(Compiled by Barry Chamish)

" There does exist, and has existed for a generation, an institutional Anglophile network which opperates, to some extent, in the way the radical Right believes the Communists act. In fact, this network, which we may identify as the Round Table Groups, has no aversion to cooperating with the Communists, or any other groups, and frequently does so. I know of the opperations of this network because I have studied it for twenty years and was permitted for two years in the early 1960s to examine its papers and secret records. I have no aversion to it or to most of its aims and have, for much of my life, been close to it and to many of its instruments. I have objected, both in the past and recently, to a few of its policies ... but in general my chief difference of opinion is that it wishes to remain unknown, and I believe its role in history is significant enough to be known."

(Dr. Carroll Quigley, author of " Tragedy and Hope "(1966),and professor and mentor to William J. Clinton at Georgetown University.)

"... the powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent private meetings and conferences."

Dr. Carroll Quigley; "Tragedy and Hope":

Cecil Rhodes ( 1853-1902 ) went to Oxford University where to the amazement of no one, he learned that, " the British upper classes possessed a glorious tradition of beauty, decency, education, law, and self discipline."

After a solid education at Oxford, he was now prepared to steal as much as he could from the native peoples of Africa. With the financial backing of the Rothschild banking interests he founded the Consolidated Gold Fields, and DeBeers diamond empire in southern Africa. He also founded a country wittily named Rhodesia. Towards the end of his life he had a personal yearly income of $ 10,000,000 dollars in today's money.

HE HAD A DREAM

"The idea gleaming and dancing before ones eyes like a will-of-the- wisp at last frames itself into a plan. Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole uncivilised world under British rule, for the recovery of the United States, for the making the Anglo-Saxon race one Empire. What a dream, but yet it is probable, it is possible." --Cecil Rhodes, June 2, 1877

He desired " to federate the English - speaking peoples and to bring all the habitable portions of the world under their control. For this purpose Rhodes left part of his great fortune to found the Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford in order to spread the English ruling class tradition." (Quigley)

" For fear that death might cut me off before the time for attempting its development, I leave all my worldly goods in trust ... to try to form such a Society with such an object." -- Cecil Rhodes, June 2, 1877

To these purposes Rhodes formed a private secret society with some very heavy hitters. Lord Balfour, Lord Gray, Lord Esher, Lord Rothschild, and Lord Milner (who organized a group called the British Round Table).

" From 1884 to about 1915 the members of the group worked valiantly to extend the British empire and to organize it into a federal system... Stead (one of the group) was able to get Rhodes to accept, in principle, a solution which might have made Washington the capital of the whole organization or allow parts of the empire to become states of the American Union." ( Quigley )

The chief backbone of this organization grew up along the already existing financial cooperation running from the Morgan Bank in New York to a group of international financiers in London led by Lazard Brothers. Lord Milner became a director of the precursor to the giant Midland Bank. He became one of the greatest political and financial powers in England with his disciples placed throughout England in significant places, such as the editorship of the Times, the editorship of the Observer, the managing directorship of Lazard Brothers, various administrative posts, and even Cabinet positions. Ramifications were established in politics, high finance, Oxford and London Universities, periodicals, the civil service, and tax - exempt foundations." ( Quigley )

"The methods [used by the Milner Group] can be summed up under three headings: (a) a triple-front penetration in politics, education, and journalism; (b) the recruitment of men of ability (chiefly from [certain universities]) and the linking of these men to the [Group] by matrimonial alliances and by gratitude for titles and positions of power; and (c) the influencing of public policy by placing members of the [Group] in positions of power shielded as much as possible from public attention. (The Anglo American Establishment - by Quigley)

After the death of Cecil Rhodes in 1902, Lord Milner became one of the executors of Rhodes' trust. He organized " discreet " discussion / study / work groups known as the Round Table Groups throughout the Empire, including America. On May 30, 1919 members of different national delegations to the Paris Peace Conference met at the Hotel Majestic to discuss setting up an international group which would advise their respective governments on international affairs.

The planning delegations decided upon creating separate organizations cooperating with each other. They organized the Council on Foreign Relations ( Harrold Pratt House on East 68th Street in New York City). In 1922, it began publishing it's official mouthpiece, Foreign Affairs Magazine – http://www.foreignaffairs.org , and a sister organization, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in London, also known as the Chatham House Study Group, to advise the British Government. A subsidiary organization, the Institute of Pacific Relations, was set up to deal with Far Eastern Affairs.

Founding members of the Council on Foreign Relations included: "Colonel" Edward Mandell House, advisor to President Wilson. Christian Herter, later Secretary of State, Eisenhower administration. Averell Harriman, Railroads, Wall Street, U.S. Ambassador. Paul Warburg, German Jewish banker, helped found the Federal Reserve. Walter Lippmann, syndicated columnist. John Foster Dulles, later Secretary of State, Eisenhower administration. Allen Dulles, Director of CIA, Eisenhower administration. J.P. Morgan Jr., banking, finance. John D. Rockefeller, oil, banking. Bernard Baruch, banking.

Other internationalist " private and discreet " groups of selfless caring royalty, aristocrats, bankers, politicians, diplomats and corporate CEOs are: The ( infamous, among conspiracy theorists ) Bilderbergers, the Institut des Relations Internationales of Belgium, the Danish Foriegn Policy Society, Indian Institute of International Affairs ( IIIA ), the Australian Institute of International Affairs ( AIIA ), the Canadian Institute of International Affairs ( CIIA), New Zealand ( NZIIA ), Netherlands ( NIIA ), South Africa ( SAIIA ), Japan Institute of Pacific Relations ( JIPR ), China ( CIPR ), Russia ( RIPR ).

"The New York branch was dominated by associates of the Morgan Bank. For example, in 1928 the Council on Foreign Relations had John W. Davis as president, Paul Cravath as vice president, and a council of thirteen others, which included Owen D. Young, Russel Leffingwell, Norman Davis, Allen Dulles, George Wickersham, Frank L. Polk, Whitney Sheperdson, Isaiah Bowman, Stephan P. Duggan, and Otto Khan." (Quigley)

These men had economic and cultural ties to the British state and aristocracy. That they were Anglophile is obvious, but they were also Internationalists and admiring of European culture. They were (are) Episcopalian and highly urbane. They were (are) the models for the old "high society" characters epitomized by William Powell in the movies.

These people came to dominate the most important institutions in our society. They were powerful Wall Street lawyers like the Dulles brothers, who looked after the foreign investments of their super rich clients. Especially their investments in Europe, and more especially their investments in German corporations, which in the 1930s began building Hitler's new war machine.

At first with the backing of the Morgan Bank, and later with the Rockefeller Banks ( Chase Manhattan, and First National City Bank, now called Citicorp ) the CFR had a healthy start in life. It was and continues to be nourished by the giant tax averting foundations of the super rich, and direct donations from the Fortune 500 channeled through as member fees.

I strongly emphasize at this point, that these rich men had no authority from the Constitution, or any other authorizing legal document to create these organizations of control and / or influence over our so called democratic political system. They did it because they could subvert and corrupt ANY political system with their enormous and often ill-gotten wealth. They did it to make certain that strong nation state governments would NEVER allow changes in the economic system that made them rich. And they would use the strong nation state's military power to extend their markets, steal other nations' resources, and defend their private properties and Corporations from internal and external threat.

"The Society should inspire and even own portions of the press, for the press rules the mind of the people." -- Cecil Rhodes, 1877

Excerpt from "The Anglo-American Establishment," by Carroll Quigley

"The Times"

"This account, by no means complete, shows clearly that the Milner Group controlled The Times, indirectly from 1912 if not earlier, and directly from 1922. The importance of this control should be obvious. The Times, although of a very limited circulation (only about 35,000 at the beginning of the century, 50,000 at the outbreak of the First World War, and 187,000 in 1936) was the most influential paper in England. The reason for this influence is not generally recognized, although the existence of the condition itself is widely known. The influence depended upon the close relationship between the paper and the Foreign Office. This relationship, as we are trying to show, was the result of the Milner Group's influence in both.

"This influence was not exercised by acting directly on public opinion, since the Milner Group never intended to influence events by acting through any instruments of mass propaganda, but rather hoped to work on the opinions of the small group of 'important people,' who in turn could influence wider and wider circles of persons.

"No effort was made to win a large circulation for The Times, for, in order to obtain such a circulation, it would have been necessary to make changes in the tone of the paper that would have reduced its influence with the elite, to which it had long been directed.

"The theory of 'the elite' was accepted by the Milner Group and by The Times, as it was by Rhodes. ... "The Times was to be a paper for the people who are influential and not for the masses.

"The Times was influential, but the degree of its influence would never be realized by anyone who examined only the paper itself. The greater part of its influence arose from its position as one of several branches of a single group, the Milner Group. By the INTERACTION of these various branches with one another, under the pretense that each branch was an autonomous power, the influence of each was increased through a process of

"The unanimity among the various branches was believed by the outside world to be the result of the existence of a single [standard of] truth, while in reality it was only the result of the existence of a single group.

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The Council on Foreign Relations has been the most powerful private organization in U.S. foreign policy since it began in 1921. While priding itself on non-partisanship and on recent efforts to recruit minorities, women, and youth (under 35), CFR's 3200 members mainly reflect the resources needed by the ruling class to maintain their power. Don't call them if you want to join; they call you. And don't wait for a call unless you have big money, national security expertise, CIA experience, a political constituency, or clout with the media. CFR publishes the prestigious journal "Foreign Affairs" as well as a number of books and reports. Another major activity is to organize closed meetings for their members with assorted world leaders. Everyone feels free to share views and information about current world events, primarily because CFR has strict confidentiality rules and keeps its records locked up for 25 years.

A blue-ribbon panel of the Council on Foreign Relations suggested in 1996 that the CIA be freed from some policy constraints on covert operations, such as the use of journalists and clergy as cover. Normally this would be laughable, because almost every journalist who's ever been abroad knows how dangerous this can be if he's trying to develop sources. But no one was laughing, because CFR "suggestions" since 1921 have usually become official policy within a few years.

The following journalists and media moguls were listed in the 1995 membership roster of the Council on Foreign Relations. Undoubtedly numerous names were missed, since they are not otherwise identified in the roster:

Roone Arledge, Peter Grose, Walter H. Pincus,

Sidney Blumenthal, Jim Hoagland, Norman Podhoretz,

David Brinkley, Warren Hoge, Dan Rather,

Tom Brokaw, David Ignatius, Stephen S. Rosenfeld,

William F. Buckley, Jr. Robert G. Kaiser, A. M. Rosenthal,

James E. Bruke, Marvin Kalb, Jack Rosenthal,

Hodding Carter III, Peter R. Kann, Diane Sawyer,

John Chancellor, Anne Karalekas, Daniel L. Schorr,

George Crile III, Joe Klein, Robert B. Semple, Jr.

Arnaud de Borchgrave, Morton Kondracke, Hedrick L. Smith,

Karen DeYoung, Charles Krauthammer, George Stephanopoulos,

Christopher S. Dickey, Irving Kristol, Strobe Talbott,

Joan Didion, Jim Lehrer, Laurence A. Tisch,

Leonard Downie, Jr. Joseph Lelyveld, Seymour Topping,

Elizabeth Drew, Lee Lescaze, Robert C. Toth,

Rowland Evans, Jr. Anthony Lewis, Mark Uhlig,

James Fallows, Flora Lewis, Garrick Utley,

Thomas L. Friedman, Mitchel Levitas, Katrina van den Heuvel,

Suzanne Garment, Michael E. Lind, L. Bruce van Voorst,

Leslie H. Gelb, Kati Marton, Milton Viorst,

David R. Gergen, Jessica T. Mathews, Ben J. Wattenberg,

Philip L. Geyelin, Karl E. Meyer, Craig R. Whitney,

Georgie Anne Geyer, Sig Mickelson, Steven Weisman,

Katharine Graham, Judith Miller, Lally G. Weymouth,

James L. Greenfield, Rupert Murdoch, Roger W. Wilkins,

Meg Greenfield, Jack Nelson, Mortimer B. Zuckerman,

John B. Oakes.

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From older lists of CFR/media members. [J2]

CBS: Laurence A. Tisch, CEO -- CFR

NBC/RCA: John F. Welch, CEO -- CFR Lester Crystal -- CFR, TC R.W. Sonnenfeidt -- CFR, TC

Associated Press: Stanley Swinton -- CFR Harold Anderson -- CFR Katharine Graham -- CFR, TC

Reuters: Michael Posner -- CFR

Baltimore Sun: Henry Trewhitt -- CFR

Washington Times: Arnaud De Borchgrave -- CFR

Children's TV Workshop (Sesame Street): Joan Ganz Cooney, Pres. -- CFR

Cable News Network: W. Thomas Johnson, Pres. -- TC Daniel Schorr -- CFR

U.S. News & World Report: David Gergen -- TC

New York Times Co.: Richard Gelb -- CFR William Scranton -- CFR, TC John F. Akers, Dir. -- CFR Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Dir. -- CFR George B. Munroe, Dir. -- CFR Donald M. Stewart, Dir. – CFR Cyrus R. Vance, Dir. -- CFR A.M. Rosenthal -- CFR Seymour Topping -- CFR James Greenfield -- CFR Max Frankel -- CFR Jack Rosenthal -- CFR John Oakes -- CFR Harrison Salisbury -- CFR H.L. Smith -- CFR Steven Rattner -- CFR Richard Burt -- CFR Flora Lewis – CFR

Time, Inc.: Ralph Davidson -- CFR Donal M. Wilson -- CFR Henry Grunwald -- CFR Alexander Heard -- CFR Sol Linowitz -- CFR Thomas Watson, Jr. -- CFR Strobe Talbott -- CFR

Newsweek/Washington Post: Katharine Graham -- CFR N. Deb. Katzenbach -- CFR Robert Christopher -- CFR Osborne Elliot -- CFR Phillip Geyelin -- CFR Murry Marder -- CFR Maynard Parker -- CFR George Will -- CFR, TC Robert Kaiser -- CFR Meg Greenfield -- CFR Walter Pincus -- CFR Murray Gart -- CFR Peter Osnos -- CFR Don Oberdorfer -- CFR

Dow Jones & Co (Wall Street Journal): Richard Wood -- CFR Robert Bartley -- CFR, TC Karen House -- CFR

National Review: Wm. F. Buckley, Jr. -- CFR

Readers Digest: George V. Grune, CEO -- CFR William G. Bowen, Dir. -- CFR

Syndicated Columnists: Geogia Anne Geyer -- CFR Ben J. Wattenberg -- CFR

Other CFR or TC Media Personalities ( who have changed employers ): David Gergen Ted Koppel Diane Sawyer Barbara Walters John Scali Robert McNeil Jim Lehrer Charlene Hunter-Gault Hodding Carter Daniel Schorr Bill Moyers Dan Rather Richard C. Hottelet Tom Brokaw David Brinkley John Chancelor Marvin Kalb Irving R. Levine Harry Reasoner William S. Paley Charles C. Collingwood William F. Buckley George Will Meg Greenfield

WASHINGTON POST ( partial ) Katharine Graham Arjay Miller Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Walter Pincus A.Hays Sulzberger

REVOLVING DOORS

Donald Baer: Director of White House speechwriting and research, 1994-;

U.S. News & World Report Asst. Managing Editor, 1991-94; Senior Ed.,1988-91

Douglas Bennet: Assistant Secretary of State for intergovernmental orgs., 1993-; President of National Public Radio (NPR), 1983-93

Carolyn Curiel: White House speechwriter, 1993-; Nightline producer, 1992; New York Times editor, 1988-92; Washington Post editor, 1986-88

David French: Deputy Director for Communications, CIA, 1993-; CNN weekend Washington anchor and reporter, early 1980s-1993

Rick Inderfurth: Deputy to UN Ambassador Madeleine Albright, 1993-; ABC News reporter, 1981-1991 (Pentagon, national security, Moscow) [Inderfurth has now been nominated Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs.]

Thomas Ross: Special Asst. to the President and Senior Director or Public Affairs at the National Security Council (NSC), 1994-; Senior Vice President, NBC News, 1986-89

Tara Sonenshine: Special Asst. to the President and Dep. Director or communications, National Security Council, 1994 Editorial Producer, ABC News Nightline, 1991-94; D.C. bureau producer, '82-89. [She since left the NSC to be a reporter in Newsweek's Washington bureau, then earlier this year she jumped back to the NSC.]

Carl Stern: Director of Public Affairs, Justice Dept, 1993-; NBC News Washington reporter, 1967-93 (legal affairs and Supreme Court) [Stern left the Justice Dept. late last year.]

Strobe Talbott: Deputy Secretary of State, 1994-; Ambassador-at-Large to the former Soviet Republics, 1993-94; Time Editor-at-Large 1989-92; Time Washington Bureau Chief 1985-89

HOW MANY STORIES HAVE ANY OF THESE PEOPLE DONE ON THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PRIVATE POLICY GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES ???

CFR meetings are usually held in secret and are restricted to members and very select guests. All members are free to express themselves at meetings unrestrained, because the Non-Attribution Rule guarantees that "others will not attribute or characterize their statements in public media forums or knowingly transmit them to persons who will. (Council on Foreign Relations' 1992 Annual Report).

"We are grateful to The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subject to the bright lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is now more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto determination practiced in past centuries." (David Rockefeller, founder of the Trilateral Commission, in an address before that organization in June of 1991).

Through nearly eight decades the Council(CFR) has served as America's premier school for statesmen. It has grown from a small number of distinguished men in New York to an elected national membership o fover 3,300 men and women. It has come to support extensive programs of study and debate not only here at Pratt House but in Washington and increasingly across the country. It remains the principal forum for encounters between American leaders and foreign statesmen and other international figures.

We are proud of the Council record but also occupied with the new challenges now looming in world affairs. We have never held the illusion that Americans by themselves have the wisdom to frame sound policy for a diverse community of nations. If a world prone to disorder is to define the mutual interests on which to erect a peaceful, stable future, it must do so through patient collaboration among leaders from many countries.

Fostering that collaboration becomes even more essential as we approach a new century. And in a period when many Americans are looking inward, it is more important than ever that the Council remain outward-looking, agile, and alert.

David Rockefeller

Honorary Chairman