How fledgling Saudi-US ties were buoyed in EgyptEllen R. WaldSaudi Arabia’s King Abdul Aziz meets with American President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Feb. 14, 1945. In Jeddah, Abdul Aziz and his retinue boarded an American ship, the USS Murphy, which would shuttle them to Egypt. The Americans believed that this was the first time Abdul Aziz had left his Kingdom since he began unifying it more than 40 years earlier. According to Eddy, Roosevelt had no other issue to broach. Abdul Aziz apparently informed the president that the already-instituted plans for Jewish immigration to Palestine were acceptable, but he would oppose more.

Source: Ethiopian News February 07, 2019 13:47 UTC