Interest of the United States in questions of economic and military assistance to Saudi Arabia; renewal of United States tenancy at the Dhahran airfield; elevation of the United States legation at Jidda to the status of an embassy1
1. For previous documentation on these subjects, see Foreign Relations, 1948, vol. v, Part 1, pp. 209 ff.
[1129] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Frederick H. Awalt of the Office of African and Near Eastern Affairs
[Washington,] December 8, 1949.
890F.00/12–849
[1130] The Ambassador in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State
Jidda, December 10,
1949.
120.3 Conferences/12–1049
[1131] The Ambassador in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State
Jidda, December 19, 1949—10 a. m.
890F.20/12–1949: Telegram