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one objective in common– they want to bring about the surrender of the sovereignty and the
national independence of the United States.” Ward’s indictment of the group revealed their
methods: “Once the ruling members of the CFR have decided that the U.S. Government should
adopt a particular policy, the very substantial research facilities of CFR are put to work to
develop arguments, intellectual and emotional, to support the new policy, and to confound and
discredit, intellectually and politically, any opposition.”
The published accounts of CFR activities greatly understate their power and influence on
national and foreign policy. They have been called the “invisible government” or a front for the
intellectual leaders who hope to control the world through the Fabian technique of “gradualism.”
Besides their involvement in the government, they hold key positions in all branches of the
media, including the control or ownership of major newspapers, magazines, publishing
companies, television, and radio stations.
The New York Times wrote: “The Council’s membership includes some of the most
influential men in government, business, education and the press (and) for nearly half a century
has made substantial contributions to the basic concepts of American foreign policy.” Newsweek
called the Council’s leadership the “foreign policy establishment of the U.S.” Well-known
political observer and writer Theodore White said: “The Council counts among its members
probably more important names in American life than any other private group in the country.” In
1971, J. Anthony Lukas wrote in the New York Times Magazine: “If you want to make foreign
policy, there’s no better fraternity to belong to than the Council.”
From 1928-72, nine out of twelve Republican Presidential nominees were CFR members.
From 1952-72, CFR members were elected four out of six times. During three separate
campaigns, both the Republican and Democratic nominee were, or had been a member. Since
World War II, practically every Presidential candidate, with the exception of Johnson,
Goldwater, and Reagan, has been members.
The position of Supreme Allied Commander has usually been held by CFR members, like
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway, Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, Gen.
Lauris Norstad, Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster, and Alexander M. Haig,
Jr. Most of the superintendents at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point have been members.
In Sen. Barry Goldwater’s 1979 memoir, With No Apologies, he wrote: “When a new
President comes on board, there is a great turnover in personnel but no change in policy.” That’s
because CFR members have held almost every key position, in every Administration, from
Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clinton. During that period, every Secretary of State, with the
exception of Cordell Hull, James F. Byrnes, and William Rogers, has been members. Every
Secretary of Defense, from the Truman Administration, up to the Clinton Administration, with
the exception of Melvin Laird, has been members. Since 1920, most of the Treasury Secretaries
have been members; and since the Eisenhower Administration, nearly all of the National
Security Advisors have been members.
Curtis Dall wrote in his book, FDR: My Exploited Father-in-Law: “For a long time I felt that
FDR had developed many thoughts and ideas that were his own to benefit this country, the USA.
But, he didn’t. Most of his thoughts, his political ‘ammunition’ as it were, were carefully
manufactured for him in advance by the CFR-One World money group.”