Cast of Characters These are the most prominent actors in this story, appearing frequently. This is by no means a complete list of all people mentioned or quoted. The Saudis Saud bin Abdul Aziz, second king of Saudi Arabia. Enthroned November 9, 1953 Faisal bin Abdul Aziz, King Saud’s brother, Crown Prince and foreign minister Abdullah Sulaiman al-Hamdan, known as Abdullah Sulaiman, longtime minis- ter of finance in the royal Saudi government Mohammed Surur, succeeded Abdullah Sulaiman as minister of finance in Sep- tember 1954 Abdullah Alireza, head of prominent merchant family based in Jeddah. Appointed minister of commerce by King Saud in spring of 1954 Yusuf Yassin, Syrian-born deputy foreign minister The Greeks Aristotle Socrates Onassis, international shipping tycoon and renowned play- boy, citizen of Argentina, resident of Paris Stavros Niarchos, international shipping tycoon, Onassis’s brother-in-law and implacable rival Spyridon Catapodis, small-time shipowner, well-connected Riviera lounge lizard Spyros Skouras, shipping-fleet owner and president of 20th Century Fox film studio The Americans Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of the United States, 1953–1961 John Foster Dulles, secretary of state in the Eisenhower administration
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