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...friendly Iraq Richards signed a $12.5 million program of regional highway, railroad and telecommunication projects linking and strengthening the Baghdad Pact's four Middle East members: Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey. In Saudi Arabia he got along with King Saud; their joint communique at visit's end affirmed opposition to "Communist activities" more forthrightly than Washington had expected, considering Saud's formal adherence to Egyptian Dictator Gamal-Abdel Nasser's policy of "positive neutrality." Last week Dick Richards convinced Emperor Haile Selassie that the Eisenhower Doctrine did not mean interference in Ethiopian affairs-and impressed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Doctrine's First Fruits | 4/29/1957 | See Source »

...Clinched with Saudi Arabia the final details of the Dhahran air-base agreement worked out by President Eisenhower and King Saud during the King's visit to Washington (TIME, Feb. 18). The Saudis extended U.S. access to the vital strategic base, 1,000 miles south of Russia's Baku oilfields, for another five years. In return, the U.S. will give the Saudis some $50 million worth of services in the period by helping improve Saudi Arabian civil-aviation facilities, setting up or extending present U.S. training programs for the Saudi army, air force and navy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Diplomats at Work, Apr. 22, 1957 | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

...Ambassador and Ike-Doctrine Salesman James P. Richards. The announcement: the U.S. will provide the pact's four Middle Eastern members (Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey) with $12.5 million in Eisenhower Doctrine funds to spur "regional" highway, railroad, telecommunication projects. In Saudi Arabia, Richards scored heavily with King Saud, who bought deeper into the Eisenhower Doctrine by issuing a joint communique promising "to oppose Communist activities, other forms of imperialism and any other dangers that threaten peace and stability in the area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Diplomats at Work, Apr. 22, 1957 | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

Swearing on the Koran. He began by sending off his court minister with letters telling his allies, Nasser, Saud and the Syrian President, what he meant to do. (Saud's generous reply: "You will always find me on your side in person and with my forces.") The Jordanian Cabinet's taunting response was to propose establishing diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia. For the young King, the moment had come. First summoning 50 top army officers to the palace and exacting loyalty pledges, he demanded the Cabinet's resignation. Nabulsi, a left-wing and anti-Western economist (educated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JORDAN: A King's Ordeal | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, April 8--The United States and Saudi Arabia today announced formal agreement on the five-year airfield-for-arms pact approved last February by President Eisenhower and King Saud...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: U.S. Announces Five Year Pact For Air Bases in Saudi Arabia; Dulles Urges New Aid Approach | 4/9/1957 | See Source »

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