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and write a resolution which would be submitted to the Upper Colorado River commission. Then they would consider it at their next meeting. I Secretary Udall was to be in Denver on September 17 and we thought we could arrange a committee of the four Governors, representing the four upper states, to meet wi th Secretary Udall. , But that did not prove feasible and it was abandoned. However, Secretary Udall did have a conference with commissioner George Clyde, who is also Governor of utah as you know, on October 16 and he had a conference with Governor McNichols on October 17. Over a telephone conversation with IvaI Goslin, a meeting was arranged in Washington with the Undersecretary, James Carr, and members of the committee appointed, to develop a reso- lution. Mr. Kuiper attended that meeting as Colorado's member. Earl Lloyd who is the Com- missioner for Wyoming, attended as the Wyoming member and Mr. John Bliss, Commissioner of the Upper Colorado River from New Mexico, was the New Mexico member, and Jay Bingham was appointed by Commissioner George Clyde to represent Utah. This committee did meet with James Carr and in the meantime, the reason they didn't meet with the Secretary himself was that the Secretary was not available, he had a trip scheduled to Japan and other points and he was not in Washington, so the meeting was set up with the Undersecretary, James Carr, or the Assistant Secretary - I've forgotten which his title may be. I That resolution was developed prior to November 7 and on November 7 a special meeting of the Upper Colorado River Commission was called in Denver and we met here in Denver at 10:00 o'clock on yesterday morning. The reso- lution which was developed in Washington, with the approval of Mr. James Carr, representing the Secretary of the Interior, and the delegates from the four states, was presented to the Com- mission at their meeting yesterday and with one important amendment, but Which did not change