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2. Memorandum From the Acting Chairman of the Law of the Sea Task Force ( Brower ) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger )

tal jurisdiction was often expressed in terms of an economic zone or a patrimonial sea. Interestingly, the clustering of states favoring 12 miles may be having effects on the negotiating positions of states claiming broader territorial sea breadths. Nigeria, for example, stated that although it had a 30-mile territorial sea, it would be willing seriously to consider acceptance of a 12-mile territorial sea if that were embodied in a general convention. Even Peru and Chile spoke favorably of Uruguayan legislation which designates two zones within the “territorial sea”. Under the legislation, in …

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1973-06-01
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–3, Documents on Global Issues, 1973–1976
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve03/d2
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Record ID	`frus:frus1969-76ve03/d2`

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2. Memorandum From the Acting Chairman of the Law of the Sea Task Force ( Brower ) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Kissinger ). Foreign Relations of the United States, 1973. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76ve03/d2.