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Enclosure No. 1 Airgram #______ Dated__________ Mexico, D.F. CONFIDENTIAL -4- recommendation for the complete solution of the Chamizal problem: In the El Paso-Juarez sector, the Rio Grande should be relocated into a new channel in order that south of the center of the new channel an area of 823 acres, in a single tract, be incorporated to Mexico. The center of the relocated channel would be the international boundary. 1. The new channel would have the following characteristics: (a) It would commence at the point where the * divergence between the present day and the 1864 channel begins (marked "A" on the attached map). (b) The course of the new channel would be such that the areas transferred and the compensations therefore would be reduced to a minimum, with no further limitations than those imposed by technical requirements and by the objective of contributing, in a positive manner, to the future development of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. (c) The relocated channel would be concrete lined, in order that its width be as narrow as may be compatible with the technical requirements for protection against floods; that the number of persons and properties affected by minimized; that health conditions along the River be improved; that border control be facilitated; and that the project contribute to the enhancement of the beauty of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. 2. The Department of State and the Ministry of Foreign Relations have drawn on the attached map of the El Paso Juarez region the recommended alignment of the new channel for the River which would comply with the criteria set forth in the Recommendation and numbered paragraph 1 above. The results of this relocation of the channel of the River follow: (a) Of the 437 acres in the Chamizal tract to which Mexico claims international title, 366 acres would be incorporated into Mexico. The 71 acres in the ChamizalEpson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 1,868,162 byte