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the book Dragon Flood.

Bernays had a true “insider’s” perspective into the machinations of government. Stuart Ewen in his
book PR! A Social History of Spin, describes a visit he paid to Bernays at his home.

He led me through a dark room off the landing. Its walls were covered with scores of framed black
and white photographs, many of them inscribed. Wordlessly, yet eloquently, the pictures placed my
ancient host close to the heartbeat of a century. Bernays on his way to the Paris Peace Conference,
1919. Bernays standing with Enrico Caruso. Bernays and Henry Ford. Bernays and Thomas Edison.
Bernays and Dwight David Eisenhower. An inscribed photo portrait of his uncle, Freud, was also
conspicuous. Bernays with the “great men” at the “great events” of the twentieth century.

Bernays and President Eisenhower

Bernays wrote of the power a small group has in selecting even those candidates who will become
President of the United States.

A presidential candidate may be “drafted” in response to “overwhelming popular demand,” but it
is well known that his name may be decided upon by half a dozen men sitting around a table in a
hotel room.
[Source: Propaganda, Edward Bernays]

Things have not changed much since the day in which the above statement was written. Much has
been written about the Bilderberger Group in recent years. This group of extremely wealthy and
powerful global persons derives their name from the hotel they met at for their first annual meeting.
It is true that a small number of men and women still meet today in hotel rooms to determine who
will be given the rule of the nations. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were whisked away
during the midst of campaigning for the Presidential nomination of their party in 2008. Their sudden
absence was the subject of much speculation. It became known that they were taken to attend the
annual Bilderberger conference, at which it was determined that Obama would become President and
Hillary Clinton Secretary of State. Those elected to public positions are acting as the pawns of the
true powers that have placed them there.

There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what
extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons
operating behind the scenes.
[Source: Propaganda, Edward Bernays]