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AT 97-106 3 - Upon arriving in Tripoli, they were met by the Libyan Foreign Minister, SHAHATI, at a dinner, as well as by BILL EGLETON, Charge De Affairs, with the United States. Embassy, as well as other Libyan dignitaries and American oil company officials. He stated that they had met the number two and number three men of Libya, although they . did not meet the President, QADAFFI; and they were given | a "regular Chamber of Commerce type of tour" to view their agriculture and irrigation programs, as well as a damp that was built in the desert. He stated that they spent six nights in Tripoli with a trip outside of Tripoli to visit some Roman ruins. He stated that there were a number of banquets and dinners given by the Libyan officials, as well as at the American Embassy or Consul, which they were advised had not been open to the American people in Libya in some eleven years. He stated that he and.Senator RUSSELL, as well as BILLY CARTER and COLEMAN met briefly with a Major. JABAL (phonetic), who informed them that they would be making a tour. of. the various facilities in Libya.so that they could ee Ea oe ay eee . wey we Bete nee ee view firsthand the progress the country was making. .. * . . awl ’ . siete ccciehe pee: seed canons oe JORDAN stated that at various times and again during a banquet, their last evening in Tripoli, BILLY CARTER extended to the Libyan officials, SHAHATI and SHALOUP that they should come to visit him if they ever came’ to the United States and extended an invitation to them to do so. He stated that EGLETON and other American representatives and citizens in Libya were likewise at the banquet and that the invitation was actually a matter of courteousy and was an open invitation to those in attendance. at ¥ Th te eee bee acaet te Sve fepneeeae a, He advised that the group then left Tripoli and returned to Rome where BILLY was to have had an audience witht he Pope, although the Pope had passed away while they were in Tripoli. He stated that upon their arrival in Rome BILLY and Senator HUDGINS returned to the United States, although he and COLEMAN remained to meet BILLY's mother upon her arrival for the Pope's funeral. With regard to the Libyan-Arab-Georgia Friendship