Bilderberg/1981
The 1981 Bilderberg Meeting was the 29th such meeting and had participants from 18 European countries, the United States, Canada and "various international organizations".[1] It was chaired by Walter Scheel, and was held at the Palace Hotel, Bürgenstock, Switzerland. The 98 guests included 15 business executives, 22 politicians, 4 financiers, 17 editors/journalists and 8 academics.. The meeting had 11 extra participants, unusually many, divided into "rapporteurs", "observers" and "in attendance". The next meeting was the 1982 Bilderberg.
Contents
Agenda
The 1981 Bilderberg Conference Report has been leaked and is now online. There were three topics on the agenda, followed by a morning's panel discussion.[1]
1. What Should Western Policy Be Toward the Soviet Union in the 1980's?
There were three working papers. The first working paper, by Malcolm Toon, was entitled Dealing with the Soviet Union in the 1980's. The second working paper, by Dennis Healey, was entitled Russia and the West in the Eighties. The third, by Wolfgang Leonhard was entitled The Soviet Union and East Europe: Their Problems, Contradictions and Perspective.
2. Obstacles to Effective Coordination of Western Policies
There were two working papers. The first was by George Ball. The second working paper was by Gaston E. Thorn.
3. How Can the Western Economies Put Their House in Order?
There were two working papers. The first, by Herbert Stein, was entitled Economic Problems of the Industrial Democracies: A View from the United States. The second working paper, by Alfred Herrhausen, was entitled How Can The Western Economies Put Their House in Order?
4. Panel Discussion
The first topic, introduced by a paper from Emile van Lennep, was of international economic issues. The second was a discussion of current events.[1]
Known Participants
97 of the 98 of the participants already have pages here:
| Participant | Description |
|---|---|
| Oswald Aeppli | Double Bilderberger Swiss banker who was "cleared by his fellow directors of any blame in the [Chiasso] case" |
| Gianni Agnelli | Italian industrialist, 37 Bilderbergs |
| Klaus-Georg von Amsberg | Prince Claus of the Netherlands, fought for Hitler, implicated in underage sex ring with mayor Ed van Thijn and finance minister Onno Ruding. Alleged victim of sexual blackmail. |
| Tage Andersen | Danish banker who attended 7 Bilderbergs in the 1980s |
| Hannes Androsch | Former Bilderberg Steering committee member, politician, banker, businessman |
| George Ball | US deep politician who attended all 40 Bilderberg meetings up to his death, he helped make key decisions about post-WW2 Europe. |
| Jack Bennett | Bilderberg Steering committee banker/businessman. Worked alongside his father in post-war Germany to reset the country's economy. Presidential advisor in the 1970 who dismantled U.S. controls over international capital flows. |
| Christoph Bertram | German journalist with a heavy Bilderberg habit |
| Ernst van der Beugel | Dutch deep politician, 34 Bilderbergs, on both the Advisory & Steering committees |
| Selahattin Beyazit | One of the biggest industrialists in Turkey and member of the Bilderberg Steering committee. |
| Erling Bjøl | Danish Bilderberg historian |
| Conrad Black | Fraudulent Bilderberg steering committee member |
| Laurens Jan Brinkhorst | Dutch politician & lawyer who attended the 1970 and 1974 Bilderbergs |
| William Bundy | Skull & bones deep politician and cold warrior who played a key role in the US side of the Bilderberg. |
| Wim Duisenberg | President of the European Central Bank, 7 Bilderbergs |
| Theodore Eliot | US Ambassador to Afghanistan who attended 15 Bilderberg meetings. |
| Murray Finley | Bilderberg Steering committee member labor union leader |
| Paul Finney | "Honorary Bilderberg Secretary General for the United States" as of 1981, US editor and author |
| Gordon Fisher | Newspaper CEO charged with a cartel conspiracy to reduce competition. |
| Colette Flesch | Luxembourgish politician. 3 Bilderbergs |
| Robert A. D. Ford | Canadian diplomat who "kept his finger on the Soviet pulse for much of the Cold War." Bilderberg/1981. |
| Knut Frydenlund | Norwegian foreign minister who attended 2 Bilderbergs in the early 1980s. Handpicked by spook Trond Johansen for the job. |
| Arthur Furer | Swiss composer of modern classical music who attended the 1981 Bilderberg conference. |
| Kurt Furgler | President of Switzerland. 3 Bilderbergs, from 1970 to 1980. Wanted a strong central government and integration with the European Union. |
| Fritz Gerber | Quad Bilderberger Swiss Drug company director |
| Bengt Gustafsson | Bilderberg Steering Committee, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces |
| Victor Halberstadt | A professor of economics, with a minimal Wikipedia page, who attended all 47 Bilderberg meetings from 1975 up to his death in 2024. |
| Geir Hallgrímsson | Prime Minister of Iceland, Bilderberg Steering Committee |
| Denis Healey | Bilderberg Steering committee member, who attended 23 Bilderberg meetings. |
| Alfred Herrhausen | Multi Bilderberg, Chairman of Deutsche Bank. Promoted the cancellation of unpayable debt. Assassinated in 1989 "in a military operation of a complexity without precedent" |
| Tankmar Horn | Finnish diplomat and businessman. Deep state father. |
| Jozef Houthuys | 5 time Bilderberg Belgian deep state operative. Chaired the Belgian Confederation of Christian Trade Unions for 18 years |
| Douglas Hurd | UK Deep state operative, Eton, Trinity College, Chatham House/President |
| Per Hysing-Dahl | Mentioned as possible defense minister in 1981, at time of Bilderberg meeting. Instead appointed President of the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) |
| H. John Heinz II | 34 Bilderberg meetings, Bilderberg Steering & Advisory Committees |
| Hans Igler | Austrian economist and politician. Bilderberg Steering committee |
| F. Emmanuel Iselin | Single Bilderberger. Swiss General Staff, then President of Bâloise, the third biggest Swiss insurance company. |
| Daniel Janssen | Bilderberg Steering committee Belgian business leader |
| Vernon Jordan | Close friend of Bill Clinton. A member of the Bilderberg Steering committee who attended 34 Bilderberg meetings. |
| Marcus Wallenberg Jr. | Chairman of the Federation of Swedish Industries, Bilderberg Steering committee, 22 Bilderbergs |
| Claude Julien | Single Bilderberger editor |
| Kostas Karras | Greek actor and politician. Bilderberg Steering committee, 19 Bilderbergs |
| Karlheinz Kaske | CEO of Siemens AG for 11 years. Attended 3 Bilderbergs in the 1980s |
| Jeane Kirkpatrick | Neocon "terror expert", US Ambassador to the UN, Washington Conference on International Terrorism... |
| Henry Kissinger | US deep politician, 40+ Bilderbergs, Nobel peace prize, war criminal |
| Andrew Knight | Editor of The Economist for 12 years. Right hand man to Conrad Black and Rupert Murdoch. 19 Bilderbergs, Bilderberg Steering committee member. |
| Max Kohnstamm | Member of the Bilderberg Advisory Committee, visited the Bilderberg 28 times. European chair of the CFR |
| Léon Lambert | Banking heir and Bilderberg Steering Committee member and financier who suddenly died aged 58 |
| Panayotis Lambrias | Assistant Minister to the Office of the Greek Prime Minister |
| Emile van Lennep | Secretary-General of the OECD for 15 years. Poly Bilderberg |
| ... further results | |
Witnesses
| Witness | Description |
|---|---|
| Charles Getchell | US banker and member of the Bilderberg Steering committee who attended most of the meetings in the 1970s and 1980s. |
| José Luis Gomes | Unidentified Portuguese guest "in attendance" at the 1981 and 1983 Bilderbergs |
| Hanno Hartmann | Assistant to Walter Scheel who attended the 1981 and 1982 Bilderbergs |
| Anne Hoogendoorn | Executive Secretary of the Bilderberg Meetings |
| Malcolm McKechnie | Canadian diplomat |
| Charles Muller | Bilderberg manager, Ditchley/US, deep state functionary |
| Patrick O'Connor | Poorly identified one time (1981) Bilderberg observer |
| Etienne Reuter | Little known Luxembourger "in attendance" at the 1981 Bilderberg. |
| Raymond Roe | US officer in attendance at the 1981 Bilderberg, probably as aide to Bernard Rogers, Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| Karel Schwarzenberg | Deep state connected Czech diplomat and politician, MSC regular |
| Folkmar Stoecker | Assistant to Walter Scheel who attended the 1981 and 1982 Bilderbergs |
| Grant Winthrop | Regular Bilderberg rapporteur |
