On March 10, 1945, several weeks after meeting, Ibn Saud wrote to Roosevelt, asking him to oppose the continued development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, on board the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-71) in the Great Bitter Lake, Egypt, on 14 February 1945(photo credit: COURTESY U.S. NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND/U.S. NAVY/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByRAFAEL MEDOFF
