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Nuclear Scientists & Programs	Person Nuclear Israel	Allen Dulles served as the Director of the CIA from 1953 to 1961.

Allen Dulles served as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1953 to 1961. He, along with his brother John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, were infuriated by Israel's attempt to mask the extent of its military buildup prior to the 1956 Suez Crisis. He was regularly present at White House briefings where intelligence from U-2 Spy Plane flights, including early information on Dimona, was presented.¹

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1. Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. Chapter 4. ↩︎