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Departing Africa for the Middle East, the tour landed in Saudi Arabia for a session with Crown Prince Fahd at his working palace in Riyadh. Sipping bitter cardamom tea, the de facto head of state stressed his country's role as a moderating influence in the Arab world and spoke of its long friendship with the U.S. But the Prince left little doubt that the friendship would be reappraised if Congress denied the Saudis the F-15 fighter-bombers that he claims to need for national defense...
...Saudis would come under Arab pressure to use these planes against Israel?" As it is, the Saudis along with Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, plan to spend $10 billion to construct a new military-manufacturing city of 80,000 to 100,000 people 35 miles southeast of Riyadh, the Saudi capital. Its purpose: to build air-to-air and air-to-surface missile systems...
...spring. Eleven members of the 15-man Senate Foreign Relations Committee had previously warned Vance against the sale to the Saudis. In 1976 Gerald Ford had promised the Saudis the F-15, but decided not to proceed with the sale during an election year. Reminded of that commitment by Riyadh, Carter agreed to honor Ford's pledge. The President also felt it important to extend arms to Sadat at this stage; he reasoned that for domestic political reasons it would be best to announce the latest decision on arms sales to the Israelis at the same time...
Instead of all this, Atherton is taking on an arduous mission that may run for years and still end in failure. His glimpses of the Mediterranean will be limited to what he can see on shuttle flights between Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus (as well as Amman and Riyadh). One consolation at least is that Wife Betty will be along...
Saudi Arabia and Iran, on the other hand, are determined that the Soviets should not expand their power center in the Horn of Africa and are prepared to help defend Somalia against any invasion. Last month King Khalid and the Shah of Iran met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and agreed on joint action in the Horn, including the sending of French-made tanks to the Somalis...