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...skilled experts in such fields as oil exploration, battlefield command and computer design itself. Now Japan has made it a national goal to take its place within ten years among the world leaders in the emerging knowledge industry. "We no longer need chase the more developed countries," a consortium of Japanese computer manufacturers and scholars declared in 1981. "We can fulfill our duty as an economic power [by] investing in this leading field." At the heart of their effort are the machines known as fifth-generation computers...
...Fekete admitted were easier to apply in a Communist nation than in a Western debtor country like Brazil, Hungary has laid the foundation for growth and is once again able to borrow from Western banks. Nine weeks ago, Hungary signed an agreement for $200 million in credits with a consortium of financial institutions that included Bank of America, Chemical Bank, Bankers Trust and Manufacturers Hanover. Moreover, the World Bank has granted Hungary $239.4 million in long-term loans...
...clandestine pipeline also carries more sophisticated equipment. Among the instruments recently spotted: a walkie-talkie with instructions in English, supplied, claims a guerrilla radio operator, by the CIA; high-powered range finders for rocket launchers; and silencers for automatic pistols. Some costs are reportedly shouldered by an international consortium that includes the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. Nevertheless, Western diplomats in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad believe that the U.S. Government has refused to provide heavy artillery in deference to Pakistan's wish that the fighting be limited...
...manufacturing plant for small copiers, which will be exported to the U.S. Sheraton will build five more hotels to take advantage of the new tourist boom. Americans are now rushing to Mexico to bask in the sun and pick up bargains with their strong dollars. A Japanese consortium is ready to start work on a new 700-room hotel in Mexico City...
...advice of many of its own experts, for example, the Syrian national airline recently decided to buy Soviet-made Tupolev airliners. A Syrian contract with the French to build an experimental nuclear reactor has been handed to the Soviets. Similarly, a $200 million Syrian deal with a Western consortium to build a major electrical generating plant was transferred to Moscow. Most diplomats feel that if given a choice, Assad would rather keep his business dealings in the West. The problem is that for the time being only Moscow is willing to sell Syria the military hardware that it craves...