But you also are aware that most of the employees of your financial products unit had nothing to do with the large losses. And I am disappointed and frustrated over your lack of support for us. I and many others in the unit feel betrayed that you failed to stand up for us in the face of untrue and unfair accusations from certain members of Congress last Wednesday and from the press over our retention payments, and that you didn’t defend us against the baseless and reckless comments made by the attorneys general of New York and Connecticut.

　　你也相当清楚，这个部门内大部分的员工都和这些巨额亏损毫无关联。你没有站在我们一边，让我感到相当失望。上周三，你面对国会议员和媒体关于我们年终奖的不实指控、以及后来纽约检察官发表一些无事实根据的评论的时候，却没有办法挺身而出为我们辩解。我们AIG-FP部门的同仁深深感觉自己被背叛了。

　　My guess is that in October, when you learned of these retention contracts, you realized that the employees of the financial products unit needed some incentive to stay and that the contracts, being both ethical and useful, should be left to stand. That’s probably why A.I.G. management assured us on three occasions during that month that the company would “live up to its commitment” to honor the contract guarantees.

　　去年10月，当你知道这个年终奖的发放计划时，我猜想，你认为AIG-FP部门的人员需要一些诱因才能够留下来。而且，这个年终奖，既合乎道义又有实际效果，应该得到执行。这大概就是公司在那个月里，先后三次跟我们保证会履行诺言，发放年终奖的原因。

　　That may be why you decided to accelerate by three months more than a quarter of the amounts due under the contracts. That action signified to us your support, and was hardly something that one would do if he truly found the contracts “distasteful.”