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spot" who was mismanaging petitioner's Iranian business.
Petitioner discussed this problem with Galion and planned, if it
became necessary, to arrange for someone else to sign the
contract on Galion's behalf.
There appears to have been some tension between petitioner
and Diesel Power about the issue of control with respect to
Galion commissions. Mr. Shirazi of Diesel Power sent a letter
during 1975 to Galion stating:
As a result of an organizational change in our company
we have set up new procedures. One of these changes has
been to deal directly with all the manufacturers we
represent. This change has resulted because we have found
Caspian to be over loaded [sic] with work and have been
under tremendous pressure as of late.
The letter indicates that a copy was sent to CTC. Shortly
thereafter, Mrs. Meier wrote to Galion as follows:
I have discussed this at length with Mr. Zand and will be
advising Mr. Shirazi that while Diesel Power may and should
correspond with Galion directly on spare parts matters,
their direct communication should be limited to that and in
all direct communications whether originating from your
office or Diesel Power a blind copy should be sent to
Caspian.
At the request of Mr. Zand, all machinery orders will
continue to be processed through Caspian.
In a letter dated March 17, 1976, Mrs. Conway wrote to a Galion
affiliate in Europe, stating: "As a result of negotiations held
in Teheran in August 1975, between Mr. I. J. Zand of Diesel Power
Company" and Galion, certain commission fees had been paid to
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