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<br />4 <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />I' <br />, <br /> <br />United states. There was also discussed at that meeting the <br />question of whether compatibly with the Treaty, the Imperial <br />Irrigation District could construct and operate a power plant <br />at the Pilot Knob site under such safeguards as might be pro- <br />posed by the Department of state, the Department of the Interio <br />and the Department of Justice. <br />I think every angle of the problem was thoroughly <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />"'""'-~ <br />explored at that meeting and as a result ,-nlln it was agreed <br />that the Imperial Irrigation District would submit to the <br />Department of state written proposals for such means of opera- <br />tion of those facilities as might be mutually agreeable to the <br />Federal Departments involved and to the Imperial Irrigation <br />District, and which in the opinion of the Federal'agencies woul <br />be compatible with the spirit and provisions of the Mexican <br />'Water Treaty. <br />In December the Imperial Irrigation District did sub- <br />mit written proposals, which have been considered informally so <br />far by representatives of the Departme~t of st~te~..~, t~e ~ypa. r..t- <br />" ,",;t'\\L 1),1-io/;{i, '4Mftt.~ .{fZ{;.-t:;4r1N <br />ment of Justice, the Department of the 'In~er or~1le'''''Tfi'eernaf:ro <br />Boundary and Water Commission, and the Bureau of Reclamation. <br />No conclusions have been reached as yet with respect to those <br />proposals and it is the proposal of the Imperial Irrigation <br />District that I wanted to discuss with you briefly this morning. <br />I ~~~~~~~~)~::-~,:,e attitude of the Department <br />a~erinternational#3oundary' and Water Commission to <br />this problem with the idea of doing the least possible <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />of State <br /> <br />approach <br /> <br />violence to private contractual rights or private property <br />