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<br />a <br />l":) <br />,... <br />~ <br />c.o <br />CJl <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />outlined four points and said that the United States was prepared to; <br /> <br /> <br />"(a) undertake certain actions immediately to improve the <br /> <br /> <br />quality of water going to Mexico; <br /> <br /> <br />(b) designate a special representative to begin work <br /> <br />immediately to find a permanent, definitive and just solution <br /> <br />of this problem;* <br />(c) instruct the special representative to submit a report <br /> <br />to him by the end of the year; and <br /> <br /> <br />(d) submit this proposal, once it has the approval of <br /> <br /> <br />this government, to President Echeverria for his consider- <br /> <br /> <br />ation and approval." <br /> <br />The immediate action referred to by the President is the <br /> <br /> <br />substitution of Colorado River water and Yuma Mesa water at an <br /> <br />annual rate of 118,000 acre-feet for an equal quantity of Wellton- <br /> <br /> <br />Mohawk water. The 118,000 af/yr was computed by the previously <br /> <br />referred to equivalent-salt-balance concept. The substitution of <br /> <br />the water by the United States will result in delivery of water <br /> <br /> <br />to Mexico at the northerly international boundary with an average <br /> <br /> <br />salinity of 1140 ppm as compared to 1240 ppm delivered to Mexico <br /> <br /> <br />for the calendar year 1971. <br /> <br />At the request of Mexico, the United States will also bypass <br /> <br /> <br />the balance of the Well ton-Mohawk drainage water (approximately <br /> <br />*Mr. Herbert Brownell, former Attorney General of the United States <br />was appointed President Nixon's Special Representative on August 16, <br />1972. <br />