Office of the Historian

194. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Saudi Arabia1

Washington, December 2, 1955—8:11 p.m.

264. Embtel 243.2 You may in your discretion indicate the following to Faisal and other SAG officials that USG:

1.
has followed development Buraimi issue closely;
2.
understands pressures on King and appreciates moderate attitude SAG has followed;
3.
shares King’s desire prevent violence in area and is making every effort support steps leading to satisfactory peaceful agreement;
4.
appreciates King’s reliance on advice individual Americans such as Young, and request for advice to USG. King’s request receiving urgent and studied consideration.
5.
has again pressed Buraimi matter with British in Washington and London, urging return to arbitration.

In connection with latter point you may make use of substance of Deptel 2523 without reference to likelihood of SC consideration and comments on UK position in Gulf (paragraphs 3 and 8).

We will also mention US views to Azzam and Saudi Ambassador as we plan see them shortly.4

Dulles
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 780.022/11–3055. Secret. Drafted by Newsom and approved by Hoover. Repeated to London and Dhahran.↩
  2. Supra.↩
  3. Telegram 252 to Jidda was a repeat of Document 191.↩
  4. Hoover met with the Saudi Ambassador and Azzam Pasha on December 2; a memorandum of the conversation is in Department of State, Central Files, 780.022/ 12–255.↩