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May 31, 1961
British Embassy was informed about the contents of President Kennedy's discussion with Ben-Gurion on the Dimona reactor.
June 9, 1961
Notes from Meyer on the Ben-Gurion/Kennedy meeting in New York.
June 7, 1961
Israeli record of conversation between Prime Minister Ben-Gurion and President Kennedy in New York.
May 30, 1961
US memorandum of conversation of Prime Minister Ben-Gurion and President Kennedy's discussion in New York.
May 18, 1961
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 1, 1961
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.
February 20, 1961
Departing Ambassador informs President Kennedy that an American inspection of the Dimona nuclear facility can be arranged.
February 8, 1961
Rusk informs President Kennedy about the outcome of Assistant Secretary of State G. Lewis Jones's meeting with Israeli Ambassador Harman.
January 31, 1961
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.
January 10, 1994
Transcript of interview by Avner Cohen with senior Kennedy advisor Myer "Mike" Feldman. Myer Feldman, close aide to JFK and special liason to Israel, discusses the negotiations between the US and Israel regarding the Non-Proliferation treaty in this 1994 interview.