Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
90RIYADH6309
1990-08-09 11:11:00
SECRET
Embassy Riyadh
Cable title:  

TKFU01: POSSIBLE U.S.-SAUDI AGREEMENT ON U.S.

Tags:  MARR MOPS PREL SA US 
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O 091111Z AUG 90
FM AMEMBASSY RIYADH
TO SECSTATE WASHDC NIACT IMMEDIATE 2861
S E C R E T RIYADH 06309 

E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: MARR MOPS PREL SA US
SUBJECT: TKFU01: POSSIBLE U.S.-SAUDI AGREEMENT ON U.S.
FORCES IN SAUDI ARABIA

REF: JEDDAH 1792

S E C R E T RIYADH 06309

E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: MARR MOPS PREL SA US
SUBJECT: TKFU01: POSSIBLE U.S.-SAUDI AGREEMENT ON U.S.
FORCES IN SAUDI ARABIA

REF: JEDDAH 1792


1. (SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT).


2. WHILE AMBASSADOR WAS IN THE AIR BETWEEN JEDDAH TO
RIYADH, A VERY TIRED AND ANGRILY IMPATIENT FOREIGN
MINISTER SAUD AL-FAISAL TELEPHONED DCM DUNFORD TO ASK
WHERE THE WASHINGTON RESPONSE TO HIS REQUEST FOR AN
URGENT AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTRODUCTION OF U.S.
FORCES INTO SAUDI ARABIA WAS.


3. UPON AMBASSADOR'S RETURN TO RIYADH, HE SPOKE TO
FOREIGN MINISTER BY TELEPHONE. BY THIS TIME, SAUD HAD
BEEN BRIEFED BY HIS NEGOTIATING TEAM AND HAD SPOKEN BY
TELEPHONE TO SAUDI ARABIA'S AMBASSADOR IN THE U.S.,
PRINCE BANDAR. SAUD SAID THAT SAUDI ARABIA REGARDED
CONCLUSION OF AN AGREEMENT ALONG THE LINES HE HAD
SUGGESTED IN HIS AUGUST 8 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR AND
UNDERSECRETARY WOLFOWITZ AS A MATTER OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
AND URGENCY. HE SAID THAT HE HAD ASKED PRINCE BANDAR
IMMEDIATELY TO IMPRESS THIS POINT UPON THE USG IN
WASHINGTON.


4. SAUD SAID HE WAS LEAVING THIS EVENING FOR CAIRO, BUT
EXPECTED TO RETURN TOMORROW, AUGUST 10. BY THAT TIME, HE
SAID, HE HOPED WE WOULD HAVE AN AGREEMENT READY FOR
SIGNATURE.


5. DEPARTMENT PLEASE REPEAT TO JEDDAH.


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