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page 530 note 1 The two documents were officially published in Arabic in Umm al Qura (Mecca), Supplement No. 1263, dated 2 Sha’ban 1368/May 29, 1949. The text, together with the English translation appearing in the Supplement to this issue of the Journal, was subsequently printed as an official document by the Saudi Arabian Government.
page 530 note 2 Below, p. 154.
page 531 note 3 The Ottoman Empire established a six-mile limit for military purposes on Oct. 1, 1914 ( Martens, , Nouveau Recueil Général des Traité (3d ser.), Vol. X, p. 700 Google Scholar). The extent of territorial waters for Syria and Lebanon was fixed at six miles for fishing purposes by decree of the French High Commissioner on Nov. 14, 1921. (Recueil des Actes Administratifs du Haut-Commissariat, Vol. II, p. 412). Iran fixed a six-mile limit for all purposes by a law of July 19, 1934 (De La Pradelle, Recueil Général, 1935, Part VI, p. 10).
page 531 note 4 These actions were reviewed in this writer’s article on “Recent Developments with Respect to the Continental Shelf” in this Journal, Vol. 42 (1948), p. 849.
page 531 note 5 Proclamation No. 2667, 10 Federal Register 12303; this Journal, Supp., Vol. 40 (1946), p. 46.
page 532 note 6 Great Britain, Treaty Series, No. 10 (1942), Cmd. 6400.