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JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Feb. 16, 2020) Vice Adm. Jim Malloy, Commander of U.S. 5th Fleet, second left, Lt. Col. Todd Moulder, kneeling, His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Bin Ahmed Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, second right, and H. Delano Roosevelt, executive director of the U.S. Saudi Business Council and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s grandson, pose during the 75th Anniversary ceremony of the Quincy meeting between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and King Ibn Saud, aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) to recreate a photo from the original Quincy Agreement between President Roosevelt and King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia. The ceremony was held in recognition of the original Quincy Agreement which took place aboard the USS Quincy (CA-71) between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia Feb. 14, 1945. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dawson Roth)

And thus the Saudi Oily Grip on the United States Begins

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President Roosevelt meets the Saudi king

Ibn Saud greets President Franklin D. Roosevelt on USS Quincy in the Suez Canal, Egypt. The destroyer USS Murphy carrying King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia and party approaches the presidential Cruiser USS Quincy. US sailors on the deck of USS Quincy as well as on USS Murphy. The sailors salute. A motorboat in the background. The deck of the destroyer. Several scenes of crews securing lines between the two ships. Arab party members and sailors on the deck. King Saud seated on a chair surrounded by other Arabs and Colonel Eddy (USMC) who serves as an interpreter. Walking very slowly, with help of a cane, King Ibn Saud goes aboard the presidential ship and greets President Franklin D. Roosevelt who is seated on a chair. Saud speaks to President Roosevelt with the help of , Colonel Eddy, the interpreter. Location: Suez Canal Egypt. Date: February 1945. Critical Past Original. Idea:

The President asked His Majesty for his advice regarding the problem of Jewish refugees driven from their homes in Europe.6 His Majesty replied that in his opinion the Jews should return to live in the lands from which they were driven. The Jews whose homes were completely destroyed and who have no chance of livelihood in their homelands should be given living space in the Axis countries which oppressed them. The President remarked that Poland might be considered a case in point. The Germans appear to have killed three million Polish Jews, by which count there should be space in Poland for the resettlement of many homeless Jews.

His “Majesty then expounded the case of the Arabs and their legitimate rights in their lands and stated that the Arabs and the Jews could never cooperate, neither in Palestine,7 nor in any other country. His Majesty called attention to the increasing threat to the existence of the Arabs and the crisis which has resulted from continued Jewish immigration and the purchase of land by the Jews. His Majesty further stated that the Arabs would choose to die rather than yield their lands to the Jews.

His Majesty stated that the hope of the Arabs is based upon the word of honor of the Allies and upon the well-known love of justice of the United States, and upon the expectation that the United States will support them.

The President replied that he wished to assure His Majesty that he would do nothing to assist the Jews against the Arabs and would make no move hostile to the Arab people. He reminded His Majesty [Page 3]that it is impossible to prevent speeches and resolutions in Congress or in the press which may be made on any subject. His reassurance concerned his own future policy as Chief Executive of the United States Government.

His Majesty thanked the President for his statement and mentioned the proposal to send an Arab mission to America and England to expound the case of the Arabs and Palestine. The President stated that he thought this was a very good idea because he thought many people in America and England are misinformed. His Majesty said that such a mission to inform the people was useful, but more important to him was what the President had just told him concerning his own policy toward the Arab people.

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His Majesty stated that the problem of Syria and the Lebanon8was of deep concern to him and he asked the President what would be the attitude of the United States Government in the event that France should continue to press intolerable demands upon Syria and the Lebanon. The President replied that the French Government had given him in writing their guarantee of the independence of Syria and the Lebanon and that he could at any time write to the French Government to insist that they honor their word. In the event that the French should thwart the independence of Syria and the Lebanon, the United States Government would give to Syria and the Lebanon all possible support short of the use of force.

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The President spoke of his great interest in farming, stating that he himself was a farmer. He emphasized the need for developing water resources, to increase the land under cultivation as well as to turn the wheels which do the country’s work. He expressed special interest in irrigation, tree planting and water power which he hoped would be developed after the war in many countries, including the Arab lands. Stating that he liked Arabs, he reminded His Majesty that to increase land under cultivation would decrease the desert and provide living for a larger population of Arabs. His Majesty thanked the President for promoting agriculture so vigorously, but said that he himself could not engage with any enthusiasm in the development of his country’s agriculture and public works if this prosperity would be inherited by the Jews.

  1. This memorandum was drawn up in an English and an Arabic version by Col. William A. Eddy, the Minister to Saudi Arabia, and Yusuf Yassin, the Saudi Arabian Deputy Foreign Minister. The Arabic text was signed by King Ibn Saud on February 14, and President Roosevelt signed the English text the next day at Alexandria. It was shown later to President Truman for his information.Colonel Eddy, who accompanied King Ibn Saud on this journey and acted as interpreter during the conversation with President Roosevelt, subsequently wrote a description which was published under the title F.D.R. Meets Ibn Saud(New York, American Friends of the Middle East, Inc., 1954

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