Le Cercle

I’ve recently been doing some research online for a story I’m planning to write. The story concerns mind control, and – aside from the MK Ultra program – one of the most common organisations my searches are bringing up is Le Cercle; or Cercle Pinay.

I decided to look into this organisation, and I’ll write more when I’ve done more research. In the meantime, I recommend, if you have a few spare minutes, that you have at look at this lot yourself.

Ostensibly, Le Cercle is a foreign policy think-tank that specialises in international security. But time and time again I find allegations of connections with the CIA. The former Conservative MP, Alan Clark, actually wrote in his diaries that the organisation was funded by them. Of course, these charges may be false; but if they’re true, then I would regard that as a vested interest and would wonder about Le Cercle’s objectivity.

Le Cercle was established in the 1950s by Antoine Pinay, the former French Prime Minister; and Jean Violet, a French Intelligence agent. At that time, it was known by the name, Cercle Pinay.

The group has members from 25 countries, and meets bi-annually in Washington DC, United States. For some time now, Britain has held the Chairmanship. Some leading British members were: Anthony Cavendish, an ex-MI6 officer; Julian Amery, another former Conservative MP; and Brian Crozier, writer and founder of the Institute for the Study of Conflict.

In the 80s, influential German news magazine Der Spiegel mentioned Le Cercle in connection with regular attendee Franz Josef Strauss. Strauss had been the German Federal Minister of Defence until he was forced to resign in 1962 over a scandal involving the illegal detention of Rudolf Augstein, the magazine’s then owner and editor-in-chief.

The 90s saw the group come to public attention again. Jonathan Aitken, another former Tory MP and then Chairman of the group, was convicted for Perjury and jailed for 18 months. Reporters from a number of newspapers contacted Le Cercle members but they all refused to answer any questions.

Jumping ahead to today, the current group Chairman is yet another former Tory MP. This one is Norman Lamont, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer.

My natural loathing of politicians immediately conjures up shady goings-on because of the numerous ex-Tory MPs involved, and the questions it raises about them being involved with an allegedly CIA-backed organisation. However, I will keep these to one side until I’ve researched more.

I’ll write again when I have more to tell you.