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Bilderberg Conference 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 defin ...

in 1954 was the first annual meeting of European politicians, bankers and monarchs and American politicians and bankers. The founders and promoters were Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (who was the president of the meeting until 1976) and the Polish political advisor Józef Retinger. It took place in the Hotel de Bilderberg, Oosterbeek, Netherlands, and was held 29–31 May 1954. Bilderberg_-_Oosterbeek

Agenda

* The attitude towards communism and the Soviet Union. * The attitude towards dependent areas and people overseas. * The attitude towards economic policies and problems. * The attitude towards European integration and the European Defense Community.

Delegates (alphabetical)

* Robert Andre, President of the Syndicat de Petrole. * Ralph Assheton, Member of Parliament, former Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Supply and * G. De Beaumont, Member of Parliament * Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, prince-consort of the Netherlands (co-founder) * Pierre Bonvoisin, Banker, President of the "Banque de la Societe Generale de Belgique". *

Robert Boothby Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby, (12 February 1900 – 16 July 1986), often known as Bob Boothby, was a British Conservative politician. Early life The only son of Sir Robert Tuite Boothby, KBE, of Edinburgh and a cousin of Rosalind ...

, Member of Parliament. * Max Brauer, Former Mayor and President of the Land of Hamburg * Raffaele Cafiero, U.S Senator *

Walker L. Cisler Walker Lee Cisler (October 8, 1897 – October 18, 1994) was a noted American engineer, business executive, and a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering. Early life Walker Lee Cisler was born on October 8, 1897, in Marietta, Oh ...

, Public Utility Executive. President of The Detroit Edison Co. * Gardner Cowles, Jr., Publisher from the United States. * Clement Davies, U.K. Member of Parliament. Former Minister. * Jean Drapier, Lawyer from Belgium. *

John H. Ferguson John H. Ferguson (1915–1970) was a 20th-Century American lawyer who became the fifth U.S. ambassador to Morocco. Background John Haven Ferguson was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He studied at Yale University and Harvard Law School. ...

, Lawyer, Vice-President and Executive Director for a National Trade Policy. * John Foster, Member of Parliament in the UK. * Oliver Franks, Former Ambassador in Washington. Chairman of Lloyd's Bank. * Gerhard P. Th. Geyer, Industrialist, Director General of the oil company "Esso". * Colin Gubbins, Major General retd. Formerly in charge of SOE. *

Denis Healey Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, (30 August 1917 – 3 October 2015) was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970; he ...

, Member of Parliament, * H. J. Heinz II, former President of H.J. Heinz Co. * Leif Hoegh, a former Norwegian Shipowner. *

H. Montgomery Hyde Harford Montgomery Hyde (14 August 190710 August 1989), born in Belfast, Ireland, was a barrister, politician (Ulster Unionist MP for Belfast North), prolific author and biographer. He was deselected by his party in 1959, losing his seat in th ...

, Member of Parliament, UK. *

C. D. Jackson General Charles Douglas (C. D.) Jackson (March 16, 1902 – September 18, 1964) was a United States government propagandist and senior executive of Time Inc. As an expert on psychological warfare he served in the Office of Strategic Services in W ...

, Publisher. Formerly Special Assistant to President Eisenhower 1953–1954 * Nelson Dean Jay, American banker. Director of J. P. Morgan & Co. Inc. New York. * P. Kanellopoulos, Member of Parliament. Minister of National Defense. * S. Karasoylu, CEO of Tiyyes Ltd. * V. J. Koningsberger, Professor State, University of Utrecht. *

Ole Bjørn Kraft Ole Bjørn Kraft (1893–1980) was a Danish journalist and politician who was the leader of the Conservative People's Party. He also served as the minister of foreign affairs. Early life Kraft was born in Copenhagen on 17 December 1893. He stud ...

, Member of Parliament. Former Foreign Minister. * P. M. A. Leverkuehn, Member of Parliament. * Giovanni F. Malagodi, Member of Parliament. * Finn Moe, Member of Parliament. *

Roger Motz Roger Jean Henri Motz (8 July 1904 – 27 March 1964) was a Belgian liberal politician. Motz was a mine-engineer and governor of companies. He was municipality council member and a member of parliament for Brussels and as from 1946 senator. After ...

, Senator of Belgium. Chairman of the Liberal International. * Rudolf Mueller, German Lawyer. * George C. McGhee, U.S Industrialist * George Nebolsine, U.S Lawyer. * Henk Oosterhuis, Member of Parliament. President of the Netherlands Federation of Trade Unions. * Cola G. Parker, U.S Industrialist. *

George Walbridge Perkins, Jr. George Walbridge Perkins II (May 2, 1895 – January 11, 1960) was an American diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from 1949 to 1953 and as United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 1955 to 1957. Lif ...

, U.S Industrialist. Assistant Secr. of State for European Affairs, 1949–1953. * Harry Pilkington, U.K President of Federation of British Industries. * Antoine Pinay, French Member of Parliament. Former Prime Minister. *

Panagiotis Pipinelis Panagiotis Pipinelis ( el, Παναγιώτης Πιπινέλης; 21 March 1899 – 19 July 1970) was a Greek politician and diplomat. He was born on 21 March 1899 in the port city of Piraeus. He studied Law and Political science at the Unive ...

, Former Foreign Minister and Former Ambassador to U.S.S.R. *

Alberto Pirelli Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...

, Italian Industrialist. Minister of State. * Józef Retinger, Polish Political advisor (co-founder) * , Ambassador to France and Former Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. * David Rockefeller, U.S banker * Ludwig Rosenberg, German Chief of Department of Foreign Affairs of the Trade Unions. * Paolo Rossi, Italian Member of Parliament. * Denis de Rougemont, Author and Director European Cultural Center *

Paul Rijkens Paul Rykens, also known as Paul Rijkens, (14 September 1888 - 19 April 1965) was a Dutch businessman. He served as the founding chairman of Unilever. He was a founding member of the Bilderberg Group The Bilderberg meeting (also known as the Bil ...

, Dutch Industrialist. Chairman of company Unilever N.V. * Ernst Georg Schneider, U.S Industrialist and President of Chamber of Commerce of Düsseldorf * Joseph P. Spang jr., U.S Industrialist. President of The Gillette Co. *

Max Steenberghe Maximilien Paul Léon "Max" Steenberghe (2 May 1899 – 22 January 1972) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP), which later formed to the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and is now merged into the Christian Demo ...

, Former Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands. * H. P. Teitgen, Vice-President of the Council of Ministers. * Terkel M. Terkelsen, Chief Editor, Berlingske Tidende. *

Herbert Tingsten Herbert Lars Gustaf Tingsten (17 March 1896 – 26 December 1973) was a Swedish political scientist, writer and newspaper publisher. An influential figure in Swedish political science, he was a professor of political science at Stockholm Unive ...

, Chief Editor of Dagens Nyheter. *

Heinrich Troeger Heinrich Troeger (4 March 1901, in Zeitz – 28 August 1975, in Bad Nauheim) was a German jurist and politician (SPD). Life and career Troeger was born the son of a medical officer of health (''Kreismedizinalrat''). After obtaining his Abitur ...

, German Minister of Finance of Hessen. * Vittorio Valletta, Italian Industrialist. former President of FIAT. *

André Voisin André Marcel Voisin (7 January 1903 – 21 December 1964) was a French biochemist, farmer and author best known for developing the theory of Rational Grazing (also known as Voisinism, Voisin Grazing or Rational Intensive Grazing). He also lect ...

, President of "La Federation". * H. F. van Walsem, Dutch industrialist. Member of the Board of Philips Industries Eindhoven. * Jean Willems, Fondation Universitaire * Thomas Williamson, General Secretary of National Union of General and Municipal Workers. * Paul van Zeeland, Belgian lawyer, economist, politician and statesman

References

Participant list 1954 (incomplete docu)

External links

{{Bilderberg Group 1954 conferences 1954 in the Netherlands Bilderberg Group