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a - eee @x me oe ce e+ & » oe Memorandum to Mr. E. J. O'Malley Re: WILLIAM A. (BILLY) CARTER, III LIBYAN-ARAB-GEORGIA FRIENSHIP SOCIETY DETAILS: (CONT'D) Rome from Libya he was informed of the problem of the delivery of the aircraft by two of his Georgia associates who accompanied him on the trip to Libya. 2. hast Shortly after his return to Georgia, an article .appeared in Jack Anderson's column which he felt was very - unfair to himself and the Libyan people and which related to the aircraft. Thereafter he placed a telephone call’ to Phil Wise whom:he characterized as a "right hand man" to the President ‘and whose office "opened onto the oval office". The purpose of this call to Wise was to request information on the Libyan aircraft purchases. According to Cartery Wise t61d him he would have someone return the call and shortly thereafter he received a telephone call . from an official whose name he cannot recall? however, he does recall that the official was from DOS. was due to arrive in the United States in 1/79, on a four- city tour including Houston, Texas, San Francisco, California New York City, New York and a city in Louisiana, the name~ ** of which he cannot now recall. Carter understood the purpose of the. trip was to establish a trade mission in the United States and he felt it would be appropriate to invite the Libyan’ delegation to Atlanta, Georgia. On advice of his counsel, David Gambrell of Americus, Georgia, Carter wrote a letter requesting authority from the State Department to invite the delegation to Atlanta. The authority to extend invitation was granted and the invitation was extended. : Carter stated that the delegation of about 30 members arrived _ during the week of 1/8/79. When the Libyan delegation was in »::.. ar ; Georgia, some members including Mr. Shahati stayed at Carter's. 26. 2 fo) residence. In this connectiion, the Billy Carter family was ‘ presented with several gifts including four gold bracelets é for his daughters, a large silver and bronze serving tray for “4 his wife and a scimitar for his son. Subsequently, Carter learned that a Libyan delegation SECRET ~4-