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weak and poor nations of the world, and represented the most Glazyev, Chairman of the Economic Policy Committee of the important impediment to the creation of a neo-colonial world State Duma of the Russian Federation, explained: "This empire. The priority of the world company is obviously based on colonisation, masked as reforms, destroyed the basic institutions international free trade without restraint, that is, trade measured of R n society along the following basic lines: (1) destruction by the British standard of profit of buying cheap and selling dear. _ of the financial system of the state by means of an endless build- The problem is that national governments have priorities, which up of the state debt pyramid, shrinking of the tax base, deepening are different than and contrary to those of a looting company..." of the non-payments crisis, and disorganisation of the monetary On page 39 of a Bilderberg transcript from the 1968 meeting at system; (2) destruction of the scientific and technological Mont Tremblant, Ball self-assuredly stated the following: "Where potential of the country, achieved by means of a many-fold does one find a legitimate base for the power of corporate reduction in state financing of science, the collapse of managements to make decisions that can profoundly affect the technological cooperation and scientific production integration in economic life of nations to whose governments they have only the course of mass privatisation, and the refusal of the limited responsibility?" government to have any scientific and technical, industrial or In other words, Messrs Rockefeller and Davignon, what Mr structural policy at all; (3) sale of controlling blocs of shares in Ball would like to know is: how does one establish a Halliburton the leading and most valuable Russian firms, in industry, electric type of world company, which would greatly surpass in authority power and telecommunications, to foreign companies; (4) any government on the planet? Isn't that what "world company", — Transfer of the right to exploit the most valuable Russian raw run by the ruling class, stands for? materials deposits to transnational corporations; (5) establishment Not according to Bilderberg President and Belgian of foreign control over the Russian stock exchange; (6) multimillionaire Etienne Davignon. During his 2005 BBC establishment of direct foreign control over the shaping of interview, Mr Davignon said: "I don't think a global ruling class Russian domestic and foreign economic policy." exists. Business influences society, and politics influences The Bilderberg conclusions are striking in their candidness: society—that's purely common sense. It's not that business "The US can no longer ride roughshod over, nor bully, nor simply contests the right of democratically elected leaders to lead." ignore resurgent Russia, rising China or the globe's regimes that Is that so, Mr Davignon? Current supply the vital oil that fuels the US parliamentary democracy works on the economy. Something must be done, basis of an "elected" head of state and a In Europe, the independent and urgently, in order to cut deeply parliament, which can be dumped any into Russia's mounting global energy time you decide to orchestrate a crisis banking system is run through leverage. The US—Russia strategically and put a third branch of government the European Central Bank, deteriorating relations are one victim in charge of its financial system, called of this geopolitical struggle for energy an "independent central banking whose monetary policies are supremacy.” system". put together by the leading One Finnish delegate's opinion that In the United States, this "no US-Russia military confrontation "independent" banking system is members of the Bilderberger is likely, no matter how tense things known as the Federal Reserve, a elite should get" is increasingly an unsafe privately owned bank interlocked with one as a more desperate US pushes the Bilderberg Group. In Europe, the back against a much more aggressive independent banking system is run Russia. Dr Henry Kissinger added through the European Central Bank, whose monetary policies are that "aggressive, unilateralist US foreign policy has forced 'axis of put together by the leading members of the Bilderberger elite, evil’ states to accelerate their pursuit of nuclear weapons to such as Jean-Claude Trichet. In Britain, this independent system immunise themselves against US military strikes". is run by the Bank of England, whose members are also full-time Richard Perle pointed out that in response to aggressive US members of the Bilderberg Group's inner circle. The independent _ tactics across the globe, Russia has undertaken asymmetric steps central banking system controls the emission of currency, controls to undermine the ability of the US to project its military power national credit and interest rates, and, any time the government effectively into their neighbourhoods and into those of their displeases it, uses its power to orchestrate the overthrow of the partners and allies. When one American Bilderberger tried to government. The British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was object, European delegates brought up China's recent response to overthrown because she opposed the wilful handover of British US intentions to weaponise space: a simple and relatively sovereignty to the global world company superstate designed by inexpensive demonstration of destruction of its satellite. The the Bilderbergers. This is what Kuhn, Loeb and Lehman Brothers example produced snickering in the room, much to the chagrin of have been building worldwide, by way of mergers and the Americans. acquisitions, from the 1960s until today. In the past decades, the entire deregulation policy of US industries and banking was —_—_ Afghanistan and the price of treason precisely set up in response to this blueprint scenario for creating Another subject under discussion dealt with Afghanistan. It was giant corporations for a new empire whose intention is nothing commonly agreed by the attendees that the US-led NATO short of perpetual war. alliance/mission is in a state of quagmire and that "the situation in Could the eventual dismemberment and weakening of Russia— _ the country is getting worse". The problem can be defined, in the to the point that it could not oppose US military operations that words of one British Bilderberger, as "one of the unreal have now successfully secured control of the oil and gas reserves expectations". He went on to explain that clamouring for in Central Asia—been part of a multi-decade plan for global democratic reform while simultaneously propping up Pashtun domination? Most credible senior analysts definitely believe so. warlords without delivering serious progress "has managed to Ata 1997 symposium held in Bonn, Germany, Dr Sergei discredit a lot of our basic notions in the eyes of the Afghans". In Europe, the independent banking system is run through ‘the European Central Bank, Nn En Bean an whose monetary policies are put together by the leading members of the Bilderberger — ina. elite. Afghanistan and the price of treason Another subject under discussion dealt with Afghanistan. It was commonly agreed by the attendees that the US-led NATO alliance/mission is in a state of quagmire and that "the situation in the country is getting worse". The problem can be defined, in the words of one British Bilderberger, as "one of the unreal expectations". He went on to explain that clamouring for democratic reform while simultaneously propping up Pashtun warlords without delivering serious progress "has managed to discredit a lot of our basic notions in the eyes of the Afghans". 22 = NEXUS www.nexusmagazine.com AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2007