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Discusses Baer Case...
...other recent event of international significance in Israel, ambassador said there has been no shake-up of the government following the discovery of Israel Baer's treasonous activities. Baer, a one-time close friend of Premier Ben-Gurion, has been arrested on charges of spying for the Soviet Union...
Although many accounts of the incident in the U.S. press have reported that Baer held a sensitive position in the Israel government. Harman remarked that he has not been on active army duty since 1950. The accused spy has been working, according to Harmon, on a history of the 1948 war. "He has not been an important defense adviser...
...Baer became a lecturer on military affairs at Tel Aviv University. As a member of the International Association of Military Commentators, he was a close friend of Britain's respected military expert, Basil Henry Liddell (The Defense of the West) Hart, who visited him in Tel Aviv. Baer toured NATO instalations in Europe three years ago, lectured in West Germany, and last year paid a visit to Moscow. Another close friend: Israel's Deputy Defense Minister Shimon Peres, one of the favorites eventually to succeed Ben-Gurion. There had been questions before about Baer's loyalty...
...deep agitation, convinced at last, 84-year-old Ben-Gurion broke the news of Baer's arrest to the Cabinet. Then he fainted. Appalled by the prospects of revelations to come, old party leaders were grey with worry. Said one: "We're in terrible trouble...