DATE: July 4, 1997
TO: H.E. Mr. Razali Ismail, President of the UN General Assembly
SUBJECT: Subsidizing corporate takeover
PAGES: 3 pages (including cover page)
FROM:David C. Korten
Thanks for including me in the Corporate Roundtable luncheon last Tuesday. The food was great and witnessing the proceedings was an instructive experience.
I send this fax in follow-up to that lunch and […]
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including Poland and South Korea, are now in the process of launching programs.
Several […]