867N.01/2185: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister Resident in Saudi Arabia (Moose)72
38. Your 57, February 27, 11 a.m. You are authorized to reply to the Finance Minister in the following sense:
The President has read with interest the message from the King. You may state that the President was glad that the King communicated his views frankly to this Government and that the President considered this as a manifestation of the attachment and friendship existing between the United States and Saudi Arabia. You may further advise him that the President is in agreement with the views regarding the Palestine resolutions contained in the Department’s telegram no. 408, to Cairo,73 the substance of which you have already conveyed to the King. You may also say that the President wishes to renew the assurances he has previously given to the King that it is the view of this Government that no decision altering the basic [Page 590] situation of Palestine should be reached without full consultation with both Arabs and Jews.