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‘An invisible Power F House . | With its membership selected from the power élite of Europe and North America, many wonder if the Bilderbergers are conspiring to establish a 'new world order’. onspiracy theory writers have repeatedly linked one powerful global élite, the Bilderberg Group, with the ultimate take-over of the world. Members of the Bilderberg, together with their ‘sister’ organisations—the Trilateral Commission (known also as the "Child of Bilderberg")' and the Council on Foreign Relations'—are charged with the postwar take-over of the democratic process. The mea- sures implemented by this group so far prove the control of the world economy through indirect political means. The constitution of several democratic monarchies of the Western Europe bans men\- bers of their royal families from playing an active role in the political process. However, the Bilderberg meetings provide this exact forum and platform for them. This unprecedented period of European cooperation is more than a product of simple nation-state diplomacy. One of the key institutions that has fostered unity and coopera- tion with the Atlantic Community beyond the old concepts has been the Bilderberg Group.’ I tell you frankly that I am deeply alarmed today over the possibility that a right-wing reaction may draw some sections of capital so far away from our trgditions as to imperil the entire structure of American life as we know it.* ! These comments by Pasymowski and Gilbert’ two decades ago may seem out of phase with the current events in former Yugoslavia, but, in terms of the continued stability of the “European State", they have proven to be largely accurate. Warfare has been removed from the intra-European systems as a means of controlling and directing nationalistic goals and ideas. Even in the case of former Yugoslavia, one observes that the current state of war has resulted from Tito's and the Soviet Union's demise. Consequently, the lid has been lifted on rivals and racial memories which had been artificially kept in place for previous decades. The several proto-states which make up the former Yugoslavia were not part of the eco- nomic and social development programs which evolved in Western Europe. As we would see, the way in which the rest of Europe evolved and developed was very different, and for very particular reasons. Whether co-incidence or not, it is equally ironic that the current Chairman of the Bilderberg, Lord Carrington, was the first UN-appointed representative to bring peace to the war-torn Yugoslavia. BIRTH OF BILDERBERG The single most important personality connected with the birth and creation of the Bilderberg Group is Joseph H. Retinger (also known as L'Eminence—His Grey Eminence). Retinger had a colourful, lifelong career that raised him to the top of the world power élites. At his funeral in 1960, Sir Edward Bedington-Behrens said: I remember Retinger in the United States picking up the telephone and immediately making an appointment with the President, and in Europe he had complete entrée in every political circle as a kind of right acquired through trust, devotion and loyalty he inspired. Retinger, as a Catholic, was viewed by many as an agent of the Vatican, acting in liai- son between the Pope and the Father-General of the Jesuit order. One of Retinger's renowned achievements in European politics was the founding of the European Movement, leading to the establishment of the Council of Europe on Sth May 1949. With its headquarters in Strasbourg, the Council Executive Committee provided Retinger his first major platform for his expansive ideology. From his earlier days at the Sorbonne, Retinger believed in greater European unity, both in military and economic terms. It was also at the same time when his interest in the guid- by Armen Victorian ©1994 PO Box. 99, West PDO, Nottingham, NG8:3NT United Kingdom PO Box. 99, West PDO, Nottingham, NG8:3NT United Kingdom NEXUS ¢ 11 DECEMBER 1995 - JANUARY 1996