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Responding to an RTI application filed by activist Subhash Agrawal, the MEA said diplomatic relations with Israel were established only in 1992 and therefore the ministry has no information on the same.
The issue had come before the Central Information Commission following an appeal filed by Agrawal, who demanded a copy of the letter along with the file notings which went into drafting it.
Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi agreed with the response given by the External Affairs Ministry saying since "information sought is not available and hence cannot be provided".
Basing his queries on a media report which claimed that Nehru had turned to Israel for help during the 1962 war, Agrawal had sought to know from the Ministry the content of the letter, the response of Gurion and any other communication exchanged between both the countries.
He also asked whether India was reluctant to take delivery weapons from Israel through aircraft sporting flags of that country. "Given the nature of information, where the appellant is seeking information about a purported letter which may have been written with a country with which the Indian government had no diplomatic relations, it is difficult to arrive at any conclusion whether such a record was generated or not," Gandhi pointed out.
He said since the RTI application has already been referred to a number of ministries, all of whom claim no such record exist, it appears that it may not be available on records.
In `The Week` report, which was based on diplomatic cables released by the Israeli government, it was claimed that Nehru had written to his counterpart Gurion after the Chinese launched an offensive in 1962.
Gurion had promised support through a telegram dated November 2, 1962, the report had said.
Later, Nehru is also understood to have sought weapons from Israel but did not want them to be delivered through aircraft sporting flags of that country.
The report claimed that although Gurion had initially said "No flag means no arms," these weapons were eventually shipped to India.
