Bilderbergs (BB)
Liberty
Lobby, Inc., 300 Independence Ave., SE, Washington, D.C. 20003,
publishes a
weekly newspaper, titled "The Spotlight". At my request,
they
sent me a reprint of a summary of Bilderberg information, titled
"Spotlight
On The Bilderbergers, Irresponsible Power", published
mid- June, 1975.
Page 6 of this document reveals:
"The
Congressional Record - U.S. Senate, April 11, 1964, states:
(Speaking) - Mr. (Jacob) Javits - 'Mr. President, the 13 th in a
series
of Bilderberg meetings on international affairs, in which I
participated,
was held in Williamsburg, VA, on March 20, 21, and 22. I ask
unanimous consent
to have printed in the Record a background paper entitled
- The Bilderberg
Meetings.'
The Bilderberg Meetings
The idea of the Bilderberg meetings originated in the
early fifties.
Changes had taken place on the international political and
economic scene
after World War II. The countries of the Western World felt
the need for
closer collaboration to protect their moral and ethical
values, their democratic
institutions, and their independence against the
growing Communist threat.
The Marshall plan and NATO were examples of
collective efforts of Western
countries to join hands in economic and
military matters after World War
II.
In the early 1950 's, a
number of people on both sides of the Atlantic sought
a means of bringing
together leading citizens, not necessarily connected
with government, for
informal discussions of problems facing the Atlantic
community. Such
meetings, they felt, would create a better understanding
of the forces and
trends affecting Western nations, in particular. They
believed that direct
exchanges could help to clear up differences and misunderstandings
that
might weaken the West.
One of the men who saw the need for such
discussions was the late Joseph
Retinger. In 1952, he approached His Royal
Highness, Prince Bernhard of
The Netherlands, with the suggestion of
informal and unofficial meetings
to discuss the problems facing the
Atlantic community. Others in Europe
wholeheartedly supported the idea, and
proposals were submitted to American
friends to join in the undertaking. A
number of Americans, including C.
D. Jackson, the late General Walter
Bedell Smith, and the late John Coleman,
agreed to cooperate.
The
first meeting that brought Americans and Europeans together took
place
under the chairmanship of Prince Bernhard (of The Netherlands) at the
Bilderberg
Hotel in Oosterbeek, Holland, from May 29 to May 31,
1954. Ever since,
the meetings have been called Bilderberg meetings.
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No Strict Rules of Procedure
From the
outset, it was the intentions of the Bilderberg founders and
participants
that no strict rules of procedure govern the meetings. Every
effort was
made to create a relaxed, informal atmosphere conducive to free
and frank
discussions. Bilderberg is in no sense a policy-making body. No
conclusions
are reached. There is no voting, and no resolutions are passed.
The
meetings are off- the- record. Only the participants themselves may
attend
the meetings.
Participants
It was
obvious from the first that the success of the meetings would
depend
primarily on the level of the participants. Leading figures from
many
fields - industry, labor, education, government, etc. - are invited,
who,
through their special knowledge or experience, can help to
further
Bilderberg objectives. Representatives of governments attend in a
personal,
and not an official capacity. An attempt is made to include
participants
representing many political parties and points of view.
American participation
has included Members of Congress of both parties.
Over the years, Bilderberg participants have come from the NATO
countries,
Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, and Finland, and have included
prominent individuals
such as Dean Rusk, Christian A. Herter, Maurice
Faure, Franz-Josef Strauss,
Amitore Fanfani, Panayotis Pipinelis, Reginald
Maudling, the late Hugh Gaitskell,
Omer Becu, Guy Mollet, the late Michael
Ross, Herman Abs, C. L. Sulzberger,
Joseph Harsch, and T. M. Terkelsen.
Individuals with international responsibilities
have also participated,
among them being Gen. Alfred Gruenther, Lord Ismay,
Eugene Black, Gen.
Lyman Lemnitzer, Paul-Henry Spaak, and the late Per Jacobsson.
The Meetings
Bilderberg meetings are held at irregular intervals, but have taken place once or twice a year since 1954. All the early conferences were held in Europe, but a meeting is now held on this side of the Atlantic every few years to provide a convenient opportunity for American and Canadian participants to attend."
The above
is what they want you to believe. Below is much closer
to the
real truth.
"The Spotlight" reports that the
Bilderberg meetings are highly
secret, and are held at random times each
year, and rarely at the same location,
for security reasons. The
responsibility for security for these meetings
is in the hands of the
government of the country in which the meetings are
held. They must supply
military security, secret service, national and local
police and private
security personnel to protect the privacy and safety
of these very powerful
international Elite members who are not required
to conform to
regulations that private citizens are subjected- to, such
as customs
searches, visas requirements, or public notice of their meetings.
When they
meet, no outsiders are allowed in or near the building. They bring
their
own food, cooks, waiters, telephone operators, housekeepers and
bodyguards.
The Bilderberg membership is made up of Kings, Queens,
Princes, Chancellors,
Prime Ministers, Presidents, Ambassadors, Secretaries
of State, Wall Street
investors, international bankers, news media
executives, and wealthy industrialist.
Their meetings are by invitation
only, and no outsiders in the news media
are allowed, except by special
invitation.
However, the news media are always present at these
meetings such as: Peter
Jennings (BB and Anchor & Senior Editor of ABC
News, World News Tonight),
Joseph C. Harsch (BB, CFR and former Commentator
for NBC, Inc.), Bill D.
Moyers (BB and Executive Director of Public Affairs
TV, Inc. and former
Director of the CFR), William F. Buckley, Jr. (BB, CFR
and Editor-in-Chief
of "National Review" and host of PBS's Firing
Line), Gerald Piel
(BB, CFR and former Chairman of Scientific America,
Inc.), Henry Anatole
Grunwald (BB, CFR and former Editor-in-Chief of
"Time, Inc."),
Mortimer B. Zuckerman (BB, CFR and Chairman &
Editor - in - Chief of
the "US News and World Report", "New
York Daily News "and
"Atlantic Monthly"), Robert L. Bartley
(BB, CFR, TC and Vice President
of the "Wall Street Journal"),
Peter Robert Kann (BB, CFR and
Chairman & CEO of Dow Jones &
Company, and husband of Karen E. House,
CFR), William Kristol (BB and
Editor & Publisher of the new "The
Weekly Standard"
magazine), Donald (Don) C. Cook (BB, CFR and former
European Diplomatic
Correspondent for the "Los Angeles Times"),
Robert Leroy Bartley
(BB, CFR, TC and Vice President of the "Wall Street
Journal"),
Albert J. Wohlstetter (BB, CFR and writer for the "Wall
Street
Journal"), Thomas L. Friedman (BB, CFR, TC and columnist for
the
"New York Times"), and the "Queen" of
the
Elite - Katharine Graham (BB, CFR, TC and Owner and Chairwoman
of
the Executive Committee of the "Washington Post"). Even
though
these media moguls attend the secret meetings, they do not file
reports
about the Elite Bilderberg activities during their meetings,
nor
do they allow their reporters to write about these meetings.
A couple of weeks before the 1996 BB meeting, "The Spotlight" sent over 600 notices to key members of all forms of news media, including Rush Limbaugh, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, and other prominent members of news magazines, newspapers, television and radio, advising them of the pending meeting, telling the date, time and place that the meeting would take place and a list of probable attendees. Only four newspapers showed up, the "Toronto Sun", "Toronto Star", "Globe & Mail", and "The Spotlight". The word is that Katherine Graham put the word out that this meeting was "NOT" to be covered by any news media for "ANY" reason. I personally called the editor of "USA Today" to warn him of this meeting at least a week frior to this meeting. A couple of weeks later, when asked why they did not attend, the answer was "We had more important news to cover during this period."
More very revealing facts about the Bilderbergs will see
sunshine
soon. - Stay tuned.
The Bilderberg's
addresses are:
US
Charles W. Muller
Phone: 1-212-879-0545
American Friends of Bilderbergs, Inc.
477 Madison Ave., 6 th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Europe
Maja Banck-Polderman
Phone: 31 20 625 0252
Fax: 31 20
624 4299
Bilderberg Meetings
Amstel 216
1017 AJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands