All language subtitles for The Ugly American (1963) Marlon Brando (1924-2004)

Come on. Yeah.

Hurry up. Hurry up.

My name... Li Pang.

I want to be good engineer...

like Mr. Martinson.

Very good, Li. Very good.

You're gonna be talkin' like
an American before ya know it.

- Mr. Martinson? How you call?
- That's a wrench.

"Lench"? In Sarkhan: Kun dje luen.

Kun dje luen. "Lench".

No, not "lench".
Wrench. Rh-h!

I know that's a hard
sound for you to get...

Look out!

What happened?

Punjit? Punjit?

- Yes, sir?
- What happened to the truck?

Mr. Martinson. Came from up there.

Was he in it? Yes.

I work no more this road!
Drunk man in truck.

Drunk man kill.

- Punjit, who saw this happen?
- Me. I see.

Drink too much whiskey,
then truck killJohnny Sumpat.

You not give one big damn what
happen to poor Sarkhanese people!

We all feel bad about this.

But that kind of name-calling
is not gonna help anybody.

I quit! I work no more for
American imperialists!

His neck's broken.
He couldn't have felt a whole lot.

Was he really drunk?

I don't remember ever seeing
him take a drink, Homer.

Mullins, there's something
weird going on around here.

Come on. Let's get him
back to the base.

Punjit, that guy quit.
Get him outta here.

I told them the autopsy proved
that our truck driver wasn't drunk,

and I asked for a retraction.

Did they retract it? They did not.
They just changed it around.

This may be your last chance
to set the record straight.

One clear, sane statement about
why we're building Freedom Road.

Those reporters are willing to listen.
They'd like to know.

It's not that simple.

I've been sitting here trying to put
it into words, but what's the use?

Those reporters twist
everything I say.

I know that Freedom Road is good for them,
and you know it, and Bing knows it.

But how do you tell these Sarkhanese people?
They don't really want to know anyway.

All right. I'll go down
and tell them you're sick.

Mr. Ambassador, I understand what
you want. I'll ad-lib something.

I'll take the seriousness out.

Don't worry, Grainger.
Everybody loves Joe Bing.

- And thank them for coming.
- Yes, sir.

You're not going to see
them at all, are you?

I've only a couple of days left
in this assignment, Grainger.

We should wait till the
new ambassador comes.

MacWhite has been named as ambassador.

If the Senate confirms him tomorrow,
he'll be here in a couple of weeks.

I shouldn't start something I'm
not going to be here to finish.

So... we do nothing again.

Then you gentlemen will
report back to the committee...

on Tuesday at 11:00 for a
continuation of this hearing.

- Is the ambassador-designate to Sarkhan next?
- Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. MacWhite in the room.

Mr. MacWhite. Right.

Keep your vest pulled down.

Mr. MacWhite.

Mr. MacWhite, we are
glad to have you say...

why you think we should act favorably on
your nomination as ambassador to Sarkhan.

Mr. Chairman, Senators,

I have about 15 pages here
which I wrote last night...

in explanation of my qualifications.

As I read them over this morning,
they sound so much like my own eulogy...

that I've decided to let my mother
publish them privately after I'm dead.

So if you don't mind, I would
just prefer to answer the questions.

Have you any speaking knowledge
of the Sarkhanese language?

- Yes, a little.
- Will you say something, please?

Khor santiseek chong mee
kas prachachen tua lak.

- What does that mean?
- Roughly that means...

"May there be peace among
all peoples of the world".

You were vice president
of MacWhite Publications...

in charge of the foreign office,
isn't that so?

That's right. Headquartered in Paris.

Would that background
qualify you for this position?

One of the functions of my job, Senator,
was to interview world leaders.

You probably know what it's like
to be interviewed.

I think you can appreciate
that a good reporter...

has to win the confidence
and trust of people...

if he's to write anything
perceptive about them.

I've never read anything
perceptive about me.

Well, I... I haven't interviewed you.

I will now yield to my
distinguished friend...

from the nation's dairyland,
Senator Macon.

Sir, I thought this was a very
poor nomination when it came down,

and I still do.

Mr. MacWhite, let's get
into your war record.

You were in Sarkhan during the war?

Yes, my plane was shot down,
and I bailed out.

Why'd they give you the Silver Star?

- As you know from the citation...
- I don't know anything.

The record's blank
until you fill it in.

The award was given for sabotage
activities behind enemy lines.

Sarkhan was under
Japanese occupation at the time,

and I fought with the
Sarkhanese underground.

Nothing personal in
my attitude, Mr. MacWhite.

I just wanted to see if
you'd fly off the handle.

I know Senator Brenner
has to leave shortly,

and he's anxious to
question this nominee.

I yield to him and leave the rest of
my interrogation until he's finished.

I appreciate the senator's generosity and
with the chairman's kind indulgence...

I will attempt to curb my oratory
and make my questions brief.

Now, I think you mentioned
reporting and sabotage...

as things you do very well.

Is it your belief that all reporters
are qualified to be ambassadors?

No more than all ambassadors
are qualified to be reporters.

Is it your belief that
all men skilled in sabotage,

who happen to be in Sarkhan during the
war, are qualified to be ambassadors?

Unless I haven't been properly
briefed, Senator, I wasn't aware...

that sabotage was one of the
qualifications you were looking for.

Serious answers would be
more to your benefit.

I beg your pardon, Senator.

I didn't take your line of questioning
as having a serious intent.

According to your dossier,
your chief qualification...

seems to be your friendship
with this man Chai Keong.

- Beg your pardon, sir?
- Chai Keong.

Uh, the name is Deong, sir.

It's pronounced with a "D."

- Deong.
- Yes.

This man was your wartime buddy,

an ordinary rice farmer who
helped you blow up bridges.

He was a rice farmer, Senator.

I think "ordinary" has very
little to do with Deong, however.

An extraordinary rice farmer.
The record stands corrected.

Does this man
hold public office?

He was offered the
prime ministership...

which he felt he didn't have enough
education or polish to accept.

So he stepped aside after he
led his people to revolution.

The answer is no.

Can you say why your friendship
with this man who has no say...

in his government's policies
should qualify you?

Yes, I think I can, Senator.

Deong is as important to Sarkhan
as de Gaulle was to France...

before he resumed the presidency.

He may be the single most popular
man in his country today.

He has a profound
influence on his people.

When was the last time you saw him?

Seven years ago in Hong Kong.

We spent a day together.

The time before that
was 1948 in Bangkok.

I think it was a weekend.
I'm not sure. We...

We'd been celebrating our reunion
with a touch of rice wine, as I recall.

Both times were before
Sarkhan gained independence.

That's right. What'd you talk about?

- I don't know. Personal things.
- Don't you remember?

I think we discussed whatever good
friends talk about, personal things.

I think we discussed life,

the ladies, um...

I think we spent most
of our time laughing.

But not politics?

I don't recall. We might have
touched on the subject.

- Do you write to each other frequently?
- Yes, so do our wives.

You influence his thinking?

Oh, yes, I would say so.

In the same way good friends
always influence each other.

During the war he was very curious
about democracy. I gave him my views.

- Does he share them?
- To a large extent. In his own way.

I would say so. Yes.

- That still prevails?
- Our friendship prevails.

As I say, we haven't discussed
politics for quite some time.

So in your own mind, this warm
friendship still prevails?

You share and respect
each other's views?

You feel this common ground will enable you
to present the position of this country...

to a sympathetic and
influential popular leader?

You agree with my conclusions?

I think you've summed it up
admirably, Senator.

Thank you, Mr. MacWhite.

I present the following document
for the committee's edification.

"The United States has again taken
up the cudgel of colonialism.

"I warn America!
Our multitudes are pledged...

"as one man, one voice, one heart...

"to resist the imperialist
tide to the end...

and beyond the end. "

- That sounds Red to me!
- Not only is that speech out of context...

Do you respect and share those views?

No, I do not share them! Yes, I do
respect them. I resent the senator's...

Do you deny that Deong is an
out-and-out Communist...

I deny that emphatically, Senator.

Furthermore, I would like
to point out to you that...

that speech was made at the
Afro-Asian Conference in Bandung...

April 18, 1955, which was three months after
Deong had led his people to independence...

and after the United States had postponed
recognition of that independence...

and after you, sir,
on the senate floor...

spoke out clearly against
any foreign aid to his country.

I submit that Deong had cause for passion,
but those are not the views he holds today.

Here's a picture taken just
last spring, Mr. MacWhite.

Take a look at it.

Deong at the May Day Parade in Peiping...

shaking hands with Chou En-lai.

I can show you countless photographs of the
president shaking hands with Khrushchev.

On those grounds, are you willing to
call the president a Communist as well?

I'm willing to call you not well-informed
enough to represent this country.

I called Castro a Red in 1958
when people like you...

were clapping hands over every move
he made, and I say it about Deong.

What have you to offer except blind
faith that Deong is not a Communist?

What I have to offer, Senator,

I think has been clearly
documented in this hearing.

But if faith in Deong's beliefs
were the only thing I had to offer,

I would be proud and confident
to stand on that alone.

We must not be the grass...

beneath the fighting elephants...

of East and West!

We do not want...

the American military road!

We do not want to be
in the Cold War!

But our Prime Minister Kwen Sai...

has pushed us into it!

We have no voice!

We have no vote!

But...

a new American ambassador
is coming tomorrow,

a dear friend of mine
from long ago.

When he hears us say,

"We do not want the road,"

he will listen.

I'm not welcome
in official circles.

I have not been invited to greet him.

But you can go to the airport
without an invitation!

Stand quiet with your
banners and your signs.

Be peaceful.

Welcome him, but let him know...

what we insist upon!

Sarkhan for the Sarkhanese!

Come on. Let's go.

- Nick Grainger, Mr. Ambassador.
- How do you do?

- Joe Bing.
- It's a little noisy this Sunday, isn't it?

There's a riot starting.
I think we better hurry.

- Come on.
- Let me help you, Mrs. MacWhite.

Tragedy. Rioting. Bloodshed.

Everything went wrong.

MacWhite? Is he safe?

Yes. The army came.

And our people?
Did our people take part?

Not at first, but it spread.

It spread. It was madness.

I'm Ambassador MacWhite.
I've met the chiefs of section.

I'll get to know the rest
of you as we go along.

I realize we weren't expected to
start business until tomorrow,

so please accept my apologies for
interrupting your day of rest.

- Is there a Mr. Jacobson in the room?
- Over here.

I had lunch with
your father the other day.

- He sends you his best.
- Thank you, sir. He wrote me about it.

Well, here's a gentleman looking
for a lost tennis ball.

I'm sorry, Mr. Ambassador,
but I didn't have time to change.

That's perfectly all right.
Glad you got here as quick as you did.

- Buchanan, political section.
- Good. Fine.

Now...

I'd like to discuss the riot...
at the airport.

The what?

Boy, talk about your wild
men from Borneo.

It's a miracle that we
got out of there alive.

How many of you knew
that there was a riot?

Could I see a show of hands?

How many of you knew there was
going to be a mass demonstration?

Is your hand up, Jacobson?

One, two, three, four, five.

Mr. Ambassador? Johnson.

We heard rumors there was going to be
some kind of a peaceful protest march.

That's why the police
were at the airport.

But they said it was
supposed to be limited.

- Who?
- "Who" what, sir?

Who said? The Foreign Office.

- You checked that out?
- Not any further than that.

Weren't there any signs of
preparation? No movement or...

They dig a tunnel to the airport
and pop up like gophers?

Mr. Ambassador, nobody wants
to wriggle out of a mistake.

Admittedly there was one.

But we, the chiefs of section,
were at the airport.

We couldn't very well keep an
eye on the city streets.

And on Sunday, everybody
usually takes the day off.

On Sunday, Mr. Jacobson,
they bombed Pearl Harbor.

Uh, Mr. Ambassador, if I may?

Most of us live in the American compound.

That happens to be located
way the other side of Haido.

All right. Who were the
people at the airport?

Communists.
No!

- There must have been 6,000 people out there.
- What about Deong?

I don't think Deong's
a Communist. I never have.

I've been watching Deong
longer than anyone here.

When you've got that many people...
No! I can't buy that either.

He's a neutralist.

Neutralist, nationalist.
Call him anything you like.

Deong's been traced to Munsang
seven times in the last month.

And Munsang is the leader
of the Communist Party!

I would like to interrupt
to point out...

that the only thing that is clear so
far is that there is no clarity at all.

If you don't mind, we'll stop this squabbling,
and I'll present you with facts.

Yes, sir.

About three hours ago...

there was several people
trampled to death.

A policeman was pistol-whipped until
his face looked like raspberry jam.

And the man who represents the person
of the president of the United States...

was almost killed,

along with his wife...

and other members
of his party.

Now, I... I don't mind telling you that
I was afraid out there this afternoon.

But I didn't know what fear was
until this meeting got started.

You gentlemen have given me
something to think about.

Now, here's something for you.

Confusion, ignorance...

and indifference will
cease as of this moment.

Information about everything that happens
in Sarkhan will be kept up-to-date,

and that's seven days a week.

That's seven days a week, gentlemen!

And Sundays included, and I don't
give a damn where you live!

The next time there are 6,000
people that begin a riot,

or six people,

without this embassy
being aware of it,

those responsible will be on
the first plane out of here...

with my personal recommendation they
be dropped from the Foreign Service.

Are there any questions?

Will there be any questions of
any kind from anyone at all?

I want to see your files on every anti-
American incident over the past six months.

I want to see all progress
reports from all departments...

and everything issued
by the U.S.I.S.

Kindly be back here as soon
as you finish. That's all.

This note just came.
They said it's important.

Thank you. Would you please
call Mrs. MacWhite?

Yes, sir.

Grainger, I think we should have
food sent in. We'll be here late.

Mac, you really told them.
You really shook 'em up.

Bing, I don't
like bootlicking.

And, uh, I don't like
your coarse manners.

Now, you get yourself
together or you get out.

Right.

Bing, don't call me Mac.
Yes, sir.

Mr. Ambassador, as the man in charge of
this embassy since Ambassador Sears left,

I've got to accept responsibility
for what happened today.

That's right, Grainger. You've
got the responsibility for that.

Now, today's today.

But I'm going to be very anxious to
see what you carve out of tomorrow.

Yes, sir.

All right.
That's all.

Now let's repeat lesson one.

Your first word in Sarkhanese:
Sawad-di.

English: Greetings.

Sarkhanese: Sawad-di krop.
English: Greetings, sir.

Now try it yourself.

Sawad-di. Sawad-di krop.

And now the word for
thank you: Kop-chai.

Sarkhanese: Kop-chai.
English: Thank you.

Kop-chai.

How do you know I want
that foot covered up?

Well, actually I just, uh...

I just looked at it and rejected
all other possibilities.

- How are you feelin'? A little better?
- Much better.

Really? Mm-hmm.

Mmm! Look what Deong sent us.
Isn't it beautiful?

Read the card.

"This is the spirit-god of happy homes.

He comes to yours
with my love. Deong".

He sent those flowers too.

You know, this is so like Deong
to do something like this.

Can you come to bed now?

No, I wanna run over
and see him now.

So you get some sleep.
I'll be back a bit later.

I've been trying to sleep,

but it's a little difficult with
all those lizards all over the ceiling.

I keep wondering when
they're going to fall off.

Don't pay any attention to them.

They're absolutely harmless. Really.

Just be sure to keep your mouth shut
at all times. You'll be all right.

I'll see you later.
Thanks for dropping by.

Yang ngai puen, old buddy.

Mac!

How are you?

Are you all right?

I got my kneecaps on backwards,

but outside of that,
I'm a complete wreck. Thanks.

Sawad-di.

Mac, I've been worried to
death about you and Marion.

I wasn't there.

It got out of control.

It was a brute. But, listen,
I don't want to talk about that now.

I just want to have a little
grog and listen to the frogs...

and meet your wife. Okay.

- She still up?
- Yes. Come and meet her.

Marion loved the flowers you sent.
They were beautiful.

- And that little stone-god was exquisite.
- Only a small thing, Mac.

- You shouldn't spend your money on us.
- Who else should I spend it on?

Rachani. This is Mac.

Chan deechai mahk
tee dai pop.

Welcome to our home.

Thank you, Rachani. I am...

I am very happy to be here.

I've looked forward to this for so many
years. I never believed it would happen.

Come.
Let's sit down.

You know when I first believed it?

When I was kicking the snow off my shoes
just before I got into the airplane.

I realized I wasn't going to have to
have cold toes for a long, long time.

- I'm so anxious to meet Marion.
- Marion is dying to meet you.

She wanted to come tonight, but I thought
after all the fun she had at the airport...

this afternoon that she ought
to have a night's rest.

If you're not doing anything tomorrow
night, how about let's have dinner?

Wonderful.
Good.

We have some palm whiskey.

Rachani got especially for you.
I hope you still like it.

Well...

I was always so drunk when I drank it,
I can't remember whether I like it or not.

Ah, here's the rest of the family.

Mac, this is Sawad.

One of my worst assistants.
He's lazy. He eats too much.

And he's unpatriotic.

If he's all that, he sounds
like my kind of man.

I'm very pleased to meet you, sir.

This is a great honor for me.

Your name has been a
legend in this house.

That's fine. You can finish
your speech tomorrow.

Sawad came to me during our revolution.

And I'm glad to say,
he's never left my side.

- Sawad, will you please help me?
- Yes.

Nice kid. Yeah.

Well, you're doin' all right, buddy.

Nice house. Who ya been stealin' from?

It's my prize for being
a great national hero.

I figured.

One man got the Coca-Cola franchise.

Another got the Grand Hotel. Yeah.

And... I got this.

All right. Here we go.
Thank you, Rachani.

Well. Okay.

What have you got here,
a kosher pickle?

Homemade. That's a kosher pickle.

Good.

Life and the ladies.

Oh, boy. I forgot what
good gasoline tastes like.

Welcome home.

##Have forgot ##

## Will be ##

##And for bonny ##

##Annie Laurie ##

##I would lay ##

# Me doon #

#And dee ##

- Hey, Deong. Get a load of this guy.
- What?

Things get a little rough,
he goes back in his shell...

and slams the door,
and he's out to lunch.

Let's have a drink, huh?

Okay, but just one
for medicinal purposes.

Pardon me, sir. Did you want your
hamburger with everything on it?

I wish I'd been a turtle this
afternoon. I don't mind tellin' ya.

When I left here in 1945,

everybody was there and
smiling faces and...

and nice people and...

I practically got
buried alive in flowers.

Then this afternoon
I just got buried alive.

Something's changed in 15 years.
I don't know.

Mac.

I sent those people
to the airport this afternoon.

You lost me, kid. I don't follow you.

I don't know what to do, Mac.

All day I wanted to be dead.

You mean you sent...

6,000 people to
demonstrate against me?

Just to demonstrate, Mac.
It wasn't supposed to be a riot.

Do you know what happened
out there today?

A battering ram missed Marion's
face about seven inches.

Six people almost got killed.

And you're tellin' me that there
wasn't supposed to be a riot?

Please, try to understand.

I have to wear two faces now.

One face said to my people,

"He is my friend, my dear friend".

But the other face
belongs to Sarkhan.

And it had to say,
"He is American.

Let America know what we insist upon".

You could have come to me yourself.

I mean, we don't see
eye-to-eye on everything.

Friends never do.
That's what they sent me here for!

We're supposed to be able
to talk to one another.

Do they know I'm
against Freedom Road?

Yeah, they got a
pretty good idea of it.

And where do you
stand on that, Mac?

Where do I stand?

Do you still hate warmongering
as much as ever?

What's warmongering got
to do with Freedom Road?

China and North Sarkhan
complain all the time about it.

They say it's an act of
American aggression...

against peace-loving people.

I thought Freedom Road was just
supposed to benefit the economy.

Whose economy?
Kwen Sai's?

That puppet you keep
in the Government House?

The common people have nothing!

Not an egg!
Not a piece of fish!

What are you yelling at me for?
I didn't put him there.

Not you.
Of course not.

But I really get mad...

when I hear the talk
about the economy.

Mac, Freedom Road is power.

Power for Kwen Sai, that's all.

Power to use against us...

with the army the Pentagon trains...

and the tanks that Wall Street sells.

The tanks... that Wall Street sells.

Oh, boy. This is beginning
to sound like a...

Like a what? I don't know.

I don't know, kid. L...

Listen, I'm just wiped out, kid.

There's nothin' gettin' through.

Let's call it a night. Okay.
I'm tired too.

- We'll see each other tomorrow.
- Good. Okay.

Listen, where are my shoes?

In the house. I'll fetch them.

Okay.

We go round city two times now, sir.

Where we go now, please?

Just drive around again.

I'm sorry to get you out of bed, kid.

Come in.

I didn't mean to wake everybody up.

That's all right, Mac.

What's wrong?

I got to talk to you.

Come on. Let's go in the house.

No, I don't want to disturb Rachani.
Why don't we just sit over here?

It's just as good. All right.

What's happened?

I don't know. It's, uh...

It's a hard one to get ahold of.

Maybe it was the palm whiskey.

But some of the things
you were saying here before...

just kept flapping back
to me out of the night.

What things did I say, Mac?

Well, American aggression,

warmongering,

tanks that Wall Street sells.

I didn't make them up, Mac.

You can hear them all over.

That's right, but the point is
they're not true, not accurate.

I think they are true.

You don't actually believe
that America has...

aggressive aims in Sarkhan?

Yes, I do.

Deong,

my staff tells me that you've
been seeing a lot of this...

local Communist leader,
Munsang.

Is that true, Deong?

Is one of the magazines going
to write an editorial about me?

No.

I'm serious, kid.
So am I.

And I don't think you want
to ask me these questions.

Deong,

do you remember before
when we were talking?

You said to me, "Mac, I gotta wear
two faces". You remember that?

- Mm-hmm.
- Well, I gotta wear two faces too.

You don't know how they've
been sniping at me about you.

The people in Washington,
the people in my embassy.

Now, I'm not
accusing you of anything.

I'm just asking for
a little reassurance.

I'm asking for
your reassurance too, Mac.

All the people in Sarkhan
are united...

against the American
military adventure here,

and we will not be compromised.

What military adventure?

Freedom Road!

Freedom Road symbolizes
development here.

Once that happens, North Sarkhan
can't take this country over,

because it's very difficult
to subvert people that have...

enough to eat and a
capacity to defend themselves.

Deong, if this doesn't begin
to sink in pretty soon,

this country... Sarkhan... is going
to end up just the way Cuba did.

Cuba?

Cuba is what you made it.

You helped Batista, just as you
help Kwen Sai against the people.

You always make
dictators strong,

then wonder why
you are not loved.

Deong, I don't approve of
dictators any more than you do!

But if supporting dictators helps to keep
the Free World free, we'll support them.

Expediency!

We're not going to sit by and be spectators
to a Communist takeover in this country!

What Communist takeover?

America's putting the guns
and tanks into this country.

America's building
that damn military road!

I told you!
It's not military!

Then force Kwen Sai to
prove it's for my people.

Take your guns and tanks away from him!

The minute we take our guns
and tanks out of here...

there will be a vacuum that
the Communists will jump into...

faster than Hitler took Poland!

Now who's spouting slogans?

Where do you think you are?
Little Rock?

And who do you think I am?
Your "little brown brother"?

No. I'll tell you
who I think you are.

I think you're a dangerously
misinformed man...

with a sinister notion about what
the United States stands for!

This is Sarkhan,
not the United States!

We don't get down on our knees
to the Stars and Stripes here.

You cheap, twisted ingrate.

I am damn proud of the Stars and Stripes,
and they've been pretty good to you.

Who do you think's been buyin' your
groceries for the past seven years?

I'm not talkin' about the
United States government!

I'm talkin' about
the American people!

From Boise, Idaho,
and Moline, Illinois!

People who've contributed millions
of dollars out of their own pockets...

to Project HOPE to the CARE packages sent
all over the world to people like you!

You can't buy gratitude
with your handouts!

We don't need your gratitude!

And we don't want you
down on your knees to us!

Or to Russia or to Red China either!

Don't preach at me!
I'm not your pupil anymore!

I'm warning you, Deong!
For the last time you better listen...

I will not listen to
your garbage anymore!

This is not your country! It's mine!

You're a Judas goat.

You're leading your people
straight to the slaughterhouse!

Now, you listen!

You wouldn't care about us
if the Cold War didn't exist!

Millions of us know it!

Wherever you've exploited us,
cheated us,

abandoned us to tyrants
like Kwen Sai,

wherever black or brown or yellow men
can read the newspapers and know...

Get your hand out of my face!

Your democracy's a fraud!

It's for white people only!

I warn you.

If we have to die again,
we will die again.

If we have to kill you,
we will kill you!

But we won't let the
Yankee imperialist bastards...

tell us what to do!

This is one Yankee...

that isn't even gonna
try to tell you.

You're not a Judas goat, Deong.

You're just a Communist.

It's 6:30.

I thought you got...
killed in an alley or something.

Sorry, babe.

What's the matter?

Ambassador MacWhite.
I'd like to speak to Mr. Grainger.

Can't you tell me anything?

Grainger? MacWhite here.

We're in a political emergency.

I want you to do three things.

I want you to assemble the staff
for an 8:00 briefing.

Get the code clerk out of bed
and ask him to stand by.

I want to send a night action cable
to the secretary of state.

I want to see Freedom
Road this morning.

I'll fill you in at the embassy.

Mac, can't you tell me what happened?

Deong's a Communist.

A Communist?

Yeah.

Yep, every time he opened his mouth,
right on the party line.

What about the present...

and the flowers and... and the note?

Doesn't...

Doesn't it mean anything?

Yeah.

That means we have an excellent
chance of losing Sarkhan...

and then all the rest
of Southeast Asia.

And that Senator Brenner was right
about Deong, and I was wrong.

For 15 years,

I was wrong.

Homer Atkins. Guilty.

Very pleased to meet you. Heard a
lot of wonderful things about you.

Thank you.

- I'd like you to meet my wife Marion.
- How do you do, Mr. Atkins.

Call me Homer, for Pete's sake.
Hello, Oscar.

- Fine, fine
- American.

I just introduced you to 'em.

Sawad-di. Sawad-di-ka.

Ah!

I'd like you to meet a
colleague of mine, Punjit Chaka.

This is Mrs. MacWhite.
How do you do.

Ambassador MacWhite.
Pleased to meet you.

I want to tell you that it's
impossible to ride on that road...

without realizing what a
wonderful piece of work it is.

Thank you. We are honore
you have come to see it.

It's our pleasure.

Punjit's the fellow that keeps
the ball bouncing around here.

Let's go to the hospital and see Emma.

This is a children's clinic started by Emma
and Homer entirely at their own expense.

How marvelous.

We figured, who wants to be the
richest people in the cemetery?

Actually, Homer, this is exactly
the kind of thing we need.

It's worth $1 million in foreign aid.

- Hello, Murphy. What's the good word?
- Save your money.

"Save your money" is right.

Hey, Emma. Here's our company!

- Well! Hello.
- How are you?

- Welcome to Chang 'Dong.
- Thanks very much.

Hello, Oscar, Punjit.
- Fine, fine.

I was just bedding the
kids down for a nap.

This is Ti-Ti. Oh, come now!
None of that shy stuff.

- Say hello, Ti-Ti.
- Hello, Ti-Ti.

Sawad-di.

- That's all right. Sawad-di, Ti-Ti.
- Oh, isn't she heaven!

Why don't you girls go
ahead and talk girl talk.

Mr. Ambassador, I'd like you to
meet the village head man.

All right. Good idea.
We'll see you later.

Certainly. Bye, Ti-Ti.

I'd just love to look around
before they go to sleep.

Go ahead.

You get accustomed to sights
like that after a while.

What's wrong with him? Starvation.

They have a lot of it here.

Gee, I... really admire you.

What brought you way out here?

Oh, something Homer calls
"unfinished world business".

I guess I feel that way too.

Once you've been a nurse,
you can't keep your nose out.

You hear things, you see things.

One day, I was having a shampoo
down by the river.

There was this woman watching me.

They bathe here all the time,
but they can't afford soap.

Anyway, I knew she wanted to try.

I gave her the shampoo,
and one thing led to another.

Midwives started coming around
asking me how to bathe the new babies...

and how to cut the umbilicus with
a decent knife instead of bamboo.

The tetanus here is simply terrible.

And, well, I don't know.

Looked around, and here it was,

and here I am.

Emma.

The head man is
convinced of the fact...

and he says the people of
Chang 'Dong feel that way.

Tell him we think that the accident
that killed Johnny Sumpat...

was caused by people who
do not want Freedom Road.

He says they are afraid. People have
come in the night to threaten them.

What people?

Tell him it would be very helpful
if he could tell us who they are.

All right. I want to
see everything now.

We get on some elephants,
go see some jungle felling.

All right. Let's go.

When they bed down the
equipment every evening,

they go right to work on the hospital.

They want a concrete ward. Punjit's
figured a way to get electricity in there.

- What is it, Poona?
- You show us where to build now?

- Be right with you.
- Don't be strangers now.

If you can't come, send your wife.
She has a talent with children.

- The kids can say my name already.
- Thanks so much, Emma.

Bye-bye, dear.

- Emma, pleasure to meet you.
- Bye-bye.

See you soon. Punjit, nice to see you.

Sawad-di. Sawad-di.

It's been a very instructive day.

Thank you for being interested
enough to come down to see us.

Oh, we're interested, Homer.

There was one more thing.

How far can you pave in a day?

We can pave a quarter of a mile a day.

But I'm afraid we're gonna get slowed
down now with this Johnny Sumpat trouble.

We're not gonna get slowed down,
Homer, by Johnny Sumpat...

or anybody else.

Yes, sir.

Be hearing from me.Thank you, sir.

So long, Oscar.

Bye, Homer. Bye.

What's this all about?

Deong began a fast this morning.

He has sworn not to eat until
Freedom Road is stopped.

I guess he knew you'd be here,
Mr. Ambassador.

The palace announced you'd be
coming to present credentials.

Your Majesty, I have been charged
to convey to you...

the very best wishes of my
president and my government.

It is their earnest hope that the
friendship between our two countries...

shall continuein peace and security.

May God have Your Majesty
in His wise keeping.

We have the pleasure to receive you
as ambassador to our government,

and we welcome the
harmonious relations...

we enjoy with the
United States of America.

You're a young man
to be an ambassador.

Perhaps, but then the United States
is still a young country.

Sarkhan is an old country
with a young government.

May I present our prime minister,
His Excellency Kwen Sai.

Mr. Ambassador,

I am happy you could accept
my invitation for lunch.

I look forward to a
frank exchange of views.

So do I, Your Excellency, and I
appreciate your seeing me so soon.

Your Majesty, may I present my staff.

My deputy Mr. Grainger.

I don't flatter myself...

that I'm an expert in human behavior,
Mr. Ambassador.

But I must say...

that your appraisal of Deong doesn't
seem to coincide with mine at all.

I'm not frightened of Deong,
Mr. Prime Minister.

As to his power, that's a fact.
That's an odious fact.

I don't think it takes an
expert on anything to realize...

that Deong won't stop at a riot,
a hunger strike or anything else.

I think we must let the facts
dictate future decisions.

- Don't you agree?
- Patience and moderation, Mr. Ambassador.

To overreact is often less effective
than not to react at all.

Have another brandy?
No, thank you.

I don't mean to throw cold
water on your fervor.

I'm quite sure you came here with
some kind of a countermeasure,

and I'd be interested
to hear you out.

I recommend this:

Face Deong down while
you still have time.

Do everything possible
to split his following...

and move the majority to
support your government.

How?

By proving to the
Sarkhanese people...

that Freedom Road is
something for their benefit,

and by making it clear
to the Communists...

that you are going to put the pressure
on and you're going to keep it on.

I think that this can be
accomplished very simply.

Instead of the road moving
east here to Ping Mei,

it should strike
straight north...

all the way
to the Sarkhanese border.

That would produce two dynamic effects.

One: It would open up this timber area for
development, which would benefit the economy;

and it would drive a harpoon right into
the heart of the Communist concentration.

And point number three:

Provoke my enemies.

I'm afraid it would be
too explosive.

My government feels that this
is an extremely worthwhile plan.

Will your government stand by...

its military commitments to Sarkhan
in the event of trouble?

The United States stands by its military
commitments everywhere in the world.

There's no reason to regard this as a
military situation. It's a political maneuver.

That's your opinion.

I must know if your
commitments would apply.

Well, these commitments,
Mr. Prime Minister, work two ways.

Quite frankly, my government
is still waiting to see...

some evidence of democratic
reforms in Sarkhan.

Mr. Ambassador,
the ideal of democracy...

has been the fountain of my life.

But I've told your government
time and again,

to give freedom to a
politically immature people...

is to put a dagger in the
hand of a lawless child.

The lack of democracy is often
a sharper dagger, Mr. Prime Minister.

And, as it stands now,
your brother is, uh,

commander in chief of the armed forces,
your cousin is director of public works...

And I would make my mother-in-law
chief of police if she were qualified,

and sometimes I think she is.

You see, Mr. Ambassador,

we're starved for people with
administrative training here,

and I haven't the luxury to pick
and choose as your president has.

I grant you that.

But you must make a start
somewhere, and I'm convinced...

that dramatizing the road
could be the beginning...

of democratic reforms in Sarkhan.

I'm convinced that you're
convinced of everything you say.

But before you go on,

have I America's absolute commitment...

to stand behind us in
the event of trouble?

You have. Under the SEATO Treaty.

The moment that foreign troops with
a hostile intent cross your borders,

you will have the full support
of American military power.

All right. We are agreed.

Now, how do you propose
we dramatize the road?

Next week is the anniversary of
Sarkhanese independence, is it not?

- Wednesday, yes.
- I propose that the king cut the ribbon...

Sawad-di.

Thank you.

Now, would you mind getting
your rhinoceros nose...

out of my drink and stop the
snorkeling, if you don't mind?

Want a sip?

No, no. Oh, you meanie.

Well?

Man, that's coffee.

Hey! Who's that guy
there in the monkey suit?

- Hello. How are you, Homer?
- Fine, Mr. Ambassador.

Good to see you. Thank you.

Sit down.

Uh, where's, uh, Emma?
Did you bring her down?

You can't get her away
from that hospital.

She's got those kids, peerin' down
their throats, makin' 'em all say "ahh".

- Otra vez.
- How about another beer, Homer?

I'll skip this round. Thank you.

Wait a minute, Homer.
I rode your elephant.

- You're going to drink my beer.
- That's right, Homer.

Fair is fair.

Mr. Ambassador,

my assistant Punjit...

that young man I introduced
you to yesterday...

- Yeah?
- He was murdered last night.

That young man?

Yes, ma'am.

How did it happen, Homer?

Oh, I brought you some pictures, sir.

They must've got him
outin the jungle.

Good Lord. That's awful.

I'll take you up on that
beer now, Mrs. MacWhite.

Yeah.

That boy and I have been
together for two years.

Forgive me if I don't know what to say.

It's all right, sir.

The reason I came here
to see you today...

You remember the head man telling
us about those warnings?

Yeah.

This murder has topped the
whole thing right off.

I ordered that security you requested,
and I think that's going to help a lot.

No, it's not. Excuse me. It's not.

The people up there don't even
trust their own neighbor anymore.

This road means a lot to me,
and I know what it means to you,

but I think the thing for us to
do is to stop work on this road.

Just ease off. Let everything
settle down a little bit.

I don't think we can quit just because
we have a couple of casualties.

We're not at war, sir.

We are at war, Homer.

And the more we back down,
the more they'll attack.

Today I spoke with the prime minister,
and we agreed that...

the best way to handle this is to drive
Freedom Road straight up to the border.

- The border?
- Mm-hmm.

Next Wednesday, the king is coming
to Chang 'Dong to dedicate the road.

Mr. Ambassador,

with all due respect, sir,

that is the worst idea I ever heard.

I know these people.

They're not willing to die for
Freedom Road. I'll be honest with you.

I don't know what's gonna happen
when we pull a stunt like this,

but it's gonna be bad.

Don't take my word for it.

Don't take Kwen Sai's either. Ask Deong.

He's neutral. He's honest.

If anyone can tell you what the
people are thinking, he can.

Homer,

whether or not I talk with Deong,
I think, is irrelevant at this point,

but I think it's a good idea,

and maybe my bones have
more information than yours.

Please, Mr. Ambassador.
Please call this party off, sir.

Give me $50,000,
a little chicken wire.

Let me build a decent hospital for
these people somewhere down the road.

You saw for yourself how much
they love what Emma's doing.

They'll build that road themselves,
if it'll take them to their hospital.

It'll give things time to
quiet down a little.

That's the whole point, Homer.

There isn't any time, none.

There's only one way to go,
and that's the way we're going.

Okay, sir.

Good evening, ma'am. Bye, Homer.

We'll need a pavilion to
keep the sun off the king...

and some exhibition stalls.

We'll send you the plans tomorrow.

All right, sir. It'll be done.
Good night, sir.

Best to Emma.

What's the matter, MacWhite?

It's all upside-down, isn't it?

It's not upside-down.
It's just tedious.

But it is upside-down.

You say Deong's a Communist.

Homer, he seems to think
he's something else.

Homer says to build a hospital.

You say... I don't know.

I have the most awful feeling
that nobody really knows...

what is going on or
what we're up to...

Ever since I got here I've been
receiving a lot of misinformation...

about the politics of this country from people
who are not qualified to talk about it.

Now, if you don't mind,
I would just as soon...

not have to face that
when I come home.

And if it's not a great sacrifice, I
would like to have a martini and dinner...

- And we will call it a day.
- And, uh, call it a day.

Ah, Deong.

Welcome to our little
summit conference.

Are you surprised?

Oh.

I admit curiosity,Ambassador Krupitzyn.

- Why did you ask me to come here?
- Munsang did the inviting.

I'm only here to give moral support.

Gentlemen, this is Deong,

the great revolutionary hero.

And may I present Ambassador Wong
of the People's Republic of China.

Comrade Reznikoff you know.

Colonel Chee of the People's
Republic of North Sarkhan.

Colonel Chee and I have met.

Yes, at Bandung, 1955.

My associates, Paklit, Sawad.

Some water, gentlemen?

I don't know how you can drink that water.
I have to carry my own tea.

The perfect Soviet diplomat, huh?

Colonel Chee. Nice to meet you again.

Well, Deong, it seems
your friend Mr. MacWhite...

has decided to become...
a man of destiny.

Yes?

He and Kwen Sai have changed
the course of Freedom Road.

They are going to buil
it right to my border.

I've heard nothing about such plans.

It will be announced
tomorrow in the newspapers.

They begin construction next week,
two miles above Chang 'Dong.

Why do you all come to tell me this,
if I can read it in the newspapers?

Because, Deong,

we think we can help you.

Help me or... use me?

What?

China, North Sarkhan,
Russia, even Munsang.

Why?

Why do you all want to help me?

My friend, forget your
cynicism for five minutes.

The local bickering of Sarkhanese
politicians and American ambassadors...

is not important to us.

What is important,
to us and to you, is peace.

To get rid of tension on the border,
to get rid of reactionary governments.

To remove Western interference
from Southeast Asia.

That's important.

That's important, yes.

What else?

Kwen Sai and MacWhite...

have given you the signal
to lead your people...

in a crusade to real independence.

The country will never be more
united against them than tomorrow...

when the news
will become public.

Break your fast.

If you want help, we will help you.

If not, all right.

We'll drink some tea and...

forget it.

- What kind of help are you offering?
- Colonel Chee.

Guns, food, medical supplies.

And no soldiers from North Sarkhan
would cross our border.

No volunteers? None.

If there is a revolution,

only Sarkhanese should do it...

and with as little
bloodshed as possible.

Munsang, would you put your
cadres under my command?

I would.

There are many things to consider.

I will study the newspapers tomorrow.

Then I will decide.

Hey! Hey, you guys!

You better have plenty of
film in that camera.

That's a real king we got comin' there.

Come on! Come on!
Get the king shakin' hands.

Attaboy, Your Majesty.
That was a nice smile.

Hey! Get the king with the priests!

- Bing.
- Sir.

Report to me as soon as you
get back. You're all through.

In the name of our subjects,
I dedicate this good work...

to the people of our land.

May they and their children
prosper and find relief...

from life's suffering in this
great highway, Freedom Road.

What happened?

Never mind her. She's dead!

Mr. Ambassador, the prime minister
is anxious to see you.

There you are, Ambassador.

I have very grave news.

My radio reports a
major coordinated attack.

Villages are being looted, guerrilla
units are operating near the capital...

Is there any evidence of foreign troops
fighting with Deong's forces?

I have reports of that,

and if those reports are confirmed,
I'll have to invoke our treaty.

All right. I'll be in touch with the
eventh Fleet and the State Department.

Please let me know if it's confirmed.

Homer. Marion.

We have to evacuate all
American personnel.

As soon as the ambulances get here,
I want you and Emma to come along.

- This is war. It's all over the country.
- I'll get everybody out.

But for Emma it's not going to be that
fast, with all there is to do here.

Well, all right. Take care.

- We don't have any security on the
way back. - We don't have any choice.

How long before we get to Haido?

Another hour maybe.

Don't tell me it's impossible.

If we're not on the first bplane outta
here, there's gonna be hell to pay.

Mr. Ambassador.
We didn't think you'd make it.

The road's been cut.
Give me two minutes.

- What's happened here?
- It looks like a plastic bomb.

I got a factory up north.

Was there anyone killed?

Gunderson, sir, and there's
a woman in the hospital.

Not now. Grainger.

I want to talk to
Washington right away.

Now, ladies and gentlemen,
one moment, please.

In a few minutes, one of my staff will
listen to your problems and requests.

Each of you will receive
individual attention and care.

Meantime, we would appreciate so much your
being able to remain calm throughout this.

It would be a big help.
Thank you very much.

Tell him to wait five minutes.

What's the most recent report
on Deong's position?

He was headed toward Government
House under a white flag.

That's the last we've heard. We seem
to have two separate wars going on.

This mob, destroying
everything in its path,

and Deong's boys being
welcomed with flowers.

The main stronghold in
Haido is right here.

It's a radius of seven blocks
around Deong's headquarters.

Mr. Ambassador.

Call Kwen Sai, please.
Tell him we're on our way.

Grainger.

Deong will speak. Now let Deong speak.

My friends,

this is a moment ofjoy.

But more than joy,

this is a most crucial moment...

in the history of our country.

I ask you...

to keep this in mind...

as we prepare for the future.

Kwen Sai, I'm addressing you.

In the name of the Sarkhanese people,

I call upon you...

to transfer the government
to me by midnight,

or we will take it by force.

Ah, MacWhite. Mr. Prime Minister.

- Did you have trouble getting through?
- Uh, no. We, uh...

Good. Excuse me a moment.

You know, in the last revolution,
I was in that crowd,

shrieking the same demands.

It's rather like an overproduced
version of Julius Caesar, isn't it?

I'm happy to see you're not
intimidated by this little gathering.

Oh, I'm quite relaxed, actually.

When the worst part of a
nightmare has been realized,

there's nothing very much
to be afraid of, is there?

Besides, if my head ends up on
a pike in the market square,

I want to be certain it's smiling.

Well, I admire your composure.

Now, I'll outline the
situation for you.

Deong has given me until midnight...

to transfer my government to him,
or he'll take it by force.

My troops refuse to fight
against his people.

So it's a fait accompli...

unless your Seventh Fleet
put men ashore in time.

We have here proof...

that hostile elements
of a foreign power...

have invaded this country.

Now, take a look.

- Pictures of paratroops landing.
- Grainger.

Communist weapons. They're all there.

You know, the whole situation's...

quite fantastic, really.

It's clear now Deong
was never a Communist.

The poor, ignorant fellow was duped
into leading this revolution.

- Duped?
- Yes, duped.

- He wasn't duped, Your Excellency.
- Oh, yes, he was.

If you remember, Mr. Ambassador,

I had reservations about
your opinion of Deong's...

I am thoroughly aware of your
reservations, Mr. Prime Minister,

and everyone else's reservations
about this matter,

but I cannot in good conscience
accept them as valid.

Deong has created this situation.

It is a clear-cut situation,

and it must be dealt with
in a clear-cut fashion.

Not that it's relevant, sir,

but you astound me, Mr. Ambassador.

I resisted you about Deong,
but you were right.

I resisted changing the course
of the road, but you were right.

And now my country explodes, and
you still cling to your rightness.

It might upset you vaguely, sir,
if I tell you that you are wrong!

Deong is not a Communist.

He has never been a Communist. And
as Caesar was betrayed, so was he!

He knows nothing
about his own situation,

nothing about the paratroops,

nothing about invasion.

And as soon as my
government falls to him,

he is going to be assassinated!

And, Mr. Ambassador,

if you want a signed
confession to that effect,

that gentleman with the lumps
on his head will provide it.

Here is Colonel Chee of the
North Sarkhanese invasion force.

If you want to prove to him how
right you are, you're welcome to try.

I now make the formal request...

that the Seventh Fleet land
troops here immediately...

to guarantee the integrity
of this government.

In order for the Seventh Fleet
to land troops here by midnight,

I'll have to notify them
within two hours.

I'll take those two hours
to try to find Deong.

Grainger'll stand by here.

He'll be in constant touch
with Washington.

If you haven't heard
from me by then,

well, he has the authority
to begin landing operations.

I'd like to know the name
of Deong's assassin.

I can't tell you that. Nobody knows.

And while we're in the field of errors,
I better correct one of mine.

Democratic reforms are
essential now, I agree.

And if you can find Deong,
please tell him that.

Perhaps a coalition between us...

can solve this situation
without further bloodshed.

Thank you.

Ah, Grainger, would you...

would you inform Mrs. MacWhite?

- I'll do that, Mr. Ambassador.
- Thank you.

I must talk with Deong.
It's very important.

Take the driver's keys.

- You are the American ambassador?
- I am.

Come.

Deong, MacWhite is here to see you.

Please say why you have come.
I haven't much time.

I'd like to speak with
you alone, if I could.

Paklit will stay.

All right.

You've been betrayed.
You're going to be killed.

That's interesting.

North Sarkhanese paratroopers
have landed here.

Your revolution is now
in Communist hands.

I see.

What else? Or have you finished?

No.

I could recite the catalog
of mistakes that I've made,

things that I have done
to you, myself.

But there just aren't enough
years left in my life...

to tell you what I feel...

or how to make it up to you.

You tell Kwen Sai
I don't believe these lies,

and I'm not going to make my
people put down their arms.

I'm not tricked so easily.

Kwen Sai wants to talk to
you about a coalition, Deong.

He's willing to make reforms.

Kwen Sai has nothing
to say to me.

We've gained what we wanted.

You haven't gained anything, Deong.

I understand that you
don't trust me,

but you can trust
your own people.

Call your northern outposts.
Ask about the paratroopers.

Call Kwen Sai and ask to
speak to Colonel Chee.

How do you know about Colonel Chee?

I saw him. He's a prisoner there.

You see Communists in your dreams.

Maybe, but when the Red flag
goes up tomorrow...

and you're dead, it won't
matter much, will it?

I am sorry. I have no more time.

Deong, if you don't call
on that radio,

you will not only be throwing
away your own life,

but you'll be killing Sarkhan.

Believe me.

Suppose it's true.
What would you want me to do?

It's not my country, Deong.
It's yours.

You said that you're not
my pupil anymore,

and you're right.

Paklit.

What happened to us, Deong?

We used to want the same
things for each other...

freedom, peace.

What happened?

Maybe the headlines got to us.

Fear, suspicion.

Ten thousand miles, and what do ya got?

A couple of political cartoons,

shouting slogans at each other, hating,
not even trying to understand.

There's no immunity against a disease
like that, not if it can happen with us.

And you catch it while you're
lookin' the other way.

Kop chai.

Dar mai, kop chai.

I'm thinking of the
people who followed me.

Some of them died today.

What... What have I done to them, Mac?

We can't save those who
are already gone,

but we can keep others from dying.

You got little more than
an hour to reach Kwen Sai.

Who's going to kill me?

I don't know, kid.

Please wait.

Don't react to what I say.

The revolution is betrayed.
I'm to be killed.

Killed? How do you know?

Walk with me to the command car.

When I'm in, get those who
have been with me longest.

- I must get to Government House right away.
- Yes, Deong.

Deong?

I have to get to Kwen Sai.
Help me, Mac.

Come on. You better lie down.
Get the doctor.

Tamoa! Tamoa!

Come on. No.

Come on.

Paklit. Yes, Deong?

You must tell the people about this.

Yes, Deong.

Make the new constitution...

with Kwen Sai.

Insist...

on our rights.

You understand? Yes, Deong.

Munsang is the enemy,

not...

not this man.

Easy, kid.

Please.

Please.

Sawad.

I can't believe it.

Good-bye, Mac.

Here's the ambassador.
Get some pictures!

Mr. Ambassador. Tyler, sir, NBC.

Would you give us a statement for a
delayed telecast to the States, sir?

I'm sorry, Mr. Tyler. I have no
statement to make at this time.

The word is out that Deong has
been killed. Is that true?

Yes, that's true.

We gonna lose this country, sir?

Well, we never had this country.

Mr. Ambassador, who killed Deong?

The, uh, Communists.

The Communists killed Deong...

and, uh, misunderstanding.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I've
had a very difficult day, and I...

Mr. Ambassador?

How 'bout one more picture?

A couple of hours ago, Senator Brenner
called your tenure here a total failure.

Would you agree with that?

Yes, uh,

it certainly was a
partial failure, Mr. Tyler.

When I, uh...

When I said that,
that misunderstanding...

helped kill Deong,

I meant my own misunderstanding.

See,

Deong had a kind of passion that, well,
maybe all revolutionaries have.

It's kind of a feeling that
it's easy for us to misinterpret.

We forget that the men
who started our country...

had that same kind of passion
that Deong had,

and that these other
new leaders have,

and unless we recognize their fight for
independence to be part of our own,

then we, we drive them to seek
understanding in some other place.

Are you saying that America's
losing the Cold War...

because we're pushing these countries
into the hands of the Communists?

I'm not saying that.

I'm saying we can't hope
to win the Cold War...

unless we remember what we're for,

as well as what we're against.

I've learned in a very
personal way, Mr. Tyler,

that I can't preach the
American heritage...

and expect to be believed if
I act out of impatience...

or sacrifice my principles
for expediency.

I've learned that the
only time we're hated...

is when we stop trying to be what
we started out to be 200 years ago.

Now, I'm... I'm not blaming my country.

I'm blaming the indifference...

that some of us show to its promises.

If the Cold War
disappeared right now,

the American people
would still be in this fight...

against ignorance and
hunger and disease,

because it's right.

It's right to be in it.

And if I had one appeal...

to make to every American,

it would be that...