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.]
[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
- 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).↩
- For documentation on the proposal of the United States to enter a civil air transport agreement with Saudi Arabia, see pp. 845 ff.↩