1 --- ---- -I J' 6 eV • - - •• 9•17-65 • - ' • - I • • fU PO TING Ol' l' ICS PITTSBURGH TITLEOF CASE I ' ' BUREAU Ol' l' ICE CW OflUQIN PITTSBURGH j ' • t FEDERAL f ti • 0 I INVE lrlGATION INVESTIQATIVK P'IIIIIOD 12 1 65-6 20 88 I TYP'IED jeJ REFERENCES i - __ • I ' · r ' •' · ' • •• • • · -_ _ -- J· • 1··· ' - ffl - _ f ' ' t •1 · ·' - r - • 1' ' • • i · •' • ' • · • -1 _ - - I - • • '' · · -_ _ r · ' _ -- J - · · 4_ t- ' · - · I • - • · · y · ' · ·- · - - rt -·1· ' J · ··- ·_· tr ·- · - - _ - B -- COVER PAGB IAJn13011M mAC - Fn-204 R• · 3·3·59 UNl 1 STATES DEPARTMENT OF J ICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION I• Copy to1 b7C I Report of PITTSBURGH PA• Date b 1c l 'f Field Office FIie - Bureau FIie Title Characters Synopsll1 - Subject interviewed 6 15 66 and advised that Israel Nwnec Isotopes and Radiation Enterprises ISORAD Ltd was formed approximately one year ago by Nuclear NUIIBC of Apollo Materials and Equipment Corporation Pa and the Israeli Government Formation ot company on partnership basis each holding 501 of stock and each having four members on Board of Directors Purpose of formation Of ISORADwas to conduct research involving irradiation of agricultural products Neither NUMBCnor SHAPIRO has registered with Registration Section U S Department of Justice Washington D C considering NUMEC's business association with Israeli Government aa bona fide business venture _ - P - DETAILS ALL INFOR 1ATION CONTAINED HEREIN LSUNCLASSIFIED DATE4-q· f JBYJP-1 GSK R66 - r St P J fJ 7 r I • •• • Thia docllment contain• neither • racomm•ndal1011a-nor' • ' _' t •_'• · f I • • t • · onclll • • al011• 01-ti1• · '• ' l • ·FBI '·· - It la the proper t Y· 0 f the FBI and la loaned to •· · ' 7 _ · '' ' 1 - ' t - · • • - - - N ··-·- ·' ·- 'c '-4 £ •• 9 -- - c · ·· -- j -' ·· - '1f _·· 1 lDERAL BUREA FINVE GATIOh r - v e _ SC t - - _ ·- - · •P · • • I · ' ' I • · '' -' ' I i -3 - - • On ·- - · rt' ·- _ · ·' - · · 8 1 5 H b1C by _______ Date dictated Thia document contolna nellher recommendollona nor conclu1lon1 of lt e FIi II 11 the property II ond Ill contents ore not to be dlalrlbut•d outside our ogency 2 8 21 M of the FI i ond 11 looned lo your oge ncy • • • ' l'- J 7 c 'I · ··•' '·' ' -- · i ··· · - -1 · ' 1 · · ' ·• · '· - •'· -4· f 't - · · · ·· · 't ' r f -· If i t r 1i Ji1w • tf · · · - 'i - ·t · -·· · · · '- ·- Len th7 n•1otia tl ona were undertaken bf NUJDC '· - - · · ·· witb the Go•ernaent of Israel t or the purpoae of orsanisiq ·· · a coapan7 to undertake reaearcb la tbe field of atoaic - - - - rad1at1oa Theradiation r eaearcll waa tnltiat - ltla tlae ·' · ·t hope that apoilqe of citrua fruit• la •tora1• could be - · _ · -- _ reduced by eradlcatlnc the bacteria which cauaea •poilac• · -and that lrradlat1oa woul d eliainate the tranaportatlon of · · ··· live larvae of the •edi te r ranean fruit f 7 ·_ - • • O O • r 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 O • • O • • • • • 0 O O · • O • • • •R' - • O 0 •·· · In addl tioa to _t he ci tru• irradiation project · ·· ··· • U IOBADla now engaaed in r esearch project• ln•ol•ins tile · _ · irradiation of - t er a1rlcultural producta • ·_ ·· 2· r · · ·- -' · Prior to and aubaequent to the foraa tion of · ISORAD Dr SHAPIROand repr•••ntati••• of l'UIOC dl•cu•nd ·· their plana relative to the or1anizatlon of ISORADwith the United ltatea Atoalc SnerSJ Comlliaaion the SecurltJ Division of the Atoaic Sner11 Coaaiaaion and with an lndiviclual of the United State• Baba••1 ia Israel believed to be the United - ·- ltate• Aaba•aador lubaequeat to tbe fonaatlon of ISORA8 new• aedia 111 the United Sta tea were furniahed detai la of th• 0 1anl t on plana of 180 • ·J · · - · · · _ - Aa'areault · - - ' · _· ·_ aaaociation with I80RAD · · ot Ill• ··# aasociatloa with JOSJ l'S AL _ - Science ttache Zllbaaa of Jarael Jaah nston » ---c' -and - -· · the Purchaaiq Coaaisaion of the laraeli Governaent la · · · York Cit7 111 thia connection - ICtnmC haa sold lta · manufactured product• to the Governaent of tarael after · ·_ · - ··-' securins a licenae froa the Export Coatrol Dlvi•lon of the United Stat•• Departaent of Comaerce · · · - ·· - _ · _ __ Dr SHAPIRO ha• had bu•ln••• •ew -·aade hae - - - - ' - ' - - Dr IIIIAPBO -ff•Z7effort to ·ccaplywltll · · · ·· the law• of the United ltate• la conneotloa wltb h • - •ln- ·f ·i · -- _ · ••nture wltla tile l•ra•li GoYe -me11t •• atat l that Ml1hu · - - wi tb the a siatration lec tloa •• ·1- 7· J · · he nor IMmC bu resiatered · the Vnl ted ltat•• Departaeat of Juaiice Waahlncton •· •- · · conalderlna l1JlllC '• bualneaa aeaociatlon with the laraell ·· · Qoyernaent a• a bona tide buaineaa venture Be •tated that he baa never operated or •erved •• an acent 1n hla opinion of the Israeli Government or any other sovernaent Bl• ·· record• of ahipnenta witb the Departaent of C011111ercear• Be conaidered hia c 11pan1'• aaaoctation open to inspection I - 4 • ·· C f • • ' • ' °''' · ff ' aa·a bona · 1 2 C ' ' ' with the J•raeli Governaent and JSORAD fide -- - · - busineu •enture for th• •ole purpo ot aak1na a profit for MUDC Bi• coapany prior to the foraa tlon of JIOU · · had unsucce••fullJ' attempted to ••tablieh bu•ln•· · ·- · · · · ••nture• w1th lpala and Gera JlY • · - · _ ·• • • • · • Be •tated that be de•ired to hmediatel7 revlft the atatut•• concernina the aeai•tration Act of 1948 for th• purpoae of deterainina if be or hi• company were · violatlna the law ln any aanner whataoever Be pointed out that he had never considered the poa•ibilit7 that be · or hla coapa ny were vlolatina the law • - -' · -• - · ' ' - • • V' - - · _ I • • '• - - ·' --- ·- - · · ' - • fl · · - • •1• · - · · · ·· •• - I __- ·· '