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...Americans then, flew to Saudi Arabia for talks in Riyadh with Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal and Crown Prince Fahd. The Saudis (see following story) remained adamant against having U.S. forces on their soil. Nonetheless, the visit went off far better than a similar call by Brzezinski and Christopher last year, when they unsuccessfully sought Saudi support for the Camp David accords. TIME State Department Correspondent Gregory Wierzynski, who traveled with the two emissaries, reported that they made five general points: 1) the U.S. is committed to resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict peacefully, with special efforts toward settling...
...royal chief of protocol, Ahmed Abdul Wahab, as he led his guests through the opulent marble palace in Riyadh to a thickly carpeted reception hall. Inside, about a hundred supplicants from various Bedouin tribes clustered beneath a huge crystal chandelier, awaiting their turn to approach Crown Prince Fahd. One by one they knelt before him, asking a special favor or voicing a complaint; the portly Prince nodded in sympathy, then told a member of his entourage what must be done. This ancient ritual, known as the majlis, enables even the lowliest Saudi citizen to express his desires or worries...
...most influential princes of the royal family appear to have closed ranks, as they have done in previous crises. Ailing King Khalid, 67, has embarked on a series of pilgrimages throughout the country to solidify support for the royal family. Crown Prince Fahd, Deputy Prime Minister and heir presumptive to the throne, continues to handle day-to-day chores; most-although not all-observers in Riyadh believe his authority has increased as he seeks to carry out reforms to quell potential unrest. The next princes in line, National Guard Commander Abdullah and Defense Minister Sultan, seem to have buried their...
Since the Sacred Mosque siege, the Saudis have reshuffled security and intelligence officials, replaced several top military officers and appointed a new governor for the Mecca district. Crown Prince Fahd has sought to emphasize the royal family's concern for the people by opening roads and schools with great fanfare. In response to growing popular resentment over corruption, he has taken steps to channel government money into showcase welfare projects, including a manpower training program to reduce the country's alarming dependence on foreign labor. To appease fundamentalist religious leaders, Fahd has tightened strictures that forbid women...
...several years, Fahd has contemplated setting up a consultative assembly that would be a quasi parliament composed of both elective and appointive officials. According to the prince's plan, three-quarters of the assembly's members would be modern, educated Saudis, and the remainder would be unschooled but respected tribal leaders...