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<br />, <br /> <br />!-: <br /> <br />- ~.'"'7..." ~ .. <br />~~~~ ~'_\: ~~ <br />1.1:: <br /><<::,y!~~tr <br /> <br />U[li(~d :)t.:.it~3 D.;rnrtli).:nt ~)f tho; -[nt~rior <br /> <br />Ol'l'lCE Of THE :ECRET.'.KY <br />WASHINGTO.'1, D.C. ~,-\L IV <br /> <br />Ilonorab1e llartin ll. Hoffmann <br />Secretary of the Army <br />Washington, D.C. 20310 <br /> <br />{ill <br />Ji'i' ~ ~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Secretary: <br /> <br />The I'.eI!lOrandum or Understanding between the Departments of the 1tr.!ry and <br />Interior rel~tive to the lnarketing of water for industrial UEe from the <br />six !:lain st"", Nissourl River reservoirs, signed by Secret~ieB Callaway <br />and Horton on February 24, 1975, expires on February 24 this year.. <br />0Ilr IllUtual staffs have :.>roposed that the Nemorandl.D!l be extende<l wit.'lout <br />chango until ~:a.y 1 this year to allow the incominq IAministration to <br />.review tlle ll\arketin<J !,olicy and to decide upon a more pernl'lJlent arranqe- <br />ment. It is cy u,1derstandinq that Assistant Secretary Victor V. Veysey <br />and Major General Ernest Graves, Director of Civil I,'orks, Corps of <br />Enqineers, have discus8ed this short-tem extension with Interior <br />Assistant Secretary ,Jack llorton. <br /> <br />I suggest also that ~~ jointly request the Chairman of the Miss~~i River <br />llaain Co!l1l!lissian, Mr. John Neuberger, to suwit to our s'~ccessors. lIO <br />later than ~~ch 15, 1977, the cOl1l!1lents of the various State Governors of <br />the Basin On any future aqree.'1lent in this regard. <br /> <br />I ~ this opportunity to ~ecaqnize and to extend sincere appreciation <br />for the efforts of Assistant Secretary Veysey, Deputy Assistant Secretary <br />Jack Ford, and General Craves and other mo:nbers of your staff for their <br />help and cooperation over the past two years in developing and aW.inister- <br />ing the water marketing pr~ram with State Governors. A meeting held <br />earlier this weel. between our t"lO Depart::lents will result in establishing <br />more clearly the specific adDinistrative relat1o~sh1p between the C~r[>s <br />of Engineers and the Bureau of Recla!l\ation. <br /> <br />The necessary statement for extending the ~1eJ:!ora.n<l\ll1l t:ntil llay 1, 1977, <br />i& enclosed with my signature, along with the L~isting ~~DOr~um of <br />tlnderstan'f1ng . <br /> <br />Sincerely yours, <br /> <br />< ,.gaJ lou KluPl'< <br /> <br />EIlClosl1res 2 <br /> <br />Secretary ot the Interior <br /> <br />cc: <br /> <br />John Neuberger, Chairman ~- <br />Missouri River Basin Commission <br />