sentences:  However, the plan was met with opposition and ultimately failed.Roosevelt continued to court the government, however—on 14 February 1945, he met with King Ibn Saud aboard the USS Quincy, discussing topics such as the countries' security relationship and the creation of a Jewish country in the Mandate of Palestine.Bin Saud therefore approved the US's request to allow the U.S. air force to fly over and construct airfields in Saudi Arabia.