Memorandum of Conversation Between His Majesty Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt

COPY DECLASSIFIED S E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 By NLJ-HC NARS Date 7-16-73 MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY ABDUL AZIZ AL SAUD, KING OF SAUDI ARABIA, AND PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, FEBRUARY 14, 1945, ABOARD THE U.S.S. QUINCY I. The President asked His Majesty for his advice regarding the problem of Jewish refugees driven from their homes in Europe. His Majesty replied that in his opinion the Jews should return to live in the lands from which they were driven. The Jews whose homes were completely destroyed and who have no chance of livelihood in their homelands should be given living space in the Axis countries which oppressed them. The President remarked that Poland might be considered a case in point. The Germans appear to have killed three million Polish Jews, by which count there should be space in Poland for the resettlement of many homeless Jews. His Majesty then expounded the case of the Arabs and their legitimate rights in their lands and stated that the Arabs and the Jews could never cooperate, neither in Palestine, nor in any other country. His Majesty called attention to the increasing threat to the existence of the Arabs and the crisis which has resulted from continued Jewish immigration and the purchase of land by the Jews. His Majesty further stated that the Arabs would choose to die rather than yield their lands to the Jews. His Majesty stated that the hope of the Arabs is based upon the word of honor of the Allies and upon. the well-known love