To froggequene: Didn't understand who exactly was paying who so the Koreans didn't get the contract. In whose interest was this? Why, why, why? Sorry for being so thick but they were trying to pour a quart into a pint pot - an hour, for god's sake - The Reduced Taggart Company.
It's okay you're not being thick, they did an Agatha Christie and waited until the last five minutes to explain what was going on and then I don't think they did it particularly well. McCabe put a bid in for a contract and the Koreans were apparently paying him off to scupper his own bid.
Oh well, froggequene, that explains it - I fell asleep 10 minutes too early!! Still doesn't make an atom of sense to me, either.....do we persevere with the next one and hope it was a momentary lapse of reason?