890F.248/5–445
The British Embassy to the Department of State
Aide-Mémoire
In reply to the memorandum from the Department of State of April 24, His Majesty’s Embassy have been informed by the Foreign Office that instructions are being sent to His Majesty’s Minister at Jedda to indicate to King Ibn Saud the approval of His Majesty’s Government of the United States project to acquire and to construct a United States military air base at Dhahran in Saudi Arabia.
Washington
, May 4,
1945.