“Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as ‘internationalists’ and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure – one world, if you will. If that is the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.”
-David Rockefeller, in his own book, Memoirs
-David Rockefeller, in his own book, Memoirs
That's where I got started. I stumbled across that quote online and couldn't get it out of mind. At the time, I didn't really know too much about any of the Rockefellers. I'll get into a little more detail about some family history later. For now I want to focus on David and something he says in this quote: "a secret cabal... conspiring with others around the world." So I looked into some organizations David has been a part of and what I found got me thinking I needed to look into this a little further.
Some of David's organizations you may have heard of, some you probably haven't. A point worth noting is the attention he has devoted to these "policy-shaping" organizations, some of which he has held major positions in, others which he has founded. David got his feet wet working with the International Basic Economy Corporation, founded by his brother, Nelson. The IBEC established companies in a variety of fields in developing countries in attempts to be set up as a major business force when the local economies "kicked off." Realizing the enormous profit to be made in international trade was tied directly to the ability to influence foreign policy, David began to dig deeper into the political aspect. In 1947, he joined the board of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the first multinational think-tank, whose goal was to promote cooperation between the nations of the world. He played a major role in moving the group's headquarters opposite the new UN building, in New York. Prior to his appointment as director of the Council on Foreign Relations in 1949, David worked with the CFR, influencing President Truman's "Marshall Plan," which rebuilt post-war Europe with American aid. The CFR was actually started with major funding from John D. Rockefeller, David's father. David later went on to become head of the nominating committee for future membership and eventually went on to become chairman. While chairman of the CFR, he formed The Trilateral Commission, an organization aimed at increasing cooperation between the United States, Europe, and Japan. The idea for the Trilateral Commission was brought before The Bilderberg Group at their 1972 meeting, where it was approved, although it met wide opposition from other sources.
So there's a little background on why David Rockefeller is such a key player in the international policy-making scene. I'll explain exactly what the CFR and the Trilateral Commission are shortly, but for now I want to get into one of David's more secretive groups that you might not have heard of: The Bilderberg Group.
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