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Harman, Avraham

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December 13, 2020	Interview of David Irvy Interview with David Ivry, former Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, chairman of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), deputy chief of the General Staff at the IDF, and commander of the Israeli Air Force. Interview conducted by Or Rabinowitz.
November 22, 2019	Leonard Weiss, 'My Involvement with the 1979 Vela Satellite (6911) Event' Statement made by Leonard Weiss about his memories of the 1979 VELA Incident.
November 8, 2019	The VELA Incident: A Statement Written by Dr. Alan Berman A statement written by Dr. Alan Berman about the 1979 VELA Incident.
November 21, 2019	Richard L. Garwin, 'More from a Ruina-panel Member' Accounts and memories of the 1979 VELA Incident and the Ruina Panel put together by Richard L. Garwin.
2019	Elie Geisler, 'The Israeli Nuclear Drama of May 1967: A Personal Testimony' Elie Geisler received training as a radiation-safety officer while serving as a solider at Dimona from 1964 to 1966. As the crisis escalated in late May 1967, Geisler was summoned to meet the head of the Minhal Madaii—the secret scientific administration in charge of the nuclear project—who gave him a special assignment: guarding a radioactive “package” to be placed under heavy security. The following testimony was relayed to Avner Cohen through several interviews and follow-up conversations and email exchanges.
July 19, 1969	Memorandum from Henry Kissinger to Richard Nixon, "Israeli Nuclear Program"
December 27, 1962	Rodger P. Davies to Phillips Talbot, 'Second Inspection of Israel's Dimona Reactor' Summary of second US inspection of Dimona. Although inspectors "were taken to Dimona without advance notification, [and] they had spent only a short time there," they felt that "the visit was satisfacotry in that the AEC technicians could confirm that the reactor is not a power reactor but rather a large research reactor.
October 23, 1962	Department of State Memorandum of Conversation, 'Second U.S. Visit to Dimona Reactor' Results of second US visit to Dimona discussed.
October 22, 1962	State Department Telegram 451 to US Embassy Egypt State Department reports that a second US visit to Dimona reaffirmed previous view that there was no evidence of preparations for nuclear weapons production.
September 18, 1962	William Brubeck, Executive Secretary, to McGeorge Bundy, 'Second Visit by U.S. Scientists to the Dimona Reactor' Memorandum summarizing response to US requests for a second visit to Dimona.