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2112Z 09
June 1967 transmitted message text from
Commander, Task Force Sixty to Commander, Sixth Fleet
P 092112Z JUN 67
FM CTF SIX ZERO
TO COMSIXTHFLT
INFO CINCUSNAVEUR
USCINCEUR
CNO
CHINFO
BASE OPSATHENS AB GREECE
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UNCLAS E F T O
PUBLIC AFFAIRS SITREP
A. USCINCEUR 081650Z JUN 67 NOTAL
B. SECDEF 082248Z PASEP NOTAL
C. CTF SIX ZERO 091136Z JUN 67 NOTAL
1. CORRESPONDENTS FILED STORIES 9 JUNE BASED ON THEIR OBSERVATIONS
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN REFS A AND B RELEASED TO THEM UPON
RECEIPT, REGULAR BRIEFINGS COVERING RESCUE/ASSISTANCE OPER-
ATIONS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH FOUR INJURED ENLISTED SURVIVORS
FROM USS LIBERTY WHOSE ANSWERS TO NEWSMENS QUESTIONS REFLECTED
CREDIT ON THE BEHAVIOR OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE LIBERTY
UNDER DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. IN RESPONSE TO ONE QUESTION
QUOTE WAS THE FLAG FLYING UNQUOTE
RADIO PHONE TALKER, HIT ON BRIDGE IN FIRST MINUTES OF ATTACK,
RESPONDED QUOTE THE FLAG ALWAYS FLIES OVER LIBERTY UNQUOTE. ONE
RESPONSE INDICATED ROCKET FIRE FROM ISRAELI AIRCRAFT. ANOTHER
SAID NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED BY ISRAELI MTBS.
2. NEWSMEN'S COPY AND FILM OPPOSED 8 AND 9 JUNE WHICH INCLUDED
AERIAL VIEWS OF USS LIBERTY WAS SENT ATHENS ON FIRST COD FLIGHT
9 JUNE AND ON AFTERNOON COD FLIGHT. ADDITIONALLY BY NAVY
COMMUNICATIONS.
NAVY FILM BEING FORWARDED TO NAVPHOTOCEN BY FASTEST MEANS.
3. FILM AND STORIES FILED INCLUDED MATERIAL RELEASED ON CARRIER
OPERATIONS PER REF C. SECOND BRIEFING HELD AS PLANNED AND TWO
GREEK NEWSMEN RETURNED ASHORE BY COD. TAPES OF BOTH BRIEFINGS
PLUS COPIES OF VISUAL AIDS BEING FORWARDED CHINFO FOR TRANSMITTAL
TO USIA FOR POSSIBLE USE.
4. INFORMATION ON ADDITIONAL DEAD RELEASED BY SECDEF PRIOR TO
RELEASE TO EMBARKED NEWSMEN.
5. SEVENTEEN NEWSMEN REPRESENTING AP, UPI, ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC,
TIME, LIFE, DER SPIEGEL MAGAZINE, LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH, DETROIT
NEWS AND NEW YORK TIMES EMBARKED IN AMERICA. INDICATIONS ARE SEVERAL
MAY DESIRE TO DEPART WITHIN NEXT TWO DAYS, PENDING INSTRUCTIONS
FROM EMPLOYERS.
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Message subject lineage: 140045Z JUN 67
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