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on AprW. 5s ten days, afinex• the Sympasiums -the A'tomj-o BiueX Cox;po3ra.'tion of
Japan (AFC) macte it1•nown ichais it 'hadi plac.t,di an ordetrr wiiXh AICi eotrr iche
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competitive b-1di$ fore the owndexe had been -invitrck)d S.nde,erzaa. ic.ion,aX:.,ys R'ttyactpting
sueh aete'ne-fi.on. a,s X'ax'e i.n,vtexnentr"LcnaX eompetitXongo, are ,th,uye-, to ax"ouse.
oyders fbme the preZiminall7y di,esui.gnp the= f"inaa. d,es.ignp andi.. ace'uaZ consicrvLctions
aceorcM.yig to A'g'C ti7adift;iQnp were bo be giver} eas, e-h by ease. OS'
cour$e it wrns mo:"e er ke"c'.s taken tior gr;faan"ts- d. tkat tehe sueeesest.iuk 'b,iddie]?
for the first ordiem f-oxe ptrraliminaxey die-sign wouXdi at besin ltol,d .nn actveltinage
over aZl o'bhene bid,di,e•3:'s im subseqzxent aompetit]iott fo]r' tlaG• yemaining txKro
orderss each lnvQl,.vi.ng ten "bi.mes apts) va.ueh money ths the pyeee- ding. o.ne.
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a notrrynal axpeetatton wiXk hoXdi tsx"ue in thi s eaffse`
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C[lite bidders fom iche fiwsC ordietn wer,e six; Vit}xo Corp.