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.


[1099] Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of State to the President

124.90F/1–549


[1100] The Minister in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State

867N.01/1–449: Telegram


[1101] The Acting Secretary of State to the Legation in Saudi Arabia

890F.7962/1–1049: Telegram


[1103] The Minister in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State

890F.7962/1–2449: Telegram


[1104] The Minister in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State

890D.00/2–349: Telegram


[1105] The Secretary of Defense (Forrestal) to the Secretary of State

Department of Defense Files


[1106] The Secretary of State to the Legation in Saudi Arabia

890D.00/2–349: Telegram


[1107] The Minister in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State

711.90F/2—2749: Telegram


[1108] The Minister in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State

890F.7962/3–849: Telegram


[1109] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Saudi Arabia

890F.7962/3–2649: Telegram


[1112] The Ambassador in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State

890F.7962/4–649: Telegram


[1113] The Ambassador in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State

890F.00/5–1049: Telegram


[1114] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Saudi Arabia

890F.7962/5–1249: Telegram


[1115] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Saudi Arabia

890F.7962/4–2949: Telegram


[1117] President Truman to King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia

811.001 Truman, H.S./5–2349


[1120] The Chargé in Saudi Arabia (Hill) to the Secretary of State

811.2390F/8–2549: Telegram


[1121] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Ambassador in Saudi Arabia (Childs)

890F.00/9–2849


[1122] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Saudi Arabia

890F.20/9–2749: Telegram


[1124] The Ambassador in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State

811.2390F/11–1749: Telegram


[1125] The Ambassador in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State

711.90F/11–1749: Telegram


[1126] The Ambassador in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State

811.2390F/11–1849: Telegram


[1127] The Secretary of State to the Consulate at Istanbul

120.3 Conferences/11–2949: Telegram