The Powerful Of The World Meet In Secrecy...
It is indeed intriguing when a prestigious collection of
internationally powerful men lock themselves away for a weekend in some remote
town far away from the Press to talk about world problems.
Since the late 1950s, the Bilderberg Group has been the subject of a variety of
conspiracy theories. For the most part, conspiracy theories emanate from
political extremist organizations, Right and Left. The radical Left perceive
Bilderberg to be a branch of the 'Rockefeller-Rothschild grand design to rule
the world.' For many it is less frightening to believe in hostile conspirators
than it is to face the fact that no one is in control. And after all, isn't
conspiracy the normal continuation of normal politics by normal means?
Conspiracy or not, the Bilderberg Group is a fascinating example of
behind-the-scenes 'invisible' influence-peddling in action.
Bilderbergers represent the elite and wealthy establishment of every Western
nation. They include bankers, industrialists, politicians and leaders of giant
multinational corporations. Their annual meetings, which take place at a
different location each year, go unannounced, their debates unreported, their
decisions unknown.
The group certainly fits C. Wright Mills's definition of a Power Elite: 'A group
of men, similar in interest and outlook, shaping events from invulnerable
positions behind the scenes.'
The Liberty Lobby's E. Stanley Rittenhouse, Liberty Lobby's legislative aide,
solemnly explains the existence of a Jewish-communist conspiracy to rule the
world by way of a 'New World Order.' whose eventual goal is one world
government.
It all goes back to the Illuminati, a secret society and fraternity formed in
Bavaria in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, based on the philosophical ideals of Plato.
John Ruskin, 'a secret disciple of the Illuminati' and a professor of art and
philosophy at Oxford University in the 1870s, revived these ideals in his
teachings.
The late Dr. Carroll Quigley, a distinguished professor at Georgetown University
for many years, wrote in Tragedy and Hope that 'Ruskin spoke to the Oxford
undergraduates as members of the privileged ruling class ... that they were
possessors of a magnificent tradition of education, beauty, rule of law,
freedom, decency, and self-discipline but that this tradition could not be
saved, and indeed did not deserve to be saved, unless it could be extended to
the lower classes in England and to the non-English masses throughout the
world'.
Quigley is the celebrated mentor of later U.S. President Bill Clinton (term
1993-2001).
Cecil Rhodes, a student and devoted fan of Ruskin, 'Feverishly exploited the
diamond and gold fields of South Africa.' With financial support from Lord
Rothschild he was able to monopolize the diamond mines of South Africa as De
Beers Consolidated Mines.
In the middle of the 1890's Rhodes had a personal income of a least a million
pounds a year which he spent so freely for his mysterious purposes that he was
usually overdrawn on his account. These purposes centered on his desire to
federate the English-speaking peoples and to bring all habitable portions of the
world under their control.
To this end, Rhodes, along with other disciples of Ruskin, formed a secret
society in association with a group of Cambridge men who shared the same ideals.
This society, which was later to become the original Round Table Group (better
known in the 1920s as the 'Cliveden Set') was formed on February 5, 1881.
According to Dr. Quigley, 'This group was able to get access to Rhodes's money
after his death in 1902.' Under the trusteeship of Alfred (later Lord) Milner,
'They sought to extend and execute the ideals that Rhodes had obtained from
Ruskin.'
As governor-general of South Africa in the period 1897-1905, Milner recruited a
group of young men, chiefly from Oxford and from Toynbee Hall, to assist him in
organizing his administration. Through this influence these men were able to win
influential posts in government and international finance and became the
dominant influence in British imperial and foreign affairs up to 1939. Under
Milner in South Africa, they were known as Milner\s Kindergarten until 1910. In
1909-1903 they organised semi-secret groups, known as Round Table Groups, in the
chief British dependencies and in the United States.
It was at the Majestic Hotel in Paris in 1919 that the Round Table Groups of the
United States and Britain emerged out from under a cloak of secrecy and
officially became the (American) Council on Foreign Relations and the (British)
Royal Institute for International Affairs.
To Mr. Rittenhouse and his associates at Liberty Lobby, Bilderberg evolved
directly from the 'satanic-communist' Illuminati, and the Council on Foreign
Relations' Royal Institute of International Affairs relationship.
Quigley used Tragedy and Hope as a text for his courses on Western Civilization.
Published in 1966, Tragedy and Hope has become a rare book to locate. Quigley
apparently had trouble with his publisher over the book's distribution. The
publisher claimed demand was poor. When Quigley sought and acquired the
necessary demand, the publisher responded by saying that the plates had been
destroyed. The text has a cultish quality of content, largely presenting itself
as a coded statement of the driving-down of American societal values using
political force.
In his book, 1310 pages in all, Quigley details how the intricate financial and
commercial patterns of the West prior to 1914 influenced the development of
today's world. It has been suggested that these revelations, especially in
coming from a historian, did not amuse the higher echelons of big banking; hence
a form of censorship resulted.
Quigley's discussion on Round Table Groups is seen in postmodern political
circles as a Leftist talking-points primer.
Prominent Swedish businessmen in their private capacities are and have been
members of the group. Swedish politicians have also participated in meetings
with the group. To our knowledge, the Canadian Government has no position with
regard to this group.
David Rockefeller, Chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank, is a part of the
Bilderberg organization. Contact may still be made with 'Mr. Charles Muller, a
Vice President at Muden and Company, the organization which assists with the
administration of American Friends of Bilderberg, Incorporated.' Mr. Muller
notes, 'In the early 1950's a number of people in both sides of the Atlantic
sought a means of bringing together leading citizens both in and out of
government, for informal discussions of problems facing the Western world. Such
meetings, they felt, would create a better understanding of the forces and
trends affecting Western nations.'
The first meeting that brought Americans and Europeans together took place under
the chairmanship of H.R.H. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands at the Bilderberg
Hotel in Oosterbeek, Holland, from 29th May to 31st May, 1954. Ever since, the
meetings have been called Bilderberg Meetings.
Each year since its inception, Prince Bernhard has been the Bilderberg chairman.
There are no members' of Bilderberg. Each year an invitation list is compiled by
Prince Bernhard in consultation with an informal international steering
committee; individuals are chosen in the light of their knowledge and standing.
To ensure full discussion, an attempt is made to include participants
representing many political and economic points of view. Of the 80 to 100
participants, approximately one-third are from government and politics, the
others are from many fields - finance, industry, labour, education and
journalism. They attend in a personal and not in an official capacity. From the
beginning participants have come from North America and Western Europe, and from
various international organizations. The official languages are English and
French.
The meetings take place in a different county each year. Since 1957, they have
been held in many Western European countries and in North America as well.
The discussion at each meeting is centered upon topics of current concern in the
broad fields of foreign policy, world economy, and other contemporary issues.
Basic groundwork for the symposium is laid by means of working papers and
general discussion follows. In order to assure freedom of speech and opinion,
the gatherings are closed and off the record. No resolutions are proposed, no
votes taken, and no policy statements issued during or after the meetings.
The most recent Bilderberg Conference to 2000 took place a in April 1977, at the
serene Devon resort of Torquay.
An attendee noted, "It is the Bilderberg custom to book a whole hotel for the
weekend conference. The five-star Imperial Hotel was no exception and it, too,
was emptied to accommodate over 100 Bilderberg participants. Even the Imperials
permanent guests were told to find lodging elsewhere for the weekend.
"I managed a booking at the Imperial for three nights before the Bilderbergers
moved in. On Thursday, two days before the conference was due to begin, heavy
lorries and workmen unloaded large wooden file cabinets and sealed crates. I was
not allowed access to the conference hall, despite assurances from a Bilderberg
secretary that 'We have nothing to hide'.
"At 2 am Friday morning with the night club finally closed and the Imperial
asleep, I tiptoed down five flights of stairs from my room to the conference
hall. To my surprise, the doors were unlocked and unguarded. I slipped into the
darkened hall and inspected the locked file cabinets, glass translation booth
and electronic equipment for tape-recording and translation. Having already
consumed a half-dozen whiskies, I could not repulse an urge to purloin a
mahogany and brass-plated Bilderberg gavel [1. A small hammer used by a
chairman, auctioneer etc., to call for order or attention. 2. A hammer used by
masons to trim rough edges off stones (ed.)]. It now sits atop my desk, a trophy
of my research.
"Like all others, I was thrown out of the hotel on the Friday to make way for
American Secret Servicemen and Special Branch bodyguards. The Bilderbergers
arrived later, mostly by way of a quiet entry through Exeter Airport 10 miles
form Torquay. They held their hush-hush meetings and then, just as quietly,
disappeared back to their respective banks, multinational corporations and
government jobs, perhaps a little more the wiser than when they arrived."
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