Posted on 06/29/2009 5:49:57 AM PDT by SJackson
Documents released by Nixon Library show US tried to pressure Israel to sign Nonproliferation Treaty. 'If Israel elects to go the nuclear route it would cause a fundamental change in the US-Israeli relationship,' says unsigned memo, including 'our long-standing concern for Israel's security'
Associated Press Published: 06.25.09, 22:23 / Israel News
Inside the Nixon administration four decades ago, American officials weighed options to pressure Israel to declare that it had a nuclear weapons program.
US officials concluded Israel was "actively working to improve its capability to produce nuclear weapons on short notice."
In an unsigned National Security Council memo, prepared sometime between April 1969 and March 1970, officials worried that the program might make elusive peace with the Arabs even harder to attain.
The memorandum, part of a collection of memos and tape recordings released Tuesday by the Nixon Presidential Library, shows efforts to get Israel to sign the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. This would have required Israel to open itself to international inspection and dismantle any nuclear weapons program it had.
Israel resisted, which the memorandum anticipated, "because Israel views its nuclear option on the NPT as an integral part of its national security." Israel would not be easily influenced, the unsigned memorandum predicted.
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Israel has Nukes but would never use them unless it was the last resort. Nixon and other US President’s know this.
There is a great one lady play called GOLDA’S BALCONY that stars Tova Feldscush. Its worth seeing its about Israel and the six day war and the threat of Israel using their Nukes.
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