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“international secret” hidden at Gisors. His grandfather was a personal
friend of Berenger Sauniere, and he owns land in the area of Rennes-le-
Chateau. In French records, he was listed as the Secretary-General of
the Prieuré de Sion. When asked what their objectives were, he said: “I
cannot tell you that. The Society to which I am attached is extremely
ancient. I merely succeed others, a point in a sequence. We are the
guardians of certain things. And without publicity.”The organization is not limited to just restoring the Merovingian
bloodline, and has many Jewish members, though the full extent of the
membership is unknown. Documents on file indicate that their
organizational hierarchy is similar to the Masons.In 1979, in Paris, Plantard told reporters of the BBC, when asked if his
organization had the treasures of the ancient Jewish Temple, he said:
“Yes ... they will be returned to Jerusalem when the time is right.” He
claimed that the real treasure was “spiritual” and consisted of a
“secret” that would create a major social change regarding the
restoration of the monarchy. In talking about France, Plantard said that
Mitterand was “a necessary stepping-stone.” He revealed that their
Order is on a timetable, and that their plans were unstoppable.Plantard talked about unrest within the membership of the Prieuré’s
Anglo-American contingent. The signatures of Gaylord Freeman, John
Drick, and A. Robert Abboud were found on their official
correspondence. They were associated with the First National Bank of
Chicago. Drick was the President, and on the Board of Directors of
other companies, including Stepan Chemical, MCA, Oak Industries,
and Central Illinois Public Service. Freeman, an Illinois lawyer, was
Chairman of the Board of First National, and on the Boards of other
companies, including First Chicago Corporation, Atlantic-Richfield,
Bankers Life and Casualty Co., Baxter Travenol Labs, and Northwest
Industries. He also chaired a Committee on Inflation for the American
Bankers Association. He was a member of the MacArthur Foundation
and a trustee of the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies. Robert
Abboud had also been Chairman of the Board of First National, and
later became President of Occidental Petroleum Corp. It was originally
believed that the signatures were forged from a 1974 Annual Report,
but it was later discovered they were produced with rubber stamps.
Though Freeman denied membership in the Prieuré de Sion, or of