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0520Z 15 June 1967 transmitted message text from
U.S. Army Stratosphere Communication Facility, Asmara to
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe


O R 150520Z JUN 67
FM CO USASTRATCOM FAC ASMARA ETHIOPIA
TO CINCUSNAVEUR
INFO CG USASTRATCOM-EUR HEIDELBERG GER/
CO USASTRATCOM-EUR SIG GP/MED LEGHORN ITALY
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ASM 716703
SUBJ: USS LIBERTY COMMUNICATIONS (C)
REF: CINCUSNAVEUR MSG 141627Z JUN 67 ZFD (PASEP)
  1. COMSIXTHFLT MSG 080917Z JUN 67 WAS RECEIVED BY THIS STATION
FOR RELAY TO NAVCOMMSTA ASMARA AT 081200Z JUN 67. IT WAS RECEIVED FROM
MAJOR RELAY STATION SEVILLE SPAIN.
  2. THIS STATION WAS HANDLING AN ABNORMALLY LARGE AMOUNT OF HIGH
PRECEDENCE MESSAGE TRAFFIC ON 8 JUN 67. THE FOLLOWING IS THE MESSAGE
TRAFFIC RATE FOR A ROUTINE DAY AND 8 JUN 67:
           ROUTINE DAY (4 MAY 67)      8 JUNE 67
           NR OF   PCT OF              NR OF  PCT OF
           MSGS    DISTR               MSGS   DISTR   PCT OF INCREASE
FLASH         0     0                   198     2.5   INDETERMINATE
IMMEDIATE   649     12.7               2388    30.2       268
PRIORITY   1778     34.8               3860    49.0       117
ROUTINE    2682     52.5               1447    18.3       -85
  TOTAL    5109                        7893                54
  3. COMSIXTHFLT MSG 080917Z JUN 67 WAS RELAYED TO NAVCOMMSTA GREECE
AT 081215Z JUN 67. IT WAS RECEIVED BACK FROM NAVCOMMSTA GREECE AT
081503Z JUN 67 AND RELAYED TO NAVCOMMSTA ASMARA AT 081510Z JUN 67.
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