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2223Z 12
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 122237Z 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 12 JUNE 1967
1. ABC NEWS SUNDAY NIGHT CARRIED FILMED INTERVIEW WITH LIBERTY
CREWMEN. ONE OF LIBERTY'S CREW MEMBERS SAID THAT BECAUSE THE
SHIP HAD NO LONG-RANGE RADAR, THEY RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WARNING
OF THE APPROACHING PLANES UNTIL THEY WERE ATTACKED. ABC ALSO
CARRIED FILM OF LIBERTY'S DAMAGE TAKEN FROM A HELICOPTER
CIRCLING THE SHIP.
2. JAMES KILPATRICK WRITING IN THE SATURDAY EVENING STAR
DESCRIBES AN EXPERIENCE HE HAD WHILE FLYING OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO... THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT BANKED
SHARPLY AND ANNOUNCED THAT ANY AMERICANS ABOARD COULD LOOK BELOW
AND SEE THE SIXTH FLEET. KILPATRICK DESCRIBED WHAT HE WAS AND
SAID IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A POOR AMERICAN WHO DID NOT FEEL HIS
HEART LEAP UP AT THE SIGHT. THE WRITER GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE
FLEETS FUNCTION AND HER POWER AND CONCLUDED THAT THE SIXTH
FLEET CAN HANDLE WHATEVER COMES. OF THE CREW WHICH HE DESCRIBES
AS FIRST CLASS, HE SAYS THEY SERVE WORK DAYS THAT WOULD HORRIFY
A UNION BOSS AND THAT THEY LIVE IN QUARTERS THAT NO SELF
RESPECTING JAIL INSPECTOR WOULD APPROVE. KILPATRICK RECALLS THE
SOVIET UNION PERIODIC COMPLAINT ABOUT THE FLEET IN THE
MED... BUT SAYS THAT HER PRESENCE THERE IS STRONG AND IT WOULD
BE REMARKABLY STUPID DECISION IN THE KREMLIN FOR THE COMMUNIST
ENEMY TO START A WAR AT SEA.
3. WHILE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF MIDDLE EAST NEWS CONTINUES BY ALL
MEDIA, VERY FEW ITEMS CONCERN SIXTHFLT.
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