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<br />o <br />w <br />CJ' <br />10-'". <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br />:j <br />, I <br /> <br />I <br />: ) <br />I <br />, <br />: j <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />33 <br /> <br />Senator Millikin. Is there any international prin- <br />ciple that compels that method of doing business 1 <br />Mr. Acheson. No, sir. <br />Senator Millikin. Now, return flows, to which the <br />Senator from California refers, as they reach the Mex- <br />ican border, are those flows which have returned from <br />tho last user of those waters in Arizona or in Califor- <br />nia. 'l'hey are as saline as they are due to their con- <br />sumptive use as visioned by the compact. 'N e do not <br />add to their salinity deliberately, nor have we any way <br />of taking the salinity out of the water except possibly <br />by use of very elaborate chemical works, or something <br />of that kind. Is there any international principle that <br />would require that we do anything of that kind 1 <br />Mr. Acheson. Not to my knowledge. <br />Senator Millikin. In other words, Mexico must take <br />the water as it arrives at the border; is that correct 1 <br />Mr. Acheson. That is correct. <br />Senator Millikin. The salinity of that water arises <br />from geography and consumptive use rather than from <br />the treaty; is not that correct 1 <br />Mr. Acheson. That is correct.'" <br /> <br />Opponents of the treaty led by Senator Downey of Cali- <br />fornia indicated on numerous occasions that the proposed <br />treaty should not be ratified because the matter of quality <br />was ambiguous and that if the matter should be submitted <br />to an international tribunal for adjudication at some future <br />date it might be held that the United States was obliged to <br />deliver water of usable quality to Mexico. <br /> <br />Senator Downey. No, sir. I know that the United <br />States will never stultify itself in coming years by try- <br />ing to force Mexico to take unusable water. I know <br />that no court of international relations would sustain <br />that. Mexico will be entitled to 1,500,000 acre-feet of <br />natural, clear water. <br />Senator Ivrillikin. The water that goes to Mexico in <br />this allegedly unusable condition is water that has just <br />been used in Arizona or Nevada or California with <br />possibly one additional charge of salinity.'o <br /> <br />49 Hearings, pt. 5, at 1770-71. <br />60 Hearings, pt. 5, at 1774. <br /> <br /> <br />"___00 .>~,,-, .~~ __,_. .''l', ''',,~ <br />