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2355Z 24 May 1967 transmitted message text from
Secretary of Defense to
U.S. Commander-in-Chief, Europe


0 242355Z MAY 67
FM SEC DEF
TO USCINCEUR
INFO CINCSTRIKE
USCINCNAVEUR
COMSIXTHFLT
NAVSUPACT NAPLES
CJCS
CNO
STATE
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UNCLAS DEF 6217 FROM ASD(PA) SGD GOULDING
EUCOM FOR PAO
SUBJECT: NEWS COVERAGE OF SIXTH FLEET ACTIVITIES.
REF: DEF 6127, 241633Z MAY 67.
    1. DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO AUTHORIZE NEWS MEDIA
REPRESENTATIVES TO ACCOMPANY VESSELS OF SIXTH FLEET ON BASIS OF
NO INTERFERENCE WITH OPERATION [garbled]
    2. WE WILL ISSUE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT ON MORNING OF
25 MAY, LOCAL TIME. QUOTE. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
(PUBLIC AFFAIRS) PHIL G. GOULDING ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE U.S.
EUROPEAN COMMAND, WITH HEADQUARTERS IN STUTTGART, GERMANY,
HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR HANDLING REQUESTS BY
NEWS MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO GO ABOARD SHIPS OF THE U.S. SIXTH
FLEET ON A BASIS OF NO INTERFERENCE WITH OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD PLACE THEIR REQUESTS WITH EUROPEAN
COMMAND HEADQUARTERS OR WITH THE U.S. NAVAL SUPPORT
ACTIVITY IN NAPLES, ITALY. UNQUOTE.
    3. WE SUGGEST THAT YOU AND YOUR DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES IN
NAPLES ESTABLISH FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY FOR APPROVAL OF REQUESTS:

   A. U.S. CITIZENS AND NON-U.S. PERSONNEL EMPLOYED BY
U.S. NEWS MEDIA.
   B. U.S. CITIZENS EMPLOYED BY MEDIA OF NEUTRAL COUNTRIES.
   C. NON-U.S. PERSONNEL OF NEUTRAL COUNTRIES.
    4. THIS MESSAGE SUPERSEDES LAST PARAGRAPH OF REFERENCE.
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Message subject lineage: 251020Z MAY 67 USCINCUR