No MR r' r e -' __ - h -r - ' ' ·s # S G EN C E Ld J No J cJ- OBI D C · 20305 It· I d f FF CE 1 F l -J £ DI AEC TOR 0 _ s The z Dear I anisey You a re vIe-II a vare of the g reat concern v licIl exists at the higb e st lev els of tllis C o'vernrr Lent -vitIl re ga d to the proljieration of ·v ecLpon so the eA' anding use of for power and tb e greater Ci'lilian iD volvement vitl1 luclear material there is a real dcLll gel traffic in these materi us migh t OCCU1'o CO Eolooool - 00 U 8 00 l o 0 '0 E-U'- N aa z ' 9 t - In thlS conrlectloll 1 loulel lilce to brlng the followIng matte to your atte ltion l 1aterials an d Equipment Corporation of Apollo Pennsylvania is one of the principal processors of nuc lear rnaterialE S'llCIl as plutc11iu rn and U 235 vhich if divertecl c01 lIel be for Altho'Llgrl'NUW£C ma cle periodic 1 ' I h YJ· E n e r gy ·c 0 rn n 1 S S n c a l Q v e 1 tOT' 1 e s a I1C t e -11 tea l t a t e s tom 1 c p e r fornled a n'urn'ber' of accoul1 tability survevs a si gnificant W CF1 '-' j' 1 u ' ' iflQ -r ------------·---- i - 1 ' al Tashin gto n C Q -u II C lark rr le P t t o r Y1 e y Ge r IJ o J qU27utity of nrich ed 1J23 5 possibly represen ting a cumulati re loss over a period of could n ot be accounted for in the sprin g of 1965 Tllese losses ca rne to light in tlJe closing Ollt of a cantrae to of the of NUME Cts records and the nature of tb e ope ration the dispositiol1 of this material COllld not be identiJiecia j 't that tirne the AEC reF orted th at al thOUg l it not be st lted vith c e r taint r that a di Tersion of Lh is material h' u i llot takerl T10 had been found to Sl lpport the possibility of di 'ersiorl and thaLt other i nforrrlation did exist to reduc e suc h a pos sibility n -from p ntd R FGRILibraff T r-- 1 r··· r· r --r 7 ' I 1 ' • I' r 5Xl I It is c ritica l for us to establish wh ether or not the Israelis no' v l1a've tIle cap' 3 bility fabJ ica ting nuclear weapons vhichrnight be ernploy'ed in t h e I rear E ast F'urtllermore irltrodu ction by Israel of 's lch iilto their arsen2 1 'uncloubtedl-y affect the N'on-Prolifer ation l'reaty vhich has been pla ced before tile United Nations t1'le States an d the Giverl the a torelnentioned circutnstances I urge tIlat Federal Bu reau c f be called upon to initiate a dis creet s igatiorl oJ an all source n ature of Dr Shapiro in ord er to estat lish the nature arld extent of his relation' Sllip tlle Jo rernment of Israel J Sincerely Richay'd Helms • ' f 2 I Q • __ t iii s _ · Phctocow from GaraId R Ford lJbrmy