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1601Z 11 June 1967 transmitted message text from
Commander, Task Group Sixty Point Five to
Commander, Task Force Sixty


O 111601Z JUN 67
FM CTG SIX ZERO PT FIVE
TO CTF SIX ZERO
INFO CNO
CHINFO
CINCUSNAVEUR
USINCEUR
COMSIXTHFLT
CTF SIX THREE
CTG SIX ZERO PT TWO
USS F T BERRY
BT
C O N F I D E N T I A L
SITREP EIGHTEEN
1. 1700B8 POSIT 34-498,5 23-20E7
2. LIBERTY DIW FROM 1315B0 UNTIL 1615B7 TO ALLOW PAPAGO DIVERS
TO EXAMINE HOLE AND RIG COVERING NET. DIVERS ESTIMATE HOLE
TO BE THIRTY-NINE FEET WIDE AT BOTTOM BY TWENTY-FOUR FEET
HIGH. NET RIGGED FOR OVER AFTER TWO-THIRDS HOLE. UNFORTUNATELY
NET CARRIED AWAY AFTER TEN MINUTES UNDERWAY. BACK TO FOLLOWING
IN WAKE. USING SEARCH LIGHT AT NIGHT. DURING PERIOD HOVE TO OIL
LEAK NEGLIGIBLE.
3. RESULTS VISUAL DIVER INSP WILL BE SEPARATE MSG HIGHER CLASS.
4. AGI GS-43 JOINED FORCES 1630B0 AND IS TRAILING. PARALLELING
CSE AND SPEED ON QUARTER. NOT IN WAKE. WILL WATCH CAREFULLY.
5. BERRY NEAR BY DR POSIT 34-56N8 21-51E9. WIND IS
INCREASING. BE PREPARED HIGH LINE TRANSFER YOUR STBD SIDE.
YOU PROVIDE.
GP-4
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