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1903Z 08 June 1967 transmitted message text from
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe to
U.S. Commander-in-Chief, Europe

O 081903Z JUN 67
FM CINCUSNAVEUR
TO USCINCEUR
INFO CNO
COMSIXTHFLT
CINCLANTFLT
JCS
BT
S E C R E T
MOVEMENT AND POSITION OF LIBERTY
A. JCS CFWP JA3 SENDS DTG 011545Z JUN 67
B. CINCUSNAVEUR 061357Z JUN 67 PASEP
C. COMSIXTHFLT 071503Z JUN 67
D. JCS 7347 DTG 080110Z JUN 67
E. CINCUSNAVEUR 080455Z JUN 67
F. USCINCEUR ECJC/JRC 09045 DTG 080625Z JUN 67 PASEP
G. COMSIXTHFLT 080917Z JUN 67
H. USS LIBERTY 021330Z JUN 67
1. BY REF A JCS DIRECTED LIBERTY TO PROCEED TO
POSIT 32-00N 33-00E.
2. BY REF B CINCUSNAVEUR PASSED OPCON TO
COMSIXTHFLT. MOVEMENTS OF LIBERTY WERE STILL
GUIDED BY REF A.
3. AT 072350Z CINCUSNAVEUR DUTY OFFICER RECEIVED
PHONE CALL FROM MAJOR BREEDLOVE. JRC WASHINGTON
DIRECTING THAT USS LIBERTY COMPLY WITH NEW
COMSIXTHFLT OP AREA RESTRICTIONS DELINEATED IN
LAST SENTENCE PARAGRAPH TWO OF REF C AND FRT [not] TO
PROCEED CLOSER THAN 100 MILES TO ISRAEL, SYRIA OR
UAR. THIS WAS VERBAL DIRECTIVE WITH NO DTG OR
MESSAGE AVAILABLE. NECESSARY MESSAGES WERE THEN
PREPARED.
4. AT 080140Z AND PRIOR TO RELEASE OF ANY MESSAGES,
THE USCINCEUR DUTY OFFICER, LT COL WAGNER, WAS
CALLED AND ADVISED OF JRC PHONE CALL. IN VIEW OF
NO WRITTEN DIRECTIVE AT THIS TIME, HE WAS REQUESTED
TO OBTAIN DTG OF MESSAGE FROM JCU [sic} BECAUSE A PREVIOUS
JCS DIRECTIVE WAS BEING MODIFIED.
5. AT 080325Z USCINCEUR DUTY OFFICER, LT COL RUSSELL,
WAS CONTACTED TO SEE WHAT RESULTS HAD BEEN ACHIEVED
ON PREVIOUS PHONE CALL. HE CALLED JRC WASHINGTON
AND OBTAINED REFERENCE D, WHICH MODIFIED REFERENCE A,
(I.E. JCS 011545Z)
THIS WAS READ TO CINCUSNAVEUR DUTY OFFICER.
6. AT 080410Z CINCUSNAVEUR ESTABLISHED TELETYPE
CONFERENCE WITH COMSIXTHFLT DUTY OFFICER, CDR
SLUSSER, AND RELAYED REFERENCE D, AND TOLD HIM
"TAKE FORAC OFFICIAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS."
7. AT 080455Z CINCUSNAVEUR SENT IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
TO COMSIXTHFLT DIRECTING HIM TO TAKE REF D FORAC.
8. AT 080914Z COMSIXTHFLT SENT A MESSAGE, REF G,
DIRECTING LIBERTY TO COMPLY WITH REF D AND REMAIN
100 MILE FROM COASTS UAR, ISRAEL, LEBANON, AND
SYRIA. LIBERTY WAS ALSO INFO ADDEE ON REF D, SENT AT
080110Z WHICH DIRECTED HER TO REMAIN 100 MILES FROM
BELLIGERENT COASTS.
10. AM DIRECTING COMSIXTHFLT TO INVESTIGATE REASON FOR NON-
RECEIPT OR NON-COMPLIANCE BY LIBERTY TO RESPOND TO TWO
MESSAGES, REFS D AND G DIRECTING HER TO PROCEED 100
MILES FROM COAST.
11. LIBERTY'S MOVEMENT REPORT REF H (OF JUNE SECOND)
INDICATED SHE WOULD ARRIVE AT POSITION DIRECTED
IN REF A (POSIT 32-00N 33-00E) AT 080300Z.
GP-4
BT

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Message displayed as Document 217 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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