 Why did Major Winship likely refuse to call for help when they could not communicate with Pinov?
General Finogenov notified Major Winship that the underground blast was scheduled for the following morning. Major Winship, after receiving the message, discussed precautions with the three other Americans. Major Winship attempted unsuccessfully to communicate with Base Gagarin. "Help?" " Nyet ," said Major Winship, exhausting his Russian. "I'll try again," Major Winship said and switched to the emergency channel. "Pinov's still there," Major Winship said. Major Winship moved quickly to cut out the emergency air supply which had cut in automatically with the pressure drop. Major Winship said, "they should have made these things more flexible." "You did this deliberately," Major Winship said testily.
 He was stubborn.
 He was stubborn.  He wanted to handle the situation by protocol.  He wanted to be responsible for saving the day.  He was afraid of the consequences.