BILDERBERG MEETINGS
Toronto, Canada
May 30 – June 2, 1996
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
CHAIRMAN:
GB Carrington, Peter Former Chairman of the Board, Christie’s International plc; Former Secretary
General, NATO
Honorary Secretary General for Europe and Canada:
NL Victor Halberstadt Professor of Public Economics, Leiden University
Honorary Secretary General for U.S.A.:
USA Casimir A. Yost Director, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
| I | Agnelli, Giovanni | Honorary Chairman, Fiat S.p.A. |
| FIN | Ahtisaari, Martti | President of the Republic of Finland |
| USA | Allaire, Paul A. | Chairman, Xerox Corporation |
| USA | Andreas, Dwayne | Chairman, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company |
| S | Aslund, Anders | Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
| CDN | Axworthy, Lloyd | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| P | Balsemao, Francisco Pinto | Professor of Communication Science, New University, Lisbon; Chairman, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister |
| S | Barnevik, Percy | President and Chief Executive Officer, ABB Asca Brown Boveri Ltd. |
| USA | Bentsen, Lloyd M. | Former Secretary of the Treasury; Partner, Verner Liipferi Bernhard McPherson and Hand, Chartered |
| I | Bernabe, Franco | Managing Director and CEO, Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi |
| D | Bertram, Christoph | Diplomatic Correspondent, Die Zeit; Former Director International Institute for Strategic Studies |
| TR | Beyazit, Selahattin | Director of Companies |
| INT | Bildt, Carl | The High Representative |
| CDN | Black, Conrad M. | Chairman, The Telegraph plc |
| NL | Bolkenstein, Frits | Parliamentary Leader VVD (Liberal Party) |
| INT | Bottelier, Piefer P. | Chief of Mission, The World Bank, Resident Mission in China |
| USA | Bryan, John H. | Chairman and CEO, Sara Lee Corporation |
| USA | Buckley, Jr., William F. | Editor-at-Large, National Review |
| GR | Carras, Costa | Director of Companies |
| D | Cartellieri, Ulrich | Member of the Board, Deutsche Bank, A.G. |
| E | Carvajal Urquijo, Jaime | Chairman and General Manager, Iberfomento |
| CDN | Chretien, Jean | Prime Minister |
| F | Collomb, Bertrand | Chairman and CEO, Lafarge |
| USA | Corzine, Jon S. | Senior Partner and Chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co. |
| CH | Cotti, Flavio | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| USA | Dam, Kenneth W. | Max Pam Professor of American and Foreign Law, The University of Chicago Law School |
| GR | David, George | Chairman, Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. |
| B | Davignon, Etienne | Executive Chairman, Societe Generale de Belgique; Former Vice Chairman of the Commission of the European Communities |
| CDN | Drouin, Marie-Josee | Executive Director, Hudson Institute of Canada |
| CDN | Eaton, Fredrik S. | Chairman, Executive Committee, Eaton’s of Canada |
| DK | Ellemann-Jensen, Uffe | Member of Parliament |
| TR | Ercel, Gazi | Governor, Central Bank of Turkey |
| USA | Feldstein, Martin S. | President, National Bureau of Economic Research |
| INT | Fischer, Stanley | First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund |
| CDN | Flood, A.L. | Chairman, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
| USA | Freeman, Jr., Chas. W. | Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security; Chairman of the Board, Projects International Associates, Inc. |
| GB | Garton Ash, Timothy | Fellow of St. Antonys College, Oxford |
| USA | Gigot, Paul | Washington Columnist, The Wall Street Journal |
| TR | Gonensay, Emre | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| CDN | Gotlieb, Allan E. | Former Ambassador to the United States of America |
| CDN | Griffin, Anthony G.S. | Honorary Chairman and Director, Guardian Group |
| CDN | Harris, Michael | Premier of Ontario |
| D | Haussmann, Helmut | Member of Parliament, Free Democratic Party |
| N | Hoegh, Westye | Chairman of the Board, Leif Hoegh & Co. A.S.A.; Former President, Norwegian Shipowners’ Association |
| USA | Holbrooke, Richard | Former Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs |
| B | Huyghebaert, Jan | Chairman, Almanij-Krediet-bank Group |
| FIN | Iloniemi, Jaakko | Managing Director, Centre for Finnish Business and Policy Studies; Former Ambassador to the United States of America |
| GB | Job, Peter | Chief Executive, Reuters Holding PLC |
| USA | Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. | Senior Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP (Attorneys-at-Law) |
| F | Jospin, Lionel | First Secretary of the Socialist Party; Former Ministre dEtat |
| A | Karner, Dietrich | Chairman of the Managing Board, Erste Allgemeine-Generali Aktiengelsellshaft |
| USA | Kissinger, Henry A. | Former Secretary of State; Chairman, Kissinger Associates; Inc. |
| GB | Knight, Andrew | Non Executive Director, News Corporation |
| INT | Kohnstamm, Max | Senior Fellow, European Policy Centre, Brussels; Former Secretary General, Action Committee for Europe; Former President, European University Institute |
| A | Kothbauer, Max | Deputy Chairman, Creditanstalt-Bankverein |
| USA | Kravis, Henry R. | Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. |
| D | Lauk, Kurt | Member of the Board, Veba A.G. |
| F | Lellouche, Pierre | Foreign Affairs spokesman, Rassemblement pour la Republique |
| F | Levy-Lang, Andre | Chairman of the Board of Management, Banque Paribas |
| USA | Lord, Winston | Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs |
| P | Marante, Margarida | TV Journalist |
| CDN | Martin, Paul | Minister of Finance |
| USA | Matlock, Jack F. | Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. |
| B | Maystadt, Philippe | Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Foreign Trade |
| USA | McHenry, Donald F. | Research Professor of Diplomacy and International Affairs, Georgetown University |
| NL | Melkert, Ad P.W. | Minister for Social Affairs and Employment |
| GB | Monks, John | General Secretary, Trades Union Congress (TUC) |
| F | Montbrial, Thierry de | Director, French Institute of International Relations; Professor of Economics, Ecole Polytechnique |
| INT | Monti, Mario | Commissioner, European Communities |
| NL | Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands | |
| USA | Nunn, Sam | Senator (D, Georgia) |
| PL | Olechowski, Andrzej | Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Bank Handlowy W. Warszawie S.A.; Former Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| CDN | Ostry, Sylvia | Chairman, Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto |
| GR | Pangalos, Theodoros G. | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| USA | Perry, William J. | Secretary of Defense |
| N | Petersen, Jan | Parliamentary Leader, Conservative Party |
| USA | Podhoretz, Norman | Editor, Commentary |
| CH | Pury, David de | Director of Companies; Former Co-Chairman of the ABB Group and former Ambassador for Trade Agreements |
| GB | Rifkind, Malcolm | Foreign Secretary |
| GB | Robertson, Simon | Chairman, Kleinwort Benson Group plc |
| USA | Rockefeller, David | Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank International Advisory Committee |
| CDN | Rogers, Edward S. | President and CEO, Rogers Communications, Inc. |
| GB | Roll, Eric | Senior Advisor, SBC Warburg |
| INT | Ruggiero, Renato | Director General, World Trade Organization; Former Minister of Trade |
| S | Sahlin, Mona | Member of Parliament |
| D | Schrempp, Jurgen E. | Chairman of the Board of Management, Daimler-Benz AG |
| INT | Schwab, Klaus | President, World Economic Forum |
| DK | Seidenfaden, Toger | Editor-in-Chief, Politiken A/S |
| USA | Sheinkman, Jack | Chairman of the Board, Amalgamated Bank |
| CH | Sommaruga, Cornelio | President, International Committee of the Red Cross |
| USA | Soros, George | President, Soros Fund Management |
| E | Her Majesty the Queen of Spain | |
| USA | Stephanopoulos, George | Senior Advisor to the President |
| D | Strubo, Jurgen | CEO, BASF Aktiengesellschaft |
| H | Suranyi, Gyorgy | President, National Bank of Hungary |
| IRL | Sutherland, Peter D. | Chairman and Managing Director, Goldman Sachs International; Former Director General, GATT and WTO |
| NL | Tabaksnlat, Morris | Chairman of the Board, Unilever N.V. |
| GB | Taylor, J. Martin | Chief Executive, Barclays Bank plc |
| USA | Trotman, Alexander J. | Chairman, Ford Motor Company |
| I | Veltroni, Valter | Editor, LUnita |
| P | Vitorino, Antonio | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence |
| D | Voschherau, Henning | Mayor of Hamburg |
| A | Vranitzky, Franz | Federal Chancellor |
| NL | Vuursteen, Karel | Chairman of the Board, Heineken N.V. |
| S | Wallenberg, Marcus | Executive Vice President, Investor AB |
| USA | Weiss, Stanley A. | Chairman, Business Executives for National Security, Inc. |
| USA | Whitehead, John C. | Former Deputy Secretary of State |
| CDN | Wilson, L. R. | Chairman, President and CEO, BCE Inc. |
| INT | Wolfensohn, James D. | President, The World Bank; Former President and CEO, James D. Wolfensohn, Inc. |
| D | Wolff von Amerongen, Otto | Chairman and CEO of Otto Wolff GmbH |
| USA | Wolfowitz, Paul | Dean, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies; Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy |
| E | Yanez-Barnuovo, Juan A. | Permanent Representative of Spain to the UN |
| OBSERVERS: | ||
| NL | Orange, H.R.H. the Prince of | |
| B | Philippe, H.R.H. Prince | |
| RAPPORTEURS: | ||
| GB | Micklethwait, John | Business Editor, The Economist |
| USA | Victor, Alice | Executive Assistant, Rockefeller Financial Services, Inc. |
Agenda
May 30 – June 2, 1996 – King City, Ontario, Canada
I. Status Report on the Alliance
II. Former Yugoslavia
III. Russia: Political Forces and Economic Prospects
IV. Europe: the Politics of EU Enlargement
V. Has Europe’s Economy Run Out of Steam?
VI. Will the Enlarged Union Survive EU’s Success or Failure?
VII. The U.S. Agenda
VIII. The Israeli Election
IX. How and How Much Can the Western World Grow Economically?
X. WTO and the World Bank: Briefing
XI. Where is China Going?
