and diplomacy. However, under a highly-geared system of human
regimentation on, quite acceptable to the Germams individually,
especially after what they may have considered a laisser-faire period,
a totally different type of diplomatic maneuvering has rapidly been
developed and has apparently caught a number of European foreign
offices off guard. It is a type which cannot be discounted and must be
considered in all seriousness; in any event, it is a type which, by one
method or another, is rapidly placing Germany back among the leading
world powers- and the basic principles underlying all foreign policy
are carefully set forth in the Hitlerism "Bible". Furthermore, this
policy has already taken concrete form, in spite of the fact that many
otherwise keen observers seem to be able to go only so far as to say
that Hitler's Germany "plans to do things." Whether or not policy is
being evolved by a more or less formalistic Foreign Office is of little
importance in this type of government.
 
 
In examining the actual results of Nazi diplomacy and statesmanship, it
is interesting to note that in the "program" of the then skeleton
National Socialist Party dated as far back as February 24, 1920, at
Munich, foreign policy almost identical with what appears to be the
current one was set