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May 31, 1961	State Department Telegram 5701 to U.S. Embassy United Kingdom British Embassy was informed about the contents of President Kennedy's discussion with Ben-Gurion on the Dimona reactor.
June 9, 1961	Memorandum by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East and South Asian Affairs Armin H. Meyer of White House Discussion on Ben-Gurion/Kennedy Meeting Notes from Meyer on the Ben-Gurion/Kennedy meeting in New York.
June 7, 1961	Ambassador Harman’s Record of Ben-Gurion/Kennedy Meeting, with attachment on the 'Atomic Reactor' (and transcript), sent with cover letter by Mordechai Gazit to Israeli Foreign Ministry Israeli record of conversation between Prime Minister Ben-Gurion and President Kennedy in New York.
May 30, 1961	Memorandum of Conversation, 'President Kennedy, Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, Ambassador Avraham Harman of Israel, Myer Feldman of the White House Staff, and Philips Talbot, Assistant Secretary, Near East and South Asian Affairs' US memorandum of conversation of Prime Minister Ben-Gurion and President Kennedy's discussion in New York.
May 29, 1961	Department of State Briefing Book, 'Israel Prime Minister Ben-Gurion’s Visit to the United States' Preparatory materials for Ben-Guiron's visit.
June 7, 1961	Atomic Energy Commission AEC 928/1, 'Visit to Israel by U.M. Staebler and J.W. Croach, Jr.' Summary of a visit by AEC scientists U. M. Staebler and J. W. Croach, Jr., to nuclear facilities in Israel, including the Dimona reactor.
May 26, 1961	Memorandum from Executive Secretary L. D. Battle to McGeorge Bundy, 'U.S. Scientists Visit to Israel’s Nuclear Reactor' During their visit to Israel (May 17-May 22), AEC scientists Croach and Staebler visited the Weizman Institute, the Technion, the USAEC-funded swimming pool experimental reactor at Soreq, and finally the Dimona complex then under construction. When Croach and Staebler met with State Department officials on their return, they said that they were "satisfied" that the reactor was "of the scope and peaceful character" claimed by Israeli officials.
May 18, 1961	Memorandum, by L.D. Battle, Executive Secretary, to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, 'American Scientists’ Visit to Israel’s Dimona Reactor' President Kennedy told the new US ambassador to Israel, Walworth Barbour, that he was concerned about Israel’s insistence on a secret visit as well as the "absence of a 'neutral' scientist" in the visit to Dimona. The State Department took the position that it was better to put up with Ben-Gurion’s "sensitivities" about secrecy than "have no visit" at all
May 16, 1961	Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy and Outer Space Philip J. Farley, Memorandum of Conversation, 'Israeli Atomic Energy Program' Farley reports on a conversation with Mordechai Gazit regarding the American visit to Dimona and the purposes of the visit.
May 15, 1961	Director of the Office of Near Eastern Affairs Robert C. Strong to Armin H. Meyer, 'Suggested Points to be Made to U.S. Scientists, Dr. Staebler and Dr. Croach, at the Meeting at 2:30 p.m., May 15' Instructions for the two US observers visiting the Israeli nuclear facility at Dimona.