A) The EEC have a committee to purchase goods for delivery to Africa, to be given as free aid, the head of the committee is Ian Hudgeton, who has the ability to agree the purchases and arrange payment. The specification of the goods and required quality is clearly defined by the committee in the purchase order.
B) Ian Hudgeton is a Scottish member of the European Parliament, my relationship with him goes back about 25 years when he assisted me in obtaining permits for an oil field construction company, to operate in the North Sea, and setting up a base in Aberdeen. The British company I acted for at the time was AMEC, who built and installed many of the oil platforms working in the North Sea. 
 
Lawrence Cartier is a British lawyer based in London, who acts as legal advisor to the President of Zambia, I have had dealings with him for over ten years when he has acted for the Government of Zambia in negotiating and preparing contracts for the purchase of mining equipment from companies I worked for. 
There is no relationship at all between Ian Hudgeton and Lawrence Cartier they don’t know each other, but because Zambia and the surrounding countries in central Africa receive food aid from the EEC Lawrence Cartier is able to tell me the amounts and types of food aid they are requesting from the EEC in advance. 
Zambia is one of the world’s major producers of copper, either in the form of copper concentrate or copper ingots because of my relationship with Lawrence Cartier, who acts for the President we are able to obtain copper at “special” prices. It is no problem to