“Participants include statesman and diplomatists; trade unionists, intelectualls, business and professional men. They speak like individuals and not as representatives of their respective countries or the political parties, associations, or organizations to which they may belong. All however share a high purpose and a clear recognition of the urgency of the situation.

“Nevertheless, it is a matter of the utmost urgency that the will and the means should exist for finding a common basis on which to built our future.”

It is not the purpose the Bilderberg series of conferences to construct policy.