Editorial Note
Following its passage by the Bonn Parliamentary Council on May 8, the Basic Law was submitted to the Military Governors. At their meeting in Frankfurt on May 12, the three Governors approved the constitution as passed by the Parliamentary Council, and at a meeting following their session submitted the letter of approval to a German delegation composed of representatives of the Council and the Ministers-President. At the same time the Military Governors authorized the Ministers-President to submit the Basic Law to the Landtage for ratification.
The Landtage convened between May 16 and 22 to consider the Basic Law, and all approved it with the exception of Bavaria. Following ratification by the Landtage the Parliamentary Council adopted and promulgated the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany on May 23.
For the text of the Military Governors’ letter of approval, a list of votes of ratification by the Landtage, and the text of the Basic Law as promulgated on May 23, see Germany 1947–1949, pages 279–305.
[Page [Charts 1]]ORGANIZATION OF THE ALLIED HIGH COMMISION
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[Page [Charts 2]]ORGANIZATION CHART U. S. HIGH COMMISION FOR GERMANY
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[Page [Charts 3]]ORGANIZATION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
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