Authority MND 6' 7 5 29 Cf COLLECT ED CHARGE TO SECRET Classification origin ACTION Membessy TEL AVIV gr 0 PRIORITY _rw J'Tn-sz info EYES ONLY monsoon EDIETEL 833 m Lwlz 1W Be your Msy discussion with EenuGurion your statement to PriMin correctly reflects intensity of Presidential concern for prompteSt affirma tive GOI reply to our prOpossl for Dimona visits with first visit this month This-is a matter USG views as vital to peace and stability in Near East which PriMin has written must be matter of critical concern for both Israel and USS It appears here he may now be attempting 2 33 throw question of Dimone inspections into arena of bargaining for things it Israel wants from us such as secunity guanantee As President made clear A to nos meir in December this is matter of global responsibility for USG transcending what we expect to be reciprocal give and take in our bilateral relationsa You should therefore press this_with PriMin and Mrsa Meir with great urgency particularly with former in event you sense his reference in May 5 conversation to her leaving hospital shortly is refer to foregoing as you deem useful as indication of USG concern and also to tactic to delay early affirmative replye In farther conversations you may 1 In his May 1961 conversation with Ben-Gurion President did not 5 f Telegraphic transmission and i J Drafted be NBA N l ianswford ebb 5 8 63 Ciearances SCI 8 3 White House Mr Komer Mro Lit REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY ISM NEA Mr Gotta SECRET PROHIBITED UNLESS USE OR Classifi an x 2 35 05-322 DECLASSIFIED 7 7 7A Authority MMD 137573 a- VIV telegram to Amemhassy TEL A I SECRET Classification lursgsat not suggest substitution of neutrals for-Americans to onserve Ulm nao I President asked whether it would not be helpful to let neutrals also repeat also rea tor v Ban Gurion said he would have no objection and President espreSsed - - A 4A satisfaction at PriMin s reply 2 On December 27 1962 in context of discussionaon our need to be fully informed of developments re Israel s reactor Mrs Meir told President there would not be any difficulty us I a I 3 On April 2 President also Spoke to Israel DEPMINDEF Fares re our gave uneQuivocal assurance re Israel s present actions in that field h 'In conversation_with you April 2 BeneGurion did not when you broached pronosal'fOr semi-annual visits I 5 USG is Israel s friend and there is close identification of inter st between us but us do not think-any nation regards Israel as USG satellite Nor as 601 aware has our handling'of Dimona visits been source of public or priVats embarrassment to Israel Gn contrary it has been most helpful in giving quiet international supnort to-Israal s statements of gsaoaful intention and thus damping down dangers of precipitate ill-conceived reactions by Israel s neighborS Our intention would be handle info from future visits_in same quietly_ussful mannsr I 6 In answer to the Israeli that we are not insisting on inspection in the Arab countries you should say that we have a good line on any Arab nuclear efforts and that these do not amouatt gcka serious program Therefore we consider this argument not to he a valid nn Lone from the standpoint of the advanced Israeli program RUSK SCP -- 3 END stems Classification g EYES ONLY 7 0 yum u - NOT-Copies Received green Master Fi f Copy CLASSIFICATION SECRET POST TEL AVIV INCOMING OUTGOI NG NUMBER 800 DATE 5 10 63 1 CONTROL 5663 v f 1 5 SUBJECT Embtel 833 I WHITE HOUSE Ajg w WFILWOM HF MIL-DY CIA NR Igne VICE PRESIDENT AF I TREASURY ARA OTHER EUR BTF CONFERENCE FILE FR j DIPLOMATIC EXCHANGE FILE m 7 pR CLASSIFIED SITE Copies Destroyed 5- I 1 31 EYES ONLY 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