1812Z 08 June 1967 transmitted message text from
Unknown NSA location/platform to
Director, National Security Agency

FROM: [deleted] DATE: 08 JUN 67

TO: DIRNSA

C O N F I D E N T I A L

FOLLOWING MSG PASSED BY USS LIBERTY

"TO CNO INFO US CINCUSNAVEUR, CINCUSNAVEUR, JCS(JRC), CINCLANTFLT, COM

SIXTH FLT, COMSERVLANT: QUOTE UNCLAS SIT FOL AIR ATTACK.

1. AT 081205Z, WHILE SHIP ON COURSE 283 DEGREES, SPEED

FIVE KNOTS POSITION 31 DEGREES 8535.5 MINS NORTH, 33

DEGREES 29 MINS EAST SHIP ATTACKED BY UNIDENIFIED

JET FIGHTERS, BELIEVED TO BE ISRAELI. APPROXIMATELY SIX

STRAFFING RUNS MADE ON SHIP APPROX 081225Z 3 THREE TORPEDO

BOATS, ONE IDENT AS ISRAELI APPROACHED SHIP ON STARBOARD

QUARTER AT HIGH SPEED. HULL NUMBER OF ONE BOAT 206-17.

AT APPROX 081427Z TOOK TORPEDO BOAT UNDER FIRE BY 50 CAL

MACHINE GUNS AT RANGE OF APPROX 2000 YARDS. TORPEDO BOAT

LAUNCHED TORPEDOS IN STRAFFING ATTACK.

ONE TORPEDO PASSED APPROX 75 YARDS

ASTERN. APPROX ONE MIN LATER SHIP SUSTAINED TORPEDO

HIT STARBOARD SIDE. SHIP HAS TEN DEGREE STARBOARD LIST.

WATER TIGHT BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED AND HOLDING. AFTER ATTACK

TORPEDO BOATS CLEARED TO EAST ABOUT FIVE MILES.

CLEARING AREA AT TEN KNOTS.

2. PHOTOS OF AIRCRAFT AND BOATS TAKEN. AFTER

ATTACK COMPLETED TWO ISRAELI HELICOPTERS ORBITED SHIP.

AT ABOUT 081255Z RANGE 500 YARDS. ISRAELI INSIGNIA

CLEARLY VISIBLE, PHOTOS TAKEN. SEVERAL PROJECTILES HAVE

BEEN RECOVERED FROM TOPSIDE AREAS. NUMBER DEAD EST TEN,

SERIOUSLY WOUNDED EST ONE FIVE. TOTAL WOUNDED SEVEN FIVE,

UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF MISSING.

3. SHIP UNABLE TO CARRY OUT MISSION. WILL SUBMIT

PERSONNEL CASREPS ASAP SEPRATELY.

4. EXTENSIVE SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE TOPSIDE, LOWER DECK

SPACES, FORWARD DESTROYED.

5. COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES LIMITED. WILL PROVIDE FILM AND

PROJECTILES RECOVERED AS DIRECTED.

SHIP WILL REQUIRE DRY DOCKING AND EXTENSIVE

REFITTING. UNQUOTE. THIS STATION MONITORING SIXTH FLEET COMMO.

GP-1

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