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               In my capacity as chairman of Diesel Power Company and as              
               owner and General Manager of Caspian Trading Company, I                
               hereby authorize Detroit Diesel Allison to forward all                 
               statements of account and commission statements for both               
               Diesel Power Company and Caspian Trading Company to Caspian            
               Trading Company * * * .                                                
               This letter will also serve as authorization for Caspian               
               Trading Company to collect all commissions payable on a                
               monthly basis on both Diesel Power Company's and Caspian               
               Trading Company's commission accounts. * * *                           
          Shortly thereafter, GM terminated the 1969 GM-Caspian agreement             
          with CTC.  Petitioner agreed by signing the letter of termination           
          on April 9, 1976.  On November 1, 1976, Diesel Power and GM                 
          entered into another agreement for the distribution, sales, and             
          servicing of GM engines and transmissions.  This agreement was              
          signed for Diesel Power by an unknown person other than                     
          petitioner, possibly Mr. Khalatbari, who was identified as                  
          "Managing Director".                                                        
               In addition to sales to Iran, petitioner also received                 
          payments from GM for certain sales to Pakistan.  In                         
          February 1974, GM appointed CTC as sales representative to                  
          promote the sale of GM diesel locomotives in Pakistan.  This                
          agreement, by its terms, was to terminate on February 19, 1975,             
          unless extended by mutual agreement.  It was signed on                      
          March 14, 1974, by an unidentifiable person as attorney-in-fact             
          for petitioner.  The agreement contained the same non-                      
          assignability clause as is found in the 1969 GM-Caspian                     
          agreement.  GM further communicated with petitioner in a February           





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