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Interview No. 836, Eugenio Calzada Flores
Interview No. 836, Eugenio Calzada Flores
Combined Interviews
Part of the Chamizal Oral History Project; member of Electoral District Committee during election Teófilo Borunda; assignation of Cordoba Island; physicals characteristics of island; economic activities and housing of residents; stages of Chamizal Treaty, including signing and infrastructures, bridges, and canal; meeting of Mexican President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Interview No. 838, Pedro Nestor García
Interview No. 838, Pedro Nestor García
Combined Interviews
Part of Chamnizal Oral History Project; biographical data; relates story of the three generation fight for 29 hectares of land lost when Rio Grande changed course; comments about his book El Chamizal, Caso Inconcluso. (See also No. 70)
Interview No. 837, Joseph F. Friedkin
Interview No. 837, Joseph F. Friedkin
Combined Interviews
Part of Chamizal Oral History Project; biographical data; early career with IBWC Commissioner; history of Chamizal dispute; special congressional legislation authorizing payment yo property owners in Chamizal area; logistics of relocating families, businesses, railroads and utilities in land transfer,; relationship between commissioners on both sides of U.S.-Mexico border; relocating of international bridges; Four Points Program; commemorative ceremony to celebrate signing of Chamizal Treaty.