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Lockheed. Petitioner wrote to Dr. Fallah on "J.J. Zand,
Consultant" stationery in October 1973 concerning a meeting he
had in New York pertaining to organizing a joint venture between
Ashland, NIOC, and others. Petitioner was present during
meetings between Ashland and Dr. Fallah, with whom Mr. Atkins
believed petitioner had a close relationship. Petitioner
sometimes met with Dr. Fallah on Ashland's behalf without other
Ashland representatives. Mr. Atkins understood that petitioner
also was well acquainted with Prime Minister Hoveyda, a
relationship which was helpful to Ashland's business negotiations
with Iran. While Dr. Fallah and Mr. Atkins were the principals
in the negotiations between NIOC and Ashland, petitioner was the
liaison between them. Petitioner was described in a 1973
memorandum by Mrs. Priscilla Meier, an employee of CTC, to a
potential client as one of the creators of the entire
Ashland/NIOC agreement. In another 1973 letter petitioner
outlined to Mr. Atkins his plan for an Ashland/Iranian joint
venture. Correspondence in 1974 concerning the Ashland
relationship with NIOC came to petitioner personally. There is
little or no evidence of participation by either All Patents or
Diesel Power in any of the Ashland negotiations.
Petitioner also was involved with an ultimately unsuccessful
proposed joint venture between Lar Exploration, a subsidiary of
Ashland, and NIOC involving a contract to explore for oil and gas
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