In this situation trust was a rare commodity but it was decided that each weaver would have a little contract: stating that ms. so and so would produce 50 meters of number one tightest weave silk at x dollars per meter to be delivered on certain day two months in the future. To seal this agreement we contracted to advance them one third of the amount owed with the remaining two thirds to be paid in dollars upon delivery in three months. We signed the contract and all of the weavers counter signed their contracts and went to work. The agreement was that we were to come back in two months and hopefully everything would be completed in the correct color and quality. Upon receipt of this silk two months hence we would see that it made it to Los Angeles to be delivered to the fashion designer and her production team where upon we would receive the remainder of our pay. There was a great deal trust built into all the agreements and this was the beginning of Koko in Cambodia....