-W epro uceo ram 6 Essa E El DECLASSIFIED 0 meat 603518 Drafting a f jaad O irer i implies eries 1 f5 1 1- a g4mg Memorandum of Conversation DATE April 10' 1%l UsSn Visit to Dimona Reacter Site rd - I - @3515 - -- H's Pam-IPAN-Ts vraham Harm-a o- Mbassag s 8W a%ilmnea ewes Lew-Philip Farley s as som aam- lfr wasby gnwa as JUL 3 8 COPIES Tea 51s a 3 1 35 immense 2 it 5 sis was 3 15 5 MIG Kratzer-nwx a wane i isaem sassy Tel a 2 g new I Ambassadex Harman said that he had came in undetwinstruetiens__l if to cenvey an invitation-fer an Ametieae to visit the Bimena reactor site during the week ef May_lSl The Israeli Gevetnment wished the visit to be secret since any publicity could have a most undesirable Earle said that the handling ef the visit had been givenea g good deal of thought on the U93a sidea Gur_eencept had been that on $5 the pattern at U989 teehnical with other countries_a-lr engaged in reactor develeysent a pair of UQSQ reacter experts withV competence in planning and design ef'heavy'watet reasters might go to Israel st discussions with the Israeli scientists aes engineers engaged in the projecta Such discussions might well be very useful to the Israeli techniciansa The discussions weule give an sppettu ity in a meet natural way for an incidental visit to the resetet sitel'Tlieg ited States did net wish pnhlieity'ane wenld want to handle themtgip quietly but to label it secret and make-extreme efforts ts ave gs any knowledge of the visit might be cemetereproeuetivea i Ambassader Harman emphasized the myortance his government- gar attached t0 the visit not becoming known either before or Lesent 'He recognized the sessibility of a leak and thenght the peel 11 ll s's ass in ass- seasde vim in 7 used from the Unclassmed Declassi ed Holdings ofthe National Archives In 1 I 'l iice suggested'by ra Farley might'bc the proper one in that case MIG Jencs_said that the-United States had always thought of a 'qciet visita -There was a gccd-deal o Congressicna1 interest lead to thc'Department being asked Whether any Americac had visited the site He asked'thther also bcicg'ma e for others t0 g0 to he site nCh as British or _Swedish Expects gointing out that a special United relatioQShi mighi'bc ccdesirab1ea - @bassc cr Harman sai that the invitat on to the United States was in discharge of the Specific promiseiby Benchxion that he wcu1d invite scmecne Exam the Ucited States - - It was agreed that'Mrg Farley Should a vise the Aniassador directly as to the namcs of the visitcr or'visitcrs Wham the Unitec- States wiShed to suggest and as to the acceptability cf the cimc prOposedq -