RIYADH, 28 November 2006 — Twenty-six researchers and academics gave presentations yesterday about the life and legacy of King Saud, Saudi Arabia’s second monarch. The symposium, inaugurated by Riyadh Governor Prince Salman on Sunday, is the first in a series of scientific seminars organized by the King Abdul Aziz Research...
Read moreA planned meeting between Morocco’s King Mohammad VI and U.S. President Barack Obama on the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s death evokes Kennedy’s historical ties with the North African kingdom and with the Arab world as whole. The visit – which is the first meeting between the two leaders...
Read morehttps://gulfnews.com By Mariam Al Hakeem, Correspondent Published: December 1, 2006 Gulf News Riyadh: Princess Fahda Bint Saud unveiled plans to update an Arabic website about her father and launch its English version. She was instrumental in launching the Arabic site one year ago. Addressing a press conference at the end...
Read moreFOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1955–1957 VOLUME XVI SUEZ CRISIS JULY 26–DECEMBER 31, 1956 DOCUMENT 131 131. Message From King Saud to President Eisenhower1 Riyadh, August 24, 1956. YOUR EXCELLENCY: When I contemplated sending a delegation to Your Excellency to review certain aspects of the present situation in this...
Read moreFOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1955–1957VOLUME XVI, SUEZ CRISIS, JULY 26–DECEMBER 31, 1956, DOCUMENT 580 Message From President Eisenhower to King Saud Washington, November 16, 1956. Your Majesty: I was pleased to receive Your Majesty’s two latest messages, through Prince Faisal and the Foreign Office on November 4,2 and...
Read moreSalim Yaqub’s Containing Arab Nationalism: The Eisenhower Doctrine and the Middle East is well placed in a series entitled the “New Cold War History,” as the book exemplifies new trends in the study of diplomatic history. While not a major component of the book, Yaqub takes notice of the growing...
Read moreThe thorny politics of the Middle East placed the president, his Secretary of State, and other U.S. advisors in an awkward position in 1956. A resolution to the conflicts between Israel and Egypt became more elusive when Nasser, the Egyptian president, nationalized the Suez Canal, which had previously been under...
Read moreNEW YORK (Jan. 28) The arrival here tomorrow of King Saud, the ruler of Saudi Arabia, will be ignored by the City of New York, Mayor Robert F. Wagner declared last night at a Jewish National Fund dinner. King Saud is arriving in this country as personal guest of President...
Read more249. Editorial Note : With the Israeli attack in Sinai on October 29 and the subsequent British-French assault on the Suez Canal, the focus of United States-Saudi Arabian relations shifted temporarily from the issues of Buraimi and the Dhahran Airfield to the new situation created by the Suez crisis. Although...
Read moreOFFICE of the HISTORIAN 294. Deptels 298,2 3003 and 316.4 Hejaz Railway Survey Contract.5 I have given this matter closest attention since sending Embtel 273, December 216 but only last night received secret word from King Saud: “Tell the Ambassador he can be sure this contract will not be given...
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