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An effort to make explicit the theoretical & res consequences of the insight which compares metropol & internat'L pot, by (1) indicating the relationships in terms of which these 2 pol'al realms may be analytically comparable, (2) defining some gross categories for the collection of data, & (3) indicating some elements of internat'l relations theory for help in the interpretation of these data, chiefly re the goal of consensus formation through intergov'aL consultation. The conclusions are: (a) metropol & internat'l pot have a common place within diplomatic systems, the latter being defined in terms of ecological rather than pol'al communities, gov'al primary actors, & COMM's structures dominated by a 'legitimacy mythology,' with the consequent inhibition of potential nongov'al actors. (b) Metropol may be studied through 4 factors: (i) subject matters of interaction, (ii) power of actor-gov's, (iii) nature of effective relationships between actorgov's, & (iv) procedures of inter-gov'al relations. (c) The internat'l relations theory of E. B. Haas, A. Kaplan, & K. W. Deutsch can be tested by applying their models to strategies of metropolitan consensus formation through intergov'al consultation. Modified IPSA.