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Dale objected to the policy change after the 1967 [[Six-Day War]], when [[Walworth Barbour]] ordered the embassy's military attachés to stop reporting on [[Dimona]] and to no longer undercut the Israelis by conducting operations with their British or Canadian counterparts. This disagreement soured their relationship, and Dale remained convinced that his stance on [[Dimona]] set back his career.[^1]
In the fall of 1967, [[Henry A. Kissinger]], then a [[Harvard University]] professor and consultant on [[Vietnam]] to the [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]] administration, visited [[Tel Aviv]]. He sent an urgent, top-secret message to the White House through Dale, warning about [[Dimona]] and concluding that [[Israel]] was making nuclear warheads. Dale also recalled Kissinger's warning: "I'll have your ass if this gets out."[^1]
In the fall of 1967, [[Henry A. Kissinger]], then a [[Harvard University]] professor and consultant on [[Vietnam]] to the [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]] administration, visited [[Tel Aviv]]. He sent an urgent, top-secret message to the [[White House]] through Dale, warning about [[Dimona]] and concluding that [[Israel]] was making nuclear warheads. Dale also recalled Kissinger's warning: "I'll have your ass if this gets out."[^1]
After leaving [[Israel]], Dale attempted to raise questions about [[Dimona]] with senior government officials in [[Washington, D.C.]] and later with the [[State Department]]'s Policy Planning Council, but his efforts were met with resistance and warnings not to discuss the issue publicly. His final paper on nonproliferation did not mention [[Dimona]].[^1]