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Aboard the USS Quincy in 1945, King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia with US President Franklin D Roosevelt. National Archives /Interim Archives/ Getty Images
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Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Bahrain Prince Sultan bin Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz and Halle Delano, grandson of former US President, Franklin D Roosevelt, during a commemoration service for US-Saudi relations.
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Aboard the USS Quincy in 1945, King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia with US President Franklin D Roosevelt. National Archives /Interim Archives/ Getty Images
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Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Bahrain Prince Sultan bin Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz and Halle Delano, grandson of former US President, Franklin D Roosevelt, during a commemoration service for US-Saudi relations.
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Aboard the USS Quincy in 1945, King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia with US President Franklin D Roosevelt. National Archives /Interim Archives/ Getty Images
Saudi and US re-create historic meeting between Roosevelt and King Abdulaziz
The officials met on board the USS Quincy 75 years ago
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Mina Aldroubi
19 February, 2020
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