Senator Owen Brewster told Secretary of State Dean Acheson that Saudi Arabia does not deserve American aid. He emphasized that the ruler of Saudi Arabia does not permit “a single Jew to enter the country.” The Senator voiced his sentiments when Secretary Acheson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Mutual Security Program.
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