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Nothing was too good for old Ibn Saud, monarch of Saudi Arabia. Did he want a railroad? The Arabian American Oil Co. began a standard-gauge, 350-mile Arabian railroad, though convinced that highways would be more practical. Did he consider eight seats on the regular U.S.-bound T.W.A. plane too few to set aside for one of his 30-odd sons? A special plane was wheeled up. Aramco tried its best to anticipate Ibn Saud's every wish, from arranging lend-lease for Saudi Arabia and a cowboy outfit for one of the young princes to furnishing limousines...
...Majesty. For its pains, Aramco (owned by California Standard, Texaco, New Jersey Standard, Socony-Vacuum) got 440,000 square miles of Ibn Saud's domain, the world's largest oil concession, the most productive (866,000 barrels daily) and one of the most profitable...
Last week, son Talal, now King of Jordan, climbed down from a plane at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's seat of government, and a faltering old man hobbled over to embrace him. The old man was Ibn Saud. A military band boomed out the Jordanian national anthem and 21 guns cracked a salute. Hashemite and hated enemy had got together. That evening, 71-year-old Ibn Saud, father of more than 30 living sons, gave one of the most magnificent dinners of his life. Afterward, the one-eyed old lion of the desert and the gloomy, unstable King of Jordan...
Each brought a guilty conscience to the table. Ever since he drove Hussein into exile and seized his lands, Ibn Saud had feared the Hashemites would return for vengeance. Recently, the old man had become obsessed with the fear that the British would allow Jordan to use its Arab Legion-the most formidable force in the Arab world-to reconquer the Hejaz. Talal, for his part, evidently wants to prove that he stands with the Arabs and, if necessary, against the British. He is said to be ashamed of his father's pro-British role...
...rulers got along fine. Ibn Saud reportedly offered to restore to Talal $1,400,000 of jewels and household effects belonging to the Hashemites. Talal went on the radio to thank the King for his "real hospitality." As Talal left for home, Ibn Saud, who had journeyed out to the airport to see him off, gave the younger King a sword encrusted with precious stones...