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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 EGLErON, Charge De Affairs, with the United States F 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, QADArrI; and they were given a "regular Chamber of Commerce type of tour to view their agriculture and irrigation programs, as well as a dam/ 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 view firsthand'the progress the' country was making.. JORDAn stated that at various times and again during a banguet, their last evening in Tripoli, BiLLy CARrER extended to the Libyan officials, SHAHArI and SHALOUr 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 EgLeron 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. He advised that the group then left Tripoli and. 5. 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