Editing Trilateral Commission (section)

==History==

===Founding===
The Trilateral Commission was formed in 1973 by private citizens of Japan, North American nations (the U.S. and Canada), and Western European nations<ref name="about"/> to foster substantive political and economic dialogue across the world. The idea of the commission was developed in the early 1970s, a time of considerable discord among the United States and its allies in Western Europe, Japan, and Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://trilateral.org/page/17/faq |title=FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
 |website=The Trilateral Commission |access-date=Jul 12, 2018}}</ref>
To quote its founding declaration:
* "Growing interdependence is a fact of life of the contemporary world. It transcends and influences national systems... While it is important to develop greater cooperation among all the countries of the world, Japan, Western Europe, and North America, in view of their great weight in the world economy and their massive relations with one another, bear a special responsibility for developing effective cooperation, both in their own interests and in those of the rest of the world."
* "To be effective in meeting common problems, Japan, Western Europe, and North America will have to consult and cooperate more closely, on the basis of equality, to develop and carry out coordinated policies on matters affecting their common interests... refrain from unilateral actions incompatible with their interdependence and from actions detrimental to other regions... [and] take advantage of existing international and regional organizations and further enhance their role."
* "The Commission hopes to play a creative role as a channel of free exchange of opinions with other countries and regions. Further progress of the developing countries and greater improvement of East-West relations will be a major concern."<ref name=Trilateral_Commission_FAQ_2011>{{cite web |url=http://www.trilateral.org/go.cfm?do=Page.View&pid=9#12 |title=The Trilateral Commission FAQ |publisher=The Trilateral Commission |year=2011 |access-date=2011-07-17}}</ref>
[[Zbigniew Brzezinski]], a Rockefeller advisor who was a specialist on international affairs (and later [[President Jimmy Carter]]'s [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] from 1977 to 1981), left [[Columbia University]] to organize the group, along with:<ref name="rockarch">[http://www.rockarch.org/collections/rockorgs/trilateral.pdf “The Trilateral Commission (North America) Records“]. ''Rockefeller Archives''. rockarch.org {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617152745/http://www.rockarch.org/collections/rockorgs/trilateral.pdf |date=2013-06-17 }}</ref>
* [[Edwin Reischauer]], professor at [[Harvard University]] and [[United States Ambassador to Japan]], 1961{{ndash}}1966{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
* [[George S. Franklin]], executive director of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] 1953–1971<ref name="cfr.org">[https://www.cfr.org/historical-roster-directors-and-officers Historical Roster of Directors and Officers], Council on Foreign Relations</ref><ref name="nytimes.com">David Stout (March 7, 1996), [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/07/nyregion/george-s-franklin-jr-82-foreign-policy-expert.html "George S. Franklin Jr., 82, Foreign Policy Expert" obit], ''The New York Times:'' "From 1945 to 1971, he worked for the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, serving as executive director from 1953 to 1971. He served on the group's board for another decade."</ref> 
* [[Gerard C. Smith]], [[Strategic Arms Limitation Talks#SALT I Treaty|SALT I]] negotiator and its first North American chairman
* [[Henry D. Owen]], foreign policy studies director at the [[Brookings Institution]]<ref name=owen>[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/07/nyregion/george-s-franklin-jr-82-foreign-policy-expert.html George S. Franklin Jr., 82, Foreign Policy Expert] David Stout. New York Times. March 7, 1996. Retrieved May 12, 2016</ref>
* [[Max Kohnstamm]], [[European Policy Centre]]{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
* [[Robert R. Bowie]], the Foreign Policy Association and director of the [[Harvard Center for International Affairs]]{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
* [[Marshall Hornblower]], former partner at [[Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering]]{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
* [[Tadashi Yamamoto]], [[Japan Center for International Exchange]]<ref name=asahi>{{cite news|title=Tadashi Yamamoto, pioneer of international exchange, dies at 76|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/people/AJ201204160056|work=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|date=2012-04-16|access-date=2012-05-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801070811/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/people/AJ201204160056|archive-date=2012-08-01}}</ref>
* [[William Scranton]], former [[List of Governors of Pennsylvania|governor of Pennsylvania]]{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

Other founding members included [[Alan Greenspan]] and [[Paul Volcker]], both later heads of the [[Federal Reserve System]].{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

The organization's records are stored at the [[Rockefeller Archive Center]] in North Tarrytown, NY.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehudsonindependent.com/treasures-within-a-treasure-the-rockefeller-archives-center/|title=Treasures Within a Treasure: The Rockefeller Archives Center|website=thehudsonindependent.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-04|date=2018-02-27}}</ref>