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OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PUBLIC AFFAIRS)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - 20301

PLEASE NOTE DATE

No. 594-67                    
OXford 5-3176 (Info.)    
FOR THE PRESS
June 28, 1967
OXford 7-3189 (Copies)


Attached is a summary of the proceedings of the U. S.
Navy Court of Inquiry convened June 10, 1967, to inquire into the
circumstances surrounding the armed attack on USS LIBERTY
(AGTR-5) on June 8, 1967.

Attached also is the unclassified transcript of the testimony
before the Court by the Commanding Officer of the USS LIBERTY,
Commander William L. McGonagle, USN.

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