- Title: U.K.: SAUDI ARABIAN EMBASSY REACTION TO DEATH OF KING FAISAL.
- Date: 25th March 1975
- Summary: 1. GV TILT UP TO Saudi Arabian Embassy (2 shots) 0.14 2. SV INTERIOR Embassy counsellor speaks 1.25 TRANSCRIPT: COUNSELLOR (SEQ 2): "We received the news of the assassination of His Majesty King Faisal ... with great sorrow and sadness. The assassination was a great shock to the Saudi Arabian people, to the Arab world and the rest of the world and to everyone who knew King Faisal personally. Khalid Ibn Abdul Aziz has been declared officially as King of Saudi Arabia and Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz as Crown Prince. The funeral will take place tomorrow in Riyadh after the prayers in the Great Mosque in Riyadh. God Bless King Faisal Abdul Aziz. Initials CL/0008 CL/0013 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 9th April 1975 13:00
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- Location: LONDON, U.K.
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVAC5P99D49H1NGAJ8W75BT0X4K6
- Story Text: As the shock of the assassination of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia reverberated through the capitals of the world today, Saudi embassies were putting on a brave face in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy.
In London, where many Arabs called to pay their respects to the dead King, a spokesman read the following statement.
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