Word: saud
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ceremonial Sefs. The eye-popping fact was that Saudi Arabia's King Saud acted every inch the fabled and inscrutable potentate. His retinue-some 70 advisers and princes, ballasted by 300 pieces of luggage-was a brilliant pageant of flowing robes and fancy headdresses. There seemed to be a retainer on hand to perform every minute function: the royal chief steward came along to oversee the seasoning of the King's food; a compass-bearer kept track of the direction of Mecca for the five daily prayer rituals of the King; there was a royal barber, a coffee...
...Next day Saud flew off to Washington in President Eisenhower's Constellation, Columbine III. When he touched ground, Saud found Ike himself waiting at the airport-an honor that the President had never before bestowed on a state visitor. "Welcome to the United States," said the President. Replied Saud, who speaks only a few English words: "How do you do. Thank you very much...
...then that Saud began his visit in earnest. Ike and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles escorted him to the guest quarters at Blair House and took their leave. After a private luncheon, the King paid his first state visit to the White House...
...President and the Secretary of State. Highlight of the week was Ike's high-level, white-tie stag dinner at the White House for some 60 guests, including a dozen or so oilmen and bankers-and not including newsmen. There followed a heavy, split-second schedule for Saud; every moment away from business he spent in side trips, e.g., a wreath for the Unknown Soldier, a tour of the U.S. Naval Academy, a basketball game...
...blowing brass bands, the lofty pomp and the great sweep of social events never succeeded in drowning out. nor even interrupting, the central purpose of Saud's visit: high-stakes diplomacy...