Bilderberg/1968
Mont Tremblant, Canada
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| File:Bilderberg 1968.png The 1968 Bilderberg Report | |
| Date | 26 April 1968 - 28 April 1968 |
| Location | Mont Tremblant, Canada |
| Description | The 17th Bilderberg and the 2nd in Canada |
| Perpetrators | Bilderberg/Steering committee |
| Participants | Bernhard von Biesterfeld, Klaus-Georg von Amsberg, Ernst van der Beugel, Joseph E. Johnson, Arnold Lamping, Giovanni Agnelli, Jean V. Allard, Egon Bahr, George Ball, Wilfrid Baumgartner, Leonard Beaton, Michel Belanger, Bjarni Benediktsson, Frederic Bennett, Fritz Berg, Barend Biesheuvel, M. Nuri Birgi, Kurt Birrenbach, Alan R. Booth, Maurice Bridgeman, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Alastair Buchan, Louis Camu, Paul Chambers, Emilio Collado, Arthur Dean, Frederick Deming, C. Douglas Dillon, William Dodge, Henry Ford II, Jacques de Fouchier, Thomas S. Gates Jr., Anthony Griffin, Henri Hartung, Gabriel Hauge, Henry J. Heinz II, Leif Høegh, John Wendell Holmes, Henry Jackson, Christian Karsten, J. Ward Keener, Pieter Kuin, Allen T. Lambert, Paul Lendvai, Richard Lowenthal, D. Björn H. Lundvall, Joseph Luns, Paul Martin Sr, Charles McC. Mathias, William F. McLean, Robert McNamara, Pierre Mendes-France, Karl Mommer, Bill Moyers, Robert D. Murphy, Stavros Niarchos, Alberto Nogueira, Johan A. Nykopp, Roberto Olivetti, Duncan M. Oppenheim, Jacques Parizeau, Lester B. Pearson, Aurelio Peccei, James Perkins, Leopoldo Pirelli, Enoch Powell, Louis Rasminsky, Ronald S. Ritchie, David Rockefeller, Alberto Ronchey, Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Claude Ryan, John T. Ryan, Herman Sandberg, Andrew A. Shonfield, Baron Snoy et d'Oppuers, Jacques E. Solvay, Svend Sørensen, Dieter Spethmann, Altiero Spinelli, Ugo Stille, Shepard Stone, Dick Taverne, Terkel Terkelsen, Albert A. Thornbrough, Otto Tidemand, Pierre E. Trudeau, Ilter Turkmen, Victor Umbricht, Raymond Vernon, Willem Visser 't Hooft, Otto Wolff von Amerongen |
| Witnessed by | Robert Bartley, Bernard Thillaye, Edwin Vernede |
The 1968 Bilderberg Meeting was the 17th such meeting and had participants from 15 European countries, the United States, Canada and "various international organisations".[1] It was held at the Lodge at Mont Tremblant, Canada. The guests included business executives, politicians, financiers, editors/journalists and academics. The next meeting was the 1969 Bilderberg.
Agenda
The 1968 Bilderberg Agenda has been leaked and is now online.[1] James Perkins spoke on universities. Bill Moyers spoke on the condition of the US administration, commenting that Lyndon Johnson although healthy was "obviously a weary man".[2]
1. The Relations between the West and the Communist Countries
The background for discussion of this item of the Agenda consisted of a paper prepared by a German participant which was distributed before the meeting. The author of this paper began by noting that for more than a decade relations between the Western powers and the Soviet bloc had been characterized by the development oflimited but important elements of co-operation along with the persistence of overriding conflict.[1]
In appraising the shortcomings and imperfections of the Atlantic Alliance, considerable attention was paid to the unsatisfactory state of public opinion vis-a-vis NATO.[1]
2. Internationalization of Business
The groundwork for discussion of this item consisted of three papers prepared by an American and two French participants. These papers had been distributed among participants some weeks before the meeting.[1] One of the speakers was Dr. Henri Hartung, whose paper on The Internationalization of Business: The Social Aspect has been posted online.