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   11. Although, I have gone into this question at some length in order
 to make th e position as clear ,as I can, I should be grateful if you would
 regard this letter as entirely unofficial and informal. I shll look
 forward to receiving your views on the questions- which I have
 raised.2
   Yours ever,                                             DONALD

   2After several exchanges between- the two governments and delays, the
dis-
 cussions occurred in March 1951,


 700.02-2/8-1150: Circular airgram
     The Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic Mllissions and
                         Consular Offices'

 RESTRICTED               WASHINGTON, August 11, 1950    9:45'a. m.
 Delimitation of Inland Waters and the Marginal Sea
   [Here follows instruction, repeating verbatim the text transmitted
 in Department's circular airgram of March 7, ante, page 875. The De-
 partment stated further that it 'was transmitting a concise summary
 of claims made by a number of countries regarding the delimitation
 and measurement of inland waters and the marginal sea affecting
 them, based on Departmental research and replies received from many
 littoral states to which queries were sent earlier in the year.]
 Pteseatch Statement. on Marginal Sea Claims of Certain. Countries
 European Countries
 France: 3-mile claim
 France claims to exercise jurisdiction over the above [that is, in-
 land w aters and the marginal sea] within a limit of three nautical
 miles. This limit also applies to the waters of French overseas terri-
 tories. However, some local administrations of certain overseas
 territories have established exceptions. For example, a decree of Sep-
 tember 22, 1936 extended French Jurisdiction over fishermen off the
 Indochina coast to 20 kilometers.
 Greece: 6-mile claim
 The extent of the zone of territorial waters is fixed at six nautical
 miles from the coast without prejudice to any provisions in force
which deal with ,special cases and in which the zone of territorial

  'Sent to Ankara, Baghdad, Belgrade, Brussels, Colombo, Dublin, Karachi,.
Lima, Managua, Monrovia, New Delhi, Tegucigalpa, Tehran, Warsaw, Beirut,
and Saigon.


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