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The Trilateral Commission: Effect on the Middle East
Preface
Whereas this paper deals primarily with First World activity directed toward
the Middle East, and every effort is made to confine the paper to that end,
the possibility that this can be achieved is severely limited. The Middle
East is only one component of the vastly larger Third World, all of which
has been exploited by the developed nations including, but not limited to
the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. Therefore, the material which
is elaborated herein does, by necessity, tend at times to include other
regions of the world.
This paper will attempt to prove that the Trilateral Commission, because
of its desire for high profits, exerts a major influence in U.S. policy to
the extent that other government institutions will go to any lengths to
maintain the world system as it is at the present time.
The advent of capitalism in the Western world in the 18th century marked
a tremendous change not only in terms of the economic situation within the
countries affected but in terms of political reality as well. The growth of
the capitalist mode of production caused the political structure to become
subservient to it. Many sources have documented the facility of the
corporate structure to greatly influence governmental institutions. The
extent to which the large transnational corporations have become involved in
international political organizations is not well known, however, despite
the fact that capitalism is a phenomenon which affects each nation in the
world by exploiting the Third World nations thereby adding wealth to First
World economies.
Moreover, with the beginning economic crisis in the early 1970's, the
conditions existed for the creation of an organization designed to maintain
core nation superiority. This coalescence of power by the countries
representing the Trilateral Commission was the result of the disintegration
of the European Economic Community (considered a political unit) due to the
rise of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Other
factors include the Soviet Union's increased military capabilities and
Cuba's support for developing countries. The developments in the oil rich
nations enabled them to directly invest heavily in foreign lands thereby
threatening a significant loss of ownership control by the First World
community (Kowalewski and Leitko, 1983).
CREATION OF THE TRILATERAL COMMISSION1
1 Please refer to Appendix A for a list of American Trilateral members.
and corporations...." (Sklar, 1980:5).
All these circumstances culminated in the formation of the Trilateral
Commission, a relatively secret organization composed of elites from the
core power nations consisting of Western Europe, the United States, and
Japan. Headed by David Rockefeller, who was considered at that time to be
"the most widely recognized leader of transnational enterprises" (Kowalewski
and Leitko, 1983:94), the Trilateral Commission was formed to achieve
cooperation in policymaking in an age of post nationalism. Rockefeller
(1980:xii) claimed that "the Trilateral Commission is, in reality, a group
of concerned citizens interested in fostering greater understanding and
cooperation among international allies in the present day international
political climate."
However, the foregoing statement is vague and misleading. How much
cooperation among international allies is needed; enough to maintain a
dependence among Third World countries far into the future? Indeed, the
"trilateralists are saying: (1) the people, government, and economies of all
nations must serve the needs of multinational banks
These elites cannot be members of their governments, e.g. President,
cabinet members, members of legislative bodies, or the military
establishment. However, one's ideology does not change simply because one is
elected to a government post or they are in the military. In fact, the
loyalty given to the commission for its support in obtaining a prestigious
position seems to prompt reciprocal action to perpetuate the effectiveness
of the commission. Therefore, prior to their elections or appointments, many
high officials in government were active Trilateral members. In fact, Jimmy
Carter, whose Trilateral membership was the result of an invitation by the
group at large, was elected president despite his relatively unknown status,
because the commission provided the means by which he could be elected
(Shoup, 1980). In fact, several members of Carter's early support group in
Atlanta, Gambrell, Kirbo, Austin, and others maintain close links with the
Rockefeller family or with the broader Eastern Establishment. The Gambrell
family is a major stockholder in Eastern airlines, where Laurence
Rockefeller is the single biggest individual stockholder. The elder Gambrell
is on Eastern's board of directors, and his law firm is general counsel for
Eastern. Laurence Rockefeller has long been on the Eastern board with
Gambrell and the other Rockefeller families as the two main elements of the
group controlling Eastern Airlines. This is the link between Carter and the
Rockefellers (Shoup, 1980).
Although the membership includes persons from academia, law, labor,
organizational interests and political circles, (Kowalewski and Leitko,
1983) the largest proportion is from transnational economic enterprises as
defined below:
United States 34 per cent
Western Europe 39 per cent
Japan 65 per cent