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890F.76/10–1345: Telegram

The Chargé in Saudi Arabia ( Sands ) to the Secretary of State

Jidda , October 13, 1945—1 p.m.
[Received October 13—12:44 p.m.]

378. When asked again for reply to Department’s telegram 289, September 2528 Acting Foreign Minister said matter was “under consideration” [Page 1026] and reverted to suggestion that we “settle it between ourselves and Britain”. He admitted as well strong British pressure against bilateral air rights agreement.29

Sands
  1. Not printed; it advised that the Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company had inquired about the present status of its proposal to build a radio station for the Saudi Arabian Government (890F.76/9–2545).↩
  2. For documentation on the proposal of the United States to enter a civil air transport agreement with Saudi Arabia, see pp. 845 ff.↩