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2350Z 09 June 1967 drafted message text from
Commander, Sixth Fleet to
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe


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DTG 092350Z JUN 67

FROM: COMSIXTHFLT

TO:   CINCUSNAVEUR

INFO: USCINCEUR

SECRET

AIR AND SURFACE RESTRICTIONS

A. USCINCEUR 071509Z JUN 67 [not in file]

1. USS LIBERTY PROCEEDING WEST UNDER ESCORT IS IN EXCESS OF 100
MILES FROM EGYPTIAN COASTLINE. TF 60 IS PROCEEDING TO 34-20N9,
24-00E6 TO OPERATE WITHIN A FIFTY MILE RADIUS. SIXTHFLT HAS BEEN
DIRECTED TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM OF ONE HUNDRED MILES FROM EGYPT,
ISRAEL, SYRIA AND LEBANON, AND TWENTY FIVE MILES FROM CYPRUS IN
CONSONANCE WITH REF A.

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