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<br />January 24, 1974
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<br />MEMO TO:
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<br />legal Counsel for each of the Ten Missouri River Basin Stat~
<br />Cliff Jochim: D~rector. Legal Division, North Dakota State rrEeL/IIf:
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<br />SUBJECT:
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<br />DATE:
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<br />On December 13. 1974, Messrs Jack O. Horton, Assistant Secretary of
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<br />the Interior, and Charles R. Ford, Chief, Office of Civil Functions, U. S.
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<br />Department of the Army, wrote John Neube-ger, Chairman, Missouri River
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<br />Basin Commission, and requested that he establish a regional ad hoc committee
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<br />"" the six federal reservoirs on the Missouri River" and to provide answers
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<br />Co letter containing the questions is enclosed.
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<br />and recommendations to four spe~i~questjons. A copy of the Horton-Ford
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<br />Mr. Neuberger then appointed the Ad Hoc Committee and three technical
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<br />legislative, Water Supply and Marketing/Pricing - to advise the
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<br />On January 4, 1974, the Ad Hoc Committee and three technical groups
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<br />met in Omaha. Nebraska, with the Missouri River Basin states and presented
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<br />the Federal Subcommittee Position Paper, a copy of which is enclosed, and
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<br />requested the states to prepare and present a Joint State Response and Input
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<br />to the Federal Position on or before January 18, 1974. On January 17, 1974,
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