Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen Saif-El Islam Abdullah, Mr. Abou-Taleb, Adnan Tarcici, Henry Byroade, and Edwin Plitt

1043 CONDIDENTIAL 3TV 364 SECURITY INFORMATION 373 UNITLD STATES DELEGATION November 14, 1952 TO THL (Typed November 15,1952) SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY D CLASSIFIED MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, 10.26.26 , NARS Date 11-30-76 SUBJECT: Secretary Acheson's Conversations with Foreign Ministers of the NEA Area Attending the Seventh General Assembly of the United Nations PARTICIPANTS: Prince Saif-El Islam Abdullah, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Yemen Mr. Abou-Taleb, Charge d'Affaires of Yemen Delegation to UN Mr. Adnan Tarcici, Adviser in Yemen Foreign Ministry The Secretary Assistant Secretary Byroade, NEA Mr. Edwin Plitt, U.S. Delegation Following, the customary exchange of courtesies and reciprocal inquiries apout the health of the King, of Yemen and the President, the Minister said that he was most appreciative of the opportunity afforded him to see the Secretary and hoped that the latter micht some day visit his country Mr. Acheson replied that he would like to do so particularly as he had heard the Yemen described as a garden country at the end of the desert. while the Minister agreed that the Yemen was a fertile land, he said that it nevertheless required much to make it into a garden spot--some outside help as the country itself had few resources of its own and is not wealthy. Sayed abou-Taleb, who did most of the translating from the Arabic, mentioned in the course of the conversation, that lis Royal lighness had only the night before returned from 437 SECURITY INPORMATION