VOL. XXXVI

NO. 47

23-AUGUST-1993

Financial and Banking News

AIR FINANCE

Support From Clinton And US Eximbank Swings Saudia Towards BoeingOrder

US Aircraft manufacturers Boeing and McDonnell Douglas appear set to win a$6bn dollar order from Saudia following the personal intervention of PresidentClinton. President Clinton spoke with King Fahd about the order and later toldUS Senator Patty Murray that the order had been secured. The European consortiumAirbus Industrie had also been negotiating hard...