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America's Secret Establishment
AnIntroductiontoThe Order of Skull & Bones (LibertyHousePress,
1986)
ByAntonyC.Sutton

SeealsoBush,Beliefs,andelusiveBonesmenandSkullandBones

Video.AntonySuttonlecture:TheOrderofSkull&Bones~Video:Skull&BonesPart3

"Quiteamixtureofbeliefsandactivities.Dotheyreflectinconsistentphilosophies?
HowcanTheOrder[ofSkull&Bones]haveaconsistentobjectivewiththis
potpourriofindividualactions?Theansweris,theyarenotatallinconsistent:
becausetheobjectiveofTheOrderisaboveandbeyondtheseactionsandinfact
needstheseseemingcontradictions....
"TheanswertothisseemingpoliticalpuzzleliesinHegelianlogic...."(pp.3334)

"TheAngloAmericanEstablishmenthasnothingatalltodowiththeAmericanestablishment,
whichishardlymentioned,butithasalottodowiththeBritishestablishment....Quigleydescribes
inminutedetailthehistoricaloperationsoftheBritishestablishmentcontrolledbyasecretsociety
andoperatingverymuchasTheOrder[ofSkull&Bones]operatesintheU.S...."

TheGroup

"TheBritishsecretsociety,knownasTheGrouporjustplainUS,wasfoundedatOxford
University,muchasTheOrderwasfoundedatYale,butwithouttheMasonicmumbojumbo.Aswe
notedinMemorandumFive,theGroupoperatesinaseriesofconcentriccirclesandlikeTheOrder
consistsofoldlinefamiliesalliedwithprivatemerchantbankers,knownintheU.S.asinvestment
bankers."[p.30]

ModusOperandiOfTheOrder

"TheactivitiesofTheOrderaredirectedtowardschangingoursociety,changingtheworld,tobring
aboutaNewWorldOrder.Thiswillbeaplannedorderwithheavilyrestrictedindividualfreedom,
withoutConstitutionalprotection,withoutnationalboundariesorculturaldistinction....

"Historically,operationsofTheOrderhaveconcentratedonsociety,howtochangesocietyin
aspecificmannertowardsaspecificgoal:aNewWorldOrder.Weknowtheelementsin
societythatwillhavetobechangedinordertobringaboutthisNewWorldorder....Moreorless
theseelementswouldhavetobe

Educationhowthepopulationofthefuturewillbehave,
Lawtheauthoritytoenforcethewillofthestate,aworldlawandaworldcourtisneededfora
worldstate,
PoliticsthedirectionoftheState,
Economythecreationofwealth,
Historywhatpeoplebelievehappenedinthepast,
Psychologythemeansofcontrollinghowpeoplethink,
Philanthropysothatpeoplethinkwellofthecontrollers,
Medicinethepoweroverhealth,lifeanddeath,
Religionpeoplesspiritualbeliefs,thespurtoactionformany.
Mediawhatpeopleknowandlearnaboutcurrentevents,

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Continuitythepowertoappointwhofollowsinyourfootsteps.

"...inthenextvolume,TheOrderControlsEducation,wewilldescribehowDanielCoitGilman.
PresidentofJohnsHopkinsUniversity,importedWundtpsychologicalmethodsfromGermany,then
weldededucationandpsychologyintheU.S.,establishedlaboratories,broughttheseeducational
laboratoriesintomajorUniversitiesandgeneratedhundredsofPhDstoteachtheneweducational
conditioningsystem.OneofthefirstoftheseJohnsHopkinsdoctorateswasJohnDewey.The
resultwewellknow.Theeducationalmorassofthe80swheremostkidsnotallcantspell,
readorwrite,yetcanbeprogrammedintomassbehaviourchannels.

"TheOrdersnextmovewastocontroltheFoundations.TheygotallthebigonesCarnegie,
Ford,Peabody,Slater,RussellSageandsoon....Theinitialobjectivewastoestablishadirection
inanorganization.Selectionofmanagers,intuitiveoramoralenoughtocatchontothedirection,
keptthemomentumgoing.InthecaseofFoundations,TheOrderhasusuallymaintaineda
continuingpresenceoverdecades..."[p.32]

Activitiesbyindividualmembers...

Inthel920s,W.AverellHarriman[S&B]wasaprimesupporteroftheSovietswith
financeanddiplomaticassistance,atatimewhensuchaidwasagainstState
Departmentregulations.HarrimanparticipatedinRUSKOMBANK,thefirstSoviet
commercialink,bank....TheOrderhadakeypostinaSovietbank!Butwealsofind
thatAverellHarriman,hisbrotherRolandHarriman,and...KnightWoolley[S&B],
throughtheUnionBank(inwhichtheyheldamajorinterest)wereprimefinancial
backersofHitler.

"NowourtextbookstellusthatNazisandSovietswerebitterenemiesandtheirsystemsare
opposites.HowcouldarationalmansupportSovietsandNazisatthesametime?....

TheBundyfamily...givesusanotherexampleofseeminginconsistency.William
BundywaswiththeCentralIntelligenceAgencyforadecade.McGeorgeBundywas
NationalSecurityAssistanttoPresidentsKennedyandJohnson.SotheBundys
presumablysupportU.SEuropeanpolicywhichisproNATO.YettheBundyshave
beenlinkedtoactivitiesandorganizationswhichareantiNATOarid,indeed,pro
Marxistforexample,theInstituteforPolicyStudies.AretheBundysinconsistent?

AmongindividualmembersofTheOrderwefindawidevarietyofpublicly
proclaimedbeliefs,ideologiesandpolitics.WilliamBuckleyperiodicallychewsout
theSoviets....MemberWilliamS.Coffin,Jr.spentthreeyearswithCIAandthen
becamealeaderofantiVietnamwaractivitythroughtheNationalConferencefora
NewPoliticsandClergyandLaymenConcernedaboutVietnam.Infact,Coffinwas
oneoftheBostonFivechargedandindictedforconspiracytoviolateFederallaws.

"Quiteamixtureofbeliefsandactivities.Dotheyreflectinconsistentphilosophies?HowcanThe
Orderhaveaconsistentobjectivewiththispotpourriofindividualactions?

"Theansweris,theyarenotatallinconsistent:becausetheobjectiveofTheOrderisaboveand
beyondtheseactionsandinfactneedstheseseemingcontradictions."[p.33]

[Note:Rememberthedialecticgroupmusthavediversity.Thepreplanned"commonground"
arisesoutofthegrowingconsensusasynthesisofoppositebeliefsandvalues.]

TheStateisAbsolute

"Howcanthereexistacommonobjectivewhenmembersareapparentlyactinginoppositiontoone
another?

"Probablythemostdifficulttaskinthisworkwillbetogetacrosstothereaderwhatisreallyan
elementaryobservation:thattheobjectiveofTheOrderisneitherleftnorright.Leftand
rightareartificialdevicestobringaboutchange,andtheextremesofpoliticalleftandpoliticalright
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arevitalelementsinaprocessofcontrolledchange.

"TheanswertothisseemingpoliticalpuzzleliesinHegelianlogic.RememberthatbothMarxand
Hitler,theextremesofleftandrightpresentedastextbookenemies,evolvedoutofthesame
philosophicalsystem:Hegelianism.ThatbringsscreamsofintellectualanguishfromMarxistsand
Nazis,butiswellknowntoanystudentofpoliticalsystems.

"ThedialecticalprocessdidnotoriginatewithMarxasMarxistsclaim,butwithFichteandHegelin
late18thandearly19thcenturyGermany.Inthedialecticalprocessaclashofoppositesbrings
aboutasynthesis.Forexample,aclashofpoliticalleftandpoliticalrightbringsaboutanother
politicalsystem,asynthesisofthetwo,neitherleftnorright.Thisconflictofoppositesis
essentialtobringaboutchange....

"IntheHegeliansystemconflictisessential.Furthermore,forHegelandsystemsbasedonHegel,
theStateisabsolute.TheStaterequirescompleteobediencefromtheindividualcitizen.An
individualdoesnotexistforhimselfinthesesocalledorganicsystemsbutonlytoperformarole
intheoperationoftheState.HefindsfreedomonlyinobediencetotheState.Therewasno
freedominHitlersGermany,thereisnofreedomfortheindividualunderMarxism,neitherwillthere
beintheNewWorldOrder.AndifitsoundslikeGeorgeOrwells1984itis....

"SowhoorwhatistheState?Obviouslyitsaselfappointedelite.ItisinterestingthatFichte,
whodevelopedtheseideasbeforeHegel,wasafreemason...."[p.34]

This,then,isavitalpartofourexplanationofTheOrder.Whenitscofounder,WilliamRussell,was
inGermanyin18312,therewasnowayhecouldhaveavoidedHegeliantheoryanddiscussion.It
wasthetalkofthecampus.ItsweptintellectualGermanylikeaPacMancraze.MostAmericans
haventheardofit.Andthosewhohavedontwanttohearanymoreaboutit.Why?Becauseits
assumptionsarecompletelyatvariancewithoursenseofindividualfreedomand
Constitutionalguarantees.MostofusbelievetheStateexiststoservetheindividual,notviceversa.

TheOrderbelievestheoppositetomostofus....Soanydiscussionbetweenleftandright,while
essentialtopromotechange,isneverallowedtodevelopintoadiscussionalongthelinesof...the
bestgovernmentisleastgovernment.Thediscussionandthefundingisalwaystowardsmorestate
power,useofstatepowerandawayfromindividualrights.Soitdoesntmatterfromtheviewpoint
ofTheOrderwhetheritistermedleft,right,Democratic,Republican,secularorreligious....Thisis
thecommonfeaturebetweentheseeminglydissimilarpositionstakenbymemberstheyhavea
highercommonobjectiveinwhichclashofideasisessential.Solongasrightsoftheindividual
arenotintroducedintothediscussiontheclashofideasgeneratestheconflictnecessaryfor
change.

Astheobjectiveisalsoglobalcontrolanemphasisisplacedonglobalthinking,i.e.,
internationalism.Thisisdonethroughworldorganizationsandworldlaw.Thegreatcontributionof
theTaftstoTheOrderwasontheworldcourtsystemandworldlawtotheinternationalistaspect
oftheNewWorldOrder."[p.35]

How"TheOrder"relatestotheCFRandTrilateralCommission...

Onthesurface,theCouncilonForeignRelations(CFR)doesnotfittherequirementsforasecret
society.Theyaresimplytoolargeandtheirmembershipisnotsecret.Buttheirsecretiveinnercore
TheOrderexercisesvastworldwidecontrolenhancedbytheirBilderbergGroupconnections.

WhilethemembershiplistforTheOrderhasneversurfaceduntilnow,anyonecanobtainalistof
membersfortheCFRandtheTrilateralCommission....

TheRoleOfTheOrder

TheOrderisrepresentedintheseorganizationsbutdoesnotalwaysdominate.David
Rockefeller,aformerchairmanoftheCFR,isnotamemberofTheOrder(onlyPercyRockefeller
hasrepresentedthefamily),butthepresentCFRchairman,WinstonLord,is.Wecanrepresent
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therelationshipbetweenTheOrderandthelargergroupsasaseriesofconcentriccircles.The
CFR,etc.formanoutercircle....Theyexistinashadowcastbyaninnerorganization.Itis
thisinnerorganizationthatneedstobesurfaced.TheOrderistheinnercircleandChapter322isa
partofthisinnercircle..."[p.37]

Inbrief,itlookslikethreesegments[similartotheFreemasons]:
1.Theoutercircle,madeupoflarge,openorganizationswithsomemembershipcomingfromThe
Order.
2.TheInnercircle,madeupofoneormoresecretsocieties....Wecanonlyproveonechapterat
thistime.
3.TheInnercore,asecretsocietywithinasecretsociety.Thisistheinnerdecisionmakingcore.
Wecannotproveitexists,but
logicsuggeststhatsomemembersoftheinnercirclewillformanexecutivecommittee,anaction
group,aninnercore..."[p.37]

SeealsoBushBelievesinUniversalism?
Facilitatingpermanentsocialchangeand
UsingDissatisfaction(acrisis)forsocialtransformation
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_skullbones11.htm

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