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FDR & Ibn Saud Meeting
February 14, 1945

The Saudi-US Relations Information Service is pleased to present articles, essays and interviews that address the background, details and ramifications of the meeting between the leaders of the United States and Saudi Arabia in 1945.  

During this 60th anniversary year we will add new items here to mark the seminal event in US-Saudi diplomatic relations.

• President Roosevelt and King Abdulaziz - The Meeting at Great Bitter Lake: A Conversation with Rachel Bronson
• Historic Meeting between Ibn Saud and FDR- Excerpt from "The Mirage" by Thomas Lippman
• "Sailor was the piper of history," by Waveney Ann Moore (St. Petersburg Times, Feb. 12, 2005) - Thomas Hilliard was an eyewitness when the U.S. and Saudi Arabia joined destinies in 1945