HAREL QUITS AS PREMIER'S ADVISER ON SECURITY MATTERS

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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: June 30, 1966
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Jerusalem Post Political Reporter
former Head r, ecurity Sem' ices, hac resigned. Mr. Eshkol has accepted the
resignation "with regret", oficials of the Prime Minister's Office said yesterday.
fairs.
Mr. Harel submitted his
have been his feeling that
he had too little authority
in the field of security af-
resigning on various occasions recently
five-minute meeting in Mr.
Eshkol's office on Tuesday
afternoon. According to of-
ficials, Mr. HareI has since
then not returned to his of-
fice and had apparently ter-
minated his work there and
then.
The Government Press
Office late last night issued
1 nesday) accepted the resignation of 11r. Is-
"r HareI, his General Adviser. The resigna-
tion took effect yesterday.
A previous intended. resignation by Mr.
HareI was averted on the day the Prime
Minister left for Africa, a month ago. That
day, officials in the Prime Minister's Of-
half of the Prime Minister's Office stating:
"The Prime Minister and Minister of
Defence, Mr. Levi Eshkol, yesterday (Wed-
lice said that after a meeting with
Esakol, Mr. Harel had agreed to Conti ae
and that mutual agreem
had been reached on
Harel's scope of authori
Since then, Mr. Harel as
said to have claimed t t
the agreed arrangement h d
never been put into effect
Mr. Harel, whose offic 1
title had been General. t-
viser to the Prime Minist r,
assumed the post last
tober, just before the ge
ral elections. Prior to t is
appointment, he had b ?n
engaged in a private c :a-
tracting company, after is
termination as Head of
curity Services resulti ig
from differences with the then Prime M n-
ister, Mr. Ben-Gurion, on policy regard ng
German scientists working in Egypt.
In his latest post as Adviser, Mr. I a-
rel's assignments had included a reappr i,4-
al of Military Government; population s-
persal, and other matters,
Officials in the P.M.'s Office were I st
night unable to say when or whethei a
successor to Mr. Havel would be appoint d.
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