OUTGOING · TELEGRAM • · INDICATE comq 0 CHARGE TO Origin · • ' '° Department of State ·sq SEetil'f ACTION 5 $ O7 0 6 8 Amembassy TEL AVIT 8 s srK '65 LIMDIS ffli 'kYour 1157 and 1161 ' _ On basis ·lead given by Deputy l ri Min Eban at ''Meet the Press TV inter- i t view NYTimes rep t'ter John F ey · who for· soma years Seientific Edito1 ascertained from Ulysses s Staebler leader us Dtmona teams· l964 ·and 1 65 'f · ' that he had viaited DilnQna fa ility ii l s· ·'' -·consisten t with' ··guidance· agreed • • --1 · ' --_ r · -· -__ ··- · - lfPOll @ for publicity 01'- visit lmp SSi J f therefore 'del ett atatement that •m iseien ti · • fie penoon elh t f · • ' en···t tp• • tnnedDe J·• 19lS i ''F' • ii •········· ·· •··· · ···fl · JiA ' N Cle rancesi NE Ir l t' Ff es' SCI Mr Thomas· xfilxn M DS-322 OECLASSIFJEO E O 13292 ·Sec 3 5 NLJ ·· R l' RODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS PROHiBITEDi UNLESS· - UNCLASSIFIED 03 --ai3 i By# 4'· NARA Date7 J'l-b'f COp y f BJ L tB RA jfy 2 f i TEL AVIV · Page_ _ of telegram t•-----'---------------'------- ----- SECl E'f- Dimona to allay Arab fears about Dimona by pub lie admission US has assured itself as to peaceful character reactor Israeli Counselor Ga zit when apprised of above asked Oepartinental inter- cession to have reference ·to visit deleted from New York Times stoxy · - i · lia _ Department officer said it mo•t unlikely auy us newspaper would 11pon4 to such ' · · J - '-- --- ' ' -' ·jii f -· - -- - '_ _ _ _ - · - ·_ - - _ a req J Ost l n addition this might serve to re ne Fi n11 ejJ4· J g·dteld • piclons -- · _ - · - - · ' _· -· · f' s' ' ' -r is· t _f f ' 1a _· r -_ _- t t - - t - ---c · of Israeli intentions which now seem dissipate d· and produce a mom account · · · · · • i '' 't 1t1 ir -' - - - • - - COPY LRJ LiBRAlfY In a cable to the U S embassy in Tel Aviv Israel Secretary of State Dean Rusk comments on reasons for the secrecy surrounding International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA safety visits to the Israeli nuclear reactor site located in the city of Dimona Department Of State 11 Mar 1965 U S Declassified Documents Online https link gale com apps doc CK2349575212 USDD u wash74137 sid USDD xid fedfdfb0 Accessed 10 July 2020 NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu Read related article Duplicity Deception and Self-Deception Israel the United States and the Dimona Inspections 1964-65 2020-11-03