Based in New York, The American Desalination Company, were about to buy a British made desalination plant, (in the episode A Question Of Miracles), Engineer Hartley thought the company should cancel the order, after the British plant in North Africa exploded after only 250 hours in service.
The Vice-President decided to wait to see how the other British experimental Plants worked first, at Port Trennick and Burgossa before canceling.
The Vice-President and Hartley in New York.