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Mr. Secretary General,

It was a great pleasure and privilege to have the opportunity to meet you and your wife at the dinner hosted by_Clarissa and Peder jBonde. I sure hope you and Nane had some wonderful and relaxing days together for your holiday and that you were able to get well deserved rest and time for one another. -7 With reference to our conversation at^the party^and my letter to Mr. Jqb^^zajof_Apjil 3rd I just want to reconfirm uHaUhe^Sverrs^LPagbkdetETOcjitive^Club is: open. IQ yon whenever __ le. The Swedish senior business community would warmly welcome"you and would be eager to hear possibilities of cooperation between the United Nations and the corporate world. Next week the President of will address the Svenska Dagbladet Executive Club and then on September 18 it is the Prime Minister of Jos6 Maria Aznar and on November 28 from Israel.

We very much hope to see you in 1998!

I remain,

Yours sincerely, L Anna C. Belfrage President Svenska Dagbladet Executive Club

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BESOKSADRESS GJORWELLSGATAN 28 STOCKHOLM

TPIPFOM +Aft 8 17 =;<> OO. TELEFAX +46 8 n SO 69 «Tsmm~. Undersecretary General IqbalRiza ^'H \\w' Y^*" '^P Chef de Cabinet ; ^J Secretary Generals Office United Nations New York, NY 10017, U.S.A. /-— ^ Stockholtfi, April 3, 1997

Dear Mr. Undersecretary General,

With reference to the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Jan Eliasson we understand that the Secretary General Mr. Kofi Annan has been invited to all the . If the Secretary General will visit Sweden I would, as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Svenska Dagbladet, like to invite the Secretary General to address the members of the Svenska Dagbladet Executive Club and their guests. Svenska Dagbladet is, as you may know, a nationwide morning paper with a circulation of over 200,000 copies. Its main coverage is the Stockholm area. The Svenska Dagbladet Executive Club started in 1980 and is probably the most important forum for top ranking business executives and government officials in Sweden. Its 600 members are invited five times a year to meetings with prominent lecturers from all over the world. For example, in recent years the Executive Club was addressed by such eminent personalities as , , George Bush, Helmut Schmidt, Bill Gates, Hans Tietmeyer, Lech Walesa, Benazir Bhutto among others (enclosed you will please find a complete list). On April 16th the , will address the Executive Club and on September 30th the , Martti Ahtisaari have accepted to speak.

The meetings of the Executive Club are normally closed to the media but in this particular case, we leave it to the Secretary General to decide if he would like a select group of journalists, TV, radio and print media to be present. We very much look forward to hear from you. I remain, Yours sincerely,

Lennart Hagelin Chairman SVENSKA DAGBLADET cc State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Jan Eliasson

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The Svenska Dagbladet Executive Club provides meetings for people with influence

The Svenska Dagbladet Executive Club forms the link between those who influence events in our country and the people who, in some way, influence world events. The Executive Club meets at least four times a year.

The Club was founded in December 1980, and below the personalities who have visited us over the years:

Jacques Delors Former President of the European Commission (1997) Mary Robinson President of Ireland (1997) Scott McNealy Chairman, CEO and President of Sun Microsystems (1997) Richard Holbrooke Vice Chairman of CS First Boston Corp. (1996) Pehr G Gyllenhammar Senior Advisor Lazard Freres & Co. (1996) Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister of Pakistan (1996) Lech Walesa Former President of , Founder of Solidarity, (1996) Percy Barnevik President and CEO of ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd, Switzerland (1996) Ingvar Carlsson (1995) Ferdinand Piech CEO of Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda (1995) Sir James Goldsmith Businessman and EU parliamentarian (1995) Mstislav Rostropovitj Conductor and cellist (1995) Hans Tietmeyer President of Deutsche Bundesbank, Chairman G10 cen. bank gov. (1995) William H. (Bill) Gates Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation (1995) Prime Minister of Finland (1995) Anita Gradin Swedish Commissioner (1994) Lee A. lacocca Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chrysler Corporation (1994) Peter Wallenberg First Vice Chairman of the Board, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (1994) Carlo De Benedetti Chairman and CEO of Olivetti (1994) Kenneth Clarke Chancellor of the Exchequer, Great Britain (1994) Kenneth Feld CEO of Irwin & Feld Production lac. (1994) Helmut Schmidt Former Chancellor, Federal of (1993) Carlos Salinas de Gortari President of (1993) George Bush Former President of the USA (1993) Michail Gorbachov President of the former USSR (1993) Jacques Attali President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Dev. (1993) Margaret Thatcher Former Prime Minister of Great Britain (1993) Edzard Reuter Chairman of Daimler-Benz AG (1992) Colin Marshall Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive of British Airways (1992) Lord Carrington Chairman of Christies International (1992) Carl Bildt Prime Minister of Sweden (1992) Rand V. Araskog Chairman and CEO of the ITT Corporation (1992) Milton Friedman Professor and Winner in Economics, USA (1991) Otto von Habsburg Member of the European , Germany (1991) William H. Webster Former Director of the CIA and FBI, USA (1991) Raymond H. Levy Chairman and CEO of Renault (1991) Karl-Johannes von Schwarzenberg Chancellor of Czechoslovakia (1991) Isamu Yamashita Chairman of the East Japan Railway Co., Japan (1990) Dalai Lama Political and Spiritual Leader of Tibet (1990) Uffe Ellemann-Jensen Foreign Minister of (19S>0) Speaker of the Finnish Parliament (1990) Bengt Westerberg Leader, M P, Sweden (1989) Lydia Dunn Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (1989) Rein Otsason Minister of the Planning Com. and Vice Prime Minister of (1989) Rosabeth Moss Kanter Prof. Harvard Bus. School, Editor; Harvard Business Review (1989) EXECUTIVI-1 SVENSKA DAGBLADET,f—E CLU* B

Ted Turner Chairman of the Board and President of CNN (1988) Jacques Seguela Advertising Consultant and Managing Director of RSC&G (1988) Abel G. Aganbegjan Academician and Economic Adviser to Michail Gorbachev,(1988) Jordi Pujol President of Catalonia, Spain (1987) Scott Carpenter Astronaut and Aquanaut, USA (1987) Hans L. Merkle Chairman of the Board of Robert Bosch GmbH (1987) Al Tortorella Vice President of Burson/Marsteller (1987) Poul Schliiter Prime Minister of Denmark (1986) Abba Eban Former Ambassador and Foreign Minister of Israel (1986) Mark H. McCormack President of the International Management Group (1986) Helmut Sonnenfeldt Researcher at the Brookings Institution, USA (1985) Walter Mondale Former Vice-President of the USA (1985) SAPO National Swedish Police, Security Department (1985) Alan Bond Chairman of the Board of the Bond Group (1985) Joseph Luns Former Secretary General of NATO (1985) Martin Feldstein Former Chief Economic Adviser to President Reagan, USA (1984) Kjell-Olof Feldt Minister of Finance, Sweden (1984) Leland S. Prussia Chairman of the Board of Bank of America (1984) Dee W. Hock President of VISA International (1984) Pehr G GyHenhammar Chairman of the Board and CEO of Volvo (1984) Leo Th. Heessels Member of the Board of Philips (1983) Former Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany (1983) Anthony Sampson British journalist and writer (1983) Alexander Haig Former Secretary of State of the USA (1983) Olof Palme Prime Minister of Sweden (1982) Raymond Barre Former Prime Minister of (1982) Georgy Arbatov Member of the Supreme Council of the USSR (1982) Former President of the USA (1982) Marc Nan NGuema Secretary General of OPEC (1982) Edward du Cann Former Trade Minister of Great Britain (1981) Former President of the USA (1981) Former Secretary of State of the USA (1981) Naoto Sasaki Professor of Management Studies, Japan (1981) James Schlesinger Former Secretary of Energy and Defence of the USA (1980) T* SVENSKA DACBLADET/—* LXECUTIVEvJJI** \/T*^"*I IHPI\ /r* f iiJi

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S-105 17 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. BESOKSADKESS GJOHWELLSGATAN 28 STOCKHOLM TELEFON 08-13 54 02 VAXEL 08-13 50 OO TELEFAX O8-13 50 69 MOBIL 070-635 65 oo E-MAIL [email protected] annen som stod i Executive Clubs fie man who stood at the Executive Club's talarstol hade da tills nyligen styrt rostrum had then, until recently, steered USA. Med den insikt, som bara den med the USA. With this insight, which only someone tillrackligt stor utsikt ager talade ban om "The US role with a sufficiently wide perspective could possess, he in the post cold-war era". George Bush stannade kvar talked about "The US role in the post cold-war era". uppe pa podiet efter fragestunden; han samtalade George Bush stayed up on the podium after question- oppet och ledigt och uppskattade uppenbarligen att time; he talked openly and willingly and obviously komma i direktkontakt med sitt auditorium. George appreciated coming in direct contact with his audience. Bushs besb'k blev ytterligare en bekraftelse pa vad His visit was a further confirmation of what can seem som kan forefalla vara en paradox: Mitt i den to be a paradox: In the midst of accelerating accelererande teknik, som mojliggor ett snabbare technology, which makes the exchange of information informationsutbyte an nagonsin tidigare, bibehaller possible far faster than ever before, the personal det personliga motet sin suverana position. Inget kan meeting retains its supreme position. Nothing can ersatta stundens stamning. Gnistan av kontakt, replace the atmosphere of the moment, the spark of utspelet som blir just da. contact, the interaction fust then.

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Sedan 1980 bar Executive Club haft som uppgift att The Executive Club has arranged high-level meetings of this ordna sadana moten pa hog niva. Va'rlden blir allt mer kind since 1980. The world is becoming increasingly global global. Det svenska naringslivet allt mer internationellt. - and Swedish trade and industry increasingly Behovet av att sa initierat som mojligt fo'lja och international. The need to stay well-informed by following analysera politikens och ekonomins snabba svangningar and analysing rapid shifts in politics and economics is blir allt tydligare. Executive Club bildar la'nken mellan becoming increasingly obvious. The Executive Club forms ma'nniskor som a'r med och paverkar ha'ndelserna i vart the link between those who influence events in our country land och de ma'nniskor som pa nagot satt har inflytande and the people who, in some way, influence world events. over varldens handelser. Ett medlemskap i Executive Membership of the Executive Club offers access to an Club betyder tillgang till ett exklusivt forum, dar svenska exclusive forum where Swedish decision-makers can meet beslutsfattare far traffa varldens tongivande politiker the world's leading politicians and business executives. One och foretagsledare. En av klubbens medlemmar, Peje of the Club's members, Peje Emilsson of KREAB, puts it Emilsson pa KREAB, like this-. "An exceptionally uttrycker det sa har: "Ett sensible way of effectively osedvanligt fornuftigt satt and pleasantly gaining att med effektivitet och an impression of, and trivsamhet fa lukta pa och listening to, people who lyssna till personer som mean more to the world - betyder mer for varlden - and to Sweden - than och for Sverige - an de most". fiesta!" Den prominenta gastlistan har hunnit bli r mycket lang. I talarstolen har blancl andra r' cj r J k I r* = Henry Kissinger, limmy Carter, Ceorgy J x«V s^/Js^Js^s Arbatov, Dalai Lama, Willy Brandt, Olof Palme, Carl Bildt, Lee lacocca, Margaret Thatcher och Michail Gorbatjov statt Ett lysande uppbad av ledande person I igheter - Executive Club mots minst tyra ganger statsministrar, presidenter riksbankscliefer, per ar Nya spannande talare kommer att marketingmastare och foretagsledare - har besoka klubben tor att fa delge sin kunskap gastat klubben och delat med sig av a'sikter och sina erfarenheter. Manniskor sum star och exklusiv fcirhandsintormation. mitt i handelsernas centrum. Och som sjalva tinner det vardefulll att komma hit Med Svenge i F.I iniormatiuiisteknologin som nailer pa att forandra I den efterfoljande paneldebatten, ledd samhallshilden och en mangel av en namnkunnig tragepanel kan aven andra ornvalvande faktorer publiken stalla Iragor. Mellan skarpsinnighet det storre anleclning an och salta finns det plats ocksa for ett och nagonsin att lyssna pa de annat befnande skratt och samtdlsnivan ar persoMier som dgerar pa sadan att den tormar tra'nga bortom cle vaildsscenen etablerade. officiella sanningama. Kkit'bens samniankomster ar helt skitna, hit in slapps varken tidningar, radio eller TV. Inte ens Svenska Pagbladet. som ar huvudmuii for Executive Club Daremot heir inedlemmama mojlighet att ta med sig en gast

Ett rnedlemskap i Executive Club ar alltid personligt och erbJLids till svenska foretagsledare och chefer inom stats- forvaltningen Som medlemmar haller de sig inte bara a jour med stromningar och handelser i varlden, de far ocksa chansen till informellt umgange med varandra. En dokumentation skickas ut efter varje mote, sa aven de som inte kan narvara far ta del av foredragets innehall. Medlemskapet ger dessutom andra exklusiva fonnaner. Is a of history Tin1 list df prom/iK'/il dursls is dl/rady l(iiw. Spraferrs /itiiv included H i'/i rii Kiss/iidrr, I/mini; Curler. Grorau Arlwloi', flu1 Da In/ [.(,11110, W/'llu BraiK.il, Ofc/ P(i/ni(', Carl BiUl. Liv liY;f>i,ilclior. A (.i/>l//ii?o/>li('(< group ot (HdslrtmJ/iu? personalities - Prime Miius/iTs, P/rsi'ifr/ils, G'lilm! Bdi/lo Giwniiirs. /mirtrlm

An /« (fir deba(c which follows, led by a renowned Membership of the Executive Club is always panel. Ihe audience are welcome io ask aucslions. personal and is offered to Simfrs/i business Between the sharp-willed and the salty there's executives and heads in public administration. room for a lauah or two, and the tone of the As members. ll\eu not only keep up-to-date with exchange is such that it's able to go beyond the trends and events in the world, theu also have the established, official truths. Club meetings are opportunity to meet each other informally. completely closed, neither the press, radio nor TV Documentation is sent out after each meeting, so arc admilled, not even Svenska those who were unable to attend then know whal Dagbladel which runs the Executive the talk was about. Membership also provides Club. Hoiwpr, members may take a other ('Xilusiir benefits. auest along with them.

The E\eciili\c Club meets at leas! four limes a year New. txciling speakers will be visiting the /iiin' their knowledge and experience. These are pet pie at the centre of events - and who themselves find it valuable to come to the Executive Club Willi Simii'i; a member of the Ell. with information leihnologLi changing society, besides Ihe very many oilier changes, there is iirealcr reason than ever to listen Io those people who a ~e active on the world scene Members ofSvensfta Dagbladet's Ex*7 participate in special hearings with well-kno are a few of the personalities u

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