Bilderberg Meetings Conference Report 1969

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PERSONAL ANDSTRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

NOT FOR PUBLICATIONEITHER IN WHOLE OR IN PART

BILDERBERG MEETINGS

MARIENLYST

CONFERENCE

9 - II May Ig69


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CONTENTS

List of ParticipantsIntroduction . . .First Item of the Agenda"Elements of instability in Western Society"

Summary of and introduction to American working paper.Summary of and introduction to German working paperDiscussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Second Item of the Agenda"Conflicting attitudes within the Western World towards relations withthe ussR and the other Commun ist States of Eastern-Europe in the light ofrecent events"

Summary of and introduction to International working paperDiscussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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L I S T O F P A R T I C I P A N T S

C H A I R M A N :H . R . H . THE PRINCE OF THE NETHERLANDS

H O N O R A R Y S E C R E T A R Y G E N E R A L F O R E U R O P E :ERNST H . VAN DER BEUGEL

H O N O R A R Y S E C R E T A R Y G E N E R A L F O R T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S :JOSEPH E. JOHNSON

H O N O R A R Y T R E A S U R E R :JOHANNES MEYNEN

O B S E R V E R : H. R. H. PRINCESS BEATRIX OF TH E NETHERLANDS

AGNELLI, GIOVANNIALBERT, MICHELALTMANN, RUEDIGERBALL, GEORGE w.BAUMGARTNER, WILFRID S.BELL, DANIELBENEDIKTSSON, BJARNIBENNETT, SI R FREDERICBENTREM VAN DEN BERGH, GODFR!ED VANBERCHTOLD, WALTERBIRGI, M . N URIBISSELL, CLAUDEBROOKE, EDWARD W .CADIEUX, MARCELCARIGLIA, ANTONIOCAVAZZA, FABIO LUCACOLLADO, EMILIO G .

ITALYINTERNATIONALGERMANYUNITED STATESFRANCEUNITED STATESle ELANDUNITED KINGDOMNETHERLANDSSWITZERLANDTURKEYCANADAUNITED STATESCANADAITALYITALYUNITED STATES

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CzERNETz, KARL AUSTRIA RICHARDSON, ELLIOT L. UNITED STATESDAHRENDORF, RALF GERMANY RITTERBACH, MANFRED E . GERMANYDEAN, ARTHUR H . UNITED STATES RoBERTs, SIR FRANK UNITED KINGDOMDENMARK, PRINCE HENRIK OF DENMARK ROCKEFELLER, DAVID UNITED STATESDUCHENE, L. FRANCOIS INTERNATIONAL ROLL, SIR ERIC UNITED KINGDOMFELDT, K .O . SWEDEN ROTHSCHILD, BARON EDMOND DE FRANCEFONTAINE, FRANCOIS FRANCE RusK, DEAN UNITED STATESGREEN, JOHANNES DENMARK SANDEGREN, KAARE NORWAYGRIFFIN, ANTHONY G.S . CANADA SCHLEIMANN, j0RGEN DENMARKHAMILTON, DENIS UNITED KINGDOM SCHMELZER, w. K . NORBERT NETHERLANDSHAMILTON, EDWARD K . UNITED STATES SCHMIDT, HELMUT GERMANYHARTLING, POUL DENMARK S0RENSEN, s. 0. DENMARKHAUGE, GABRIEL UNITED STATES STAERCKE, ANDRE DE BELGIUMHEATH, EDWARD UNITED KINGDOM STONE, SHEPARD UNITED STATESHEINZ II , HENRY J . UNITED STATES TERKELSEN, TERKEL M. DENMARKHELDRING, jEROME .L . NETHERLANDS TIDEMAND, OTTO G. NORWAYH0EGH, LEIF NORWAY ULLMANN, MARC FRANCEJANSSEN, DANIEL BELGIUM UMBRIGHT, VICTOR H . SWITZERLANDJORDAN ]R., VERNON E . UNITEO STATES U RI, PIERRE F . FRANCEKAMPMANN, ]ENS . DENMA11.K V ALLARINO GANCIA, LORENZO ITALYKENISTON, KENNETH UNITED STATES WAGNER, GERRIT A . NETHERLANDSKocH, HANS H . DENMARK WALLENBERG, MARCUS SWEDENKOHNSTAMM, M AX INTERNATIONAL WorTRIN, MICHEL BELGIUMKRAGi']ENS 0. DENMARK WOLFF VON AMERONGEN, OTTO GERMANYKROGH, PETER F . UNITED STATES YLVISAKER, PAUL UNITED STATESLANGE, HALYARD M. NORWAYLANGSLET, LARS R. NORWAY ' IN ATTENDANCE :LENDVAI, PAUL AUSTRIALITTEN, ]ENS GERMANY AsBECK, HENRIK J. BARON v AN NETHERLANDSLUCHSINGER, FRED SWITZERLAND CITTADINI CESI, MARCHESE GIANG. ITALYLuNs, JosEPH M.A .H . NETHERLANDS MAROTT, O LE DENMARKMcKINNEY-M0LLER, MAERSK DENMARK RoY , BERTIE LE NETHERLANDSM cLU H A N , MARSHALL CANADA VERNEDE, EDWIN NETHERLANDSMcNAMARA, RoliERT S. INTERNATIONALMORSE, DAVID A . INTERNATIONALMOYERS, BILL D. UNITED STATESNETHERLANDS, PRINCE CLAUS OF TH E NETHERLANDSNYKOPP, ]OHAN A . FINLAND0TTONE, PIERO ITALYREVERDIN, OLIVIER SWITZERLAND

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INTRODUCTION

The eighteenth Bilder berg Meeting was held at Hotel M a r i e ~ l y s t in Elsinore(Denmark) on 9, ro and r 1 May 1969 under the Chairmanship ofH.R.H. ThePrince of the. Netherlands.There were approximately 85 participants from the United States, Canada

and 14 Western European countries as well as from various internationalorganizations. They consisted of members of governments, politicians, p romi-nent businessmen, journalists, leading national and internati onal civil servantsand outstanding representatives of the academic world and other groups.In accordance with the rules adopted at each Meeting, all participants spokein a purely personal capacity without in any way committing whatevergovernment or organization to which they might belong. In order to enableparticipants to speak with the greatest possible frankness the discussions were

confidential, with no representatives of the press being admitted.The Agenda was as follows:

I. Elements of instability in Western Society.II . Conflicting attitudes within the Western World towards relations with the

USSR and the other Communist States of Eastern Europe in the light ofrecent events.

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ELEMENTS OF INSTABILITY IN WESTERN SOCIETY

H.R.H. The Prince of the Netherlands opened the Meeting and recalledthe Bilder berg rules of procedure.The Prince proposed to send a telegram to His Majesty the King ofDenmarkin order to express the gratitude of the conference for the hospitality in Denmark. Another telegram was sent to Mr. Lamping - who had resigned asDeputy Secretary General - in which he and Mrs. Lamping were thanked forall the work they had done for the Bilderberg Meetings.The Prince announced that Professor Pesmazoglou of Greece, who wasinvited to come to the conference, was prevented to do so by the Greek authorities.H.R.H. mentioned that for the first time there was a substantial group ofmuch younger people among the participants and expressed his hope that thediscussion between the "generat ions" would be fruitful.

** *The background for discussion of this item of the Agenda consisted of twopapers by a United States participant and by a German participant, which

had been distributed before the meeting.SUMMARY OF THE AMERICAN WORKING PAPER ONSOURCES OF INSTABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES

INTRODUCTIONFor anyone considering the United States little more than a decade ago, aquestion about the sources of political and social instability would seem animprobable one. The United States was then seemingly at the height of itspowers. The communist world, after the Ig56-5 7 events in Poland and Hungary,was apparently falling into disarray. Domestically, there had been eight years

of relatively high prosperity at stable prices. The threat of radical-right extremism, in the shadow of Joe McCarthy and his depredations, had faded away.Social justice for the Negroes was under way. Like the public personality ofPresident Eisenhower himself, the country seemed bland, selfassured andI3


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CONFLICTING ATTITUDES WITH IN THE WESTERNWORLD TOWARDS RELATIONS WITH TH E USSRAND O TH ER COMMUNISTS STATES OF EASTERN

EU RO P E IN TH E LIG H T OF RECENT EVENTS

The background for discussion of this item consisted of a paper prepared byan International participant. The paper had been distributed before themeeting.

SUMMARY OF THE WORKING PAPERAMERICAN-SOVIET RELATIONSHIP

The occupation of Czechoslovakia has proved that far from a Europeansecurity system being possible without the United States, the determinationof the Soviet Union to control eastern Eur ope has left room only for a dialoguebetween the superpowers. Detente, European style (all European styles, gaullistand non-gaullist) is blocked; detente "a la superpowers" remains open. Theyalone seem to have room for manreuvre.

For all that, there is no guarantee they will succeed in achieving limitedtruces. Even if they do so on the narrow front of missile limitations, there maybe no willingness or ability to extend understanding further afield. Crisiscentres like the Middle East are tests of the capacity of the superpowers tomoderate either their rivalry in the world or the freedom of allies and clientsto drag them into situations they cannot properly control.

Nevertheless, the logic of Russo-American fear of the nuclear arms raceand the slow but potentially chaotic diffusion of power around the world ispowerful and persistent. On the other hand the superpowers seem to have acommon desire to concentrate on internal issues, such as economic reform orthe cities, and damp down the costs of an arms race subject to increasing risksand falling returns .

The growing common interests of the United States and the Soviet Unionare worldwide an d they now mark the end of the Euroc entric system in whichthe European powers are still stuck. Russia does not see Europeans as inter-

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