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Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Consent of Independent Auditors

 EXHIBIT 10.2 
  
 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS 
  
 We consent to the incorporation by reference in the
following Registration Statements of ALSTOM of our report dated May 23, 2002, included in the Annual Report on Form 20-F of ALSTOM for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002. 
  
 Filed on Form S-8: 
 Registration Statement No. 333-10658 
 Registration Statement No. 333-12028 
  
 Paris, France, May 23, 2002 
  
 
	 /s/
 	 	 Barbier Frinault & Autres
 	    	  	  	 /s/
 	 	 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
 
	  	 	  	    	  	  	  	 	  
	  	 	 Barbier Frinault & Autres
 Ernst & Young Network

Gilles Puissochet
 	    	  	  	  	 	 Deloitte Touche TohmatsuExhibit 10.1

                   [ALLEN & COMPANY INCORPORATED LETTERHEAD]

May 7, 2002

Chaparral Resources, Inc.
16945 Northchase Drive
Suite 1620
Houston, TX 77060

Gentlemen:

          We understand that Chaparral Resources Inc. ("Company") has entered
into a Master Agreement with Central Asian Industrial Holdings, NV ("CAIH")
("Master Agreement") relating to an investment by CAIH (or a wholly owned
subsidiary of CAIH) in the Company consisting of a subscription for shares of
the Company's common stock which when issued will represent 60% of the Company's
issued and outstanding common stock and the issuance of a loan note following
the refinancing of the Company and certain of its affiliated entities. We
understand that the Company will be making certain changes to its Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws. We also understand that as a condition precedent to
closing of the transactions contemplated by the Master Agreement as described
below that the Principal Shareholders of the Company are required to execute
this letter.

Transactions Contemplated by the Master Agreement ("Transactions")
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     1.   CAIH will purchase 22,925,701 newly issued shares of the Company's
          common stock (or such larger number which in the aggregate will
          represent no less than 60% of the Company's issued and outstanding
          stock after completion of the Transactions) for US$8.0 million.

     2.   CAIH will purchase a US$4.0 million 12% note ("Note") to be issued by
          the Company (and its subsidiary Central Asian Petroleum (Guernsey)
          Limited.

     3.   Contemporaneously with the purchase of the Note, the Company will
          grant CAIH a five year warrant to purchase 3,076,923 shares of the
          Company's common stock (subject to adjustment as provided in the
          warrant) at a price of US1.30 per share.

     4.   CAIH will arrange for Open Joint Stock Company Kazkommertsbank to
          grant a credit facility to Closed Joint Stock Company Karakudukmunai
          ("KKM") in the aggregate amount of approximately US$33 million at an
          interest rate of 14% per annum consisting of a US$28 million
          refinancing loan ("Refinancing Loan") and a US$5 million working
          capital facility ("Working Capital Facility"). CAIH will purchase the
          Company's outstanding loan from Shell Capital, Inc. ("Shell Capital
          Loan") for a total of $30.45 million in accordance with the Shell Loan
          Sale and Purchase Agreement dated May 3, 2002 ("Shell Loan Sale and
          Purchase Agreement"). The total purchase price of $30.45 million will
          consist of $28 million in payments made by the Company directly to
          Shell Capital, reducing the Shell Capital Loan, and $2.45 million
          transferred directly to Shell Capital by CAIH. The Refinancing Loan is
          to be used to fund the Company's $28 million payment to Shell Capital.
          Mechanically, KKM will repay existing debt to CAP-G and CAP-G will in
          turn use such funds to repay existing debt to the Company which in
          turn will pay such US$28 million to Shell Capital per the terms of the
          Shell Loan Sale and Purchase Agreement.

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Chaparral Resources, Inc.
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     5.   Following the closing of the Shell Loan Sale and Purchase Agreement,
          the outstanding balance of the Shell Loan will be approximately
          US$11,000,000. Upon the closing of the Master Agreement, the remaining
          balance of the Shell Loan will be written down to $2.45 million, the
          existing Shell Capital Warrant will be canceled, and the 40% net
          profits interest in KKM (represented by the Class B preferred stock of
          CAP-G issued to Shell Capital on September 30, 2001) will be
          reacquired by CAP-G for a nominal amount and cancelled. All other
          agreements with Shell Capital or its affiliates are to be terminated,
          including KKM's crude oil sales agreement with STASCO and the
          technical services agreement with Shell Global Solutions.

     6.   The Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding stock of
          Korporatsiya Mangistau Terra International ("MTI") which holds a ten
          percent (10%) interest in KKM for no more than US$1.2 million in cash
          and 1,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock.

     7.   The Company will re-purchase the 50,000 shares of the Company's Series
          A Preferred stock held by the Exeter Finance Group, Inc. for no more
          than US$2.3 million dollars.

     8.   CAIH will receive a US$1.788 million refinancing fee upon closing the
          Transactions.

     9.   Effective on closing the Transactions, CAIH will not object to the
          Company's OPIC political risk insurance and transportation risk
          insurance policies being cancelled.

     10.  Effective on closing of the Transactions, the Company's Board of
          Directors will be restructured to seven (7) members, five (5) of whom
          are to be appointed by CAIH and the remaining two (2) are to be
          designated by the existing Company directors provided that these two
          (2) nominees must be acceptable to CAIH.

     11.  As soon as practicable following closing of the Transactions, the
          Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws will be amended as
          provided in Schedule 5 to the Master Agreement and attached hereto.

     Consent to the Transactions
     ---------------------------

          We understand that it is a condition precedent to the completion of
     the Transactions that the Principal Stockholders of the Company holding in
     the aggregate not less than 51% of the outstanding shares of the Company,
     consent to the Transactions.

          Accordingly, for good and valuable consideration the sufficiency of
     which is acknowledged, and in order to induce CAIH to complete the
     Transactions, the undersigned hereby consents to the Transactions but
     without making any representations with respect thereto and agrees that in
     the event that any one or more of the Transactions are submitted to the
     shareholders of the Company for approval substantially as described herein,
     it will vote all of the shares of the Company's common stock owned or
     controlled by it in favor of the Transactions (which term shall be deemed
     to include, without limitation, the matters set forth in paragraphs 10 and

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Chaparral Resources, Inc.
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     11 above) and will take such other necessary or desirable actions within
     its control, including, without limitation, attendance at all shareholder
     meetings in person or by proxy, voting against any action or agreement that
     would result in the non-performance of, or that would otherwise impede,
     interfere with, delay, postpone or attempt to discourage, the Transactions
     and exercising its written consent as set out above in lieu of voting at
     any meeting to effectuate the approval of the Transactions.

Very truly yours,

By:  /s/  Kim Wieland
   -----------------------------------
          Kim Wieland
          Managing Director and CFO
          Allen & Company IncorporatedExhibit 10.2

                     [WHITTIER VENTURES L.L.C. LETTERHEAD]

May 7, 2002

Chaparral Resources, Inc.
16945 Northchase Drive
Suite 1620
Houston, TX 77060

Gentlemen:

          We understand that Chaparral Resources Inc. ("Company") has entered
into a Master Agreement with Central Asian Industrial Holdings, NV ("CAIH")
("Master Agreement") relating to an investment by CAIH (or a wholly owned
subsidiary of CAIH) in the Company consisting of a subscription for shares of
the Company's common stock which when issued will represent 60% of the Company's
issued and outstanding common stock and the issuance of a loan note following
the refinancing of the Company and certain of its affiliated entities. We
understand that the Company will be making certain changes to its Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws. We also understand that as a condition precedent to
closing of the transactions contemplated by the Master Agreement as described
below that the Principal Shareholders of the Company are required to execute
this letter.

Transactions Contemplated by the Master Agreement ("Transactions")
------------------------------------------------------------------

     1.   CAIH will purchase 22,925,701 newly issued shares of the Company's
          common stock (or such larger number which in the aggregate will
          represent no less than 60% of the Company's issued and outstanding
          stock after completion of the Transactions) for US$8.0 million.

     2.   CAIH will purchase a US$4.0 million 12% note ("Note") to be issued by
          the Company (and its subsidiary Central Asian Petroleum (Guernsey)
          Limited.

     3.   Contemporaneously with the purchase of the Note, the Company will
          grant CAIH a five year warrant to purchase 3,076,923 shares of the
          Company's common stock (subject to adjustment as provided in the
          warrant) at a price of US1.30 per share.

     4.   CAIH will arrange for Open Joint Stock Company Kazkommertsbank to
          grant a credit facility to Closed Joint Stock Company Karakudukmunai
          ("KKM") in the aggregate amount of approximately US$33 million at an
          interest rate of 14% per annum consisting of a US$28 million
          refinancing loan ("Refinancing Loan") and a US$5 million working
          capital facility ("Working Capital Facility"). CAIH will purchase the
          Company's outstanding loan from Shell Capital, Inc. ("Shell Capital
          Loan") for a total of $30.45 million in accordance with the Shell Loan
          Sale and Purchase Agreement dated May 3, 2002 ("Shell Loan Sale and
          Purchase Agreement"). The total purchase price of $30.45 million will
          consist of $28 million in payments made by the Company directly to
          Shell Capital, reducing the Shell Capital Loan, and $2.45 million
          transferred directly to Shell Capital by CAIH. The Refinancing Loan is
          to be used to fund the Company's $28 million payment to Shell Capital.
          Mechanically, KKM will repay existing debt to CAP-G and CAP-G will in
          turn use such funds to repay existing debt to the Company which in
          turn will pay such US$28 million to Shell Capital per the terms of the
          Shell Loan Sale and Purchase Agreement.

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Chaparral Resources, Inc.
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     5.   Following the closing of the Shell Loan Sale and Purchase Agreement,
          the outstanding balance of the Shell Loan will be approximately
          US$11,000,000. Upon the closing of the Master Agreement, the remaining
          balance of the Shell Loan will be written down to $2.45 million, the
          existing Shell Capital Warrant will be canceled, and the 40% net
          profits interest in KKM (represented by the Class B preferred stock of
          CAP-G issued to Shell Capital on September 30, 2001) will be
          reacquired by CAP-G for a nominal amount and cancelled. All other
          agreements with Shell Capital or its affiliates are to be terminated,
          including KKM's crude oil sales agreement with STASCO and the
          technical services agreement with Shell Global Solutions.

     6.   The Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding stock of
          Korporatsiya Mangistau Terra International ("MTI") which holds a ten
          percent (10%) interest in KKM for no more than US$1.2 million in cash
          and 1,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock.

     7.   The Company will re-purchase the 50,000 shares of the Company's Series
          A Preferred stock held by the Exeter Finance Group, Inc. for no more
          than US$2.3 million dollars.

     8.   CAIH will receive a US$1.788 million refinancing fee upon closing the
          Transactions.

     9.   Effective on closing the Transactions, CAIH will not object to the
          Company's OPIC political risk insurance and transportation risk
          insurance policies being cancelled.

     10.  Effective on closing of the Transactions, the Company's Board of
          Directors will be restructured to seven (7) members, five (5) of whom
          are to be appointed by CAIH and the remaining two (2) are to be
          designated by the existing Company directors provided that these two
          (2) nominees must be acceptable to CAIH.

     11.  As soon as practicable following closing of the Transactions, the
          Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws will be amended as
          provided in Schedule 5 to the Master Agreement and attached hereto.

     Consent to the Transactions
     ---------------------------

          We understand that it is a condition precedent to the completion of
     the Transactions that the Principal Stockholders of the Company holding in
     the aggregate not less than 51% of the outstanding shares of the Company,
     consent to the Transactions.

          Accordingly, for good and valuable consideration the sufficiency of
     which is acknowledged, and in order to induce CAIH to complete the
     Transactions, the undersigned hereby consents to the Transactions but
     without making any representations with respect thereto and agrees that in
     the event that any one or more of the Transactions are submitted to the
     shareholders of the Company for approval substantially as described herein,
     it will vote all of the shares of the Company's common stock owned or
     controlled by it in favor of the Transactions (which term shall be deemed
     to include, without limitation, the matters set forth in paragraphs 10 and
     11 above) and will take such other necessary or desirable actions within
     its control, including, without limitation, attendance at all shareholder
     meetings in person or by proxy, voting against any action or agreement that

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Chaparral Resources, Inc.
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     would result in the non-performance of, or that would otherwise impede,
     interfere with, delay, postpone or attempt to discourage, the Transactions
     and exercising its written consent as set out above in lieu of voting at
     any meeting to effectuate the approval of the Transactions.

Very truly yours,
Whittier Ventures L.L.C.

By:  /s/  David A. Dahl
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          David A. Dahl, President

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