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The original Bilderberg conference was held at the Hotel de Bilderberg, near Arnhem in The Netherlands, from 29 May to 31 May 1954.
It was initiated by several people, including Denis Healey and Józef 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 the United States and Western Europe.[1] 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. Bernhard in turn contacted Walter Bedell Smith, then head of the CIA, who asked Eisenhower adviser Charles Douglas Jackson to deal with the suggestion.[2] The guest list was to be drawn up by inviting
two attendees from each nation, one of each to represent conservative and liberal points of view.[1] Fifty delegates from 11 countries in Western Europe attended the first conference along with 11 Americans.[3]
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. Conferences were held in France, Germany, and Denmark over the following three years. In 1957, the first US conference was held in St. Simons, Georgia, with $30,000 from the Ford Foundation. The foundation supplied further funding for the 1959 and 1963 conferences.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bilderberg_participantsUnited States
* George W. Ball (1954, 1993),[12][13] Under Secretary of State 1961-1968, Ambassador to U.N. 1968
* Sandy Berger (1999),[14] National Security Advisor, 1997-2001
* Hillary Rodham Clinton,[15] 67th United States Secretary of State
* Douglas Feith (2004),[16] U.S. Under-secretary of Defense
* Timothy Geithner,[17] Treasury Secretary
* Richard N. Haass (1991, 2003, 2004),[16][18] president, Council on Foreign Relations
* Lee H. Hamilton (1997),[1] former US Congressman
* Christian Herter,[19] (1961, 1963, 1964, 1966), 53rd United States Secretary of State
* Charles Douglas Jackson (1957, 1958, 1960),[20] Special Assistant to the President
* Joseph E. Johnson[21] (1954), President Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
*
Henry Kissinger[18] (1957, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2008),[22] 56th United States Secretary of State
* Jessica T. Mathews (2004),[16] president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
* Colin Powell (1997),[1] 65th United States Secretary of State
*
Condoleezza Rice,[15] 66th United States Secretary of State
*
Walter Bedell Smith (1954-1957),[23][24] former White House Chief of Staff, Director of the CIA, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union
* Lawrence Summers,[17] Director of the National Economic Council
* Paul Volcker,[17] Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Presidents
* Bill Clinton (1991),[25][26] President 1993-2001
* Gerald Ford (1964, 1966),[3][27] President 1974-1977
Senators
* Tom Daschle,[15] Senator from South Dakota 1987-2005
* John Edwards (2004),[16][28][29] Senator from North Carolina 1999-2005
* Dianne Feinstein (1991),[12] Senator 1992-current, Mayor of San Francisco 1978-1988
* Chuck Hagel (1999, 2000),[30] Senator from Nebraska 1997-2009
* Sam Nunn (1996, 1997),[1] Senator from Georgia 1972-1997
Governors
* Jon Corzine (1995 - 1997,[1] 1999, 2003, 2004),[16] Senator 2001-2006, Governor of New Jersey 2006-current
* Rick Perry (2007),[31] Governor of Texas 2000-current * Mark Sanford (2008),[32] Governor of South Carolina
* Douglas Wilder (1991),[12] Governor of Virginia
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