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B-76531 1 (1948-09-13)

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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
             WASHINGTON 25    ,


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Commissioner, United States Section,

     International Boundary and  ater Commission,

          United States and MaidCeo

               First National Bank Building,

                   X1 Paso, Texas.

?.Zy dear Mr. Iawson;

     Reference is made to your letters dated May 14,  July 20, and

August 23, 1948, in which you request advice  an certain questions

vhich have arisen in  connection with the construction of the Falcon

Dam on the Rio Grande River.

     It is understol  that your  section is engaged in the acquisition

of approximately fifty-five thousand acres  of land in Starr and

Zapata Couties,  Texas,  to be flooded following the completion of

the Falcon Dam, which  is to be built jointly betw'een the. United

States and Mexican  sections of the Commission under the Mexican

Wat~r: Treaty of February 3, 1944, which specifically provides for

the: cortstruction of 3 stipulated storage dams on the Rio Grande

River.  The  letter of May 14, 1948, states that the construction

ill  necessitate the relocation  of approximately 56 miles of United

States Highway No.  83, and that, in this connection your section

of the  commission wishes to enter into a contract with the Texas


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