§ 24. Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is Her Majesty's Government's policy for the definition of the edge of the Continental Shelf; and how this differs from the new formula put forward by the USSR at the Conference on the Law of the Sea.
§ Mr. LuardAt the conference the United Kingdom supports the formula based on a line 60 miles from the foot of the continental slope or were the sediment thickness is 1 per cent. of the distance from the foot of the slope. The USSR has proposed a line 300 miles from territorial sea baselines. This proposal is unacceptable to Her Majesty's Government.