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O. Pioneer
On March 3, 1958, Pioneer Engineering (Pioneer) and CTC
entered into an export distributors agreement. This agreement
was signed by petitioner as General Manager and proprietor of
CTC. At that time, Pioneer was a division of Poor & Company,
Inc. The distributors agreement between Pioneer and CTC was
amended with regard to matters not at issue here by an addendum
of June 12, 1964. Petitioner executed this amendment on behalf
of CTC. Subsequently, Pioneer merged with Poor & Company to
become Portec, Inc. (Portec), and Pioneer became a division of
Portec. For convenience, we refer to Pioneer as the company with
which the relevant transactions occurred.
During the years at issue there was communication between
Diesel Power and CTC about Pioneer because Diesel Power helped to
process Pioneer orders. Most of the correspondence was about
Pioneer orders and commissions. Some messages asked for follow-
up on requests from Pioneer. In April 1976, Diana Khalatbari
circulated a memo to several Diesel Power employees and to
petitioner concerning the potential for increasing Pioneer
asphalt equipment sales.
There also were direct dealings between Pioneer and Diesel
Power. Some letters were in appreciation for Diana and Farshid
Khalatbari's time during trips by Pioneer executives to Iran.
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