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               Disbursements:                                                         
                    Banque de Paris          $880,000.00                              
                    Minora (DPC)             115,000.00                               
                    Galion                   10,000.00                                
                    FK (Tonekaboni)          100,000.00                               
                    Zanganeh                 80,000.00                                
                    Swiss Credit Bank #29934     83,000.00                            
                    Price Waterhouse         2,248.85                                 
                    FNCB-London              2,500.00                                 
                    Bank & Check Charges          135.19                              


                                      C. Ashland                                      


               On April 4, 1974, Ashland Bermuda Limited (Ashland) entered            
          into an agreement with All Patents Corporation Limited (All                 
          Patents) whereby Ashland hired All Patents as a consultant in               
          negotiations between Ashland and NIOC.  These negotiations were             
          in connection with the purchase of crude oil to be used in a                
          joint venture involving the operation of refineries in the United           
          States.  The name of the signer for All Patents is                          
          unrecognizable.  The agreement provided that Ashland would pay              
          All Patents a fee of 3 cents per barrel of oil that NIOC sold to            
          Ashland in exchange for, by its own terms, "personal services"              
          provided by All Patents.  Under this and other agreements with              
          Ashland, All Patents was a consultant providing technical                   
          assistance and other services in connection with NIOC's supply of           
          crude oil to Ashland.  There were also previously in place two              






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