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U.S. had in its possession since 1945.
In a 1978 meeting with 200 Trilateralists at the White House, Carter said that if the
Commission had been in existence after World War I, they would have prevented World War II.
However, we know that they were in existence after World War I, and precipitated World War
II. In his book Why Not the Best, Carter said: “Membership on this Commission has provided me
with a splendid learning opportunity, and many other members have helped me in my study of
foreign affairs.” Carter’s membership in the organization was the only foreign policy experience
he had, and that was limited to attending a couple of conferences in Europe and Japan.
Congressman John Anderson, himself a member, said that Carter became a member just to
improve his image. Carter’s indoctrination made him a willing pawn in furthering the goals of
the Trilateral Commission. In a personal letter to the Commission, who was meeting in Tokyo,
Japan, in January, 1977, he wrote: “We share economic, political, and security concerns that
make it logical we should seek ever increasing cooperation and understanding. And this
cooperation is essential not only for our three regions, but in the global search for a more just and
equitable world order.”
The Commission, which operates in literal secrecy, made news in the fall of 1979, when
David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, and John J. McCloy (former President of the Ford
Foundation, former President of the World Bank, Chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank,
former High Commissioner to Germany, and on the Advisory Board of Foreign Affairs
magazine) pressured Carter into allowing the deposed Shah of Iran (who had financial dealings
with the Chase Manhattan) into the country for medical treatment. The move caused the Iranian
government, under the leadership of the Ayatollah Khomeini, to storm the American Embassy,
and hold 52 American hostages for nearly 1-1/2 years. Carter’s inadequacy in dealing with this
situation certainly cost him the election.
The Presidential election of 1980 saw two other former Trilateralists running for President.
Jimmy Carter was running for re-election, and Illinois Republican, Rep. John Anderson, was
running as an Independent. Republican George Bush had resigned his post on the Council on
Foreign Relations because they were “too liberal,” however, he didn’t resign his seat on the
Commission. The son of Sen. Prescott Sheldon Bush (R-CT, who during the 1930’s was on the
Board of Directors of Union Banking Corporation of New York, who helped finance the Nazis),
had been born in Maine, raised in Connecticut, and was a two-term Republican Representative
from Houston, Texas; became Ambassador to the UN in 1971; Chairman of the Republican
National Committee; and from 1976-77, served as Director of the CIA. George Bush was
associated with the international banking firm of Brown Brothers, Harriman and Company (who
helped finance the growth of the Soviet Union); and attended Yale, where he was a member of
the secret organization known as “The Order” (or “Skull and Bones”). This group also had as
members: William F. Buckley, Jr., McGeorge Bundy, Winston Lord (former Chairman of the
CFR), and other CFR members, who allegedly make up a powerful inner circle that controls the
CFR.
On March 17, 1980, during the campaign, Ronald Reagan was asked if he would allow
Trilateral Commission members to serve in his cabinet, and he responded by saying: “I don’t
believe that the Trilateral Commission is a conspiratorial group, but I do think its interests are
devoted to international banking, multinational corporations, and so forth. I don’t think that any
Administration of the U.S. Government should have the top nineteen positions filled by people
from any one group or organization representing one viewpoint. No, I would go in a different