Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal al-Saud, Ali A. Alireza, and Edwin A. Plitt

SECURITY INFORMATION UNITED STATES DELEGATION TO THE SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 72 344 324 MENFORANDULO OF CONVERSATION 386 I December 2, 1952 (Typed Dec. 4, 1952) SUBJECT: Secretary cheson's Conversations With Foroign Ministers of the NEA Area Attending the Seventh General Assembly of the United Nations PARTICIPANTS : H.R.ll. Prince Paisal Al-Saud, Minister for Poreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Shaikh Ali A. Alireza, Saudi Arabian Delegation The Secretary Edwin A. Plitt, U.S. Delegation In the course of a meeting with the Secretary this morning Princs Faisal set forth the views of his Dovernment in regard to the existing controversy between Saudi Arabia and the UK on the subject of A1 Buraimi and the neighboring areas. For the better understanding of the problem, His Royal llighness summarized the well known back-round of the situation within the area involved in the dispute and outlined to some ex- tent the difficulties confronting the Saudi Arabian Government at this juncture, and solioited the Secretary's help in over- coming them. his Royal Highness recalled his meeting recently with Nr. Eden whon the latter in lieu of a long, delayed formal reply to the Saudi Arabian Government's note on the subject, in- formed lis Royal nighness of the British Government's proposal to arbitrate the controversy which, His Royal 115 Thness told the Secretary, is most unsatisfactory because the British Covernment includes in its proposal not only Al Buraimi but the entire territorial problem from gatar to Aden as well as Kuwait and other sheikdoms. lis hoyal dighness pointed out that the Saudi Arabian securit 596 ob jection TRUMAN SECURIVY INFORMATION NATIONAL AND DECLASSIFIED E.0. 12065, Sec. 3-402 to Email State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 PROJECT NLT F2-13 By NLT- HC NARS, Date 11-22-72