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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.
May 5, 1961	Memorandum by Secretary of State Rusk to President Kennedy, 'Visit to Israeli Reactor' The Israeli Embassy has confirmed the visit by two American observers to the Dimona nuclear facility for May 18.
May 1, 1961	Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Philips Talbot to Secretary of State, 'Ben--Gurion Visit and Israel’s Reactor' Ambassador Harman requests that the US visit to Dimona be delayed until after Prime Minister Ben-Gurion and President Kennedy meet in New York on May 30th.
May 1, 1961	Deputy Assistant Secretary Meyer Memorandum of Conversation, 'Visit to Israeli Reactor' Armin H. Meyer discusses the US visit to Dimona with Mordechai Gazit.
April 28, 1961	State Department Telegram 798 to US Embassy Tel Aviv Israelis have been informed of the details of US visit to Dimona.
April 17, 1961	Assistant Secretary Jones, Memorandum of Conversation, 'U.S. Visit to Dimona' Jones proposes to Israeli Minister Plenipotentiary Mordechai Gazit that the US visit to Dimona be kept "quiet" rather than "secret."