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In May 30, 1979 Honourable. Ahmed Shahati .Poreign Liaison Office c/o P. 0. Box 4491 Tripoli, Libya Honourable Ahmed Shahatds _ I thank you for the five day stay in your lovely city of Tripoli, It has meant much to me both to be relaxed and to be refreshed and to visit old frdends, I am enclosing to you a letter from a good friend of mine for many years, Mr» Janes L. Bentley, Jr., who I have visited recently and Giscussed at great length ny visit with you. . Mr. Bentley is a prominent Georgian and a highly respect- able individual in our city of Atlanta. Ne is. closely ac- quainted with people in Washington, including: the President, and particularly menbers of the Congress. He is well ac- quainted on the national scene and is respected there. He has been a successful public official here in Georgia and is now Successfully involved in both real estate and insur- ance matters. He is quite familiar with the financial world, He and I have discussed the comments which he makes to you = in this letter, ile is a reasonable minded person and you 2 can trust what he Says to me and which I Pass on to you. 4 I would be most grateful if you would review the sugges- s tions from Mr, Bontley and have the proper people contact 3 Tee q } It sounds reasonable to beqin by making a record for oure 3 Selves here in this country on this basis, or any one of | Several directions which he can suggest to us. 1 Thank you again for your great hospitality to ne during my i visit and for allowing me this Opportunity to serva you and our friends in Libya, Sincerely, Carbon copy tor Ambassador Gibril Shallouf 212 Via Cola pi Rienzo Rona, Italy