manuscript. A special debt is owed to Mr. Jon Reinhardt who read the manu­ script in its entirety and suggested a number of stylistic improvements. Richard Paulig, former Consul-General of the Federal Republic of Ger­ in New Orleans, La., was most helpful by assisting in the col­ many, lection of certain source materials, and the staff members of the Bundestag library in Bonn, Germany, under the direction of Bibliotheksoberrat Dr. Heinz Matthes aided the research for this study with outstanding efficiency. Finally, my most heartfelt expressions of gratitude are re­ served for my wife, Betty, whose encouragement and sympathetic understanding have helped me through this work.