The Soudy-Us Relationship in the Middle East

King iben soud's first foreign trip involved a number of unusual requests and special arrangements. The meeting with President franklin roosevelt on egypt's great bitter lake in february 19 forty five was momentous. It demonstrated the importance of the soudy us. Relationship at a time when much of the d knew little about the happenings on the arabian peninsula. And thirdly, it signalled the dawn of a new era - no longer was the british empire the primary foreign power driving events in the region.