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category: "Authors & Journalists"
tags:
  - Person
  - Nuclear
  - Israel
summary: "Arthur Krock was a prominent Washington columnist for the *New York Times*."
born: 1886-11-16
died: 1974-04-12
location: "Glasgow, Kentucky"
---

Arthur Krock was a prominent Washington columnist for the *New York Times*. In December 1960, he served as an intermediary, directing [[John W. Finney]] to [[John McCone|John A. McCone]], then chairman of the [[Atomic Energy Commission]], to get a story about [[Israel]]'s secret nuclear reactor at [[Dimona]]. Krock's role indicated that the administration was looking to plant the story publicly.[^1]

### Footnotes

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 6.