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2254Z 09
June 1967 transmitted message text from
Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic to
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe
O 092254Z JUN 67
FM CINCLANT
TO CINCUSNAVEUR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L
SECURITY VIOLATION
1. ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE STORY, A013, SIXTHFLEET-MIDEAST 380,
ON USS LIBERTY WRITTEN BY BOB HORTON FROM ABORAD THE CARRIER
AMERICA STATES, QUOTE: THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATION FOR THIS NON-
COMBAT SHIP BEING SO NEAR THE FRONT OF THE ISRAELI-EGYPTIAN
FIGHTING IS THAT THE LIBERTY WAS TO HELP PROTECT AMERICAN
NATIONALS AS THE POSSIBLE NEED TO EVACUATE BECAME APPARENT. "THE
LIBERTY WAS ONLY 15 MILES OFF THE SINAI COAST. BUT AN OFFICER
SAID: "TO PUT IT BLUNTLY, SHE WAS IN THERE TO SPY FOR US. RUSSIA
DOES THE SAME THING. WE MOVED IN CLOSE TO MONITOR THE
COMMUNICATIONS OF BOTH EGYPT AND ISRAEL. WE HAVE TO. WE MUST BE
INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN MATTER OF MINUTES." THE LIBERTY,
THIS OFFICER SAID, WAS LOADED WITH ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT CAPABLE
OF RAPIDLY ACQUIRING DATA AND TRANSMITTING INTELLIGENCE REPORTS
TO POSTS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST. UNQUOTE.
2. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SECURITY VIOLATION IN VIEW OF IMPACT
OF SEVER LOSS OF LIFE SUSTAINED IN LIBERTY. CONSIDER IMMEDIATE
AND THROUGH INVESTIGATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES OF ALLEGED STATE-
MENT WARRANTED WITHOUT DELAY.
3. ENTIRE TEXT OF AP STORY PARA ONE BEING SENT BY PRIORITY
MESSAGE.
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Message subject lineage: 100305Z JUN 67
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