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FO-30- <q" 3-8-77) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION “Date of transcription, gies Henry Randolph (Randy) Coleman, self-employed er being advised as to the identity of the interview Agent and as to the nature of the interview, voluntarily fucnished the following information: “coleman stated that during January and Febr “1979,. Billy Carter had received much adverse publicity in’ connection with his hosting of the Libyan delegation: “the United States and Atlanta, Georgia, in early January, *: 1979. As a result of this, Carter began to suffer f cia - difficulties, due to the decline in the number of ‘persona: appearances he was asked to make. In February or March “1979. during the course of his and Carter's telephonic contacts with Mohamed Burki of the Libyan Embassy in Washington,’ D.CS Béeki’ sug§ested that the Libyan Government would be willing to help Carter financially, making the remark at one time aes to the effect that they, the Libyan Government,” “had billion American dollars to spend at any rate. < e _ ~ ‘During the latter. part of February, 1979, rt was hospitalized in Sumter County, Georgia. When. Burki, in March, -1979, suggested that Carter meet with Ahmed '& _of the Libyan Government in Rome, Italy, Carter, ‘ing: hospitalized, told Coleman that he would have to go to’; with Al-Shahati. Coleman stated that in March, 1979, ‘he, accompanied by Arthur Cheokas, a businessman in-A ricus Georgia, of Greek descent, traveled to Rome, where Co 4 .met with Al-Shahati. Coleman stated that the disc ssion, A>. with Al-Shahati had to do with what he and Carter. oo. supply. the Libyan Government with, such as food grains, but Coleman stated he realized that they did ‘have the necessary experience in international trade toe - handle such matters, and that he informed Al-Shahati : that: _ they would rather be “brokers. for an American” oil co RY «: Coleman stated that at the time, he had two or three oil in mind. Coleman stated that Al-Shahati was only accompanied: by his personal aide, the name of whom he does not reca He “advised that Al-Shahati informed him that he saw