Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman

4438 DECLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) SECRET Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 By NLT-WC MARS Date 6.26.75 DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON June 16, 1945 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Desire of King of Egypt to Visit the United States. Our Minister in Cairo reports that an intimate of King Farouk of Egypt has recently informed him that the King would be receptive to an invitation to visit the United States. When President Roosevelt was in Egypt early this year he told the King that he would like to have him visit this country and the King was evidently greatly pleased by this suggestion. Our Minister feels that such a visit would be ad- vantageous, and we agree. The young King, who is now twenty-five years of age, has a keen grasp of political matters and has shown a desire to play an important role in the affairs not only of his country but of the entire Near East. He is quick to learn and still impressionable to such an extent that he is likely to gain much from an opportunity to observe our institutions and culture at first hand. Such an expenience might aid him in dealing with the acute social problems which Egypt must face in the near future. Since Farouk is becoming one of the most influential figures in the Near East, a visit by him to this country would also have a highly beneficial effect upon our relations with the entire area. If you concur, we suggest an appropriate time for the visit would be late October or early November, after the visit of the President of Chile, which has just been announced. The King, like the Regent of Iraq, whose trip ARCHIVES AND TINATIONAL SERVICL RECORDE to