1031Z 08 June 1967 transmitted message text from
Secretary of State to American Embassy, Tel Aviv

REFERENCE: JERUSALEM 1053 [DTG 080858Z]

UNTSO REPORT REFTEL DEEPLY DISTURBING. YOU SHOULD URGENTLY
APPROACH FONOFF AT HIGHEST LEVEL TO EXPRESS DEEP CONCERN
THIS NEW INDICATION MILITARY ACTION BY GOI. IF REPORTED
BOMBARDMENT CORRECT, WE WOULD ASSUME IT PRELUDE TO MILITARY
ACTION AGAINST SYRIAN POSITIONS ON SYRIAN SOIL. SUCH A
DEVELOPMENT, FOLLOWING ON HEELS ISRAELI ACCEPTANCE SC
CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION WOULD CAST DOUBTS ON ISRAELI
INTENTIONS AND CREATE GRAVEST PROBLEMS FOR USG REPRESENTATIVES
IN ARAB COUNTRIES. YOU SHOULD STRESS WE MUST AT ALL COSTS HAVE
COMPLETE CESSATION ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION EXCEPT
IN CASES WHERE CLEARLY SOME REPLYING FIRE IS NECESSARY IN
SELF-DEFENSE.

GP-2, RUSK
BT

Message subject lineage: 081145Z JUN 67 AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV

Message displayed as Document 203 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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