Telegram from the Commander of the United States Naval Forces in Europe

NLT-109 SECRET DISPATCH came DRAFTER EXT. ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE CTF 68 ASTERI SK MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE OP PRIORITY FROM PRIORTTY 2 3 ROUTINE RELEASED BY 4 COMNAVEU DEFERRED 5 DATE 10 JULY 1945 FOR BASEGRAM 6 DECLASSIFIED by authority of 7 1821 TOR CODEROOM DEPT. OF DEFENSE LTA 8 To G.S.A. 5-3-72 TURLEY NL MEMO TO NLT PRIORITY 9 DECODED BY 4-12-73 10 ROUTINE PARAPHRASED CHECKED HARTZELL BY READY R. Initials BK2 Date 5/21/7 11 BY DEFERRED 12 READY DITTOED BY HARTZELL BASEGRAM 13 ROUTED BY 14 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL 8 E TRANSMITTED with DEFERRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE IF OPERATIONAL 15 CHECK BELOW 16 101630 NCR 6968 17 18 Originator fill in DATE AND TIME GROUP (Use G. C. T. 19 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES PLEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT 20 21 CTF 68 ORIGINATES AND COMNAVEU IS ACTION. RDO WASHINGTON PASS 22 23 TO COMNAVEU. 3. TROMAN 24 25 is ARCHIVES SERVICE" "LLUSUS *NATIONAL AND 26 27 TOPSECRET. 28 29 CONCUR YOUR 091708 EXCEPT PREFER OFFICER COURIER BOARD AUGUSTA 30 31 AT START POINT. MY FLAG IN CL 41. IMPORTANT PASSENGERS IN 32 33 34 CA 31. REQUEST OTHER PERSONNEL YOUR LIST BE DISTRIBUTED 35 36 ACCORDINGLY. 37 38 39 RECEIVED FOR RELAY ROUTED FOR INFO. 40 41 42 NCR HAS PASSED TO NAVCOM FOR FURTHER TRANSMISSION TO COMNAVEU FOR 43 ACTION AS TOT630 NCR 6968. TOR NAVCOM: 1858 44 45 46 NAVAIDE (#1-3)-4.COG 47 48 49 No. I ADMIRAL. No. 2 FILE. No. 3F- - I OR CHARTROOM. No. 4 SPECIAL. 50 51 TOP SECRET 52 101630 only in accordance with "Top Secret" instructions contained in Article 76, Navy Regulations COPY NO. Handle OPNAV 19-78