ARABS FEEL THAT U.S. BETRAYED CHINA
Repercussions Arise In Saudi Arabia WASHINGTON, April 16 (Recd 8 pm). —The United Press says American policy in China is having repercussions in Saudi Arabia, where the United States is trying to get long term rights to strategic bomber bases. Arab feeling that the United States had betrayed China to the Communists was reported today to have “snarled up” negotiations with King Ibn Saud, of Saudi Arabia fo r a new American lease of a bomber base at Dhahran. A three -year lease of the base expired on Friday last, but United States planes were continuing to use it under temporary agreement. Diplomatic sources said today that before renewing the lease on longterm basis King Ibn Saud wants a firm assurance that the United States would stand by him in the event of any Russian move against the Arab world. Some American officials said Ibn Saud’s fears were in the process of being allayed and that a new agreement on Dhahran would soon be completed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 18 April 1949, Page 5
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