
56 SEVEN SECRETS FOR NEGOTIATING WITH GOVERNMENT
should negotiate to obtain it. Should I talk to the Ministry of Fi-
nance since it dealt with tax matters? What about the Ministry of
Education, since so many of the Foundation’s projects related to
education? How about the Ministry of Agriculture, since we
planned to provide important support for agricultural research?
No law or regulation specifically told me where to go and whom
to see. This would be the first time that a foreign private founda-
tion was to set up an office in the country.
Opening moves are important in any negotiation, and this
opening move—deciding which ministry to approach—seemed
particularly ...