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PAGE FIVE UNCLAS E F T 0 ROM 97-20 DEMANDS. HE WAS RECEIVED WITH ALL THE COURTESIES DUE THE BROTHER OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT. ALSO, TO GENERAL EMBARRASSMENT, HE DIG AN IMITATION OF JIMMY, PURPOSELY CALLING GARDNER "COLONEL GHEDDAFI™ ASSURING THEM THAT CERTAIN PLANES ORDERED BY LIBYA WOULD CERTAINLY ARRIVE AND THAT HE HAD TALKED TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE IN WASHINGTON. — , "THE ARTICLE CONTINJED THAT BILLY CARTER DID NOT TALK ONLY AT RANDOM WITH THE AMBASSAOOR BUT AT THE MEETINGS WITH CONSULTANTS ‘AND CONVERSATIONS IN TRIPOLI WITH “LEADERS” OF THE PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE. . _ THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, WASHINGTON, ON THE BASIS OF A STATEMENT AT THE TIME REQUESTED OF THE EMBASSY IN ROME, DENIED EVERY ALLEGED CONTACT WITH BILLY CARTER IN ROME BUT WITH CONCERN THAT SOMETHING SUBSTANTIVE TO THE CONTRARY MAY INSTEAD BE REVEALED. EVEN PRESIDENT CARTER HAS WANTED TO CALL THE AMBASSADOR IN ROME TO FIND QUT TO WHAT EXTENT WAS POLITICAL AID FURNISHED TO THE BROTHER. AT THE REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION FROM THE PRESIDENT) « GARDNER ALLEGEDLY RESPONDED COLDLY THAT DURING THE VISIT OF THE DELEGATION OF THE-EIGHT TEXAS BUSINESSMEN, THEY NEVER PRESENTED THEMSELVES IMPROPERLY ‘AND THEREFORE HE FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIVES OF N