Bilderberg/2004
Stresa, Italy
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| Date | 3 June 2004 - 6 June 2004 |
| Location | Stresa, Italy |
| Description | The 52nd such meeting. 126 recorded guests |
| Perpetrators | Bilderberg/Steering committee |
| Participants | Étienne Davignon, J. Martin Taylor, Svein Auser, Josef Ackermann, Alfredo Ambrosetti, Ali Babacan, Francisco Pinto Balsemao, Elie Barnavie, Rodolfo De Benedetti, Franco Bernabe, Nicolas Beytout, Frits Bolkestein, Max Boot, Daniel Borel, Ferruccio de Bortoli, Gunnar Brock, John Browne (Executive), Antony Burgmans, Philippe Camus, Lucio Caracciolo, Henri de Castries, Juan Luis Cebrian, Hasan Cemal, Kenneth Clarke, Timothy C. Collins, Jon S. Corzine, Pascal Couchepin, George A. David, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Kemal Dervis, Anna Diamantopoulou, Thomas E. Donilon, Mario Draghi, John Edwards, Anders Eldrup, Ulrik Federspiel, Douglas J. Feith, Gabriele Galateri, Melinda F. Gates, Timothy F. Geithner, Francesco Giavazzi, Dermot Gleeson, Donald E. Graham, Richard N. Haass, Victor Halberstadt, Jean-Pierre Hansen, Lars Heikensten, Richard Holbrooke, Allan B. Hubbard, Walter Isaacson, Merit L. Janow, Vernon Jordan, Robert Kagan, John Kerr, Henry Kissinger, Mustafa V. Koc, Bert Koenders, Bruce Kovner, Henry Kravis, Marie Josee Kravis, Paula Lehtomaki, Paavo Lipponen, Yongtu Long, Pedro M. Santana Lopes, William J. Luti, Kevin G. Lynch, Jessica T. Mathews, William J. McDonough, Frank McKenna, Cesare Merlini, Thierry de Montbrial, Mario Monti, Craig Mundie, Egil Myklebust, Matthias Naß, Beatrix Armgard, Pauline Neville-Jones, Indra Nooyi, Andrzej Olechowski, Jorma Ollila, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Leonidas Pantelides, Corrado Passera, Richard N. Perle, Philippe of Belgium, Ralph E. Reed, Heather Reisman, Gianni Riotta, David Rockefeller, Matias Rodriguez Inciarte, Dennis B. Ross, Eberhard Sandschneider, Paolo Scaroni, Otto Schily, Rockwell A. Schnabel, Rudolf Scholten, Jürgen Schrempp, Eduardo Serra Rexach, Lilia Shevtsova, Slawomir Sikora, Domenico Siniscalco, Jose Socrates, Marin J. Strmecki, Dominique Struye de Swielande, Peter Sutherland, John L. Thornton, Giulio Tremonti, Jean-Claude Trichet, Marco Tronchetti Provera, Arild Underdal, Daniel L. Vasella, Jeroen van der Veer, Ben J. M. Verwaayen, Ignazio Visco, Antonio M. Vitorino, Gijs M. de Vries, Jacob Wallenberg, Jürgen Weber, Peter Weinberg, Hans Wijers, Matthias Wissmann, Martin H. Wolf, James Wolfensohn, Grigory A. Yavlinsky, Daniel Yergin, Klaus Zumwinkel |
| Witnessed by | Gideon Rachman, Adrian D. Wooldridge |
The 2004 Bilderberg Meeting was the 52nd such meeting and had participants from European countries, the United States and Canada. It was held at Stresa, Italy. The Telegraph reported in 2013 that at the 2004 Bilderberg meeting was where the head of BP Lord Browne suggested a merger with Shell to create the world's biggest oil company.[1] The guests included business executives, politicians, financiers, editors/journalists and academics. The next meeting was the 2005 Bilderberg.
Exposure
In 2004 the American Free Press published a special pull out section reporting on the Bilderberg.[2]
The BBC published a report on the group on 2004 entitled Bilderberg: The ultimate conspiracy theory, which claimed that "an extraordinary conspiracy theory has grown up around the group that alleges the fate of the world is largely decided by Bilderberg". While noting the secrecy that surrounded the group, they stated that "this year Bilderberg has announced a list of attendees", although the report names only "John Browne, US Senator John Edwards, World Bank president James Wolfensohn and Mrs Bill Gates." The report also quoted Tony Gosling's statement that "My main problem is the secrecy. When so many people with so much power get together in one place I think we are owed an explanation of what is going on", and Alasdair Spark, referred to as "an expert in conspiracy theories" who commented that "the idea that a shadowy clique is running the world is nothing new. For hundreds of years people have believed the world is governed by a cabal of Jews".[3]
Agenda
The 2004 Bilderberg Agenda has not been leaked, but the website at Bilderberg Meetings has posted an agenda.