293 
The Soviet delegation has been forced to acclaim its heritage: 
The U.S.S.R., faithful to its revolutionary and democratic tradi- 
tions, was opposed to all that was outmoded and reactionary 
in international relations.?” 
Even while admitting: 
On the other hand, his country had no intention of doing away 
with established concepts in international relations which it con- 
sidered to be of use.”8 
The inconsistency of the Soviet ideological and substantive positions 
is another sign of increased East-West collaboration and of the emer- 
gence of a North-South split in international relations. The old ideolog- 
ical battle of the cold war is giving way to conflict between the 
developed and underdeveloped countries. As a developed country, 
the U.S.S.R. is finding its interests more in line with the Western 
maritime powers than with the developing Third World states. On 
law of the sea issues, the Soviet Union even finds itself to the “‘right”’ 
of the United States, Great Britain, and France on some questions 
such as the exclusive economic zone. The Soviet Union is a leading 
law of the sea conservative, no matter how much it doth protest. 
27 A/AC.138/SCII/SR.5, at 124 (1973). 
°8 Ibid. 
