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Air Force. Petitioner emphasized that such behavior was
particularly inappropriate because the largest forklift sale in
Clark history was involved. In response to an allegation that
Diesel Power had not earned its commission in the forklift
transaction, petitioner explained that "Diesel Power" had
succeeded in negotiating the sale without public bids, and that
petitioner had met with the parties during the negotiations.
Petitioner further explained that CTC employees had written and
telephoned Clark employees on several occasions concerning a
letter of credit in favor of Clark and commission payments,
indicating that "both our offices in Iran and the U.S. continued
to give valuable support to the Clark organization". Although
petitioner had little direct contact with Clark employees, these
employees understood that Diesel Power was petitioner's company.
Notwithstanding this understanding, Diesel Power was Clark's
contractual partner. Clark issued a statement that Diesel Power
was its sole distributor. However, as discussed previously,
Diana Zand had asked CTC to obtain statements from several
distributors stating that Diesel Power was their representative
in order to facilitate transactions with the Iranian Government.
At CTC's request, in a letter dated August 19, 1974, addressed
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