THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ RECEIVED AT HIS FARM IN ROWDAT KHURAIM, NORTH EAST OF THE SAUDI CAPITAL OF RIYADH, TONIGHT VISITING U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT M. GATES AND ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION. DURING THE MEETING, GATES CONVEYED TO THE MONARCH THE GREETINGS OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH. IN TURN, KING ABDULLAH SENT HIS GREETINGS TO THE PRESIDENT. THE AUDIENCE WAS ATTENDED BY CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL; PRINCE MIT'EB BIN ABDULAZIZ, MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL AND RURAL AFFAIRS; PRINCE BADR BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD; PRINCE ABDUL-ILAH BIN ABDULAZIZ; PRINCE MIQREN BIN ABDULAZIZ, CHIEF OF GENERAL INTELLIGENCE; PRINCE KHALID BIN SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, ASSISTANT MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR MILITARY AFFAIRS; PRINCE FAISAL BIN ABDULLAH BIN MOHAMMED AL SAUD, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF GENERAL INTELLIGENCE; PRINCE GENERAL MIT'EB BIN ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ, ASSISTANT DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD; OTHER PRINCES, AND U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE KINGDOM JAMES OBERWETTER. THE GUESTS AND THE SAUDI SENIOR OFFICIALS HAD DINNER WITH THE MONARCH.