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o- oe eld SO ated Bie meeeS DO NOs mmmaene FD-302 (REV. 3-8-77) : . es . an ee pate aile BY ea ARE after being advised as to the identity of the interviewing * 1979, Billy Carter had received much adverse publicity in -- - Boot eee te ee ee tee gee, oS ES SE SE ee ae eee . . . < a oh ee + rem me oe Reve can. ore eo ee tn te 0 ee Gare Bee memes ee ee e ° oe eo FEDERALBUREAUOF INVESTIGATION EEE 7/10/80 | tol, jee tere eee ee Henry Randolph (Randy) Coleman, self-employed,” Agent and as to the nature of the interview, voluntarily °° - Coleman stated that during January and February, =“. connection with his hosting of the Libyan delegation to : the United States and Atlanta, Georgia, in early January, ~~ 1979. As a result of this, Carter began to suffer financial... ” gifficulties, due to the decline in the number of personal .--~ appearances he was asked to make. In February or March, 1979, — Guring the course of his and Carter's telephonic contacts with Mohamed Burki of the Libyan Embassy in Washington, D.C., —__: Burki suggested that the Libyan Government would be willing — to help Carter financially, making the remark at one time... to the effect that they, the Libyan Government, had seve : billion American dollars to spend at any rate. - - we ee , During the latter part of February, 1979, Carter was hospitalized in Sumter County, Georgia. When Burki, a in March, 1979, suggested that Carter meet with Ahmed Al-Shahat of the Libyan Government in Rome, Italy, Carter, being er hospitalized, told Coleman that he would have to go to meet .. with Al-Shahati. Coleman stated that in March, 1979, hee ° accompanied by Arthur Cheokas, a businessman in Americus, . Georgia, of Greek descent, traveled to Rome, where Coleman. met with Al-Shahati. Coleman stated that the discussion — with Al-Shahati had to do with what he and Carter could supply the Libyan Government with, such as food stuffs and ~~~ grains, but Coleman stated he realized that they aid not. —-— have the necessary experience in international trade to - handle such matters, and that he informed Al-Shahati that -_. they would rather be *brokers" for an American oil company. _ Coleman stated that at the time, he had two or three oil compan in mind. Coleman stated that Al-Shahati was only accompanied by his personal aide, the name of whom he does not recall. . He advised that Al-Shahati informed him that he saw no problem cation 1/8/80, Plains, Georgia _r=.__-__AT. 97 BIC . te dictatea__ 2/9/89 This document contains neither recommendations nor conctusions of the FBI. it Is the property of the FBI and Is toaned to your, agencys 7 It anc Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. - - ° FRCLOSUte eee pp ee