Word: arabia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After all, if Reagan's advisers saw a compelling argument to fly in the face of the F-15 deal, the Saudis can surely find equally compelling reasons to violate the terms of the sale that Reagan outlined in his letter to Baker. "...Saudi Arabia has agreed not to share access to AWACs equipment, technology...with any nation other than the U.S. without the prior explicit mutual consent of both governments," stated the letter, which was designed to reassure wavering senators. There is no way for Reagan to insure that the Saudis will remain cooperative. The F-15 sale three...
...hope you don't make us spend more for arms." And, wonder of wonders, Reagan's advisers reported that the President did not bring up the much contested plan to sell AW ACS planes to Riyadh in his chat with Crown Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia (see following story...
Opposition has surged, then faltered, then lately surged again. Now the final tally is too close to call. The Reagan Administration appears to have tried everything from crude offers of pork-barrel projects to invocations of biblical Armageddon to defend its proposed sale of AWACS radar planes to Saudi Arabia. Yet when the Senate votes on the sale this week, conceded Reagan's Senate proconsul, G.O.P Leader Howard Baker, "it may still be lost...
...devastating. The White House had lost momentum on all its arguments: that after the death of Anwar Sadat, the U.S. must support moderate Arab nations; that Israel was trying to dictate American policy; that the President's credibility was at stake; that the AWACS sale would make Saudi Arabia a bulwark against the Soviets...
DIED. John W. Mecom Sr., 70, former oilfield roustabout whose success at turning abandoned wells into profitable operations, along with his initiative hi developing new fields in locales from Louisiana to Saudi Arabia, once ranked him with independent Oil Tycoons J. Paul Getty and H.L. Hunt; of a heart ailment; in Houston. An unpretentious man who never had a chauffeur (but who occasionally donned a chauffeur's cap to drive his wife around in a limousine), "Big John" at times was estimated to be worth more than $200 million, but in 1970 filed two bankruptcy petitions. Out of that...