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<br />" <br /> <br />'Perhaps I may go. ahead and say that agreement <br />has been reached with the representatives af Mexico.' <br />(p. 15, Preceeding s (sic) of Committees of Faurteen and <br />Sixteen, Salt Lake City, January 28, 1944). <br />"In the reading of a prepured statement giving only a general <br />autline af the treaty, mention of return and drainage flow was <br />made as fallows: <br />'It is desired also to reiterate the fact that the Depart- <br />ment succeeded, after cansiderable effart, in incorporating <br />provisions that assured credit far return and drainage flows' <br />(same p. 19). , <br />"Thereafter, the fallawing questions and answers: <br />'Mr. Dowd. Is there anything in the treaty on the <br />quality af water to be delivered to Mexica? <br />'Dr. Timm. Not in the treaty, but again we had <br />quite a problem there. You may recall that I did make <br />same statement on drainage and winter flaws, return <br />flaws. There was frankly strenuaus objection an the <br />part of Mexico.. They obj ected to. the amissian af the <br />quality, but we succeeded in evading it'. (same p. 21). <br />:'The afaresaid meeting at Salt Lake City was held an Jan- <br />uary 27 and 28, 1944. The treaty was signed February 3, 1944. <br />Therefore, before the treaty was signed the issue af whether <br />return flow which Mexico was to be charged with might be <br />unfit for use was known to the State Department and the issue <br />had been 'evaded.'" <br /> <br />Hartan quates the Clayton statement from page 107 af the Hearings <br /> <br />_ _ _ _ __and_the_Tiptan"Da.wney_exchange. fr,am_page,s_32 2,,_2.3.::2~L&_3~.L.oLthe_Hearing,s,._ __ <br /> <br />after which he states on page 832 the fallowing: <br /> <br />"It is, therefore, plain that even, assuming the language, <br />'fram any and all saurces' or 'for any purpose whatsaever' as used <br />in article 10, covers waters from return flow, there are several <br />matters in relatian to. that language which shauld be inquired inta-- <br />"1. The language 'from any and all sources' in article 10 <br />will undaubtedly be interpreted as empawering the American Com- <br />missioner ar the Cammissian to take or get the guaranteed allat- <br />ment af water to be delivered to Mexico. 'from any and all sources'; <br />i. e., from such sources on the Colarado and the tributaries as it <br />may be found necessary to go to. to make good the guaranty. <br /> <br />B 26 <br />