Gregorian

ORDER

I.

BACKGROUND FACTS

Two of the defendants in this action, V/O Medexport and V/O Licensintorg, organs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (“USSR”), have moved pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(4) and (b)(6) to set aside the default judgment entered against them and to dismiss the action pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) and (b)(2).

The documents before the Court establish the following: Plaintiff Raphael Gregorian and his company, California International Trade Corporation (“CIT”), exported medical and laboratory equipment to the USSR as a broker or sales representative on behalf of United States manufacturers. After approximately ten years of work in the Soviet marketplace, the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the USSR conferred upon CIT the coveted status of “accreditation.” This gave CIT the right to have an office and personnel in Moscow.

The Ministry of Foreign Trade’s accreditation of CIT in 1982 exemplified the high regard, prestige, and status Mr. Gregorian had achieved in the USSR. Awards and banquets ensued, but so did a string of disputes over USSR failure to pay for equipment it obtained through two State trading companies, V/O Licensintorg and V/O…