[Howlin]

• Memorandum, May 4, 1972

• Memo to File, May 19, 1972

• Memorandum For Record,
Aug. 1, 1972

• Memo to File, Aug. 18, 1973

[JennysCool]

Thanks! And I hope all is going better for you.

[america-rules]

During the Clinton years I wrote several memos to my Commander saying the same thing because the Clinton policy was to cut 1 million active duty any way we could.

The problem was the good guys wanted out because they were offered $50,000 - $150,000 bonuses to get out.

The idiots didn't want to get out because they knew they couldn't make it in the real world so I always wrote that the Gov't has spent XXX thousands training this person and we can't afford to lose him ect.. It never worked but I tried to make my point.

If Bush was a slug this commander wouldn't have tried to keep him !

[Barlowmaker]

Thanks for the great research that you, and others, are doing here. It's going to make a real-world difference.

[TN4Liberty]

The August 18 memo uses contractions (I'll, don't, etc) four different places. If the Lt Col types his own memos, maybe he would do this. But I doubt he would have the formats down and use to advanced spacing features described elsewhere. Ad administrative assistant or clerk would edit out the contractions. And the Lt Col would have signed it if he was really CYA.

There is no reference to Lt. Bush or George Bush.... only "Bush," like this is the only Bush in the military. Likely? No.

I don't buy it. I think you guys are on to something.

[Sacajaweau]

I just printed out each of the documents. I am absolutely amazed that the last digit of the date in the two August memos wind up in the same column even though they are a year apart and the last digit of the May 1972 is so close to lining up, it's uncanny since all the left margins are different in the Aug '72 memo.

It also looks like the dates are in the same font and yet the text appears to be different.

And why are there dots all over the paper? I have old papers...yes, very old papers....and when I copy them, they don't have dots all over them.

I'm also trying to figure out why these are not on official paper? Was that common?

In the 1972 memo, the "b" in but in the last line does not look like the "b" which is almost directly above..two lines up. Also, notice the "t" in "talking" in the last line is dropped down but the "t" in "talked" at No. 2..Physical. We "talked" etc. is not dropped.

Please notice also, that the comma before the "but" in the last line of the May 1972 memo is only one of two commas in ALL of the memos and in fact, in the last line of the Aug 72 memo, he does NOT use a comma preceeding the word "but". We're creatures of habit.

The bottom line however, is free interprtation of these memos. The creep that was with Blather is getting his 15 minutes of fame and probably a few bucks. He is an operative. Of that, there is no doubt.