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2207Z 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 others
P R 082207Z JUN 67
FM CHINFO
TO CINCUSNAVEUR
COMSIXTHFLT
COMMIDEASTFOR
CINCLANTFLT
CTG SIX ZERO PT ONE
CTF SIX ONE
CTF SIX THREE
CTG SIX ZERO PT TWO
CTF SIX TWO
INFO CINCPACFLT
COMSEVENTHFLT
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UNCLAS
SIXTH FLEET HEADLINE REPORT 8 JUNE 1967
1. AP AND UPI CARRIED STORIES ABOUT ATTACK ON USS LIBERTY (AGTR-5)
BY ISRAELI FORCES. INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ABOUT 0900 THIS MORNING,
APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MILES NORTH OF THE SINAI PENINSULA IN INTER-
NATIONAL WATERS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. LIBERTY DEPARTED ROTA,
SPAIN, 2 JUNE 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 INFORMATION CONCERNING THE
EVACUATION OF AMERICAN DEPENDENTS AND OTHER AMERICAN CITIZENS
FROM THE COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
INFORMED BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT THAT THE ATTACK WAS MADE IN
ERROR BY ISRAELI FORCES AND AN APOLOGY HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM
TEL AVIV. INITIAL REPORTS OF CASUALTIES ARE FOUR DEAD AND 53
WOUNDED. LIBERTY IS STEAMING NORTH FROM THE AREA TO MEET U.S.
FORCES MOVING TO HER AID. SHE IS REPORTED IN NO DANGER OF SINKING.
2. AP STORY DATELINED AMERICA IN BALTIMORE SUN TODAY SAYS THAT THE
SOVIETS HAVE ADDED ANOTHER DESTROYER TO SHADOW SIXTH FLEET SHIPS. ...
3. ALL MEDIA CONTINUED GIVING HEAVY COVERAGE TO ISRAELI SUCCESS
IN THE MIDEAST. ...
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Note: Only news relating to Liberty incident reproduced.
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