Foreign policy of Saudi Arabia

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Discussion with J F Dulles regarding the upcoming visit of King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud to the US (1)
• Efforts of Turkey, as well as other Baghdad Pact powers, to use King Saud's visit to the US as an opportunity to build stronger relations with Saudi Arabia (2)
• Impressions of Mr Steffen, the Counsellor of the German Legation at Jedda [Jeddah] (3)
• Report that King Saud is considering calling a congress of Muslim states, and has expressed his support for the Eisenhower Doctrine (4)
• Summary of a discussion with Harry Kern (5)
• Comment from the Counsellor of the US Embassy in Jeddah, that King Saud is prepared to resume diplomatic relations with HMG if he obtains satisfaction over Buraimi, and is concerned about the situation in the Gulf of Aqaba (6)
• Differences of opinion among the Saudi Royal Family and their advisors about the West (7)
• Press cutting of an article from the Daily Mail about the changing foreign policy of King Saud (8)
• Paper by W Morris about the relations of Saudi Arabia with the Gulf States (9)
• Account of a meeting between King Saud and the Turkish Ambassador in Baghdad, particularly regarding Turkey's relations with Israel (10)
• Text of a Saudi Government statement on relations between Arab and Muslim countries [enclosed], along with responses and comments (11)
• Reported statement by Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, the Saudi Minister of Communications, blaming Israel for unrest in the Middle East, declaring relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt to be excellent, and calling on Arabs to unite in defence of their rights (12)
• Summary of and extracts from a speech by Ahmad Shukairi, the Saudi representative to the UN (13)
• Text of a statement made by Yusef Yasin, the Saudi Minister of State and Deputy Foreign Minister, to a Syrian newspaper (14)