1410Z 10 June 1967 drafted message text from
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe to
Joint Chiefs of Staff

DTG 101410Z JUN 67

FROM: CINCUSNAVEUR

TO:   JCS

INFO: USCINCEUR // CNO // USS LIBERTY // COMSIXTHFLT

SECRET

A. JCS 7531 DTG 091936Z JUN 67
B. MY 091610Z JUN 67 NOTAL
C. MY 080455Z JUN 67 NOTAL

1. IN REPLY TO REF A THE FOLLOWING IS PROVIDED:
  (A) JCS 7347 DTG 080110Z. RECEIVED BY COMSIXTHFLT AT
0445/08 FROM CINCUSNAVEUR.
  (B) CINCUSNAVEUR 080455Z. RECEIVED BY COMSIXTHFLT AT
0518Z/08 FROM NAVCOMMSTA MOROCCO. THIS MESSAGE NOT ADDRESSED
TO USS LIBERTY.
  (C) USCINCEUR 080625Z. RECEIVED BY COMSIXTHFLT AT 0735Z/08
FROM NAVCOMMSTA MOROCCO. RECEIVED BY CINCUSNAVEUR AT
0727Z/08 FROM DCS MAJOR RELAY CROUGHTON ENGLAND.
  (D) COMSIXTHFLT 080917Z. NEVER RECEIVED BY USS LIBERTY SINCE IT
WAS NOT PLACED ON NAVCOMMSTA ASMARA BROADCAST UNTIL 1525/08. SEE
REF B FOR DETAILS.

2. REF C WAS READDRESSED BY MY 081906Z [081903Z] TO USCINCEUR,
JCS, CNO AND CINCLANTFLT FOR INFO. REF C RETRANSMITTED BY MY
100926Z TO JCS AND CNO IN REPLY TO PARA 2, REF A.

3. ACCORDING TO CO, USS LIBERTY, JCS 080110Z AND MSGS PERTAINING
TO CONTENT OF REF B WERE NOT RECEIVED ONBOARD LIBERTY
PRIOR TO ATTACK.

4. REF B CONTAINS ALL INFO KNOWN AT THIS TIME CONCERNING JCS
080110Z AND COMSIXTHFLT 080917Z. TRACER ACTION HAS BEEN
INITIATED AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE FORWARDED WHEN
RECEIVED.

GP-4

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