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1503Z 07 June 1967 transmitted message text from
Commander, Sixth Fleet to Joint Chiefs of Staff

Z O 071503Z JUN 67
FM COMSIXTHFLT
TO JCS
INFO CNO
CINCUSNAVEUR
USCINCEUR
CINCUSAFE
DIA
NSA
BT
S E C R E T
A. COMSIXTHFLT 070626Z JUN 67
1. THIS AMPLIFIES REF A.
2. PRIOR TO 052015Z JUN 67 SIXTHFLT AIRCRAFT WERE ENGAGED IN NORMAL
TRAINING OPERATIONS IN THE SEA OF CRETE AND SOUTH OF THE WESTERN
END OF CRETE. NO AIR OPERATIONS WERE AUTHORIZED EAST OF LAT 30E OR
WITHIN 100 MILES OF THE EGYPTIAN COAST. THESE RESTRICTIONS
PROVIDED A MINIMUM APPROACH DISTANCE FOR AIRCRAFT TO THE COASTS OF
ISRAEL AND SYRIA OF NO LESS THAN 240 MILES AND TO THE COAST OF EGYPT
FROM ALEXANDRIA WEST OF NO LESS THAN 100 MILES. AT
052015Z JUN 67 THE OPERATING AREA FOR SIXTHFLT UNITS WAS EXPANDED
TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE EASTERN MED EXCEPT THAT NO OPERATIONS,
EITHER SURFACE OR AIR, WERE PERMITTED WITHIN 100 MILES OF ISRAEL,
SYRIA, OR EGYPT OR WITHIN 25 MILES OF CYPRUS.
3. ON 5 JUN BOTH CARRIERS WERE OPERATING IN POSITIONS WHICH WERE
IN EXCESS OF 400 MILES FROM ISRAEL OR SINAI. FLIGHT OPERATIONS
ON AMERICA WERE CONDUCTED FROM 0915Z UNTIL 1235Z AND ON SARATOGA
FROM 0828Z UNTIL 1313Z. FLIGHT OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED FOR
TRAINING PURPOSES AND WERE ROUTINE IN ALL ASPECTS. ON 6 JUN
LIMITED AIR [sic] OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED DURING THE DAY FOR ROUTINE
PURPOSES. NO NIGHT OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED BY EITHER CARRIER.
4. ALL SIXTHFLT CVA PILOTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN AIR OPERATIONS
ON 5 AND 6 JUN HAVE BEEN QUERIED CONCERNING THEIR TRACK LINES AND
ANY VOICE COMMUNICATIONS EITHER TRANSMITTED OR RECEIVED, AT
NO REPEAT NO TIME WERE THE AIRSPACE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN PARA
1. ABOVE VIOLATED, I.E., ON 5 JUN NO SIXTHFLT CVA AIRCRAFT
APPROACHED THE ISRAEL OR SINAI COASTLINE CLOSER THAN 240 MILES
AND ON 6 JUN NO SIXTHFLT CVA AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE ISRAEL, SYRIA OR
EGYPT COASTLINES CLOSER THAN 100 MILES. TRACKS FLOWN WERE
ACTUALLY FARTHER FROM ISRAEL/SYRIA/EGYPT THAN THE ABOVE LIMITING
FIGURES. DURING THESE FLIGHTS NO REPEAT NO SIXTHFLT PILOT EITHER
TRANSMITTED OR RECEIVED ANY RADIO TRANSMISSIONS FROM STATIONS
EITHER IN OR UNDER THE CONTROL OF ANY COUNTRY IN THE MIDEAST
ENGAGED IN THE CURRENT CONFLICT, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
BY RELAY. IN SHORT, ON 5 AND 6 JUN NO SIXTHFLT AIRCRAFT OVERFLEW
ISRAEL, SYRIA, OR EGYPT AND NO COMMUNICATIONS WERE ESTABLISHED
BY SIXTHFLT PILOTS WITH ANY RADIO STATIONS CONTROLLED OR UTILIZED
BY ANY OF THESE COUNTRIES.
5. NO FLIGHT OPERATIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR 7 JUN FOR EITHER SARATOGA
OR AMERICA. THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN PARA 1
ABOVE CONTINUE IN EFFECT.
GP-3
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Messsage subject lineage:

080110Z JUN 67 JCS
081903Z JUN 67 CINCUSNAVEUR
082127Z JUN 67 JCS
132105Z JUN 67 CINCUSNAVEUR

Message displayed as Document 192 in the Department of State Foreign Relations of the United States, Johnson Administration, 1964-1968, Volume XIX, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1967.

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