our book shows, our reporting, deep reporting shows it was not in any way a tip-off of china. the next three or four paragraphs that continue the conversation which i hope get reported more, that full conversation, show exactly what he testified under oath toy, that he will have conversations with the chinese if anything escalates in terms of war,here will be phone calls, there will be mement on the seas, in the air. this is how it works in wartime. was a way of de-escating tension days before an election wh there was intelligence and a belief on the chinese side based on the u.s. assessment that there coulde a wag the dog. january 8th, r book details milley reading in, briefing national security agency director cia director gina haspel, members of the joint chiefs of staff.