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 @ time, lyndon b. johnson. teller persuaded them end american attempts inspect negev nuclear research center in dimona. in 1976 duckett testified in congress before nuclear regulatory commission, after receiving information american scientist , drafted national intelligence estimate (nie) on israel s nuclear capability.

in 1980s, teller again visited israel advise israeli government on building nuclear reactor. 3 decades later, teller confirmed during visits concluded israel in possession of nuclear weapons. after conveying matter u.s. government, teller reportedly said: [israel] have it, , clever enough trust research , not test, know test them trouble.