and Americans citizens between 30 and 40 that are destined to hold a leadership position in their field. The selected Young Leaders then participate in and extensive program, inlcuding two five-day seminars, alternatively in the U.S. and France, with "the opportunity to discuss issues of common concern" and, more importantly, get to know each other, create durable bonds, and be assessed for leadership positions.

Bill Clinton was chosen to participate in 1984.. Hillary Rodham Clinton was a Young Leader in both 1983 and 1984, when she was the wife of the Arkansas governor and chair of the Arkansas Education Standards Committee, so they were already then of high interests by deep state powers as 'destined' leaders.

Barack Obama might have been a Young Leader in 1988, but this is unconfirmed.

Wikispooks has the most complete public list of Young Leaders available, gathered from the Foundation's own website, covering most of the years 1981-2019 (the years 1985-88,1990-93 and 1997 are missing). Most of them are today's leaders in the public and private sector, and make a truly powerful influence network. There are many confirmed and suspected deep state operatives/spooks on the list, including in the administration of the scheme from the American side.

FAF has an active alumni association to strengthen and renew contacts and friendships forged through program participation.

Noticeable French political leaders:

François Hollande, later President; "The French-American Foundation is proud to have five Young Leader in the cabinet of President François Hollande, himself a Young Leader in 1996".

Emmanuel Macron, later President

Alain Juppé, later Prime Minister

Bilderberg Steering Committee members:

Henri de Castries, (FRA) several times

Robert Zoellick,(US) several times

 

Employee on Wikispooks

Employee	Job	Appointed	End	Description
Philippe Lagayette	President of the French-American Foundation - France	2003	2010	Attended Bilderberg/1982 and Bilderberg/1992

 

Known members

5 of the 21 of the members already have pages here:

Member	Description
Alain Chevalier	Chairman of Moet Hennessy who merged it into luxury goods giant Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH).
Olivier Chevrillon	French media CEO and civil servant
François Bujon de L'Estang	Diplomatic and defense adviser to Prime Minister Jacques Chirac.Trilateral Commission. French-American Foundation.
Felix Rohatyn	Nicknamed 'Felix the Fixer', a Lazard bankster who conspired with the CIA to start the 1973 coup in Chile and later led the French-American Foundation, a recruitment network to control future French leaders.
G. Richard Thoman	Triple Bilderberger US business executive.

 

Sponsor

Event	Description
Open Society Foundations	A NGO operating in more countries than McDonald's. It has the tendency to support politicians (at times through astroturfing) and activists that get branded as "extreme left" as its founder is billionaire and bane of the pound George Soros. This polarizing perspective causes the abnormal influence of the OSF to go somewhat unanswered.

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