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On August 17, Mr. Nasife met in Americus, `rgia, with Billy. Carter and his business associates. At this meeting, Mr. Carter suggested that to whether or not Charter would be interested. Mr. Nasife indicated that. we would be interested if the price were such that it were economically attractive. Ceneral discussions then occurred as.to a coumission to be paid to Mr. Carter if he could obtain a long-term supply of Libyan crude oil at .attractive prices.. On August 21, Mr. Nasife sent a letter to Billy Carter acknowledging. the meeting in Georgia and summarizing the basic terms that were discussed at that meeting.. A second letter the next day further described the particular grades of Libyan crude oil that Charter would be most interested in. Several. telephone calls occurred over the next several months inquiring of progress. During this period, Mr. Carter suggested that the volumes of crude oil that could be available might be closer to 50,000 to 60,o00 barrels per day. rather than the l00,00o barrels per, day discussed initially. On April 1, l98o, Billy Carter drove to Jacksonyille at his own expense to meet with Mr. Nasife. In a meeting over lumch, progress toward obtaining the oil was discussed, and Billy Carter stated at that time that he was still encouraged that he would be able to obtain the oil. Mr. Carter was accompanied by. a Mr. Murray. Jack Donnell, President of Charter Oil Company, also ' accompanied the others to lunch. Charter paid for the lunch which totaled about $20. One day before this April 1 meeting, Mr. Nasife sent a telex to Mr. Randy Coleman, Mr. Carter's business associate, who was'at that time in a hotel in. Libya. In that telex, Mr. Nasife indicated that Charter would be interested in.. an additional contract on the same terms which Charter's existing contract with Libya was predicated..