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2131Z 01 June 1967 transmitted message text from
Chief of Naval Information to
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and
Commander, Sixth Fleet and others

P 012131Z JUN 67
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CTG SIX ZERO PT ONE
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UNCLAS
SIXTH FLEET HEADLINE REPORT 1 JUN 67
1. WASHINGTON STAR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BANNER READING "U.S.
MAPS NEW MIDEAST MOVE". STORY SAYS U.S. AND BRITAIN ARE
PLANNING CONFERENCE OF MARITIME POWERS TO BREAK EGYPTIAN
BLOCKADE. WILSON AND JOHNSON TO MEET TOMORROW IN WHITE HOUSE.
SOVIET VETO EXPECTED TO BLOCK ANY UN EFFORT, ITEM SAYS.
STAR ALSO HAS PAGE ONE PHOTO OF SOVIET DE FRAMED BY NOSE OF
U.S. PLANE ON AMERICA.
2. UPI THIS AFTERNOON REPORTS INTREPID RECEIVED
ANTI-AMERICAN SENDOFF FROM HARBOR WORKERS AT PORT SAID AS SHE
STARTED THROUGH SUEZ. ISRAELI SOURCES ARE QUOTED AS SAYING
CARRIER MIGHT GO THROUGH BLOCKADE; HOWEVER, NAVAL SOURCES SAY
SHE IS HEADED FOR THE 7TH FLT.
3. UPI ALSO REPORTS ADDITIONAL U.S., SOVIET, BRITISH WARSHIPS
ARE SAILING FOR MIDEAST. REPORT SAYS SOVIET SUPPLY
ESCORT SHIP, MAGOMET GADZHIEV, ENTERED MED AND 10 MORE
SOVIET SHIPS SCHEDULED TO MOVE THROUGH DARDANELLES, THREE
SAT, ONE SUN, THREE MON. STORY QUOTES LANTFLT HDQ AS
SAYING 10-SHIP TASK GROUP INCLUDING ESSEX AND SUBS ARGONAUT,
ODAX, ARE MOVING INTO EASTERN ATLANTIC AND MED ON GOOD WILL
MISSION. BRITISH CARRIER ALBION REPORTED HEADED FOR MED OR NIGERIA,
4. NY TIMES TODAY RAN SHEEHAN STORY ON SOVIET SHADOWING
ALONG WITH PHOTOS OF VADM MARTIN AND SOVIET SHIP MAGOMET
GADZHIEV. VADM MARTIN QUOTED AS SAYING SOVIET VESSELS
MONITORING FLEET MOVEMENTS "FREQUENTLY ENDANGER OUR SHIPS".
5. WIDE COVERAGE GIVEN IN ALL MEDIA TO SOVIET SHIPS MOVING
TOWARD MED. WASHINGTON POST SAYS 10 ADDITIONAL SOVIET SHIPS
WOULD NOT UPSET NAVAL BALANCE, BUT NO ONE IS SAYING WHAT
PART OF RUSSIA'S SUB FORCE IS MOVING UNSEEN INTO MED FROM
WEST. CHICAGO TRIBUNE HAS COMPREHENSIVE ARTICLE ON SOVIET
NAVAL FORCE IN MED OVER PAST YEARS.
6. MIDEAST CRISIS WAS HIGHLIGHTED ON RADIO AND TV TODAY AND
YESTERDAY. WINSTON BURDETTE REPORTED ON THE INTREPID FOR
CBS FROM CAIRO. DAVID BRINKLEY, NBC, ALSO REPORTING ON INTREPID
SAID REPORT WAS FALSE THAT SHE WAS GOING TO TEST BLOCKADE.
BILL GILL FILM REPORT FROM AMERICA WAS SHOWN ON PETER
JENNINGS ABC-TV NEWS PROGRAM LAST EVENING. FILM SUBJECT WAS
SOVIET ACT [ garbled ] A FILM ALSO SHOWN ON NBC TODAY SHOW.
5. BALTIMORE SUN, CHICAGO TRIB TODAY QUOTE DEFENSE AS
EMPHATICALLY DENYING THERE IS U.S. PLAN TO TEST AQABA BLOCKADE
BY SENDING A U.S. SHIP THROUGH STRAIT OF TIRAN. AN EARLIER
REPORT OUT OF ISRAEL INDICATED U.S. WAS PREPARING TO DO SO.
SEVERAL REPORTS SAY MANY ISRAELIS ARE BITTER OVER CAUTIOUS
LINE TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT. MEANWHILE, EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE
TO OBTAIN GLOBAL DECLARATION OF AQABA, AND U.S. IS CALLING
IN UN FOR BOTH SIDES TO COOL OFF.
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