SAUDI ARABIA.

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Noticias de Arabia Saudita. First and only editions of these bulletins produced by the Saudi Arabian embassies in Madrid and Buenos Aires between the 1950s and the 1970s. WorldCat lists no institutional copies outside Spain. Issued in Madrid until c.1973, Noticias de Arabia Saudita features here in two exemplars. The first (July 1958) is devoted to the latest modernization of the Saudi railways connecting Dammam, al-Hofuf, Riyadh, and the arms factory of al-Jary, to agricultural innovation, Saudi-Israeli and Saudi-Palestinian relations, and the project of a new Arabic Language academy. The second (May 1967) focuses on diplomatic visits by King Faisal and Price Jalid Ibn Abdul Aziz, irrigation projects, and the telecommunications sector.Realidades, here present in three exemplars, was issued in Buenos Aires. The first (January 1978) opens with a long interview to Prince Fahd on the Middle East question, the Israel-Palestine conflict, and Saudi-Egyptian relations, and continues with the planned construction of the Jeddah-Mecca motorway. The second (January 1979) includes features on the Saudi-French bank, telecommunications, precious metals in the Red Sea, and the International Palestine Day. The third (February 1979) discusses UN assemblies attended by Saudi representatives, and new laws on foreign capital.

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