Carroll Quigley - The Anglo-American Establishment (1981)

“One wintry afternoon in February 1891, three men were engaged in earnest conversation in London. From that conversation were to flow consequences of the greatest importance to the British Empire and to the world as a whole. For these men were organizing a secret society that was, for more than fifty years, to be one of the most important forces in the formulation and execution of British imperial and foreign policy.”
- Professor Carroll Quigley (November 9, 1910 - January 3, 1977), The Anglo-American Establishment, p.3

The three men who founded the secret society were: its leader Cecil Rhodes; William T. Stead; and Reginald Baliol Brett, later known as Lord Esher, friend, confidant and advisor to Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V.

The 1891 meeting hashed out the details of this secret society and they agreed that there would be an inner circle called "The Society of the Elect," and an outer circle, to be known as "The Association of Helpers." Shortly before the meeting ended Alfred Milner was also added to the cabal by Stead.

In The Anglo-American Establishment, Professor Quigley matter-of-factly informs us that the society exists to this day in modified forms, variously called: "Milner's Kindergarten" (1901-1910), "the Round Table Group" (1910-1920), "The Times crowd," "the Rhodes crowd," the "Chatham House crowd," the "All Souls group," and the "Cliveden set." Further, he states that these groups are to be perceived as different names for the outer circle of The Association of Helpers. Signs, oathes and formal initiations were eliminated and the only distinction between the inner and outer circle was the fact that The Society of the Elect knew they were a part of a secret society - whereas the outer group(s) did not - but both were equally willing to cooperate with one another to achieve their common goal.

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