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Miles:
If a client doesn’t know what questions to ask...

Will:
We tell them what questions to ask.

Miles:
An adversary doesn’t know how far they’re willing to bend, I’m thinking we try the same thing.

Will:
This for next week’s North Korea session? [Miles nods] Has it been done with success?

Miles:
Brezhnev’s loaded on vodka at an orgy negotiating SALT II with Carter. He refuses Carter’s every ask. Cy Vance tells Carter to agree to Brezhnev’s asks...

Will:
But then repeat them back using his own instead of Brezhnev’s.

Miles:
Yeah. Carter shouts louder and louder over Brezhnev’s ladies but by the time he’s done, Brezhnev says he’s glad Carter saw the light and they had a deal.