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March 28, 1961	Department of State Memorandum of Conversation, 'Dimona Reactor' Assistant Secretary Lewis Jones asks again about arranging a US visit to the Dimona nuclear facility.
March 13, 1961	Department of State Memorandum of Conversation, 'Dimona Reactor' Ambassador Harman says there is no news about arranging a US visit to Dimona.
March 3, 1961	Memorandum by Secretary Rusk to President Kennedy, 'Israeli Reactor' Rusk summarizes a meeting between Assistant Secretary Lewis Jones and Teddy Kollek for the president.
February 26, 1961	Department of State Memorandum of Conversation, 'U.S.-Israeli Relations - The Dimona Reactor' Assistant Secretary G. Lewish Jones reports on a conversation with Teddy Kollek about arranging a US visit to Dimona.
February 20, 1961	US Mission to the United Nations (New York) Telegram No. 2242 to Department of State, 'Eyes Only' from Reid to Secretary Departing Ambassador informs President Kennedy that an American inspection of the Dimona nuclear facility can be arranged.
February 16, 1961	Department of State Memorandum of Conversation, 'Israel’s Security and Other Problems' US National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy meets with Ambassador Harman to discuss the Israeli nuclear facility at Dimona.
February 13, 1961	Department of State Memorandum of Conversation, 'Inspection of Israel’s New Atomic Reactor' Secretary of State Rusk meets with Ambassador Harman to raise the desirability of a US visit to Dimona, noting that Israeli "candor" was important to the state of the US-Israeli relationship.
February 8, 1961	Memorandum, Secretary of State Rusk for the President, 'Israeli Reactor' Rusk informs President Kennedy about the outcome of Assistant Secretary of State G. Lewis Jones's meeting with Israeli Ambassador Harman.
February 3, 1961	Department of State Memorandum of Conversation, 'Israeli Reactor' Assistant Secretary of State G. Lewis Jones meets with Israeli Ambassador Harman, to discuss the Dimona reactor Harman explained that the Israeli government was preoccupied with an ongoing domestic political crisis.
February 2, 1961	Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs to Secretary of State, 'President’s Suggestion re: Israeli Reactor' Concerned about a recent visit to Cairo by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Semenov and the possibility that the Soviets might exploit Egyptian concerns over Dimona, President Kennedy pressed State to arrange an inspection visit at Dimona by a US scientist.