Shtyrov, however, was prepared. He told his boss that Soviet naval intelligence had done everything it could do to stop the Americans from meddling with the wreck, but his warnings were repeatedly ignored by the high command. The leadership refused to help him, he said, and he had an entire file to back up what he was saying. The commander subsequently lashed out at Naval Command in Moscow, and both sides pointed fingers while doing almost nothing of consequence except firing Shtyrov, the one man who actually tried to do something.
