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1536Z 08
June 1967 transmitted message text from
Secretary of State to American Embassy, Moscow
Z 081536Z JUN 67
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW FLASH 3855
STATE GRNC
BT
C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 209218
AT 0830 EDT USS LIBERTY, AN AUXILIARY SHIP, WAS DAMAGED
BY TORPEDO ABOUT 14 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF UAR
COASTLINE. WE INSTRUCTED OUR CARRIER SARATOGA NOW IN
MEDITERRANEAN TO DESPATCH 8 AIRCRAFT TO SCENE TO
INVESTIGATE AND OFFER WHATEVER PROTECTION TO VESSEL
THAT MAY BE NECESSARY, AND SO ADVISED SOVIET CHARGE
HERE AT 10:15. ADVISE MFA THAT AT 11:00 EDT ISRAELIS
ADVISED US THEY WARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HITTING SHIP BY
ERROR AND HAVE APOLOGIZED. WE PHONED THIS INFORMATION
TO SOVIET CHARGE AT 11:01, AND PLANES HAVE NOW (11:25 AM)
BEEN CALLED BACK TO CARRIER.
GP3. RUSK
BT
See also Document 210 of the Department of State Foreign Relations of
the United States, Johnson Administration, 1964-1968,
Volume XIX,
Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1967. |