DIRNSA Marshall Carter Msg Requesting Info on USS Liberty Attack (National Archives and Records Administration)

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* Tracking Number: NARA-NGC-2022-001118
* Requester Name:
Joe Meadors
* Date Submitted: 04/25/2022
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

According to the NSA website, “Within an hour of learning that the [USS] 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.

I request a copy of the message sent by DIRNSA LTG Marshall Carter referenced above and a copy of the messages received in response to that message.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Joe Meadors

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Dear Mr. Meadors:

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request NARA-NGC-2022-001118.

- *Name and Address*
- First Name: Joe
- Middle Initial:
- Last Name: Meadors
- Organization:
- Mailing Address Location: United States/U.S. Territories
- Address Line 1: MuckRock News DEPT MR 127557
- Address Line 2: 411A Highland Ave
- City: Somerville
- State/Province: MA
- Zip/Postal Code: 02144-2516
- *Contact Information*
- E-mail Address: requests@muckrock.com
- Phone Number:
- Fax Number:
- *Agency and Fee Information*
- Assigned Agency: NGC - Office of General Counsel
- Will Pay Up To: $0.00
- *Description*
- To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the
following records:

According to the NSA website, “Within an hour of learning that the
[USS] 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.

I request a copy of the message sent by DIRNSA LTG Marshall Carter
referenced above and a copy of the messages received in response to that
message.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public,
and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would
inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my
request. I would
prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment
if available
or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20
business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Joe Meadors

Upload documents directly:
https://www.muckrock.com/
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- Fee Waiver Requested: No
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- *Expedited Processing*
- Expedited Processing Requested: No
- Expedited Processing Reason:

May 9, 2022

Reply to RR2RR 22-37721LT

Joe Meadors

MuckRock News DEPT MR 127557

411A Highland Ave

Somerville, MA 02144

Dear Mr. Meadors,

This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request of April 26,
2022 for the message from NSA Director (DIRNSA) Marshall S. Carter
requesting a special search of all communications that might reflect the
attack on the USS *Liberty *on 8 June 1967 (Msg 081356Z). Your request was
received in this office on April 29, 2022 and assigned FOIA case number
22-37721.

We searched our holdings in Record Group 457 – Records of the National
Security Agency/Central Security Service “Studies on Cryptography” (Entry
A1 9002) and “Archival and Historian's Source Files” (Entry P 11) for the
message but did not locate messages from Lieutenant General Carter. We also
searched for a collection of messages from the DIRNSA office during 1967
but were unable to locate a relevant series.

We also searched in the Record Group 218 – Records of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff collection of General Wheeler’s files under decimal 091 (Israel) but
did not locate messages on the attack of the USS *Liberty*.

We searched the Record Group 38 – Records of the Office of the Chief of
Naval Operations series “Records Relating to Attacks, Accidents, and Other
Topics, 1964-1973” (Entry P 25), which has SITREP messages from the time of
the incident, but the message was not present.

We were able to locate a digital version of the message on the NSA website
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https://media.defense.gov/2021/Jul/18/2002804878/-1/-1/0/USS-LIBERTY-TORPEDOED-V1%20(1).PDF

Please contact the NSA FOIA office with questions regarding the record at
foianet@nsa.gov.

We do not consider this a denial of your FOIA request. However, if you are
not satisfied with our action on this request, your options for appeal and
dispute resolution are outlined in the attached enclosure.

This concludes the processing of your request.

Sincerely,

LAUREN THEODORE

Archives Specialist

Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)

National Archives at College Park, MD

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LAUREN THEODORE
Archives Specialist
Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)
National Archives at College Park, MD