On March 25th, 1963, Kennedy met CIA Director John McCone to discuss Israeli’s nuclear program.
Following JFK’s firing of CIA director Allen Dulles, JFK appointed Atomic Energy Commissioner Director, John McCone to fill the vacant position.
JFK picked McCone to head the CIA, because McCone was willing to publicly blow the whistle on Israel’s nuclear program.
Following JFK’s firing of CIA director Allen Dulles, JFK appointed Atomic Energy Commissioner Director, John McCone to fill the vacant position.
JFK picked McCone to head the CIA, because McCone was willing to publicly blow the whistle on Israel’s nuclear program.
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The peak of the confrontation between President Kennedy and David Ben Gurion was Kennedy’s June 15th, 1963 letter that Ambassador Barbour was supposed to deliver to Ben-Gurion the next day (June 16th).
The letter included detailed conditions under which Kennedy insisted that the bi-annual U.S. visits were to be conducted.
The letter was akin to an ultimatum.
The letter included detailed conditions under which Kennedy insisted that the bi-annual U.S. visits were to be conducted.
The letter was akin to an ultimatum.
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Getting back to KENNEDY’s letter to Ben Gurion that was to be delivered on June 16, 1963…
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The new leader that replaced Ben Gurion was LEVI ESHKOL.
He died in office of a heart attack. Hmm.
He died in office of a heart attack. Hmm.
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On July 5th…less than ten days after Levi Eshkol became prime minister…a 3-page letter from Kennedy was delivered to him.
It was virtually the same as the June 15th letter to Ben-Gurion.
The specific demands that were presented to Ben-Gurion on how the U.S. inspection
visits to Dimona should be executed…remained word-for-word in the new letter.
Scientists were to have access to the DIMONA site, including areas where there was plutonium.
It was virtually the same as the June 15th letter to Ben-Gurion.
The specific demands that were presented to Ben-Gurion on how the U.S. inspection
visits to Dimona should be executed…remained word-for-word in the new letter.
Scientists were to have access to the DIMONA site, including areas where there was plutonium.
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Eshkol reluctantly agreed…in principle…to allow regular visits by U.S. scientists to Dimona.
BUT Eshkol did not agree to an early visit, and avoided making a commitment to the bi-annual U.S. inspections that Kennedy sought.
BUT Eshkol did not agree to an early visit, and avoided making a commitment to the bi-annual U.S. inspections that Kennedy sought.
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