The front cover of the allegedly privately circulated report of the 1980 Bilderberg conference in Bad Aachen, Germany.

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The elite group meets annually at luxury hotels or resorts throughout the world — normally in Europe — and once every four years in the United States or Canada. It has an office in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands.^[1] The 2007 conference took place from May 31 to June 3 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.^[2] Elitism is the belief or attitude that the people who are considered to be the elite — a selected group of persons with outstanding personal abilities, wealth, specialised training or experience, or other distinctive attributes — are the people whose views on a matter are to be taken the most seriously, or... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Coordinates: , Country Province Area (2006)  - Municipality 23. ... South Holland (Dutch Zuid-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country on the North Sea coast. ... is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ritz-Carlton is a brand of luxury hotel and resort with 63 properties that are located in major cities and exclusive resort destinations of 21 countries worldwide. ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ...

Origin and purpose

The original Bilderberg conference was held at the Hotel de Bilderberg, near Arnhem in The Netherlands, from May 29 to May 31, 1954. The meeting was initiated by several people, including Joseph Retinger, concerned about the growth of anti-Americanism in Western Europe, who proposed an international conference at which leaders from European countries and the United States would be brought together with the aim of promoting understanding between the cultures of United States of America and Western Europe.^[3] The Hotel de Bilderburg is a hotel in Oosterbeek in the Netherlands where the Bilderberg Group first met in 1954. ... This article is about the Dutch city and municipality. ... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar). ... Joseph Retinger (1888-1960) was a Polish political advisor and founder of the European movement. ... Anti-Americanism, often Anti-American sentiment, is defined as being opposed or hostile to the United States of America, its people, its principles, or its policies. ... A current understanding of Western Europe. ... For other uses, see Culture (disambiguation). ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... A current understanding of Western Europe. ...

Retinger approached Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, who agreed to promote the idea, together with Belgian Prime Minister Paul Van Zeeland, and the head of Unilever at that time, the Dutchman Paul Rijkens. The guest list was to be drawn up by inviting two attendees from each nation, one each to represent conservative and liberal (both terms used in the American sense) points of view.^[3] Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (June 29, 1911 – December 1, 2004) born Count Bernhard of Biesterfeld, was Prince Consort to the late Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, and father of the current monarch, Queen Beatrix. ... This is a list of Prime Ministers of Belgium, known regionally as: Premier Ministre in French, Eerste Minister in Dutch, and Premierminister in German. ... Paul Van Zeeland (November 11, 1893 - September 22, 1973) was a Belgian lawyer, economist, Catholic politician and statesman. ... Unilever is a widely listed [2] [3] multi-national corporation, formed of Anglo-Dutch parentage, that owns many of the worlds consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. ... Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favor tradition and gradual change, where tradition refers to religious, cultural, or nationally defined beliefs and customs. ... Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of...

The success of the meeting led the organizers to arrange an annual conference. A permanent Steering Committee was established, with Retinger appointed as permanent secretary. As well as organizing the conference, the steering committee also maintained a register of attendee names and contact details, with the aim of creating an informal network of individuals who could call upon one another in a private capacity. The declared purpose of the Bilderberg Group was to make a common political line tie between the United States of America and Europe in their opposition to the USSR and the global communist threat to their common monetary interests. Conferences were held in France, Germany, and Denmark over the following three years. In 1957, the first U.S. conference was held in St. Simons, Georgia, with $30,000 from the Ford Foundation. The foundation supplied additional funding of $48,000 in 1959, and $60,000 in 1963.^[4] The term Central Executive Committee refers to governing bodies with executive power of various parties and governments. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Soviet redirects here. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... St. ... The Ford Foundation is a charitable foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that promote democracy, reduce poverty, promote international understanding, and advance human achievement. ...

Dutch economist Ernst van der Beugel took over as permanent secretary in 1960, upon the death of Retinger. Prince Bernhard continued to serve as the meeting's chairman until 1976, the year of his involvement in the Lockheed affair. There was no conference that year, but meetings resumed in 1977 under Alec Douglas-Home, the former British Prime Minister. He was followed in turn by Walter Scheel, ex-President of West Germany, Eric Roll, former head of SG Warburg and Lord Carrington, former Secretary-General of NATO.^[5] Ernst van der Beugel (February 2, 1918 - September 29, 2004) was a Dutch economist, businessman, diplomat, and political leader. ... Lockheed F-104G Starfighter in Luftwaffe markings The Lockheed bribery scandals encompassed a series of bribes and contributions made by officials of U.S. aerospace company Lockheed from the late 1950s to the 1970s. ... Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel,[1] KT, PC (2 July 1903 - 9 October 1995) 14th Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British Conservative (actually SUP) politician, and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a year from October 1963 to October... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... Walter Scheel (born July 8, 1919) is a German politician (FDP). ... The President of Germany is Germanys head of state. ... Sir Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden, CMG, CB, KCMG (December 1, 1907—March 30, 2005) was an academic economist, public servant and banker. ... UBS AG NYSE: UBS, (SWX: CH0012032030) TYO: 8657 is a financial services company, headquartered in Basel and Zürich, Switzerland. ... Lord Carrington wearing his robes as a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, in procession to St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle for the annual service of the Order of the Garter. ... Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer meeting President George W. Bush on March 20, 2006 The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is the chair of the North Atlantic Council, the supreme decision-making organisation of the defence alliance. ... This article is about the military alliance. ...

Attendees

Main article: List of Bilderberg attendees

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Some of the Western world's leading financiers and foreign policy strategists attend Bilderberg. Donald Rumsfeld is an active Bilderberger, as is Peter Sutherland from Ireland, a former European Union commissioner and chairman of Goldman Sachs and of British Petroleum. Rumsfeld and Sutherland served together in 2000 on the board of the Swedish/Swiss engineering company ABB. Former U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary and former World Bank head Paul Wolfowitz is also a member. The group's current chairman is Etienne Davignon, the Belgian businessman and politician. Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932) is a businessman, a U.S. Republican politician, the 13th Secretary of Defense under President Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977, and the 21st Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006. ... Peter Denis Sutherland (born April 25, 1946) is an Irish businessman and former politician, associated with the Fine Gael party. ... Goldman Sachs, Inc. ... This article is about the corporation known as BP. See also BP (disambiguation) BP (formerly British Petroleum and briefly known as BP Amoco) (NYSE: BP) is a petroleum company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. ... Engineering is the discipline of acquiring and applying knowledge of design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... For other uses, see Corporation (disambiguation). ... ABB, formerly Asea Brown Boveri, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, operating mainly in the power and automation technology areas. ... The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest ranking official in the United States Department of Defense. ... The World Bank logo The World Bank (the Bank) is a part of the World Bank Group (WBG), is a bank that makes loans to developing countries for development programs with the stated goal of reducing poverty. ... Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, working on issues of international economic development, Africa and public-private partnerships. ... Étienne Davignon (born October 4, 1932) is a Belgian politician, businessman, and former vice-president of the European Commission. ...

Conspiracy theories

Critics say the Bilderberg Group promotes the careers of politicians whose views are representative of the interests of multinational corporations, at the expense of democracy.^[6] Journalists who have been invited to attend the Bilderberg Conference as observers have discounted these claims, calling the conference "not much different from a seminar or a conference organized by an upscale NGO"^[7] with "nothing different except for the influence of the participants."^[8] A multinational corporation (MNC) or transnational corporation (TNC) is one that spans multiple nations; these corporations are often very large. ...

The group's secrecy and its connections to power elites has provided fodder for many who believe that the group is part of a conspiracy to create a New World Order. For other uses, see Conspiracy theory (disambiguation). ... One World Government redirects here. ...

Radio host Alex Jones, a well known conspiracy theorist.^[9] promotes the claim that the group intends to dissolve the sovereignty of the United States and other countries into a supra-national structure similar to the European Union.^[10] Madrid-based author Daniel Estulin, writing in the conspiracy theory magazine Nexus, claims that the long-term purpose of Bilderberg is to "Build a One-World Empire". He states the group "is not the end but the means to a future One World Government". ^[11] For other persons of the same name, see Alex Jones. ... A conspiracy theory is a theory that defies common historical or current understanding of events, under the claim that those events are the result of manipulations by two or more individuals or various secretive powers or conspiracies. ... Daniel Estulin (born in Russia) is an expert in communications and investigative journalism, and leading researcher about the elitist Bilderberg Group. ... For the wargaming magazine, see Task Force Games. ...

Reporter Jonathan Duffy, writing in BBC News Online Magazine states "In the void created by such aloofness, an extraordinary conspiracy theory has grown up around the group that alleges the fate of the world is largely decided by Bilderberg." ^[12] BBC News is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporations news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ...

Denis Healey, a Bilderberg founder and former British Chancellor of the Exchequer, decries such theories as "crap." He was quoted by BBC News as saying "There's absolutely nothing in it. We never sought to reach a consensus on the big issues at Bilderberg. It's simply a place for discussion."^[12] Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, CH, MBE, PC (born 30 August 1917), is a British Labour politician. ... The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister responsible for all economic and financial matters. ...

Meetings

• 1954 (May 29-31) at the Hotel de Bilderberg in Oosterbeek, Netherlands
• 1955 (March 18-20) at the Hotellerie Du Bas-Breau in Barbizon, France
• 1955 (September 23-25) at the Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
• 1956 (May 11-13) at the Hotel Store Kro in Fredensborg, Denmark
• 1957 (February 15-17) at the King and Prince Hotel in St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
• 1957 (October 4-6) at the Grand Hotel Palazzo della Fonte in Fiuggi, Italy
• 1958 (September 13-15) at the The Palace Hotel in Buxton, England
• 1959 (September 18-20) at the Çinar Hotel in Yeşilköy, Istanbul, Turkey
• 1960 (May 28-29) at the Palace Hotel in Bürgenstock, Nidwalden, Switzerland
• 1961 (April 21-23) at the Manoir St. Castin in Lac-Beauport, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• 1962 (May 18-20) at the Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden
• 1963 (May 29-31) in Cannes, France
• 1964 (March 20-22) in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
• 1965 (April 2-4) at the Villa d'Este in Cernobbio, Italy
• 1966 (March 25-27) at the Nassauer Hof Hotel Wiesbaden in Wiesbaden, West Germany
• 1967 (March 31-April 2) in Cambridge, England
• 1968 (April 26-28) in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
• 1969 (May 9-11) at the Hotel Marienlyst in Helsingør, Denmark
• 1970 (April 17-19) at the Grand Hotel Quellenhof in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
• 1971 (April 23-25) at the Woodstock Inn in Woodstock, Vermont, USA
• 1972 (April 21-23) at the La Reserve di Knokke-Heist in Knokke, Belgium
• 1973 (May 11-13) at the Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden [1]
• 1974 (April 19-21) at the Hotel Mont d'Arbois in Megeve, France
• 1975 (April 22-24) at the Golden Dolphin Hotel in Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey
• 1976 no conference. The 1976 Bilderberg conference was planned for April at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia, USA. Due to the ongoing Lockheed scandal involving Prince Bernhard at the time, it had to be cancelled.
• 1977 (April 22-24) at the Paramount Imperial Hotel in Torquay, England
• 1978 (April 21-23) at the Chauncey Conference Center in Princeton, New Jersey, United States
• 1979 (April 27-29) at the Grand Hotel Sauerhof in Baden bei Wien, Austria
• 1980 (April 18-20) at the Dorint Sofitel Quellenhof Aachen in Aachen, West Germany
• 1981 (May 15-17) at the Palace Hotel in Bürgenstock, Nidwalden, Switzerland
• 1982 (May 14-16) at the Rica Park Hotel Sandefjord in Sandefjord, Norway
• 1983 (May 13-15) at the Château Montebello in Montebello, Quebec, Canada^[13]
• 1984 (May 11-13) at the Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden
• 1985 (May 10-12) at the Doral Arrowwood Hotel in Rye Brook, New York, United States
• 1986 (April 25-27) at the Gleneagles Hotel in Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Scotland
• 1987 (April 24-26) at the Villa d'Este in Cernobbio, Italy
• 1988 (June 3-5) at the Interalpen-Hotel Tyrol in Telfs-Buchen, Austria
• 1989 (May 12-14) at the Gran Hotel de La Toja in Isla de La Toja, Spain
• 1990 (May 11-13) at the Harrison Conference Center in Glen Cove, New York, United States
• 1991 (June 6-9) at the Steigenberger Badischer Hof Hotel, Schlosshotel Bühlerhöhe in Bühl (Baden) in Baden-Baden, Germany
• 1992 (May 21-24) at the Royal Club Evian Hotel, Ermitage Hotel in Évian-les-Bains, France
• 1993 (April 22-25) at the Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel in Vouliagmeni, Greece
• 1994 (June 2-5) at the Kalastajatorppa Hotel in Helsinki, Finland
• 1995 (June 8-11) at the Palace Hotel in Bürgenstock, Nidwalden, Switzerland
• 1996 (May 30-June 2) at the CIBC Leadership Centre aka The Kingbridge Centre in King City, Canada
• 1997 (June 12-15) at the Pine Isle resort in Lake Lanier, Georgia, United States
• 1998 (May 14-17) at the Turnberry Hotel in Turnberry, Scotland
• 1999 (June 3-6) at the Caesar Park Hotel Penha Longa in Sintra, Portugal
• 2000 (June 1-4) at the Chateau Du Lac Hotel in Genval, Brussels, Belgium
• 2001 (May 24-27) at the Hotel Stenungsbaden in Stenungsund, Sweden
• 2002 (May 30-June 2) at the Westfields Marriott in Chantilly, Virginia, United States
• 2003 (May 15-18) at the Trianon Palace Hotel in Versailles, France
• 2004 (June 3-6) at the Grand Hotel des Iles Borromees in Stresa, Italy
• 2005 (May 5-8) at the Dorint Sofitel Seehotel Überfahrt in Rottach-Egern, Germany^[14]
• 2006 (June 8-11) at the Brookstreet Hotel ^[15] in Kanata, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. See picture of meeting location at time of meeting.
• 2007 (May 31 - June 3) at the Ritz-Carlton hotel^[2] in Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey^[11]

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See also

• Trilateral Commission
• Council on Foreign Relations

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References

• Ronson, Jon (2001). THEM: Adventures with Extremists. London: Picador. ISBN 0-330-37546-6. 
• Eringer, Robert (1980). The Global Manipulators. Bristol, England: Pentacle Books. ISBN 0906850046. 

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External links

Note: the Bilderberg Group does not have a website.^[1]

• BBC Interview with Étienne Davignon, September 2005
• Elite power brokers meet in secret BBC News 15 May 2003
• Robert Eringer writing about Bilderberg, Carroll Quigley
• Extract from the official Bilderberg report on the Fiuggi Conference 4-6 October 1957
• Paper by Sociology Professor (LMU) Mike Peters: "The Bilderberg Group and the Project for European Unification" from Lobster: The Journal of Parapolitics
• Free Press International: Bilderberg video and info
• Guardian article on the group - an excerpt from Jon Ronson's book Them
• CTV.ca - Shadowy group meets amid secrecy in Ottawa
• Minutes from the 1999 Bilderberg meeting from SchNEWS website
• List of recent mainstream news articles and Bilderberg conspiracy gossip
• Historical information on the Bilderberg Group-mentions original location of 1976 meeting

• The world's most powerful secret society - 1998 article from Punch magazine