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，美國總統富蘭克林•羅斯福(Franklin Roosevelt)與溫斯頓•丘吉爾(Winston Churchill)和約瑟夫•史達林(Joseph Stalin)在雅爾達舉行峯會後的回國途中，在停泊在蘇伊士運河大苦湖的美國海軍「昆西號」(USS Quincy)戰艦上會晤了沙烏地阿拉伯國王阿卜杜勒•阿齊茲•伊本•沙烏地(Abdul Aziz ibn Saud)。已經解決戰後歐洲安排問題的羅斯福，爲戰後的中東格局奠定了一塊基石。大體來說，美國將保證伊本•沙烏地統治的這個阿拉伯王國（用了30年、歷經52場戰爭才用武力統一）的安全和完整，而沙烏地將保證以合理價格輸出石油。