King Saud comes to power (1953) Saudi Arabia–United States relations
king saud , john kennedy 1962
in late 1950s, king saud, eldest son of king abdulaziz, came power after father s death. during saud s time u.s.–saudi relations had faced many obstacles concerning anti-communism strategy. president dwight d. eisenhower s new anti-soviet alliance combined of kingdom s regional rivals , foes , heightened saudi suspicions. reason, in october 1955, saud had joined pro-soviet strategy egyptian president gamal abdel nasser. furthermore, saud dismissed u.s. forces , replaced them egyptian forces. thus, act had sparked , innovated new , large conflict in relationship. in 1956, during suez crisis, saud began cooperate u.s. again after eisenhower s opposition of israeli, british, , french plan seize canal. eisenhower opposed plan because of anti-soviet purposes, king saud had admired act , decided start cooperating u.s. result, egyptian power declined while us-saudi relations simultaneously improving.
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