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<br />'--.-' <br /> <br />Wii-j <br />"-" <br /> <br />charged as a part of the Treaty allotment to Mexico. This <br /> <br />~) recommended solution would remove the adverse effects of Wellton- <br />CD <br />CD Hohawk drainage waters on the waters delivered to Mexico, pur- <br />en <br /> <br />s~an~ ~o ~he 1944 Treaty. <br /> <br />President Nixon approved the recommendation as a basis for <br /> <br />negotiations with Mexico for a definitive solution, and in the <br /> <br />ensuing months intensive discussions were held between Ambassador <br /> <br />Brownell and the Secretary of Foreign Relations of Mexico, <br /> <br />Licenciado Emilio O. Rabasa, and their respective negotiating <br /> <br />teams. Agreement was reached on joint recommendations to their <br /> <br />respective Presidents. <br /> <br />On August 30, 1973, the joint recommendations were approved <br /> <br />by the President of the United states and by the President of <br /> <br />Mexico. They were incorporated in Minute No. 242 of the Interna- <br /> <br />tional Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico. <br /> <br />Unfortunately, when President Nixon appointed former Attorney <br /> <br />General Herbert Brownell as a special ambassador to work out a <br /> <br />solution to the problem, he gave him orders to come up with a <br /> <br />"permanent, de::initive and just solution to this problem" by the <br /> <br />end of the year. <br /> <br />Faced with a deadline of this rigidity, our special ambas- <br /> <br />sador was considerably restricted in his options. <br />. . <br /> <br />The Committee of 14 frequently told General Brownell, and <br /> <br />only half in jest, that we wished we could play poker with him <br /> <br />because we would caucus with him before a meeting with the <br /> <br />Mexican representative, advise him of our bottom-line. position, <br /> <br />-16- <br />