Word: savoretti
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Waiting Game. Undeterred, Savoretti returned to Moscow two years later, this time to stay. In 1956, he became the first Western businessman in residence, doggedly making the rounds of Soviet officials and fighting the gloom of Moscow hotel life. On the strength of his contacts,^ he came to arrange tours for more and more Soviet trader delegations to visit Italy...
...Savoretti landed his first contract, for $1,600,000 worth of grinding machines, a long, tough year after he set up headquarters in the Hotel National facing Red Square. Almost two years were to pass before two synthetic fiber plants worth $40 million were ordered through his services from Chatillon in Italy. Then things started picking up with contracts for six 50,000-ton tankers for Savoretti's client Ansaldo, followed by others and culminating in the Fiat deal, the largest the Soviets ever made with a Western firm...
Prize of Adaptability. Russians are rough customers, says Savoretti. "They have enormous skill in playing the competitive game, in playing one offer against another. They turn around and around, and finally they arrive." And he finds that the international competition in Moscow is getting more intense as others learn the benefits of setting up shop there...
...showed the way sees even greater possibilities for Italians. For one thing, the Italian government has been helping to promote business with Russia with liberal ten-year credits at 51% to 6% interest, v. the current 8% commercial rate. More important, according to Savoretti, "we Italians have a psychological affinity for adaptability. Our capacity to adapt has served us well in Russia...
...Today Savoretti represents some 50 Italian firms as exclusive agent or in some other capacity. They include Fiat...