THE present book is the fruit of research I began in 1961
towards a Doctorate in Literature and Philosophy of the
University of South Africa. The subjective nature of much
of the literature that has appeared on the African National
Congress led me to believe that an objective study, based
on documents, might be useful. The material used con-
sisted of the record of the Treason Trial (as the case of
Regina versus Farid Adams and Twenty-nine Others came to be
known) and its documentary exhibits. These are all public
documents and open to examination at the Supreme Court
in Pretoria, to whose courtesy my thanks are due. My
thanks are also due to Mr. Julius Lewin of the University
of the Witwatersrand, who kindly gave me much of his
time and much valuable criticism and advice. Needless to
say, I alone am responsible for all opinions expressed in this
book.

1962

E. F.

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