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<br />,.,;",,: <br />. ." :~ <br /> <br />0~ <br /> <br />'?' <br /> <br />~.... <br />N <br />f-I. <br />W <br /> <br />The Committee ,ms and is skeptical of the wisdom of giving <br />irnplicity legal sanction to Me~icols unilateral act, and. of <br />the '.isdolil of requiring the United States to pu.'1lp grou."1,l\mter <br />in self-protection, at considerable expense, and then in all <br />probability to deliver the same 1fater to Hexica in' the Colorado <br /> <br />Ri vcr. <br /> <br />Nevertheless, if continuing negotiations on gro"illrrd1faters <br />are not successful in achieving agreement by the Hexican govern- <br />ment .to accept ground and surface waters dra'ffi from the United <br /> <br />States bj" the San Luis lIell field as a charge against the Treat;}' <br />allotrnent or to lirn.i t plunpage at the ,'/ell field to an amount <br />that 'would have a negligible affect on U. S. waters; then as <br />provided by Sec. 103 of H.R. 12165 the protective grou.~dwater <br />program must be undertalren entirely without cost or injury to <br />the Basin States, in terms of money, po'\.rer and ,.rater reso"UI"ces. <br /> <br />We believe that the goverp~ent must prepare to unde~take this' <br />responsibility as it is difficult to i~agine success in the <br />negotiations now that 11exico has her objective, the so.linito" <br />guarantee, within reach. <br />In Point 6 of the }linute, both countries agreed to cons~lt <br />on future.groundwater developments, and in Point 7, the United <br />States promises to support efforts by Hexico to obtain. favorable <br />financing for the improvement of the l1exicali Valley ane. also <br /> <br />promises an unstated amount of lInon-reimbursable assistancG for <br /> <br />Ilexican rehabilitation programs in the Hexicali Vo.lley relating <br />to the salinity progr",." n Point 8 unequivocally recognizes <br />l-linute 242 as cons ti tuting n the permanent and definitive <br />solution of the salinity problen" pronised in the Joint Co::!muni- <br /> <br />Que of June 17, 1972. <br /> <br />Point 9 is a promise by the United States <br /> <br />to impler.:i.ent the necessary lImeasuresll at" the earliest practical <br /> <br />date. <br /> <br />Point 10 makes the entire ;.linute "enter into force upon <br /> <br />approval by the two goverlli'lents, ,;i th the proviSO thatll the <br /> <br />-9- <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />....;':T~;t;~0 <br /> <br />:.;......:::.. <br /> <br />.,',".::.-'. <br />. , <br /> <br />'\':"'~"';: <br /> <br />,. .'''" <br />"l~" <br /> <br />..', ." <br /> <br />~it,,;:_;/:<;~,;\ :\>:::.t.<."" <br /> <br />. .',. <br /> <br />iv\;" ~', ,''< ...::., I~' ~ . '~,,'-' 'X~~';:, ''-', -=:'.; -~~: <br /> <br />;.-:~:-~.>r <br /> <br />'i.~' /. :.." , <br /> <br />:.......\.:..: <br /> <br />,,:;:;) ..,~. <br /> <br />. , ". ~: ~. ", ~, <br /> <br />:.'.". <br /> <br />.\:....... .. <br /> <br />; ,~~~>, <br />:,.>';.:"~ <br />. .f <br />