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E. The United States Government will undertake to provide 

 to the agency of the Government of Spain to which title and 

 responsibility for the finished plant will be transferred, reasonable 

 opportunity to consult with the responsible United States Gov- 

 ernment agenc}^ and the contractor during design and construc- 

 tion, 



4. The Spanish Government will arrange for the design and con- 

 struction of the entire potable water conduction and distribution 

 system including adequate storage capacity from the desalting plant 

 to the communities of Palomares, Villaricos and other communities, 

 possibly Vera, Garrucha and Mojacar. The system will include at 

 least one distribution point conveniently placed in each community. 

 Because of its interest in the distribution of water to Palomares and 

 Villaricos, the United States Government will be provided and oppor- 

 tunity to examine the design of the conduction and distribution 

 system prior to its construction. 



5. The Spanish Government will take the necessary measures to 

 provide, without cost to the United States Government, the land, 

 rights of way, and other property rights needed for installation and 

 operation of the desalting plant, the conduction and distribution 

 system and storage facilities. The Spanish Government will grant 

 full exemption from all Spanish taxes and duties upon the importa- 

 tion and installation of equipment and materials for the plant and 

 the desalting plant contractor personnel and their personal effects 

 while working on the contract. 



6. The Spanish Government will be responsible or will delegate 

 responsibility to a designated agencj^, public or private, for receipt, 

 operation and maintenance of the plant and water supply system at 

 no further cost to the United States Government. The Spanish 

 Government will give assurances that, in the continuing operation 

 of the water desalting plant and the distribution facilities, the people 

 of the communities of Palomares and Villaricos will receive fresh 

 water in quantities Avhich will at least satisfy the requirements for 

 fresh water for domestic use in those communities, and should addi- 

 tional quantities of fresh water be available, that the people of the 

 communities of Palomares and Villaricos will have available to them 

 amounts of water, on a per capita basis, not less than the amounts 

 on a per capita basis available to any of the other communities served 

 by the desalting plant. 



7. The Spanish Government and the United States Government, 

 in publicly describing the jointly financed desalting and water supply 

 system, will describe the participation of the United States Govern- 

 ment as having the special purpose of providing potable water to the 

 people of the communities of Palomares and Villaricos for the reasons 

 set forth in the first two paragraphs of this note. 



8. Further communications covering the technical details of this 

 joint project will be between the designated agencies of the two 

 Governments. 



If the foregoing proposals meet with your approval, I have the 

 honor to propose that this Note and your reply to that effect shall 



