The First Meeting between an American President and a Saudi King
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This meeting still affects us today. Valentines Day 1945. On his way back from Yalta, FDR makes a sidetrip to meet King Ibn Saud. There were issues of oil and a Jewish state to discuss. What if . . .
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- 1. 14 February 1945 FDR Meets King Ibn Saud
- 4. Travel back in time to the Great Bitter Lake on 14 February 1945. The day on which the first time a U.S. President, Roosevelt, meets a Saudi King. Eagle’s Mission: Valentines Day
- 5. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is returning from the Yalta Conference. He makes a small side trip to the Great Bitter Lake. Eagle’s Mission: Valentines Day
- 6. Up to this time, the U.S. has been an exporter of oil. However, war-time demands have changed things. There is also the question of a Jewish state. Eagle’s Mission: Valentines Day
- 7. They meet on board the cruiser USS Quincy on the Great Bitter Lake, which is part of the Suez Canal.
- 8. To this point, FDR had been in favor of a Jewish state in the Middle East. He was taken aback by King Saud’s opposition to such a plan.
- 9. Upon returning to the States, Roosevelt did not press as hard for a Zionist State. He dies on 12 April 1945.
- 10. What if that meeting had turned out differently? To this day, the Middle East has remained one of the most troublesome places on the planet. Eagle’s Mission: Valentines Day
- 11. 14 February. Valentines Day 1929 1945 1946 278 1779 1945 What do they all have in common? A day when history stood in the balance.
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