1.   Already complementary technology agreements have been made among local firms to support these ambitions.

2.   From the start, the participants Decided that firm agreements should be made in advance in writing.

3.   We made an agreement not to tell anyone.

4.   On the other hand, once a given agreement is made, it is the Japanese who sometimes wonder at the slow pace in which Westerners implement the decision.

5.   Previous agreements had been made bilaterally with Kiribati, Vanuatu, New Zealand and, most recently, Papua New Guinea.

6.   The company was not bound to make agreements in the same form or to require any payment.