Nine years had passed since the Mexican Government had lodged a protest with our Government concerning the quality of water being delivered to Mexico via the Colorado River. But nothing had been done. At the conference. we tried to talk about our mutual concerns with migrant labor. and the Mexican legislators asked us what we were going to do about the mud and salt we were dumping into northern Mexicos newly irrigated farms. We tried to talk about improved trade relations and joint economic development plans. and they asked when we were going to respond to their governments protest. It was almost the same situation that members of an Iranian legislature would find themselves in if they were to come here today to talk about improved relations without mentioning the hostages.