890F.248/3–2445: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Saudi Arabia (Eddy)
Washington, April 26,
1945—7 p.m.
123. ReLegs 122, March 24, 11 a.m. The project for the establishment of a U.S. military air base at Dhahran has been approved by the British Chiefs of Staff, and they have been requested to inform the British Government of their decision.
On April 24 the Department asked the British Embassy to request the Foreign Office to instruct the British Minister in Jidda to inform King Ibn Saud of British approval.
The War Department is now working on further instructions intended for the Legation’s guidance in the impending negotiations.
Grew