Publisher’s Foreword

P ublishing sometimes is more an advocation than vocation. I’ll get a call; a hardy-timbred voice at the other end ot the line says, “My book is going to change the world and ... be a best-seller” Trying not to burst his bubble, but by giving the short-list of particulars about the book biz, and by relating the war stories of trying to break “inconvenient” truths, I gently try to introduce some reality into the long-shot dream.

Well, here is a book that has already changed the world and is already a best-seller. Daniel Estulin’s dogged pursuit of what the world’s political and financial leaders have been talking about at their annual secret conclaves — the Bilderberg Group meetings — has lead to astounding revelations, spot-on predictions of world events and a scrambling feverish attempt to blot out the light that Daniel has shone inside the shroud of secrecy: where world events are playthings. Presidents are chosen, wars formatted, energy markets manipulated, and more ... all with major press attending, but never reporting.

Looking into secret matters is never easy, nor is dealing with the bias one must slog through. The mainstream media have, until recently, barely mentioned the Group. Meanwhile, the Bildergerg Group has become a bogeyman of the fringe, where their reputation may, in fact, be well deserved.

We have done our best to be accurate; rosters are fluid. Boards of Directors change, etc. To me, the real questions are: “What are these wise men doing that demands such extreme secrecy?” and, “Where are they taking us?”

When the Group’s actions are put into historical context, as Daniel has done, one can begin to understand the apparent scope of what “they” intend, and why they need such a high level of hush to implement it. That there are such things as national and personal sovereignty, and the attendant human freedoms and liberties standing in the way of their stated objectives, seems of little consequence to them.

I stand with Daniel and most people of the world for the true democratic ideals of our Republic, not the current cryptocratic rule “of the elite, by the stooges and for the corporations.” 1 am sure that most of the Bilderberg Group feel that their stealthy road to a secret future has been paved with good intentions. But, it just may be that many of us, like myself, don’t really want to go to ... there.

Kris Millegan,

Publisher

September 22, 2007

Acknowledgments

T his may be the most difficult part of the book to write, because the list of collaborators, independent researchers, in and out of government sources, private investigators, U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force analysts, Spanish Generals, cooks, chefs, bellboys, cleaning persons, waiters and waitresses at Bilderberger hotels, who have wholeheartedly given of their energies and time, overlooking the dangers that such meetings could cause them, is simply too long to mention on the pages of my book, or rather our book, because I am the vehicle of the collective psyche of a society whose natural instinct spells freedom.

I extend my sincerest and deeply felt gratitude to numerous members of international secret service agencies in Washington, London, Moscow, Madrid, Paris, Caracas, Rome and Ottawa, whose inside knowledge on intelligence issues and wisdom often kept my spirits up in the darkest of hours. Without their priceless intelligence gathering, this book would have forever remained an unrealisable dream.

Special thanks go out to Canada, my country, who gave our family home and hope for a better future without asking for anything in return. I repaid that debt of gratitude in 1996 when I uncovered the Bilderberger’s diabolical plans for Canada’s breakup. My love goes out to Canada’s wonderful and decent and freedom loving people who that fateful year answered my desperate plea for help by taking to the streets en masse to resoundingly destroy Bilderberger hopes of silently breaking up Canada. When I need uplifting, I think of these people and their faith in the goodness of Men.

A note of gratitude to the good Fortune and infinite Faith, who have never left my side, who kept me ploughing away one centimeter at a time, even when there was no hope and no energy to spare. In the most desperate of moments I made it through because I believed in my two Fs.

Thanks to my friend John Ffarraghy and his wisdom — a man who belongs to an unrepeatable generation of truly great men — and to Geoffrey Matthews from Amherst Island, Ontario, Canada, the man who for years has been at the helm of the best newspaper in the country, the legendary Eye Opener. To all those kind, faceless people who have sent me tens of thousands of emails making me believe there were some things to look forward to in life.

I dedicate this book to all those who have never stopped searching for the truth, in the face of government lies, cheating, manipulation and deceit. To those who have intuitively felt that blasphemous lies we are told are but a vile whiff of hatred. All these people deserve to know the truth about our history and heritage. History teaches by analogy, not rigorous proof The historical experience is not one of staying in the present and looking back. Rather it is one of going back into the past and returning to the present with a wider and more intense consciousness of the restrictions of our former outlook.

Finally, I owe the success of this book to Bonnie Toews, my first editor of this manuscript, and to TrineDay’s own Russ Becker, without whose vision and sure hand this book would have been a pale version of its present, better self And finally, to Kris Millegan. Kris, you defended this work and the truth, and the entire world owes you a debt of gratitude. Your belief that this book was important convinced others. They believed because you believed. And I believed because I saw you believe.

Mankind is yet to pass a final judgment. Miracles, as someone said, can happen without our permission. This book and all the people who made it happen are living proof of that.

Daniel Estulin July 4, 2007

Bilderberg Meetings Since 1954

1. May 29-31, 195*1: Oosterbeek, Netherlands

2. March 18-20, 1955: Barbizon, France

3. September 23-25, 1955: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany

4. May 11-13, 1956: Fredensborg, Denmark

5. February 15-17, 1957: St Simons Island, Georgia, USA

6. October 4-6, 1957: Fiuggi, Italy

7. September 13-15, 1958: Buxton, England

8. September 18-20, 1959: Yesilkoy, Turkey

9. May 28-29, I960: Biirgenstock, Switzerland

10. April 21-23, 1961: St Castin, Canada

11. May 18-20, 1962: Saltsjobaden, Sweden

12. May 29-31, 1963: Cannes, France

13. March 20-22, 1964: Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

14. April 2-4, 1965: Villa d’Este, Italy

15. March 25-27, 1966: Wiesbaden, West Germany

16. March 31-April 2, 1967: Cambridge, England

17. April 26-28, 1968: Mont Tremblant, Canada

18. May 9-11, 1969: Marienlyst, Denmark

19. April 17-19, 1970: Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

20. April 23-25, 1971: Woodstock, Vermont, USA

21. April 21-23, 1972: Knokke, Belgium

22. May 11-13, 1973: Saltsjobaden, Sweden

23. April 19-21, 1974: Megive, France

24. April 25-27, 1975: Cesme, Turkey

25. April 22-25, 1976: Idot Springs, Virginia, USA Cancelled [Prince Bernhard-Lockheed bribery scandal]

26. April 22-24, 1977: Torquay, England

27. April 21-23, 1978: Princeton, New Jersey, USA

28. April 27-29, 1979: Baden, Austria

29. April 18-20, 1980: Aachen, W. Germany

30. May 15-17, 1981: Biirgenstock, Switzerland

31. May 14-16, 1982: Sandef]ord, Norway

32. May 13-15, 1983: Montebello, Canada

33. May 11-13, 1984: Saltsjobaden, Sweden

34. May 10-12, 1985: Rye Brook, New York USA

35. April 25-27, 1986: Gleneagles, Scotland

36. April 24-26, 1987: Villa d’Este, Italy

37. June 3-5, 1988: Telfs-Buchen, Austria

38. May 12-14, 1989: La Toja, Spain

39. May 11-13, 1990: Glen Cove, New York, USA

40. June 6-9, 1991: Baden-Baden, Germany

41. May 21-24, 1992: Evian-les-Bains, France

42. April 22-25, 1993: Athens, Greece

43. June 3-5, 1994: Helsinki, Finland

44. June 8-11, 1995: Zurich, Switzerland

45. May 30-June 2, 1996: Toronto, Canada

46. June 12-15, 1997: Lake Lanier, Georgia, USA

47. May 14-17, 1998: Furnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland

48. June 3-6, 1999: Sintra, Portugal

49. June 1-4, 2000: Genval, Brussels, Belgium

50. May 24-27, 2001: Gothenburg, Sweden

51. May 30-June 2, 2002: Chantilly, Virginia, USA

52. May 15-18, 2003: Versailles, France

53. June 3-6, 2004: Stresa, Italy

54. May 5-8, 2005: Rottach-Egern, Germany

55. June 8-11, 2006: Ottawa, Canada

56. May 31-June 3, 2007: Istanbul, Turkey

BILDERBERG MEETING Istanbul, Turkey 31 May - 3 June 2007

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Graham Allison, Professor of Government, Harvard University (USA);

George Alogoskoufis, Minister for Economy and Finance (Greece);

Ali Babacan, Minister for Economic Affairs (Turkey);

Francisco Balsemao, Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA SGPS, former Prime Minister (Portugal);

Michel Barnier, Vice President, Merieux Alliance; former Minister for Foreign Affairs (France); Michael Barone, Senior Writer, US News & World Report (USA);

Martin Bartenstein, Federal Minister of Economics and Labour (Austria);

Nicolas Baverez, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (France);

Her Majesty Queen Beatrix, Queen of The Netherlands (The Netherlands);

Leonor Beleza, President, Champalimaud Foundation (Portugal);

Franco Bernabe, Vice Chairman, Rothschild Europe (Italy);

Rosina M. Bierbaum, Professor and Dean, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan (USA);

Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs, former Prime Minister (Sweden);

Mehmet A. Birand, Columnist (Turkey);

Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs & Co. (USA);

Anders Borg, Minister for Finance (Sweden);

Charles G. Boyd, President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security (USA); Omit N. Boyner, Member, Executive Board, Boyner Holding (Turkey);

Vendeline A. H. von Bredow, Business Correspondent, The Economist; Rapporteur (Germany); Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group (USA);

Oscar Bronner, Publisher and Editor, Der Standard (Austria);

Hubert Burda, Publisher and CEO, Hubert Burda Media Holding (Belgium);

Gerald Butts, Principal Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister of Ontario (Canada); Oengiz Candar, journalist, Referans (Turkey);

Henri de Castries, Chairman of Management Board and CEO, AXA (France);

Juan Luis Cebriffi, CEO, Grupo PRISA media group (Spain);

Hikmet O-etin, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs and former NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan (Turkey);

Kenneth Clarke, Member of Parliament (UK);

Timothy C. Collins, Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood Holding, LLC (USA); Frans van Daele, Permanent Representative of Belgium to NATO (Belgium);

George A. David, Chairman, Coca-Cola HBC SA (Greece);

Etienne Davignon, Vice-Chairman, Suez-Tractebel, Honorary Chairman, Bilderberg (Belgium); Richard Dearlove, Master, Pembroke College, Cambridge (UK);

Kemal Dervis, Administrator, UNDP (Turkey);

Anna Diamantopoulou, Member of Parliament (Greece);

Thomas E. Donilon, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP (USA);

Mathias Dopfner, Chairman and CEO, Axel Springer AG (Germany);

Cem Duna, Former Ambassador to the European Union (Turkey);

Esther Dyson, Chairman, EDventure Holdings, Inc. (USA);

Anders Eldrup, President, DONG AS (Denmark);

John Elkann, Vice Chairman, Fiat SpA (Italy);

Ulrik Federspiel, Permanent Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Denmark);

Martin S. Feldstein, President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research (USA); Timothy F. Geithner, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (USA);

Paul A. Gigot, Editorial Page Editor, Wall Street Journal (USA);

Eival Gilady, CEO, The Portland Trust, Israel (Israel);

Dermot Gleeson, Chairman, AIB Group (Ireland);

Emre Gonensay, Professor., Isik University, and former Minister for Foreign Affairs (Turkey); Marc Grossman, Vice Chairman, The Cohen Group (USA);

Alfred Gusenbauer, Federal Chancellor (Austria);

Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations (USA);

Victor Halberstadt, Professor of Economics, Leiden University, former Honorary Secretary-General of Bilderberg Meetings (The Netherlands);

Peter D. Hart, Chairman, Peter D. Hart Research Associates (USA);

Frank Heemskerk, Minister for Foreign Trade (The Netherlands);

Paul Hermelin, CEO, Cap Gemini SA (France);

Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC (USA);

Jan H. M. Hommen, Chairman, Reed Elsevier NV (The Netherlands);

Jaap G. de Hoop Scheffer,"' Secretary-General, NATO (The Netherlands/International); Atte Jaaskelainen, Director of News, Sports and Regional Programmes, YLE (Finland); Kenneth Jacobs, Deputy Chairman, Head of hazard USA, hazard Freres & Co. LLC (USA); James A. Johnson, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC (USA);

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr, Senior Managing Director, hazard Freres & Co. LLC (USA);

His Majesty, King Juan Carlos I, King of Spain (Spain);

Jyrki Katainen, Minister of Finance (Finland);

Jason Kenney, Member of Parliament (Canada);

Muhtar Kent, President and Chief Operating Officer, The Coca-Cola Company (USA); John Kerr (Lord Kerr of Kinlochard), Member, House of Lords, Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell PLC (UK);

Henry A. Kissinger, Chairman, Kissinger Associates (USA);

Eckart von Klaeden, Foreign Policy Spokesman, CDU/CSU (Germany);

Klaus Kleinfeld, President and CEO, Siemens AG (Germany);

Mustafa V. Ko(^, Chairman, Ko^ Holding AS (Turkey);

Bruce Kovner, Chairman, Caxto Associates LLC (USA);

Henry R Kravis, Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (USA);

Marie-Josce Kravis, Senior Fellow, Fiudson Institute, Inc. (USA);

Idar Kreutzer, CFO, Storebrand ASA (The Netherlands);

Neelie Kroes, Commissioner, European Commission (The Netherlands/International); Bernardino Leon Gross, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Spain);

Mogens Lykketoft, Member of Parliament (Denmark);

William J. Luti, Special Assistant to the President for Defense Policy and Strategy, National Security Council (USA);

Jessica T. Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (USA); Michael McDowell, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Ireland);

John R Micklethwait, Editor, The Economist (UK);

Mario Monti, President, Universita Commercial Luigi Bocconi (Italy);

Craig J. Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation (USA);

Egil Myklebust, Chairman, SAS and Norsk Hydro ASA (Norway);

Matthias Nass, Deputy Editor, Die Zeit (Germany);

Ewald Nowotny, CEO, BAWAG PSK (Austria);

Christine Ockrent, Editor-in-Chief, France Television (France);

Jorma Ollila, Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Nokia (Finland);

George Osborne, MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (UK);

Laurence Parisot, President, MEDEF (Mouvement des Entreprises de France) (France); Christopher Patten, Member, House of Lords (UK);

Richard N. Perle, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (USA); Rick Perry, Governor of Texas (USA);

Volker Perthes, Director, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (Germany);

HRH Prince Philippe (Belgium);

Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo, Managing Director, IMF (International);

Olli Rehn, Commissioner, European Commission (International);

Heather Reisman, Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. (Canada);

Matias Rodriguez Inciarte, Executive Vice Chairman, Grupo Santander, Ciudad Grupo (Spain);

Olivier Roy, Senior Researcher, CNRS (France);

Paolo Scaroni, CEO, Eni SpA (Italy);

Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Executive Committee and CEO, Google (USA);

Rudolf Scholten, on Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (Austria);

Jurgen E. Schrempp, former Chairman of the Boardt, DaimlerChrysler AG (Germany); Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum (Switzerland);

Robert W. Scully, Co-President, Morgan Stanley (USA);

Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of Kansas (USA);

josette Sheeran, Executive Director, UN World Food Programme (USA);

Kristen Silverberg, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Interational Organization Affairs (USA); Domenico Siniscalco, Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley (Italy); Javier Solana,’^ High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union and the Western European Union (International);

Her Majesty Queen Sophia, Queen of Spain (Spain);

Ayse Soysal, Rector, Bosphorus University (Turkey);

Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W Eliot University Professor, Harvard University (USA); Peter D. Sutherland, Chairman, BP PLC, and Chairman, Goldman Sachs International (Ireland);

Carl-Henric Svanberg, President and CEO, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Sweden); Paul A. Taggart, Professor of Politics, University of Sussex (UK);

Sidney Taurel, Chairman and CEO, Eli Lilly and Company (USA);

J. Martin Taylor, Chairman, Syngenta International AG (UK);

Peter A. Thiel, President, Clarium Capital Management, LLC (USA);

Teija Tiilikainen, State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland);

Michel Tilmant, Chairman, ING NV (The Netherlands);

Jean-Claude Trichet, Governor, European Central Bank (France/International);

Jens UIltveit-Moe, CEO, Umoe AS (Norway);

Daniel L. Vasella, Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG (Switzerland);

jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive, Royal Dutch Shell PLC (The Netherlands);

Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman, Investor AB (Sweden);

Vin (). V.) Weber, Partner, Clark & Weinstock (USA);

Guido Westerwelle, Chairman, Free Democratic Party (Germany);

Ross Wilson, Ambassador to Turkey (USA);

James D. Wolfensohn, Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC (USA);

Paul Wolfowitz, President, The World Bank (International);

Joseph R Wood, Deputy Assistant to the Vice President, National Security Affairs (USA); Adrian D. Wooldridge, Foreign Correspondent, The Economist; Rapporteur (UK); Arzuhan Dogan Yal(;:indag, President, TUSIAD (Turkey);

Erkut Yiicaoglu, Chairman of the Board, MAP, former President, TUSIAD (Turkey); Philip D. Zelikow, White Burkett Miller Professor of History, University of Virginia (USA);

Robert B. Zoellick, former US Trade Representative, former Deputy Secretary of State, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (USA).

Rapport Builders

Vendeline A. H. von Bredow, Business Correspondent, The Economist; (Germany);

Adrian D. Wooldridge, Foreign Correspondent, The Economist; (UK)

Notable by his absence was David Rockefeller, who has been a virtual fixture at Bilderberg Group meetings.