Things are much better here. Tech Support at Crucial insisted that every drive they ship out contains 1 usb-C to usb-C cable and an adapter to make it fit a usb-A port. I figure it had accidentally been discarded as trash or was really left out but I kept looking and found the little box the drive came in.
There is a small pocket in the tray containing a pamflet that one suddenly realizes is too deep to be just the booklet. Everything was there and I do believe that is the first usb-C cable I have ever encountered. Again, thanks for clearing up the confusion. Martin McCormick