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1610Z 09 June 1967 transmitted message text from
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe to
U.S. Comander-in-Chief, Europe

O 091610Z JUN 67
FM CINCUSNAVEUR
TO USCINCEUR
INFO CNO
COMSIXTHFLT
CINCLANTFLT
JCS
BT
S E C R E T
USS LIBERTY COMMUNICATIONS (U)
A. MY 081930Z [081903Z] JUN 67
1. THIS IS INTERIM REPORT ON USS LIBERTY COMMUNICATIONS
JUST PRIOR TO AND AT TIME OF ATTACK.
2. GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS SITUATION FOLLOWS. THE USS
LIBERTY HAD BEEN COPING ASMARA FLEET BROADCAST (JRTT)
SINCE 070001Z. LIBERTY'S ALFA COPYING THE MOROCCO
OPINTEL BROADCAST (XRI) FOR OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
TRAFFIC. NO PERMANENT SHIP/SHORE CIRCUIT WAS MAINTAINED
BY LIBERTY. THE NORMAL PATH FOR TRAFFIC TO THE USS
LIBERTY WAS VIA NAVCOMMSTA ASMARA FOR GENERAL
SERVICE TRAFFIC AND VIA THE NAVAL SECURITY GROUP
DEPARTMENT OF NAVCOMMSTA MOROCCO FOR COMINT TRAFFIC.
BOTH THE ASMARA AND MOROCCO BROADCASTS IN QUESTION ARE
ON-LINE BROADCASTS.
3. CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS AS KNOWN AT THIS TIME FOLLOWS:
   080112Z JCS 080110Z RECEIVED AT JCS MSG CENTER.
   080312Z JCS 080110Z RECEIVED AT CINCUSNAVEUR MSG
      CENTER AND RECEIPTED BY MSG CENTER IN
      REPLY TO ZFF-3 OPSIG.
   080430Z JCS 080110Z RECEIVED AT NAVCOMMSTA MOROCCO
      FOR RELAY TO COMSIXTHFLT.
   UNKNOWN JCS 080110Z RECEIVED AT NAVCOMMSTA PHIL
      FOR DELIVERY TO USS LIBERTY AND CTF 64 DUE
      TO APPARENT MISROUTING BY JCS COMM CENTER.
   080449Z NAVCOMMSTA PHIL REROUTED JCS 080110Z TO
      NAVCOMMSTA MOROCCO FOR USS LIBERTY AND
      CTF 64 (MOROCCO REPORTS MSG NEVER RECEIVED).
   080630Z NAVCOMMSTA MORROCO DELIVERED JCS 080110Z
      TO COMSIXTHFLT. DELAY DUE TO BACKLOG ON
      COMSIXTHFLT CIRCUITS AND MOROCCO FLEET BROADCAST.
   080917Z COMSIXTHFLT 080917Z RECEIVED AT COMSIXTHFLT
      MSG CENTER ABOARD USS LITTLE ROCK.
   081058Z COMSIXTHFLT 080917Z RECEIVED AT NAVCOMMSTA
      MOROCCO FROM COMSIXTHFLT.
   081106Z NAVCOMMSTA MOROCCO ROUTED COMSIXTHFLT
      080917Z TO NAVCOMMSTA ASMARA VIA SAN PABLO
      DCS-USAF MAJOR RELAY.
   081108Z COMSIXTHFLT 080917Z RECEIVED AT CINCUSNAVEUR
      MSG CENTER.
   081200Z COMSIXTHFLT 080917Z RECEIVED BY US ARMY
      COMM CENTER AT ASMARA FOR FURTHER RELAY TO
      NAVCOMMSTA ASMARA FOR RELAY TO USS LIBERTY.
   081215Z US ARMY COMM CENTER ASMARA RELAYED COMSIXTHFLT
      080917Z ERRONEOUSLY TO NAVCOMMSTA GREECE
      FOR RELAY TO USS LIBERTY.
   081506Z NAVCOMMSTA GREECE RETURNED COMSIXTHFLT
      080917Z TO US ARMY COMM CENTER AT ASMARA.
   081510Z US ARMY COMM CENTER ASMARA RELAYED COMSIXTHFLT
      080917Z TO NAVCOMMSTA ASMARA FOR RELAY TO
      USS LIBERTY.
   081525Z NAVCOMMSTA ASMARA PLACED COMSIXTHFLT 080917Z
      ON ASMARA BROADCAST.
4. FOREGOING BEING FURTHER REFINED AS MORE POSITIVE INFO BECOMES
AVAILABLE.
GP-4
BT

Message subject lineage: 101410Z JUN 67 CINCUSNAVEUR

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