Our use of the Dhahran Airfield is a good case in point. Clearly the operational privileges we have there through an executive agreement axe vital from the standpoint of our national security. We have to recognize however. that there is a serious drawback in the arrangements. arising from the fact that American servicemen assigned to the base must have valid Saudi Arabian visas. As a result. while nothing in the agreement excludes American servicemen of Jewish faith. in fact the Saudi Arabian Government has done so indirectly. in exercising its sovereign right to control internal matters. by refusing to Issue them visas. This is admittedly an unsatisfactory state of affairs--one which we cannot merely accept as unavoidable. and one which we shall continue. with diligence and patience. to try to correct. It is the policy of our Government to protest discriminatory acts in international trade which militate against American citizens and American shipping.