1 DECLASSIFIEDWW i A Authorin Minx Israel's Security and Other Problems 535794 70 if 6 Na 9532 HoGwrge Bandy Special Assiatarn to Security Affaizr l Avrahan 83-11mm fanbassadm Km r-sy of Israel 3 Mordachai Wait mister Embassy of Israel 3 133 - William 3 Eiar 1 5 11 inc Prswidcnt for Natiaml COMES m 5 5 5 ng - - -5 lift C 7 I 3 Armbasay Tel Aviv Int-101's Swarm Problgg Ambassador Harman remarked that tho entrant 0 10th state of cffalro in tin ddle East has prevailed for four yarn 31m 1953 the ma subversive efforts had boon effectimly checked in Jordan Lobamn and Inq The moat Baghdad muting of the Arab League had revulod tho tuna-hack o nationalist trends among the Arabs Nasser not having ban able to delta-ta in the all manner When Mr Bandy said that porhnpo' ho roll-hot hall Nasser right down to the Congo the Ambassador aid tho negation not lurly far-fetched that Nasser is a nation spirit and chucked in out is obliged to seek an outlet elsewhere and Africa is now I war Ambassador Barman said that despitc the prevailing ed 0 important elements for anxiety in the 1116le M in MI or Israel 01' these roamat 1 the mat maul hi th- pace since 1955 when it first hogan to acquire an 81m an can of 1957 it bu moved the acquisition of tho-Som KIG-19 a x 1' Hunting Air-to-air missiles When Mr hi lint tn of ninth Amanda - Rama said that he 11 not wound on alums but it 1- would carry a missile of 1 Wu 9001 and high 1 coiling It will ens-mama tho Ian- 1 but an that mu -W and accordingly the Israeli are now dealing with th hutch for the mm which War cannot be delivered for nnotlnr tun month I 3mm $1 COPY - o - DEC Authority -2- The 12v mxadrsr said Israel has aomincing the ah aady has the and that can my haw bun to Iraq Wham Sowjnt trainirq cm have aura-1m in m Ask mi Israel um the man ghtehpilsn are better qualified than formerly the Album Inld that the UAR has to Wu and manta ufforts to raise the quality of its training and Wax-vices coordination The Egyptiangained from that my amen in the 35391 addressed considerable effort to improving the calibre of their offloa- m - Egypt'l military posture ha Marianna a question broached with the sum our a year ago or ability to meet a sudden air attack In bin-ado denade Israel as a country with no defame in I tan-oil mint and great-It lm-ion- no nor than 50 miles by 350 1113 an an bu imsy six airfield 1n the provinces and by virtue of amino smug om shuttle back and Su Israel which has 0113 ' throo Maul thld plus a fourth civilian Wield thich could be pressed into in a an All this mm nut It d'l jat 1mm capacity could be mend out humbly and tho country s mm cyst destroyed thus mating great difficulties for pm manna huh mm on quiet mm with a large now to mum any Anticipating u ulna-0N th that 1 new rapidly doubting mm o naked tho United mm 261 gnu-aircraft muns uu m nun mu up Izod an of omtbomdo 'm mum dem Ill-ad's 1mm ru- m mhm Isl-n11- that if infants 011 is W is aim-mg u'mmlapmun-u aqua-unto I malnutrmw g 194 in an an an a at moi 3 gage-18 r 1 for w cup-dim tut tho 74-3IMAM -M m A u 7 mli Authority Ma a I 0 SECRET 3 - wgsninat ant Hn Unlted States did not wish to Lntvodure 1Jcna1vn r v 2 iidla 555% and advised Israel to gunk itl maj r fradic-anai acurces principally the Frencn and the British The Untied Stvtu had agreed ta sell early-warning equipment an threeuyear credit terms and an team recently a tour of United States installs- tions and factories to became acquaintad with the enuipment It has now returned in Israel which is in the process of daciding whether or not to place an order At the same time Amhansador Harman nantinued the United States agreed to take into consideration the dditional burden placed on the ecnn my by Israel's defeng rgqugrementa Vhiie nwilling to finance such procurement directly tha Israelis had been inforMad the United States would study the impact of arm exponditnru 1n israal s apglicntiom 1n the several categories of aid Hr Bandy askari the iu'abasmador if he was reopening the request for missiles or merely 113115111314 the fact that such a raquaat was is the offing Ambassador Hcrman said he was not undcr instrucieoa even to signal the possibility of such a request but that Iaml 1 during its circumstances in the light of tne UkR's acquisition of the Wasador Harman mentioned brie y possibility of region disarmament which might be easily achieved in than our Eut new the b1 powers inc-mob as all tut-worms for badly stuff Becauae of n volatility of th- at tho introduction a each new device in tho offensiv 1914 carr1co uish 1t Israel' a Manic Reactor Hr Bundy asked the Antacqu 1f Iaml'u construction 01' an atomic reactor do not represent the invitation at than can of with factor he spanking nbout Ambassador Harman said that Imol bl of mm ill husband the reactor Hr Bandy pressed the point on In opinion Ambassador Harman repliod that the if no mm to tho world In created Wessex-y ten-ion It ll '10 0 $3 a mu m Asked for details Ambassador Hum it In inked out quite mm in truth had had an admit-so effect in irt-tiling to bill ton- million nan an of which had bu- mutant for land in said the sensational speculatiollull I 3IDI foundation and ll hi hi macaw to the Secretary or State It W103 far an other M1 A visit to the reactor in Wt Md pres-Id a micro probably would be arranged by in it h are mum to the wake of the present Cabin an k WI negation that ha had a doubt Marion who might b w as tho With of the political DEC LASSIFIED Authority 4 arael s p 9winruxi was reneive guac incy prurr d ngman on hp uesticq fr it z r- the small riizs rej develo ment rnan fez Lb He said it is a small reantor r t ririlar SVHlopment even one much larger to 'i 2 1 9 x r tmf' for Israel's his Graver-Lament would act magnizuie 03' the -xpenditure which must be ram-ec- '97 um a tux magassau ar 15 3mm said that it is modest in 9 nevom 9 ientific axgserimantati'on and the are an a corps of scienLisia inn fifteen years from now wauld be an immrtant 'sset if by that time the great ymrers had made a break-through to establish Q I tceful wes an an ml basis Fundy rsnaygea a 1 mare Ambassador Harare sted again that the United States would be mllauvisad 3 consider for the area A subsidiary benefit would be halting the ow of Cowr-uniat ans-s to Africa He said Israel intelling revs-h that Commle elements ln frican countries are reaching an not directly m the S uvlets but with as an entrepot The Jordan River Problem 1 Mr Bundy asked the Ambassador how be unused Jordan hung probln and the possibility of outside help for its solution Aabasaador Harman reminded Hr Bandy of tho Eric Jofmaton 1011' 2 1181 to achieve agrement among the several ripu'hn stat-II for an luau dim of the waters the Plan having been agreed upon by the technician but 2 11 13 when submitted to the Arab govu'menta Since thin 11 In an MM 01 State had agreed to a man orandi undo - Ihiah it I'olld udst ii parallel srae a Jordan whioh would ran-in within a it established by the Johnston Plan when Mr Bundy ache if thi- appreaoh in tenth to th- am - realization of the Junan Hr that can that a question of Jordanian ability Iron tho sum of 18 m- f mighbors to View with cquaninity Ilml's ha 0 share of the water probably starting in 1963 la-crith the essence of tho Phn as Innov- of tin Jordan's 1 qu the iamuk t Ambassa or Harman indicated that tho of political dim the start of Israel's diversion of tho rim will 6 at the time There would be an explosion if by that tint 3th relatively viable position Hr Bandy asked 11 than in tort between Israel and Jordan on web pmblut no inform-d that m 11mm so little in fact as to mount to than WW mm 51' 5mm msoammou can 35 1 r- Authorin The Ambassador damn-1M Man anemic dunno-at as important not only in the interoata of tho Wan-but hum Jordan s continued existence is esaontm to 'Ihl 111 of the mire at and for that rum deserves any infusion of it tho Wat is able to supply Arab Reign Discussion of Jam's contributinn in the stability or the area led directly to a mama Wt by inhuman - bran that Israel has interested the in and has diatom with tho Dcparmnt Jardan's normal development and tho poacih ity of mung it with offer to move forward with Arab refugu problon Ho Jordan as an emoth proving ground for efforts to 61 - pm the refuqu because than are no polities or 01311 barriers batman um refugee and thu rest of the populace If I pool a 100 000 jobs could be 1 200th in Jordan it would draw of tough at tho him to begin I dispersal from tin camps and disappearance of the tarnish Hr Band asked the Kahuna it b- 1301qu the Arab- an I lm than baton to considor hum not involving a turn to Israel mm Hanan r0911 that be findo'hope 1n the area's heightened interest in economic mam which might me things possible mmI that are out of the question on yuan use The mm are in duvelapnant-nindod Kr Gui suggested that an intelligcnt act-alumni of the taunt wan pretria- h0 000 a the 100 000 John mm In Human mozmm-m tranquillity of' naru'hmhubom flu-dan Hr Sandy's assume that he would be 3111 My my tin It 3 be Immune tin-ouch th- sauna-M 13 y