Lot 171
Director of CIA, William J. Casey - Dedication on his Book, to Avraham Shalom Bendor, Director of the Israel Security Agency
Where and How the War was Fought, an Armchair Tour of the American Revolution, by William J. Casey. New-York: William Morrow & Company, 1976. English.
A handwritten dedication by the author, William J. Casey, Director of CIA, appears on the endpaper: "To Mr. Bendor in appreciation of the relationship between our services".
William J. Casey (1913-1987), served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States, during the years 1981-1987.
Avraham Shalom Bendor (1928-2014) joined the Israel Security Agency in 1950. In 1952 he was appointed as head of the operations unit in Jerusalem, and in 1954 was sent abroad by the "Mossad". Shalom Bendor served as deputy commander of the mission to capture Adolf Eichman, and was later appointed as head of a department in the "Mossad" and head of an Operations Department in the Israel Security Agency. In 1980 he was appointed as head of the Israel Security Agency, a post he held until 1986, when he was obliged to retire due to his involvement in the "Bus 300 Affair". 352 pp, 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.
