1753Z 09 June 1967 transmitted message text from
U.S.S. America to
Naval Communications Station, Washington, D.C.

DPR COLLECT
ASSOCIATED PRES
WASHINGTON, D.C.

   ABOARD CARRIER--ADD LIBERTY CASUALTIES
   NAVY SPOKESMEN DID NOT INFORM NEWSMEN, ATTEMPTING TO COUNT
INCOMING CASUALTIES BY VISUAL INSPECTION, THAT 22 MEN WERE
UNACCOUNTED FOR.
   NO EXPLANATION WAS GIVEN ON WHY THIS WAS NOT DISCLOSED NOR
AS TO THE POSSIBLE FATE OF THE MEN.
   ABOUT 4 P.M. (2 P.M., GMT), WHEN THE DAY'S HELICOPTER
EVACUATION WAS COMPLETE, REPORTERS WERE TOLD FLATLY THE OVER-ALL
TOTAL OF CASUALTIES STOOD AT 59 WOUNDED, NINE DEAD.

HORTON
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