BEW chapters in the history of the Weimar Republic have aroused as much linterest among publicists and historians as the secret relations between the Reichswehr and the Red Army.' Yet until recently, very little reliable information has been available on this important subject. Only since World War II has sufficient material become available to establish, beyond mere conjecture, the main facts of these Russo-German activities. The most important of these new sources are the papers of General Hans von Seeckt2 and the reminiscences of some of the German officers who participated in these deal-