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<br />tv <br />CD <br /><:.0 <br />C.V <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />'~. <br /> <br />superceding Minute No. 218 but running only until December 31, <br /> <br />1972, resulted in an average annual reduction of about 100 parts <br /> <br />per million in the quality of the waters made available to Mexico <br /> <br />as co~?ared to 1971. <br /> <br />:~ ~a%i~~ ~~es~ s?scial arrangements, bo~h gOVGrn~~nts <br /> <br />reserved all rights under the Water Treaty and the general <br /> <br />principles of Law. <br /> <br />After the Washington meeting, President Echeverria told a <br /> <br />gathering of Mexican farmers at Mexicali: <br /> <br />I immediately made clear (to Nixon) that <br /> <br />we would not irrigate with fossil waters from <br /> <br />Welton-Mohawk...since for months we have been <br /> <br />carrying on talks through diplomatic channels <br /> <br />...and we already had achieved some modest <br /> <br />improvement. The U.S. President told me that <br /> <br />there would be considerable immediate reduc- <br /> <br />tion in salinity Df ~aters. Naturally, this <br /> <br />interim "considerable" seems to us to be very <br /> <br />modest, very small...in talks with President <br /> <br />of U.S...we could see that this subject did <br /> <br />not represent for the U.S. the tragedy that <br /> <br />it,represents for Mexicali Valley. We could <br />. <br /> <br />see that it had stayed at level of Department <br /> <br />of State and some technicians. ... <br /> <br />Having desisted completely from using <br /> <br />fossil waters of Wellton-Mohawk...waters used <br /> <br />for gravity irrigation will improve greatly...we <br />