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11. Analytical Study OPR–3 Prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency

e mineral. Although there will be more competition for mining rights there than in the deep seabed, the US has substantial petroleum resources in its own shelf and has had little difficulty in negotiating access to the shelves of the LDC ’s, such as Nigeria. In short, for many years to come, industrial states will have much less need for treaty guarantees to protect their interests in mining than in navigation or fishing. The disposition of mineral resources is, however, a major issue for the LDC ’s—their price for acceding to the interests of developed states on other issues. International Se…