0810Z 09 June 1967 transmitted message text from
American Embassy, Tel Aviv to
Secretary of State, Washington, D.C.

LIMITED OFFICIAL USE TEL AVIV 4024

1. PRIME MINISTER ESHKOL ASKS THAT THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE BE
TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT:

2. QUOTE DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: I WAS DEEPLY GRIEVED BY THE
TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE ON THE U.S. NAVAL SHIP LIBERTY. PLEASE ACCEPT
MY DEEP CONDOLENCES AND CONVEY MY SYMPATHY TO ALL THE BEREAVED
FAMILIES.

3. MAY ALL BLOODSHED COME TO AN END AND MAY OUR GOD GRANT
US PEACE EVERMORE. SINCERELY, LEVI ESHKOL [sic]. UNQUOTE
EXEMPT. BARBOUR
BT

Message displayed as Document 229 in the Department of State Foreign Relations of the United States, Johnson Administration, 1964-1968, Volume XIX, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1967.