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the call. Again, I have POTUS written there and the Chief of Staff is on this call. I think this is a vague recollection, but I think he made some representation about what the President wanted to happen, and I think it was in line with what he had told me earlier that afternoon, and that's why I didn't write anything more about it.

Ms. Cheney. Okay. Thank you.

BY  :

Q Turning to the 1800 call, your notes, I just wanted to go through number five and number six.

A Yes.

Q Can you read that for us?

A Number five says: This may have to be sustained through approximately the 27th—that was General Milley saying that—thinks will need approximately 6,000 National Guard to maintain the perimeter through that date.

Number six says: Adjacent police forces - all are on standby or already helping.

Those were police departments in Virginia and Maryland and places like that.

Q General Milley's suggestion, was that—takes you up to the date of the inauguration? Is that the 27th?

A It would take us a week after the inauguration. So it seemed to me he was planning the inauguration plus a week, seemed to be what he was planning for, thinking might be necessary.

Q And number—under number four, if you could just read the notes that you have on the side there.

A So the title of that block is "D.C. National Guard," and on the left, I have: General Hokansen—H-o-k-a-n-s-e-n. He's from the National Guard Bureau in the Pentagon. I believe he's the Commander of the National Guard Bureau. I think that