A short scene was outlined in the screenplay of Escape from the Planet of the Apes in which the flurry of excitement about the reappearance of the lost spacecraft filtered up the chain of command. General Brody was a senior military leader in Washington, who informed NASA and The President about the discovery. He was the senior officer that Colonel Winthrop had reported to. In the released film, these scenes were removed, and Colonel Winthrop had become a General.