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...Abdullah Ibn Hussein, scion of the proud Hashemite family, lived in his youth in "honorable captivity" i.e., as a hostage for the good behavior of his powerful relatives, at the court of Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid, who cut off heads with considerably less thought than Cromwell ever gave the matter. But Abdullah preferred to satisfy his great ambition-and check his many enemies-through subtler means. He seemed to have a natural knack for the subtle games of power. At Abdul Hamid's court the youngster, who was born and raised (until 10) in a harem, came to realize...
...views in connection with the British activities in Iran are quite accurate, but you actually cannot blame the State Department since they . . . tried to persuade Mr. Attlee during his visit to Washington approximately three months ago to reach an agreement with Iran similar to the agreement reached with King Ibn Saud by Aramco...
Died. Prince Mansour Ibn Abdul Aziz, 29, Defense Minister of Saudi Arabia, a favorite son of King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud; of uremia; in Neuilly, France. In 1945, with his father, he was entertained by Franklin Roosevelt aboard the U.S.S. Quincy in the Red Sea, was long considered the likely successor to Saudi Arabia's throne...
...Take a Law." Actually, Aramco had had little choice in its deal. Ibn Saud, faced with heavy drains on his exchequer to keep up his luxurious standard of living and pay for public works, had been demanding more money for two years. Abdullah Suleiman had imported a U.S. tax expert, John Greaney, to help him get it. In November Ibn Saud, who passes his own laws, suddenly promulgated an income-tax decree which would take half of Aramco's profits now and possibly a bigger slice later...
...long period of good feeling-rather than to haggle and build up resentment. It had not forgotten that accumulated resentment caused Mexico to expropriate U.S. oil companies in 1938. It also knew that Jersey Standard's generous 1945 settlement with Venezuela had built immense good will. Ibn Saud also was shrewd enough to learn his own lesson from the Mexican affair: Mexico's oil production plummeted after it drove the U.S. companies out. And Ibn Saud, with no one else to turn to but Britain, which he dislikes, and Russia, which he fears, wanted to keep Aramco happy...