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April 11, 1969

NATIONAL SECURITY STUDY MEMORANDUM [NSSM] NO. 40, MEMORANDUM FROM HENRY KISSINGER TO SECRETARY OF STATE, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, AND DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, 'ISRAELI NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM'

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    Kissinger initiated a formal bureaucratic process to address how the U.S. government should respond to the emergence of a nuclear Israel, a review process managed by Kissinger’s NSC staff, known as NSSM 40. Through the NSSM Henry Kissinger tasked the DCI, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense to prepare a report for the President that included the latest intelligence findings on the Israeli nuclear program and policy options with recommendations that the President could use in making decisions.
    "National Security Study Memorandum [NSSM] No. 40, Memorandum from Henry Kissinger to Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and Director of Central Intelligence, 'Israeli Nuclear Weapons Program'," April 11, 1969, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, Mandatory declassification review request. Obtained and contributed to NPIHP by William Burr and Avner Cohen. https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/121095

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Kissinger initiated a formal bureaucratic process to address how the U.S. government should respond to the emergence of a nuclear Israel, a review process managed by Kissinger’s NSC staff, known as NSSM 40. Through the NSSM Henry Kissinger tasked the DCI, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense to prepare a report for the President that included the latest intelligence findings on the Israeli nuclear program and policy options with recommendations that the President could use in making decisions.

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Kissinger, Henry, 1923-

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  • Mandatory declassification review request. Obtained and contributed to NPIHP by William Burr and Avner Cohen.

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