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fi I . ~ , ~ , I Q eN ()1 W, .. . \ ,/ I 35 may be, he states the situation precisely. Such lan- guage is not implication. '1'here is nothing imaginative about it. '1'he Mexican engineers know that the water must come down the stream. They kiloII' that it must come out of canals from the rdurn Jlo\\'. 'L'hey know ..that it also eomes out of t.he All-Anwl'ican' Canal. 'I'hose arc t.h" sources of t.he water. 'I'heyknow it.s origins. 'I'hc Senat.or from California eont.inues t.o harp on. our delivery t.o Mexico of wat.er which he says she could not use. :Mexico can use any water t.hat. we have used, and t.hc most. saline of the ret.urn flow will be wat.er which we have just. used." The same position was t.aken in debate by Senator McFar- land of Arizona who stated: So I say, Mr. President., the Mexiean Government " understands the problems of the Colorado Rivel' just as we do. As a matter of fact., some of t.he Senators have st.ated t.hat :l\fexico understands t.hem better Ulan we do. But in any event, Mexico knows it.s wat.~i' \vill be a little less desirable t.han the users above just. as we in the Lower Basin St.at.es know t.hat. our water will be a little less desirable t.han t.hat. of the Upper Basin St.at.es. And whe11 wo take int.o considerat.ion t.he pro- vision t.hat I have just mentioned; namely, such wat.ers shall be made up of the waters of said river whatever their origin. I do not think that. t.here is any doubt. this problem of qualit.y of wat.er is well underst.ood by both government.s.,a And, again: Now if we say t.o Mexico "regardless of quality," if we put. in reservations sueh as that., it would make Mexico think that. we were going to try t.o deliver to her the worst water we could. 'Ve are not going to do. t.hat.; we are going to give her exactly what we are en- t.itled to in t.he lower-basin States, that is: the water 52 91 Oong. Ree. 3099 (1945). .. ld. at 3308.