890F.154A/2: Telegram
The Minister in Egypt (Kirk) to the Secretary of State
Cairo, June 27, 1941—5
p.m.
[Received July 1—12:30 a.m.]
[Received July 1—12:30 a.m.]
837. Department’s mail instruction 510, November 15, 1940. The Legation is in receipt of a note, dated April 10, from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs conveying King Ibn Saud’s appreciation of the offer of the American Government to cooperate in obtaining the services of American road engineers but stating that the Saudi Arabian Government deems it advisable to hold the matter in abeyance for the duration of the present international crisis.
Kirk