Hänni stated that "The leaders of the group increasingly considered strategies to target public opinion and, to this end, formed a "Cercle network" of associated organisations, institutes and think tanks, which attacked both the Soviet Union and the perceived "leftist" governments or opposition movements in Europe and the Third World."
The Union of South Africa provided the only official delegation and the Cercle supported organisations such as Renamo, whose general secretary attended meetings, and Unita.
Leading members included the ex-MI6 officer Anthony Cavendish, the British Conservative MP Julian Amery,[8] and Brian Crozier.
[9] British MPs Rory Stewart and Nadhim Zahawi were chairs of Le Cercle in the 2010s at the same time as they served as members of the UK parliament's Foreign Affairs Select Committee.
[10] Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Guillaume Long, wrote in 2022 that the group has "strong links to the intelligence community in Europe and the United States".