This talk covers the following points: (1) the three classes or types of water area involved, namely, inland waters, marginal sea, and continental shelf, and the present uncertainty about the definition and demcaration of each area; (2) the respective legal rights of States and Federal Government, so far as now determined, in each of the three water areas; also, international aspects of this problem and varying rights of foreign nations under international law in each of these water areas; (3) the present status of the Supreme Court litigation in the California, Texas, and Louisiana cases; (4) the present status of the legislation pending in Congress.

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