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oy ie. AT 97-106 2 . -to‘arrive in Rome for the funeral. Billy had requested : that he remain to meet Miss Lilian and that Billy and others “in the original party departed from Rome without him.: He: : stated that he has no idea 4s to what airlines they ‘utilized | or where they janded upon their arrival back in the United ..- States.. He added that he has no idea as to what airlines - ihe was on and also that on his returns to the United States --- he either landed at Boston or New York, but could not recall which cities coincided with which flight. He stated that he believes the flight that he and Cheokas returned on was one of the first from London to Atlanta, Georgia. - He stated that with regards to any discussions or conversations pertaining to Lockheed aircraft, he recalls no such conversations or discussions having been brought up in his presence during that first trip to Libya in 1978. He stated that there were numerous groups of people conversing . at all times , but does not recall any discussions pertaining _...___-. to that matter. He said that it seems the first time he knew of any discussion pertaining to aircraft would have . been sometime shortly prior to the arrival of the Libyan delegation in Atlanta in January of 1979. This would have been in connection with his meeting with Burki, Gabreel Shaloof, and another Libyan individual whose name he cannot recall. He met with these men at the Marriott Hotel in Atlanta, . . Tene Georgia, and the next day he took them to meet with Attorney . David Gambrel in Atlanta, Georgia. He recaiils that Burki and Shaloof referred to the other individual as having known Atlanta, and that the man had informed him that he was merely a private businessman in Libya. Coleman stated that he was surprised as to the age of the man, approximately 48 to 52 years of age, as he felt that there was no one of = that age left in Khadafy's Regime. Coleman stated that = he realls that gentleman making the statement in Ganbrel's office to the effect that, “This would certainly be a nice present," referring to the aircraft at Lockheed in Marietta, — - _ Georgia. When the matter of the aircraft at Lockheed in Marietta, Georgia, came Up, he recalls that Gambrel informed him that they would have to contact the State Department and that he did not know why they had not been released. with regards to the State Department, Coleman ~ coor although not indicating whether this was before or after “the meeting with Gambrel) stated that he had contacted the - “United States State Department to ascertain information — ca