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Physically, emotionally and politically they made a diplomatic odd couple. Towering Prince Saud al Faisal, elegantly attired in thobe and ghitrah, represented with cool reserve the oil-rich monarchy of Saudi Arabia; Abdel Halim Khaddam, a diminutive figure in an ill-fitting business suit, spoke excitedly and volubly for hard-line Syria, backed by the Soviet Union. Nonetheless, as Arab Foreign Ministers they found themselves calling together at the State Department and the Oval Office last week...
...King Fahd, noting that "we may be but a few days away" from an all-out Israeli attack on West Beirut. The Administration's chief concern was to secure Israeli forbearance until Reagan can meet with Foreign Ministers Prince Saud al Faisal of Saudi Arabia and Abdel Halim Khaddam of Syria in Washington this week. "The No. 1 problem is still where the P.L.O. will go," says an Administration analyst. "I suppose the issue will come down to just how much money the Saudis are going to pay whoever takes the P.L.O...
...indelible. Not that Syria was overflowing with good feeling for the U.S. either. Kissinger tells how, as his plane was coming in for a landing during the Syrian shuttle, a U.S. diplomat on hand to greet him turned to Syria's waspish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam and said: "I think the airplane is God's punishment to mankind." "No," replied Khaddam without changing expression, "America...
...When Defense Minister General Abdel Halim Abu Ghazala signaled me to go away, I told him to get out of the way. I don't want you,' I said. 'I want this dog, this tyrant Sadat...
...Saddam Hussein, who was still smarting from Israel's surprise raid last June on the nuclear reactor in Baghdad. In all, eight top-level Arab leaders failed to go to Fez, including Syria's President Hafez Assad, who sent in his place Foreign Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam...