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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S1E3 · A Proportional Response

A Private Plea Interrupted by the Press

A slim Naval Intelligence report is physically transferred as a tactical prop: Toby snatches it from Ginger to use as a token briefing to distract or ground the reporters, then returns it to Ginger when he leaves. It functions narratively as a small, concrete tool of information‑management and diversion.

Before: In Ginger's hands, carried through the Northwest Lobby for transit between offices.

After: Returned to Ginger's possession, intact and in her control after Toby departs.

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S1E3 · A Proportional Response

Measured Silence: Toby Deflects the Press

A slim intelligence/report page is carried by Ginger and physically taken by Toby to use as a prop to occupy the reporters' hands and attention; it functions as a tangible buffer between spokespeople and the press while Toby speaks policy.

Before: Stapled single-page intelligence brief in Ginger's hand as she walks through the lobby.

After: Returned to Ginger by Toby after he disengages from the press; remains physically intact and in staff custody.

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