Literally halfway around the world from Crab’s Claw Cape, teleprinters in the Pentagon and the State Department began to hiss out priority flagged hard copy at the same instant.
***URGENT ***URGENT ***URGENT ***URGENT ***URGENT ***
***TIME CRITICAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS***
***AUTHENTICATOR IRONFIST NOVEMBER ZERO-TWO-ONE
***FROM: CINCNAVSPECFORCE***
***TO: CNO/SECSTATE***
***HAVE LOCATED HOSTAGE CAPT. A. GARRETT AND STOLEN INDASAT 06 VEHICLE ON WEST COAST NEW GUINEA. UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED AM INITIATING RESCUE AND RECOVERY OPERATION. DETAILS IN ATTACHMENT FILE***
Somehow, such UNODIR (UNless Otherwise DIRected) notifications never got sent in time to be otherwise directed.