Dhahran Base Agreement Established Between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1951
Abstract
In the last years of World War II, the United States of America attempted to obtain an air base at Dhahran Airport in Saudi Arabia, to facilitate military operations in the war with Japan, and immediately after the end of the war the Saudi government agreed to conclude an agreement to build a US military air base in Dhahran.
This agreement was renewed several times until 1951, when the talks took place between the two parties to sign a new and long-term agreement, the negotiations touched on the issue of national sovereignty, the time period of the agreement, and the military assistance provided to Saudi Arabia, The American government wanted to satisfy Saudi Arabia by offering a provide military weapons to it and training its forces, in order to reach a satisfactory agreement with her. After the talks, the Dhahran Airport Agreement was concluded on the eighteenth of June 1951, with duration of five years and renewed for another five years. The provisions consisted of twenty articles and an annex, in which thee terms of the agreement specify the area of the airport and the limits to be used by the US Air Force, and the sovereignty of the Saudi state in it, and the Authorities, powers, obligations and duties of the parties.
References
1- FRUS, Diplomatic Papers, 1948, The Near East and Africa, Part 1, Vol. V, Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1975.
2- FRUS, Diplomatic Papers, 1945, The Near East and Africa, Vol. VIII, Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1969.
3- FRUS, Diplomatic Papers, 1950, The Near East and Africa, 1950, Vol. V, Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1978.
4- FRUS, Diplomatic Papers, 1951, The Near East and Africa, Vol. V, Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1982.
ثانياً: منشورات الكوكونكرس الأمريكي:
1- Congressional Record, Proceedings and Debates of the 85th Congress First Session, June 21 1957 to July 10 1957, Vol. 103, Part 8, Washington, 1957.
ثالثاً: منشورات وزارة الخارجية الأمريكية:
1- United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, Part 2, Volume 2, 1951, Washintong, 1952.
2- The Department of State bulletin, Vol. XXV, No. 630, July 23, 1951.
رابعاً: الكتب العربية والمعربة:
1- أليكسي فاسيلييف، تاريخ العربية السعودية من القرن الثامن عشر وحتى نهاية القرن العشرين، الطبعة الرابعة، بيروت، 2003.
2- د. جمال زكريا قاسم، تاريخ الخليج العربي الحديث والمعاصر، تطور الأوضاع السياسية والاقتصادية في إمارات الخليج العربية ووصولها الى الاستقلال 1945-1971، المجلد الرابع، القاهرة، 1996.
3- محمد محمود الطناحي، الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية والخليج العربي 1971-1990 دراسة تاريخية سياسية، القاهرة، 2005.
4- د. محمد النيرب، أصول العلاقات السعودية الأمريكية، القاهرة، 1994.
خامساً: الجرائد:
1- جريدة أم القرى، العدد (1370) 13 تموز 1951.
References
First: The published US Department of State documents:
1- FRUS, Diplomatic Papers, 1948, The Near East and Africa, Part 1, Vol. V, Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1975.
2- FRUS, Diplomatic Papers, 1945, The Near East and Africa, Vol. VIII, Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1969.
3- FRUS, Diplomatic Papers, 1950, The Near East and Africa, 1950, Vol. V, Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1978.
4- FRUS, Diplomatic Papers, 1951, The Near East and Africa, Vol. V, Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1982.
Second: The American Coconkers Publications:
1- Congressional Record, Proceedings and Debates of the 85th Congress First Session, June 21 1957 to July 10 1957, Vol. 103, Part 8, Washington, 1957.
Third: The US State Department's publications:
1- United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, Part 2, Volume 2, 1951, Washintong, 1952.
2- The Department of State bulletin, Vol. XXV, No. 630, July 23, 1951.
Fourth: Arabic and Arabized books:
1- Alexey Vasiliev, History of Saudi Arabia from the Eighteenth Century to the End of the Twentieth Century, Fourth Edition, Beirut, 2003.
2- Dr. Jamal Zakaria Qasim, Modern and Contemporary History of the Arabian Gulf, The Evolution of Political and Economic Conditions in the Arab Gulf Emirates and their Reach to Independence 1945-1971, Fourth Volume, Cairo, 1996.
3- Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Tanahi, The United States of America and the Arab Gulf 1971-1990 Historical and Political Study, Cairo, 2005.
4- Dr. Muhammad Al-Nayrab, The Origins of Saudi-American Relations, Cairo, 1994.
Fifth: Newspapers:
1- Umm Al-Qura Newspaper, Issue (1370) July 13, 1951.
