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1",' o 00 (.v 19 - Q rtr. A.."1loassador, you dealt earlier ltlith" a question concerning the possibility that you had ccnversatienally brcught up befcre the President the Watergate thing. How. about the Agnew situation;- on this occasion or any other occasion, have you talked te the President abcut the investigat~.on .of. the Vice President? . ~$rnASSADOR BROWNELL: No, sir. Q Mr. Brcwnell"haw lang were yeu with the President? A1'.BASSADOR BROlmELL: Abaut an' haur. Q Were there any ether tcpics that yeu discussed? \1 i! AHBASSADOR BROWNELL: I wculd say there were just twe tepics: ene,was the agreement, a rather detailed"explanatien .of the agreement, and a discussien ~wthat sheuld be impleme~d, beth in the Executive Branch, and distribution of assignments or chores, you might say,between the State Department, the Interior Department and the Border Ccmmission and the other aspect of it was preparation for the congressional hearings which will be held this fall. " ;i I " I l: Ii I I The only ether thing that I discussed was a generous dose of reminiscence. Q As a part of re~iniscences, seeing the President fer the first time fer a while, and knewing him aver a long period .of years, and keeping in mind the nermal amount .of pressures en him, Watergate and ether things, hew did he lock ta yau and how was his spirit? A1~BASSADOR BROWNELL.: press conference a few days ago, .of gaod spirits. As you faund out in his he locks fine and full Q 'Ir. Ambassadar, will this agreement require any signature by the ?€xican government? A!-IBASSADOR DROvINELL, Of course they ,<ill develop this program. There are two factors -- and that gives me a chance to bring up the ather factar that is invalved in having gaed agricultural land in additian ta the quality .of the water that is used in the irrigaticn. It has been faund in .our Imperial valley that it is very important to have good soil practices. As you knm1, in U,e Imperial Valley they hav.e installed tile drainage which has tremendously increased the productivity of the land~ So this r~exican program that is talked about in the agreeme.l,1t there ~>}ill be directed tm'1ard th4t and the ,United states has negotiated with f~xico to make a contribution toward providing tile drainage for the acreage involved in the Mexicali Valley. NORE