FLC HAS A LESS SEVERE CONFLICT IN THE AREA OF SALEM; MI.

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CLBING TO FL410 OUR INDICATED MACH WAS ABOUT 84/85.5; DECREASING TO 81.5. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIRPLANE PERFORMANCE AT HIGH ALT AND STATED SO. I HAD JUST LOOKED UP MAX CLB PWR FOR 39000 FT AND CHKED THE N1 GAUGES. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT ACFT BANK AND BUFFER DUE TO BEING NEW ON THE ACFT. AT ABOUT 39000 FT ATC QUICKLY GAVE US A NEW ENRTE CLRNC DIRECT SVM; DIRECT YQG V103 DAWN (DAWN WAS ACTUALLY GONNE) DIRECT CLE. THE CAPT ENTERED 114.3 INTO #2 VOR. I WAS ASKED TO TURN TO ABOUT 180/210 (90+ TURN). IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TURN AND REACHING FL410; I GAVE THE CHK CAPT THE AIRPLANE AND ASKED FOR THE MAP. I ENTERED SVM IN VOR #1 AND IDENTED IT. IT WAS THE WRONG IDENT AND SO ADVISED THE CAPT. WE ALL HAD VISUAL CONTACT WITH OPPOSITE TFC; AND I WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT A CONFLICT PROB. THE CAPT ASKED FOR SVM'S LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES AND I TOLD HIM THAT THE MAP DID NOT DISPLAY THE LATITUDE/LONGITUDE FOR SVM. I IMMEDIATELY ENTERED SVM; YQG AND GONNE IN THE GPS AND WENT DIRECT TO SVM. THE CTR AT THAT TIME GAVE US A HDG CHANGE TO FLY. I THEN TOOK CTL OF THE AUTOPLT AND STEERED THE HDG. THE REST OF THE FLT WAS COMPLETED NORMALLY. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 341512: AFTER ROLLING OUT ON A SOUTHERLY HDG; THE CAPT IN THE L SEAT GAVE CTL OF THE ACFT TO THE CAPT IN THE R SEAT AND ASKED FOR AND WAS GIVEN THE CHARTS TO IDENT SALEM AND LOAD THE COORDINATES INTO THE GPS AND OMEGA NAVIGATION SYSTEM (ONS). THE CAPT IN THE R SEAT THEN LOOKED OUT AND VISUALLY NOTED THE TFC TO BE IN HIS FORWARD L QUADRANT AND AT APPROX 25 MI ON THE TCASII AT FL410. AS THE TFC CLOSED TO UNDER 20 NM AND APCHED 15 NM; WE INITIATED A CALL TO ZMP AND TOLD THEM OF THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT. AT THIS TIME; THE CAPT IN THE L SEAT HAD FINISHED LOADING THE COORDINATES INTO THE GPS AND WAS BEGINNING A TURN DIRECT SALEM TO THE E-SE. ZMP QUICKLY CAME BACK AND INSTRUCTED US TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE L TURN TO 90 DEGS. THE CAPT IN THE R SEAT ACKNOWLEDGED THE CALL AND THE CAPT IN THE L SEAT MADE THE TURN TO 90 DEGS. THIS TURN WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE TFC IN SIGHT AT ALL TIMES AND THE CLOSEST PASSING DISTANCE; AS I RECALL; WAS APPROX 5 MI. A TCASII TFC RESOLUTION DID ENUNCIATE DURING THE TURN. THE OTHER TFC WAS GIVEN A TURN TO 240 DEGS. IT DID SEEM THAT WE WERE RECEIVING THE MAJORITY OF THE VECTORS IN DEFERENCE TO THE OTHER TFC. AFTER THE EVENT IN QUESTION; WE ALL AGREED THAT 'VECTOR UNTIL RECEIVING OR RNAV DIRECT' SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED WITH A VOR FIX OUTSIDE THE SSV. I DO NOT RECALL ANY SUCH CLRNC OTHER THAN DIRECT SALEM BEING GIVEN.