WHERE AS a treaty between the United States of
America and the United Mexican States relating to the
utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana
Rivers, and of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo)
from Fort Quitman, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico, was
signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries in
Washington on February 3, 1944, and
a protocol supplementary to the said treaty was signed
by their respective Plenipotentiaries in Washington on
November 14, 1944, the originals of which treaty and
protocol, in the English and Spanish languages, are
word for word as follows:
The Government of the United
States of America and the Government of the
United Mexican States: animated by the
sincere spirit of cordiality and friendly
cooperation which happily governs,
the relations between them; taking
into account the fact that Articles VI and VII
of the Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Limits
between the United States of America and
the United Mexican States signed at
Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848, [1
]
and Article IV of the boundary treaty
between the two countries signed at the City
of Mexico December 30, 1853 [2
]
regulate the use of the waters of
the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) and
the Colorado River for purposes
of navigation only; considering
that the utilization of these waters for other
purposes is desirable in the interest of both
countries, and desiring, moreover, to fix and
delimit the rights of the two countries
with respect to the waters of the
Colorado and Tijuana Rivers, and of the Rio
Grande (Rio Bravo) from Fort Quitman,
Texas, United States of America, to the Gulf
of Mexico, in order to obtain the
most complete and satisfactory
utilization thereof, have resolved to conclude
a treaty and for this purpose have named as
their plenipotentiaries