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...expand their armed forces over the next decade by adding a mechanized brigade, at least one tank battalion, an air force wing, attack helicopters and coastal-defense vessels. "I do not know of anything non-nuclear that we would not provide the Saudis," says a U.S. military official in Jeddah. "We want to sell, and they want...
...strange domain. In a territory as large as the U.S. east of the Mississippi, huge patches still remain generally unreachable and desolate. Most of the population of 5.7 million is clustered in towns (the largest: Jeddah, pop. 400,000) or oases. The oil boom is Likely to alter the desert kingdom totally, as the Bedouins give up their no madic existence for a better life...
...world's leading holder of foreign currency reserves, intends to spend huge amounts of money within five years to balance oil production with such industrial activities as petrochemical production, steelmaking, shipbuilding and fertilizer manufacture. Not surprisingly, the plans have whetted great interest abroad. Moslems who arrived at Jeddah in record numbers last month on their way to make the annual hadj or pilgrimage to Mecca had to share facilities with another brand of pilgrim. These had business suits and attache cases instead of shaved heads and white prayer garments, and they were seeking slices of the vast petrodollar expenditures...
Faisal's concern is fostered not only by tribal tradition but also by a deep religious faith. The King prays, as Islamic law commands, five times a day. When he is in Jeddah, he likes to take a prayer rug to the shore and meditate beside the sea. On Thursday evenings, when he visits a mosque for prayers, other worshipers are often invited home with him for a post-prayer repast. His personal life continues to be more ascetic than that of many of his subjects. The King dislikes opulence. Succeeding Saud, he declared his brother...
...Wynn once interviewed the future King in Cairo in 1947 when Faisal, then his father's Foreign Minister, was en route to New York for the United Nations session that eventually partitioned Palestine. No matter the longevity of the relationship, Wynn noted wryly in a cable from Jeddah, there was no special favor this time. The interview, from the King's point of view at least, was handled routinely along with Faisal's other problems of the day at a busy majlis, or royal audience. Wynn's report of the interview and its salient points...