890F.796/12–2345: Telegram
The Minister in Saudi Arabia (Eddy) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 28—5:51 p.m.]
428. As stated in Legation’s 424, Dec 22 proposals discussed by TWA with SAG (Saudi Arabian Govt) this weekend do not include any exclusive or monopolistic provisions whatsoever. This has been verified in conversations with Saudi Acting Foreign Minister Yusuf Yassin last night. One of three preliminary draft proposals furnished to Yassin in Cairo by TWA 3 weeks ago did include, I now discover, a provision that the Saudi Govt would not itself charter other competitive Saudi flag airlines of its own, but even this suggestion did not discriminate against operation in Saudi Arabia of airlines under other flags whether British, Egyptian or any other. However, to prevent any misunderstanding this clause has been removed from that draft and Dept can be assured that all pending proposals by TWA conform to Dept’s 371 [369?], Dec 20 in letter and in spirit.
Sent Dept repeated London.