Word: tripolis
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...Libyans considered Billy so potentially useful that Libya's Ambassador to Italy, Gibrill Shalouf, twice flew to Georgia to urge him to make the trip. The first meeting in June 1978 went well, but Billy showed no great eagerness to rush off to Tripoli. When Shalouf returned to Georgia in September to press the invitation once again, Billy was more
...Billy had to do was to persuade his Libyan friends to make the oil available. "Wishing you much success on your trip to Libya," was the way Nasife pointedly concluded the letter of agreement. Billy flew to Tripoli again at the end of August for a visit that coincided with the tenth anniversary of Libya's revolution. He returned without any commitment from Libya to make more oil available to Charter. Instead, Libya was cutting back its oil production and later reduced Charter's allotment...
While Billy was in Tripoli, the Justice Department was investigating a vague plot by Libya to get its eight impounded C-130s released by bribing U.S. officials with up to $1 million per plane. One source the department regarded as unreliable said Billy was involved in the scheme. Fugitive Financier Robert Vesco
When the U.S. embassy in Tripoli was stormed by mobs on Dec. 2, it was obvious that none of the U.S. channels to Gaddafi, whether official or secret, were having much effect. Four days after the embassy attack, Brzezinski called Houderi directly to protest the lack of Libyan security for Americans. Jimmy Carter asked Brzezinski to bring Houderi to the Oval Office, where the President chewed out the Libyan for 10 minutes. Billy was not involved in these sessions...
Billy Carter got his first cash from the Libyans, so far as is known, in January, when he received an installment on his $500,000 "loan": a check for $20,000. FBI agents quizzed Billy that month and he denied getting any cash from Tripoli. Whether this was before or after he got his check is not clear, but at that point it would seem he knew the cash was coming...