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PERSONAL ANDSTRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

NOT FOR PUBLICATIONEITHER IN WHOLE OR IN PART

BILDERBERG MEETINGS

WIESBADENCONFERENCE

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTSCHAIRMAN:

H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF THE NETHERLANDSHONORARY SECRETARY GENERAL FOR EUROPE:

ERNST H. VAN DER BEUGELHONORARY SECRETARY GENERAL FOR THE UNITED STATES:JosEPH E. JOHNSON

HONORARY TREASURER:JOHANNES MEYNENDEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL FO R EUROPE:

ARNOLD T. LAMPING

ABs, HERMANN J.AGNELLI, Gw vANNIARON, RAYMONDBALL, GEORGE w.BASSETTI, PIEROBAUMGARTNER, WILFRID S.BELL, DAVIDE.BENNETT, SIR FREDERICBERG, FRITZBIRGI, M. NuRIBIRRENBACH, KuRTBowm, RoBERT R.BROSIO, MANLIOBRZEZINSKI, ZBIGNIEWBucHAN, THE HoN. ALASTAIRCADIEUX, MARCELCAMU, LOUIS

** * GERMANYITALYFRANCEUNITED STATESITALYFRANCEUNITED STATESUNITED KINGDOMGERMANYTURKEYGERMANYUNITED STATESINTERNATIONALUNITED STATESUNITED KINGDOMCANADABELGIUM

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COHEN, SI R ANDREW UNITED KINGDOM ROLL, SIR ERIC UNITED KINGDOMCOLLADO, EMILIO G . UNITED STATES SCHMID, CARLO GERMANYC ooL, AUGUSTE P. BELGIUM SCHMIDT, HELMUT GERMANYDEAN, ARTHUR H. UNITED STATES SCHWARZ, UR S SWITZERLANDDUNTON, A . DAVIDSON CANADA SNOY ET D'0PPUERS, BARON BELGIUMERHARD, LUDWIG GERMANY SPOFFORD, CHARLES M. UNITED STATESERLER, FRITZ GERMANY STOLTENBERG, GERHARD GERMANYESPIRITO SANTO SILVA, MANUEL R . PORTUGAL STONE, SHEPARD UNITED STATESFARIBAULT, MARCEL CANADA TERKELSEN, TERKEL M . DENMARKFRANKEL, MAX UNITED STATES THORODDSEN, GUNNAR le ELANDGEoRGEs-P1coT, jACQ,UES FRANCE TINBERGEN, jA N NETHERLANDSGILPATRIC, ROSWELL L . UNITED STATES TUTHILL, jOHN W . UNITED STATESGRIFFIN, ANTHONY G . s. CANADA WALLENBERG, MARCUS SWEDENHARRIS, FRED R . UNITED STATES WHEELER, SIR CHARLES UNITED KINGDOMHAUGE, GABRIEL UNITED STATES WINTERS, ROBERT H . CANADAHEINZ II , HENRY J. UNITED STATES WOLFF VON AMERONGEN, OTTO GERMANYHOEGH, LEIF NORWAY WooD s , GEORGE D. INTERNATIONALHOLIFIELD, CHET UNITED STATES WYNDHAM WHITE, ERIC INTERNATIONALJONES, THOMAS v. UNITED STATES ZIJLSTRA, JELLE NETHERLANDSKLEINWORT , CYRIL UNITED KINGDOMKNUDTZON, HARALD DENMARK I IN A T T E N D A N C E :KRAG, JENS 0. DENMARK CHIUSANO, VITTORINO ITALYLANGE, HALVARD NORWAY RoY , BERTIE LE NETHERLANDSLECANUET,jEAN FRANCE VERNEDE, EDWIN NETHERLANDSLuNs, JosEPH M . A . H. NETHERLANDS WALDTHAUSEN, MICHAEL VON GERMANYMALFATTI, FRANCO M . ITALYMASON, EDWARD s. UNITED STATESMcCLO Y , j o H N J. UNITED STATESMcCORMACK, JAMES UNITED STATESMc G H EE, GEORGE C . UNITED STATESMERKLE, HANS GERMANYMORSE, F . BRADFORD UNITED STATESMURPHY, ROBERT D. UNITED STATESNYKOPP, ]OHAN FINLANDO'NEILL, S m Co N UNITED KINGDOMPEDINI, MARIO ITALYPETERSON, RUDOLPH A . UNITED STATESPoR nscH, HuGo AUSTRIAREUTHER, WALTER P. UNITED STATESROCKEFELLER, DAVID UNITED STATES

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INTRODUCTIONThe fifteenth Bilderberg Meeting was held at the Hotel "Nassauer Hof"

in Wiesbaden (Germany) on 25, 26 and 27 March 1966 under the chairman-ship of H.R.H. The Prince of the Netherlands.There were 81 participants representing the United States, Canada, fifteenWestern European countries as well as various international organizations,

and drawn from leaders in the field of politics (governments and parliaments),business, journalism, public service (national and international), the liberalprofessions, trade unions and employers' organizations.In accordance with the rules adopted at each meeting, all participantsspoke in a purely personal capacity without in any way committing whatever

government or organization they might belong to. In order to enable partici-pants to speak with the greatest possible frankness, the discussions were confi-dential with no representatives of the press being admitted.

The Agenda was as follows:I. Should NATO be reorganized and if so how?

II . The future of world economic relations especially between industrialand developing countries.

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I. SHOULD NATO BE REORGANIZED AN D IF SO HOW?

After recalling the Bilderberg rules of procedure, His Royal Highnessopened the Meeting. Expressing regret that no spokesman for the Gaullistpoint of view would be present on the first day, he suggested that an effortnevertheless be made to establish what differences of opinion existed amongparticipants on the Agenda items and to see what could be clone to remedythe situation. (As it turned out, no Frenchman who could be regarded as aspokesman for the French governmental view was able to attend the conferenceat all.)

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The groundwork for discussion of this item on the agenda consisted of apaper prepared by an American participant which was distributed beforethe meeting.

The author of this paper began by stating that the question of how the At-lantic Alliance should be organized could only be answered in terms of (1)its purpose; and (2) the relations among its members. Both were affected bythe world situation and its appraisal.

From the start, the Alliance had combined two aims. The primary pur-pose in 1949 was to meet the direct Soviet threat to Europe by a regional de-fense assuring the United States guarantee. But the Alliance also reflected awider purpose:

a) to construct firm bonds of many kinds between the United States andEurope;

b) to build a strong, unified Europe by gradual stages;c) to counter the Communist threat and work toward a stable world order.Not all members shared all these aims at all times or gave them the same

priority. Yet over the ensuing years, they had been major guideposts for Atlan-tic policy and the progress achieved had been a decisive factor in transformingthe situation in Western Europe, the Atlantic area, and the Communist world.

This process of rapid change had inevitably affected the relations of theallies among themselves and their attitudes toward the Alliance and its func-tions. One consequence had been a growing debate on how to adjust the Alli-ance to new conditions and a steady stream of proposals for reform.

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