890F.515/41: Telegram
The Minister Resident in Saudi Arabia (Moose) to the Secretary of State
Jidda, September
12, 1943—10 a.m.
[Received 9:20 p.m.]
[Received 9:20 p.m.]
119. My 117, September 9, 7 p.m. After consulting the King, Shaikh Yusuf thinks that contract may be confirmed by decree but it has not been possible to secure assurance on this point. Safest practicable procedure from United States Government point of view is signature by Minister and subsequent confirmation by Royal Decree. I recommend that procedure be followed if possible but that if necessary the Department accept, attached to the contract, the King’s signed authorization to Minister to sign contract.
Repeated to Cairo.
Moose