Memorandum and briefing materials for President Kennedy on the discovery of the Israel Dimona nuclear reactor. Given in preparation for a meeting with Ogden Reid, who had just resigned as US ambassador to Israel.
January 31, 1961
Department of State Memorandum of Conversation, 'Ambassador Reid's Review of His Conversation with President Kennedy'
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Days after his inauguration, President Kennedy met with Ogden Reid, who had just resigned as US ambassador to Israel, for a comprehensive briefing on US-Israel relations, including the problem of the Dimona nuclear reactor.
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NARA, RG 59, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs (NESA/NEA), Records of the Director, 1960-1963, box 5, Tel Aviv - 1961. Originally published in Avner Cohen and William Burr, eds., National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book #547 (April 21, 2016).
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