Spying for Saudi
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The Rise of the Cold War
When the second world war was brewing, king abdelazes in riad adopted a neutral position. He favored the allies, especially because britain was still the great power in the region. But he did flirt with the ax s powers,. So japan, for example, did attempt to gain a country wide oil concession in 19 39. This is when the us. Military began to regard soudy independence as a strategic asset. The dahron airfield was negotiated with a king abdelaze, and an air base was opened in dahron for the us. Air force, which would become a lynch pin in the cold war. Defence of that airbase is
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