State succession — Succession to rights — Division of State — Effect upon property abroad — The law of Singapore

Jurisdiction — High seas — Jurisdiction on — Salvage — Ownership of contents of abandoned vessels — The law of Singapore

States as international persons — In general — Continuity of States — Extinction of States — GerMany — Effect on Statehood of Surrender in 1945 — Division of Germany — Whether the former German State continued — Position of Federal Republic of Germany — The law of Singapore