Stuart Symington
Stuart Symington was a Democratic Senator from Missouri.
Stuart Symington was a Democratic Senator from Missouri. He was a strong backer of Adlai E. Stevenson for the Democratic presidential nomination. Paradoxically, Symington later emerged as an ardent supporter of a nuclear-armed Israel while also authoring key Senate legislation to limit the spread of such weapons.1
In April 1963, Shimon Peres discussed nuclear weapons with Senator Symington, who was then a ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Symington reportedly told Peres, "Don't be a bunch of fools. Don't stop making atomic bombs. And don't listen to the administration. Do whatever you think best."1
Sources
- Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. Chapter 8, 9. ↩
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