B757 CLBING TO FL350 CLRED DIRECT LETON RECEIVED A TCASII RA; CLBING THROUGH FL325; ON A B727 AT FL330. THE B727 ALSO RECEIVED A TCASII RA ON THE B757 AND BOTH ACFT FOLLOWED THEIR TCASII RA'S. CTLR WAS EXPECTING MORE OF A TURN FROM THE B757 WHEN HE CLRED HIM DIRECT TO LETON.

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ON THE JAWSS DEP AT SJU; SLIGHTLY PRIOR TO REACHING UTAHS WAS CLRED DIRECT LETON. PREVIOUSLY CLRED TO FL350. SELECTED DIRECT LETON ON FMS; VERIFIED AND EXECUTED. AT ABOUT FL320 SAW TCASII TARGET 20 NM 12 O'CLOCK; ABOUT PLUS 900 FT. CLOSER RATE VERY HIGH. AT FL325 I LEVEL ACFT; COINCIDENT WITH TA. IMMEDIATELY AFTER RA RECEIVED: CLB. COMPLIED. IN EXCESS OF 2500 FPM COMMANDED. PULLED UP SMARTLY. SAW ACFT AT ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK; DIVING AND TURNING R. ESTIMATE CLOSURE AT 3/4 MI. NO INJURIES MY ACFT. QUERIED CTR. HE VAGUELY STATED WE WERE CLRED DIRECT TO LETON BUT STILL ON AIRWAY. HE SEEMED TO ANTICIPATE WE WOULD MAKE R TURN; BUT AIRWAY ALMOST STRAIGHT. IN FACT G431 BOWS SLIGHTLY BTWN UTAHS AND LETON TO NE. DIRECT WAS A VERY SLIGHT L TURN. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL; THIS WAS CLRLY A CTR MISTAKE. TCASII SAVED THE DAY. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 344878: WE WERE IN CRUISE AT FL330. WE RECEIVED A TA ALERT FOLLOWED BY AN RA ALERT; TO DSND XING DSND. THE OTHER ACFT WAS CLBING THROUGH OUR ALT. WE RESPONDED TO THE RA BY DSNDING. WE WERE THEN AT FL320. ATC GAVE US A DSCNT CLRNC.