There was a dam I believe in, I want to say Burma or Bangladesh, and I can't quite remember, and they were looking for financing and China was going to come in very, very hot and fast to provide that financing. It was with the help of the US Embassy that they were able to get financing from Japanese businessmen. And the Japanese government was very interested in making sure that this happened because again, it was in their common interest, obviously not to empower China more in Southeast Asia, … (46:52–46:59)
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Asserts that the U.S. Embassy helped secure Japanese financing for a dam project.
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