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2044Z 07 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 072044Z JUN 67
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TO CINCUSNAVEUR
COMSIXTHFLT
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CTG SIX ZERO PT ONE
CTG SIX ZERO PT TWO
CTF SIX ONE
CTF SIX TWO
CTF SIX THREE
INFO CINCPACFLT
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UNCLAS
SIXTH FLEET HEADLINE REPORT 7 JUNE 67
1. ALL MEDIA TODAY DEVOTING EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF UN PLEA FOR
CEASE FIRE, AND U.S. DENIALS OF COLLABORATION WITH ISRAEL. LAST
NIGHT ON NATIONAL TV GOLDBERG INVITED UN OBSERVERS TO COME ABOARD
SIXTH FLT SHIPS AND SEE FOR THEMSELVES THAT U.S. SHIPS HAVE TAKEN
NO PART IN CONFLICT.
2. UPI CARRYING STORY AT NOON TODAY DATELINED AMERICA SAYING NO
PLANES FLEW OFF AMERICA 6 JUN. FLIGHT OPS FROM AMERICA AND
SARATOGA ARE BEING KEPT TO MINIMUM BECAUSE OF CRISIS, STORY SAYS.
TOP NAVY SPOKESMAN ABOARD AMERICA QUOTED AS EMPHATICALLY DENYING
THAT PLANES FROM EITHER CARRIER INVOLVED IN ANY OPS IN
FIGHTING AREA.
3. AP STORY DATELINED AMERICA RAN IN BALTIMORE SUN TODAY, SAYS
THERE WERE NO FLIGHTS BY AIRCRAFT ABOARD SIXTH FLT CARRIERS
AMERICA MORNING OF 6 JUN, AND NEWSMEN COULD SEE NO INDICATION
THAT AMERICAN PLANES HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE COMBAT OPS.
STORY INDICATED A4'S HAD NO BOMBS, F4'S EQUIPPED ONLY WITH DE-
FENSIVE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES. AN RA5 TOOK OFF APPARENTLY TO PHOTO
SOVIET SHIPS. WRITER SAYS CARRIER STRIKE FORCE SHIFTED TO HIGHER
STATE OF READINESS NIGHT OF 5 JUN TO PREPARE FOR ANY CONTINGENCY.
ITEM ADDS THAT STATEMENT FROM OFFICE OF VADM MCCAIN SAID SIXTH
FLT UNITS WERE "CONDUCTING BUSINESS AS USUAL".
4. NIEL SHEEHAN OF NY TIMES REPORTS IN STORY DATED 6 JUN THAT
AMERICA HAS BEEN PLACED IN READINESS CONDITION THREE AS SHE
STEAMS TOWARD EASTERN END OF MED. SHEEHAN SAYS THAT ON EVENING
5 JUN, CORRESPONDENTS WERE TOLD THAT DISPATCHES THEY HAD HANDED
IN EARLIER IN DAY HAD NOT BEEN SENT, AND THAT ADM MCCAIN HAD IN-
STRUCTED FLT TO REPLY TO QUERY ABOUT AN ADVANCED STATE OF READI-
NESS WITH "THE FLEET IS CONDUCTING BUSINESS AS USUAL". WRITER
SAYS NAVY SPOKESMAN TOLD THEM THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO REPORT
ON WHAT THEY HAD SEEN ABOARD SHIP, READ THEM A STATEMENT SAYING
READINESS CONDITION WAS NOW CLASSIFIED AND PROCEEDED TO
ERASE FROM BLACKBOARD STATEMENT EXPLAINING WHAT READINESS
CONDITION THREE MEANT. SHEEHAN ADDS THAT CORRESPONDENTS WERE
DENIED USE OF SHIP'S COMMUNICATIONS 5 JUN, BUT IT WAS POSSIBLE
AT TIMES TO HAVE DISPATCHES CARRIED TO ATHENS BY PERSONS LEAVING
AMERICA BY AIR AND TRANSMITTING THEM FROM THERE.
5. AP TODAY QUOTING EGYPTIAN AS SAYING KING HUSSEIN
TOLD NASSER THAT HE PERSONALLY SAW ON RADAR SCREENS U.S. PLANES
ATTACKING FROM TWO CARRIERS IN MED. PAPER SAYS RADAR ESTABLISHES
BEYOND DOUBT THAT U.S. IS AIDING ISRAEL.
6. ABC-TV EVENING NEWS YESTERDAY CARRIED FILM REPORT BY BILL GILL
REPORTING FROM SIXTHFLT. GILL DESCRIBED SOVIET SURFACE ACTIVITY IN
MED SAYING RUSSIAN TRAWLERS HAVE NOW BEEN JOINED BY MISSILE SHIPS.
HE NOTED SIXTH FLT MATCHES SOVIET POWER WITH SHIPS LIKE LITTLE ROCK
AND SHOWED FILM CLIP OF SHIP LAUNCHING MISSILE. CORRESPONDENT SAID FLT
IS IN POSITION TO CARRY OUT ANY ORDER OF PRESIDENT. HE CONCLUDED BY
SAYING CRISIS FOR FLT HAS BECOME WAITING GAME. IF DIPLOMACY COLLAPSES,
NAVAL POWER MAY WELL PROVE TO BE DECISIVE ANSWER.
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