The Americans saw him as the most important figure in the Middle East, not only due to his kingdom's oil wealth and its importance to postwar plans, but also because of Ibn Saud's political and religious standing with the Arabs throughout the region.doi:10.1057/9781137025258_6Christopher D. O’SullivanPalgrave Macmillan US
A secret war-time meeting. Fear of an oil shortage. An exchange of gifts (including a wheelchair) and a budding friendship. WhenFranklin D. Rooseveltmet with Abdul Aziz ibn Saud on February 14, 1945 aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer in theSuez Canal, it was the first time a U.S. preside...
An exchange of gifts (including a wheelchair) and a budding friendship. When Franklin D. Roosevelt met with Abdul Aziz ibn Saud on February 14, 1945 aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Suez Canal, it was the first time a U.S. president had ever met with a Saudi Arabian king, and ...