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1638Z 08
June 1967 transmitted message text from
Chief of Naval Information to
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and
Commander, Sixth Fleet and
Commander, Task Force Sixty
P 081638Z JUN 67
FM CHINFO
TO CINCUSNAVEUR
COMSIXTHFLT
CTF SIX ZERO
BT
UNCLAS E F T O
1. TEXT OF DOD RELEASE MADE APPROXIMATELY 1530Z ON USS LIBERTY
INCIDENT IS AS FOLLOWS:
"A U.S. NAVY TECHNICAL RESEARCH SHIP, THE USS LIBERTY
(AGTR-5) WAS ATTACKED AT ABOUT NINE A.M. EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME
TODAY, APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MILES NORTH OF THE SINAI PENINSULA
IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
"THE LIBERTY DEPARTED ROTA, SPAIN, 2 JUN 1967 AND ARRIVED
AT HER POSITION THIS MORNING TO ASSUME COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN
U.S. GOVERNMENT POSTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND TO ASSIST IN
RELAYING OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THE EVACUATION OF AMERICAN
DEPENDENTS AND OTHER AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM THE COUNTRIES OF THE
MIDDLE EAST.
"THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE ISRAELI
GOVERNMENT THAT THE ATTACK WAS MADE IN ERROR BY ISRAELI FORCES
AND AN APOLOGY HAS JUST BEEN RECEIVED FROM TEL AVIV.
"INITIAL REPORTS OF CASUALTIES ARE FOUR DEAD AND 53 WOUNDED.
THE LIBERTY IS STEAMING NORTH FROM THE AREA AT A SPEED OF EIGHT
KNOTS TO MEET U.S. FORCES MOVING TO HER AID. IT IS REPORTED SHE
IS IN NO DANGER OF SINKING."
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