1 9 7 4 . ▁For ▁example , ▁the ▁Israel is ▁quickly ▁provided ▁C IA ▁with ▁the ▁Russian ▁text ▁of ▁K hr ush chev ' s ▁Secret ▁Spe ech ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁which ▁sever ely ▁critic ized ▁the ▁dece ased ▁Soviet ▁dict ator ▁Joseph ▁St alin . ▁In ▁August ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁M oss ad ▁had ▁arranged ▁for ▁Isra eli ▁ac quisition ▁of ▁a ▁Soviet ▁Mi G - 2 1 ▁f ighter ▁from ▁a ▁dis aff ected ▁Ira qi ▁pilot . ▁M oss ad ' s ▁Me ir ▁Am it ▁later ▁came ▁to ▁Washington ▁to ▁tell ▁D CI ▁Hel ms ▁that ▁Israel ▁would ▁loan ▁America ▁the ▁plane , ▁with ▁its ▁up - until - now ▁secret ▁technology , ▁to ▁find ▁out ▁how ▁it ▁fle w . ▁At ▁a ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁NS C ▁meeting ▁Hel ms ▁vo iced ▁pra ise ▁for ▁Israel ' s ▁military ▁prepared ness , ▁and ▁argued ▁that ▁from ▁the ▁captured ▁Mi G - 2 1 ▁the ▁Israel is ▁" had ▁learned ▁their ▁less ons ▁well ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁C IA ▁analysis ▁addressed ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁an ▁armed ▁conflict ▁between ▁Israel ▁and ▁neighbor ing ▁Arab ▁states , ▁predict ing ▁that ▁" the ▁Israel is ▁would ▁win ▁a ▁war ▁within ▁a ▁week ▁to ▁ten ▁days ." ▁Israel ▁" could ▁defeat ▁any ▁combination ▁of ▁Arab ▁forces ▁in ▁relatively ▁short ▁order " ▁with ▁the ▁time ▁required ▁depending ▁on ▁" who ▁struck ▁first " ▁and ▁circumstances . ▁Yet ▁C IA