File 6 - Trilateral Commission Part 6

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UGA P143/2/6/6

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Trilateral Commission Part 6

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  • 25/01/1977-13/12/1977

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Correspondence, circulars, reports, agendas and itineraries, background information, receipts and other material relating to the work of the Trilateral Commission (TC) February - December 1977. It includes correspondence and circulars from Dr Hans Maull, European Secretary of TC, to all European TC members, 25/01-24/03/1977 and directly with Mary Robinson (MR), 14-22/02/1977; correspondence between MR and Georges Berthoin, European Chairman of TC, 04/03-13/12/1977; correspondence to MR from George S Franklin, TC Coordinator, 26/04/1977; material relating to TC meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 26/05/1977, including correspondence and circulars, agendas, 03/03-16/05/1977, background paper "Europe between the Superpowers", by Christoph Bertram, report on "International Economic Security", notes on Dr Kenneth Whitaker's impression of the meeting, 07/06/1977; newspaper article on President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy [Carter was US President 20/01/1977-20/01/1981], his advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, and their TC connection, To The Point International, 25/07/1977; booklet listing TC members as of 26/07/1977, with notation in pencil; "Trialogue" bulletins of North America / European / Japanese Affairs, Summer and Fall, 1977; letter from Michael Killeen, Managing Director of IDA Ireland [Industrial Development Authority] and TC member, congratulating MR on her re-election to Seanad Éireann [Irish Senate] and enclosing letter from Mrs PJ Fehily to Irish Press on Killeen and MR's membership of TC, 09/08-02/09/1977; correspondence between MR and senior management at Allied Irish Bank (AIB) and Bank of Ireland (BoI) including AIB Secretary, Mr DB Motyer, and BoI Managing Director Ian Morrison, in relation to the work of TC and financial support from the banks, 12-30/09/1977; correspondence between MR, Georges Berthoin and Garret FitzGerald in relation to FitzGerald becoming an Irish TC member, and Michael O'Kennedy's suspended membership due to his appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs [holding office], and correspondence from Kennedy's Private Secretary Peter Smyth on prospect of Dr Michael Woods becoming member 06/07-19/10/1977; material relating to visit by Professor Ben Roberts, London School of Economics to Ireland, 28-29/09/1977, and informal dinner at Trinity College Dublin, organised by TC including correspondence 08/09-17/10/1977, TC press release on study for which Roberts was main rapporteur, 29/09/1977, "Joint Atlantic Institute - Trilateral Commission Project on Industrial Relations", summary text of study group, 17-19/03/1977, reports "Managerial Implications of Ideological Change", Harvard Business School, and "Trade Unions in Search of a Role: European and American Experience", Roberts, dinner menu, text of written question from Mr Clerfayt to the Commission of European Communities on wisdom of having some of their Commission members taking part in TC meetings, 28/09/1977 and correspondence from MR to Peter Smith giving position of TC when members take up public office, 29/09/1977; material relating to TC meeting in Bonn, Germany, 22-26/10/1977, including correspondence and circulars 26/04-17/11/1977, agendas and itineraries, briefing pack produced by The International Coalition for Development Action (ICDA) on TC and its influence on North/South relations, report "Energy and Nuclear Weapon Proliferation - A European Point of View", A Giraud, 25/10/1977, text of remarks by Zbigniew Brzezinski, 25/10/1977, typed list of participants, report "Japanese-European Relations with the Superpowers: The Case of the US-Japanese Alliance", Professor Fuji Kamiya, 10/1977, "East-West Overview" report of the Trilateral Task Force, text of address by Willy Brandt "Ten years of détente policy", 24/10/1977, remarks by Gerard Smith on Non-proliferation fr the TC, 25/10/1977; correspondence between George Berthoin, MR and Michael Killeen on future of TC after June 1979, when triennium expires, 14/11-08/12/1977.

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      12/02/2025
      26/06/2025

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