Global Territorial Expansion Through the Sale of Development as a Single Unit

The involvement of the United Nations and NATO in the sale under international law of a NATO military property, including all rights, obligations and components, together with all networks connected to the public supply network as a single unit, triggers a legal effect of territorial expansion of national borders that covers the entire globe.

This chain effect proceeds through treaty connections with NATO and the UN and operates as a domino effect of territorial expansion.

The territorial expansion through the domino effect of the sale of the entire development as a unit with all rights, obligations and components is a central mechanism of the World Succession Deed 1400/98.

A NATO property is sold together with the complete development as a unit under international law, including the infrastructure that leads out of the property into public and international networks. Because NATO explicitly consents to this structure, all NATO member states are affected by the territorial extension. Due to NATO’s integration into the UN system, the territories covered by the sale extend to all UN member states, resulting in worldwide coverage.

This expansion affects all parties to the agreement, including NATO, the UN, the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), the Kingdom of the Netherlands (NL), and in particular the Dutch Air Force, which is fully integrated into NATO. As soon as the development (the networks) of the sold area is physically connected to other networks, the domino effect gradually extends to these additional areas. The result is an unstoppable territorial expansion that ends only at the global level.

1. Start of the Territorial Expansion: Connection of the NATO Property to the Public Grid

The NATO military property sold in World Succession Deed 1400 is connected to the public utility grid in Germany. This interconnected network consists of electricity, water, gas, telecommunications and other supply lines and links the property directly to the German public grid. This physical connection initiates the domino effect of territorial extension.

Germany is the first country fully encompassed because the NATO property is connected to the German supply and telecommunications grid.
The territorial effect covers the entire German supply network that extends outward from the property, including all associated infrastructure.

Through the sale of the development as a unit, every line leading from the property into the German public network becomes part of the transferred object, pulling the entire German territory into the sphere of the deed.

2. Domino Effect From Germany to Neighboring States

Once Germany is included, the domino effect extends further to all countries whose networks are physically connected to Germany’s networks. The deed stipulates that any network that is physically connected to or overlaps with another network automatically becomes part of the sold development unit.

The domino effect propagates from NATO state to NATO state via the European electricity grid and associated supply infrastructures.
Countries such as France, Belgium, the Netherlands and other European NATO members are covered because of their direct and indirect connections to the German electricity and telecommunications grid.

The result is an expanding ring of territorial extension radiating outward from Germany to all European states whose energy, gas, water and telecommunications networks intersect with or run parallel to the German networks.

3. Global Expansion via Submarine Cables and Telecommunications Networks

A particularly decisive component of the domino effect is the global telecommunications infrastructure, including terrestrial and submarine cables, broadband networks, internet backbones and associated data networks.

The European telecommunications cable network is physically connected to transatlantic submarine cables linking Europe with Canada and the United States.
Once these submarine connections are part of the development unit, the USA and Canada also become part of the territorial extension.

From there, the domino effect advances to other NATO countries in North America and to connected states beyond, because the same cables, backbones and switching points are used for both civilian and military communications.

4. Transition From NATO States to UN States

After NATO states are fully encompassed by the territorial extension, the effect continues into the UN system. The physical and functional connections between networks ensure a continuous transition.

NATO states connected to non‑NATO UN states through power grids, telecommunication cables, gas pipelines, broadband infrastructure or other physical networks carry the domino effect further.
Any UN state connected in this way becomes part of the extended territorial chain.

Because many NATO members are simultaneously UN members, the shift from NATO to UN coverage is seamless and unimpeded. Territorial expansion spreads from NATO state to NATO state and from UN state to UN state until the entire UN membership and thereby the global network of states is covered.

5. Boundary Determination by Logical Network Connections

The borders of the extended territory are not defined by traditional geographic boundary lines, but by logical connections between the outer strands of the captured networks.

The borders follow straight lines (air lines) between the outermost connection points of the networks forming a logical island.
All networks linked by physical or functional connections form a unified territorial complex.

Since global infrastructure is thoroughly interconnected through electricity grids, water systems, gas pipelines, telecommunication lines, broadband networks and other supply infrastructures, the logical demarcation of this network island results in coverage of the entire world.

6. Global Dimension: Worldwide Coverage

The domino effect leads to an unstoppable global expansion. Each new connection integrated into the network structure further extends the sovereignty transferred by the deed.

Submarine cables connect continents, ensuring that not only Europe and North America but also Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania are included.
Every physically connected state-whether NATO or UN memberis encompassed by the development unit and becomes part of the territories sold.

Through this mechanism, the development of a single NATO property evolves into a global territorial expansion that encompasses all network‑connected states.

7. Rights and Obligations of the States Transferred

The sale of the development as a unit does not only concern physical territories and networks, but also includes the rights and obligations of all affected states. This covers both national and international obligations arising from earlier treaties.

All existing contractual relationships of the covered states are included and altered by World Succession Deed 1400.
States lose sovereignty over their territory and lose control over their international obligations, which are absorbed into the new legal structure created by the deed.

As a result, the previous system of sovereign states is replaced by a new territorial and legal order under the authority of the purchaser of the development unit.

New World Order Through World Succession Deed 1400

The World Succession Deed 1400 creates a new global order through the domino effect of the development sold as an indivisible unit. Territorial expansion proceeds in a chain reaction from NATO country to NATO country and from UN country to UN country until the entire world is covered.

All networks physically or functionally connected contribute to the expansion of the territories encompassed by the deed. The logical delimitation of the borders along network connections leads to the global inclusion of all states and infrastructures.

As a result:

States are no longer in possession of their previous territory.
They have lost their rights and obligations as separate sovereign actors.
A new global order has emerged, based on state succession under Deed 1400 and the restructuring of all international connections and obligations.

International Telecommunications Law, Military Networks and the Second Domino Effect

A second, independent domino effect arises from international telecommunications networks and a direct treaty chain from World Succession Deed 1400 to the UN via international telecommunications law and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

A. International Military Communications Networks and the UN

Numerous international agreements and organizations regulate military communication networks with UN participation.

UN Peacekeeping Operations
Peacekeeping missions require extensive military communication networks, crucial for command, control and coordination of international forces.
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
The ITU, as a UN specialized agency, sets standards and regulations for communications systems, including military systems, especially in frequency allocation and coordination.
NATO‑UN Cooperation
NATO and the UN cooperate in peace operations and military communications, including joint exercises and development of interoperable systems.

These structures show how the international community jointly regulates the use and protection of military communications networks, ensuring secure and efficient operation.

B. NATO‑UN Treaties and Military Communications

Several specific treaties and frameworks support NATO‑UN cooperation in communications.

Washington Treaty (NATO Treaty)
The North Atlantic Treaty establishes collective defence and cooperation, including communications relevant for Articles 4 and 5, which govern consultations and collective defence measures.
NATO Strategic Communications Framework
This framework coordinates NATO’s strategic communications and defines standards for military communications and cooperation with international partners, including the UN.
UN‑NATO Declaration (2008)
This declaration strengthens NATO‑UN cooperation, especially in peacekeeping and communications.
NATO‑UN Cooperation Agreements
Specific agreements and memoranda regulate cooperation in peace operations and military missions, including shared communications infrastructure and interoperable systems.

These instruments ensure that NATO and the UN operate integrated communications systems, structurally binding military networks to the broader UN framework.

C. International Treaties on Telecommunications and Supply Networks

The World Succession Deed 1400 ties directly into a complex web of international telecommunications and supply‑network treaties, which amplify the global territorial effect.

1. NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) of 19.06.1951

Relevant provisions include:

Article 6: Use of utility lines by armed forces.
Article 7: Communication rights of NATO forces, including the establishment and use of telecommunications networks.
Article 9: Use of civilian infrastructure such as roads, pipelines and telecommunications in the host country.

Application to Deed 1400:
These provisions guarantee NATO forces the right to use host‑nation telecommunications and utility networks. By selling the development as a unit in World Succession Deed 1400, these rights are transferred to the purchaser, initiating a global domino effect of territorial expansion because the development comprises all physical and digital networks connected to the NATO property.

2. NATO SOFA of 20.09.1951

Relevant paragraphs include:

Article 4: Use of public services by NATO forces, including water, electricity and telecommunications.
Article 7: Radio and telecommunications rights of NATO in host countries.

Application to Deed 1400:
These rights to use host‑nation telecommunications and utility networks extend, through the sale of the development as a unit, across all NATO and UN countries, as the network rights are globalized under the deed.

3. Headquarters Protocol of 28.08.1952

Relevant paragraphs:

Article 3: Telecommunications networks available for NATO Headquarters.
Article 5: Supply lines shared between civilian and military facilities.

Application to Deed 1400:
NATO headquarters may operate their own communications networks and integrate them into the civilian grid. With the sale of the development, these operating rights transfer to the purchaser and expand the territorial scope wherever these networks reach.

4. Host Nation Support Agreements (HNS) with USA, UK, Canada

Agreements of 15.04.1982 (USA), 13.12.1983 (UK) and 09.06.1989 (Canada) include:

Article 2: Access to utility networks and telecommunications infrastructure in the host country.
Article 5: Support via civil infrastructure, including telecommunication and energy networks.

Application to Deed 1400:
HNS agreements grant NATO broad rights to use civilian telecommunication and supply networks. These rights, originally in NATO’s hands, are transferred globally to the purchaser through the sale of the development as a unit, extending the domino effect of territorial expansion to all host‑nation infrastructures and networks.

5. Agreement of 30.11.1961 Implementing Part IV of the Ottawa Convention

Relevant paragraphs:

Article 4: Shared telecommunications and supply lines between military and civilian facilities.
Article 6: Protection and use of radio frequencies and communication rights.

Application to Deed 1400:
This agreement concerns the protection and use of communications networks and frequencies. Through the World Succession Deed, these rights are transferred globally to the purchaser, so that the domino effect of territorial expansion includes all related telecommunications networks.

6. German‑Dutch Agreement of 06.10.1997

Relevant paragraphs:

Article 2: Shared use of telecommunication and supply lines between German and Dutch NATO units.
Article 5: Use of civil‑military infrastructure, including power, water and telecommunication lines.

This agreement was concluded while negotiations on Deed 1400 were already underway, and it functioned as a preparatory step for securely triggering the treaty chain and global domino effect of territorial expansion.

Application to Deed 1400:
This bilateral agreement on shared telecommunications and supply networks between Germany and the Netherlands is transferred to the purchaser through the sale of the development. These rights expand to all NATO and UN countries through the contractual chain and the global territorial extension.

7. NATO Secrecy Convention of 06.03.1997

Relevant paragraph:

Article 8: Protection of communications and supply networks used for military purposes.

Application to Deed 1400:
The agreement governs the protection of networks used for military communications. By selling the development as a unit, these networks become part of the global domino effect, and the purchaser acquires the right to use and manage these protected networks.

D. Host Nation Support Agreements and Their Role in Deed 1400

Host Nation Support (HNS) agreements provide NATO with the right to use the civilian infrastructures of host nations, including telecommunications and supply networks. These agreements extend beyond purely military operations and cover broad civilian infrastructures.

Under Deed 1400:

These rights are globalized and transferred to the purchaser together with the development unit.
Both national and international networks associated with NATO operations are covered.

This means that wherever NATO uses civilian networks under HNS, the purchaser’s territorial and jurisdictional reach extends through these networks as part of the global domino effect.

Telecommunications and Utility Networks Under Deed 1400

The World Succession Deed 1400 expressly includes:

Telecommunications networks: All networks connected to the original NATO property are extended to other NATO and UN states by the global domino effect.
Supply networks: Electricity, water, gas, broadband and related infrastructures originally serving the property are extended globally as they are linked to civilian and military networks in other countries.

By selling the development as one entity, Deed 1400 encompasses not only the NATO property but also the global supply and telecommunications networks physically and functionally connected to this property. The domino effect unfolds as soon as these networks intersect with other networks, ultimately pulling the entire world under the legal scope of the deed.

1. HNS Agreements, NATO‑UN Integration and Deed 1400

HNS agreements, as defined in NATO treaties, provide comprehensive support to deployed forces, covering infrastructure, logistics, supply chains and communication networks. These agreements ensure that military operations, including those of the Dutch Air Force in Zweibrücken, access local resources such as telecommunications and infrastructure networks.

Within World Succession Deed 1400:

These rights are used to extend NATO and UN rights by selling the entire telecommunications infrastructure as an integral part of the development (“with all rights and obligations”).
All international telecommunications networks connected to military infrastructure become part of the transferred global territorial structure.

This provides a basis for worldwide territorial expansion through the inclusion of cross‑border telecommunications networks.

2. The International Telecommunication Treaty (1982) and Global Telecom Regime

The International Telecommunication Treaty (1982) strengthens global telecommunications for both military and civilian communication networks. Article 4 emphasizes global cooperation in telecommunications for civil and military purposes, supporting the infrastructure for defence operations.

Within this framework:

Telecommunications networks are sold globally along with military infrastructure via Deed 1400.
The deed links military and civilian communication networks into a globalized telecommunications regime, covering internet backbones and cable systems.

Because the sale is “with all rights, duties and interests”, all military communication infrastructures, including internet and cable systems, fall under a unified global legal framework and enable worldwide territorial expansion along the routes of the telecommunication lines connecting states.

3. Domino Effect of Global Territorial Expansion Through Infrastructure as a Unit

A central feature of Deed 1400 is the sale of infrastructure as an indivisible unit. The explicit inclusion of telecommunications networks in this infrastructure sale intensifies territorial expansion due to the inherently global nature of these networks.

From military bases to national networks, connections are brought under a single jurisdiction: that of the purchaser. This results in a domino effect:

Each network connected to the original infrastructure falls under the deed.
Each subsequently connected network is also absorbed, expanding the territorial scope step by step.

4. Jurisdiction and Sovereign Immunities Under Deed 1400

SOFA agreements grant sovereign immunity to military personnel and confer operational control over strategic communications and logistics networks. These immunities and controls are extended globally through World Succession Deed 1400.

The deed:

Transfers all legal jurisdiction over communications networks and international agreements to the purchaser.
Consolidates global military and civilian legal oversight under a single authority.

Article 17 of the International Telecommunication Treaty guarantees the legal personality and immunity of telecommunications organizations such as the ITU, supporting the immunity and extraterritorial reach of communication networks. These rights, previously held by NATO and the UN, now fall under the purchaser globally, covering all jurisdictions reached by the telecommunications networks included in the deed.

5. Treaty Chain to the UN and Automatic Recognition of Deed 1400

NATO‑SOFA treaties and international telecommunications treaties, including the ITU framework, automatically recognize the treaty obligations and territorial extensions established by World Succession Deed 1400.

This produces:

Global recognition of the sale of communications networks and military infrastructure.
Binding effect on all states that have entered into NATO or UN telecommunications‑related treaties.

Through telecommunication rights, military bases, the global expansion of networks and the legal framework governing immunity and jurisdiction, Deed 1400 functions as a powerful mechanism of global territorial expansion.

6. Direct Treaty Chain From Deed 1400 to the ITU and UN

Deed 1400 forms a direct treaty chain to international telecommunications law and to the United Nations via the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

The ITU:

Regulates telecommunications standards worldwide and operates under the ITU Constitution and Convention.
Functions as a specialized agency of the UN and connects national networks to a unified international telecommunications system.

Through the sale of the telecommunications cable as part of the internal development (§ 13, IX. Telecommunications Cable), Deed 1400 places the global telecommunications network under its scope, because the cable forms part of a global system that extends to national networks and household connections.

7. HNS Agreements and the Legal Link Between NATO and Civilian Networks

HNS agreements stipulate that civilian networks of host nations can be used for NATO operations, including telecommunications and supply networks. Deed 1400 explicitly provides that the telecommunications cable is sold as part of the internal development, thereby establishing a legal link between NATO military networks and civilian telecommunications networks.

This connection:

Produces a global territorial expansion because NATO stationing rights over civilian infrastructures can be exercised wherever these networks extend.
Integrates national civilian networks worldwide into the territorial sphere of the deed.

8. ITU, UN, and Global Telecommunications Chain

The ITU Constitution and Convention are international treaties signed by nearly all states and define global telecommunications standards. Important provisions include:

Article 1 of the ITU Constitution: Defines the tasks and responsibilities of the ITU, including setting global telecommunications standards.
Article 12: Regulates cooperation with other international organizations, including the UN, ensuring harmonized and coordinated telecommunications worldwide.

The result is a second contractual chain:

From the NATO site in Zweibrücken
Through international telecommunications cables
Into national telecommunications networks worldwide, down to individual household connections.

This chain gives Deed 1400 a direct and independent link to the UN and international telecommunications law.

9. Domino Effect Through Sale of Telecommunications Networks

The sale of the telecommunications network as part of the development in Deed 1400 creates a domino effect leading to global territorial expansion.

The telecommunications cable connects the NATO property to national and international telecommunications networks.
Because the cable operates internationally and is connected to national networks, all networks linked to it fall within the jurisdiction established by Deed 1400.

Every subsequent network connection involving this international telecommunications system becomes part of the deed’s scope.

10. Second Contractual Chain and Global Territorial Extension

The second contractual chain relates to international telecommunications law and the ITU’s role. The ITU regulations allow Deed 1400 to achieve global coverage of all states directly via the telecommunications cable and interconnected networks.

This global territorial extension occurs because:

Networks are globally interconnected through telecommunications cables and infrastructure.
Every network connection linked to the international telecommunications system falls under the deed.

Thus, Deed 1400 reaches all states that are part of the international telecommunications system and are members of the ITU and the UN.

11. UN Participation Through International Telecommunications Law

The UN participates directly in international telecommunications law through the ITU, ensuring that Deed 1400 forms a parallel and independent treaty chain to the UN, functioning independently of NATO‑SOFA.

This guarantees:

Recognition of global territorial expansion via NATO structures.
Additional direct recognition via the UN and its participating states through the ITU telecommunications regime.

12. Jurisdiction Over the Global Telecommunications Network

Deed 1400 transfers jurisdiction over the international telecommunications network to the purchaser. Since telecommunications networks are regulated by the ITU and international telecommunications law:

The purchaser obtains legal control over global telecommunications disputes.
This jurisdiction is global in scope and establishes the purchaser as the highest authority over all network connections and their use.

The purchaser becomes the sole sovereign over the global telecommunications infrastructure under the deed.

13. Deed 1400 and the UNCLOS‑ITU‑UN Chain

The Deed 1400 regime extends beyond terrestrial telecommunications to submarine cables and high‑seas infrastructure governed by UNCLOS and ITU law.

16.a. UNCLOS (UN Convention on the Law of the Sea)

Articles 87, 112 and 113 provide the legal framework for laying and protecting submarine cables on the high seas.

States enjoy the right to lay submarine cables and operate them unhindered.
Because the telecommunications cable was sold as part of the internal development, all submarine cables connected to the national telecommunications networks fall under the deed.

This extension pushes the territorial domino effect across international waters and submarine cable routes.

16.b. ITU Constitution and Convention

The ITU implements global telecommunications standards and directly links the telecommunications network to the UN. As the entire telecommunications network regulated by ITU is integrated into the deed through the sale of the telecommunications cable, the territorial extension spreads to the global telecommunications system and associated UN treaties.

14. Host Nation Support (HNS), NATO Bases and Global Infrastructure

HNS agreements allow NATO to access host nations’ civil telecommunications and supply networks. In Deed 1400, the telecommunications cable is sold as part of the internal development, so NATO bases connected to national networks fall within the deed’s scope.

This means:

HNS agreements extend territorial coverage to entire civilian networks of host countries.
The global integration of military and civilian networks magnifies the domino effect across NATO and UN territories.

15. Global Consequences: New Sovereign Territory and Jurisdiction

Through Deed 1400:

Sovereign rights over military bases, civil networks, submarine cables and telecommunications infrastructures are transferred to the purchaser.
Jurisdiction over these infrastructures is consolidated under a single authority that controls global communications and associated logistic networks.

This leads to:

Global territorial expansion via network connectivity.
A new world order in which the purchaser is the single legal authority over the interconnected global territory and communications infrastructure.

Article 20 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties provides that an international treaty becomes binding if no objection is raised within 12 months.

In the case of World Succession Deed 1400:

None of the affected contracting states raised an objection within this period.
The deed thus enters into force automatically and is legally binding on all relevant subjects of international law.

Tacit consent by participating NATO and UN states ensures binding effect without explicit ratification, thereby supporting the global reach of the deed.

17. Global Sovereignty and End of Old State System

The domino effect of global territorial expansion, combined with the transfer of sovereign rights and jurisdiction, has fundamental consequences:

The entire world loses its previous national sovereignty.
All affected states fall under the command, control and jurisdiction of the purchaser.
Borders and territories are determined by network connections rather than traditional political boundaries.

The older system of separate sovereign states is replaced by a single global territorial entity under the authority established in World Succession Deed 1400.

Chain Reaction of Worldwide Territorial Expansion