Word: arabia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sheik Ahmed Z. Yamani, Saudi Arabia's minister of petroleum and mineral resources, will arrive at Harvard this morning under heavy security guard from Harvard and Cambridge police...
Yamani did not refer in his speech to President Reagan's recent decision to sell AWACS surveillance aircraft and of fensive weaponry to Saudi Arabia--an action Israeli officials have strongly criticized--but lauded the sales when some members of the audience of 1000 quizzed him alterwards, Kojm said...
...Saudi Arabia needs the aircraft to defend its oilfields, which would be a "great prize" to the Soviet Union. Kojm said Yamani told the FPA members. Security for the visit was "pretty tight." Kojm said, adding, that Secret Servicemen and New York policeman guarded Yamani
...hour with King Khalid. The Saudis were clearly pleased by the Administration's willingness to sell them the five AWACS, but they politely disagreed with Haig's contention after the talks that a "convergence of views" had occurred. Declared Foreign Minister Saud: "The kingdom of Saudi Arabia regards Israel as the principal cause of instability and insecurity in the region...
...Reagan Administration's military buildup. The sums of money involved are immense. The President wants to boost the Pentagon's budget from the $171.2 billion allocated by the Carter Administration this year to $226.3 billion in fiscal year 1982. That amount is twice as much as Saudi Arabia earned from crude oil exports last year and twice the gross national product of Switzerland. Moreover by 1986 Reagan wants to increase the defense budget to a staggering $374.3 billion, or more than double this year's level...