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<br />~ <br /> <br />.- <br />.'-....' <br /> <br />w <br />(0 <br />(0 <br />N <br /> <br />(b) designate a special representative <br /> <br />to begin work immediately to find a permanent, <br /> <br />definitive and just solution of this problem; <br /> <br />(c) instruct the special representative <br /> <br />to submit a report to him by the end of 1972; <br /> <br />(d) submit this proposal, once it has <br /> <br />the approval of this Government to President <br /> <br />Echeverria for his consideration and approval. <br /> <br />President Echeverria said that he <br /> <br />recognized the goodwill of President Nixon <br /> <br />and his interest in finding a definitive <br /> <br />solution to this problem at the earliest <br /> <br />possible time. He added that based on two <br /> <br />recent trips to the Mexicali Valley and his <br /> <br />talks with farmers there, his Government, <br /> <br />while reserving its legal rights, had decided <br /> <br />to stop using waters from the We11ton-Mohawk <br /> <br />project for irrigation purposes while waiting <br /> <br />for receipt of the U.S. proposal for a defini- <br /> <br />tive solution. <br /> <br />Both Presidents agreed to instruct their <br /> <br />W~ter and Border Commissioners to prepare and <br /> <br />sign a Minute containing the above program <br /> <br />and commitments as soon as possible. <br /> <br />On July 14, the Commissioners signed a new agreement, Minute <br /> <br />No. 241, providing for immediate improvement in the quality of <br /> <br />Colorado River water to be delivered to Mexico. <br /> <br />This agreement, <br />