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2106Z 15 June 1967 transmitted message text from
Chief of Naval Operations to U.S.S. Liberty

P 152106Z JUN 67
FM CNO
TO USS LIBERTY
INFO USCINCEUR
CINCUSNAVEUR
CINCLANTFLT
COMSIXTHFLT
COMSERVLANT
COMSERVRON EIGHT
COMSERVRON SIX
BT
U N C L A S S I F I E D
THE SORROW THAT MUST BE YOURS AS A RESULT OF THE
TRAGIC DEATHS AND INJURIES OF YOUR MANY SHIPMATES
CANNOT BE ASSUAGED BY ANY ACTIONS TAKEN NOW. YOU
CAN, HOWEVER, FIND SOLACE IN WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN
ONE OF THE FINEST PERFORMANCES OF ANY SHIP IN
REACTION TO AN UNPROVOKED ATTACK. SAVING YOUR SHIP
AND SAILING HER SAFELY TO PORT IS IN ITSELF A FINE
TRIBUTE TO YOU AND YOUR VALIANT CREW. A PROUD NAVY
SALUTES YOUR GALLANT SHIP FOR ITS UNPARALLELED
PERFORMANCE.
BT