This paper's hull count has been five named U.S. sinkings against IRGC claims that run higher, including a six that was never independently confirmed in the Sunday-week file. Monday has no new named American hull and no confirmed Iranian six in fetched copy. Salalah does not sink a ship. Hanish does not sink a ship. Print five as five. Do not print ten. Leave a new named hull to the edition that owns a new named hull.

Named American hulls and unconfirmed Iranian tallies stay unreconciled. Monday's diplomacy does not add a ship to either column.
Print five. Do not print ten.
No new named hull is in Monday's Tampa copy.
Monday is not a sixth named hull.
This edition will not invent a later act to fill a quiet Monday.
-- YOSEF STERN, Jerusalem