White House sources today declined to comment on reports from Arab capitals that President Kennedy sent an important personal message to King Saud of Saudi Arabia pertaining to Israel-Arab relations. If such a letter was sent it would be up to the King to publish the contents, these sources said. The press here reported from Cairo that virtually all Cairo newspapers today reported King Saud had received a letter from President Kennedy relating to Israel. The reports said the King summoned ambassadors of all Arab League countries and informed them of the text. The contents was not divulged.
The Saudi Arabian Ambassador here met this afternoon with Phillips Talbot, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. The Saudi Arabian Embassy refused to divulge the contents of the reported personal communication on Israel-Arab relations now “under study” by King Saud after receipt from President Kennedy. An Embassy spokesman said that any information would have to come from Saudi Arabia.
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