Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko te take nui, engari he mea nui, ko te take nui i muri i te whakakorenga o Schlesinger, ko tana koretake ki te Perehitini Ford. I te wā o te "Mayaguez"
, I whakahau a Ford i te maha o nga whakaekenga utu ki a Cambodia. I kii a Schlesinger ki a Ford i whakahaeretia te patu tuatahi, engari i muri mai ka mohio a Ford ko Schlesinger, kaore i whakaae ki te ota, kaore i mahia tetahi o raatau. E ai ki te pukapuka a Bob Woodward i te tau 1999, "Shadow", ka whakarerea e Ford te kaupapa, engari i te wa i hara ai a Schlesinger i etahi atu take, ka peia ia e Ford. E kī ana a Woodward, "Kua ngaro te Hononga o Amerika i te pakanga mo te wā tuatahi.... He mea whakamataku te kore o te peresideni me te minita o te parenga i whakaae ko wai te rangatira... [Ko tenei] pakaru kore i roto i te mekameka whakahau a te ope taua... pea ko te raru nui rawa atu o te perehitini Ford. " I whakakeke hoki a Schlesinger ki a Ford i te wa i korerotia ai ki a ia kia tono mai i nga waka rererangi hoia kia taea ai te wehe atu i Vietnam ki te Tonga. Kaore a Schlesinger i whakaae ki te mahi pera, a kaore i tukuna te waka rererangi. E mea ana a Woodward, mehemea i pōtitia he perehitini, kāore a Ford i pōtitia, e kore rawa ia e whakaae ki te whakakeke.