SAUDI ARABIA: GEORGE THOMSON MEETS KING FEISAL-DINES WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS

Record ID: 189641

  • Title: SAUDI ARABIA: GEORGE THOMSON MEETS KING FEISAL-DINES WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS
  • Date: 29th September 1965
  • Summary: MR. THOMSON MEETING KING FEISAL ON TUESDAY AND LATER ATTENDING A DINNER GIVEN BY FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS. Initials DS/S/BHH/SGM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th October 1965 13:00
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  • Location: JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA
  • Country: Saudi Arabia
  • Reuters ID: LVA144VKTI42BVVWGQ6FZGK9J9SN
  • Story Text: MR . GEORGE THOMSON, BRITAIN'S MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) HAD HIS SECOND, AND FINAL, MEETING WITH KING FEISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA. THE TALKS WITH KING FEISAL HAVE BEEN PART OF A SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS WITH MIDDLE EASTERN HEADS OF STATE DURING A TOUR OF THE REGION BY MR. THOMSON.

    DURING TODAY'S MEETING MR. THOMSON DISCUSSED ANGLO-SAUDI RELATIONS, THE PRESENT SITUATION IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND SOUTHERN ARABIA AND THE YEMEN PEACE AGREEMENT. THEY ALSO TOUCHED ON THE SUSPENSION OF THE ADEN CONSTITUTION.

    AFTER HIS FIRST MEETING, MR. THOMSON WAS GUEST OF HONOUR AT A DINNER GIVEN BY MR. OMAR SAQQAF, PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY AT THE SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTRY. HE LEAVES FOR BEIRUT, THE LEBANESE CAPITAL, TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
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