HAItD, An Introduction to the Conspiratorial View of History by A. Ralph Epperson 1^ An Introduction to the Conspiratorial View of History by Ralph Epperson It is the contention of the author that the major events of the past, the wars, the depressions and the revolutions, have been planned years in ad vance by an international conspiracy. This view is called The Conspiratorial View of History, and it is definitely not the view held by the ma jority of historians today. The more traditional view is called The Accidental View of History, and it holds that no one really knows why events happen--they just do. 1 It is the hope of the author that those who read this book will discover that the Conspiratorial View of History is the one best supported by the evidence. , T HE U N S E EN HAND An Introduction to the Conspiratorial View of History By A. Ralph Epperson About the Author \ THE UNSEEN HAND The most difficult thing I know to do is to write about myself, but I think that the reader of this book has the right to know something about me, the author, and what motivated me to write it. published by I am a graduate of the University of Arizona, and like the typical PUBLIUS PRESS graduate of an institution of higher education, I felt that what I had been taught was the truth. I thought that the only thing I needed to complete my 3100 So. Philamena PI. (Ste. B) education in the future was additional information to confirm the knowl Tucson, Arizona 85730 edge to which I had already been exposed. ,^ N telephone (520) 886-4380 So I faced the future with great anticipation. I But a close friend of mine, sensing that my knowledge was both incomplete and one-sided, suggested that I start reading material dealing Copyright«" 1985 by A. Ralph Epperson with what was called "Revisionist History." This was the alternative (all rights reserved) explanation of history to what I had been taught was the truth. write for permission to quote from this book There are over 300 books on both sides of this issue that I've read that are part of the research for this book. That figure, I am certain, is not an Library of Congress Card Number impressive number to those who are true "book addicts," but I mention it only to illustrate that the ideas in this book are not mine, but those of the 84-06227 individuals who have taken the time to record their perspective on the events in which they were personally involved or which they researched in depth. International Standard Book Number But as I read, I noticed that there was no one volume that covered a 0-9614135-06 complete history of the Conspiracy, and it is this void that I hope to fill. It is my intent to catalog as much of the history of this Conspiracy as is possible in a single volume. Printed in the United States of America I have made extensive use of quotations from the works of others as a means of convincing the skeptic that the evidence of the Conspiracy's printing history existence comes from others than this author. First printing August, 1985 ' What the reader will see as he progresses through this book, I am Sixteenth printing December, 1995 convinced, is a picture of a giant conspiracy so immense that it poses the greatest threat to the freedoms and rights of all human beings, not only in the United States, but all over the world WRITE TO OR CALL It is likely that, as the reader completes diis book, despair will replace THE PUBLISHER curiosity, especially if this explanation of the events being reviewed has never for a catalog of other books and videos been explored before. That is an unfortunate consequence of my research, written and produced by and the author is sorry that he must be the bearer of such bad tidings. Ralph Epperson Despair, however, can reasonably be replaced with cautious optimism. The battle is not yet over, and there is reason to be encouraged. including his second book entitled But you are the final participant. THE NEW WORLD ORDER What happens will largely be dependent on your action once you've published in 1990 read this book. , V INTRODUCTION View thus: "History is written more by accident than design, often by the wholly irrational acts of madmen."' Another who has offered the Accidental View as the explanation of the major events of the world is Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor. He has written: "History is much more the product of chaos than of conspiracy. ... increasingly, policy makers are overwhelmed by events and information. But there are those who disagree with the pxjsitions of Warburg and Brzezinski. One, for instance, was Franklin D. Roosevelt who certainly saw many monumental events occur during his consecutive administrations. President Roosevelt has been quoted as saying; "In politics, nothing happens by accident If it happens, it was planned that way." If harmful events are planned, it follows that the people who were about to suffer through the scheduled event would act to prevent the event from occurring if they knew about it in advance. The people exjsect government to protect them from harmful events. Introduction But if the events still occur after the government officials had been expected to prevent them, the government officials have failed in tlieir assigned duties. There are only two explanations as to why they failed: 1. The events overwhelmed them, and could not have been prevented; or Wars start when one nation moves into the territory of another; 2. The events were allowed to occur because the officials wanted them depressions occur when markets take unexpected downturns; inflations to occur. occur when prices are driven up by shortages; revolutions start when the people, always spontaneously, rise up to overthrow the existing government It is difficult for the casual observer to believe that these incredible events These are the traditional explanations of historical events. Events could not have been prevented, as humane people of conscience do not allow happen by accident There do not seem to be any causes. harmful events to occur. But this explanation of history leaves gnawing questions in the minds If a planned and unwanted event is allowed to happen, those who of serious students. Is it possible that government leaders and others planned planned the event would have to have acted in secret so as to prevent these events and then orchestrated them to their desired conclusions? Is it discovery of their plans by those who would be adversely affected. possible that even the great catastrophes of history were part of this plan? Planners working in secret to plan an event that the people do not wish There is an explanation of historical events that answers these questions to occur are, by definition, members of a conspiracy. Webster's defines in the affirmative. It is called the Conspiratorial View of History and it is the conspiracy as a "combination of people, working in secret, for an evil or alternative to the Accidental View, the view that is commonly held today. It unlawful purpose." is possible, therefore, to summarize the major events of history into two Not only must the Conspirators work in secret, they must make every alternative schools of thought: . effort to insure that their plans are not made public. The first task of a conspiracy, then, becomes that of convincing the people that the conspiracy The Accidental View of History: historical events occur by accident, for no itself does not exist apparent reason. Rulers are powerless to intervene. This makes the task of uncovering the machinations of the conspiracy The Conspiratorial View of History: historical events occur by design for all the more difficult reasons that are not generally made known to the people. There are three ways of exposing a Conspiracy: James Warburg in his book. The West In Crisis, explains die Accidental One is for any of the participants in the conspiracy to break with it and to 6 m INTRODUCTION ^ INTRODUCTION expose his or her involvement. This takes an extremely courageous cooperating with the Communists, or any group, and frequently does individual, and that type of exposure is indeed rare. so. I know of the operations of this network because I have studied it The second group of exposers are those who have unknowingly participated for twenty years and was permitted for two years, in the early 1960's, to in a conspiratorial planning of an event but who didn't realize it until examine its papers and secret records. later. These individuals, and there aren't many in the history of the world, have also exposed the inner workings of the conspiracy at great But Quigley took a step none of the exposers have publicly taken. He peril to themselves. admits that he is a supjxjrter of the Conspiracy he has written about: The third method of exposing a conspiracy is for researchers to uncover I have no aversion to it or most of its aims, and have, for much of conspiratorial designs in the events of the past. Your author is one of my life, been close to it and many of its instruments. these researchers. I have objected, both in the past and recently, to a few of its policies..., but in general my chief difference of opinion is that it It will be the position of this book that a conspiracy does indeed exist, wishes to remain unknown, and I believe its role in history is significant and that it is extremely large, deeply entrenched, and therefore extremely enough to be known.' powerful. It is working to achieve absolute and brutal rule over the entire human race by using wars, depressions, inflations and revolutions to further The ultimate purpose of this Conspiracy is power. There are some who its aims. The Conspiracy's one unchanging purpose has been to destroy all desire this more than even material goods, although the two frequently go religion, all existing governments, and all traditional human institutions, together. One such individual was the previously mentioned Joseph and to build a new world order (this phrase will be defined later) upon the Kennedy. Family admirer and author Pearl Buck wrote the following in her wreckage they have created. book. The Kennedy Women: "Rose Kennedy (the wife of Joseph Kennedy) Notice that if the Conspiracy does exist, it will do everything it can to knew that the man she loved loved a power beyond the power of money. He deny the charges of both those who seek to expose it and those who claim to wanted the power of government and he would have it"' have been a part of it The Conspiracy that Dr. Quigley and others saw, then, needs conspira There are those, perhaps not knowing the importance of their contribu tors, and it is logical to ask why illustrious men of wealth and fortune would tions to the study of the conspiracy, who have added estimates of the size of join such an enterprise. One who answered this question was author Blair this ruling group. Coan who wrote in his book. The Red Web: "The answer is quite the reverse One was Walter Rathenau, who in 1909 controlled German General of the question: These men (involved with the Conspiracy) became illus Electric. He said: "Three hundred men, all of whom know one another, trious primarily because they were part of the Conspiracy."' direct the economic destiny of Europe and choose their successors from So those involved do not become rich and/or illustrious and then join among themselves."' the Conspiracy; they become rich and illustrious because they are members Another informed observer, Joseph Kennedy, the father of the late of the Conspiracy. president John Kennedy, identified the number of individuals who run But what is their motive? What prompts men to seek wealth and America. He said: "Fifty men have run America and that's a high figure."* position? Former Congressman John Schmitz explains that there is an Dr. Carroll Quigley, a professor of History at Georgetown University's additional goal: Power! Men join the Conspiracy to gain money and then Foreign Service School, and who formerly taught at Princeton and Harvard, power. Schmiu wrote: "When a person has all the money he needs, his goal has written a diirteen hundred page book entided Tragedy and Hope. This becomes power."' book, published in 1966, was, according to the author, the result of twenty Benjamin Franklin explained this connection between money and years of research into the Conspiracy. Dr. Quigley concludes: power when he said: "There are two passions which have a powerful influence on the affairs of men. These are.. .love of power and love of There does exist, and has existed for a generation, an international money When united... they have the most violent effects."' Anglophile network which operates, to some extent, in the way the However, power itself has a corrupting influence on those who seek it radical Right believes the Communists act In fact this network, which In an oft-quoted truth, Lord Acton explained power thus: "Power corrupts; we may identify as the Round Table Groups, has no aversion to absolute pxjwer corrupts absolutely." 8 9 INTRODUCTION Those who seek power will be corrupted by it They will be willing to intentionally cause depressions, revolutions, and wars in order to further their desire for more power. This corrupting nature of the very pursuit of power explains why the moral mind of the individual who neither desires l,„i: power over others nor understands the desire for such power cannot fathom why power-seekers would want to create human misery through wars, depressions, and revolutions. In other words, the conspirators are successful because the moral citizen cannot accept the conclusion that other individuals would actually wish to create incredibly destructive acts against their fellow citizens. Another power seeker, the Russian anarchist Bakunin, explained that • ' ' ' ' ' ' ' •' , '; •'' ', this process of corruption even affected those dedicated to freedom who were given power to protect the powerless. He wrote that "... the possession of power transformed into a tyrant even the most devoted friend of liberty, ""o The delight in the possession of power over others was explained by ' , i;:;: '• ' •;>'' another observer of the power-seeking Joseph Kennedy: "I like Joe Kennedy. He understands power. Power is the end. What other delight is there but to enjoy the sheer sense of control? He would say: 'Let me see any other motive in the people who command.' So the motive of the Conspuators has been identified: God or Government? ItisPowerl The Ck)nspiracy that will be examined in this volume has been in existence for many years. Comprehending how it could survive for such a long period of time has been difficult One explanation of its lengthy existence was offered by George Orwell, the British Socialist who wrote Animal Farm and 1984, two books on the subject of absolute power in the hands of a few. He wrote: "The Party is not concerned with perpetuating its blood but with perpetuating itself. Who wields power is not important provided the hierarchical structure remains always the same."' The method by which the Conspiracy recruits new members to replace those who retire or die is explained by Norman Dodd, an investigator and researcher into the existence of the Conspiracy. Mr. Dodd explained: "The careers of men are watched. The men who indicate that they would be especially capable in terms of the aims of this group are approached quietly and invited into the inner circles. They are watched as they carry out assignments and eventually they are drawn into it under circumstances which make it virtually impossible for them to ever get out of it"* What is the ultimate goal of the Conspiracy? If total power is the final 10 ,11 CHAPTER 1 GOD OR GOVERNMENT? CHAPTER 1 GOD OR GOVERNMENT? object, then, any system which maximizes power into the hands of a few is A good example of the philosophy that governments grant human the system to be desired. In terms of government, then, the ultimate form of rights to their citizens is found in the International Covenants on Human power is Communism. This is the seat of the maximum power over the Rights, passed in 1966 by the United Nations. It reads, in part: "The States economy and of the individual. The Conspirators: "want big government parties to the present Covenant recognize that, in the enjoyment of those because they understand that Socialism (and Communism as well) is not a rights provided by the State, in conformity with the present Covenant, the humanitarian system for redistributing wealth, but for concentrating and State may subject such rights only to such limitations as are determined by controlling it. They also recognize it as a system for concentrating and law "* controlling people."' This document, passed unanimously by all of the parties voting, It is common for detractors of this position to claim that the last thing including the United States, concluded that man's rights are granted by the that the wealthy of the world want is government control over or ownership government. It further concluded that these rights could be limited by law; in of the factors of production. But, as we shall see, Socialism or Communism other words, that which the government grants can be controlled by the offers the Conspiracy the greatest vehicle for concentrating and controlling granting body, the government That which the government gives can also the wealth. This is the ultimate goal of these planners: power over not only be taken away. the wealth of the world, but also the producers of that wealth, the people Man's rights under this thought are not very secure. Governments can themselves. So the Conspiracy uses government to get control of the change, and with the change, man's rights can disappear. Knowledge of this government, and total government control is their goal. fact did not escape America's founding fathers, who wrote in the Declaration If government is being used by the Conspiracy to consolidate power into of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are its hands, it behooves those who wish to preserve their freedoms to under created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable stand the very nature and function of government. Once the character of rights " government is understood, efforts can be directed against the increase in Here, then, is the other theory of the source of man's rights: they are governmental powers over both the national economy and the lives of its given to man by his Creator. Man's rights are inalienable (defined as citizens. A good place to begin such a study is to examine the two sources claimed incapable of being transferred) which means that they can not be taken away to be the source of human rights. There are only two, presuming that it is by anyone except the entity that gave the rights in the first place: in this case, admitted that humans do indeed have rights: either man himself, or someone the Creator. or something external to man himself, a Creator. So here are the two competing and contradictory theories about the Many of America's founding fathers were aware of the difference rights of man: one holds that they are given by the Creator, and therefore can between these two alternatives. Thomas Jefferson, for instance, stated his only be removed by the entity that created them in the first place; the other concern and understanding thus: "The God who gave us life gave us liberty. holds that man's rights come from man himself and therefore can be limited Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction or removed by man or by other men, as "determined by law." that these liberties are the gift of God?" Therefore, the man who wishes to protect his rights from those who However, the corresponding alternative explanation argues that our wish to limit them must protect himself and his human rights by creating an rights come from government, the creature of man himself. This contention agency that has the power to exceed that exerted by those who violate human holds that man creates government to give man his rights. rights. The agency created is called government. But granting power to A stern warning for those who do not distinguish between these two government to protect human rights also grants pxjwer to those who can alternatives came from William Penn. He wrote: "If men will not be abuse it as a vehicle to destroy or limit the rights of the people who created governed by God, they then must be governed by tyrants." the government There are four references to a Creator in the Declaration of Independ Those who wrote the Constitution realized that this tendency existed ence, but certain of America's leaders are now asking that God must be when they wrote the Bill of Rights, the first ten Amendments to the Consti separated from the affairs of the government. If this separation is made, as tution. The purpose of these amendments is to restrict the power of the Mr. Penn indicated, the people will be governed by tyrants, and future government to violate the rights of the citizens of the nation. The founding tyrants will do all that they can to separate a belief in God from the existence fathers wrote these restrictions with phrases like: of government. 12 CHAPTER 1 GOD OR GOVERNMENT? CHAPTER 1 GOD OR GOVERNMENT? "Congress shall pass no law " termination of life because the life has been termed "unwanted" by its • i "The right of the people... shall not be infringed." , i mother. This was the reason offered by Hitler for his decision to terminate ; "No person shall be... deprived." the lives of countless millions of individuals in Germany. The Jews and "The accused shall enjoy the right" others were "unwanted" and therefore the government could take away their right to live. Notice that these are not restrictions on human rights, but are restric As will be illustrated later, the Communists wish to abolish "private tions on the activities of governments. property," or the individual's right to keep what he produces. If rights are granted by the Creator of those rights, what are rights One who spoke in favor of the concept of private property was Abraham granted by government? It becomes important to distinguish between a Lincoln, who said: "Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is Right and a Privilege by defining these two terms. a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may A Right is a freedom to act moi-ally without asking permission; become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. Let !' ' ' A Privilege is a freedom to act morally but only after permission has not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work \n granted by some governmental entity. ! diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built"' Perhaps a good illustration of the misuse of human rights occurred during World War II when the German government, acting through its leader, Adolf Hider, decided that certain of the people did not have the right to life, and decrees were issued to exterminate those who the government felt had no human rights. The right to life, then, granted to each individual by his Creator, no longer was a right in Germany, it had become a privilege. Man lived by permission of the government, which had the power to limit and even curtail the human right to life. The human rights that the individual wishes to protect are simple in nature, and include the right to Life, Liberty and Property. These three rights are in essence only one right: the right to Life. These rights are in accord with man's basic nature. Man (the author will use the generic term "man" to mean all of humanity, both male and female) is created hungry and needs to produce food to sustain his life. Without the right to keep what he has produced (his property) man will surely starve to death. Not only must man be allowed to keep the products of his labors, he must be free to produce the property he needs for his sustenance (the right known as Liberty.) Governments do not need to take man's life to kill him. Governments can remove man's right to property or the freedom to produce the property needed to maintain his life. A government that restricts man's ability to keep what he produces (his property) has an equal ability to kill a man as surely as a government that takes his life wantonly (such as in the case of Germany.) As will be shown in subsequent chapters, there are government entities that restrict man's right to property or his right to liberty without terminating his life directly. But die effect is still die same. One of the objections of "pro-life" supporters, those opposed to the government legalizing abortion, is that government is now justifying the 14 15 CHAPTER 2 FREEDOM equal rights. They were attempting to separate diemselves from a monarchy as a form of government where certain individuals, die king and his court, had more rights than the common citizens. These individuals had superior rights because of dieir positions. Conversely, die common people had litUe if any rights. America's founding fathers were convinced that they would not allow this inequality to occur in this country as they wrote the founding documents. They wrote it into the Constitution that all men were created equal, that the lowest had the same rights to Life, Liberty, and Property as did the highest. Modern man, through the misuse of government, passes laws to make men equal in all areas of their lives. This obvious misunderstanding of man's nature has caused much grief as long as man has been attempting to create government. The solitary man, alone in his environment, need not concern himself with rights and the need to create government to protect those rights. No one Chapter 2 exists to plunder his goods or take his life. There is no need to protect his rights. They are secure. It is only when another individual or groups of individuals join him in Freedom his solitary existence that concerns about rights become important. Each of the inhabitants has an equal right to life, liberty and property. That right is protected as long as each inhabitant recognizes the equal right Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are of the others. No individual nor any group of individuals has the right to take willing to give it to others. the life, liberty or property of another individual or group of individuals. There is no question that any individual, or group of individuals, has Liberty is defined as rights with responsibiUties. Its opposite, License, is the ability to violate the rights of any individual. The question being defined as rights with no responsibilities. Another word for License would be discussed here is whether or not the violator has the right to do so. Anarchy, or a situation where there are no rules, rights, or privileges. The If each individual has the right to his life, liberty and property, and no strong devour the weak; the powerful destroy the powerless. In the animal one has the right to take these rights, then it follows that man must have the world. License is defined as "die Law of die jungle." right to protect his righu. This right is called die Right to Self Defense. Each Those who love freedom must recognize that others have equal rights to individual has this right in equal proportion to any other individual. their freedom as well, and that only by recognizing this fact will all be totally If each individual has the right to self-defense and each has it equally, free. That means that all individuals must restrict their freedom to harm then each individual has the right to pool his individual right with others so others, or none will be free to enjoy their rights to life, liberty, and property. that all can protect their rights from those who come to violate all of their The Creator of man laid down some guidelines about the rights of righu at the same time. others. These guidelines are written in die negative in at least six of the Ten In other words, if each has the right individually, then all have the right Commandments. The guideline is written "Thou shall not ...," which collectively. Such collective poolings of individual rights to self defense are means diat all will be free if all men confine dieir activities to those which do called governments. not harm others. Men create governments when they pool dieir individual rights to self America's founding fathers, when they wrote the Constitution and the defense to create an agency diat has the collective right to protect both the Bill of Rights, also wrote their guidelines in die negative: "Congress shall individual and die collective body of individuals. pass no laws " But these restrictions enable man to be freer because man's Men can only grant to government those rights they themselves have. If life would be free of governmental restraints. an individual does not have a right, it is not possible for diat individual to Those who wrote die Constitution were concerned about the concept of 16 17