W THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON February 8 1961 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject Israeli Reactor Pursuant to your suggestion lest ueek Assistant Secretary Lewis Jones on February 3 raised with Ambassador Harman the subject of the new Israeli reactor and pressed for an early visit to that installation by a qualified American observer In response the Ambassador stressed that Israel has given us categoric assurances that the reactor is solely for peaceful purposes and it is dif ficult for his government to understand the urgency of a visit Furthermore Ben Curios and all of Israel are so thoroughly preoc cupied with the current domestic political crisis that getting Israeli leadership to focus on our request is highly unlikely Assistant Secretary Jones pointed out our awareness of these problems but noted that the cow'administration is very much interested in this matter He expressed the hope that the Ambas sador night be able to obtain some sort of governmental response by the time the Ambassador makes his courtesy call on me within the next ten days or so He shall of course continue to give at- tention to this matter A full memorandum of the Jones-Harman con versation is enclosed calm Dean Rusk DECLASSIFIED 0 12958 Sec 3 5 b I By MNARA Date 1 Cr
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