2014 Bilderberg Meetings in Copenhagen, Denmark

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Coming Soon to Copenhagen, Denmark

2014 Bilderberg Meetings

Beginning on Thursday, May 29, 2014

Pamphet Made !y "iiam P# $itynski


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Bilderberg Does Copenhagen

By "iiam P# $itynski

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This year&s not'so'se(ret Bider!erg Meetings )i !e hed in Copenhagen, Denmark at the end o* May 2014# The 2014 Bider!erg Meetings )i hed at the CopenhagenMarriott +ote in Copenhagen, Denmark, o(ated near Copenhagen Centra Train Station, Tioi -ardens, and %maien!org Paa(e, *rom Thursday, May 29, 2014 untiSunday, .une 1, 2014# /%t east that is the o**i(ia story *or no)# The Bider!erg -roup may (hange its itinerary at the ast moment in an attempt to misead and de(eiethe )ord#

The primary topi(s that the Bider!erg Meetings parti(ipants )i pro!a!y dis(uss inside the (on*eren(e room at the Copenhagen Marriott +ote in(ude ussian o((upation o* Crimea

The 3uture o* kraine

The 3uture o* %*ghanistan

The 3uture o* 5gypt

The 3uture o* Syria and Bashar %ssad

The 3uture o* S(otand

The Credi!iity and 3uture o* 6%T7 and 5uropean nion

The Credi!iity o* the 7!ama %dministration

Poiti(a %m!itions o* 8adimir Bad %ss: Putin

The ast time Denmark hosted a Bider!erg Meetings (on*eren(e )as in 19;9, )hen that (on*eren(e )as hed at +ote Marienyst, o(ated north o* Copenhagen#Denmark geographi(ay (onsists o* t)o primary areas the isand o* May 2009# The

(urrent 3inan(e Minister o* Denmark B?arne Corydon attended ast year&s Bider!erg Meetings hed at +erts*ordshire, 5ngand near $ondon# 7utgoing Se(retary-enera o* 6%T7 %nders 3ogh asmussen attended the Bider!erg Meetings hed in 8ersaies, 3ran(e *rom May 1@'1A, 200# The in(oming Se(retary -enera o*

6%T7 .ens Stoten!erg, the *ormer Prime Minister o* 6or)ay, attended the Bider!erg Meetings hed in Chantiy, 8irginia near "ashington, D#C# *rom May 0'.une 2,2002#

The usua guests )ho are epe(ted to attend this year&s Bider!erg Meetings in Copenhagen in(ude ueen /Prin(ess Beatri o* the 6etherands, 3oreign Minister o*S)eden Car Bidt, *ormer Prime Minister o* Etay Mario Monti, *ormer British Petroeum (hairman Peter D# Sutherand, oya Dut(h She (hairman .orma 7ia,+enry =issinger /age and heath permitting, *ormer -odman Sa(hs partner o!ert u!in, *ormer "ord Bank President .ames "o*ensohn, 8ernon .ordan, $aFard

!ank (hairman =enneth .a(o!s, and .essi(a Tu(hman Mathe)s, the President o* Carnegie 5ndo)ment *or Enternationa Pea(e# Daid o(ke*eer, the 9A'year'odBider!erg -od*ather and *ormer (hairman o* the !oard o* Chase Manhattan Bank, )i undou!tedy !e sitting in a ro(king (hair reminis(ing oer his attendan(e at pastBider!erg Meetings (on*eren(es /and dreaming o* a )hite Christmas#

Seera ussian and %meri(an guests attended the Bider!erg Meetings hed in Chantiy, 8irginia in .une 2012, in(uding the (urrent #S# Se(retary o* State .ohn3or!es =erry, Comrade: +enry =issinger, *ormer 3oreign Minister o* ussia Egor Eano, *ormer 3irst Deputy Prime Minister o* ussia %natoy Chu!ais, ussiangrand (hessmaster -arry =asparo, 6ationa Se(urity %disor Thomas Donion, Carnegie 5ndo)ment *or Enternationa Pea(e president .essi(a Tu(hman Mathe)s, andoutgoing President o* the "ord Bank o!ert


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"hat ea(ty is the Bider!erg MeetingsG The Bider!erg Meetings is an annua (on*eren(e in )hi(h prominent ri(h and po)er*u %meri(an and 5uropean /in(uding

Canadians and Turks dignitaries meet at a uury hote in 5urope to dis(uss !usiness:# The annua Bider!erg Meetings (on*eren(e usuay asts *our days, *romThursday a*ternoon unti Sunday a*ternoon# The Bider!erg Meetings parti(ipants arrie to the annua (on*eren(e !y airpane and trae *rom the airport to the uury

hote in a imousine# %mong the indiiduas )ho hae attended the Bider!erg Meetings annuay in(ude 5uropean royaty, internationa o**i(ias, internationa!ankers, (orporate ee(uties, *oreign ministers and *inan(e ministers, heads o* states, organiFation ee(uties, (oege pro*essors, and ne)spaper and magaFine editors#

Prominent (orporate ee(uties )ho hae attended the Bider!erg Meetings in the past in(ude Chairman o* the !oard o* British Petroeum, Chairman o* the !oard o*oya Dut(h She, Chairman o* the !oard o* Bar(ays, Chairman o* the !oard o* +SBC, Chairman o* the !oard o* Chase Manhattan Bank /.P Morgan Chase, Chairman

o* the !oard o* -odman Sa(hs, Chairman o* the !oard o* %meri(an 5press Company, Chairman o* the !oard o* Monsanto, Chairman o* the !oard o* Mer(k H Co#,Chairman o* the !oard o* PepsiCo, Chairman o* the !oard o* 6este, Chairman o* the !oard o* Syngenta, Chairman o* the !oard o* Siemens, Chairman o* the !oard o*%(oa, Chairman o* the !oard o* 6oartis, Chairman o* the !oard o* 6okia, Chairman o* the !oard o* Iero, Chairman o* the !oard o* The "ashington Post, Chairmano* the !oard o* os'oy(e, Chairman o* the !oard o* 3iat /automo!ie, Chairman o* the !oard o* Daimer'BenF, and Chairman o* the !oard o* 3ord Motor Company#

%mong the internationa o**i(ias and (entra !ankers )ho hae attended the Bider!erg Meetings in the past in(ude President o* the "ord Bank, Managing Dire(tor o*the Enternationa Monetary 3und, President o* the 5uropean Centra Bank, -oernor o* the Bank o* 5ngand, Chairman o* the 3edera esere, President o* the 3ederaesere Bank o* 6e) Jork, Se(retary -enera o* 6%T7, President o* the 5uropean Commission, 5uropean Commissioners, Dire(tor'-enera o* the "ord Trade7rganiFation, and -enera Manager o* the Bank *or Enternationa Settements# 5ither the Bider!erg -roup is a gentemen&s (u! or a pro*essiona gang organiFation#

%((ording to the ate -eorge "# Ba, a ongtime Bider!erg Meetings parti(ipant, a (orporate a)yer, and *ormer nder #S# Se(retary o* State

%s a resut o* this and ater meetings, pans )ere made *or our *irst session to !e hed at the +ote Bider!erg at 7oster!eek, +oand# Et )as an od'*ashionedsummer hote in a )ooded park, and, (on(erned *or the se(urity o* so many *amous guests, the goernment had esta!ished a pain(othes guard !ehind eerytree# %mused !y su(h highy isi!e pre(autions, E tod the Prin(e on the se(ond day that E )as going stir (raFyK )e then spe(uated on the (han(es o* my gettingout o* the hote and to the main road )ithout getting shot# Therea*ter, *or t)enty'seen years, our group met at east on(e a year at a Luiet retreat /usuay atourist hote o** season *or t)o and a ha* days o* serious dis(ussion# En addition, there )ere sma meetings o* the Steering Committee, hed unti re(enty atSoestdi?k Paa(e, Prin(e Bernard&s (ountry home# 5(ept during my years in the goernment, E )as a mem!er o* the Steering Committee *rom the *ormation o*

the group unti 19>9# Then the Bider!erg *ounders turned it oer to a younger group, athough E remain an adiser# E hae attended eery Bider!erg meeting)ith one e(eption# The Bilderberg meetings primarily concentrate on a single objective: to try to clear up abrasive problems and attitudes that could

poison eective relations bet!een "merica and #urope$ The meetings are attended !y the mem!ers o* a permanent steering (ommittee o* 5uropeans and%meri(ans and !y other men and )omen o* a(hieement and (ompeten(e spe(iay inited on ea(h o((asion# %ttendan(e is imited to roughy eighty persons#Candor is assured by ground rules that orbid anyone to discuss the meetings e%cept in the most general !ay or& in outside conversation& to attribute

e%pressed vie!s to any individual$ "t each meeting& there is a political and an economic problem to !hich the discussion is addressed$ % ie)s aretaken as indiidua epressionsK no one speaks *or his goernment, his poiti(a party, or any other organiFation# The rea distin(tion o* Bider!erg is not,ho)eer, its ground rues !ut the etraordinary Luaity o* those )ho attend the meetings# There is hardy a ma?or poiti(a *igure *rom 5urope or the nited

States )ho has not !een inited at east on(e# 7* the present or re(ent heads o* goernment, +emut S(hmidt, the -erman Chan(eor, has attended seera times,and among others )ho hae (ome one or more times hae !een 8aery -is(ard d&5staing, +arod "ison, .ames Caaghan, 5d)ard +eath, Margaret That(her,ene Peen, -uy Moet, Pierre Mendes'3ran(e, as )e as Prin(e Phiip, Denis +eaey, Dean usk, Dean %(heson, +enry =issinger, and Cyrus 8an(eBider!erg&s most aua!e a(hieement has !een to proide *or the deeopment o* easy reations !et)een indiiduas o* disparate !a(kgrounds, eating,drinking, )aking and (onstanty taking together in isoated settings# "hen E ?oined the State Department in 19;1, E )as aready )e a(Luainted )ith most"estern eaders# Some E kne) parti(uary )e, sin(e )e had !een together at Bider!erg on more than one o((asion#:

-eorge "# Ba, *rom his auto!iographyThe Past Has Another Pattern: Memoirs/p# 10@'10;K pu!ished in 19A2


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%though the organiFers o* the Bider!erg -roup (aim that the Bider!erg -roup is a priate organiFation:, the organiFers o* the Bider!erg -roup )oud pre*er tosustain the se(re(y and mystery as mu(h as possi!e# +o)eer, !oth -eorge "# Ba and his (oeague Daid o(ke*eer, the *ormer (hairman o* the !oard o* Chase

Manhattan Bank, hae reeaed the eisten(e o* the Bider!erg -roup in their auto!iographies#

"hat makes the Bider!erg Meetings so intriguing and (ontroersiaG Many po)er*u men and )omen hae attended the Bider!erg Meetings (on*eren(es in the past,ony to *ind themsees in a position o* po)er shorty a*ter attending the Bider!erg Meetings (on*eren(e# 3or eampes, #S# Se(retary o* State .ohn 3or!es =erryattended the 2012 Bider!erg Meetings hed in Chantiy, 8irginia near "ashington, D#C# in .une 2012 )hie sering as a #S# SenatorK .ohn 3or!es =erry !egan his(areer as #S# Se(retary o* State on 3e!ruary 1, 201# %ngea Merke, the (urrent Chan(eor o* -ermany, attended the 200@ Bider!erg Meetings hed in otta(h'5gern,-ermany /near Muni(h in May 200@K %ngea Merke !egan her (areer as the Chan(eor o* -ermany on 6oem!er 22, 200@# Bi Cinton, the *ormer President o* the

nited States, attended the 1991 Bider!erg Meetings hed in Baden'Baden, -ermany in .une 1991K Bi Cinton )as inaugurated President o* the nited States on.anuary 20, 199# +o) (onenient#

"hat does the Bider!erg Meetings hae to do )ith us as indiiduasG There are t)o ma?or (ompanies that are synonymous )ith the Bider!erg -roup BritishPetroeum and oya Dut(h She# The (hairman o* British Petroeum and the (hairman o* oya Dut(h She usuay attend the Bider!erg Meetings (on*eren(es amosteery year, ostensi!y to dis(uss gasoine pri(es, automo!ies, 7P5C, oi (onsumption, and oi spis /in(uding the in*amous oi spi that o((urred in the -u* o* Mei(onear $ouisiana in %pri 2010# Mem!ers o* the Bider!erg -roup hae dis(ussed the e**e(ts o* raising gasoine pri(es during their annua (on*eren(e in %a(hen, "est-ermany in 19A0# /% summary o* this (onersation )as pu!ished in the 19A0 Bider!erg Meetings (on*eren(e report# -asoine pri(es in %meri(a hae in(reased *rom99 (ents a gaon in 2000 to oer three doars a gaon in 2014#

The uniersa heath (are insuran(e program promoted !y the 7!ama %dministration, aso kno)n as 7!ama(are, is a !yprodu(t o* the Bider!erg -roup# =atheen

Se!eius, the (urrent #S# Se(retary o* +eath and +uman Seri(es and the 3airy -odmother o* 7!ama(are, attended the 200A Bider!erg Meetings hed in Chantiy,8irginia near "ashington, D#C# *rom .une @'A, 200A )hie sering as the -oernor o* =ansas# 7ther prominent indiiduas )ho attended the 200A Bider!erg Meetingshed in Chantiy, 8irginia in(ude Ben Bernanke /Chairman o* the 3edera esere, Timothy 3# -eithner /President o* the 3edera esere Bank o* 6e) Jork, o!ert


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My kno)edge o* the Bider!erg Meetings /aso kno)n as the Bider!erg -roup is Luite etensie# E o!tained (opies o* preious Bider!erg Meetings (on*eren(ereports /years 19@4'199@ at Prin(eton niersity, Coege o* "iiam and Mary, .ohns +opkins niersity /in Batimore, +arard $a) $i!rary, .ohn 3# =ennedy

Presidentia $i!rary, and $i!rary o* Congress# %so, E traeed to Chantiy, 8irginia on .une @, 200A and o!sered the *irst day o* the Bider!erg Meetings (on*eren(e,)here E )at(hed seera Bider!erg !arons enter the "est*ieds'Marriott +ote in a !a(k imousine#

%s a #S# %rmy sodier )ho )as stationed primariy at %rmstrong =aserne /1'1 C%8, 3irst %rmored Diision in Budingen, -ermany /near 3rank*urt am Main *romMar(h 2002 unti 7(to!er 2004, E traeed *reLuenty !y train# E isited 3rank*urt am Main *reLuenty, )here E )oud )ak past the 5uropean Centra Bank on my )ay tothe *amous omer# .ean'Caude Tri(het, )ho attended the Bider!erg Meetings hed in Stresa, Etay in .une 2004, )as the President o* the 5uropean Centra Bank )henE )aked past his o**i(e in do)nto)n 3rank*urt in Septem!er and 7(to!er 2004 on my )ay to the *amous omer#

%mong the (ities that E isited )hie E )as stationed in -ermany in(ude Coogne, Bonn, udesheim am hein, MainF, +eide!erg, Muni(h, Enns!ru(k, 6urem!erg,"urF!urg, Trier, $uem!ourg City, Stras!ourg,


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Christine $agarde /e*t, Managing Dire(tor o* the Enternationa Monetary 3und /EM3, greets *ormer #S# Se(retary o* State +enry =issinger at the 5(onomi( Cu! o*

6e) Jork in 6e) Jork City on %pri 10, 201# *agarde and +issinger attended the 201, Bilderberg Meetings held at The -rove hotel in .atord& #nglandrom /une )& 201,$ The man on the *ar right is .a(o! 3renke, *ormer -oernor o* the Bank o* Esrae# /Photo 5(onomi( Cu! o* 6e) Jork
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"merican resident -eorge .ashington3s emar(s about 5oreign 'ntrigues& 'n 6is 7!n .ords

En the ee(ution o* su(h a pan nothing is more essentia than that permanent, ineterate antipathies against parti(uar 6ations and passionate atta(hments

*or others shoud !e e(udedK and that in pa(e o* them ?ust and ami(a!e *eeings to)ards a shoud !e (utiated# The 8ation& !hich indulges to!ardsanother an habitual hatred& or an habitual ondness& is in some degree a slave$ 't is a slave to its animosity or to its aection& either o !hich is

suicient to lead it astray rom its duty and its interest$%ntipathy in one 6ation against another, disposes ea(h more readiy to o**er insut and in?ury, toay hod o* sight (auses o* um!rage, and to !e haughty and intra(ta!e, )hen a((identa or tri*ing o((asions o* dispute o((ur# +en(e *reLuent (oisions,

o!stinate enenomed, and !oody (ontests# The 6ation, prompted !y i )i and resentment sometimes impes to "ar the -oernment, (ontrary to the !est

(a(uations o* poi(y# The goernment sometimes parti(ipates in the nationa propensity, and adopts through passion )hat reason )oud re?e(tK at othertimes, it makes the animosity o* the 6ation su!serient to pro?e(ts o* hostiity instigated !y pride, am!ition and other sinister and perni(ious moties# The

pea(e o*ten, sometimes perhaps the $i!erty, o* 6ations has !een the i(tim# So, ike)ise, a passionate atta(hment o* one 6ation *or another produ(es aariety o* eis# 9ympathy or the avourite nation& acilitating the illusion o an imaginary common interest& in cases !here no real commoninterest e%ists& and inusing into one the enmities o the other& betrays the ormer into a participation in the uarrels and .ars o the latter

!ithout adeuate inducement or justiication Et eads aso to (on(essions to the *aourite 6ation o* priiedges denied to others, )hi(h is apt dou!y toin?ure the 6ation making the (on(essionsK !y unne(essariy parting )ith )hat ought to hae !een retainedK and !y e(iting ?eaousy, i )i, and a

disposition to retaiate, in the parties *rom )hom eL# priiedges are )ithhed "nd it gives to ambitious& corrupted& or deluded citi;ens

popularityK giding )ith the appearan(es o* a irtuous sense o* o!igation a (ommenda!e de*eren(e *or pu!i( opinion, or a auda!e Fea *or pu!i( good,

the !ase or *ooish (ompian(es o* am!ition (orruption or in*atuation# %s aenues to *oreign in*uen(e in innumera!e )ays, su(h atta(hments areparti(uary aarming to the truy enightened and independent Patriot# +o) many opportunities do they a**ord to tamper )ith domesti( *a(tions, to pra(ti(e

the arts o* sedu(tion, to misead pu!i( opinion, to in*uen(e or a)e the pu!i( Coun(isO Su(h an atta(hment o* a sma or )eak, to)ards a great andpo)er*u 6ation, dooms the *ormer to !e the sateite o* the atter# "gainst the insidious !iles o oreign inluence 9;


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To a interested indiiduas, you are (ordiay inited to o!sere the aristo(rati(

2014 Bilderberg Meetings

The 2014 Bider!erg Meetings )i hed at the

Copenhagen Marriott +ote in Copenhagen, Denmark,

o(ated near Tioi -ardens and %maien!org Paa(e

*rom Thursday, May 29, 2014 to Sunday, .une 1, 2014#


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Trae Etinerary *or the 2014 Bider!erg Meetings

Copenhagen %irport =astrupQ, o(ated near Copenhagen, Denmark

3ront page photo %maien!org Paa(e and Mar!e Chur(h in Copenhagen, Denmark


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Copenhagen Centra Train Station /Kobenhavns HovedbanegrdKKobenhavn H is o(ated )ithin )aking distan(e o* the Copenhagen Marriott +ote#


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% -erman Enter(ity'5press /EC5 passenger train stops at the Copenhagen Centra Train Station /Kobenhavn H# % dire(t EC5 train seri(e *rom +am!urg, -ermany to

Copenhagen, Denmark asts neary @ hours# The pri(e o* a train ti(ket *or passengers traeing *rom +am!urg to Copenhagen on an EC5 train is A@#40 5uro Doars#/Departure *rom +am!urg +aupt!ahnho* 92A %#MK %rria in Copenhagen 214 P#M#


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Su!)ay Map o* Copenhagen, Denmark


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Map o* do)nto)n Copenhagen, Denmark

The Copenhagen Marriott +ote is o(ated net to Bernstor**sgade/street !y the Sydhanen /)ater)ay near the Tioi -ardens and Copenhagen Centra

Train Station#


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Bilderberg Meetings: " #uropean olitical 'ntrigue@

Daid o(ke*eer and 8ernon 5# .ordan .r# appear at the 2004 Bider!erg Meetings in Stresa, Etay in .une 2004# /Photo !y Danie 5stuin

Photos o* the 200@ Bider!erg Meetings in otta(h'5gern, -ermany /o(ated south o* Muni(h in May 200@


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% Bider!erg imousine dries past a group o* protestors at the entran(e o* The -roe hote in "at*ord /+ert*ordshire, 5ngand /near $ondon on Thursday, .une ;,201 en route to the 201 Bider!erg Meetings hed at the hote# /Photo The Times
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Prin(e Bernhard o* the 6etherands presides oer the inaugura Bider!erg Meetings (on*eren(e at +ote de Bider!erg in 7oster!eek, 6etherands in May 19@4# The

inaugura Bider!erg Meetings )ere hed *rom May 29'1, 19@4, ?ust three )eeks a*ter the Communist 8ietnamese army de*eated the 3ren(h army at the Battle o DienBien hu# The inaugura Bider!erg Meetings o((urred during the ongoing -enea Con*eren(e !et)een 3ran(e, %meri(a, and Communist /ater 6orth 8ietnam#


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David Ben-Gurion, the Prime Minister of Israel, visits Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands at a castle in the Netherlands in 1961. Prince Bernhard was the hairman of the Bilder!er"Meetin"s from 19#$ to 19%6. When asked about his Nazi experience, Prince Bernhard replied: We had a lot of fun. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands was the co-founder ofthe Bilderber !eetins, and he was a Nazi "" stor#trooper for a short ti#e before World War $$. Na&i war criminal 'dolf (ichmann was )rosecuted in an Israeli court in 1961 fore*terminatin" +ews in concentration cam)s durin" orld ar II. his )hoto was )u!lished in )a"e 61 of the !oo Days of David Ben Gurion, a !oo edited !/ 0had mora, MordechaiBarai, Nahum Punda, and Israel 2tocmann 3Grossman Pu!lishers, New 4or, 196%5.

Bilder!er" Meetin"s )artici)ant Geor"e . Ball 3left5 sits !eside Nazi %er#an war cri#inal &lbert "peerdurin" an interview at Due of olstein7s castle 82chloss Glucs!er" in German/

in March 19%1. Geor"e . Ball attended the 19%1 Bilder!er" Meetin"s in :ermont 8;.2.'. in ')ril 19%1. his )hoto a))ears in )a"e


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David =ocefeller 3left5, President of hase Manhattan Ban, and his dau"hter Neva =ocefeller 3second from left5 "reet 2oviet Premier Niita >hrushchev 3ri"ht5 at the >remlin in Moscow,2oviet ;nion on +ul/


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-eorge .$ Ball and David oc(eeller on the Bilderberg Meetings& in their o!n !ords

-eorge "# Ba

nder Se(retary o* State

/19;1'19;;K Senior

Partner o* $ehmanBrothers /19;9'19A2

%s a resut o* this and ater meetings, pans )ere made *or our *irst session to !e hed at the +ote Bider!erg at 7oster!eek, +oand#Et )as an od'*ashioned summer hote in a )ooded park, and, (on(erned *or the se(urity o* so many *amous guests, the goernment hadesta!ished a pain(othes guard !ehind eery tree# %mused !y su(h highy isi!e pre(autions, E tod the Prin(e on the se(ond day that E)as going stir (raFyK )e then spe(uated on the (han(es o* my getting out o* the hote and to the main road )ithout getting shot#Therea*ter, *or t)enty'seen years, our group met at east on(e a year at a Luiet retreat /usuay a tourist hote o** season *or t)o and aha* days o* serious dis(ussion# En addition, there )ere sma meetings o* the Steering Committee, hed unti re(enty at Soestdi?k

Paa(e, Prin(e Bernard&s (ountry home# 5(ept during my years in the goernment, E )as a mem!er o* the Steering Committee *romthe *ormation o* the group unti 19>9# Then the Bider!erg *ounders turned it oer to a younger group, athough E remain an adiser# E

hae attended eery Bider!erg meeting )ith one e(eption# The Bilderberg meetings primarily concentrate on a single objective:to try to clear up abrasive problems and attitudes that could poison eective relations bet!een "merica and #urope$ The

meetings are attended !y the mem!ers o* a permanent steering (ommittee o* 5uropeans and %meri(ans and !y other men and )omen o*a(hieement and (ompeten(e spe(iay inited on ea(h o((asion# %ttendan(e is imited to roughy eighty persons# Candor is assured

by ground rules that orbid anyone to discuss the meetings e%cept in the most general !ay or& in outside conversation& to

attribute e%pressed vie!s to any individual$ "t each meeting& there is a political and an economic problem to !hich the

discussion is addressed$ % ie)s are taken as indiidua epressionsK no one speaks *or his goernment, his poiti(a party, or anyother organiFation# The rea distin(tion o* Bider!erg is not, ho)eer, its ground rues !ut the etraordinary Luaity o* those )ho attend

the meetings# There is hardy a ma?or poiti(a *igure *rom 5urope or the nited States )ho has not !een inited at east on(e# 7* the

present or re(ent heads o* goernment, +emut S(hmidt, the -erman Chan(eor, has attended seera times, and among others )hohae (ome one or more times hae !een 8aery -is(ard d&5staing, +arod "ison, .ames Caaghan, 5d)ard +eath, Margaret That(her,ene Peen, -uy Moet, Pierre Mendes'3ran(e, as )e as Prin(e Phiip, Denis +eaey, Dean usk, Dean %(heson, +enry =issinger,and Cyrus 8an(eBider!erg&s most aua!e a(hieement has !een to proide *or the deeopment o* easy reations !et)eenindiiduas o* disparate !a(kgrounds, eating, drinking, )aking and (onstanty taking together in isoated settings# "hen E ?oinedthe State Department in 19;1, E )as aready )e a(Luainted )ith most "estern eaders# Some E kne) parti(uary )e, sin(e )e had

!een together at Bider!erg on more than one o((asion#: -eorge "# Ba, *rom his auto!iographyThe Past Has Another Pattern: Memoirs/p# 10@'10;K pu!ished in 19A2

Daid o(ke*eer

Chairman and C57 o*Chase Manhattan Bank

/19;9'19A1

E* the Coun(i on 3oreign eations raises the ha(kes o* (onspira(y theorists, the Bilderberg meetings must induce apocalypticvisions o omnipotent international ban(ers plotting !ith unscrupulous government oicials to impose cunning schemes on an

ignorant and unsuspecting !orld$ %t the risk o* disappointing these (onspira(y mongers, the truth is that Bider!erg is reay anintensey interesting annua dis(ussion group that de!ates issues o* signi*i(an(e to !oth 5uropeans and 6orth %meri(ans )ithout

rea(hing (onsensus# rince Bernhard o the 8etherlands convened the irst conerence in May 1A4 at the urging o /oseph

etinger, a Poe o* aristo(rati( origins )ho had sered )ith British inteigen(e during "ord "ar EE# etinger, a dynami( andenergeti( man )ho spoke )ith a heay a((ent and )aked )ith a pronoun(ed imp, )as (on(erned a!out the tense reations )ithin the

%tanti( (ommunity# +e persuaded Bernhard to (onene a group o* prominent indiiduas to dis(uss these matters# E )as one o* eeen%meri(ans inited, and )e ?oined *i*ty deegates *rom eeen "estern 5uropean (ountries a iey mosai( o* poiti(ians, !usinessmen,

?ournaists, and trade unionists# E )as surprised to hae !een inited in the *irst pa(e and !een more taken a!a(k )hen etinger askedme to prepare a !a(kground paper on prospe(ts *or the )ord e(onomy *rom the %meri(an perspe(tieThe (on*eren(e had sered a

use*u purpose, and the (onsensus )as that )e shoud meet again the *oo)ing year under the (ontinuing (hairmanship o* Prin(eBernhard# "e aso de(ided to (a the gathering Bider!erg: a*ter the hote in 7oster!eek )here )e had *irst assem!ed#:

Daid o(ke*eer, *rom his auto!iographyMemoirs/p# 410'411, Chapter 2> Proud EnternationaistK pu!ished in 2002


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The 8ation: Conspiracy Theorists nite> " 9ecret Conerence Thought to ule the .orldBy %$%6 C7"5$$ and D%8ED M# +%$B3E6-5The New York Times

Pu!ished .uy 11, 2004

SE6C5 its *irst meeting @0 years ago, the Bider!erg (on*eren(e, a se(retie gathering o* go!a po)er !rokers, has inspired ayer upon ayer o* (onspira(y theories, )hi(h it has

done itte to dispute# 7er the years, the deeds aid at the (on*eren(e&s deious door hae in(uded the (reation o* the 5uropean nion, the inasion o* EraL and the !om!ing o*

Ser!ia '' a to seri(e its most (herished goa the (reation o* a )ord goernment# The (onspira(y theories !u!!ed to the sur*a(e ane) ast )eek, a*ter it )as reported that a

)e're(eied spee(h !y Senator .ohn 5d)ards at the (on*eren(e ast month in Stresa, Etay, )as one reason *or his see(tion as .ohn =erryRs i(e'presidentia running mate#

Es the Bider!erg (on*a! no) moding domesti( %meri(an poi(yG oughy 10 deegates attend the initation'ony annua gatherings, named *or the Dut(h hote )here the *irst

Bider!erg (on*eren(e )as hed in May 19@4, to de!ate issues surrounding the (od )ar# The meetings are hardy a monument to transparen(y# The hotes inoed are usuay(osed o** to other guests# nike the "ord 5(onomi( 3orum in Daos, S)itFerand, ?ournaists are not inited to (oer it '' athough a *e) attend as parti(ipants '' and a

deegates promise to keep Luiet a!out )hat they hear and say#

RRThey do not hae to sign anything, !ut they understand that they do not tak,RR said Ma?a Ban(k'Poderman, the organiFationRs ee(utie se(retary# En a teephone interie), she

said she )as the ony empoyee at the Bider!erg administratie o**i(e in $eiden, the 6etherands# Se(re(y understandings aside, prying detais oose a!out Mr# 5d)ards&s

appearan(e )as not di**i(ut so ong as the (hattering (hie*tains )ere not identi*ied#

Mr# 5d)ards, seera said, ?oined aph eed, the epu!i(an strategist, in giing a presentation on the %meri(an ee(tion# %*ter Mr# eed spoke a!out ho) Mr# =erry )as

unera!e on RRaues,RR Mr# 5d)ards presented a (hara(teristi(ay positie (ase *or Mr# =erryRs ee(tion, *o(using on the inse(urity o* %meri(an )orkers that persists een )hene(onomi( statisti(s turn north# T)o Demo(rats in the room said Mr# 5d)ards sparked a rue'!reaking round o* appause )hen he *inished, though a nonpartisan )itness did notre(a su(h an oation# RR+e spoke )ith great passion, in a meeting that is usuay rather dry,RR said the nonpartisan eteran attendee# RR+e )as a!e to make it a (ross !et)een his

stump spee(h and an intimate (onersation in a sma room#RR

The group&s meetings, Ms# Ban(k'Poderman said, are *inan(ed !y (orporate sponsors in the host (ountries and are reguary attended !y ty(oons, poiti(ians and dipomats in

5urope and the nited States, in(uding +enry %# =issinger, the *ormer se(retary o* state, and i(hard 6# Pere, the *ormer head o* the De*ense Poi(y Board# This year&s ist aso

in(uded i(hard C# +o!rooke, the *ormer nited States am!assador to the nited 6ations, and, o* (ourse, Senator 5d)ards# The guest ist and mem!ership )oud more or ess

oerap )ith the RR"antedRR posters o* anti'go!aiFation protesters# Endeed, one *ormer parti(ipant, "i +utton, a British ?ournaist and e(onomist, has !een )idey Luoted (aing

the Bider!erg set the RRhigh priests o* go!aiFation#RR

3ormer parti(ipants hae generay payed do)n the (onspira(y theories, saying the se(re(y is merey designed to *oster a (imate o* open de!ate, ao)ing parti(ipants to speak

their minds *reey# But (riti(s o* the Bider!erg (on*eren(e argue that )hie it may not make *orma de(isions, it sets a (onsensus that spreads among !usiness and poiti(a eites,moding the go!a agenda# Some argue, *or instan(e, that the *irst intimations o* %meri(an determination to )age )ar in EraL (ame *rom a Bider!erg gathering in 2002#

RR"hat E (a *or is more openness in )hat they do,RR said Tony -osing, a British resear(her and *ormer ?ournaist )ho has *oo)ed the Bider!erg meetings and !eiees they are

designed to unite opinion around ma?or, go!a ideas# RRE donRt think the parti(ipants shoud !e s)orn to se(re(y,RR he said in a teephone interie) *rom Bristo, 5ngand# RRE think

that a *orum )here so many ri(h and po)er*u peope meet shoud !e open to pu!i( s(rutiny#RR

"hateer ese, the see(tion o* Mr# 5d)ards as Mr# =erryRs running mate seems to sho) that the Bider!erg deegates hae an eye *or a (ontender# But Demo(rats pease note

they do not a)ays !a(k the )inner# This yearRs deegates ist sho)ed that -iuio Tremonti attended as EtayRs minister o* e(onomy and *inan(e *our )eeks ater, he resigned in a

poiti(a dispute '' perhaps not the !est o* omens *or Senator 5d)ards#

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Club o ich& o!erul Meet in 9ecret 8ear *ondonBy T+5 %SS7CE%T5D P5SSPu!ished .une >, 201 at A2; %M 5T

$76D76 Et&s a !usy )eekend at the uury -roe +ote, *aored haunt o* British so((er payers and their gitF'oing spouses# More than 100 o* the )ord&s most po)er*u

peope are at the *ormer manor house near $ondon *or a se(retie annua gathering that has attained egendary status in the eyes o* anti'(apitaist protesters and (onspira(y

theorists#

The guest ist *or the Bider!erg meeting in(udes -ooge ee(utie (hairman 5ri( S(hmidt, %maFon C57 .e** BeFos, Enternationa Monetary 3und (hie* Christine $agarde and

*ormer #S# Se(retary o* State +enry =issinger# British Prime Minister Daid Cameron is due to drop !y 3riday#

The Bilderberg -roup !as set up in 1A4 to support military and economic co)operation bet!een #urope and 8orth "merica during the Cold .ar$ 8amed or the site

o its irst meeting the Bilderberg 6otel in 7osterbee(& 6olland the orum or prominent politicians& thin(ers and business leaders has been held annually at a

series o secluded venues in #urope and 8orth "merica$

.hat happens at Bilderberg& stays at Bilderberg$ There is no media access and the public is (ept a!ay by a large security operation$ The group says that there is no

detailed agenda& no resolutions are proposed& no votes are ta(en& and no policy statements are issued$E

But in a moe to)ard sighty more openness, the group no) has a )e!site, )hi(h ists attendees and key topi(s *or dis(ussion, in(uding the e(onomy, #S# *oreign poi(y,

(y!er )ar*are and the proi*eration o* asymmetri( threats: and ma?or trends in medi(a resear(h#:

Enitees in(ude British Treasury (hie* -eorge 7s!orne, -odman Sa(hs (hairman Peter Sutherand and Thomas 5nders, C57 o* aerospa(e (ompany 5%DS# Pu!i(ation o* thesedetais has done itte to ease the (on(erns o* protesters, )ho sense a shado)y go!a eite at )ork in the se(retie meeting#

"hen 10 o* the eaders *rom a a(ross the "est get together, and many o* these are !iionaires, they are peope )ho are immensey )eathy and immensey po)er*u,: said

Mi(hae Mea(her, a a)maker *rom Britain&s $a!our Party# %nd )hen they a get together, it&s not ?ust to hae a (hat a!out the atest pro!em, it is to (on(ert pans *or the

*uture o* (apitaism in the "est# That is on a ery di**erent s(ae#:

7thers go een *urther, putting Bider!erg at the heart o* a go!a )e! o* (onspira(y# The protesters in "at*ord in(ude #S# tak'radio host and Sept# 11 truther: %e .ones,

and *ormer pro*essiona so((er payer Daid E(ke, )ho !eiees the )ord is run !y a ra(e o* repties in human *orm# Demonstrators pan to hod a Bider!erg *ringe: *estia

outside the hote unti the (on*eren(e ends Sunday#

% Bider!erg spokesman rea(hed !y emai sin(e no phone num!er is isted said there is nothing sinister a!out the gathering# "e dis(ose the date, the o(ation, theparti(ipants and the key topi(s o* the (on*eren(e,: Iander +ei?nen said# Many groups o* peope meet )ithout announ(ing it pu!i(y at a, )ithout dis(osing )ho is taking part

and )ithout giing any key topi(s#:

The meetings !roaden the parti(ipants& range o* ie)points, hep them to gain insights and e(hange ie)s,: he said# Et seems iogi(a to argue that a meeting o* indiiduas

designed to gie and o!tain *resh insights, someho) Rundermines demo(ra(y#&:

That message has not s)ayed protesters ike .udd Charton, a entrioLuist *rom $ondon )ho sho)ed up Thursday to ?eer at (ars )ith !a(ked'out )indo)s entering the hote

(ompound# "e are !asi(ay here to !ring do)n the parasites )ho are drug deaers and !ank (oapsers )ho seem to )ant to destroy this )ord,: he said#

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President Dwi"ht D. (isenhower 3ri"ht5 and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands eno/ a lau"h to"ether !efore their luncheon meetin" at the hite ouse in ashin"ton, D.. on March 6,19#$. he Prince was in the ;nited 2tates on an industrial ins)ection tour. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands would )reside over the first Bilder!er" Meetin"s in 0ster!ee, Netherlandsnearl/ three months later. 3Bettmann@0=BI25

En ate 19@2, etinger )ent to %meri(a to try the idea out on his %meri(an (onta(ts# %mong others, he sa) su(h od *riends as %ere +arriman, Daid o(ke*eer,and Bede Smith, then dire(tor o* the CE%# %*ter etinger epained his proposa, Smith said, U"hy the he didn&t you (ome to me in the *irst pa(eG& +e Lui(kyre*erred etinger to C# D# .a(kson, )ho )as a!out to !e(ome 5isenho)er&s spe(ia assistant *or psy(hoogi(a )ar*are# Et took a )hie *or .a(kson to organiFe the%meri(an )ing o* the group, !ut *inay, in May 19@4, the *irst (on*eren(e )as hed in the +ote de Bider!erg, a se(uded hote in +oand, near the -erman !order#Prin(e Bernhard and etinger dre) up the ist o* initees *rom the 5uropean (ountries, )hie .a(kson (ontroed the %meri(an ist# %s etinger epained, initations)ere Uony sent to important and generay respe(ted peope )ho through their spe(ia kno)edge or eperien(e, their persona (onta(ts and their in*uen(e in nationaand internationa (ir(es (an hep to *urther the aims set !y Bider!erg#& %meri(ans ike Daid o(ke*eer, Dean usk, and .oseph .ohnson turned up in Bider!erg tomeet )ith su(h in*uentia 5uropeans as Denis +eaey, -uy Moet, and %(ide de -asperi, the ar(hite(t o* post)ar EtayBut in genera, the purpose o* the Bider!ergmeetings )as ess a matter o* eite de(ision'making than yet another attempt to sket(h the !oundaries o* an %tanti( (onsensus# En this respe(t, Prin(e Bernhard&smeetings )ere itte more than an etension o* the Coun(i on 3oreign eations# Endeed, the steering (ommittee o* the %meri(an se(tion o* the Bider!erg -roup(onsisted entirey o* C3 mem!ers#: The hairman: !ohn !" Mclo#$ The Making o% the American Establishment!y =ai Bird, p# 4>1'4>2 /Chapter 22 Eke&s "ise

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The Bider!erg ground rues are seere# "ll sessions are closed and o the record$ %though there is an agenda, there are no resoutions passed or otes taken#Con*eren(e parti(ipants usuay num!er !et)een >0 and 120 and, )ith one partia e(eption, )ies hae not !een inited# The (on*eren(e o(ation is rotated, )ith no

(ountry hosting the eent in (onse(utie years# The Bider!erg meetings hae !een *inan(ed primariy *rom priate sour(es and on o((asion *rom su(h organiFations asthe 3ord, 5on, and o(ke*eer 3oundations, aong )ith the Carnegie 5ndo)ment *or Enternationa Pea(e# The parti(ipants at the *irst Bider!erg meeting in 19@4

in(uded seenteen in*uentia %meri(ans and *i*ty'seen 5uropeans dra)n *rom ten (ountries# The 5uropean representaties in(uded eeen Britons, nine 3ren(h, nineDut(h, seen -ermans, and seen Etaians, as )e as representaties *rom Begium, Denmark, -ree(e, S)eden, and 6or)ay# Besides Ba, the %meri(ans present at the*irst Bider!erg meeting in(uded Daid o(ke*eer, Pau 6itFe, -eorge M(-hee, and +arry +einF# The distinguished 5uropeans in(uded Denis +eaey, 7ier 3ranks,and +ugh -aitske o* -reat Britain, and -uy Moet and %ntoine Pinay o* 3ran(e# 3our issues dominated that *irst meeting (ommunism and the Soiet nion, peopeso* the underdeeoped )ord, e(onomi( poi(ies, and 5uropean integration#:

&eorge 'all: 'ehind the (cenes in )" (" *oreign Polic# !y .ames %# Bi, p# @'@4

The Bider!erg group )as a ery spe(ia organiFation in -eorge Ba&s i*e# En his o)n )ords Et has !een a remarka!y use*u organiFation# En *a(t, o* a theorganiFations E hae eer ?oined or !eonged to, Bider!erg has !een the most use*u#: %((ording to Ba, Bider!erg )as enormousy, e**e(tie, espe(iay in

proiding a *orum )here peope (oud tak per*e(ty *reey, and )here a(Luaintan(es (an !e made#: En his ie), the *orma sessions )ere ess aua!e than peopehaingQ priate (onersations oer dinner in the eenings, taking )aks in the )oods, doing a kinds o* things# They get to kno) one another# These are peope )hohae in*uen(e on a**airs, either dire(ty as mem!ers o* goernments or mem!ers o* opposition (oming into goernments#: Daid o(ke*eer, )hose ong asso(iation)ith Ba )as !ased on their (ommon mem!ership in the Bider!erg group, has e(hoed Ba&s ?udgment# oc(eeller described Bilderberg as one o the mostinteresting organi;ations that ' belong toE and admitted that it gave me an opportunity at a relatively early age to become acuainted !ith some o the leaders

in #urope and the nited 9tates on a very inormal basis& !here one got to (no! them on a irst)name basis$E o(ke*eer )as ony thirty'eight years od )hen heattended the *irst Bider!erg meeting# +e and Ba, )ho )as *orty'*ie at the time, )ere among the youngest parti(ipants# 3rom May 19@4 unti May 19;0, -eorge Ba

attended nine Bider!erg (on*eren(es# "hen he ?oined the Department o* State as part o* the =ennedy administration in 19;1, there*ore, he aready kne) most o* theeaders o* the "estern )ord# They had, a*ter a, !een Bider!ergers together#:

&eorge 'all: 'ehind the (cenes in )" (" *oreign Polic# !y .ames %# Bi, p# @4

7n May 29, 19@4, seenty'*our "estern poiti(a and *inan(ia eaders gathered *or a three'day (on*eren(e at the Bider!erg +ote in 7oster!eek, +oand# Their goa)as to esta!ish a high'po)ered *orum to promote and prote(t 5uropean and #S# reations5uropean eaders )ere (on(erned a!out the *uture and *et the need to assess

and improe the situation# The idea *or the Bider!erg group originated in the mind o* a *am!oyant Poe and internationa adenturer named .oseph etinger# 7ne*riend des(ri!ed etinger as a sort o*Eminence &riseo* 5urope, a Taeyrand )ithout port*oio& En 19@2 etinger approa(hed Prin(e Bernhard o* the 6etherands and

asked him to sere as honorary head o* the organiFation %*ter esta!ishing a sma 5uropean (ommittee, etinger and Bernhard turned their attention to the nitedStates# Bernhard&s (osest (onta(t there )as -enera "ater Bede Smith, then under se(retary o* state *or 5isenho)er# Bernhard had kno)n Smith during the )ar, and

the t)o )ere *ishing *riends as )e# Smith, )ho neer !e(ame inoed in Bider!erg himse*, (onta(ted C# D# .a(kson, another "hite +ouse aide, )ho in turn

approa(hed .ohn Coeman and -eorge Ba, t)o key eaders in the Committee *or a 6ationa Trade Poi(y# 3rom the ery !eginning, -eorge Ba )as the eading%meri(an Bider!erger#: %though there )ere no permanent mem!ers o* the group, Ba made himse* indispensa!e to the organiFation# Bet)een 19@4 and his deathin 1994, he attended eery meeting o* the Bider!erg group !ut one# By 1994, he and Daid o(ke*eer )ere the ony origina *ounders sti in reguar attendan(e#:

&eorge 'all: 'ehind the (cenes in )" (" *oreign Polic# !y .ames %# Bi, p# @2'@

En addition to their reguar meetings, the Bider!erg group had a steering (ommittee that usuay met t)i(e a year to pan programs and to dis(uss the parti(ipant ist#-eorge Ba sat on the steering (ommittee *or t)enty'*ie years# En this position, he payed a (riti(a roe in shaping the dire(tion and dis(ussion o* the organiFation#Be(ause Bider!erg has no permanent mem!ership ist, the group is highy *uid and eer'(hanging in (omposition# Steering (ommittee eaders hae (are*uy sought tore(ruit indiiduas in three oerapping (ategories# 5irst& the Bilderberg leaders have emphasi;ed the need or their members to e%ercise considerable po!er andinluence$ They hae (ons(iousy attempted to re(ruit indiiduas re*erred to !y .oseph 5# .ohnson as U!ig shots& and Umoers and shakers#&:

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Prominent Endiiduas )ho are ikey to attend the 2014 Bider!erg Meetings

+ames D. olfensohnPresident of the orld Ban

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Prominent Endiiduas )ho are ikey to attend the 2014 Bider!erg Meetings /%meri(ans

homas (. DonilonNational 2ecurit/ 'dvisor

3eith B. 'le*anderDirector of National 2ecurit/

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Prominent Endiiduas )ho are ikey to attend the 2014 Bider!erg Meetings /5uropeans

Pascal am/Director-General of the

orld rade 0r"ani&ation3


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Peter Bra!ec-etmathe82wit&erland

hairman of NestlK 3laus >leinfeld8German/@'merica

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erner Fa/mannhancellor of 'ustria

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Prominent Endiiduas )ho are ikey to attend the 2014 Bider!erg Meetings

eather Munroe-Blum8anada

Princi)al and :icehancellor of McGill

;niversit/

Fran Mc>ennaPremier of New Brunswic

319E%-199%5anadian 'm!assador to

the ;.2. 3as)arovhairman, ;nited ivil Front3of =ussia5 =ussian chess

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Martin . olf8Great Britain

hief (conomicsommentator, The Financial

Times

Matthias Nass8German/

De)ut/ (ditor, Die Zeit8German news)a)er

0scar Bronner8'ustria

Pu!lisher and (ditor, Dertandard8'ustrian

news)a)er

=udolf 2cholten8'ustria

Mem!er of the Board of(*ecutive Directors,

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>ontroll!an 'G

("il M/le!ust8Norwa/

Former hairman of theBoard of Directors 2'2,

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2vein =ichard Brandt&O"8Norwa/

President and (0, Nors/dro '2' 8aluminum

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Possi!e Topi(s *or Dis(ussion at the up(oming 2014 Bider!erg Meetings

ussia& (raine& and Crimea

$e*t photo %meri(an .e)ish po)er!roker +enry =issinger /e*t meets )ith President o* ussia 8adimir Putin in St# Peters!urg, ussia on .une 21, 2012# 6enry+issinger is a member o the Council on 5oreign elations in 8e! For( City and a member o the Bilderberg -roup& a private #uropean organi;ation$ /Photo Presidentia Press and En*ormation 7**i(e=remin

ight photo President o* kraine 8iktor Janukoy(h, /e*t greets *ormer #S# Se(retary o* State +enry =issinger in =ie, kraine on Monday, .une 2@, 2012# 6enry+issinger attended the 2012 Bilderberg Meetings held in Chantilly& Girginia& $9$"$ rom May ,1)/une ,& 2012$ /%P Photo
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o!ert Dudey /e*t, Chie* 5e(utie o* BP, meets )ith Prime Minister o* ussia 8adimir Putin in Mos(o), ussia in 2011# obert Dudley attended the BilderbergMeetings in 2012 and 201,$ /Photo %eey DruFhininia 6oosti


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%eey Mier /e*t, Chairman o* the -aFprom Management Committee, and Bilderberg -roup member /orma 7llila


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En this handout image proided !y +ost Photo %gen(y, President o* ussia 8adimir Putin /e*t shakes hands )ith Bider!erg Meetings parti(ipant Christine $agarde,Managing Dire(tor o* the Enternationa Monetary 3und, at the -20 Summit in St# Peters!urg, ussia on Septem!er @, 201# /Photo +andout-etty Emages 5urope


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Bider!erg Meetings parti(ipant ueen Beatri o* the 6etherands /e*t and President o* ussia 8adimir Putin toast a*ter they uneied a paLuette )ith hand imprint o*Peter the -reat during a tour o* the +ermitage Museum in %msterdam, 6etherands on %pri A, 201# ussia maintains a portion o its assets in the 8etherlands$

/Photo %3P Photo
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Bider!erg Meetings parti(ipant Prime Minister o* the 6etherands Mark utte /e*t (hats )ith President o* ussia 8adimir Putin on the sideines o* the St# Peters!urg

Enternationa 5(onomi( 3orum on .une 20, 201# /Photoi?ksoerheid
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$e*t to right 3ue Minister o* kraine 5duard Staitsky, President o* kraine 8iktor Janukoy(h, Prime Minister o* the 6etherands Mark utte and C57 o* oyaDut(h She Peter 8oser shake hands a*ter e(hanging a signed agreement at the "ord 5(onomi( 3orum /"53 in Daos, S)itFerand on .anuary 24, 201# /eutersPrime Minister o* the 6etherands Mark utte and C57 o* oya Dut(h She Peter 8oser attended the 2012 Bider!erg Meetings hed in Chantiy, 8irginia, #S#%#

*rom May 1, 2012 unti .une , 2012# ueen Beatri o* the 6etherands, Then'#S# Senator .ohn 3or!es =erry, +enry =issinger, *ormer #S# Se(retary o* State /19>'19>>, and Egor S# Eano, 3oreign Minister o* ussia /199A'2004, aso attended the 2012 Bider!erg Meetings#


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3oreign Minister o* S)eden Car Bidt /e*t and 3oreign Minister o* Poand adek Sikorski /(enter meet )ith President o* kraine 8iktor Janukoy(h/right in =ie, kraine in 6oem!er 2010# /Photo P%PPa)e =uaK Ministerst)o Spra)


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Bider!erg Meetings parti(ipant 3oreign Minister o* S)eden Car Bidt /right appears )ith 3oreign Minister o* ussia Sergei $aro at a press (on*eren(e in Brusses,Begium in 2009#


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Prime Minister o* Etay Mario Monti /e*t, a ongtime Bider!erg Meetings parti(ipant, greets President o* ussia 8adimir Putin in ussia#

/%P PhotoE%'6oosti, %eei DruFhinin, Presidentia Press Seri(e


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Prime Minister o* Etay Mario Monti /right greets Prime Minister o* ussia Dimitri Medede#

/%P PhotoE% 6oosti, %eander %sta*ye, -oernment Press Seri(e


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Prime Minister o* -reat Britain Daid Cameron /e*t, )ho attended the Bider!erg Meetings in +ert*ordshire, 5ngand near $ondon in .une 201, appears )ith %rseniyJatsenyuk /right, the Prime Minister o* kraine, during the signing o* the poiti(a proisions o* the %sso(iation %greement )ith kraine at the 5uropean nionheadLuarters in Brusses, Begium on Mar(h 21, 2014 # /euters

"ghanistan& 9yria& #gypt& 'ran H 5uture o the Middle #ast


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Bider!erg Meetings parti(ipant 3oreign Minister o* S)eden Car Bidt /e*t shakes hands )ith 3oreign Minister o* Eran Mohammad'.aad


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Bider!erg Meetings parti(ipant 3oreign Minister o* S)eden Car Bidt /e*t greets President o* %*ghanistan +amid =arFai on %pri >, 2014#


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%*ghanistan&s President +amid =arFai /e*t shakes hands )ith ueen Beatri o* the 6etherands in paa(e +uis ten Bos(h in The +ague, during a nited 6ations internationa

(on*eren(e on %*ghanistan, on Mar(h 1, 2009# ueen Beatri o* the 6etherands is a reguar parti(ipant at the Bider!erg Meetings# /-etty Emages

%*ghanistan&s President +amid =arFai /*i*th *rom right meets )ith S)eden&s 3oreign Minister Car Bidt /*i*th *rom e*t, a reguar Bider!erg Meetings parti(ipant, in =a!u,

%*ghanistan on Mar(h 1, 2012# /Photo 7**i(e o* the President o* the Esami( epu!i( o* %*ghanistan


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%*ghanistan&s President +amid =arFai, right, greets 6%T7 Se(retary'-enera %nders 3ogh asmussen at the 6%T7 Summit in Chi(ago on May 21, 2012#

/.ose M# 7sorio Chi(ago Tri!une


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ueen Beatri o* the 6etherands /(enter meets )ith Prime Minister o* Esrae Ben?amin 6etanyahu /e*t and his )i*e Sarah 6etanyahu in the +ague,

6etherands on .anuary 19, 2012# /Photo %mos Ben -ershomEsrae -oernment Press o**i(e /-P7

The 5uture o the #uropean nion


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Christine $agarde /e*t, Managing Dire(tor o* the Enternationa Monetary 3und, appears )ith the outgoing Prime Minister o* Etay Mario Monti at the "ord 5(onomi(

3orum (on*eren(e in Daos, S)itFerand on .anuary 24, 201# /Photo http)))#*t#(om(mss04*e0!*@e';@4*'11e2'A!0'00144*ea!49a#htmVside4
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$e*t photo ueen Beatri o* 6etherands /e*t, daughter o* Bider!erg Meetings (o'*ounder Prin(e Bernhard o* the 6etherands, appears )ith ueen So*ia o* Spain#

ight photo Prime Minister o* Etay Mario Monti /right speaks )ith 5uropean Centra Bank president Mario Draghi /e*t during a meeting o* euroFone *inan(eministers at the 5 Coun(i !uiding in Brusses on Monday, Mar(h 12, 2012# /%P Photo8irginia Mayo


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#S# President Bara(k 7!ama /e*t taks )ith Christine $agarde /2ndright, Managing Dire(tor o* the Enternationa Monetary 3und, during a meeting in the 6ationaSe(urity %disor&s "est "ing o**i(e at the "hite +ouse in "ashington, D#C#, #S#%# on Septem!er >, 2011# %ttending the meeting, *rom e*t, are 6ationa Se(urity

%disor Tom DonionK Mike 3roman, Deputy 6ationa Se(urity %disor *or Enternationa 5(onomi( %**airsK Caroine %tkinson, Spe(ia %ssistant to the President *orEnternationa 5(onomi( %**airsK and 6emat Sha*ik, Deputy Managing Dire(tor o* the EM3# $agarde and Donion hae attended the Bider!erg Meetings in the past#

/7**i(ia "hite +ouse Photo !y Pete SouFa


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#S# President Bara(k 7!ama (on*ers )ith 5uropean Coun(i +igh epresentatie .aier Soana, )hie Prime Minister o* S)eden 3redrik ein*edt /e*t and 5uropean

Commission President .osN Manue Barroso /right isten during the #S#'5uropean nion Summit in the Ca!inet oom o* the "hite +ouse in "ashington, D#C#, #S#%#

on 6oem!er , 2009# ein*edt, Barroso, and Soana hae attended the Bider!erg Meetings in the past# /7**i(ia "hite +ouse Photo!y Pete SouFa


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.ose Manue Barroso /right, President o* the 5uropean Commission, em!ra(es 8is(ount 5tienne Daignon /e*t, President o* 3riends o* 5urope, during a meeting inBrusses, Begium on 7(to!er 1, 2011# The name o* the meeting )as (aed The State o* 5urope e'thinking the 5uropean Pro?e(t:# /Photo 3i(kr
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8is(ount 5tienne Daignon /2nd e*t, President o* 3riends o* 5urope, appears )ith Mario Monti /2nd right, President o* Bo((oni niersity in Mian, during a meetingin Brusses, Begium on 7(to!er 1, 2011# The name o* the meeting )as (aed The State o* 5urope e'thinking the 5uropean Pro?e(t:# /Photo3i(kr
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/3rom e*t to right -ree(e&s 3inan(e Minister 5angeos 8eniFeos, 5uropean Competition Commissioner .oaLuin %munia, Britain&s Chan(eor o* the 5(heLuer-eorge 7s!orne, Etay&s 3inan(e Minister -iuio Tremonti and EM3 Managing Dire(tor Christine $agarde arrie at an 5 *inan(e ministers meeting in Brusses, Begiumon 7(to!er 22, 2011# %umnia, 7s!orne, and Tremonti attended the 2011 Bider!erg Meetings in St# MoritF, S)itFerand in .une 2011# /Photo eutersThierry oge

Mario Monti /e*t, the Prime Minister o* Etay, and .ose* %(kermann /right, C57 o* Deuts(he Bank, augh during a session at the 4Ath Muni(h Se(urity Con*eren(e in

Muni(h, -ermany on Saturday, 3e!ruary 4, 2012# Both men attended the Bider!erg Meetings that )as hed in St# MoritF, S)itFerand in .une 2011#/Photo Matthias S(hrader%P


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Mario Monti /e*t, the Prime Minister o* Etay, greets .ose Manue Barroso /right, President o* the 5uropean Commission, in Brusses, Begium on Brusses, Begium on6oem!er 22, 2011# /%P Photo


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President Barac 0!ama tals with, from left, +osK Manuel Barroso, President of the (uro)ean ommission, hancellor 'n"ela Merel of German/, Prime Minister Mario Monti of Ital/,President Franois ollande of France, and erman :an =om)u/, President of the (uro)ean ouncil, on the aurel a!in )atio durin" the GE 2ummit at am) David, Mar/land, ;.2.'. onMa/ 19,


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President Barac 0!ama hosts a worin" dinner in aurel a!in durin" the GE 2ummit at am) David, Md., Ma/ 1E,


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6%T7 Se(retary -enera %nders 3ogh asmussen and #S# President Bara(k 7!ama )e(ome .ose Manue Barroso, President o* the 5uropean Commission, at the6%T7 Summit in Chi(ago on May 20# 2012# /6%T7 Photo
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6%T7 Se(retary -enera %nders 3ogh asmussen /e*t, Prime Minister o* Etay Mario Monti /(enter, and #S# President Bara(k 7!ama /right greet the media at M(Cormi(k

Pa(e during the 6%T7 2012 Summit in Chi(ago on May 20, 2012# /Photo Sta(ey "es(ott, Chi(ago Tri!une


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#S# President Bara(k 7!ama /right shakes hands )ith S)eden&s 3oreign Minister Car Bidt /(enter, a ongtime Bider!erg Meetings parti(ipant and TriateraCommission mem!er, as British 3oreign Se(retary "iiam +ague /e*t ooks on at the start o* the Enternationa Se(urity %ssistan(e 3or(e meeting on %*ghanistanduring the 2012 6%T7 Summit at the M(Cormi(k Pa(e (onention (enter in Chi(ago on May 21, 2012# /-etty Emages


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$e*t Mario Monti, the Prime Minister o* Etay, appears on the *ront (oer o* the 3e!ruary 20, 2012 edition o* TimemagaFine#

ight %ngea Merke, the Chan(eor o* -ermany, appears on the *ront (oer o* the .anuary 11, 2010 edition o* TimemagaFine#


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President o* mainand Communist China Ii .inping /se(ond e*t, his )i*e Peng $iyuan /e*t, =ing "iem %eander o* the 6etherands /(enter, ueen Maima o* the6etherands /se(ond right, and Prin(ess Beatri o* the 6etherands /right pose *or the o**i(ia photo at the roya paa(e in %msterdam, 6etherands on Saturday, Mar(h

22, 2014# /Photot %P PhotoPeter De?ong

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