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Bilderberger
The Bilderberg meeting (also known as the Bilderberg Group) is an annual off-the-record conference established in 1954 to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. The group's agenda, originally to prevent another world war, is now defined as bolstering a consensus around free market Western capitalism and its interests around the globe. Participants include political leaders, experts, captains of industry, finance, academia, numbering between 120 and 150. Attendees are entitled to use information gained at meetings, but not attribute it to a named speaker (known as the Chatham House Rule). This is to encourage candid debate, while maintaining privacy—a provision that has fed conspiracy theories from both the left and right. Meetings were chaired by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands until 1975. The current Chairman is French businessman Henri de Castries. Since 1954, the meeting has taken place every year except in 1976, when it was cancelled due to the Lock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Józef Retinger
Józef Hieronim Retinger (Kraków, 17 April 1888 12 June 1960, London; World War II nom de guerre, noms de guerre ''Salamandra'', "Salamander", and ''Brzoza'', "Birch Tree") was a Poles, Polish scholar, international political activist with access to some of the leading power brokers of the 20th century, a publicist and writer. Already as a gifted student in Paris and London he mixed with the leading lights of music and literature. Most notably, he became a friend of compatriot Joseph Conrad. During World War I, the young Retinger became politically active in Austria-Hungary and Russian Empire, Russia on behalf of the Polish independence movement. Following a failed attempt to broker peace between Austria-Hungary and the Allies of World War I, he had to retreat to Central America, where he became an economic adviser. After the outbreak of World War II, he was principal adviser to the Polish government-in-exile. Early in 1944, a daring mission into Occupied Poland by parachute, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
