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SOUTH AFRICAN
SUID-AFRIKAANSE CONSULATE-GENERAL
KONSULAAT-GENERAAL
Yakhin House
Yakhinhuis
3 Kaplan Street
Kaplanstraat 3
T el Aviv 6 4 7 3 4
Tel-Aviv 64734

5 Marc h 1 9 7 5
SECRET

T he Se c r e t ar y for F o r e ign A f f air s

PRETORIA
(lm triplicate)

A RMAMENT S B O A R D R E P R E S E N T A T I O N I N I S R A E L : Y o u r S E C R E T
2 of . . I
~tal e r a m N o .

I n order t o hav e absolute clarity on the position

we ar r a n g e d a m e e t i n g i n
of t he I s r a e l i d e f e n c e a uth o r i t i e s ,
t hi s o f f i c e wi t h t h e s enior o f f i c e r concerned, a t whi c h
Cole Ma r e e w a s a ls o p r e s en t
at t a c h h er e t o a joint me m o r a n d u m
I d r a f t ed by o u r -
s el v e s a n d Co l e fa r c e s s et t i n g ou t

(1) The views of the Israeli authorities, and

(2) O ur co m m e n t s a nd re c o m m e n d a t i o n s

With re g a r d t o t h e comment of t h e I s r a e l i a u t h o r i t i e s
in pa r a g r a ph A. 2 ( i i ) ( b ) of t h e m o m o r a n d u m , w e ag re e t h a t i t is
s houl d b e i n c h a r ge of
of par a m o un t im p o r t a n c e th a t Mr J a g o e
all th e A r m a m e n t s Bo a r d p rojects
i n I sr a el . T he D e p a r t m e n t
will be aware that there are several operations going on
s imulta n e o u s l y . If Mr Jagoe concerns himself only with the
a n d ot h e r offic ers of t h e B o a r d a r e sent out f r o m
o ne p r o j e c t ,
t ime to t i m e t o l o o k a f t e r other p r o j e c t s , t h ey may e x p ec t t h e
same status and privileges. W e coul d t h e n h a v e t h e situation
wher e a s u c c e s s i on of o ff i c e r s , w ho h a v e t o s pend p e r i od s
ranging f r o m a f e w m o n t h s t o a year or t w o i n I s r a e l , would
have to be taken on and off our e st a b l i sh m e n t

I f this v i e w i s a c c e p t e d , Sh J e s s e w o u l d b e t h e ~oal
repres e n t a t iv e of th e A r m a m e n t s Bo a r d t o b e a "member" of our
Mission.
 The Department vill be aware that an agreement of
l ease ha s n o t y e t b e e n c o n c l u d e d o n t h e remainder of the 9th
floor. T h e m a tt e r i s b e c o m i n g u r g e n t s i n c e t h e l a n d l o r d i s
holdin g th e a c c o m m o d a t i o n on l y a s a mat te r o f g o o d f a i t h ,
a nd wi t h ou t h a v i n g a c o n t r a c t t o rel y u po n A d ec i s i on , on e
way or the other, is therefore urgent.

C.B.(.';. ~'- - - . " '

C ONSUL- G E N E R A L
SECR1'

O FFICE M E H O R A N D U N

ARMAMENT S B O A R D RE P R E S E N T A T I O N X N I S R A E L

This mecaorandua covers the recomaeadations of the

Xsraeli authorities as veil as our x ecolsieadationsx

A I S R A E L A U T H O R I T I E S I RECOMMENDATIONS t

1 Ve this Ixoraing, 5 Max eh l975 had a meeting with

Col Zv i N e u t e r, the Israeli Defeace Forces' Chief
External Relations Officer nd wi t h C o l H ar e s
80%e of the i ssues 1 ai sed in t el egret% No 27 of
3 March 1975 (received free the Departatent of Foreign
Affairs) were briefly, oa 4 M a r c h 197 5 , b r ou g h t t o
the attention of Col R e u t e r a nd Nr Caraoa, Security
Officer at the Israeli Ministry of' Defeace, to enable
Col Reuter to liaise with his superiors and the
Ministry fo r F o r e i g n Af f a i r e wi t h a v i e w to f u r n i s h
iag a consolidated reply to us

R. C o l . R euter advised us of the followingx

(i) Th e i s sue was completely co-ordinated betweea

the Defence Establishxlent aad the Foreign
Ministry, represented by Nr 7 Aaug, D i r e c t o r
of the W e s t e r n Eu r o p e II D i v i s i o n , under wh i c h
South Africa falls

(ii) X t i s the joint opiaioa of the two Ministries

aad especially of all the Defence sections
involved that the office of' the Arxlaaents
Soard Representative, Mr I Jagoe should'

a) F o r a p art of the Consulate-Geaex'alp

b) t h a t Nr Jagoe should be the AZ%0eats
Board representative co-ordinating all
Arixesleats Ioard projects ia Israel~
c) t h a t h e should be properly supported
with secretarial services by a unit to
be po s t ed f roa South A fr i c a ~
d) t h a t he should be known aad listed as a
Coasul (Scientific) ixx view, firstly, oi
his e n g i a e e r i a g ba c k g r o u n & a n d , s ec o a d -
ly, because of a liaison with such
bodies as the Weisean Xnstitute which
will necessarily follow (Th e Defence
authori t i e s wi11 pro vide t he r e q uired
briefing to the Director General of the
Ministry of Cultux e, under which scientific
 s 2

aatters resort, in order to ensure

that t h e cover i s as se c u r e a s po s s i bl . e i )

(iii) Th e I s r aeli Defence authorities,

ve v e r e
assured, did not "insist" that the Board's
Technical Mission in Tel ~Aviv should operate
as an integral part of the Conssulate General~
Col R e u t er vent to solse pains to verify this
point vith his Hinistry~ H owev er , th e I s r a e l i
uthor i t i e s strongly advise this integration
f or t h e f ol loving reasons s

s It w o u l d b e n e c e s s a r y f o r M r J a g o e t o
work in the closest relationship with
Col Mar ee

This co - o p e r a t i o n sh o u l d b e di r e c t a n d
openq also as far as access to the
diplosssatic pouch and cable and telex
facilities are concerned.

The Israeli Defence Forces a lso w o u l d

pref e r t h at Nr Ja g o e ha s a p r o p e r
standing as a eeaber of the Consulate
General because of probleas which vill
arise froa a point of view of aailitary
censorship~ (The Military censor vill
be unable to extend his protection to a
pri v a t e c o n c e r n , ) and as N r J a go e ' s
proper standing vill facilitate liaison
on th e H a k i r y a i i at the Military Head
quarters an d in t he M i n i s t ry of D e f e nce
s

Additional probleses vould arise if Mr

Jagoess of f i c e v e r e to ha v e a p r i v a t e
n at u r e >
e g secu r i t y pr o b l essa a r e
aultiplied if local authorities (sssunici-
pal, electricity, tax, etc ) a r e b r ou g h t
into the picture in regard to possible
except ions
s As fa r a s Cos sssssandera Orr o c h an d D a r t ar e
concerned, the Defence Ministry is of the
opinion that these tvo officials should
not be regarded as part of the Conaulate-
Generali I t a d v i ses that official pass-
ports and n o t di p l o a a t i c p a s s p o r t s b e
is s u e d t o t h ee However, c ert a i n
diplosssatic isssport privileges can be ex-
tended to thm i n ac c o r d ance with our
Government's requireaents (Ve w o u l d
resmuire special guidance frosl the Depart
rent of Foreign Affairs on the
exact
arrangeesents that ne e d to be saade)
 The Defence Q. aistry foresees no particular
probless in this regard T his i s s u e c a n b e
settled after arrival

(iv) The Israeli Defence authorities are oi the

opinion, and re agree, that a natural relation-
ship be t w e e a ou r C o n s u 1 a t e - G e n e r a l aa d Hr Ja g o e 's
office would be difficult to achieve> if liaison
has to be established between our Defence Section
and a p r i v a t e c onc e r n , espe c i a L L y a s Nr J a go e
will be obliged, because of the nature of his
wort, t oL i a i s e of t e n wi t h C o l blaree i ( M e n t i o n
has already been sade of physical probless such
as diplosatic sail and classified cables )
It
i s e as i e r t o c once a l , w e shoul d add, f r os aa
inter-office point of view, Hr Jagoe's function
and to explain his contact with our Mission if he
is a a e ab e r of the Co n s u L a t e GeaeraL
T he public
sase
observation applies as far as the outside
i c o n c e r n e d . Nr Jagoe is bound to socialise
with the sesbers of our Consulate-Geaeral aad
their friends aad this association will be
natural if he is a colleague

(v) Xt i s , as far as t h e H a i f a pr o ) e c t i s c o n c e r n e d ,
a que s t i o n w h e t h e r p r op e r secur i t y caa b e s a i n -
tained at any length of tise t all,
s is pl y b e -
cause so sany officials and their fasilies will
b e iavolve d Th e Is r a e l De fence authorities
are not too optisistic on this point~ The
Defence Ministry advises, as far s liaison
between Me s s rs Na r e e aa d Ja g o e oa th e on e h an d
a ad C o e a a n d e r s Or r o ch a n d Da r t on t h e ot h er i s
concerned, that seetiags and coaferences in the
Consulate&General should be lisited to off-peak
hours, after hours and to weair ends with a view
to avoiding the unnecessary appearance of Messrs
Orrocls and Dart and incidental officials who say
be visiting Zsrael, at the Coasulate-General
dur i a g t h e ho ur s wh en t h e a e e b e r s of th e pub Li c
visit the Chancery

(vi) Co l . l4euter is of the opinion that the existing

office cosplex vis-i-vis the other offices oa
the 9th floor is quite suitable and that it, ia
fact, is recomaendable that Mr Jagoe's ectioa
will have a separate front doors ( We shoul d a d d
that fros aa office plaaniag poiat of view, the
design of the sain eatraace to the 9th floor could
p erhaps
er A p be so d i f i e d s o m e w h a t i f th e Bo a r d ' s r e -
quireseats are to be covered by the Coasulate-
General The separation of offices, as is the
case oa the existing plans, would sees to
heighten security all around, although a double
passage wi11 result ( Mr Ri e dcert should p1ease
be consulted on this score with a view to
supplying an urgent coaaaeat )
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Sa OU R COMMENTS g

|o Ve are asked to furnish our reconmendations, but the

Departiaent vill appreciate that we are under
er a
a h a n di -
ap in th i s r e g a r d a s e ha v e no t be e n p u t fu l l y i n
the picture regarding the scope and iisplications of
the growing co-operation between South Africa and
Israel in t h e mi l i t a r y f i e l d , t h e r a m i f i c a t i o n s o f
the Armaments moard's projects, or th e d an g e r s
facing South Africa in regard to the future oil supply

Ve only be c a m e a~ a r e of de v e l o p m e n t s o n th e m i l i t a r y
aide, at a stage when agreeaents between the two
countries to co operate in this field had been con-
cluded or had at least reached an advanced stage.
(Coaunanders Orrock and Dart came to Israel in October
j974 only to look into administrative probleas con-
cerning housing, office accommodation, etc'~ and
Mr Jagoe csee to Israel in January i975 on a short
visit gust before he was due to assume duty in Tel Aviv )

3 0 l4 assw e d C h a t the various Departments concerned - the

Departaaent of Defence (DMI and Navy}, the Department of
Foreign Affairs, the Department of Industries {in
relation Co the oil question) and the Aroaaaents Board
had liaised with one another on the issues involved.
Our on ly c o n c e r n , a s e i n t e r p r e t e d o u r r o l e , w as t o
iapleaent decisions taken in Pretoria and to a rr a n g e
the necessary office accosaodation if the Board's office
was to fere part of the Consulate-General

During his recent visit to Tel-Aviv, the Departaental

Inspector explained the decision of the Departaent of
Foreign Affairs whic h w e un d er s t o od h a d a l s o b e e n
conveyed to t h e B oa r d that the Board's representative(s)
aust have offices separate from those of the Consulate-
General We accepted the decision, and t h e re a s o n s f o r
it, vithout question, as ve vere aware of the over-riding
importance of securing the Republic's future oil supplies
and of our dependence on the Arab states in this respect.

It D us
s e e mwsto us that the opinions oi the Israeli
54 shoul d f o r m
th i t i s as r eflected in this aeaorandum,
the basis of a reviev of the position in its vider con-
tert, with all the policy raaiiications~

6. With this caveat, and on the understanding that our

conuaent is necessarily liaited Co the fraaevork agreeof wour
it h
own op e r a t i on ia I s r a e l , we are inclined to
the recoaaendations of the Israeli authorities as
reflected in paragraph A.3(iii) above.
 T We M e u L d a c kd t h a t 4 'oe our vaa t a s e - p o i n t it e e ea a th a t
South Africa is already fully coiiiiitted a far as the
present military pro/sets in Israel are concerned. A
definite security risk vill arise vhen the Haifa
pro ject becoaes operational, if only because of the
nueber of South African personnel involved in the
project~ T h e Is r a e li defence authorities and the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs are aware of this. We
do not f e el howev er , t h a t t h e ri s k w o u l d b e m e a s u r a b l y
increa se d b y h a v i n g t h e B o a r d ' s of f i c e i n t h e C o n s u l a t e -
General, or that the concealaent of Hr Jagoe's true
function would present any ao! e difficulties than we
have e n c o u n t e r e d in a a i n t a i n i n g t h e a l i b i of Co l Na r e e ,
Nr Rothwaann or (while he was with us Nr De l a Sa t o f
the Armaments Boards Lt is o ur iepression that
Mz Ja g o e ' s op p o s i t e n u a b e r a i n I e r a e 1 a r e l i k e 1 y t o
be sore discreet and security conscious than aost
Israeli oificials o

8 Perhaps the main danger would be that if it vere to

that a representative of the Arllaeents
d er t h e e c o v e r of
Ioard was operating in our Mission un er
a cons u la r d e s i g n a t i o n , t h i s c o u l d c a u s e s o a e
s cent t o t h e D e p a r t a e n t o f F o r e i g n A f f a i r s .
o
a ainilsula by strict security precau e whi c h
of a l l c on c e r n e d ) but it ist onet i th
v ua t e d i n Pr et o r a i n t h m enti o ne d i n

i i ssssue
u e ss,,
overs
overa11 review of the policy
paragr ap h $ a bo v e

TEL-AVIV
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