Object
Naval Intelligence Report — Cuban Refugee Figures (single-page handout, S01E03)
A slim, single‑page typed intelligence brief stamped with a Naval Intelligence header: narrow columns of dates, departure counts, turnbacks, missing‑person tallies and custody figures. The page is stapled at one corner and handled as a compact handout; staffers skim numbers with visible unease. In the Northwest Lobby Toby passes the sheet to Ginger to occupy reporters, the paper functioning as a tangible briefing item exchanged in the press scrum and briefly held by Ginger while questions press in.
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Purpose
To convey concise naval-intelligence tallies and operational figures for briefing senior staff and the President; in the scene it also serves as a physical handout/prop used to transfer information and deflect reporters during a press confrontation.
Significance
The report condenses bureaucratic metrics that sharpen the moral and operational stakes for the staff: cold arithmetic that produces moral unease and informs policy choices. Narratively, it doubles as a practical prop — Toby uses it to hand off information and control the lobby exchange — underscoring the administration's emphasis on procedural containment and message discipline when private crises collide with public scrutiny.
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