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...Ambassador to Washington. In Haig's view, those meetings constituted a White House attempt to conduct backchannel dealings and undercut him in foreign policy. He also complained that Vice President George Bush had been sent as head of the U.S. delegation to memorial services for the late King Khalid in Saudi Arabia, and that he had been cut off from cables addressed to the White House from the President's special envoy to the Middle East, Philip Habib. Unless things changed, and he had more influence on such decisions, Haig said, he would have to resign. Clark...
...Minister Chafik Wazzan and Walid Jumblatt, a hereditary chief of the Druze sect and head of the leftist Muslim group known as the People's National Movement, which was allied with the P.L.O.* Jumblatt's two representatives in the Cabinet, Tourism Minister Marwan Hamdeh and Economy Minister Khalid Jumblatt, also quit their posts...
...smooth transition belied rumors that a family schism had developed between the traditionalist senior Princes, such as Khalid and Abdullah, and the more modern-oriented branch of the family, headed by Fahd. The new King is the eldest of the powerful "Sudairi Seven," the sons of Ibn Saud by one of his favorite wives from the Sudairi tribe. There had been talk that Abdullah might be passed over in favor of Prince Sultan, also a Sudairi. The power of the Sudairi brothers within the Saudi hierarchy is substantial: in addition to Fahd and Sultan, they include Prince Naif, Minister...
Like King Khalid, Crown Prince Abdullah is a man of the desert whose ties with the Bedouins will help make up for Fahd's own lack of a traditionalist following. An expert horseman, Abdullah keeps an extensive stable of Arabian Thoroughbreds. He is also addicted to falconry. Abdullah is noted for his generosity and gentle manner. He does not abide foolishness, however, and his strong personality can quickly turn to brusqueness...
...DIED. Khalid ibn Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, 69, King of Saudi Arabia and Imam and Protector of the Wahhabis; of a heart attack; in Taif, Saudi Arabia (see SPECIAL SECTION...