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:It 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)
:It 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 which held the sole concession and pumped the oil, 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)
:::It was not a formal government-to-government agreement on paper, but rather through the influence of ARAMCO (Arabian American Oil Co) partnership which held the sole concession and pumped the oil, the US limited sales to Germany. That, and the [[blockade]] through Suez and Gibraltar made sales to Germany impossible. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Abnormal is fine. Stupid isn't.]]</sup> 10:30, May 13, 2026 (EDT)