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The [[European Freedom Council]] was formed at a conference in Munich on June 30-July 2 1967, as a co-ordinating body for organisations fighting communism in Europe.<ref>[http://ukrweekly.com/archive/pdf2/1967/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_1967-27.pdf EUROPEAN FREEDOM COUNCIL FORMED AT MUNICH MEETING]], Svoboda, the Ukrainian Weekly, 15 July 1967.</ref>
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The [[European Freedom Council]] was formed at a conference in Munich on June 30-July 2 1967, as a co-ordinating body for organisations fighting communism in Europe.<ref>[http://ukrweekly.com/archive/pdf2/1967/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_1967-27.pdf EUROPEAN FREEDOM COUNCIL FORMED AT MUNICH MEETING], Svoboda, the Ukrainian Weekly, 15 July 1967.</ref>
  
 
According to Stephen Dorril, the European Freedom Council was a front for the [[Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations]].<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.449.</ref>
 
According to Stephen Dorril, the European Freedom Council was a front for the [[Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations]].<ref>Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.449.</ref>
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===Executive Board - July 1967===
 
===Executive Board - July 1967===
 
*[[Ole Bjorn Kraft]] President - former Foreign Minister of Denmark, former Vice-President of the European Council and of the Danish Parliament.
 
*[[Ole Bjorn Kraft]] President - former Foreign Minister of Denmark, former Vice-President of the European Council and of the Danish Parliament.
*[[Yaroslav Stetzko]] Chairman - president of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations.
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*[[Yaroslav Stetsko|Yaroslav Stetzko]] Chairman - president of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations.
 
*[[Ivan Matteo Lombardo]] Chairman - former Minister of Foreign Trade, and former General-Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party, and Vice-President of the [[Atlantic Treaty Association]].
 
*[[Ivan Matteo Lombardo]] Chairman - former Minister of Foreign Trade, and former General-Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party, and Vice-President of the [[Atlantic Treaty Association]].
 
*[[Theodor Oberlander]] -  a member of the Christian Democratic Party and a former member of the German Federal Government with special responsibilities for refugee matters.
 
*[[Theodor Oberlander]] -  a member of the Christian Democratic Party and a former member of the German Federal Government with special responsibilities for refugee matters.
*[[John Graham]] - editor of the Anglo-Ukrainian News and a member of the British Labor Party (sic).<ref>[http://ukrweekly.com/archive/pdf2/1967/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_1967-27.pdf EUROPEAN FREEDOM COUNCIL FORMED AT MUNICH MEETING]], Svoboda, the Ukrainian Weekly, 15 July 1967.</ref>
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*[[John Graham]] - editor of the Anglo-Ukrainian News and a member of the British Labor Party (sic).<ref>[http://ukrweekly.com/archive/pdf2/1967/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_1967-27.pdf EUROPEAN FREEDOM COUNCIL FORMED AT MUNICH MEETING], Svoboda, the Ukrainian Weekly, 15 July 1967.</ref>
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===Information Committee - July 1967===
 
===Information Committee - July 1967===
 
*[[Suzanne Labin]] chairman  - an internationally-known author and journalist, holder of the Prix de la Liberte and expert on East European affairs.  
 
*[[Suzanne Labin]] chairman  - an internationally-known author and journalist, holder of the Prix de la Liberte and expert on East European affairs.  
[[Marquis de Valdeiglesins]] of Madrid.
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*[[Marquis de Valdeiglesins]] of Madrid.
 
*Prof. [[Ferdinand Durcansky]] former Foreign Minister of the Slovak Republic.
 
*Prof. [[Ferdinand Durcansky]] former Foreign Minister of the Slovak Republic.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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Latest revision as of 01:53, 5 March 2014

The European Freedom Council was formed at a conference in Munich on June 30-July 2 1967, as a co-ordinating body for organisations fighting communism in Europe.[1]

According to Stephen Dorril, the European Freedom Council was a front for the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations.[2]

Executive Board - July 1967

  • Ole Bjorn Kraft President - former Foreign Minister of Denmark, former Vice-President of the European Council and of the Danish Parliament.
  • Yaroslav Stetzko Chairman - president of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations.
  • Ivan Matteo Lombardo Chairman - former Minister of Foreign Trade, and former General-Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party, and Vice-President of the Atlantic Treaty Association.
  • Theodor Oberlander - a member of the Christian Democratic Party and a former member of the German Federal Government with special responsibilities for refugee matters.
  • John Graham - editor of the Anglo-Ukrainian News and a member of the British Labor Party (sic).[3]

Information Committee - July 1967

Notes

  1. EUROPEAN FREEDOM COUNCIL FORMED AT MUNICH MEETING, Svoboda, the Ukrainian Weekly, 15 July 1967.
  2. Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2000, p.449.
  3. EUROPEAN FREEDOM COUNCIL FORMED AT MUNICH MEETING, Svoboda, the Ukrainian Weekly, 15 July 1967.