He is writing it as feedback (which was encouraged by the HR team) to the very people who set up the program, why on earth would he need to do mention that spec

He is writing it as feedback (which was encouraged by the HR team) to the very people who set up the program, why on earth would he need to do mention that specifically? He wasn't writing it to you. What in that memo makes you feel that you can claim he didn't start with a shred of humulity? Can you point to any specifics?