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00~ I It is necessary, if the Colorado Water Conserva- tion Board is to keep informed on what is going on in the water conservation field, to have representation at the meetings of these inter-agency committees. Fillinq of Glen Canyon , On November 16th I forwarded to you a transcript of the statements made at a meeting in Washington, D. C. called by Assistant Secretary Aandahl, Department of the Interior, on Thursday, October 24th. This transcript in- cluded also, as an Appendix "A", a report entitled "Hydro- logic Basis for Financial Studies, Colorado River Storage Project". These studies show that by using the average flow of the stream as determined for the period 1914-1945 "modified to reflect present conditions of development", the reservoir would have filled in 1970. The Lower Basin States held a meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, with Secretary Aandahl on the 5th and 6th of Decem- ber to which the Upper Basin States were invited as observers. At the close of the meeting the Upper Basin States gave the following news release to the press: "We feel that any proposal which attempts to set up basic operational assumptions at this time is premature and we again reiterate our intention to recognize only those com- pact commitments which constitute the law of the river. May we add parenthetically, however, that we are pleased to note that apparently under realistic conditions the Glen Canyon project can be filled under the law of the river." The Lower Basins States, through the Governor of California, issued a statement which appeared in the press as follows: I "Knight contended the lower basin states of California, Nevada, and Arizona have a 'superior right to the privilege of storing or retaining water' from the 'Colorado River in this instance'. He said that while 'we could institute litigation', he believed the matter either will be solved by the states or by an act of Congress long before any critical period is reached.