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Also Known As CFR
Date 1921 - present
Headquarters New York City
Areas Of Involvement international relations • foreign policy
Related People Stanley McChrystal • Madeleine Albright • Jack Kemp • Ann Marie Fudge • John J. McCloy

Did You Know?

  • The Council on Foreign Relations is sometimes connected by conspiracy theorists to the Illuminati or the Freemasons.
  • Conspiracy theorists often connect this group, the UN, the Bilderberg Conference, the Trilateral Commission, and other forums as part of claims that the econonmies and governments of the world are controlled by a few elites.

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