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<br />visions and in its social and economic significance.
<br />It is more than a mere division of water between
<br />two countries: it provides the administrative ma-
<br />, chinery and the principles for international co-
<br />operation in the development of these water re-
<br />sources. As such, it may well be taken as a model
<br />for future treaties governing international streams.
<br />The treaty is comprehensive in its terms. How.
<br />ever, it is in line with precedents already estab-
<br />lished. Attention has already been drawn to the
<br />treaty of 1906 providing for the equitable distribu-
<br />tion of the waters of the Rio Grande in the EI Paso-
<br />Juarez Valley, in which existing uses in Mexico as
<br />of the date of the treaty were protected. There is
<br />also the tre':ty of 1929 between Egypt and Great
<br />Britain, the latter acting for the Sudan (93 League
<br />of Nations Treaty Series 43, 86-88), governing the
<br />use for irrigatio~ of the waters of the Nile. By
<br />its t.erms, the taking of water in the Sudan was lim-
<br />,ited in a manner to protect developments in Egypt.
<br />The proposed treaty with Mexico not only assures
<br />water for lands now under irrigation in both coun-
<br />tries but also provides measures for the better utili-
<br />zation of the available supply, both for t.he present
<br />development.s and for the great.est possible number
<br />of feasible future projects, Furthermore, it does
<br />not overlook the,possibility of power development.
<br />It'is fortunat.e for both the United States ,and
<br />Mexico that they have ready at hand a competent
<br />and ,experienced Boundary Commission to admin-
<br />ister the treaty, 'Organized under the convention
<br />of 1889, tIllS Commission has been especially active.
<br />since 1927 in the administration of, ~oundary mat-
<br />ters, which incl ude the elimination of bancos
<br />under the convention of 1905, the marking of tho
<br />boundary by means of monuments, and the con-
<br />struction, by its two national sections, of flood-
<br />control and sanitatinn projects. Probably the
<br />greatest joint undertaking thus far has been the
<br />rectification project in thc E\ Paso-J uarez Valley
<br />under the treat.y of 1933, by which the entire chan-
<br />nel of the river was rcc.t.iJied and cont..rolled from
<br />EI Paso to Box Canyon, effectmg a short.ening of
<br />the river from 155 miles t.o 85 miles in that reach.
<br />Furthermore, the United States Section has ca.
<br />nalized the Rio Grande for most of the 125 miles
<br />from EI Paso to Elephant. Butte Dam, and in the
<br />Lower Valley of Texas it has under construction
<br />a vast flood-control program, It is t.his Commis-
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<br />DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN
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<br />sioll which now stands ready to execut.e the pro.
<br />visions of the present treaty.
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<br />INTERRUPTION OF OPERATIONS IN AR.
<br />GENTINA OF ALL AMERICA CABLES, INC.
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<br />[Rele.ued to the prel!l8 March 215]
<br />The Department has received information from
<br />Buenos Aires to the effect that t.he Argentine au-
<br />thorit.ies have ordered All America Cables, Inc"
<br />to suspend all operations during the 24-hour period
<br />which expires March 25 at midnight. A line of
<br />1,000 pesos has been imposed upon the company.
<br />These penalties are the result of an alleged' viola-
<br />tion of censorship regulations.
<br />It is charged that on March 8 three cables from
<br />Lima, Peru, were mistakenly forwarded by the
<br />local office of All America Cables, Inc" in Buenos
<br />Aires'to the censorship official in the office of the
<br />United, Press, to which the messages were ad-
<br />dressed, instead of having received the prior ap-
<br />proval of the censorship official in the office of All
<br />America Cables, Inc,
<br />Thus an essential inter-American communica-
<br />tions link serving a number of the American re-
<br />publics, including the United States, has been
<br />interrupted on the ground of an apparently trivial
<br />violation of the Argentine censorship regulations:
<br />This action would appear to indicate R complete
<br />failure to appreciate the, importance to the citizens
<br />of the r,epublics concerned; including Argentina,
<br />as well as to their governments of the services per-
<br />formed by these communication facilities.
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<br />The Department
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<br />DIVISION OF PROTOCOL
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<br />On March 21, 1944 the Secretary of State issued'
<br />Departmental Order 1243, effective March 20,
<br />1944, which reads as follows:
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<br />"The functions and responsibilities of the Pro-
<br />tocol Division ,( page 37, Departmenta] Order 1218
<br />of January 15, 1944)' shaIl henceforth be exercised
<br />under the direction of the Special Assistant to the
<br />Secretary and Chief of Protocol, Mr. George T,
<br />Summerlin.
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<br />. BULl.EllN 0' Jan. 15, 1944, p, 45,
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