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... re Shire got his information from; he only knew that after he sent a telegram to Joseph, he received a reply shortly thereafter:
"The other party has agreed to sell for 250,000 francs. Should we buy it?"
Dejoka decisively replied with a "Yes," then jumped into his car and headed to Paris to arrange the cross-border payment at the bank.
(Note: European cross-border payments developed in the mid-19th century using an agent bank model, which continues to this day.)
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