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1530Z 10 June 1967 transmitted message text from
Commander, Task Force Sixty to Commander, Sixth Fleet

P 101530Z JUN 67
FM CTF SIX ZERO
TO COMSIXTHFLT
INFO BASE OPS ATHENS AB GREECE
USS AMERICA
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UNCLAS E F T O
A. COMSIXTHFLT 101108Z JUN 67 NOTAL.
1. REF A READ TO NEWSMEN AND POSTED IN PRESS ROOM. REACTION FAV-
ORABLE. NO ONE REQUESTED FURTHER C6F BRIEFING. THEY HAVE THE WORD.
2. FOLLOWING NEWSMEN HAVE SAID THEY WANT TO DISEMBARK 11 JUNE.
BLANCHARD, ZEM, THREE BBC, ALLAN, CHELMINSKI, RAY, TOTAL EIGHT.
OTHERS CONSIDERING DEPARTURE.
3. SHEEHAN AND RAY HAVE MENTIONED GOING TO SOUDA BAY ANTICIPATING
USS LIBERTY TO GO THERE AS ANNOUNCED BY DOD. RAY REQUESTED NAVY
FLIGHT TO SOUDA BUT WAS ADVISED THAT PERMISSION GREEK AUTHORITIES
REQUIRED AND THAT PRESENT PLAN IS TO DISEMBARK ALL PRESS TO ATHENS
WHERE COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION IS AVAILABLE.
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