---
category: Foreign Government
location: Canberra, Australia
start: 1952
summary: The Australian Security Intelligence Service (ASIS) is Australia's external
  intelligence service that passed ASIO's warning about Oscar Guerrero's attempt to
  sell Mordecai Vanunu's Dimona photographs to Israel, enabling Mossad to begin surveillance
  of Vanunu.
tags:
- Organization
- Government
- Australia
- Intelligence
---

The [Australian Security Intelligence Service](/organizations/australian-security-intelligence-service/) (ASIS) is [Australia's](/places/australia/) external intelligence service. It was informed by the [Australian Security Intelligence Organization](/organizations/australian-security-intelligence-organization/) (ASIO) about [Oscar Guerrero's](/people/oscar-guerrero/) attempt to sell photographs of [Israel's](/places/israel/) nuclear facility, provided by [Mordecai Vanunu](/people/mordecai-vanunu/). [ASIS](/organizations/australian-security-intelligence-service/) then informed [Israel](/places/israel/).[^1]

[ASIS](/organizations/australian-security-intelligence-service/) was aware of and gave permission for aircraft loaded with arms to land in Western [Australia](/places/australia/), en route to [Tehran](/places/tehran/), as part of a smokescreen operation by the [Iran-Israel Joint Committee](/organizations/iran-israel-joint-committee/).[^1]

[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.