Linkages: The problem of non-availability of land at the right locations is compounded by the lack of required linkages with quality, infrastructure, backward integration with coal and power and other input sources.
He developed an extensive network of contacts in the city. He was a friend of leading newspaperman Walter Lippman, and John Foster Dulles was the lawyer who worked on many of Monnet's banking operations. Monnet was an influential figure in President Roosevelt's close circle.