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9 June 2007. Thanks to A.
On June 8, 2007, the National Security Agency released hundreds of additional
declassified documents on the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, a communications
interception vessel, on June 8, 1967.
The February 2006 list below shows the ten Liberty-attack documents
released before June 8, 2007. It was retrieved from the
Wayback Machine.
The longer list was downloaded from the
NSA Liberty web site June 9, 2007.
The links go to NSA.
[February 2006]
U.S.S. Liberty
On 02 July 2003, the National Security Agency (NSA) released additional
information relative to the 08 June 1967 attack on the U.S.S. Liberty. This
release includes three audio recordings, transcripts (in English), three
follow-up reports, and a U.S. Cryptologic History Report entitled "Attack
on a SIGINT Collector, the U.S.S. Liberty." The recordings are in Hebrew
and contain time counts in English that were added by the intercept operator.
The follow-up reports are summaries of the three transcripts with non-substantive
chatter omitted and a compiled report that summarizes the activity and contains
the text of the transcripts. The U.S. Cryptologic History Report is a less
redacted version of the same document originally released in 1999.
How the information was obtained:
Within an hour of learning that the Liberty had been torpedoed the Director,
NSA, LTG Marshall S. Carter, USA, sent a message to all intercept sites
requesting a special search of all communications that might reflect the
attack or reaction. No communications were available. However, one of the
airborne platforms, a U.S. Navy EC-121, had collected voice conversations
between two Israeli helicopter pilots and the control tower at Hazor Airfield
following the attack on the Liberty.
[Links to the Wayback Machine]
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Audio
Recording Labeled 104, dated 8 June 1967, 1229Z-1244Z
Transcript
(in English) PDF Format - 8,076KB
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Audio
Recording Labeled 105, dated 8 June 1967, 1247Z-1319Z
Transcript
(in English) PDF Format - 2,866KB
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Audio
Recording Labeled 130, dated 8 June 1967, 1307Z-1311Z
Transcript
(in English) PDF Format - 821KB
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Follow-up
Report No. 1, dated 9 June 1967, 0831Z (PDF Format -
1,309KB)
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Follow-up
Report No. 2, dated 9 June 1967, 1422Z (PDF Format -
552KB)
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Aftermath
of Israeli Attack on U.S.S. Liberty, 22 June 1967, 1454Z (PDF
Format - 5,509KB)
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U.S.Cryptologic History Report,
"Attack
on a SIGINT Collector, the U.S.S. Liberty", dated 1981 (originally
released in 1999) (PDF Format - 15,439KB)
Please Note: These historical documents are PDF images of
formerly classified carbon paper and reports that have been declassified.
Due to the age and poor quality of some of the PDF images, a screen reader
may not be able to process the images into word documents. In accordance
with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, individuals
may request that the government provide auxiliary aids or services to ensure
effective communication of the substance of the documents. For such requests,
please contact the Public Affairs Office at 301-688-6524.
[9 June 2007.]
http://www.nsa/gov/liberty/
U.S.S. Liberty
On 08 June 2007, the National Security Agency (NSA) finalized the review
of all material relative to the 08 June 1967 attack on the USS Liberty. This
additional release adds to the collection of documents and audio recordings
and transcripts previously posted to the site on 02 July 2003.
The attack on the USS Liberty, like others in our nation's history, has become
the center of considerable controversy and debate. It is not NSA's intention
to prove or disprove any one set of conclusions, many of which can be drawn
from a thorough review of this material. Instead, through these public releases,
we intend to make as much information as possible available for the many
scholars, historians, academia, and members of the general public who find
interest in analyzing the information and forming their own conclusions.
Release Contents
Please Note: These historical documents are PDF images of
formerly classified carbon paper and reports that have been declassified.
Due to the age and poor quality of some of the PDF images, a screen reader
may not be able to process the images into word documents. In accordance
with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, individuals
may request that the government provide auxiliary aids or services to ensure
effective communication of the substance of the documents. For such requests,
please contact the Public Affairs Office at 301-688-6524.
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Lt Gen Marshall S.
Carter, 03 Oct 1988
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Richard W. Hickman,
30 Apr 1980
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CTCR Terry L. McFarland,
23 Aug 1980
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Robert L. Wilson,
06 May 1980
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CDR James G.
O'Connor
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CTC1 Clyde W. Way
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Eugene Scheck, 11
Aug 1980
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Richard Harvey, 16
July 1980
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Benjamin J. Cwalina,
09 May 1980
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CTC1 Paddy Rhodes,
13 Jun 1980
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John A. Connell, 15
Sep 1980
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CDR Birchard "Bud"
C. Fossett, 15 May 1980
Within an hour of learning that the Liberty had been torpedoed the Director,
NSA, LTG Marshall S. Carter, USA, sent a message to all intercept sites
requesting a special search of all communications that might reflect the
attack or reaction. No communications were available. However, one of the
airborne platforms, a U.S. Navy EC-121, had collected voice conversations
between two Israeli helicopter pilots and the control tower at Hazor Airfield
following the attack on the Liberty. The recordings are in Hebrew and contain
time counts in English that were added by the intercept operator.
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Aftermath
of Israeli Attack on USS Liberty, 22 June 1967, 1454Z (PDF Format -
5,509KB)
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Israeli Defense Forces
Admit Torpedoing USS LIBERTY, 8 Jun 1967
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USS LIBERTY Torpedoed,
8 Jun 1967
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JCS Fact-Finding Team
to Examine Activities Leading to the Attack on the USS LIBERTY, 12 Jun 1967
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USS LIBERTY Has Been
Reportedly Torpedoed, 8 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Attack,
8 Jun 1967
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CONMSG NR 23: NMSDA/B
Tasking for USN-855 MED Deployment, 2 Jun 1967
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Support Materials
for USN-855, 05 Jun 1967
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USN-855 Distro Lists,
07 Jun 1967
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SIGINT Readiness Bravo
"CRAYON" Report Nr. 1426: Middle East Situation Report Nr. 58-67, 09 Jun
1967
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SIGINT Readiness Bravo
"CRAYON" Report Nr. 1535: Middle East Situation Report Nr. 60, 09 June 1967
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Middle East Task Team
Report, 21 Jun 1967
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Security Status Report
of U.S.S. Liberty, 17 Jun 1967
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NSA Director Desires
Maximum Support for Three NSA Personnel Who Were Aboard the Liberty, 10 Jun
1967
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Nikolaj Podvojskij
in Vicinity of USS Liberty, 09 Jun 1967
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USS Belmont, 08 Jun
1967
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USS LIBERTY Torpedoed,
08 Jun 1967
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Tasking and Coordination
for USN-855 Collection, 03 Jun 1967
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Situation Following
Air Attack, 08 Jun 1967
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USS LIBERTY Orbited
by Jet Fighters, 08 Jun 1967
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SIGINT Advisory, 02
Jun 1967
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Temporary Repairs
Made to TRSSCOMM Hydraulic System, 02 Jun 1967
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SITREP Number One
AN/SRC-33 (XN-1) System, 02 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty, 02 Jun
1967
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SIGINT Advisory, 02
Jun 1967
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USN 855 NSG PUR 2
Jun 67, 3 Jun 1967
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USN 855 Informal Technical
Summary for 02 June 1967, 03 Jun 1967
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MED OPS, 03 Jun 1967
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USN 855 Tasking for
MED, 03 Jun 1967
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SIGINT Advisory, 03
Jun 1967
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USN 855 Tasking Message,
04 Jun 1967
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Special Arabic Material,
05 Jun 1967
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On Call Circuit, 05
Jun 1967
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SITREP/POSIT, 05 Jun
1967
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Reporting During Current
Crisis, 05 Jun 1967
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SIGINT Advisory, 06
Jun 1967
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SITREP/POSIT, 06 Jun
1967
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USS Liberty Operational
Control, 06 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Attack,
08 Jun 1967
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RPS Acct 18137, 08
Jun 1967
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Personnel CASREPT,
08 Jun 1967
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List of Dead and Missing,
09 Jun 1967
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Possible Compromise
of USN-855 SIGINT Material, 09 Jun 1967
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List of Missing Persons,
09 Jun 1967
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PERS CASREPT, 09 Jun
1967
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U.S.S. Liberty Torpedo
Hit Area, 09 Jun 1967
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Status of Remains,
15 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Press
Conference, 29 Jun 1967
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Visit of Rep T. P.
O'Neal (D-MASS), 03 Jul 1967
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Classified Material
Accountability, 02 Aug 1967
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Research Space SITREP,
11 Jun 1967
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SITREP Research Spaces,
09 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty MOVREP,
06 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty
SITREP/Position, 08 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty MOVREP,
02 Jun 1967
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USS LIBERTY Hit by
Torpedo; Approached by Gunboats, 08 Jun 1967
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Rules of Engagement
Issued to Aircraft in Defense of U.S.S. LIBERTY, 08 Jun 1967
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USS LIBERTY Believes
Aircraft Are Israeli, 08 Jun 1967
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USS LIBERTY Underway;
Sixth Fleet Vessels and Aircraft Dispatched, 08 Jun 1967
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USS LIBERTY Erroneously
Attacked by Israeli Aircraft and Naval Vessels, 08 Jun 1967
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COMSIXTHFLT Re-Establishes
Communications with USS LIBERTY, 08 Jun 1967
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Departure of USS Liberty
from Rota, 01 Jun 1967
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EASTLANTMED TACOMMREPT
032359Z â 042359Z, 05 Jun 1967
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EASTLANTMED TACOMMREPT
042359Z - 052359Z, 06 Jun 1967
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EASTLANTMED TACOMMREPT
052359Z - 062359Z, 07 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Operations,
08 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Incident,
08 Jun 1967
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Following Received
From Rockstar, 08 Jun 1967
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Unidentified Gunboats
Approaching USS Liberty, 08 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Incident;
Four Armed A-1's Due Launch, 08 Jun 1967
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Following Received
From USNS Liberty; I am under Attack, 08 Jun 1967
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American Forces Proceed
to Scene of Attack, 08 Jun 1967
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Hit by Torpedo Starboard
Side Listing Badly, 08 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Incident
Attack Information, 08 Jun 1967
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US Forces Assistance
on Attack of USS Liberty, 08 Jun 1967
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Liberty Under Attack
Have Been Hit, 08 Jun 1967
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Establish Immediate
Communications with Any Med Area COMMSTA, 08 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Hit by
Torpedo, 08 Jun 1967
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Report of Attack on
USS Liberty, 08 Jun 1967
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Defenders of Liberty,
08 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Unable
to Identify Attacking Craft, 08 Jun 1967
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Emergency Destruction
Completed; 4 Dead, Excess of 50 Wounded, 08 Jun 1967
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VP Requirements, 08
Jun 1967
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Recall of VQ-2 Airborne
Aircraft, 08 Jun 1967
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Report that all Crypto
Pubs and Key Cards were Destroyed, 08 Jun 1967
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SECDEF States that
All News Releases on Liberty Affair Will Be Made at Washington Level, 08
Jun 1967
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Liberty to Proceed
on Northerly Course to Rendezvous with Assisting Ships, 08 Jun 1967
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SECRET FLASHINSTREP
06007 COMSIXTHFLT, 08 Jun 1967
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Use of Force No Longer
Authorized, 08 Jun 1967
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Damage to Liberty,
08 Jun 1967
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All Aircraft from
America and Saratoga Recovered and Accounted For, 08 Jun 1967
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SIGINT Readiness Bravo
"Crayon" CNO Report No. 14, 08 Jun 1967
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In Event America Embarks
Personnel of Liberty, Embarked Media Reps Desire to Conduct Interviews, 08
Jun 1967
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Fleet PAO Sends Report
on Assistance to Liberty and its Crew, 08 Jun 1967
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SITREP 08001; USS
Liberty Proceeding Course 340 Speed 10 Knots, 08 Jun 1967
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TG 60.1 Rendezvous
with USS Liberty Likely, 09 Jun 1967
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SITREP 06010; Davis
and Massey have Rendezvoused with Liberty, 09 Jun 1967
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SITREP Five; Davis
Alongside Liberty, Material Damage Under Control, 09 Jun 1967
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Media Coverage of
Liberty, 09 Jun 1967
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Report on Transfer
of Seriously Wounded from Liberty; Assessment of Damaged Area, 09 Jun 1967
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Liberty Missing Persons,
09 Jun 1967
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SITREP Six; Davis
Clear, Liberty Underway, 09 Jun 1967
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June Port Visits Greece
Clearance Request Nr Two, 09 Jun 1967
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SITREP Eight; Transfer
of All Injured and KIA Complete, 09 Jun 1967
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SITREP Seven; Oil
Seepage Still Minimum, 09 Jun 1967
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SITREP 06002; Latest
Muster Indicates Twenty-two (22) Missing, 09 Jun 1967
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Personnel Casualty
Report, 09 Jun 1967
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High Accuracy In-Flight
Capability, 09 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty, 09 Jun
1967
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USS Liberty
Communications, 09 Jun 1967
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Attack on USS Liberty,
09 Jun 1967
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SITREP 06003; VADM
W.I. Martin Made Personal Inspection of USS Liberty (AGTR-5) at 091200Z,
09 Jun 1967
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Liberty Casualty,
09 Jun 1967
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Message Tracer Action,
09 Jun 1967
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Both Davis and Massey
Boats Spent 2 Hours Recovering Subject Material from Liberty, 09 Jun 1967
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SITREP Nine; Massey
to Join CTU 60.l.9, Papago Joined Escort Unit at 1700B8 09 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Damage,
09 Jun 1967
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Status Report USS
Liberty Casualties, 09 Jun 1967
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SITREP Ten; Total
Davis Personnel on Liberty, Accomplishments of Combined Crews Today, 09 Jun
1967
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SITREP 06004; Material
Officer Completed Survey and Provided Damage Summary, 090 Jun 1967
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Liberty Repairs, 10
Jun 1967
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Two Boats Utilized
Two Hours Each to Search Area Around Liberty; Many Papers Examined, None
Classified, 09 Jun 1967
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Status of Information
Provided/Never Received by Liberty, 10 Jun 1967
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Prior to Attack SITREP
Fourteen; Liberty on Course 270 for Malta, Speed About 10.3 Knots, 10 Jun
1967
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Concur Termination
of Search, 10 Jun 1967
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Security of Liberty
Dry Docking, 11 Jun 1967
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Court of Inquiry Convened
to Inquire into the Circumstances Surrounding an Armed Attack on USS Liberty
on 08 June 1967, 11 Jun 1967
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Public Affairs Guidance,
11 Jun 1967
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AP News Copied, 11
Jun 1967
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Technical Exchange,
14 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Drydocking
at Malta SITREP Three, 14 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Drydocking
at Malta SITREP Four, 15 Jun 1967
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Drydocking of USS
Liberty at Malta SITREP Five and Final, 15 Jun 1967
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Reference Request
for Area Clearance for 10 Persons to Visit USS Liberty and Discuss Damage
and Repairs, 16 Jun 1967
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Drydocking of USS
Liberty at Malta SITREP Two, 17 Jun 1967
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Associated Press Story
Filed 17 June from Malta States "Senior Crewmen of the U.S. Navy Ship Liberty
are Convinced that Israel's Air and Torpedo Attack on their Ship, Which Cost
34 American Lives, was Deliberate," 18 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Press
Queries/Interviews, 30 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Classified
Material Accountability, 14 Jul 1967
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Transcript of
COMSIXTHFLT's Meeting with the Press in Company with Capt Arthur and Lt Schiener,
15 Jun 1967
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Liberty Incident,
19 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Incident,
19 Jun 1967
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SITREP Eighteen, 11
Jun 1967
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Search OPS, 09 Jun
1967
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Annex Delta to
CINCUSNAVEUR OPORD 15-67 (Public Affairs), 12 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Drydocking
at Malta, 13 Jun 1967
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Discreet Investigation
On Board USS America Reveals No Evidence of Security Violation, 10 Jun 1967
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Liberty Drydocking
at Malta 13 June, 11 Jun 1967
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Press Briefing Covering
Damage to USS Liberty and Heroic Action of Crew, 10 Jun 1967
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Movements and Position
of Liberty, 8 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty AGTR 5
Research Electronics System Damage Survey, 14 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Under
Attack, 08 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Departing
Rota, Spain on 2 June 1967, 02 Jun 1967
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Orders for USS Liberty,
01 Jun 1967
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Equipment Cited Ref
A Received and Delivered to USS Liberty AGTR-5, 02 Jun 1967
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World Wide Voice
Transcription Study, 03 Jun 1967
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EASTLANT/Med Guard
List for 06/1300Z, 06 Jun 1967
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Liberty Under Attack
and Hit Badly, 08 Jun 1967
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Allotment Augmentation,
09 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty-Status
of Linguists, 09 Jun 1967
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Wirenote for Lt. R.H.
Young G-51N, 09 Jun 1967
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Next of Kin of CT2
Ronnie Jordan Campbell, USN, 09 Jun 1967
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Physical Security
USN 855, 09 Jun 1967
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Pages of Highly Classified
Material Observed Floating Out of Hole Starboard Liberty, 09 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Situation
Post Attack, 09 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty--No Assistance
Needed, 09 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty--Status
of Wounded and Security, 09 Jun 1967
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Search Ops for Classified
Material From USS Liberty, 09 Jun 1967
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Note Regarding Purpose
of the USS Liberty, 09 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Physical
Security, 09 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty, 09 Jun
1967
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Message from CAPT
R. E. Cook Forwarding Sympathy from the Cryptologic Community to the Crew
of the USS Liberty, 15 Jun 1967
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Report Re USS Liberty,
19 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty, 13 Jun
1967
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USS Liberty, 09 Jun
1967
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Liberty Incident,
19 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty, 09 Jun
1967
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USS Liberty - Papers
Drifting Out of the Hole in the Liberty, 06 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty, 28 Jun
1967
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Liberty Drydocking
at Malta, 11 Jun 1967
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USS Belmont Med Ops,
09 Jun 1967
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Israeli Court of Inquiry
in USS Liberty Incident, 18 Jun 1967
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USS LIBERTY Underway;
Refused Assistance from Israeli Vessel,08 Jun 1967
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Arab/Israeli Situation
(As of 1200 EDT 8 June 67), 08 Jun 1967
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Further Information
on Yesterday's Incident with the American Ship, 09 Jun 1967
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Ref Telcon RADM Moore
NMCC and ALUSNA, Tel Aviv and JCS UTPO J-3 NOTAL Regarding USS Liberty Incident,
09 Jun 1967
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Possible COMINT Security
Violation Regarding AP Press Release; USS Liberty, 09 Jun 1967
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IDF Began Air Search
at 10/0300Z, 10 Jun 1967
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USAF Plant Rep at
Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) was Told by Senior IAI Official That on
Morning of 8 June He Heard Transmissions on IDF AF Air-to-Ground Control
Frequencies, 10 Jun 1967
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USS Liberty Incident,
10 Jun 1967
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USDAO Tel Aviv Reports
on IDF Source Information and Events Concerning Attack on Liberty, 13 Jun
1967
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Chronology of Events
Surrounding USS Liberty Incident as Observed and Recorded by ALUSNA Tel Aviv,
15 Jun 1967
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Israeli Accidental
Attack on U.S.S. Liberty, 8 June, 8 Jun 1967
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Preliminary Inquiry
on the Liberty Case, 15 August 1967
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Torpedoing of USS
Liberty, 8 Jun 1967
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Arab-Israel Situation
Report, 1200, 8 Jun 1967
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Arab-Israel Situation
Report, 1800, 8 Jun 1967
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INR Comments on the
USS Liberty Incident, June 8, 13 Jun 1967
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Arab-Israel Situation
Report, 1100, June 8, 1967, 8 Jun 1967
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Memorandum for the
Record: USS Liberty, 08 Jun 1967
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Memorandum for the
Record: Inquiry From House Appropriations Committee Regarding USS LIBERTY,
20 Jun 1967
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Report to the Director
NSA: USS Liberty (AGTR-5), 23 May - 8 June 1967, 08 Jun 1967
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Fact Sheet for DIRNSA:
USS Liberty (AGTR), 01 Jun 1967
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DIRNSA Letter to General
Russ Regarding the USS LIBERTY, 12 Jun 1967
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Memorandum for the
Deputy Director: USS LIBERTY, 14 Jun 1967
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Cryptographic Holdings
of USS Liberty, 02 Oct 1967
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Cryptographic Holdings
of USS LIBERTY, 17 Aug 1967
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Missent Traffic from
RUEPCR; Cover Note from Chief, T1 to DIRNSA, 14 Jul 1967
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USS LIBERTY Incident,
10 Jun 1967
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Questions by General
Carroll, Director, DIA; Answers Provided by G Group/P04, 27 Jun 1967
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SIGINT Reflection
of LIBERTY Incident, 27 Jun 1967
Blast
Area-Document Bags
Blast
Area Clean-Up Operations
CDR
and Staff Confer Post-attack
CDR
McGonagle Inspects Bridge
CDR
McGonagle Inspects Damage
CDR
McGonagle Israeli Bullet
CDR
McGonagle Reflects on Attack
CDR
McGonagle Surveys Damage
Clean-up
Operations of Blast Area
Damaged
Machine Gun Mount
Damaged
Signal Light on Bridge
Fire
Damage Port Side Amidships
Maintenance
Area Clean-up
Maintenance
Blast Area
Pierside
Malta2
Pierside
Malta3
Portside
Shock and Water Damage
Ships
Bridge was Clobbered
Shock
Damage Above Torpedo Hit
Spattered
by Isreali Gunfire
Torpedo
Hole from Drydock Floor1
Torpedo
Hole from Drydock Floor2
Torpedo
Hole from Drydock Floor3
TRSSCOM
Antenna Little Damage
USS
Liberty in Drydock
USS
Liberty Main Blast Area
USS
Liberty Pierside Malta
USS
Liberty Primary Blast Area