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In addition to petitioner's direction of commission
payments, petitioner ultimately was in charge of the Galion
relationship. For example, when a question arose whether a
change of control from one Iranian ministry to another would
affect the acquisition of certain Galion equipment, CTC told
Galion that the new Minister "is a good friend of Mr. Zand's, so
there is no difficulty by this change." Petitioner personally
handled Galion sales to a ministry. CTC employees also confirmed
to others the impression that CTC was ultimately responsible for
Galion sales by corresponding with a potential customer of Galion
equipment with the following language: "Our company name in Iran
is Diesel Power Company." In a letter to another purchaser of
Galion equipment there was a reference to "our Teheran office
Diesel Power". Petitioner's ultimate authority was understood
among various CTC employees. At the bottom of a letter from
Diesel Power to Mrs. Meier in 1976 concerning a rebate that had
been negotiated on some cranes by Mr. Shirazi of Diesel Power, a
handwritten note from "MA" says "ask JJZ"; an apparent response
states "pay to us here 40/60". In 1978 there was evidence that
petitioner still was in control of the Galion relationship. Mr.
Khalatbari did not sign a contract for the sale of Galion
equipment to the Iranian ministry and was described to a CTC
employee by an Iranian business associate as "your man on the
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