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<br />L'" <br />l!':) <br />m <br />N <br /> <br />- <br />'~ <br /> <br />FOREWORD <br /> <br />,~ <br /> <br />Thirty years have elapsed since the Rio Grande <br /> <br />Compact of 1938 was entered into by official representatives <br /> <br />of the States of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, and <br /> <br />approved by the representative of the United States of <br /> <br />America. Administration'of the Compact since then has been <br /> <br />the responsibility of many different persons, few of whom <br /> <br />had personal knowledge of the circumstances that led to <br /> <br />negotiation of this Compact. <br /> <br />Consequently, there has been <br /> <br />a growing tendency towards interpretation of some of the <br /> <br />provisions of Rio Grande Compact in a manner contrary to <br /> <br />the intent of those who participated in its negotiation. <br /> <br />Very few of those who did participate in the <br /> <br />negotiation of Rio Grande Compact are now living. <br /> <br />I believe <br /> <br />that I am the only person who was intimately connected with <br /> <br />the investigations that led to the Compact and with the <br /> <br />negotiations of the Compact itself, and who has continued <br /> <br />his connection in its administration throughout the years <br /> <br />since 1938. <br /> <br />It is for this reason that I was asked, on <br /> <br />behalf of the Attorney General of the State of Texas, to <br /> <br />review the history of the Rio Grande Compact of 1938 and to <br /> <br />analyze its provisions for the benefit of all who may now or <br /> <br />may subsequently wish to clarify their understanding of the <br /> <br />provisions of that Compact. <br /> <br />RAYMOND A. HILL <br />Consulting Civil Engineer <br />San Francisco, California <br />18 September 1968 <br /> <br />