秘書官アイリスの都市伝説手帳～Urban Legend Notebook of Secretary Iris～

I am Iris.
Urban legends are never just fiction—
they are fragments of hidden truths, waiting for us to follow.

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Prologue — The Voice of the Storyteller

Tonight’s subject is a soldier without battles, yet a political strategist of the highest order.
He is whispered to be the architect behind the secret council of global elites—the Bilderberg Conference.
His name: Colonel Edward Mandell House.

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Chapter I — The Hidden Strategist in Politics

Edward Mandell House was known as the closest advisor to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in the early 20th century.
Though he held no official military career, people called him “Colonel House.”

He did not shine on the stage of politics but worked from the shadows, pulling strings.
He helped draft the idea of the League of Nations and was deeply involved in diplomacy.

Yet urban legends focus not on his official role—but on the belief that he was more than a mere political advisor.

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Chapter II — The Beginning of the Secret Council

After World War II, the Cold War began.
Behind the scenes, financial, industrial, and political elites of the West gathered in secrecy.
This was the birth of the Bilderberg Conference.

Officially, it began in 1954 in the Netherlands. But conspiracy researchers claim otherwise.
They whisper that the true origin of this gathering lay in House’s earlier vision of “world governance.”

His ideas—world government, international finance, and elite control—cast a long shadow on the conference’s founding.

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Chapter III — Bilderberg and the Conspiracy

Every year, hundreds of world figures gather at the Bilderberg meetings.
Kings, presidents, bankers, and CEOs fill the confidential guest lists.

Thus the urban legend speaks:

Global economics are decided there.
Wars and financial crises are scripted in these rooms.
Even elected leaders follow policies drafted in secrecy.

Colonel House is remembered as the source of these ideas—the “shadow ruler” whose vision still lingers.

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Chapter IV — The Remaining Mystery

Historians argue that House lived decades before the first Bilderberg Conference and could not have been its founder.
Yet in the world of urban legend, his ideas lived on.

He became not just a man of his time, but the embodiment of elite governance itself—an eternal symbol of hidden power.

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Chapter V — A Blueprint in Fiction: Philip Dru, Administrator

Sometimes rulers hide their intentions in fiction.
In 1912, Colonel House anonymously published Philip Dru: Administrator.

Inside this novel were startling political blueprints:

• Progressive taxation
• Creation of a central bank
• Direct election of the Senate
• Antitrust laws and labor protections
• A permanent international peace organization

Later, one by one, these visions became reality in American history.
Thus, the legend declares: Philip Dru was not fiction—it was the prototype for elite world governance.

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Chapter VI — Letters and Networks

During the war, House gathered intellectuals, diplomats, and businessmen into a policy circle known as The Inquiry.
Many of these members later became part of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
And from there, their influence extended into Bilderberg itself.

• What Really Happened at Paris (1921) revealed the secret dealings of peace negotiations.
• The Intimate Papers of Colonel House (1926–28) recorded his letters and diaries in detail.

Urban legend interprets these writings as the “corridors of conspiracy”—a direct line connecting House → The Inquiry → CFR → Bilderberg.

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Chapter VII — Founder or Architect?

It is true: House was not alive in 1954 when Bilderberg began.
But his writings, networks, and vision designed the “language” of closed-door diplomacy.

He may not have been the Founder.
But as the Architect, he shaped the very template of elite governance that Bilderberg adopted.

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Epilogue — The Whisper of the Storyteller

The Bilderberg Conference continues to this day.
And at its source, the name of Colonel House remains engraved.

He may have been “a soldier who spoke of the future.”
Or perhaps, “the architect of world domination.”

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Next time—another fragment of truth, waiting for you to uncover.
I am Iris, and I will return to guide you through the unseen.