Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Otú ọ dị, isi ihe mere e ji chụọ Schlesinger n'ọrụ, bụ́ nke a na-ekwughị banyere ya, ma ọ dị mkpa, bụ nnupụisi ya n'ebe President Ford nọ. N'oge
"Mayaguez" ihe merenụ, Ford nyere iwu ka e tie ndị Kambodia ihe ugboro ugboro. Schlesinger gwara Ford na e mere mwakpo mbụ ahụ, mana Ford mechara mata na Schlesinger, onye ekwenyeghị na iwu ahụ, emeghị nke ọ bụla n'ime ha. Dabere na akwụkwọ Bob Woodward dere n'afọ 1999, "Shadow", Ford hapụrụ ihe ahụ merenụ, mana mgbe Schlesinger mere nnupụisi ọzọ n'okwu ndị ọzọ, Ford mechara chụọ ya n'ọrụ. Woodward na-ekwu, sị, "United States ka meriri n'agha nke mbụ ya.... Na onyeisi ala na odeakwụkwọ na-ahụ maka ịgbachitere mba ahụ ekwekọrịtaghị onye ga-abụ onyeisi ha bụ ihe jọgburu onwe ya.... [Nke a] nkewa a na-ekwuputaghị nke ọma n'usoro iwu ndị agha bụ... ikekwe ọgba aghara kasị pụta ìhè nke ọchịchị Ford". Schlesinger nupụkwara Ford isi mgbe a gwara ya ka o zipụ ọtụtụ ụgbọelu ndị agha dị ka o kwere mee iji kpọpụ South Vietnam. Schlesinger ekwenyeghị ime nke ahụ ma ezigaghị ụgbọelu ahụ. Woodward na-ekwu na onyeisiala a họpụtara, nke Ford na-abụghị, agaraghị anabata nnupụisi ahụ.