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- 7 - The rest of the group, except for Mr. Webb, sat down to work out the public statement to be released about the meeting. This continued for about half an hour in the Cabinet Room, and then another half hour in the Fish Room. (The group was moved in order to accomodate the Cabinet meeting at 11.) There were no disagreements over what should be said; it just took time to work out language that covered the situation accurately, and that was approved by every one in the group. For the first fifteen or twenty minutes the Prime 'NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS - SERVICE'S Minister was not personally involved in the drafting. For part of that time Mr. Murphy explained to him the legal questions we had run into about whether New York could enter into an agreement with Ontario to build the power project, without special action by the Congress giving its consent. The Prime Minister commented that sometimes doubts like that are ignored. He cited the instance of the Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls, which probably should not have been built without the consent of Parliament, "but it was, and it's there now."

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