Word: fahd
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rushed to a nearby hospital; shortly after noon an announcer on Radio Riyadh, his voice sobbing with emotion, said that Faisal was dead. Soon after, Radio Riyadh reported that the royal family had chosen Crown Prince Khalid ibn Abdul Aziz to succeed his brother and that Interior Minister Prince Fahd had been named Crown Prince (see box following page...
...King Faisal," he said, "laid the foundations for a good policy to develop Saudi Arabia and its relations with other countries. I will complete his mission and continue with his policies." Khalid, a quiet man who has never cared much about public affairs, will rely heavily on Crown Prince Fahd; though Khalid took the title of Premier, he named Fahd First Deputy Premier and also allowed him to retain his previous powerful post of Minister of Interior...
Under Khalid and Fahd, Saudi Arabia will certainly main tain its strong commitment to the Arab cause against Israel...
...other hand, Fahd may be more willing than Faisal to accept the existence of Israel as a permanent state in the Middle East, provided that the Israelis relinquish all the territory they seized during the Six-Day War and that they reach an accommodation with the Palestinians...
Saudi Arabia's policy toward the U.S. and its oil diplomacy are not expected to change, at least for the present. The outgoing, expansive Prince Fahd, whose views are much better known than those of King Khalid, favors economic cooperation with the U.S. and represents his country on a joint U.S.-Saudi commission set up last year to plan economic and technical cooperation. Fahd also serves as acting chairman of the Saudis' Petroleum Council, which drafts oil and oil-revenue policy for the King's consideration. (In this capacity he is said to have developed a cordial...