Nuclear technology and Israel Edward Teller
for twenty years, teller advised israel on nuclear matters in general, , on building of hydrogen bomb in particular. in 1952, teller , oppenheimer had long meeting david ben-gurion in tel aviv, telling him best way accumulate plutonium burn natural uranium in nuclear reactor. starting in 1964, connection between teller , israel made physicist yuval ne eman, had similar political views. between 1964 , 1967, teller visited israel 6 times, lecturing @ tel aviv university, , advising chiefs of israel s scientific-security circle prime ministers , cabinet members. in 1967 when israeli nuclear program nearing completion, teller informed neeman going tell cia israel had built nuclear weapons, , explain justified background of six-day war. after neeman cleared prime minister levi eshkol, teller briefed head of cia s office of science , technology, carl duckett. took year teller convince cia israel had obtained nuclear capability; information went through cia director richard helms president @ ...