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2234Z 13
June 1967 transmitted message text from
Chief of Naval Information to
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and
Commander, Sixth Fleet and others
P R 132234Z JUN 67
FM CHINFO
TO CINCUSNAVEUR
COMSIXTHFLT
COMMIDEASTFOR
CINCLANTFLT
CTG SIX ZERO PT ONE
CTG SIX ZERO PT TWO
CTF SIX ONE
CTF SIX TWO
CTF SIX THREE
INFO CINCPACFLT
COMSEVENTHFLT
BT
UNCLAS
SIXTH FLEET HEADLINE REPORT 13 JUNE 1967
1. CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND BALTIMORE SUN CARRY ARTICLE DATELINED
LONDON SAYING THAT AMERICAN NAVAL HEADQUARTERS IN LONDON
ANNOUNCED THE CON-VENING OF A COURT OF INQUIRY INTO THE ISRAELI
ATTACK LAST WEEKS ON THE NAVY SHIP LIBERTY. THE COURT CONVENED BY
ADM MCCAIN MET BRIEFLY IN LONDON DURING THE WEEKEND AND MEMBERS
WERE EXPECTED TO BOARD LIBERTY AT SEA. NAVAL SPOKESMAN IS QUOTED
AS SAYING THAT THE INQUIRY IS NORMAL PROCEDURE AFTER SERIOUS
INCIDENTS, RESULTING IN HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
2. WASHINGTON LOCAL TV STATION WTTG LAST NIGHT IN NEWS HAD FILM
COVERAGE FROM ABOARD AMERICA OF MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR NAVY
PERSONNEL LOST ON LIBERTY. FILM ALSO SHOWED SOME OF THE WOUNDED
ATTENDING THE SERVICES.
3. RETIRED MAJOR GENERAL MAX JOHNSON, WRITING IN CURRENT ISSUE (19
(JUNE) OF U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT DISCUSSED THE US STAKE IN THE MIDDLE
EAST. ...
4. TIME MAGAZINE PRESS SECTION THIS WEEK IS DEVOTED TO
DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES IN COVERING THE
MIDDLE EAST WAR. DESPITE BEATINGS, CENSORSHIP AND GENERAL
CONFUSION, NEWSPAPERS AND TV SUPPLIED ONE OF THE MOST
COMPREHENSIVE AND INTELLIGIBLE ACCOUNT OF A CRISIS THAT HAS EVER
BEEN DELIVERED. THE STORY POINTS OUT THAT ARABS JAILED AND
DEPORTED CORRESPONDENTS AND ISRAELIS WERE SAID TO HAVE BEATEN AND
JAILED SOME, HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO TIMES FOREIGN EDITOR SEYMOUR
TOPPING, THE STRICTEST CENSORSHIP DURING THE WAR WAS IMPOSED BY
THE SIXTH FLEET, WHICH PREVENTED NEWSMEN FROM REPORTING THAT THE
CARRIERS SARATOGA AND AMERICA HAD BEEN IN A ADVANCED STATE OF
ALERT THROUGHOUT THE INCIDENT.
5. EVENING STAR (12 JUNE) HAD FRONT PAGE PICTURE OF FIRST
ISRAELI SHIP, A FREIGHTER, PASSING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF TIRAN
SINCE EGYPT CLOSED THE WATERWAY THREE WEEKS AGO.
6. ALL MEDIA CONTINUED WIDE COVERAGE OF THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
NOW THAT THE CEASE FIRE IS IN EFFECT. ...
7. ALL NEWS MAGAZINES THIS WEEK ATTRIBUTE ISRAEL'S SMASHING
VICTORY TO HER PREDAWN AIR STRIKES WHICH ERASED AN EXPENSIVE
DECADE OF RUSSIAN MILITARY AID OF THE ARAB WORLD. ...
BT
Note: Only news relating to Liberty incident and Sixth Fleet reproduced.
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