EXHIBIT 10.23
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                             Peter Blair Shalleck
                                Sandy Shalleck
                              56 Harrison Street
                            New Rochelle, NY 10801



The Strouse, Adler Company
78 Olive Street
New Haven, CT 06511


Re:  Obligations of PBS Enterprises Ltd.                       December 22, 1994
     Maggie Manufacturing Company Ltd.
     Davedan Properties Ltd.


Gentlemen:

     The undersigned are each directors and shareholders of PBS Enterprises
Ltd., Maggie Manufacturing Company Ltd. and Davedan Properties Ltd. (the "PBS
Parties") and, collectively, have the power to direct or cause the direction of
the management and policies of each of the PBS Parties. We have reviewed the
terms and provisions of the following agreements by and among you and the PBS
Parties, all of even date herewith: the Option Agreement, the Exclusive
Subcontracting Agreement and the Restrictive Covenant Agreement (the
"Transaction Documents") and, as an inducement to you to enter into the
Transaction Documents, hereby acknowledge and agree that each of the undersigned
will take any and all necessary and appropriate actions whether as officers,
directors or shareholders, including, but not limited to, voting his or her
respective shares in the PBS Parties, to assure that the PBS Parties perform
their obligations under the Transaction Documents and consummate the
transactions contemplated thereby provided that you are not in default under the
Transaction Documents. The undersigned further commit not to authorize, approve,
ratify or suffer to occur any action or failure to take action by PBS, Maggie or
Davedan which would frustrate the purposes of the Transaction Documents or which
would restrict or prohibit the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby. The commitment in this Paragraph is not intended to be, and shall not
be, an assumption by either of the undersigned of any of PBS', Maggie or
Davedan's representations, liabilities, obligations or indebtedness, whether
under the Transaction Documents or otherwise.

     The undersigned hereby further acknowledge and agree that, in the event
that any of the undersigned fails to perform his or her obligations hereunder,
you will suffer irreparable harm for which money damages would be inadequate.
Accordingly, in the event of any actual or threatened breach hereof by the
undersigned, you shall be

 
entitled to seek equitable remedies, including, without limitation, specific
performance, a temporary restraining order or a permanent injunction, in any
court of competent jurisdiction to prevent or otherwise restrain a breach
hereof. In no event shall the undersigned be liable for any compensatory,
consequential, exemplary or punitive damages.

     This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance
with the laws of the State of Connecticut. Each of the undersigned hereby
irrevocably consents to the in personam jurisdiction of the United States
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District Court for the District of Connecticut and consents to service of
process by certified mail care of Stuart F. Gartner, Esq., Gartner & Bloom,
P.C., 885 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Any judgment rendered in any court
to enforce this Letter Agreement may be actionable in Jamaica and none of the
undersigned shall contest the same.

     Please acknowledge your acceptance of the foregoing in the space provided
below.



/s/Peter Blair Shalleck                           /s/Sandy Shalleck
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Peter Blair Shalleck                              Sandy Shalleck


Accepted by:

THE STROUSE, ADLER COMPANY


/s/Graeme Caulfield
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By: Graeme Caulfield
Its: Vice Presidnet Operations