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1938-1940
1938 January 3rd: BBC's first Arabic broadcast received in Saudi Arabia
1938 March 3rd: Americans strike oil in Saudi Arabia and production begins
1938 September: Japan unsuccessfully seeks oil concession from Ibn Saud
1938 November 10th: British envoy invites Ibn Saud to conference on Palestine
1939: Saudi Arabia afflicted by severe drought
1939 February: Prince Faisal bin Abdul Aziz leads Saudi delegation to London
1939 May 1st: First tanker takes oil from Dhahran
1939 July: Ibn Saud treads a careful path, as Western powers prepare for war
1939 July: Ibn Saud ratifies treaty of friendship and trade with Japan
1939 September 3rd: Second World War begins
1940 April 1st: Iraqi delegation visits Saudi Arabia
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