Kammala wannan jumla: Babban dalilin da ba'a bayar da rahoto ba, amma mai mahimmanci, a bayan korar Schlesinger, duk da haka, shi ne rashin biyayya ga Shugaba Ford. A lokacin da
Bayan abin da ya faru a "Mayaguez", Ford ya ba da umarnin kai hare-hare da dama a kan Kambodiya. Schlesinger ya gaya wa Ford cewa an yi hari na farko, amma Ford daga baya ya fahimci cewa Schlesinger, wanda bai yarda da umurnin ba, ba a aiwatar da su ba. Dangane da littafin Bob Woodward na 1999, "Shadow", Ford ya bar abin da ya faru ya tafi, amma lokacin da Schlesinger ya ci gaba da rashin biyayya a kan wasu batutuwa, Ford ya kori shi. Woodward ya lura, "Amurka ta yi rashin nasara a yaƙi a karon farko.... Wannan shugaban kasa da sakataren tsaro ba su iya yarda da wanda ke da alhakin ba ne mai ban tsoro... [Wannan] lalacewar da ba a buga ba a cikin sarkar umarni na soja shine... watakila mafi mahimmancin abin kunya na shugabancin Ford. " Schlesinger ya kuma yi rashin biyayya ga Ford lokacin da aka gaya masa ya aika da jiragen saman soja da yawa kamar yadda zai yiwu don kwashe Kudancin Vietnam. Schlesinger bai yarda da yin haka ba kuma bai aika da jirgin sama ba. Woodward ya ce zababben shugaban kasa, wanda Ford bai kasance ba, ba zai taba jurewa rashin biyayya ba.