Office of the Historian

52. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Saudi Arabia1

Washington, December 24, 1956—5:09 p.m.

451. Embtel 335.2 You should convey to King Saud appreciation for his timely message to King Hussein and belief that exercise of King Saud’s influence should be continued in Amman and that we should both make effective use of resources at our command in suitable ways to assist Jordan. US for example has been aiding [Page 77] Jordan for some years through provision of some $8 million annually in technical assistance and economic development and some $17.5 million annually in contributions for Arab refugees over half of whom are in Jordan. King Saud’s comments as to effective use of Saudi Arabia resources for suitable assistance to Jordan would be helpful. In discussing this matter with King Saud and other SAG officials and in obtaining their comments you may as you think desirable inform them of substance of accompanying Deptel to Amman3 on this subject.

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Dulles
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 685.00/12–2456. Top Secret. Drafted by Wilkins and Bergus and approved by Rountree who signed for Hoover. Repeated to Amman, Baghdad, Cairo, Damascus, and London.↩
  2. See footnote 4, Document 252.↩
  3. Infra.↩