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Dutch economist Ernst van der Beugel became permanent secretary in 1960, upon Retinger's death.

Prince Bernhard continued to serve as the meeting's chairman until 1976, the year of his involvement in the Lockheed affair.

The position of Honorary American Secretary General has been held successively by Joseph E. Johnson of the Carnegie Endowment, William Bundy of Princeton, Theodore L. Eliot, Jr., former U. S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Casimir A. Yost of Georgetown's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.