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          Petroleum Corporation (GPC), on finalizing the Arabic version of            
          the Esso agreement for submission to the State Council.  Mefferd            
          and Doss worked on the first draft of the Arabic version together           
          in Egypt, in which Article III(f)(6) of such draft the word                 
          "minha" (meaning "therefrom"), see infra p. 23, does not appear.            
          Mefferd then returned to Houston, leaving Doss to review the                
          Arabic version with Rakshy representing EGPC.  Doss communicated            
          changes to Mefferd by telex, but assured Mefferd that no                    
          substantive changes had been made.  Mefferd did not notice that             
          the word "minha" appeared after the word "deduct" in Article                
          III(f)(6) of the final Arabic version he reviewed.                          
               The first step for obtaining approval of the Esso agreement            
          involved EGPC's submitting it to the State Council.  Mansour was            
          the only EGPC lawyer presenting concession agreements to the                
          State Council on EGPC's behalf.                                             
               Also in 1973, the ARE and EGPC entered into a concession               
          agreement with Mobil Exploration Egypt, Inc. (Mobil).                       
          Negotiations for a production sharing agreement occurred                    
          simultaneously with the Esso negotiations.  On May 10, 1973, an             
          agreement was initialed in English on behalf of Mobil and EGPC.             
          At EGPC's request, the Mobil agreement included Article III(g),             
          identical to Article III(f)(6) of the Esso agreement.  Mobil                
          contemplated, by Article III(g), that EGPC would be entitled to             
          deduct royalties paid to the Egyptian Government, and Egyptian              






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