Israel Crosses the Threshold II: The Nixon Administration Debates the Emergence of the Israeli Nuclear Program

DOD's Paul Warnke Warned in Early 1969 that Israeli Nuclear Program is "the Single Most Dangerous Phenomenon in an Area Dangerous Enough Without Nuclear Weapons"

President Nixon Overrode Near Consensus of Senior U.S. Officials on Threat Posed by Israeli Nuclear Program in 1969

NSSM 40 and Related Records Released in Full for First Time

National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 485
Posted - September 12, 2014
Edited by William Burr and Avner Cohen
For more information contact:
William Burr - 202/994-7000 or nsarchiv@gwu.edu
Avner Cohen - 831/647-6437 or 202/489-6282 (cell); avnerc@miis.edu
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb485/