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7 "I will not approve any transfer or use that does not in my opinion benefit the Basic Plant. I will further require evidence from the major lessees, through the Commission, that they approve your actions whatever it may be. "The General Services must be fully convince!!- that all commitments for water, implied or otherwise, can be filled before any change is made*1* That was the condition imposed on the date of that letter and that is the condition that will continue to be imposed so long as I have the responsibility of approving these transactions under the instruments and statutes heretofore referred to. Certain newspaper articles were forwarded to me by various interested organizations in the Las Vegas area in the early part of July, In a sincere effort to clarify these matters I wrote a letter to Mr, Thomas A. Campbell, President of the Las Vegas Valley Water District, on July 12, 1951. I think it is well to quote this letter in its entirety at this time: 'I have just received a clipping from the Las Vegas Morning Sun of Friday, July 6, 195>1, attached to a letterhead of your organization. There is no indication that your organization sent me this clipping but it would be logical to assume that someone vho had access to your letterheads did send such clipping. The indisputable inference given from this so-called news story is that Mr, Mueller is acting independently of this office. I just want to take advantage of this opportunity to clear up any misunderstanding in this matter. Mr. Mueller has been in constant and daily communication with the writer of this letter as to the details of making available to the Las Vegas Valley Water District certain facilities that were originally built by the Federal Government out of the taxpayers' money for the purpose of furnishing water to the Basic Magnesium plant in order to assist in winning World War II, If the State of Nevada and the Federal Government are to derive any benefit for the taxpayers of the United States, there must be assurance that their original investment will be protected to the maximum possible extent. Therefore, this Administration has instructed its'representative, John Mueller, to take such steps as will assure the operators at the Basic Magnesium Plant that they will at all times have an adequate supply of water.