890F.6363/34
Memorandum by the Liaison Officer ( Wilson ) to the Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs ( Alling )
[
Washington
,] April 29, 1942.
Mr. Alling: At the meeting of the Liaison Committee33 held on Monday, April 27, the protection of the oil installations in Saudi Arabia was considered. The representative of the War Department [Page 577] stated that that Department had at present no plans to send any forces or equipment to the region in question. It is the belief that while a possibility of an air raid on the oil fields of that region exists the danger to the refineries on Bahrein Island is much greater.
Orme Wilson
- Composed of the Chief of Staff, Chief of Naval Operations, and the Under Secretary of State.↩