LIMIT DIBTRIBUTIOB n u s DATE PART II OF SIBJECT - -' ' September 161 1963 Arraugements f'or Dimcn Visits Mr Jobn B IC I llick Counaelor British Embassy lEA RB - Rodger P Davies BEA D - H Earle Russell Jr sy -I L -11 IJ -JJ White House - Mr Komer J tf 1 cc t SEP 2 01963 ' r UliiiX I say TEL AVlt - l cc 2 -J I Mr Da es said he wished to pass to the British Embassy on a basis of strict coutidence information regardiDg the Dimona re etor He referred to Jlr Ormt 1 a earlier statement that tvo visits to the reactor site had been rra ed ud indicated that the Israelis bad agreed to a third visit prior to activation of' the reactor While we did not a Dtic1pate difficulty in turtber semi-annual visits to the site agreement on this point bl4 110t yet been reached We hoped to inspect the reactor complex quite thoroughly including such facilities as fUel fabrication and plutonium separation plAD s The Israelis have again assured us that the reactor is strict tor peacefUl purposes 1 aDd we are inclined to believe this is the cue r' ' D t 'o fill GROUP 3 DoWDgraciecl' # 12-yea o intervals 1 not auto ti declassified SW BRT GPO totoU 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