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TRANSLATION FROM ITALIAN From "Il Diario," a daily published in Palermo, Italy, issue of Sunday, May 20, 1979, page 4:. The Disconcerting Figure of. the. U.S. President's Brother WHAT ABOUT BILLY CARTER? IS HE A LIBYAN AGENT? The widows of two u.s.' citizens who were executed by a firing squad in Tripoli on March 7, l979, recently turned to Billy Carter, brother of the President of the United States of America, to enlist his good offices with Colonel Kaddafi so as to be furnished a full explanation as to the reasons for the double execution and also to receive the bodies of the two executed men. Why did the two widows turn to Billy Carter? Why were the two U.s. citizens shot to death? Were they secret agents? Why did the U.s. diplomatic representatives in Tripoli fail to take official action to protect the two alleged "antitank weapons technicians,.. who.were so mysteriously put to death?. Last September, Billy Carter traveled to Libya, where he had previously entered fruitful personal relations with the top leaders of that country. The agreements concerned the establishment of a "corporate association" between businessmen of the Billy Carter group and members.of the Tripoli Government. The trip to Tripoli was organized in the first place by Mario Lianza, a large real estate agent from Atlanta (the capital city of the state of Georgia, of which Jimmy Carter was Governor before becoming President of the United States of America). According to Mario Lianza, the main purpose of the "corporation," 6f which Billy Carter is the majority stockholder, was to secure investments of Libyan capital in Georgia and other southern States. Surprised by the criticisms ALL INFORMATION CO!!TAINED TRANSLATED BY: HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED -:* RAFFAELE A: VACCARI/hmw JUNE 28, 1979 DATE_2/sy[8 BYSSRS ENCLOSURE