TR didn’t just pull in because the boys wanted cold ones. We want to cultivate VN as a partner and because CN doesn’t want that. These are not insignificant events.

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Also, SECDEF/CJCS shouldn’t want you to pull this thread too hard and should think before assailing Crozier’s judgment or it’ll fly back in their faces. What was the CDC level for VN and HPCON at that time? If low, why *wouldn’t TR do a port call? If high, why were they ordered?