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.' ~ ( C. . ~-' STATE OF KANSAS TOPEKA, KAI'ISAS 2 August 1951 Honorable Oscar L. Chapnan ~ecretary of the Interior Department of the Interior Washington, D. C. Dear ~r. Secretaryl Enclosed herelvith is a resolution adopted by the Colorado-Kansas Arkansas River Compact Administration. As Attorney General of Kansas, I served on the Compact Commission of these two states .mich drafted a workable compact now being successfully administered by the present Compact Administration composed of representatives of both states and General Hans Kramer as a representative of the United states. That administrative agency, by the enclosed resolution, presents its recom- mendations. As Governor of Kansas I have also received the recommendations ot my Special Advisory Committee, and they are in accord with the enclosed resolu- tion, as are my personal convictions resulting from my ovm knO'Nledge of and experience vnth the over-all Arkansas River Project. Kansas has no objection to the development of the proposed Gunnison-Arkansas Project as set forth in h-oject Planning Report No. 7-8A, 49-1 of the Bureau of Reclamation. However, we in Kansas would oppose any attempt for this devel- opment to interfere vdth the rights, interests and obligations of Colorado or Kansas under their Arkansas River Compact. . That is to say, we in Kansas would object only to any re-regulation of native waters of the Arkansas River Basin until such time as' it could be definitely determined that re-regulation of native waters would not be detrimental to Kansas or to interstate water relations between Kansas and Colorado. We assume, of course, that no such attempt at re-regulation Vlould be made or desired without a meeting of the two states and the United States after the completion of the project. Sincerely, /s/ Edward F. Arn GOVERNOR EFA-cr enclosure