after that meeting, taylor refused to deal with ensminger. >> after ensminger's first mistake, when hee to gbarnga, he was very demanding. they just wanted what's for firestone to be for firestone. and after the talks broke off, we insisted that they have to send someone we can work with. >> naturally, taylor wants everything his way, and don didn't. he wanted it firestone's way. so it was probably two guys butting heads. >> narrator: firestone sent ensminger's boss in akron, john schremp, to get things back on track. >> john schremp and there was another guy, they came they met with taylor, and taylor said, "look, you abandoned your people. what about them? when you come back, what can you do for them? what, are you gonna give them back pay, what?" >> charles taylor insisted on a number of conditions. among them would be that firestone would recognize that he had a de facto government and that if firestone came back, it would treat hisit government as the liberian government and the government that it must deal with. >> narrator: besides those demands, taylor made one more ultimatum: