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,- - ~ '''-' consultants said the United States could deliver water to Mexico W ~ under the treaty, as much as 500,000 to 750,000 acre~feet a 00 ~ year, even if it would not have any value for irrigation purposes. The State Department pointed out that the specific provisions that were included in the treaty to insure that Mexico must accept return flow and drainage water are in Articles 10 and 11. Article 10 states that Mexico's allotment included water from "any and all sources" and would be "for any purpose whatsoever". Article 11 states that "water should be made up of the waters of said river, whatever their origin". In testimony before the Mexican Senate, the Mexican nego- tiators were telling a different story from that told by their United States counterparts. One of the Mexican negotiators said it was understood between the two countries that the water delivered to Mexico must be of good quality. He stated that Mexico could demand water similar in quality to that which she , was currently using. Recognizing the difficulty of this demand, he said that Mexico would not object to receiving watel: similar to that used by the United States at Imperial Dam, the last diversion point in the United States. The Mexican Senate unanimously ratified the treaty of September 1944. In addition to the argu~ents on the merits of the treaty, it was apparent that other foreign policy issues were major factors in the administration's support of the treaty. On the last day of the Senate hearings, Assistant Secretary of State Acheson put the treaty in the reference of the larger question of maintaining -~- .:-"~''''+'""