1320Z 08 June 1967 drafted message text from
Commander, Sixth Fleet to
U.S. Commander-in-Chief, Europe

DTG 081320Z JUN 67

FROM: COMSIXTHFLT

TO:   USCINCEUR

INFO: AIG 998/JCS/CNO/CTF 60/CTG 60.2

UNCLAS  E F T O

UNCLAS FLASHSITREP/06001/COMSIXTHFLT 081315Z JUN 67.

ATTACK ON LIBERTY

SITREP ONE

1. USS LIBERTY REPORTED UNDER ATTACK AT POSIT 31.23N/33.25E. WAS
HIT BY TORPEDO AND LISTING BADLY. ATTACK FORCES HEREBY DECLARED
HOSTILE BY COMSIXTHFLT IAW CINCUSNEURINST P03120.5B. LIBERTY
MESSAGE AUTHENTICATED.

2. HAVE DIRECTED TF 60 TO PROCEED TOWARD SCENE. TASK FORCE 60
PRESENT POSIT 34.22N/24.28E.

3. HAVE DIRECTED AMERICA TO LAUNCH FOUR ARMED A4'S AND SARATOGA
TO LAUNCH FOUR ARMED A1'S WITH FIGHTER COVER TO DEFEND USS
LIBERTY. PILOTS DIRECTED TO REMAIN CLEAR OF LAND. TANKERS ALSO
WILL LAUNCH. WILL RELIEVED ON STATION.

4. ETA FIRST ACFT ON SCENE ONE HOUR PLUS THIRTY AFTER LAUNCH.
ESTIMATE LAUNCH AT 1345Z.

Message subject lineage: 081410Z JUN 67 CTF SIX THREE

Message displayed as Document 207 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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