Bilderberg Meetings Conference Report 1992

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BILDERBERG MEETINGS

EVIANCONFERENCE

21-24 May 1992

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CONTENTS

NTRODUCTION . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . .... .'ARTICIPANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . .... .... . . . . . . . . . . . .

G E N D A

OPENINGI. PROSPECTS FO R lHE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS

In troductory Remarks, I. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Introduc tory Remarks, II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Int roductory Re marks. TT L . . . ... . . . ... . .... . . . . . . . . .Discussion . . . . . . . ........ . . . . . . . . , . . . .... . .

II. W SHOULD BE DONE FOR EASTERN EUROPE?In troductory Rema rks , I. . . . .... . .... . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . .Introductory Remarks, II. ......... . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . .D iscussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Til. WHITI-IER AMERICA?

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In troduc tory Remarks, I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , ;::;.;In troductory Remarks, II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;:c:Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .

IV . TilE WORLD ECONOMYBackgrou nd Paper .... . . . . . .... . . . . ... . ... . . . . . . ... .Introductory Remarks, I. . . . . . . .... . ..... . . . ...... . . . . . ... . .Introdu ctory Remarks, II. . . . . ........ . .... . . . . . . . . .Introductory Remark s, TTL . . . . . . . . . .... . .... . . . . . . .D iscussion ..... ... ... .... . . .... . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .

V. WJ-Inl-IE R EUROPE?In troductory Remarks, I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .In tro ductory Rema rks. II. . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Introductory Rema rks. HI. . . . . .... . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Discussio n . . . . . . . . . .... . ........ . . .

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PARTICIPANTS

CHAIRMANLORD CARRINGTONC ha irman of the Boa rd. C hri stie 's Int ernat ion a l plc; Fo rm e r ~ t : p r i


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LOUKAS TSOUKALIS

HUBERT VEDR INEPHILIPPE VILLINPAUL A. VOLCKER

LORD WEIDENFELDNIELS WERRING, JR.*

USA JOHN C. WHITEHEAD*DK NILS WILHJELM

USA LYNN R. WILLIAMS*USA JAMES D . WOLFENSOHN*D OTTO WOLFF VON AMERONGEN**

INT MANFRED WORNERPAOLO ZANNONI

*Member of the Steering Committeeu Membcr of the Advisory Group

OB SERVERB H.R.I-1. Prince Philippe

RAP PORTEURUSA GRANT F. WINTHROPUSA ALICE VICfOR

Jean Monnet Professor, Universityof Athens; President, HellenicCentre for European Studies(EKEM)Secretary General and Spokesman,Presidency of the RepublicVice President, "Figaro"Chairman, James D. Wolfensohn,Inc.; Former Chairman, Board ofGovernors of the Federal ReserveSystemPublisherChairman of the Board, WillJ.Wilhelmsen Limited NSChairman, AEA Investors, Inc .;Former Deputy Secretary of StateManaging Director, The IndustrialMortgage Fund; Former Minis terof IndustryInternational President, UnitedSteelworkers of AmericaPresidem, James D. Wolfensohn,Inc.Chairman and C.E.O. of OttoWolff Industrieberatung undBeteiligungen GmbHSecretary Genera l of the NorthAtlantic Treaty OrganisationVice President InternationalActivities; Representative for FiatS.p.A. in the Russian Federation

Partner, Milbank Wilson Winthrop,Inc.

IN ATTENDANCENL MAJA BANCKF FELICIA CAVASSEGR S'IEPHEN FARRANTUSA CHARLES MULLER

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSA AustriaB Belg iumCDN Ca nadaCH Swi tzerlandD GermanyDK DenmarkE SpainF FranceGB Great BritainGR GreeceI Italy

Executive Secretary, BilderbergMeetingsLPF Communica tion; LocalOrganizer 1992Managing Director, NewsfrontN aftiliaki; Local Organizer 1993President, Murden and Company ;Adviser, American Friends ofBilderberg, Inc.

ICE IcelandINT InternationalIRL IrelandN NorwayNL Netherlandsp Portugals SwedenSf FinlandTR TurkeyUSA United States of America

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AGENDA

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VUI. CURRENT EVENTS: YUGOSLAVIAModerator:Panelist: Jaakko IloniemiLord Carrington

IX. THE MIGRATION ISSUE

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Moderator:Panelists: Christoph BertramPhilip Martin

Jacques ToubonVolker Riihe

THE EVOLVING WEST/WEST RELATIONSHIPModera to r:Panelists:

Lord CarringtonHenry KissingerEtienne Davignon

OPENINGThe Chairman of the Bilderberg Meetings, Lord Carrington, opened the Evian

Les-Bains Conference with a note that this is the 40th conference for Bildcrberg. Heextended a cordial welcome to everyone presen t, and thanked the French hosts for theirselection of location, as well as extensive arrangements.

Lord Carrington reviewed the conference schedule and agenda, as well as theground rules and procedures for participation in the discussions . After underscoring theimportance of observing the private, off-the-record nature of the conference, heintroduced the moderator of the first session.

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The Am erica n pane list repeated his concern that, even if there is no hiddenEuropea n agenda, a consequ ence of cer tain Eu ropean actions is to increase thesep aration in th e poli tical consciousness of the US and Europe. For example, theprevail ing view in American fore ign policy circles is that the French want to exclude theUS from major decisions and relega te it to a reserve position. O f course changes mustoccur in the American point of view, too. Amer icans must aba ndon the idea th at it is thero le of the US to define what the common set of in te rests and goals is. We have to getused to opera ting in an int ernat ional system in which a consensus emerges ou t of amultiplici ty of interests.

The At lanti c commun ity must accept that there are thr eats wh!ch are variable andunde fin eable, but nonetheless ve ry rea l, an d we must create structures than can de al withthem. To do that, we need some sort of political framework in which to reconcile theassessment of these threat s before a crisis arises. In the past, the US and its allies haveused military integration as a substitu te for long-range po li tical thinking. TIJC securitythreat was so real and so closely tied to the po litical threa t that we did not have todistinguish betwee n the two. TI1e challenge on bot h sides of the Atlantic now is tochang e this way of thin king and ope rating.

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CLOSINGLord Ca rrington closed the 40th Bilderberg Mee ting wi th an exp ression of

appreciation to a ll those who had made it such a success: the moderators, panelist s, andparticipants in the discussions fo r making the sess ions esp ecia lly in te resting; French hostsMarc Ladre it de Lacharriere and Thierry de Mon tbrial for selecting su ch a wonderful si te;Fe licia Cavasse and her staff for organizing the conference; the staff of the Royal ClubEvian and the Ermitage Hotel for taking such good care of the participants; and theBiJderberg secre ta riat under the direction of Maja Banck for its usual efficiency andthoroughness.

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One of the participants at Evian, Philip Habib, died shortly after the conferenceended. Ambassador Ha bib, who served as a pan elist in one of the sessions, was adistinguished American diploma t and will be sorely m issed by his many friends andcolleagues .

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