States as international persons — State succession — Continuity of the law — Dismemberment of States — Changes in law by parent State subsequent to accession to independence by constituent part — Changes affecting private rights — French Protectorate in Indochina — French Union — Accession of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam to independence — Application of French legislation providing for compensation for war damage in Indochina — French legislation authorizing exclusion of nationals of independent States from compensation — Whether applicable to existing claims — The law of France.