"This is a direct order," Mr. Putin said, according to a report on the meeting in St . Petersburgby the Interfax news agency.
The communication is a direct order: Three cells surrounding one will dictate whether that cell carries a "1" or a "0".
"His exact words were, 'This is not a direct order, but I want to make sure this person does not get into a situation he cannot get out of.' " General Cooper, now retired, has said he has no memory of either that conversation or Mr. Leo.
"Gerry said 'look Peter, we can't replace that explosive, you will have to go with what you have and as soon as you can get it across, the better', so as far as I was concerned, I was given a direct order," Mr Rogers said.
There was never a direct order or directive that you have to do this.
This isn't a direct order to help the Contras, but it's a clear directive not to wait around for the intent of Congress to emerge when it comes to the struggle against the Central American left.
Before we began, we'd all been given a direct order by Walt not to read Kipling's original story so we wouldn't be influenced like Bill was.
There was never a direct order, 'you have to do this if you want to be on the team', that never happened.
