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AT 97-106 2 GM stated that he cannot an iii he talked to the — ” ~ department, or the commissioner or both about Billy's request but at any rate was to them that in no way was the department BIc to be involved and that the Libyan Delegation matter was a “hands off thing". They informed him that if he wished to be a part of the visit he was not to involve the department or mention the department's name and that all would be done on his own. He stated that he was further informed that if the department did have anything to do with the delegation it would have to come from the governor's office. At this point, GE nec checked his appointments book and advised that there was no indication of the date of the conversation regarding Billy's request for help from B7e he or the department but that the calendar does show that on Monday, January 8, 1979, there is the notation, "foreign delegation", and a line through the 9th and 10th dates, then on Thursday, January 11, 1979, the notation, “Plains - Americus", then a squibble to the 12th of January with the word, “return". GHEE states that he had been one of those that waited for e delegation's arrival at Hartsfield International Airport and that from the airport the group then traveled Bre to the Hilton Hotel in downtown Atlanta. He stated that Billy and his wife as well as Randy Coleman and Mark Puller, who subsequently became Billy's son-in-law, was also with the group. There was a welcoming group at the Hilton and various individuals from organizations in the business community spoke although he himself did not speak to the group. He did meet and speak with many people but to none of them in an official capacity in any way. He stated that subsequently there was a banquet or “fancy get together” at the Hilton Ballroom that evening. GED st2tec that the first few days of the delegation's arrival in toWn, the 8th, 9th and 10th of January, 1979, he would go to the Hilton during his free time such as at BTC lunch time and after work merely to be "around" and that in his opinion Billy wanted someone whom he felt was in me