Chennault was worried that the State Department would object, so she privately talked the matter over with Vietnamese ambassador. Eventually, because Chennault lived in the Watergate complex, frequented by the politically powerful, it was easy for cabinet officials and their wives to just "pop upstairs," so she agreed.
陳香梅猶豫國務院會有意見，私下與越南大使斐艷商量，最後因陳香梅住處就在高官雲集的水門大廈，內閣及夫人們只要「上樓」即可，而接下這份工作。