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Le Cercle (formerly the Pinay Group)
is a deep state milieu of a comparable age to the Bilderberg, but smaller, spookier, more secretive and less exposed.
David Teacher wrote that the group “can be seen to be an international coalition of right-wing intelligence veterans, propaganda assets
and top politicians who would shape the 1970s and 1980s.” It was entirely European for 15 years, but since 1968 it has met annually in both Washington DC and Europe.
Although the group bore the name of Antoine Pinay (French Prime minister in 1952) it is believed to have been organised by Jean Violet,
a close associate of his since 1951.
It arose from a Franco-German alliance (possibly in connection with Operation Gladio)
and originally its anti-communism had a catholic Christian flavour.
The group currently meets biannually, in Washington DC every Autumn and in Spring across the Atlantic,
usually in Europe, although David Rockefeller's autobiography states that it used to meet "thrice yearly".
https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Le_Cercle