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:I should be remembered [[Ibn Saud]] made a verbal agreement with British & American oil interests not to sell oil to [[Germany]], and British control of [[Gibraltar]] made it virtually impossible to sell to Germany. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 01:07, May 13, 2026 (EDT)
:I should be remembered [[Ibn Saud]] made a verbal agreement with British & American oil interests not to sell oil to [[Germany]], and British control of [[Gibraltar]] made it virtually impossible to sell to Germany. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 01:07, May 13, 2026 (EDT)
::Telling, this history is quite ''telling''... To RobS, was that agreement before the June/1939 sending his emissary Alhud to meet Hitler? [[User:Dianne3000|Dianne3000]] ([[User talk:Dianne3000|talk]]) 10:18, May 13, 2026 (EDT)
::Telling, this history is quite ''telling''... To RobS, was that agreement before the June/1939 sending his emissary Alhud to meet Hitler? [[User:Dianne3000|Dianne3000]] ([[User talk:Dianne3000|talk]]) 10:18, May 13, 2026 (EDT)
:::It was not a formal government-to-government agreement on paper, but rather through the influence of ARAMCO (Arabian American Oil Co) partnership the US limited sales to Germany. That, and the [[blockade]] through Suez and Gibraltar made sales impossible. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 10:30, May 13, 2026 (EDT)