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1700Z 16
June 1967 transmitted message text from
Secretary of State to
American Embassy, Tel Aviv
O 161700Z JUN 67
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV IMMEDAITE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 211695
1. WASHINGTON POST JUNE 16 CARRIED FOLLOWING STORY FROM
CORRESPONDENT BASED IN WASHINGTON: ISRAELI SOURCE SAID THAT
WHEN FIGHTING BROKE OUT IN MIDDLE EAST JUNE 5, ISRAELI GOVT QUERIES
US NAVAL ATTACHE IN TEL AVIV AS TO WHETHER THERE WERE ANY
AMERICAN SHIPS OPERATING IN MEDITERRANEAN OFF SINAI PENINSULA.
ACCORDING STORY ISRAELIS QTE GOT NO RESPONSE UNQTE.
2. AS FAR AS WE AWARE, FIRST ISRAELI QUERY ALONG THESE LINES MADE TO
AMERICAN OFFICIAL WAS THAT REPORTED IN DAO 0825
[081414Z] JUNE 8 WHICH
WAS AFTER ATTACK ON USS LIBERTY.
3. REQUEST URGENT CONFIRMATION ABOVE AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
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Message subject lineage:
161945Z JUN 67 USDAO TEL AVIV
162000Z JUN 67 AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV
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