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1250Z 08
June 1967 transmitted message text from
Commander, Sixth Fleet to
U.S.S. Saratoga and U.S.S. America
Z 081250Z JUN 67
FM COMSIXTHFLT
TO USS SARATOGA
USS AMERICA
INFO CTF SIX ZERO
CTG SIX ZERO PT TWO
BT
C O N F I D E N T I A L
1. AMERICA LAUNCH FOUR ARMED A4'S TO PROCEED TO 31-23N 33-25E TO
DEFEND USS LIBERTY WHO IS NOW UNDER ATTACK BY GUNBOATS. PROVIDE
FIGHTER COVER AND TANKERS. RELIEVE ON STATION. SARATOGA LAUNCH
FOUR ARMED A1'S ASAP SAME MISSION.
GP-4
BT
See also Document 204 of the Department of State Foreign Relations of
the United States, Johnson Administration, 1964-1968,
Volume XIX,
Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1967. |