In February 1945 President Franklin Roosevelt, on his way home from the Yalta summit with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, met King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, anchored in the Great Bitter Lake midway up the Suez Canal. Having settled the dispositions of postwar Europe, Roosevelt laid a foundation stone of the postwar Middle East. The US, in essence, would guarantee the security and integrity of Ibn Saud’s Arabian kingdom — united by the sword in 52 battles over 30 years — while the Saudis would guarantee the free flow of oil at reasonable prices.
1945年2月，美国总统富兰克林•罗斯福(Franklin Roosevelt)与温斯顿•丘吉尔(Winston Churchill)和约瑟夫•斯大林(Joseph Stalin)在雅尔塔举行峰会后的回国途中，在停泊在苏伊士运河大苦湖的美国海军“昆西号”(USS Quincy)战舰上会晤了沙特阿拉伯国王阿卜杜勒•阿齐兹•伊本•沙特(Abdul Aziz ibn Saud)。已经解决战后欧洲安排问题的罗斯福，为战后的中东格局奠定了一块基石。大体来说，美国将保证伊本•沙特统治的这个阿拉伯王国（用了30年、历经52场战争才用武力统一）的安全和完整，而沙特将保证以合理价格输出石油。