AZ vs. CA:25 California Exhibits, Vol. XXV; Nos. 7501-7859

page 3

3 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Denver 2, Colorado From To Director Commissioner ARIZONA HIGHLINE C Subject: Report on Central Arizona Project - Colorado River Basin. X 1. Reference is made to Acting Commissioner Markwell's letter of June 16, 1945, to Consulting Engineer John C. Page on this subject. 2. The second paragraph of Mr. Markwell's letter reads, in part, as follows: "It is my judgment thrt california should also be supplied information obtained during the investigations, since it is an affected State under the law." 3. I believe that our obligations under the law go further than the State of California in that all seven states within the Colorado River Basin are affected by any development elsewhere on that basin in view of the Colorado River Compact, in recognition of this fact the committees of 14 and 16 were organized to receive ana discuss reports from all Federal agencies and others regarding plans for development and utilization of the water resources of the Colorado River Basin. Hence, I believe that we should advise all stater of our investigation plans throuph the medium of the committees of 14 and 16. 4« I agree with Mr. Markwell'E obc.ervp.tion on points one ;and three of Mr. Page's letter, and also with the expression in the last paragraph of his letter which rends, in part, us follows: "... Care should be taken to explain that statements concerning the quantity of water to be made available In Arizona to the central Arizona diversion project are not to be construed as an expression of opinion on the pert of the Bureau as to Arizona's maximum rightr. unaer the compact. as you know, these rights have not as yet been determined, ana they can be neither increased nor reduced by any action on our part ..." C^-Ren.L'ir.,Boulder City,Nev. Reg. counsel Los Angeles,Calif. Reg. Dir.,Salt Lake City, Utah. ReG .Counsel, Salt L'Jce City,Utvh i>ir., P.U. ,ucnvcr,Colo. Fngr.Vaua K. L'rcon, P.O.Box 2071,*'hoenix,Ariz. (with copy of Mr. MurkwelTs letter) C'flON REQUiBED BY............,-,«».«J