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wealthier. If they were rich, Dow Corning made them richer. If they were wealthy,
we made them wealthier. For example, the garment industry was a good size when
we got there. Dow Corning provided silicone products, which supersized and
maximized their efficiency and production rates. Numerous colors could then be

produced and newer sheens and shines could be enhanced. These were unavailable
before silicone. The advantages were numerous. We had a captive audience, and
so did they. Double invoicing was so common. Profits for them skyrocketed;
profits for Dow Corning went to the ceiling.

On government business trips, I would be picked up at the airport by Ferdinand
Marcos’s police before going to the palace or to one of their resorts. I was always a
bit shaky when I put my suitcases and clubs in the trunk of a Mercedes driven by a

uniformed officer because there were always hand grenades and ammunition in
there with them. These could explode upon impact if we ever had a rear-end
collision. El puffo!

The business network is very tight within an Asian country. I could not even sneak
in on vacation with the family without a distributor greeting us at the airport and

offering to take us to the hotel or resort. They get copies of the carriers manifest
list, so they would know if I was going to be on the plane.

While traveling in Japan, it was necessary to contact my office every two days
because if I were killed on the Bullet Train, my body had to be claimed and out of
the country within three days or I would be cremated - no exceptions. With
property being very expensive and extremely limited, they were not about to place

an American in a grave site. Due to the expense and ground limitations, if buried, I
would be placed on my tippy toes into the ground – not parallel to the ground’s
surface. In the outlying areas of India, they would have just rolled me out to the
street curb where a guy pulling a wooden cart would come by and pick up my body
and the other bodies and take them to a pile to be burned.

The most corrupt place was Jakarta, Indonesia. To even arrange a meeting to

introduce yourself, your products, and your company, you needed to be presented
by an acceptable individual known to those you desired to visit. My first meeting
exposed me to my distributor passing out $100 bills like they were from a deck of
cards in appreciation for their time. At the beginning of the second meeting, the

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