Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Senator Tom Connally, Senator Carl Hayden, Senator Ernest McFarland, and Others

sis lile DEPARTMENT OF STATE RECORD S SERVICE 1040 Memorandum of Conversation DATE: January 30, 1950 SUBJECT: Operation and maintenance of Imperial Dan and part of the All-American Canal. PARTICIPANTS: Senator Tou Connally of Texas, Senator Carl Hayden and Senator Erneat W. MeFarland of Arizona, Secretary Acheson, L - Fisher, MID - Mr. Mann and Nat. errick. - COPIES TO: MID - Mr. Mann, L - lix. Fisher, H - Rr. MeFall, ARA (2), Ambassador Thurston, and Commissioner Lawson, ARA - Niss Orant. 1-1493 I net with these Senators at this time pursuant to a call from Senator Nc/arland to my office. Benator Hayden opened the neeting with a brief state- ment of Arizona's interest in having the operation and maintenance of the All-Aserioan Canal works performed by the Federal Government, and then referred the conversation to Senator to continue. Senator ille Farland went over again in considerable detail the same arguments which he and Senator Bayden have presented in the past to support their views. He referred to and read portions of Articles 2 and 23 of the Water Treaty of 1944 and of the Protocol thereto. In particular he argued that the clauses of Article 23 requiring *direct ownership, control and jurisdiction in conjunction with the clauses in the Protocol providing for construction, operation and maintenance of certain treaty works by a Federal agency, require the Federal Government to operate and maintain the Imperial Dam and the part of the All-American Canal. Next, Mr. MeParland argued that during the Senate hearings on the Treaty the Department had stated that the Bureau of Reclamation would operate and maintain the works, that the Senators understood this to be true and that they voted for the Treaty