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~': . . N W ~ CD C .Q E. Y TELEGRAM WASHINGTON, D. C. 1961 DEC. 29 PM 713 FELIX L. SPARKS, DIRECTOR COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD 1525 SHERMAN STREET DVR THANK YOU FOR THE TELEGRAM OF DECEMBER 2l, CONCERNING DELIVERY OF WATER TO MEXICO. AT MEETING HERE DECEMBER 13, REPRESENTATIVES DEPARTMENTS OF STATE AND INTERIOR ADVISED AMBASSADOR CARRILLO FLORES OF MEXICO THAT NEITHER DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO FIND IN TREATY PROVISIONS 'WHICH RE- QUIRE UNITED STATES TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR QUALITY OF WATER DELIVERED UNDER TREATY FEBRUARY 3, 1944. DEPARTMENTS OF STATE AND INTERIOR EACH HAS APPOINTED A CONSULTANT TO MAKE FACT-FINDING REPORT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON POSSIBLE ACTIONS THAT CAN BE TAKEN BY UNITED S'1'ATES AND/OR MEXICO TO RESOLVE P~OBLEM WITHOUT DELIVERIES OF WATER IN EXCESS OF THAT SCHEDULED BY MEXICO UNDER TREATY. CONSULTANTS' REPORT NOT YET RECEIVED BUT WE UNDERSTAND IT WILL POINT OUT THAT (l)CROPS AND LAND IN MEXICO HAVE NOT BEEN DAMAOED THROUGH USE OF WATER BEING DELIVERED CURRENTLY: (2) WATER IS USABLE DURING THIS WINTER UNDER EXISTING CIRCUMSTANCES; AND (3) DRAINAGE PUMPING SHOULD NOT BE REDUCED IN WELLTON-MOHAWK DISTRICT, GILA PROJ- ECT, ARIZONA, BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL DAMAGES TO CROPS AND LANDS. MEXICO HAS NOW PROPOSED TO SCBEDULE LARGER THAN NORMAL DELIVERIES IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TO REDUCE SALINITY, ON CONDITION THAT MEXICO BE PERMI'I'l'ED DISCRETION TO MODIFY FEBRUARY SCHEDULE ON SHORTER NOTICE THAN 30 DAYS, AND BY MORE THAN 20 PERCENT, AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE l5F OF TREATY; THAT PROPOSAL DOES NOT AFFECT MEXICO'S LE~ POSITION REGARDING EXCESSIVE SALINITY; AND THAT DISCUSSION CoNTINot ON ALL RELATED ISSUES. PROPOSAL CAN BE CARRIED OUT WITHOUT INTERFERENCE WITH UNITED STATES INTERESTS, AND THEREFORE WE HAVE AGREED TO PROPOSAL ON BASIS THAT TOTAL 1962 SCHEDULE REMAIN WITHIN THE l,500,000 GUARANTEED ANNUAL QUANTITY. STEWART L UDALL SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR , , ~1 Copied: CWCB/1k 1/4/62 "j -'~ ",';' .)1 , lic,':ft