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Hey!
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What the�Who's that?
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You're dead.
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- Who grabbed me? Who grabbed me?
- Watch out!
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Who grabbed me?
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- Honey, you're gonna be late.
- What'd you grab me for?
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Mom, I can't find
my shoes for school.
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They're under the couch.
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Sit down. Yeah.
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Dad, will you sign my permission slip
for tomorrow?
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Give it to your mother.
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Your mother's arms are full.
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- You got time for pancakes?
- Nope.
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Give us another one, Dad.
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Secretary of Defense.
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Dean Rusk.
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Wrong. And you get
to wax my car.
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Rusk is State, moron.
It's Robert McNamara.
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Attorney General.
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Too easy.
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Yeah, it's Bobby Kennedy.
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All right, wise guys.
Assistant Secretary of State
for Latin America.
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That's too hard.
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Wait a minute.
This isn't a permission slip.
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This is your report card.
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Have you seen these grades?
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No.
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All right.
Gotta go. Be good.
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You�
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I'm talking to you later.
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- Morning, Evelyn.
- Hi, Ken.
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- Ooh, those candies are for the kids.
- Is that right?
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- Morning, Floyd.
- Good morning, Mr. O'Donnell.
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- Morning, Jackie.
- Hi, Kenny.
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- Want a schedule?
- No.
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Why'd you cross
all my people off the list?
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Because you don't have anybody
on it who means anything.
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- No votes there. There's no money.
- It's a party, Kenny.
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And the one thing we both can be
sure of is that you don't know
how to have a party.
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Well, party to you,
politics to me.
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So, who do you want?
For real?
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Everyone on my list.
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I don't want to spend
an entire evening
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pretending that your votes and
money are more interesting
than they really are.
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And I want my kids
to stop eating the candy
in the Oval Office.
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That's not me.
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Then who is it?
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I don't rat
on my friends.
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Well, I'm going to take
this whole list thing
up with your friend.
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Are you trying
to go around me?
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Go around you,
over you, through you�
Whatever it takes.
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You're starting to bug me.
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Good.
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I'll get back to you.
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Top of the morning,
Mr. President.
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Morning, Kenny.
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Just ran into your wife.
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- Want to talk about this party?
- No.
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- You see Homer Capehart's
tirade today?
- I did.
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I don't see why he needs
to invent an issue.
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He's got his election
sewn up.
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Even so, we should
still go out for Bobby.
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It's good groundwork
for us in '64.
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Look into that, uh...
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That Vietnam thing.
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- What, the 2 planes that went down?
- Yeah.
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It didn't make it
before press time.
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I haven't taken a look
at the West Coast papers yet,
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but I doubt we'll see
anything till tomorrow.
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I was eating that.
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- No, you weren't.
- I was.
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- No, you weren't.
- I was.
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I was, you bastard.
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So, what do we got today?
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Today.
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That's it.
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That's the one
we're looking for.
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- I need to see the President, Kenny.
- All right.
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2:30 to 2:45 or 4:30 to 5: 00.
Take your pick.
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No, I need to see him
now, Ken.
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You can go on up.
I'll let him know you're coming.
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Coffee?
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Yeah.
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That's not what you said.
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What'd I say?
Tell me what I said.
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That's not what�
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Listen to me, you
worthless piece of shit.
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Now, you will put
Daley's man on the circuit,
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and you'll do it today.
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You owe your goddamn job
to this administration.
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Yeah, I can�I can hear
how grateful you are,
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but there's a word
you need to learn.
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It's the only word
in politics.
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It's called loyalty.
Loyalty!
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Now, any part of this
you don't understand?
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Good.
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What?
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This isn't the blessed order
of St. Mary the Meek.
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Look, you better
come in here.
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What was it you
were saying to me
the other day about Cuba?
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It wasn't important?
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Not as far
as the election goes.
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Mac, let's, uh...
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Can I see that for a second?
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Ken, you used to look down
a bombsight for a living.
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Just ignore the labels.
What does that look like to you?
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I don't know.
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What is it?
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On Sunday morning, one of
our U-2s took these pictures.
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The Soviets are putting medium-range
ballistic missiles into Cuba.
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They appear to be the SS-4,
range of 1000 miles,
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3-megaton nuclear warheads.
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Seen here in this year's
May Day Parade in Red Square.
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Jesus Christ in heaven.
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White House operator.
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Yeah, Mr. O'Donnell, please,
for Secretary McNamara.
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Go ahead, please.
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White House operator.
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I've got the President
for the Attorney General.
Go ahead, please.
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What the crap
is going on today?
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That's right. That's right.
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The principals
are assembling in an hour.
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We'll see you then.
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Where's Bobby?
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- He should be here any minute.
- Well, good.
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Good.
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Where the hell are you?
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We're in here.
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Jesus Christ, guys. What the hell
is Khrushchev thinking?
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You have any indication of this
from your KGB pal Bolshakov?
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Any possible warning,
sense of motivation?
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Complete snow job.
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And then we went out
and told the country
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they weren't putting
missiles into Cuba.
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Jesus, I...
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I feel like we caught the Jap carrier
steaming for Pearl Harbor.
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- Good morning, gentlemen.
- Good morning, Mr. President.
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- Mr. Secretary.
- Mr. President.
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Bob, I'll bet you
had a late night.
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Sleep is for the weak,
Mr. President.
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- Max.
- Mr. President.
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The CIA's been notified.
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McCone's on his way back
from the West Coast.
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He's been burying
his stepson.
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General Carter
is here, though.
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- Ted.
- Kenny.
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OK.
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Let's have it.
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Arthur?
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Gentlemen,
as most of you now know,
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a U-2 over Cuba
Sunday morning
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took a series
of disturbing photographs.
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Our analysis at NPIC
indicates
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that the Soviet Union
has followed up
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its conventional weapons
buildup in Cuba
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with the introduction
of surface-to-surface
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medium-range
ballistic missiles, or MRBMs.
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Our official estimate
at this time
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is that this missile system
is the SS-4 Sandal.
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We do not believe that the missiles
are as yet operational.
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Ironbark reports
that the SS-4 can deliver
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a 3-megaton nuclear weapon
1000 miles.
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So far, we've identified
32 missiles
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serviced by about 3,400 men,
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undoubtedly
all Soviet personnel.
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Our cities
and military installations
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in the Southeast as far north
as Washington, D.C.
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Are in range of these weapons
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and in the event of a launch
would have only 5 minutes
of warning.
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5 minutes, gentlemen.
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In those 5 minutes, they
could kill 80 million Americans
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and destroy a significant
percentage of our bomber bases,
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degrading our
retaliatory options.
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The Joint Chiefs'
consensus, Mr. President,
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is that this signals
a major doctrinal shift
in Soviet thinking
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to a first-strike policy.
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It is a massively
destabilizing move.
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How long until
they're operational?
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General Taylor can answer
that question better than I can.
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GMAC�Guided Missiles
Intelligence Committee�
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estimates 10 to 14 days.
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A crash program
could limit that time,
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however, I must stress
that there may be more missiles
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that we don't know about.
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We need more U-2 coverage.
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Gentlemen,
I want first reactions here.
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Assuming for the moment
that Khrushchev has not
gone off the deep end
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and intends to start World War Ill,
what are we looking at?
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Well, Mr. President,
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I believe my team
is in agreement.
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If we permit the introduction
of nuclear missiles
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to a Soviet satellite nation
in our hemisphere,
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the diplomatic
consequences would be...
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too terrible to contemplate.
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The Russians are trying
to show the world
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they can do whatever they want,
wherever they want,
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and we're powerless to stop them.
If they succeed...
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It'll be Munich all over again.
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Yes. Appeasement only makes
the aggressor more aggressive.
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And the Soviets will be
emboldened to push us even harder.
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Now, we must remove the missiles
one way or another.
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Now, it seems to me
the options are either
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some combination of
international pressure
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and action on our part
till they give in,
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Or...
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We hit them�
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An air strike.
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Bob?
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We worked up
several military scenarios.
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Before I ask
General Taylor to take us
through the various options,
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I'd like for us to adopt a rule.
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If we decide to strike,
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we must agree now to do it
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before the missiles
become operational,
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because once they are,
I don't think we can
guarantee getting them all
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before at least�
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At least some of them
are launched.
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Well, it's clear
we cannot permit
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Soviet nuclear missiles
in Cuba.
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We have to get
those missiles out.
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You know, I don't think
it's going to matter what
Khrushchev's intentions are.
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I can tell you right now,
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I don't see any way
around hitting them.
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If we hit 'em,
kill a lot of Russians,
they'll move against Berlin.
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All right,
they attack Berlin,
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that's NATO, and we're at war.
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We're damned if we do,
but if we don't,
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we're in a war for sure
somewhere else in 6 months.
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Well, if there are
alternatives that make sense,
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and I'm not saying
that there are,
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then we need them,
and we need them fast.
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All right.
What about Congress?
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Now, I think we may need
to start letting key people know,
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and they're all scattered
across the country
for the campaign.
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We can get Congress back.
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We're gonna need to get the U.N.
Stomping and warmed up.
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What about the allies?
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We can't start worrying
about everything.
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Right now we got to
figure out what we're gonna do
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before we worry about
how we're gonna do it.
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We've got a bunch
of smart guys.
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We lock 'em in a room
and kick 'em in the ass
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until they come up
with some solutions.
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I'll do it.
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It's too politicized
with you in there anyway.
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They need to be able
to stick their necks out.
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Yeah. It'll be the principals,
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a couple of the key guys
from each Department�
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The Executive Committee
of the National Security Council.
251
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Call it EXCOM.
252
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OK.
253
00:18:25,730 --> 00:18:28,649
So, I'm only gonna
show for the meetings
that you call me into.
254
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And impress us.
255
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Do it fast.
256
00:18:33,341 --> 00:18:35,427
And, Kenny, you're
gonna be in charge
of keeping this thing quiet.
257
00:18:35,531 --> 00:18:38,242
I mean, if word gets out before
we know what we're gonna do,
258
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there's gonna be panic.
259
00:18:39,806 --> 00:18:41,579
And it's gonna ruin
any chance we might have
260
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at surprise if we decide
to hit them.
261
00:18:43,664 --> 00:18:45,958
We're gonna need to do
a few things right away.
262
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No Pierre.
263
00:18:47,939 --> 00:18:50,442
He knows, the press knows.
264
00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:52,840
And you're gonna have
to keep up your schedule.
265
00:18:53,048 --> 00:18:54,925
Your movements
are followed too closely.
266
00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:57,115
Well, George Ball's got
a conference room at State.
267
00:18:57,219 --> 00:18:59,409
Good. You meet over there
this afternoon.
268
00:18:59,513 --> 00:19:02,537
We'll figure out some way
to sneak you guys
back in here tonight.
269
00:19:02,745 --> 00:19:05,144
I think we should
bring in Dean Acheson.
270
00:19:06,916 --> 00:19:10,566
Kenny, he was fighting Soviets
while we were still playing
ball together at school.
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Find him, Kenny.
272
00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:17,864
We're gonna need
all the help we can get.
273
00:19:26,519 --> 00:19:27,874
Screw secrecy.
274
00:19:27,979 --> 00:19:31,211
You try having that fat ass
sit on your lap all the way
from Foggy Bottom.
275
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You were excited.
I say no more.
276
00:19:34,756 --> 00:19:37,050
Everybody agrees
the diplomatic route won't work.
277
00:19:37,050 --> 00:19:40,178
It's too slow, and they'll
have the missiles finished
while we're still talking.
278
00:19:41,012 --> 00:19:44,349
I hear old Warren Harding used to
get his girls in through here.
279
00:19:44,557 --> 00:19:46,538
We have 850 planes
280
00:19:46,643 --> 00:19:49,875
assembling at Homestead,
Eglin, Opa Locka,
281
00:19:49,979 --> 00:19:54,150
MacDill, Patrick,
Pensacola, and Key West.
282
00:19:54,567 --> 00:19:56,444
Due to
the tropical foliage,
283
00:19:56,444 --> 00:19:58,217
the OPLAN calls
for high explosive
284
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and napalm load-outs for
our ground-attack sorties.
285
00:20:01,449 --> 00:20:03,951
I still think there are
diplomatic approaches
286
00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:05,203
we haven't considered yet.
287
00:20:05,411 --> 00:20:07,497
Jesus, Adlai,
peace at any price?
288
00:20:07,705 --> 00:20:09,373
We have a gun to our head.
289
00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:11,667
We have high confidence
290
00:20:11,667 --> 00:20:14,587
in the expanded air-strike
option, Mr. President.
291
00:20:14,691 --> 00:20:18,028
The problem is, sir, is that
it's a short-term solution.
292
00:20:18,236 --> 00:20:21,052
Khrushchev can send in
more missiles next month.
293
00:20:21,260 --> 00:20:22,928
The Chiefs and I believe
294
00:20:23,033 --> 00:20:24,910
we should follow up
the air strikes
295
00:20:25,014 --> 00:20:27,203
with a full version
of OPLAN 316.
296
00:20:27,516 --> 00:20:29,289
- An invasion?
- Yes, sir.
297
00:20:29,602 --> 00:20:31,478
We can be sure
we get all the missiles,
298
00:20:31,583 --> 00:20:34,815
and we remove Castro
so this can never happen again.
299
00:20:34,919 --> 00:20:37,005
Is this the Joint Chiefs'
recommendation?
300
00:20:37,213 --> 00:20:40,654
Yes, sir. Our best option,
as Bob pointed out this morning,
301
00:20:40,654 --> 00:20:44,616
would be to commence the strikes
before the missiles
become operational.
302
00:20:45,138 --> 00:20:47,640
The invasion happens 8 days later.
303
00:20:50,038 --> 00:20:51,394
Dean...
304
00:20:52,749 --> 00:20:53,896
What do you think?
305
00:20:54,626 --> 00:20:56,816
Gentlemen,
for the last 15 years,
306
00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:58,588
I've fought here at this table
307
00:20:58,693 --> 00:21:00,257
alongside your predecessors
308
00:21:00,674 --> 00:21:02,864
in the struggle
against the Soviet.
309
00:21:02,968 --> 00:21:05,366
Now, I do not wish
to seem melodramatic,
310
00:21:05,470 --> 00:21:07,347
but I do wish
to impress upon you
311
00:21:07,556 --> 00:21:10,997
a lesson I learned with
bitter tears and great sacrifice.
312
00:21:11,205 --> 00:21:13,812
The Soviet understands
only one language�Action.
313
00:21:14,333 --> 00:21:17,565
Respects only
one word�Force.
314
00:21:17,878 --> 00:21:19,964
I concur with General Taylor.
315
00:21:20,068 --> 00:21:22,570
I recommend, sir, air strikes
followed by invasion,
316
00:21:23,509 --> 00:21:27,158
perhaps preceded by an ultimatum
to dismantle the missiles
317
00:21:27,158 --> 00:21:28,931
if that is militarily viable.
318
00:21:29,035 --> 00:21:31,433
So, it appears
we have 3 options.
319
00:21:31,746 --> 00:21:34,457
Number one�
A surgical air strike
320
00:21:34,457 --> 00:21:36,230
against the missiles themselves.
321
00:21:36,334 --> 00:21:40,088
2�A much larger air strike
against their air defenses
322
00:21:40,713 --> 00:21:43,007
along with the missiles,
and 3�
323
00:21:44,050 --> 00:21:45,093
Invasion.
324
00:21:45,197 --> 00:21:47,699
So, we're certainly
gonna do number one.
325
00:21:47,804 --> 00:21:49,680
We're gonna take
these missiles out.
326
00:21:49,785 --> 00:21:51,870
It seems to me
we can't wait very long.
327
00:21:51,974 --> 00:21:54,060
We should at least be
making those preparations.
328
00:21:54,060 --> 00:21:56,771
We're preparing to
implement all 3 options,
329
00:21:56,875 --> 00:21:58,230
though I must stress again, sir,
330
00:21:58,335 --> 00:21:59,899
there are risks to the strikes
331
00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:01,880
without the follow-on
invasion.
332
00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:03,131
You want to be clear,
Mr. President,
333
00:22:03,235 --> 00:22:05,634
that we've definitely decided
against a political track.
334
00:22:08,970 --> 00:22:10,430
Dean, uh...
335
00:22:11,577 --> 00:22:15,018
How does this all play out?
336
00:22:15,122 --> 00:22:16,686
Your first step, sir,
will be to demand
337
00:22:16,895 --> 00:22:20,544
that the Soviet
withdraw the missiles
within 12 to 24 hours.
338
00:22:21,065 --> 00:22:22,525
They will refuse.
339
00:22:22,629 --> 00:22:25,549
When they do,
you will order the strikes,
followed by the invasion.
340
00:22:26,070 --> 00:22:28,781
They will resist and be overrun.
341
00:22:28,886 --> 00:22:31,180
They will retaliate
against another target
342
00:22:31,284 --> 00:22:33,682
somewhere else in the world,
most likely Berlin.
343
00:22:34,308 --> 00:22:36,497
We will honor
our treaty commitments
344
00:22:36,602 --> 00:22:38,270
and resist them there,
345
00:22:38,583 --> 00:22:40,564
defeating them per our plans.
346
00:22:42,441 --> 00:22:44,526
Those plans call for
the use of nuclear weapons.
347
00:22:50,782 --> 00:22:54,119
So what is the...
What is the next step?
348
00:22:54,432 --> 00:22:56,308
Hopefully, cooler heads
will prevail
349
00:22:56,413 --> 00:22:58,498
before we reach the next step.
350
00:23:03,399 --> 00:23:04,546
Thank you, gentlemen.
351
00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:21,124
What happened in there?
352
00:23:21,854 --> 00:23:23,418
I thought he was gonna
give us his decision.
353
00:23:23,523 --> 00:23:25,608
Look, I know them. They just need
to make sure there's no other way.
354
00:23:25,817 --> 00:23:26,651
They'll get there.
355
00:23:26,859 --> 00:23:29,362
Remember that Kennedy's father
was one of the architects of Munich.
356
00:23:29,466 --> 00:23:31,864
There's only one
responsible choice here,
357
00:23:31,968 --> 00:23:34,262
so let's hope appeasement
doesn't run in families.
358
00:23:34,575 --> 00:23:36,452
I fear weakness does.
359
00:23:57,202 --> 00:23:58,870
Jesus Christ.
360
00:24:03,562 --> 00:24:04,709
Call�Call me Irish,
361
00:24:04,813 --> 00:24:07,211
but I don't believe
in cooler heads prevailing.
362
00:24:07,316 --> 00:24:09,922
- You know, they think
I froze in there.
- You didn't freeze.
363
00:24:10,027 --> 00:24:12,633
You did exactly
what you should've done.
You stayed out of the corner.
364
00:24:12,738 --> 00:24:13,676
You didn't decide.
365
00:24:13,780 --> 00:24:16,179
Well, Acheson's
scenario is just�
366
00:24:16,387 --> 00:24:18,473
It's unacceptable, and he's got
more experience than any of them.
367
00:24:18,473 --> 00:24:20,141
There is no expert
on the subject.
368
00:24:20,245 --> 00:24:22,956
I mean, there is no
wise old man. There's�
369
00:24:23,373 --> 00:24:25,250
Shit. There's just us.
370
00:24:26,084 --> 00:24:28,274
The thing is
that Acheson's right.
371
00:24:28,378 --> 00:24:30,046
Talk alone is not gonna
accomplish anything.
372
00:24:32,549 --> 00:24:33,904
Well, let's bomb
the shit out of 'em.
373
00:24:34,843 --> 00:24:37,762
Everybody wants to.
I mean, even you.
374
00:24:37,867 --> 00:24:39,431
I mean, even me.
375
00:24:40,161 --> 00:24:42,350
Right? It sure would
feel good.
376
00:24:42,559 --> 00:24:43,914
And, Jack,
377
00:24:44,227 --> 00:24:46,521
I'm as conniving
as they come, but
378
00:24:46,938 --> 00:24:48,711
a sneak attack is just wrong.
379
00:24:48,815 --> 00:24:51,109
Things are happening too fast.
I mean, this is starting to smell
380
00:24:51,213 --> 00:24:52,881
like the Bay of Pigs
all over again.
381
00:24:52,986 --> 00:24:55,801
Well, tonight, listening
to Taylor and Acheson,
382
00:24:56,531 --> 00:24:59,138
I kept seeing Lemnitzer
and Dulles telling me
383
00:24:59,242 --> 00:25:01,223
all I had to do was
sign on the dotted line,
384
00:25:01,327 --> 00:25:03,934
and the invasion would
succeed, and Castro�
385
00:25:04,768 --> 00:25:06,958
And Castro would be gone.
386
00:25:07,166 --> 00:25:09,981
Just�easy�
Just like that.
387
00:25:15,925 --> 00:25:16,863
You know, there's something...
388
00:25:19,261 --> 00:25:21,764
immoral about abandoning
your own judgment.
389
00:25:25,518 --> 00:25:27,290
We just can't let this
get out of hand.
390
00:25:28,646 --> 00:25:30,418
And we're gonna do
whatever we have to do
391
00:25:30,523 --> 00:25:31,982
and make this come out right.
392
00:25:36,362 --> 00:25:38,760
- I'm gonna stay here tomorrow.
- No, you can't.
393
00:25:38,864 --> 00:25:41,158
Remember, we talked about this,
your schedule.
394
00:25:41,367 --> 00:25:44,182
The best thing you can do
tomorrow is go to Connecticut.
395
00:25:45,016 --> 00:25:46,059
He's right.
396
00:25:49,500 --> 00:25:50,751
Yeah.
397
00:25:51,272 --> 00:25:52,732
Jesus.
398
00:26:08,477 --> 00:26:10,875
Doesn't anybody in Connecticut
have to work today?
399
00:26:11,396 --> 00:26:13,899
I love you, JFK!
400
00:26:21,927 --> 00:26:23,700
The full spectrum
of air strikes
401
00:26:23,804 --> 00:26:26,202
is the minimum response
the Joint Chiefs will accept.
402
00:26:26,307 --> 00:26:28,392
No, no, no!
403
00:26:28,809 --> 00:26:31,311
Now, there is more
than one option here,
404
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,440
And if one isn't occurring to us,
it's because we haven't
thought hard enough.
405
00:26:34,544 --> 00:26:36,838
Bobby, sometimes there
is only one right choice,
406
00:26:37,046 --> 00:26:39,132
and you thank God
when it's so clear.
407
00:26:39,340 --> 00:26:41,426
You're talking
about a sneak attack.
408
00:26:41,530 --> 00:26:43,094
How will that make us look?
409
00:26:43,615 --> 00:26:46,848
A big country blasting
a little one into the Stone Age.
410
00:26:47,056 --> 00:26:48,516
Oh, we'll be
everyone's favorite.
411
00:26:48,620 --> 00:26:49,976
Come on, Bobby, that's naive.
412
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:51,644
This is the real world.
413
00:26:51,644 --> 00:26:52,999
You know that better than anybody.
414
00:26:53,104 --> 00:26:56,128
And you weren't so ethically
particular when we were
talking about options
415
00:26:56,232 --> 00:26:58,839
for removing Castro over at CIA.
416
00:27:11,247 --> 00:27:12,602
Bob...
417
00:27:13,123 --> 00:27:15,626
If we go ahead
with these air strikes,
418
00:27:16,251 --> 00:27:18,754
you know what it'll
come to in the end.
419
00:27:19,692 --> 00:27:21,361
There has got
to be something else.
420
00:27:21,673 --> 00:27:22,716
Give it to me.
421
00:27:22,820 --> 00:27:26,991
Now, I don't care how crazy,
inadequate, or stupid it sounds.
422
00:27:28,347 --> 00:27:30,015
Give it to me.
423
00:27:31,058 --> 00:27:33,143
6 months ago,
we gamed out a scenario.
424
00:27:33,143 --> 00:27:35,437
It's slow. It doesn't
get rid of the missiles.
425
00:27:35,437 --> 00:27:37,314
It's got a lot of drawbacks.
426
00:27:42,215 --> 00:27:44,717
The scenario calls
for a blockade of Cuba.
427
00:28:16,936 --> 00:28:18,396
The situation
is worse than we thought.
428
00:28:18,813 --> 00:28:21,315
We now count 40 missiles.
429
00:28:21,524 --> 00:28:22,462
40 missiles.
430
00:28:24,026 --> 00:28:26,320
Longer range IRBMs.
431
00:28:26,425 --> 00:28:29,136
They can hit every place
in the country
432
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:30,283
except Seattle.
433
00:28:30,387 --> 00:28:32,159
Mr. President,
434
00:28:32,264 --> 00:28:34,245
you give me
the order right now,
435
00:28:34,453 --> 00:28:35,705
my planes will be
ready to carry out
436
00:28:35,809 --> 00:28:37,999
the air strikes in 3 days time.
437
00:28:38,207 --> 00:28:39,875
All you gotta do is say go.
438
00:28:39,980 --> 00:28:42,586
My boys will get
those red bastards.
439
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,278
General, how long
until the Army's ready?
440
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,345
We've just begun
the mobilization under cover
of a pre-arranged exercise, sir.
441
00:28:51,345 --> 00:28:53,430
We're looking at another
week and a half.
442
00:28:53,639 --> 00:28:55,933
But you can order the strikes now.
443
00:28:56,871 --> 00:28:59,269
The plans call for
an 8-day air campaign.
444
00:28:59,687 --> 00:29:02,710
It'll light a fire under
the Army's ass to get in place.
445
00:29:03,962 --> 00:29:06,673
General LeMay, do you truly believe
that's our best course of action?
446
00:29:06,777 --> 00:29:09,592
Mr. President, I believe
it is the only course of action.
447
00:29:09,801 --> 00:29:11,782
America is in danger.
448
00:29:11,886 --> 00:29:14,076
Those missiles are
a threat to our bomber bases
449
00:29:14,180 --> 00:29:16,057
and the safety
of our nuclear deterrent.
450
00:29:16,161 --> 00:29:17,412
Now, without our deterrent,
451
00:29:17,517 --> 00:29:20,749
there's nothing to keep the enemy
from choosing general nuclear war.
452
00:29:22,209 --> 00:29:23,668
It's our duty, sir,
453
00:29:23,773 --> 00:29:25,754
our responsibility
to the American people
454
00:29:25,858 --> 00:29:27,318
to take out those missiles
455
00:29:27,422 --> 00:29:30,550
and return stability to
the strategic situation.
456
00:29:30,759 --> 00:29:33,053
The big red dog is
digging in our backyard,
457
00:29:33,053 --> 00:29:35,138
and we are justified
in shooting him.
458
00:29:35,138 --> 00:29:39,726
Sir, we have a rapidly closing
window of opportunity
459
00:29:39,830 --> 00:29:42,645
where we can prevent
those missiles from ever
becoming operational.
460
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,608
The other options
do not guarantee
461
00:29:46,712 --> 00:29:49,631
the end result that
we can guarantee.
462
00:29:49,736 --> 00:29:52,238
However, as more time goes by,
463
00:29:52,238 --> 00:29:55,158
the less reliable the choice
we can offer you becomes.
464
00:29:55,575 --> 00:29:57,035
Mr. President,
465
00:29:57,035 --> 00:29:59,016
the motto I chose for SAC
466
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:00,580
is "Peace is our Profession."
467
00:30:01,310 --> 00:30:04,125
Now, God forbid we find
ourselves in a nuclear exchange,
468
00:30:04,229 --> 00:30:06,106
but if launched,
those missiles from Cuba
469
00:30:06,315 --> 00:30:08,608
would kill a lot of Americans.
470
00:30:09,130 --> 00:30:10,798
The very presence
of those missiles
471
00:30:10,902 --> 00:30:12,884
gives the Soviets
first-strike capability.
472
00:30:13,509 --> 00:30:16,846
Those missiles make
a nuclear exchange more likely,
473
00:30:16,846 --> 00:30:19,557
and that is why I'm being
such a pain in the ass
474
00:30:19,557 --> 00:30:22,476
about destroying them and
dstroying them immediately.
475
00:30:23,936 --> 00:30:25,396
Hell, even Mac agrees.
476
00:30:27,898 --> 00:30:31,652
And, sir, given your own
statements about Cuba,
477
00:30:31,756 --> 00:30:36,657
I think a blockade
or a bunch of political talk
478
00:30:36,761 --> 00:30:39,055
would be considered by a lot
of our friends and neutrals
479
00:30:39,159 --> 00:30:41,036
as a pretty weak response.
480
00:30:42,183 --> 00:30:44,790
I suspect that many
of our own citizens
481
00:30:44,894 --> 00:30:46,667
might feel the same way.
482
00:30:48,231 --> 00:30:51,046
You're in a pretty bad fix,
Mr. President.
483
00:30:54,487 --> 00:30:55,634
What did you say?
484
00:30:58,032 --> 00:30:59,596
You're in a pretty bad fix.
485
00:31:01,890 --> 00:31:04,497
Maybe you haven't noticed
you're in it with me.
486
00:31:07,938 --> 00:31:10,649
Now, General, what
are the Soviets gonna do
487
00:31:10,857 --> 00:31:11,691
when we attack?
488
00:31:13,777 --> 00:31:14,819
Nothing.
489
00:31:15,445 --> 00:31:16,696
Nothing?
490
00:31:16,801 --> 00:31:17,947
Nothing,
491
00:31:18,260 --> 00:31:20,971
because the only
alternative open to them
492
00:31:22,014 --> 00:31:24,099
is one they can't choose.
493
00:31:25,455 --> 00:31:27,227
You know, they're�
494
00:31:27,332 --> 00:31:30,043
They're not just missiles
we're gonna be destroying, General.
495
00:31:30,043 --> 00:31:34,005
If we kill Soviet soldiers,
they're gonna respond.
496
00:31:35,048 --> 00:31:37,863
I mean, how would we respond
if they killed ours?
497
00:31:37,967 --> 00:31:41,408
No, they're gonna
do something, General.
I can promise you that.
498
00:31:44,953 --> 00:31:47,456
Those goddamn Kennedys are
gonna destroy this country
499
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,645
if we don't do something
about this.
500
00:31:51,105 --> 00:31:52,461
We're headed out to the backyard
501
00:31:52,565 --> 00:31:54,859
to take a look
for that big red dog.
502
00:31:55,380 --> 00:31:56,736
Thanks, Bob.
503
00:31:57,153 --> 00:31:59,030
I was hoping LeMay pushed you,
504
00:31:59,134 --> 00:32:01,115
because I was ready to knock
that son of a bitch across the room.
505
00:32:01,219 --> 00:32:03,096
We knew it was coming.
And I'll tell you one thing, Kenny,
506
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,286
those brass heads
have one big advantage.
507
00:32:05,390 --> 00:32:06,745
That is, if we do
what they want us to do,
508
00:32:06,954 --> 00:32:09,665
there's none of us gonna be left
alive to tell 'em they were wrong.
509
00:32:09,769 --> 00:32:13,002
Mr. President, we need to
go over what you're going to say.
510
00:32:13,314 --> 00:32:15,087
Gromyko should be
on his way by now.
511
00:32:15,191 --> 00:32:16,547
Now, there's still
no sign that they know
512
00:32:16,755 --> 00:32:17,902
that we know
about the missiles.
513
00:32:18,111 --> 00:32:19,675
Well, we're gonna
keep it that way.
514
00:32:35,941 --> 00:32:37,088
Kenny?
515
00:32:37,192 --> 00:32:38,652
I'll be right there.
516
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,406
I'm getting funny questions
from the guys.
517
00:32:42,510 --> 00:32:44,074
Yeah? What sort of questions?
518
00:32:44,178 --> 00:32:46,263
About some sort
of military exercises?
519
00:32:46,368 --> 00:32:48,036
You want me to do my job
handling the press,
520
00:32:48,036 --> 00:32:49,809
I need to know what's going on.
521
00:32:49,913 --> 00:32:52,832
- Military exercises?
- Yeah, military exercises.
522
00:32:53,562 --> 00:32:55,231
Haven't heard anything about it.
523
00:32:55,335 --> 00:32:56,273
Ask Bundy.
524
00:32:56,378 --> 00:32:58,359
I did. He said to ask you.
525
00:33:00,340 --> 00:33:02,008
Mr. Gromyko,
this way, please.
526
00:33:02,112 --> 00:33:04,823
Mr. Dobrynin, what are
your hopes for the meeting?
527
00:33:05,136 --> 00:33:07,430
Mr. Gromyko, can you give us
a statement, please?
528
00:33:08,786 --> 00:33:10,141
Robert.
529
00:33:10,662 --> 00:33:12,644
- Hugh, how are you?
- Good.
530
00:33:15,772 --> 00:33:17,231
Excuse me, Joan.
531
00:33:17,231 --> 00:33:20,360
So, tell me about
this military exercise that's
going on down in Puerto Rico.
532
00:33:20,464 --> 00:33:21,402
What?
533
00:33:21,506 --> 00:33:25,782
It's called ORTSAC, I believe.
Castro spelled backwards.
534
00:33:25,886 --> 00:33:29,535
ORTSAC? I... I don't know
what you're talking about.
535
00:33:29,535 --> 00:33:31,725
Me, either. Why?
536
00:33:31,829 --> 00:33:34,332
Well, because maybe
the President and Gromyko
are gonna talk about it.
537
00:33:34,540 --> 00:33:37,043
If you're trying to drum
something up, Johnny, forget it.
538
00:33:37,251 --> 00:33:39,545
This meeting's been
on the books for months.
539
00:33:39,858 --> 00:33:43,090
Far as I know,
it's just a friendly talk
on U.S. -Soviet relations.
540
00:33:44,341 --> 00:33:45,905
Sir! Sir!
541
00:33:46,635 --> 00:33:47,991
Mr. President!
542
00:33:49,763 --> 00:33:52,892
All right, hold it, guys. Hold it.
You'll get your pictures.
543
00:33:53,934 --> 00:33:54,768
Does it?
544
00:33:56,228 --> 00:33:57,792
Mm-hmm.
545
00:33:58,314 --> 00:33:59,669
I'll be damned.
546
00:34:01,650 --> 00:34:03,631
Kind of simple for the Pentagon.
547
00:34:08,115 --> 00:34:10,930
What is this meeting about, sir?
548
00:34:13,224 --> 00:34:14,162
Sir!
549
00:34:14,267 --> 00:34:16,248
Mr. Gromyko,
thank you for coming.
550
00:34:16,248 --> 00:34:17,812
Hold on, guys. One minute.
551
00:34:23,338 --> 00:34:25,423
Gentlemen, would you mind
shaking hands?
552
00:34:27,196 --> 00:34:29,073
So that there should be
no misunderstanding
553
00:34:29,177 --> 00:34:31,054
the position
of the United States,
554
00:34:31,054 --> 00:34:34,599
which has been made clear
by the Attorney General
to Ambassador Dobrynin here,
555
00:34:34,808 --> 00:34:38,144
I shall read a sentence from
my statement to the press
dated September 13th.
556
00:34:39,083 --> 00:34:41,168
"Should missiles
or offensive weapons
557
00:34:41,272 --> 00:34:42,941
"be placed in Cuba,
558
00:34:42,941 --> 00:34:44,609
"it would present
the gravest threat
559
00:34:44,713 --> 00:34:46,486
to U.S. National security."
560
00:34:46,590 --> 00:34:48,258
Mr. President,
561
00:34:48,363 --> 00:34:51,491
as Premier Khrushchev's own
statement of September 13th
assured you,
562
00:34:51,595 --> 00:34:53,159
our military assistance
to Cuba
563
00:34:53,263 --> 00:34:55,870
is of a defensive nature only.
564
00:35:02,022 --> 00:35:03,795
So I do not
misunderstand you,
565
00:35:04,107 --> 00:35:07,131
There are no offensive
weapons in Cuba?
566
00:35:07,340 --> 00:35:10,364
Premier Khrushchev's
statement of September 13th
567
00:35:10,468 --> 00:35:13,075
remains the position
of the Soviet Government.
568
00:35:13,179 --> 00:35:15,577
To that,
I have nothing to add.
569
00:35:16,828 --> 00:35:18,497
Well, that's good enough for me.
570
00:35:19,331 --> 00:35:20,165
Thanks so much.
571
00:35:20,478 --> 00:35:21,937
Thank you.
572
00:35:24,961 --> 00:35:26,942
Gentlemen, if you'll
come with me, please.
573
00:35:26,942 --> 00:35:29,236
A most constructive meeting.
574
00:35:35,909 --> 00:35:38,308
- What happened?
- Lying bastard.
575
00:35:38,516 --> 00:35:39,663
Lied right to my face.
576
00:35:39,767 --> 00:35:41,123
We're split down the middle.
577
00:35:41,227 --> 00:35:44,042
If I held a vote,
I think air strike would
beat blockade by a vote or two.
578
00:35:44,251 --> 00:35:46,858
I want a consensus. I mean,
either air strike or blockade,
579
00:35:46,962 --> 00:35:48,526
but something everyone's
going to stand by,
580
00:35:48,839 --> 00:35:50,716
even if they don't like it.
581
00:35:51,341 --> 00:35:54,782
I need it by Saturday.
Make it happen.
582
00:35:54,886 --> 00:35:56,346
What if I can't?
583
00:35:57,910 --> 00:36:00,413
We go into this split,
the Russians will know it.
584
00:36:00,830 --> 00:36:02,498
They'll know it
and use it against us.
585
00:36:02,602 --> 00:36:05,209
Have you canceled Chicago
and the rest of the weekend yet?
586
00:36:05,522 --> 00:36:08,441
If you don't show for Chicago,
everyone'll know there's
something going on.
587
00:36:08,650 --> 00:36:10,944
- I don't care. Just cancel it.
- Forget it!
588
00:36:12,821 --> 00:36:15,532
I'm not calling
and canceling on Daley.
589
00:36:17,826 --> 00:36:20,015
You call and cancel on Daley.
590
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:21,475
You're scared
to cancel on Daley?
591
00:36:21,579 --> 00:36:23,978
You're damn right
I'm scared.
592
00:36:26,584 --> 00:36:27,836
Well, I'm not.
593
00:36:32,006 --> 00:36:33,466
Watch this.
594
00:36:35,134 --> 00:36:36,594
Welcome to Chicago,
Mr. President.
595
00:36:36,698 --> 00:36:39,305
Mr. Mayor, I wouldn't miss
this event for the world.
596
00:36:39,514 --> 00:36:41,182
Mr. President, over here!
597
00:36:41,599 --> 00:36:42,955
Mayor Daley!
598
00:36:44,519 --> 00:36:45,666
Let's go.
599
00:36:46,187 --> 00:36:48,168
Tonight, you're going to
experience some true Midwest...
600
00:36:48,377 --> 00:36:49,732
Kenny! What's going on?
601
00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:53,173
Now the guys are
hounding me about some
troop movements in Florida?
602
00:36:53,381 --> 00:36:54,528
What are you telling them?
603
00:36:54,528 --> 00:36:55,571
The truth� I don't know.
604
00:36:55,675 --> 00:36:57,761
- Am I out of the loop
on something?
- No.
605
00:36:58,803 --> 00:37:02,349
Tell them you' ve looked into it,
and all it is is an exercise.
606
00:37:03,183 --> 00:37:04,851
Oh, and, Pierre,
607
00:37:04,955 --> 00:37:07,041
Tomorrow, the President
may have a cold.
608
00:37:07,249 --> 00:37:08,918
- A what?
- A cold.
609
00:37:11,629 --> 00:37:13,818
Kenny, do I get
any input around here?
610
00:37:15,799 --> 00:37:17,259
Yeah.
611
00:37:17,363 --> 00:37:19,345
How bad it is is up to you.
612
00:37:27,895 --> 00:37:29,980
You know, there are major
rail disruptions in the South.
613
00:37:30,084 --> 00:37:32,065
2 Airborne Divisions
are on alert.
614
00:37:32,170 --> 00:37:35,402
Sounds to me like that
exercise is an invasion.
615
00:37:35,506 --> 00:37:37,800
Well, you know
how Bobby has it in
for the state of Mississippi.
616
00:37:38,113 --> 00:37:40,094
We're invading Cuba.
617
00:37:40,615 --> 00:37:42,909
Damn it, we are not
invading Cuba.
618
00:37:43,222 --> 00:37:44,682
Are you crazy?
619
00:37:44,786 --> 00:37:46,767
Nobody gives
a rat's ass about Cuba�
620
00:37:46,872 --> 00:37:48,540
Not now, not ever.
621
00:37:48,853 --> 00:37:51,772
If you print something like that,
all you're going to do
is inflame the situation.
622
00:37:51,981 --> 00:37:55,630
Nobody talks to assholes
who inflame situations.
623
00:37:55,839 --> 00:37:57,924
Assholes like that
can find themselves
624
00:37:58,028 --> 00:37:59,801
cut out of the loop.
625
00:38:00,114 --> 00:38:02,720
That's the first time
you've ever threatened me.
626
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:06,683
All right.
627
00:38:06,787 --> 00:38:08,768
I won't print anything
until I have another source,
628
00:38:08,872 --> 00:38:10,645
But I promise you,
I'll get one.
629
00:38:15,754 --> 00:38:16,797
Bobby.
630
00:38:16,901 --> 00:38:18,778
We've got a consensus
for a blockade,
631
00:38:18,882 --> 00:38:22,219
but it won't last past tomorrow,
Kenny. You have to bring him back.
632
00:38:22,532 --> 00:38:25,243
Oh, by the way,
China invaded India today.
633
00:38:25,243 --> 00:38:27,224
You're kidding, aren't you?
634
00:38:27,537 --> 00:38:30,352
I wish I were. Galbraith's
handling it in New Delhi.
635
00:38:30,977 --> 00:38:32,750
Makes you wonder
what's coming next.
636
00:38:32,854 --> 00:38:36,921
Jesus, what is it about
the free world that pisses
the rest of the world off?
637
00:38:37,338 --> 00:38:39,215
I don't know.
We have Tupperware parties?
638
00:38:40,466 --> 00:38:41,404
Maybe.
639
00:38:42,134 --> 00:38:43,073
I'll see you tomorrow.
640
00:38:43,177 --> 00:38:44,324
OK.
641
00:38:44,428 --> 00:38:45,888
The President has a cold.
642
00:38:45,992 --> 00:38:47,869
He's canceling
the remainder of this trip
643
00:38:47,973 --> 00:38:50,684
and returning to Washington
on the advice of his doctor.
644
00:38:51,727 --> 00:38:52,874
President Kennedy!
645
00:38:52,978 --> 00:38:54,751
Is it true
you have a cold, sir?
646
00:38:54,855 --> 00:38:56,732
How do you feel,
Mr. President?
647
00:38:56,732 --> 00:38:58,087
Mr. President!
648
00:38:59,026 --> 00:39:01,528
What's the next step going
to be, Mr. President?
649
00:39:10,287 --> 00:39:11,330
Mr. President,
650
00:39:11,538 --> 00:39:13,415
our deliberations have
led us to the conclusion
651
00:39:13,519 --> 00:39:16,543
that a blockade
of offensive weapons to Cuba
652
00:39:16,647 --> 00:39:18,524
is our best option.
653
00:39:18,628 --> 00:39:21,965
A strong showing of support
from the Organization
of American States
654
00:39:22,069 --> 00:39:23,842
would give us
an umbrella of legitimacy.
655
00:39:23,946 --> 00:39:26,136
A blockade is technically
an act of war.
656
00:39:26,136 --> 00:39:28,326
Therefore, we recommend
calling the action
657
00:39:28,430 --> 00:39:29,368
a quarantine.
658
00:39:29,472 --> 00:39:33,018
Let's hope that translates into
Russian the way we want it to.
659
00:39:34,269 --> 00:39:37,293
There are between
20 and 30 Soviet ships
660
00:39:37,397 --> 00:39:39,587
underway to Cuba at this time.
661
00:39:39,899 --> 00:39:43,236
800 miles out, the Navy
will stop them, board,
662
00:39:43,236 --> 00:39:46,364
and any vessels containing weapons
will be turned back.
663
00:39:46,468 --> 00:39:49,284
A quarantine prevents any
more missiles from reaching Cuba,
664
00:39:49,388 --> 00:39:51,786
but it doesn't remove
the missiles already there.
665
00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:55,540
It gives the Soviets a chance
to pull back without a war.
666
00:39:55,748 --> 00:39:57,625
If they refuse
to remove the missiles,
667
00:39:57,625 --> 00:40:00,336
we retain the option
to strike and invade.
668
00:40:00,649 --> 00:40:02,213
A sneak attack would be counter
669
00:40:02,317 --> 00:40:04,611
to what the United States
stands for.
670
00:40:04,820 --> 00:40:06,488
It leaves us no room
to maneuver,
671
00:40:06,592 --> 00:40:10,137
and the inevitable Soviet response
would force us into a war.
672
00:40:10,346 --> 00:40:12,119
Mr. President,
there are still those of us
673
00:40:12,223 --> 00:40:15,142
who believe we should
proceed with the strikes.
674
00:40:15,247 --> 00:40:17,645
Sir, with a blockade,
we lose strategic surprise.
675
00:40:17,749 --> 00:40:19,939
We also run the risk
of the Soviets launching
676
00:40:19,939 --> 00:40:21,920
a first strike against us
if they decide
677
00:40:22,024 --> 00:40:24,005
they have to use
the missiles or lose them.
678
00:40:27,238 --> 00:40:30,574
So, quarantine or air strike.
679
00:40:30,783 --> 00:40:33,494
Ahem. There is a third option.
680
00:40:34,536 --> 00:40:35,788
With either course,
681
00:40:35,892 --> 00:40:38,603
we undertake
the risk of nuclear war.
682
00:40:39,333 --> 00:40:42,044
So it seems to me that
maybe one of us in this room
683
00:40:42,148 --> 00:40:43,608
should be a coward,
684
00:40:44,859 --> 00:40:46,840
So I guess I'll be.
685
00:40:47,674 --> 00:40:50,594
A third course
is to strike a deal.
686
00:40:51,011 --> 00:40:53,513
We trade Guantanamo
and our missiles in Turkey,
687
00:40:53,618 --> 00:40:55,912
get them to pull
their missiles out.
688
00:40:56,016 --> 00:40:57,997
We employ a back channel.
689
00:40:58,101 --> 00:41:00,917
We attribute the idea
to U Thant.
690
00:41:01,438 --> 00:41:04,045
U Thant then raises it
at the U.N.
691
00:41:06,443 --> 00:41:08,528
I don't think
that's possible, Adlai.
692
00:41:12,490 --> 00:41:14,472
I've not yet made
my final decision.
693
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,078
I'll be asking the Networks
for airtime on Monday night.
694
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,894
We'll announce
our course of action then.
695
00:41:21,666 --> 00:41:23,334
Ted, I want you to get
working on speeches
696
00:41:23,334 --> 00:41:25,524
for both quarantine
and air strike.
697
00:41:27,922 --> 00:41:30,425
Well, thank you for
all your advice, gentlemen.
698
00:41:31,572 --> 00:41:33,344
I did hear Adlai.
699
00:41:33,761 --> 00:41:36,472
Jesus, you'd think nobody learned
anything from World War II.
700
00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:37,932
Somebody had to say it.
701
00:41:37,932 --> 00:41:40,435
I respect Adlai for having the guts
to risk looking like an appeaser.
702
00:41:40,643 --> 00:41:42,103
We have to pull him.
703
00:41:42,311 --> 00:41:44,814
He's not going to be able to handle
the Soviets in front of the U.N.
704
00:41:45,022 --> 00:41:46,482
Zorin will eat him alive.
705
00:41:46,586 --> 00:41:48,463
We've got bigger
problems right now.
706
00:41:49,506 --> 00:41:50,444
Ladies?
707
00:41:50,549 --> 00:41:51,904
No, thank you.
708
00:41:56,805 --> 00:41:58,473
Honey, I'll be right back.
709
00:42:06,606 --> 00:42:07,649
Adlai?
710
00:42:08,274 --> 00:42:12,967
Ah. I just can't seem
to get away from you guys.
711
00:42:13,071 --> 00:42:15,260
Escaping for a night
on the town, eh?
712
00:42:15,365 --> 00:42:17,346
As D.C.'s most popular playboy,
713
00:42:17,346 --> 00:42:21,308
the President felt my presence
would be sorely missed, so
714
00:42:21,517 --> 00:42:24,853
in the interest of
National Security, here I am.
715
00:42:24,958 --> 00:42:27,356
Yes, gotta keep up appearances.
716
00:42:27,460 --> 00:42:29,441
Of course, I don't anymore.
717
00:42:31,526 --> 00:42:33,820
I'm a political dead man.
718
00:42:33,925 --> 00:42:36,114
Did you ever see anyone
cut his own throat
719
00:42:36,219 --> 00:42:37,783
like I did today?
720
00:42:39,347 --> 00:42:40,702
No, no.
721
00:42:41,328 --> 00:42:42,683
It's all right.
722
00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:45,811
And by the way,
I spoke to a friend.
723
00:42:46,333 --> 00:42:48,522
Reston and Franco have the story.
724
00:42:48,627 --> 00:42:51,129
The Times is going to
run it tomorrow.
725
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:55,300
We're not gonna make it to Monday.
726
00:42:55,717 --> 00:42:56,551
Shit.
727
00:42:56,655 --> 00:42:58,845
We can get Sorenson
to lean on Reston,
728
00:42:58,845 --> 00:43:00,930
But you're gonna have
to call Orville Dryfoos.
729
00:43:01,139 --> 00:43:03,850
This is the sort of decision
a publisher makes himself.
730
00:43:04,476 --> 00:43:07,082
All right.
Thanks, Kenny.
731
00:43:08,855 --> 00:43:11,462
Yes, sir, I understand,
but, you know, we held
on the Bay of Pigs,
732
00:43:11,566 --> 00:43:14,277
and it was the
biggest mistake of my life.
What makes this different?
733
00:43:14,381 --> 00:43:15,945
Orville, I'm asking you
to hold the story
734
00:43:15,945 --> 00:43:19,282
until I can present our course
of action on Monday night.
735
00:43:22,201 --> 00:43:24,182
All right, but I'm gonna need
a reason to give my boys.
736
00:43:24,391 --> 00:43:26,268
They're gonna be screaming
for my head on a plate.
737
00:43:26,372 --> 00:43:28,040
Listen, Orville,
you tell them this�
738
00:43:28,979 --> 00:43:30,856
That they'll
be saving lives...
739
00:43:31,481 --> 00:43:33,045
including their own.
740
00:43:35,339 --> 00:43:36,590
Yes, Mr. President.
741
00:44:04,952 --> 00:44:06,829
How many Congressmen
have not responded yet?
742
00:44:07,037 --> 00:44:08,288
14.
743
00:44:08,914 --> 00:44:10,999
- Boggs is in the Gulf fishing?
- Yes, sir.
744
00:44:11,104 --> 00:44:12,876
I thought he was supposed
to be campaigning.
745
00:44:12,980 --> 00:44:14,127
Well, he's not gone for long.
746
00:44:14,336 --> 00:44:17,464
Jesus. Get a plane out
there and get him back.
747
00:44:19,132 --> 00:44:21,009
He wants to talk to LeMay again.
748
00:44:21,113 --> 00:44:22,782
He's still considering
air strikes.
749
00:44:33,417 --> 00:44:34,668
None of this works tomorrow.
750
00:44:34,773 --> 00:44:37,275
- Figure out how to cancel it.
- Yes, sir.
751
00:44:39,778 --> 00:44:40,820
We're on the phones.
752
00:44:51,039 --> 00:44:53,333
Cam, can you guarantee me
you'll get all the missiles?
753
00:44:57,712 --> 00:45:00,214
Sir, I guarantee we'll get
all the missiles we know about.
754
00:45:00,319 --> 00:45:03,864
Mr. President, we can get
better than 90%of them.
755
00:45:08,243 --> 00:45:11,371
I'll brief the Congressional leadership
tomorrow evening at 5:00.
756
00:45:12,935 --> 00:45:16,063
At 7:00, all United States
Armed Forces worldwide
757
00:45:16,689 --> 00:45:18,774
will stand up to DEFCON 3.
758
00:45:19,817 --> 00:45:21,798
I have a brief statement
to make.
759
00:45:22,215 --> 00:45:24,405
President Kennedy will
address the nation tonight
760
00:45:24,509 --> 00:45:25,656
on radio and television
761
00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:28,888
on a subject of
the highest national urgency.
762
00:45:29,201 --> 00:45:32,329
He has requested airtime
on all 3 Networks for 7 p.m.
763
00:45:32,538 --> 00:45:33,685
Thank you very much.
764
00:46:04,027 --> 00:46:06,217
I am not willing
to support anything
765
00:46:06,321 --> 00:46:07,781
but the toughest possible�
766
00:46:07,885 --> 00:46:10,805
Congress cannot give you
the support you're looking for.
767
00:46:10,909 --> 00:46:12,681
Mr. President! Sir?
768
00:46:12,786 --> 00:46:15,497
If they want this goddamn
job, they can have it.
769
00:46:15,601 --> 00:46:16,748
It's no great joy to me.
770
00:46:16,852 --> 00:46:18,103
Mr. President,
here's the speech.
771
00:46:18,208 --> 00:46:19,355
I made those changes you wanted.
772
00:46:19,459 --> 00:46:21,336
- I need a minute.
- Kenny, no.
773
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:22,691
A minute.
774
00:46:28,426 --> 00:46:29,990
Look, I don't want
a goddamn pep talk.
775
00:46:30,199 --> 00:46:32,493
You're not the Harvard
quarterback anymore.
776
00:46:32,597 --> 00:46:34,057
We're on the brink here!
777
00:46:34,161 --> 00:46:37,289
They're trying to second-guess
me into World War 3.
Well, it's not gonna happen.
778
00:46:37,393 --> 00:46:39,687
- What did you think
Congress was gonna do?
- Well, I...
779
00:46:39,791 --> 00:46:42,085
Offer you
unconditional support?
780
00:46:42,502 --> 00:46:44,379
Kiss your Catholic ass?
781
00:46:45,109 --> 00:46:47,195
They don't think we even
deserve to be here.
782
00:46:47,299 --> 00:46:49,071
Well, what the hell
do you think?
783
00:46:49,176 --> 00:46:51,053
I think we haven't been
that impressive today.
784
00:46:51,157 --> 00:46:53,555
They have good reason
to question our judgment.
785
00:46:53,764 --> 00:46:55,328
What do you want, Kenny?
786
00:46:56,370 --> 00:46:57,517
I want you to sit down.
787
00:46:57,621 --> 00:46:59,394
Well, I'm not going to sit down!
788
00:47:00,124 --> 00:47:01,479
I want you to sit down,
789
00:47:01,584 --> 00:47:02,835
loosen your tie,
and take a minute�
790
00:47:02,939 --> 00:47:04,086
I haven't got a minute!
791
00:47:04,190 --> 00:47:06,693
You're the President
of the United States.
792
00:47:07,423 --> 00:47:08,987
They can wait for you.
793
00:47:14,930 --> 00:47:16,286
Well, why not?
794
00:47:19,727 --> 00:47:20,978
Things can't get much worse.
795
00:47:21,082 --> 00:47:23,376
Oh, I don't know.
We could have to...
796
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:27,025
go down to Lyndon's ranch again
dressed up as cowboys.
797
00:47:29,528 --> 00:47:32,030
Shoot deer out of the back
of his Convertible.
798
00:47:34,533 --> 00:47:36,305
That was a bad day.
799
00:47:40,163 --> 00:47:42,144
You know, I thought
there'd be...
800
00:47:42,353 --> 00:47:44,126
more good days.
801
00:47:47,149 --> 00:47:49,652
You know, back when
we were in the wards,
802
00:47:50,382 --> 00:47:53,197
that day Bobby made me
come down and meet you?
803
00:47:53,718 --> 00:47:55,804
I didn't get you at first.
804
00:47:57,055 --> 00:47:58,932
I thought you were lucky.
805
00:47:59,870 --> 00:48:01,956
Your father had a lot of money.
806
00:48:02,164 --> 00:48:05,709
You were skinny.
Girls loved you.
807
00:48:06,648 --> 00:48:09,254
I thought I could beat
you and Bobby up together.
808
00:48:10,610 --> 00:48:16,032
But he just kept going
on and on about you.
809
00:48:17,075 --> 00:48:19,056
I thought it was because
he was your brother.
810
00:48:23,331 --> 00:48:24,999
But I was wrong.
811
00:48:28,127 --> 00:48:29,483
I was wrong.
812
00:48:48,251 --> 00:48:49,711
You sleeping?
813
00:48:50,962 --> 00:48:52,735
No. Not much.
814
00:48:53,777 --> 00:48:56,176
But I slept last night,
though, you know, and...
815
00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:57,635
Jeez, I...
816
00:48:59,095 --> 00:49:01,076
When I woke up, I just...
817
00:49:01,180 --> 00:49:04,934
Somehow I'd forgotten that
all this had happened, you know?
818
00:49:06,394 --> 00:49:09,939
Then, of course,
I remembered, and...
819
00:49:11,190 --> 00:49:13,901
I just wished for a second
somebody else was President.
820
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:15,882
You mean that?
821
00:49:18,281 --> 00:49:19,845
I said, for a second.
822
00:49:26,518 --> 00:49:29,542
Boy, there is a lot of noise
out there, Kenny.
823
00:49:35,068 --> 00:49:37,258
You know what you're doing,
Mr. President.
824
00:49:38,822 --> 00:49:40,594
You're going to make
the best call you can,
825
00:49:40,803 --> 00:49:42,367
and you know they're
going to second-guess you.
826
00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:44,244
So what?
827
00:49:46,016 --> 00:49:48,414
We're just gonna have to
take our beatings as we go.
828
00:49:54,775 --> 00:49:56,652
So, what are we
going to do now?
829
00:49:58,320 --> 00:49:59,675
I'm going on TV.
830
00:50:09,373 --> 00:50:11,979
You know, maybe the American
people will go with me.
831
00:50:13,543 --> 00:50:15,212
Even if their...
832
00:50:16,567 --> 00:50:18,965
elected representatives won't.
833
00:50:25,013 --> 00:50:27,098
You wear something
nice for the TV.
834
00:50:27,307 --> 00:50:28,662
Make sure Jackie picks it.
835
00:50:35,648 --> 00:50:36,900
Excuse me.
836
00:50:39,089 --> 00:50:41,696
Oh, right. Thanks, Pierre.
Now, I just changed�
837
00:50:41,904 --> 00:50:43,156
OK, everybody,
I think we're ready.
838
00:50:47,326 --> 00:50:49,203
No, I'm fine. Thank you.
839
00:50:50,455 --> 00:50:55,042
Mr. President,
in 5, 4, 3, 2...
840
00:50:55,668 --> 00:50:57,858
Good evening,
my fellow citizens.
841
00:50:57,962 --> 00:50:59,943
This Government, as promised,
842
00:51:00,152 --> 00:51:02,133
has maintained
the closest surveillance
843
00:51:02,550 --> 00:51:05,782
of the Soviet military buildup
on the island of Cuba.
844
00:51:06,095 --> 00:51:07,450
Within the past week,
845
00:51:07,763 --> 00:51:10,683
unmistakable evidence
has established the fact
846
00:51:10,787 --> 00:51:13,811
that a series
of offensive missile sites
847
00:51:13,811 --> 00:51:16,939
is now in preparation
on that imprisoned island.
848
00:51:17,043 --> 00:51:19,441
The purpose of these bases
can be none other
849
00:51:19,546 --> 00:51:22,361
than to provide
a nuclear strike capability
850
00:51:22,465 --> 00:51:23,716
against
the Western Hemisphere.
851
00:51:24,551 --> 00:51:27,262
Acting therefore in the defense
of our own security
852
00:51:27,366 --> 00:51:30,390
and under the authority entrusted
to me by the Constitution,
853
00:51:30,494 --> 00:51:32,788
I have directed
that the following initial steps
854
00:51:32,892 --> 00:51:34,143
be taken immediately.
855
00:51:34,769 --> 00:51:37,480
First, to halt
this offensive buildup,
856
00:51:37,584 --> 00:51:40,087
a strict quarantine on all
offensive military equipment
857
00:51:40,191 --> 00:51:42,276
under shipment to Cuba
is being initiated.
858
00:51:42,798 --> 00:51:45,822
All ships of any kind,
bound for Cuba,
859
00:51:45,926 --> 00:51:48,011
from whatever nation or port,
860
00:51:48,011 --> 00:51:51,869
will, if found to contain
cargos of offensive weapons,
be turned back.
861
00:51:52,078 --> 00:51:54,580
Second, I have directed
the continued and increased
862
00:51:54,684 --> 00:51:57,604
close surveillance of Cuba
and its military buildup,
863
00:51:57,812 --> 00:52:00,315
and should these military
preparations continue,
864
00:52:00,419 --> 00:52:02,609
further action will be justified.
865
00:52:02,713 --> 00:52:06,258
I have directed the Armed Forces
to prepare for any eventualities.
866
00:52:06,363 --> 00:52:09,699
And third, it shall be
the policy of this nation
867
00:52:10,221 --> 00:52:12,514
to regard any nuclear missile
launched from Cuba
868
00:52:12,619 --> 00:52:14,704
against any nation
in the Western Hemisphere
869
00:52:14,913 --> 00:52:16,998
as an attack
by the Soviet Union
870
00:52:17,207 --> 00:52:18,771
on the United States
871
00:52:18,875 --> 00:52:21,586
requiring a full
retaliatory response
872
00:52:21,690 --> 00:52:22,837
upon the Soviet Union.
873
00:52:32,221 --> 00:52:33,890
Good speech, Teddy.
874
00:52:34,307 --> 00:52:37,122
Yeah, well, I guess
I get to keep my job.
875
00:52:38,060 --> 00:52:41,606
No. It was
a really good speech.
876
00:52:42,648 --> 00:52:45,463
I can't imagine what you did
with the air strikes version.
877
00:52:50,156 --> 00:52:51,720
I wasn't able
to write it, Kenny.
878
00:52:54,326 --> 00:52:57,454
It's kind of hard
to write the unthinkable.
879
00:52:57,767 --> 00:53:00,791
I tried. I just...
880
00:53:03,502 --> 00:53:04,858
I couldn't.
881
00:53:09,237 --> 00:53:11,114
We're getting
the Soviet response.
882
00:53:11,218 --> 00:53:13,095
It's coming in on the teletype.
883
00:53:14,555 --> 00:53:16,014
"The community
of nations recognizes
884
00:53:16,119 --> 00:53:18,517
the fundamental right
of freedom of the seas..."
885
00:53:18,621 --> 00:53:20,081
It's horseshit.
886
00:53:21,124 --> 00:53:22,479
I agree.
887
00:53:29,361 --> 00:53:31,655
They don't know how to respond yet.
888
00:53:32,906 --> 00:53:36,764
So now you're Khrushchev.
What do you do?
889
00:53:41,456 --> 00:53:43,333
You run the blockade.
890
00:53:44,271 --> 00:53:45,314
They'll run the blockade.
891
00:53:45,523 --> 00:53:49,381
Which is exactly what they
appear to be preparing to do,
Mr. President.
892
00:53:49,485 --> 00:53:52,300
We're tracking 26 ships
inbound for Cuba.
893
00:53:52,300 --> 00:53:54,803
They show no sign
of changing course.
894
00:53:54,803 --> 00:53:57,305
The closest ships,
the Gagarin and the Kimovsk,
895
00:53:57,409 --> 00:54:00,120
will make the quarantine line
by this time tomorrow.
896
00:54:00,225 --> 00:54:03,248
Admiral Anderson,
if the ships do not stop,
897
00:54:03,353 --> 00:54:05,542
exactly what are
our rules of engagement?
898
00:54:05,647 --> 00:54:09,192
Well, Russian-speaking personnel
have been transferred
to all our ships.
899
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:11,381
When the quarantine
takes place in the morning,
900
00:54:11,486 --> 00:54:14,926
our ships will attempt
to make radio contact
with the approaching vessels.
901
00:54:15,135 --> 00:54:18,159
They'll be ordered to reduce speed
and standby for inspection.
902
00:54:18,993 --> 00:54:22,017
An inspection team will then
board and search the vessel.
903
00:54:22,121 --> 00:54:25,458
If weapons are found,
the ship will be ordered
out of the quarantine area,
904
00:54:25,770 --> 00:54:28,586
or if they refuse, they'll
be towed into the nearest port.
905
00:54:29,003 --> 00:54:30,775
What happens if
the ship doesn't stop
906
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:32,444
for inspection
or want to be towed?
907
00:54:32,652 --> 00:54:34,321
We fire a warning shot
across their bow.
908
00:54:34,633 --> 00:54:37,449
And what happens if the ship
ignores the warning shot?
909
00:54:37,553 --> 00:54:41,098
We then fire at its rudder,
disable it, and carry on
our inspection.
910
00:54:41,307 --> 00:54:43,600
There will be no shooting
without my explicit orders.
911
00:54:45,165 --> 00:54:46,103
Is that understood?
912
00:54:46,833 --> 00:54:48,188
Yes, sir.
913
00:54:48,188 --> 00:54:50,274
Well, Admiral, looks like
it's up to the Navy.
914
00:54:50,378 --> 00:54:52,046
The Navy won't let you down, sir.
915
00:54:52,255 --> 00:54:54,027
There's one other thing,
Mr. President.
916
00:54:54,132 --> 00:54:57,468
We're commencing low-level
photography runs over Cuba
this morning.
917
00:54:57,677 --> 00:55:00,388
It'll be more detailed
than the U-2 photography.
918
00:55:00,492 --> 00:55:03,933
This way, we'll be able
to firm up our estimates
of the missiles' readiness
919
00:55:04,037 --> 00:55:05,706
and develop target packages
for strikes,
920
00:55:05,810 --> 00:55:07,478
if you should order them, sir.
921
00:55:07,582 --> 00:55:10,502
To protect our pilots,
we're prepared to retaliate
against any SAM site
922
00:55:10,710 --> 00:55:13,526
or anti-aircraft battery
that may open fire.
923
00:55:13,630 --> 00:55:15,090
We have a flight
of Thunderchiefs
924
00:55:15,090 --> 00:55:16,862
that'll be able to respond
within minutes
925
00:55:16,967 --> 00:55:18,739
to any attacks on our planes.
926
00:55:27,081 --> 00:55:29,166
I got a bad feeling about
what's going on in there.
927
00:55:29,270 --> 00:55:32,086
In the morning, I'm taking
charge of the blockade
from the Situation Room,
928
00:55:32,190 --> 00:55:35,214
and McNamara is going to set up shop
in the flag plot at the Pentagon
and keep an eye on things there.
929
00:55:35,318 --> 00:55:36,986
Good, because you'll
get armed boarders
930
00:55:37,195 --> 00:55:38,655
climbing onto Soviet ships,
931
00:55:38,759 --> 00:55:40,531
with shots being fired
across bows�
932
00:55:40,636 --> 00:55:42,825
- Well, what about these
low-level flights?
- We need the flights.
933
00:55:42,930 --> 00:55:45,015
They're starting in what?
An hour.
934
00:55:45,119 --> 00:55:47,413
You realize what you're
letting yourself in for?
935
00:55:47,518 --> 00:55:49,916
We need the flights,
because the minute that first
missile becomes operational,
936
00:55:50,020 --> 00:55:51,271
we gotta go in there
and destroy it.
937
00:55:51,375 --> 00:55:53,252
Fair enough,
but Castro's on alert,
938
00:55:53,357 --> 00:55:55,442
and we're flying attack
planes over their sites
939
00:55:55,546 --> 00:55:56,589
on the deck!
940
00:55:57,944 --> 00:55:59,821
There's no way for them to know
we're carrying cameras, not bombs.
941
00:56:00,030 --> 00:56:00,968
God damn it!
942
00:56:01,073 --> 00:56:03,679
We're going to be shot at,
plain and simple.
943
00:56:05,869 --> 00:56:07,433
I'm your political advisor.
944
00:56:07,954 --> 00:56:10,248
I'm giving you
a political analysis here.
945
00:56:10,352 --> 00:56:13,481
This... This is a set-up.
946
00:56:14,210 --> 00:56:16,400
The Chiefs want to go in.
947
00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:18,485
They need to redeem themselves
for the Bay of Pigs.
948
00:56:18,694 --> 00:56:20,988
They gotta go in this time.
They got to do it right.
949
00:56:22,343 --> 00:56:23,490
I'm going to protect those pilots.
950
00:56:26,514 --> 00:56:28,912
They're boxing us in with
these rules of engagement.
951
00:56:29,017 --> 00:56:31,206
If you agree to them and
one of our planes gets knocked down
952
00:56:31,311 --> 00:56:33,187
or one of the ships
won't stop for inspection,
953
00:56:33,292 --> 00:56:35,169
the Chiefs will have us
by the balls
954
00:56:35,586 --> 00:56:38,088
and will force us
to start shooting.
955
00:56:41,842 --> 00:56:43,302
They want a war, Jack,
956
00:56:43,406 --> 00:56:45,804
and they're arranging
things to get one.
957
00:56:48,619 --> 00:56:50,392
How does a man get to
a place where he can say,
958
00:56:50,392 --> 00:56:52,894
"Throw those lives away,"
so easily?
959
00:56:54,875 --> 00:56:56,648
Maybe it's harder for them
to say than they let on,
960
00:56:56,752 --> 00:56:59,985
but at the very least, they
believe it's in our best interest.
961
00:57:00,610 --> 00:57:02,174
And you know what?
962
00:57:03,008 --> 00:57:06,554
At the end of the day,
they may well end up being right.
963
00:57:12,810 --> 00:57:14,791
Well, I'll tell you one thing,
we're going to have to triple-check
964
00:57:14,999 --> 00:57:16,355
everything the Chiefs say to us
965
00:57:16,459 --> 00:57:18,232
with the guys that
actually have to do it.
966
00:57:18,336 --> 00:57:20,838
And nobody's to know about this,
because l�but Bobby.
967
00:57:20,943 --> 00:57:23,028
I need redundant control
over what happens out there.
968
00:57:23,132 --> 00:57:25,322
And if things
aren't as advertised,
969
00:57:25,426 --> 00:57:27,512
then you're going to
make sure they come out
the way I want them to come out.
970
00:57:27,616 --> 00:57:31,057
- That's gonna be�
- Starting with this
low-level flight thing.
971
00:57:31,787 --> 00:57:32,829
That's gonna be tough.
972
00:57:32,934 --> 00:57:35,123
You know how these guys are
about their chains-of-command.
973
00:57:36,270 --> 00:57:37,834
Listen, you tell them
those chains-of-command
974
00:57:37,939 --> 00:57:39,607
end at one place� Me.
975
00:57:42,839 --> 00:57:44,403
Go ahead, sir.
976
00:57:44,612 --> 00:57:47,114
Speak up, lady. I cannot hear you.
I got a train to catch,
977
00:57:47,219 --> 00:57:49,408
and I'd like to be home
by Christmas. Yeah?
978
00:57:50,034 --> 00:57:51,494
- That's the one.
- Mr. O'Donnell.
979
00:57:51,702 --> 00:57:53,996
- What's her name?
- Margaret.
980
00:57:54,726 --> 00:57:57,750
- Margaret.
- Give me a break.
I'm doing the best that I can.
981
00:57:57,854 --> 00:58:00,252
Yes, sir. I understand exactly
what you're talking about.
982
00:58:00,356 --> 00:58:01,920
I speak the language, too.
What?
983
00:58:02,025 --> 00:58:05,153
Margaret, would you mind
helping me with something?
984
00:58:05,257 --> 00:58:06,925
What do you need, honey?
985
00:58:07,134 --> 00:58:09,636
That tone of voice specifically.
986
00:58:10,888 --> 00:58:13,182
What tone of voice? What
the hell is he talking about?
987
00:58:13,286 --> 00:58:15,475
I told you, sir�
I'm sorry. You're outta here.
988
00:58:21,419 --> 00:58:22,879
Ready Room.
989
00:58:23,191 --> 00:58:25,173
Hey, Skipper,
what are you doin'?
990
00:58:25,277 --> 00:58:27,049
- Lookin' out the door.
- I'll get him for you.
991
00:58:27,154 --> 00:58:29,135
- For what?
- Cuba.
992
00:58:29,239 --> 00:58:30,490
Skipper!
993
00:58:30,907 --> 00:58:32,054
Telephone.
994
00:58:38,728 --> 00:58:40,292
- Commander Ecker.
- Commander Ecker?
995
00:58:40,500 --> 00:58:43,420
This is the White House operator.
Please hold for...
996
00:58:43,524 --> 00:58:44,567
Shit.
997
00:58:44,671 --> 00:58:47,278
Honey, you don't know
what shit is.
998
00:58:48,529 --> 00:58:51,657
Commander?
My name's Ken O'Donnell,
999
00:58:51,761 --> 00:58:53,012
Special Assistant
to the President.
1000
00:58:53,429 --> 00:58:54,472
Yes, sir.
1001
00:58:54,576 --> 00:58:57,600
The President's instructed me
to pass along an order to you.
1002
00:58:57,913 --> 00:58:59,373
You are not to get shot down.
1003
00:59:00,624 --> 00:59:02,814
Uh... We'll do our best, sir.
1004
00:59:02,918 --> 00:59:04,899
I don't think you
understand me, Commander.
1005
00:59:05,003 --> 00:59:08,444
You're not to get shot down
under any circumstances.
1006
00:59:09,070 --> 00:59:11,468
Whatever happens up there,
you were not shot at.
1007
00:59:11,572 --> 00:59:13,345
Mechanical failures are fine.
1008
00:59:13,449 --> 00:59:15,326
Crashing into mountains, fine...
1009
00:59:15,430 --> 00:59:18,037
But you and your men
are not to be shot at,
1010
00:59:18,246 --> 00:59:20,748
fired at, or launched upon.
1011
00:59:20,957 --> 00:59:23,563
Excuse me, sir.
What the hell is going on here?
1012
00:59:23,668 --> 00:59:25,023
Commander,
if you are fired upon,
1013
00:59:25,127 --> 00:59:27,943
The President will be forced to
attack the sites that fire on you.
1014
00:59:28,985 --> 00:59:30,862
He doesn't want
to have to do that.
1015
00:59:30,966 --> 00:59:33,677
It's very important that he doesn't,
or things could go
1016
00:59:33,782 --> 00:59:35,346
very badly out of control.
1017
00:59:35,659 --> 00:59:37,014
What about my men?
1018
00:59:37,223 --> 00:59:38,682
If we don't have
anybody to protect us,
1019
00:59:38,682 --> 00:59:40,872
I'm gonna be writing
letters home to parents.
1020
00:59:40,976 --> 00:59:42,436
If the President
protects you, Commander,
1021
00:59:42,540 --> 00:59:46,190
he may have to do it
with the bomb.
1022
00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:50,360
Now, I've know the man
for 15 years. The problem is...
1023
00:59:50,465 --> 00:59:52,237
He will protect you.
1024
00:59:52,550 --> 00:59:55,678
So I'm asking,
don't make him protect you.
1025
00:59:55,991 --> 00:59:57,138
Don't get shot at.
1026
00:59:58,806 --> 01:00:01,517
OK, Mr. O'Donnell,
we'll do what we can.
1027
01:00:02,247 --> 01:00:03,707
I know you will.
1028
01:00:04,645 --> 01:00:06,939
- Good luck, you guys.
- Find your way back!
1029
01:00:10,797 --> 01:00:12,257
Stay close.
1030
01:00:14,655 --> 01:00:15,802
Hey, Joey.
1031
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:32,485
- See ya, Joey.
- Thanks, Joey.
1032
01:00:32,902 --> 01:00:34,571
Ready to go, Jeremy?
1033
01:00:34,988 --> 01:00:36,760
- Hey, Bruce.
- Skipper?
1034
01:00:37,282 --> 01:00:39,784
Never mind. Just do what I do.
Hand signs only?
1035
01:00:39,784 --> 01:00:41,035
Gotcha.
1036
01:00:52,922 --> 01:00:54,903
You are clear
and ready to go, sir!
1037
01:00:55,007 --> 01:00:56,363
Good luck, Skipper!
1038
01:03:14,728 --> 01:03:17,439
Oh-ho, man! Shit!
Did you see it?
1039
01:03:21,193 --> 01:03:22,444
Man, you were lucky, Skipper.
1040
01:03:22,548 --> 01:03:25,468
Damn sparrows.
Must've been migrating.
1041
01:03:25,572 --> 01:03:26,719
Sparrows?
1042
01:03:26,823 --> 01:03:29,534
Probably hit a couple hundred of 'em.
How many did you hit, Bruce?
1043
01:03:29,847 --> 01:03:31,203
Sparrows?
1044
01:03:34,748 --> 01:03:35,790
A few, I guess.
1045
01:03:35,999 --> 01:03:38,919
These, uh, 20 millimeter or
40 millimeter sparrows, sir?
1046
01:03:39,023 --> 01:03:40,900
Those are bird strikes.
1047
01:03:41,004 --> 01:03:43,089
Sparrows, to be precise.
1048
01:03:44,028 --> 01:03:45,592
It's the way it is, guys.
1049
01:03:46,322 --> 01:03:47,886
Get that film pack done.
1050
01:03:52,682 --> 01:03:53,829
Commander Ecker.
1051
01:03:53,933 --> 01:03:54,767
Hello.
1052
01:03:54,872 --> 01:03:56,227
- Sir.
- Commander.
1053
01:03:56,331 --> 01:03:58,417
Mr. O'Donnell, I've been
ordered to deliver the film
1054
01:03:58,521 --> 01:04:00,189
to the Pentagon personally.
1055
01:04:00,398 --> 01:04:01,336
What's going on here?
1056
01:04:01,649 --> 01:04:03,735
The Chiefs must
want to talk to you.
1057
01:04:04,777 --> 01:04:07,697
They're gonna want to know
if you were fired on. Were you?
1058
01:04:07,801 --> 01:04:09,991
You could say that, sir.
1059
01:04:14,057 --> 01:04:15,934
Commander, listen to me.
1060
01:04:16,038 --> 01:04:17,811
Now, I know this
must fly in the face
1061
01:04:17,915 --> 01:04:20,522
of everything
you've come to serve,
1062
01:04:20,939 --> 01:04:24,380
but I'm asking you to look
through this to the other side.
1063
01:04:27,717 --> 01:04:29,593
Commander William B. Ecker
reporting as ordered.
1064
01:04:29,698 --> 01:04:31,679
- Commander.
- Sir.
1065
01:04:31,679 --> 01:04:33,660
Put your gear down over here.
1066
01:04:34,703 --> 01:04:36,371
Would you like a glass
of water or anything?
1067
01:04:36,475 --> 01:04:38,039
No, thank you, sir.
1068
01:04:38,978 --> 01:04:40,437
- Sir.
- Commander.
1069
01:04:40,854 --> 01:04:42,106
Have a seat.
1070
01:04:45,338 --> 01:04:47,632
Now, Commander, I assume
you know why you're here.
1071
01:04:47,736 --> 01:04:51,177
Son, I want to know just one thing.
1072
01:04:51,490 --> 01:04:54,305
Those bastards shoot
so much as a BB gun at you?
1073
01:04:57,955 --> 01:04:59,936
It was a cakewalk, sir.
1074
01:05:01,500 --> 01:05:02,438
Mr. President,
1075
01:05:02,542 --> 01:05:04,524
the O. A.S. Meeting
starts in less than an hour.
1076
01:05:04,628 --> 01:05:06,922
Well, good. I think
we need this one, Dean.
1077
01:05:07,026 --> 01:05:08,799
We can't expect miracles.
1078
01:05:08,903 --> 01:05:11,197
Listen, the quarantine
is legal if we get a mandate.
1079
01:05:11,301 --> 01:05:14,325
Otherwise, it's an act of war
in the eyes of the world,
1080
01:05:14,429 --> 01:05:16,306
so you gotta get me the vote,
1081
01:05:16,410 --> 01:05:17,661
and, you know, make it unanimous.
1082
01:05:17,766 --> 01:05:19,538
Mr. President, the Organization
of American States
1083
01:05:19,643 --> 01:05:20,894
hasn't had a unanimous vote�
1084
01:05:20,998 --> 01:05:22,979
Unanimous... Dean.
1085
01:05:50,298 --> 01:05:52,279
In accordance with
this afternoon's vote
1086
01:05:52,383 --> 01:05:54,677
at the Organization
of American States,
1087
01:05:54,677 --> 01:05:57,388
the quarantine
will hereby be effective
1088
01:05:57,388 --> 01:05:59,682
as of 10:00 tomorrow morning.
1089
01:06:16,261 --> 01:06:17,408
At 8 a.m. This morning,
1090
01:06:17,408 --> 01:06:19,702
the United States
detonated a hydrogen bomb
1091
01:06:19,806 --> 01:06:22,725
above Johnston Island
in the South Pacific.
1092
01:06:22,830 --> 01:06:25,749
The blast was quickly condemned
by the Soviet Union,
1093
01:06:25,854 --> 01:06:28,669
who called upon all nations
to denounce the United States
1094
01:06:28,773 --> 01:06:30,754
for bringing the world
to the brink of destruction.
1095
01:06:30,858 --> 01:06:32,840
Who the hell
authorized this test?
1096
01:06:32,944 --> 01:06:34,299
Christ, what is this gonna
say to the Russians?
1097
01:06:34,404 --> 01:06:36,072
They look warlike?
1098
01:06:36,176 --> 01:06:38,262
Jesus Christ. We're
lighting off nuclear weapons
1099
01:06:38,366 --> 01:06:40,138
like it's our own private
Fourth of July.
1100
01:06:40,243 --> 01:06:41,390
You know what we should have done?
1101
01:06:41,598 --> 01:06:44,309
We should've brought in the guys
from the Atomic Energy Commission
1102
01:06:44,935 --> 01:06:46,707
and talked this through,
you know?
1103
01:06:46,812 --> 01:06:49,523
Looked at these tests
a little harder before
1104
01:06:49,835 --> 01:06:51,608
just givin' the go-ahead.
1105
01:06:54,110 --> 01:06:57,447
You know, last summer I read
a book, "The Guns of August".
1106
01:06:58,490 --> 01:07:01,305
I wish every man on that
blockade line had read that book.
1107
01:07:01,514 --> 01:07:03,807
It's World War I,
13 million killed.
1108
01:07:03,912 --> 01:07:06,206
It was all because
the militaries of both alliances
1109
01:07:06,414 --> 01:07:07,874
believed they were
so highly attuned
1110
01:07:08,083 --> 01:07:10,064
to one another's movements
and dispositions,
1111
01:07:10,168 --> 01:07:12,358
they could predict
one another's intentions,
1112
01:07:12,462 --> 01:07:14,130
but all their theories
were based on the last war,
1113
01:07:14,860 --> 01:07:16,737
and the world
and technology had changed,
1114
01:07:16,945 --> 01:07:19,135
and those lessons
were no longer valid,
1115
01:07:19,344 --> 01:07:22,159
but it was all they knew,
so the orders went out.
1116
01:07:22,889 --> 01:07:24,766
Couldn't be rescinded.
1117
01:07:27,894 --> 01:07:29,353
The man in the field,
his family at home,
1118
01:07:29,458 --> 01:07:32,482
they couldn't even tell you
the reasons why their lives
were being destroyed.
1119
01:07:35,922 --> 01:07:37,904
But why couldn't they stop it?
1120
01:07:38,842 --> 01:07:40,719
What could they have done?
1121
01:07:41,344 --> 01:07:43,430
Here we are 50 years later.
1122
01:07:44,472 --> 01:07:47,288
If one of their ships
resists the inspection
1123
01:07:47,913 --> 01:07:51,146
and we shoot out
its rudder and board,
1124
01:07:51,563 --> 01:07:54,795
they shoot down one
of our planes in response,
1125
01:07:55,525 --> 01:07:58,862
so we bomb their anti-aircraft sites.
In response to that...
1126
01:07:59,904 --> 01:08:01,885
They attack Berlin.
1127
01:08:04,075 --> 01:08:05,848
So we invade Cuba.
1128
01:08:08,871 --> 01:08:11,270
Then they fire their missiles.
1129
01:08:15,232 --> 01:08:17,109
And we fire ours.
1130
01:08:24,095 --> 01:08:27,119
Helen, I want you to keep
the kids close tomorrow.
1131
01:08:28,161 --> 01:08:30,455
I want you to leave the TV on.
1132
01:08:30,559 --> 01:08:32,019
I want you to sleep
with it on in the bedroom
1133
01:08:32,124 --> 01:08:36,086
until I call you and tell you
you can turn it off.
1134
01:08:36,294 --> 01:08:37,754
What's happened?
1135
01:08:38,588 --> 01:08:41,403
Nothing. Nothing you don't
already know about.
1136
01:08:41,508 --> 01:08:45,574
Just have the car
ready to go in case I call...
1137
01:08:45,887 --> 01:08:48,181
or the Civil Defense Warning
comes on.
1138
01:08:49,119 --> 01:08:50,996
What happens to you?
1139
01:08:51,935 --> 01:08:54,124
I'm not leaving without you.
1140
01:08:55,688 --> 01:08:58,191
I'll be evacuated
with the President.
1141
01:09:01,527 --> 01:09:02,987
Great.
1142
01:09:04,238 --> 01:09:05,490
Great.
1143
01:09:06,011 --> 01:09:08,931
And while you're under a rock
somewhere with the President,
1144
01:09:09,556 --> 01:09:12,267
what am I supposed to do
with our 5 children, Kenny?
1145
01:09:12,371 --> 01:09:15,082
Honey, we're not gonna
let it come to that.
1146
01:09:15,499 --> 01:09:16,646
I promise.
1147
01:09:17,898 --> 01:09:19,879
Jack and Bobby, they're...
1148
01:09:21,026 --> 01:09:22,903
They're smart guys.
1149
01:09:26,239 --> 01:09:28,012
You're smart, too.
1150
01:09:32,183 --> 01:09:34,059
Not like them.
1151
01:09:40,628 --> 01:09:41,984
Well, hi, Ken.
1152
01:09:47,927 --> 01:09:49,596
Helen just asked me
what sort of arrangements
1153
01:09:49,700 --> 01:09:51,577
we have for the families.
1154
01:09:51,994 --> 01:09:54,288
Yeah, I just checked that myself.
1155
01:09:54,496 --> 01:09:56,790
They're being issued
identity cards,
1156
01:09:56,894 --> 01:09:59,084
and the call comes,
evacuation officers
1157
01:09:59,293 --> 01:10:01,795
meet them at
pre-arranged departure areas.
1158
01:10:01,899 --> 01:10:03,672
They go by helicopter
to Mount Weather.
1159
01:10:04,089 --> 01:10:05,757
We meet them there.
1160
01:10:10,345 --> 01:10:12,118
Of course, that's for morale.
1161
01:10:13,160 --> 01:10:15,976
Missiles only take
5 minutes to get here.
1162
01:10:19,729 --> 01:10:23,483
The President has
asked Jackie and the children
to come back from the country
1163
01:10:23,483 --> 01:10:25,047
and be with him.
1164
01:10:27,028 --> 01:10:29,114
You know those pictures
upstairs?
1165
01:10:29,531 --> 01:10:31,199
Pictures of Lincoln?
1166
01:10:32,972 --> 01:10:35,578
He looked so old near the end.
1167
01:10:37,247 --> 01:10:38,706
When we got here,
I said,
1168
01:10:38,811 --> 01:10:41,000
"It's not gonna
happen to us."
1169
01:10:41,834 --> 01:10:43,711
We were too young.
1170
01:10:45,171 --> 01:10:46,944
Why don't you go home tonight?
1171
01:10:48,612 --> 01:10:50,176
Go on home.
1172
01:10:51,323 --> 01:10:54,451
No. It's too much trouble
to get the car.
1173
01:10:54,868 --> 01:10:57,162
Ken, we can get your car
in 15 minutes.
1174
01:10:58,100 --> 01:10:59,769
- No.
- Go ahead.
1175
01:11:00,394 --> 01:11:01,646
No.
1176
01:11:02,167 --> 01:11:03,731
I'll let her sleep.
1177
01:11:06,233 --> 01:11:07,485
I'll let 'em sleep.
1178
01:11:08,423 --> 01:11:11,760
It almost seemed today
as if time stood still.
1179
01:11:11,864 --> 01:11:13,636
The shooting
hadn't started yet,
1180
01:11:13,741 --> 01:11:15,826
but there weren't any
really encouraging signs
1181
01:11:16,035 --> 01:11:17,077
that it could be avoided,
1182
01:11:17,912 --> 01:11:21,457
but worried, alarmed,
afraid, perhaps even,
1183
01:11:21,665 --> 01:11:23,438
the American public,
nonetheless,
1184
01:11:23,542 --> 01:11:25,836
appeared determined and resolved.
1185
01:11:26,879 --> 01:11:28,547
This is Walter Cronkite.
1186
01:11:29,068 --> 01:11:30,424
Good night.
1187
01:12:11,402 --> 01:12:12,549
Paper?
1188
01:12:13,800 --> 01:12:16,615
- Yeah, thanks.
- Here you go, sir.
1189
01:13:16,466 --> 01:13:18,342
Gentlemen, can you hear me?
1190
01:13:19,072 --> 01:13:20,324
Yes, we can hear you fine.
1191
01:13:20,532 --> 01:13:22,826
I've got one minute
till 10:00 here.
1192
01:13:23,347 --> 01:13:25,954
The quarantine commences
in one minute.
1193
01:13:32,315 --> 01:13:33,670
And no sign of them stopping.
1194
01:13:50,249 --> 01:13:51,500
Sir.
1195
01:13:59,737 --> 01:14:01,510
Quarantine is now in effect.
1196
01:14:02,031 --> 01:14:03,908
And it looks like
our first customers
1197
01:14:04,012 --> 01:14:06,411
are the Gagarin and Kimovsk.
1198
01:14:26,222 --> 01:14:28,724
Chief, I've got something
at zero-three-zero.
1199
01:14:30,080 --> 01:14:32,478
X.O., take a look at this.
1200
01:14:35,919 --> 01:14:37,691
New contact, Skipper.
1201
01:14:44,782 --> 01:14:46,033
What do we got?
1202
01:14:46,033 --> 01:14:47,388
A Russian sub.
1203
01:14:50,412 --> 01:14:51,768
General Quarters,
General Quarters!
1204
01:14:51,872 --> 01:14:53,853
All hands
man your battle stations!
1205
01:14:53,957 --> 01:14:55,104
General Quarters,
General Quarters!
1206
01:14:55,209 --> 01:14:56,668
All hands,
man your battle stations!
1207
01:14:56,773 --> 01:14:57,920
General Quarters,
General Quarters!
1208
01:14:58,128 --> 01:15:00,631
All hands,
man your battle stations!
1209
01:15:04,384 --> 01:15:07,512
Bracket 231 correlates to
our submarine at 9,000 yards.
1210
01:15:12,726 --> 01:15:14,915
It's protecting the freighters.
1211
01:15:24,300 --> 01:15:25,342
Bob, is there any way
1212
01:15:25,551 --> 01:15:27,845
we can avoid stopping
a submarine first?
1213
01:15:27,949 --> 01:15:29,826
I'm afraid not, Mr. President.
1214
01:15:29,826 --> 01:15:32,537
The sub has positioned itself
between the Pierce
and the Soviet ships.
1215
01:15:33,163 --> 01:15:35,039
Admiral Anderson insists
it's too much of a risk
1216
01:15:35,144 --> 01:15:36,603
to proceed with stopping
the freighters.
1217
01:15:36,708 --> 01:15:39,314
The Pierce would be
a sitting duck for the sub.
1218
01:15:40,774 --> 01:15:42,651
- Put me through to the Pierce.
- Yes, sir.
1219
01:15:42,755 --> 01:15:44,424
Admiral Anderson!
1220
01:15:44,424 --> 01:15:47,135
The President wishes
to speak directly to
the Captain of the Pierce.
1221
01:15:48,386 --> 01:15:49,637
Is that a problem?
1222
01:15:49,950 --> 01:15:51,514
No, it isn't, sir.
1223
01:15:52,557 --> 01:15:53,808
He's putting you through, sir.
1224
01:15:54,225 --> 01:15:56,519
Sir, I'm patching you
through to the bridge now.
1225
01:15:58,500 --> 01:15:59,647
This is the Captain
of the Pierce.
1226
01:16:00,273 --> 01:16:01,524
Captain, this is
the President speaking.
1227
01:16:02,566 --> 01:16:03,713
Mr. President.
1228
01:16:03,818 --> 01:16:04,756
Is there any way
1229
01:16:04,860 --> 01:16:08,093
you can force that sub
to the surface without
damaging it or yourself?
1230
01:16:08,405 --> 01:16:10,282
I can bring it up, Mr. President,
1231
01:16:10,387 --> 01:16:13,202
but whether it's damaged
or not is up to the sub.
1232
01:16:13,515 --> 01:16:15,287
Even if they do force it up,
1233
01:16:15,392 --> 01:16:18,207
that sub will be inspected
over the crew's dead bodies.
1234
01:16:18,311 --> 01:16:21,126
They'd be executed for
allowing it when they got home.
1235
01:16:33,847 --> 01:16:35,307
Captain, force the sub
to the surface.
1236
01:16:35,411 --> 01:16:36,558
Yes, Mr. President.
1237
01:16:38,539 --> 01:16:41,250
- Prepare to fire torpedoes.
- Prepare to fire torpedoes.
Aye, sir.
1238
01:16:41,355 --> 01:16:43,753
- Prepare to launch ASROC.
- Prepare to launch ASROC.
Aye, sir.
1239
01:16:53,033 --> 01:16:54,284
Watch your fingers!
1240
01:16:54,388 --> 01:16:55,639
Watch your fingers.
1241
01:17:13,887 --> 01:17:15,138
What are they up to?
1242
01:17:17,536 --> 01:17:19,100
They're slowing down.
1243
01:17:27,650 --> 01:17:29,214
Mr. Secretary,
1244
01:17:29,840 --> 01:17:33,385
I'm receiving reports.
The Russian ships appear
to be stopping.
1245
01:17:33,489 --> 01:17:34,323
Mr. President,
1246
01:17:34,532 --> 01:17:36,617
Reports are coming
in here to the Pentagon
1247
01:17:36,826 --> 01:17:38,703
that the ships
appear to be stopping.
1248
01:17:38,807 --> 01:17:40,788
Captain, belay that order.
Belay that order!
1249
01:17:40,892 --> 01:17:41,622
Hold your fire!
1250
01:17:41,831 --> 01:17:43,916
- Bob, where's that coming from?
- One second, Mr. President.
1251
01:17:44,125 --> 01:17:46,836
Somebody find out
what's going on.
1252
01:17:49,651 --> 01:17:51,841
Those ships
are definitely stopping.
1253
01:17:53,926 --> 01:17:55,073
Some are turning around.
1254
01:17:58,097 --> 01:17:59,139
Are they stopping?
1255
01:17:59,244 --> 01:18:00,182
I don't know what
the hell they're doing.
1256
01:18:00,391 --> 01:18:03,206
Admiral. Admiral,
what's happening!
1257
01:18:03,310 --> 01:18:05,604
Yes, sir, they are stopping.
1258
01:18:06,647 --> 01:18:08,315
Mr. President,
1259
01:18:08,315 --> 01:18:10,296
reports are coming in
from all around.
1260
01:18:10,400 --> 01:18:12,590
The ships are stopping.
1261
01:18:13,216 --> 01:18:14,988
Some are turning around.
1262
01:18:15,197 --> 01:18:17,595
Some are turning around.
1263
01:18:27,292 --> 01:18:28,439
We were eyeball to eyeball,
1264
01:18:28,543 --> 01:18:30,107
and I think
the other fella just blinked.
1265
01:18:47,729 --> 01:18:48,876
Yes, sir.
1266
01:18:49,189 --> 01:18:50,231
Yes, sir.
We have that information.
1267
01:18:50,336 --> 01:18:53,151
Mr. President.
Mr. President, sir.
1268
01:18:53,464 --> 01:18:55,653
We have the tally from NSA.
1269
01:18:55,758 --> 01:18:58,469
We have 20 ships stopping
and /or turning around.
1270
01:18:58,573 --> 01:19:01,075
6, however, appear to be
continuing for the line.
1271
01:19:05,038 --> 01:19:07,540
It's a, uh, it's a mistake.
1272
01:19:07,749 --> 01:19:10,772
They must not have gotten
their orders yet. I'd-let 'em go.
1273
01:19:10,877 --> 01:19:12,649
No. That's unlikely, Bobby.
1274
01:19:12,753 --> 01:19:14,213
We' ve been monitoring
the radio transmissions
1275
01:19:14,422 --> 01:19:16,611
from the Gagarin and the Kimovsk.
1276
01:19:16,716 --> 01:19:19,114
Their radios are working
just fine, Mr. President.
1277
01:19:19,218 --> 01:19:22,346
One ship, an accident maybe.
1278
01:19:22,555 --> 01:19:24,953
6, Mr. President?
This is intentional.
1279
01:19:25,057 --> 01:19:26,308
Mr. President, let 'em go.
1280
01:19:26,413 --> 01:19:27,560
Oh, you're still here, Bob?
1281
01:19:27,664 --> 01:19:29,541
4 of the 6 continuing ships
1282
01:19:29,645 --> 01:19:31,209
are still a day
away from the line.
1283
01:19:31,522 --> 01:19:34,233
They've stopped the ones
we suspect have weapons aboard.
1284
01:19:34,233 --> 01:19:37,048
We'd look pretty bad shooting up
a freighter full of baby food.
1285
01:19:37,361 --> 01:19:39,134
We sure as shit would.
1286
01:19:41,115 --> 01:19:43,617
Captain, I want you to maintain
contact with those ships
1287
01:19:43,617 --> 01:19:46,954
and do nothing until I order
otherwise. Is that clear?
1288
01:19:47,058 --> 01:19:48,413
Yes, Mr. President.
1289
01:19:48,622 --> 01:19:49,978
Contact only.
1290
01:19:56,859 --> 01:19:59,049
At its beginning,
this day looked
1291
01:19:59,153 --> 01:20:01,864
as though it might be
one of armed conflict
1292
01:20:01,968 --> 01:20:04,888
between Soviet vessels
and American warships
1293
01:20:04,992 --> 01:20:07,286
on the sea lanes leading to Cuba.
1294
01:20:07,390 --> 01:20:09,893
Find out how close
our exercises are coming
1295
01:20:09,997 --> 01:20:11,978
to their anti-ship missiles.
1296
01:20:37,107 --> 01:20:37,941
God damn it!
1297
01:20:38,046 --> 01:20:39,714
How the goddamn hell
did this happen?
1298
01:20:39,714 --> 01:20:42,216
I'm gonna have Powers' head
on a platter...
1299
01:20:42,216 --> 01:20:43,885
Next to LeMay's.
1300
01:20:44,406 --> 01:20:47,013
Kenny, you hear me give the order
to go to DEFCON 2?
1301
01:20:47,430 --> 01:20:49,411
Because I remember giving the order
to go to DEFCON 3,
1302
01:20:49,515 --> 01:20:51,913
but I must be
suffering from amnesia.
1303
01:20:52,852 --> 01:20:56,084
I've just been informed
our nuclear forces are at DEFCON 2.
1304
01:20:56,397 --> 01:20:57,857
They were limited, Mr. President.
1305
01:20:57,857 --> 01:21:00,359
- The orders were limited
to our strategic forces...
- Max!
1306
01:21:00,568 --> 01:21:02,653
...in the continental United States.
1307
01:21:02,862 --> 01:21:04,321
General LeMay is correct.
1308
01:21:04,321 --> 01:21:06,824
Technically, SAC has
the statutory authority�
1309
01:21:07,032 --> 01:21:08,701
I have the authority!
1310
01:21:09,326 --> 01:21:11,203
I am the Commander in Chief
of the United States,
1311
01:21:11,308 --> 01:21:14,123
and I say when we go to war.
1312
01:21:15,583 --> 01:21:18,189
We're not at war, sir�
Not until DEFCON one.
1313
01:21:23,403 --> 01:21:26,218
General, the Joint Chiefs
1314
01:21:26,218 --> 01:21:29,346
have just signaled our intent
to escalate to the Soviets.
1315
01:21:29,867 --> 01:21:32,370
You signaled an escalation
which I had no wish to signal,
1316
01:21:32,474 --> 01:21:33,725
and which I did not approve.
1317
01:21:35,811 --> 01:21:37,896
Just get out of here, Max.
1318
01:21:38,000 --> 01:21:39,356
Yes, sir.
1319
01:21:47,906 --> 01:21:49,991
Rescind the order.
Can all the Chiefs.
1320
01:21:50,096 --> 01:21:52,077
Put Nitze, Gilpatrick and
the Under Secretaries in charge.
1321
01:21:52,181 --> 01:21:53,537
- Can't do that, Bobby.
- Yes, we can.
1322
01:21:53,641 --> 01:21:55,413
We can't fire the Chiefs, Bobby.
1323
01:21:55,622 --> 01:21:57,603
Our invasion talk
would look like a bluff.
1324
01:21:58,541 --> 01:22:00,940
Or even worse, that
there's been an attempted coup.
1325
01:22:04,902 --> 01:22:06,049
Jesus.
1326
01:22:13,869 --> 01:22:15,225
Kenny, give me...
1327
01:22:15,433 --> 01:22:16,789
a couple minutes
alone with Bobby, would you?
1328
01:22:28,467 --> 01:22:31,282
Just�Just try this on
for size.
1329
01:22:31,699 --> 01:22:33,263
We get a hold
of Walter Lippmann,
1330
01:22:33,889 --> 01:22:35,766
And we leak the idea of
1331
01:22:35,974 --> 01:22:38,059
pulling our Jupiter missiles
out of Turkey,
1332
01:22:38,164 --> 01:22:40,875
and the Soviets pull
their missiles out of Cuba.
1333
01:22:42,543 --> 01:22:43,794
Act through the U.N.!
1334
01:22:44,003 --> 01:22:45,358
K and K must talk!
1335
01:22:45,567 --> 01:22:47,339
End the arms race,
not the human race!
1336
01:22:58,183 --> 01:22:59,226
Kenny.
1337
01:22:59,226 --> 01:22:59,956
Mac.
1338
01:23:00,060 --> 01:23:02,041
What did you think of
the Lippmann column this morning?
1339
01:23:02,146 --> 01:23:03,293
I think it's a bad idea.
1340
01:23:03,397 --> 01:23:05,169
Thank God. Look,
everybody's furious about it.
1341
01:23:05,274 --> 01:23:07,776
We trade away our missiles in Turkey,
and we're dead, politically.
1342
01:23:07,776 --> 01:23:08,819
You' ve got to stop it.
1343
01:23:09,027 --> 01:23:11,321
We know it was Jack and Bobby's idea.
They leaked it to Lippmann.
1344
01:23:11,530 --> 01:23:13,198
The military guys
are going ape�
1345
01:23:13,407 --> 01:23:14,137
Then they should speak up.
1346
01:23:14,345 --> 01:23:16,326
Christ, Ken,
it's not that easy.
1347
01:23:16,431 --> 01:23:17,473
- It is.
- No, it isn't.
1348
01:23:17,578 --> 01:23:18,829
They don't trust the people
who feel this way,
1349
01:23:18,829 --> 01:23:20,914
but these people are right,
and the Kennedys are wrong.
1350
01:23:20,914 --> 01:23:22,270
We need you to talk to them.
1351
01:23:22,374 --> 01:23:23,417
They'll listen to you.
1352
01:23:23,625 --> 01:23:25,398
Jack and Bobby are good men,
but it takes a certain�
1353
01:23:25,502 --> 01:23:27,692
You mean the President
of the United States?
1354
01:23:27,796 --> 01:23:28,630
And the Attorney General?
1355
01:23:28,734 --> 01:23:30,507
Kenny, they are good men,
but it takes a certain character,
1356
01:23:30,611 --> 01:23:32,279
moral toughness,
to stand up to the Soviets.
1357
01:23:32,384 --> 01:23:33,739
You listen to me.
1358
01:23:34,156 --> 01:23:37,076
You're in the White House
right now because of the Kennedys.
1359
01:23:37,284 --> 01:23:40,100
Now, they may be wrong,
they make mistakes,
1360
01:23:40,204 --> 01:23:42,185
but they are not weak.
1361
01:23:42,289 --> 01:23:44,687
The weak ones are these people
who can't seem to speak
their own minds.
1362
01:23:44,792 --> 01:23:45,834
You know I don't mean
that they're weak.
1363
01:23:46,043 --> 01:23:47,816
No, they just lack
a moral toughness.
1364
01:23:48,441 --> 01:23:50,527
Jesus Christ, Mac.
1365
01:23:51,986 --> 01:23:55,323
You�You think I'll
play your Judas for you?
1366
01:23:55,949 --> 01:23:57,304
You've never understood us,
your kind.
1367
01:23:57,408 --> 01:23:59,911
We've been fighting
with each other our whole lives,
1368
01:23:59,911 --> 01:24:01,371
but nobody plays us
off each other,
1369
01:24:01,475 --> 01:24:04,707
and nobody ever, ever
gets between us!
1370
01:24:06,063 --> 01:24:08,148
It's a goddamn
trial balloon, Kenny.
1371
01:24:08,461 --> 01:24:10,755
Well, then somebody
better publicly deny it,
1372
01:24:10,859 --> 01:24:13,466
'cause there's only one way
the world's gonna read this.
1373
01:24:13,570 --> 01:24:16,594
We sell out one of our friends
for our own safety.
1374
01:24:19,513 --> 01:24:21,077
Exactly.
1375
01:24:22,224 --> 01:24:24,727
Jesus Christ,
they're just killing us.
1376
01:24:25,144 --> 01:24:28,481
...and enter into negotiations
1377
01:24:28,689 --> 01:24:31,400
in order to normalize
this confrontation
1378
01:24:31,504 --> 01:24:33,694
and avert the threat
of a World War.
1379
01:24:33,798 --> 01:24:35,988
What is it
that Sun Tzu says?
1380
01:24:38,178 --> 01:24:41,410
War's a moral contest,
and they're won in the temples
before they're ever fought.
1381
01:24:41,618 --> 01:24:44,121
...this enormous danger
for all mankind
1382
01:24:45,789 --> 01:24:48,605
which exist at this moment...
1383
01:24:48,709 --> 01:24:51,420
It's right here. It's right here.
This is where we turn it around.
1384
01:24:51,628 --> 01:24:52,567
You call Adlai,
1385
01:24:52,775 --> 01:24:54,339
you tell him to stick it
to this son of a bitch.
1386
01:24:54,444 --> 01:24:57,780
...diplomatic resolution.
1387
01:24:59,240 --> 01:25:02,577
The U.S. Believes that
with their economic boycott,
1388
01:25:02,889 --> 01:25:04,766
by pressuring other countries
1389
01:25:04,871 --> 01:25:06,852
to cease trade with Cuba,
1390
01:25:07,477 --> 01:25:09,875
we would surrender
due to hunger.
1391
01:25:09,980 --> 01:25:12,169
How does it feel,
Mr. President,
1392
01:25:12,795 --> 01:25:15,089
to be this heroic
1393
01:25:15,402 --> 01:25:18,113
and force a country
to surrender...
1394
01:25:18,321 --> 01:25:19,364
Am I still on hold here?
1395
01:25:19,677 --> 01:25:20,824
They're trying
to find him right now.
1396
01:25:21,241 --> 01:25:23,952
Ken, Adlai's too weak.
1397
01:25:24,056 --> 01:25:26,350
We have to convince Jack to
pull him. Get McCloy in there.
1398
01:25:26,454 --> 01:25:28,227
You can't take him out
this late in the game, Bobby.
1399
01:25:28,331 --> 01:25:30,416
Zorin will eat him alive.
1400
01:25:30,729 --> 01:25:32,398
Then talk to your brother,
god damn it.
1401
01:25:33,127 --> 01:25:35,734
The two of you don't need
my advice to get into trouble.
1402
01:25:35,838 --> 01:25:37,507
What's gotten into you?
1403
01:25:41,990 --> 01:25:43,659
Are you still sore about
this Lippmann thing?
1404
01:25:43,763 --> 01:25:45,535
That's something your father
would have done right there.
1405
01:25:51,375 --> 01:25:52,209
My father?
1406
01:25:53,877 --> 01:25:55,545
I'm just trying to make a point.
1407
01:25:55,650 --> 01:25:58,152
This idea is that fucking bad.
1408
01:26:01,280 --> 01:26:04,095
Adlai can handle Zorin.
He knows the inning,
he knows the score.
1409
01:26:04,200 --> 01:26:05,034
He better,
1410
01:26:06,077 --> 01:26:08,475
because nobody believes
he's up to this�
1411
01:26:08,892 --> 01:26:09,830
Nobody.
1412
01:26:12,437 --> 01:26:13,480
Yes?
1413
01:26:13,584 --> 01:26:14,627
- Adlai?
- Yes.
1414
01:26:14,627 --> 01:26:16,399
It's Ken. How you doing?
1415
01:26:16,503 --> 01:26:18,902
I'm busy, Ken.
What do you need?
1416
01:26:19,006 --> 01:26:21,091
The President told me
to pass a word to you.
1417
01:26:21,196 --> 01:26:22,134
Stick it to them.
1418
01:26:22,447 --> 01:26:24,532
Cuba together...
1419
01:26:24,636 --> 01:26:27,973
I hear you.
I'm glad it's you calling.
1420
01:26:28,390 --> 01:26:29,850
L�I thought
it would be Bobby.
1421
01:26:30,163 --> 01:26:32,769
Adlai, the world has
to know we're right.
1422
01:26:33,708 --> 01:26:35,272
If we're gonna have a chance
at a political solution,
1423
01:26:35,480 --> 01:26:37,357
we need international pressure.
1424
01:26:38,817 --> 01:26:40,694
You got to be tough, Adlai.
1425
01:26:41,528 --> 01:26:42,779
You need to find it, Buddy.
1426
01:26:43,822 --> 01:26:45,386
Well, if they're still sticking
1427
01:26:45,490 --> 01:26:47,263
to their stonewalling strategy,
1428
01:26:47,367 --> 01:26:48,827
I'll get them.
1429
01:26:49,244 --> 01:26:50,912
I'm an old political cat,
Kenny...
1430
01:26:52,164 --> 01:26:54,249
But I've got one life left.
1431
01:26:54,353 --> 01:26:55,396
I know you do.
1432
01:26:56,126 --> 01:26:57,273
See you, Ken.
1433
01:26:57,377 --> 01:27:01,235
We'll be able to find together
a proper...
1434
01:27:01,339 --> 01:27:02,799
Bobby.
1435
01:27:15,728 --> 01:27:17,292
We call upon the world
1436
01:27:17,397 --> 01:27:20,629
to condemn this purely
American provocation.
1437
01:27:21,984 --> 01:27:24,904
We, the people of Romania,
1438
01:27:25,113 --> 01:27:27,198
are standing in solidarity
1439
01:27:27,406 --> 01:27:31,682
with the people of
the Republic of Cuba
and the revolution
1440
01:27:31,994 --> 01:27:35,644
in the face of this
American threat to world peace.
1441
01:27:36,374 --> 01:27:38,250
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
1442
01:27:45,237 --> 01:27:48,990
We're very glad that you could
join us, Mr. Stevenson.
1443
01:27:52,848 --> 01:27:54,308
For the last 2 hours,
1444
01:27:54,308 --> 01:27:59,000
the entire world here
is asking only questions.
1445
01:28:01,085 --> 01:28:04,631
The United States
is pushing the entire world
1446
01:28:04,735 --> 01:28:07,237
to the brink of catastrophe.
1447
01:28:09,844 --> 01:28:12,972
The people of the whole world
want to know why.
1448
01:28:16,622 --> 01:28:19,124
We are told again and again
1449
01:28:19,228 --> 01:28:21,835
about some
incontrovertible evidence
1450
01:28:21,939 --> 01:28:25,589
of offensive weapons in Cuba...
1451
01:28:27,361 --> 01:28:32,783
But no evidence
can be shown to us.
1452
01:28:36,746 --> 01:28:39,978
Perhaps your spy planes
are so secret
1453
01:28:40,395 --> 01:28:42,689
that you are simply incapable
1454
01:28:42,793 --> 01:28:46,755
to present such evidence.
Some planes.
1455
01:28:46,860 --> 01:28:49,362
I make the call,
Adlai is out. McCloy goes in.
1456
01:28:49,466 --> 01:28:50,613
Let's just hope
it doesn't come to that.
1457
01:28:50,822 --> 01:28:53,533
...simply don't have
such evidence.
1458
01:29:00,206 --> 01:29:04,168
Perhaps the United States
of America is simply mistaken.
1459
01:29:09,590 --> 01:29:11,467
Yes, the United States
of America
1460
01:29:11,571 --> 01:29:15,221
does not have any facts in hands,
only falsifications.
1461
01:29:17,098 --> 01:29:18,557
John, get ready to send
your staffer in.
1462
01:29:18,662 --> 01:29:20,017
He's gonna be coming out.
1463
01:29:22,520 --> 01:29:27,108
The Chair recognizes
the representative from
the United States of America.
1464
01:29:29,401 --> 01:29:32,634
Well, let me say something
to you, Mr. Ambassador.
1465
01:29:33,468 --> 01:29:35,032
We do have the evidence.
1466
01:29:35,241 --> 01:29:39,098
We do have it, and it is clear
and incontrovertible.
1467
01:29:39,203 --> 01:29:41,497
And let me say something else.
1468
01:29:41,705 --> 01:29:44,729
Those weapons
must be taken out of Cuba.
1469
01:29:44,833 --> 01:29:46,919
You, the Soviet Union,
have created this new danger...
1470
01:29:46,919 --> 01:29:48,066
Come on, Adlai.
1471
01:29:48,170 --> 01:29:50,047
Not the United States.
1472
01:29:51,089 --> 01:29:53,279
Mr. Zorin, I remind you
that the other day
1473
01:29:53,383 --> 01:29:56,094
you did not deny
the existence of these weapons,
1474
01:29:56,199 --> 01:29:59,744
but today, again,
if I have heard you correctly,
1475
01:30:00,369 --> 01:30:02,976
you now say they do not exist.
1476
01:30:09,441 --> 01:30:11,735
All right, sir, let me
ask you one simple question.
1477
01:30:11,839 --> 01:30:13,924
Come on, Adlai,
don't let him off.
1478
01:30:14,759 --> 01:30:16,323
Do you, Ambassador Zorin,
1479
01:30:16,323 --> 01:30:19,763
deny that the USSR
has placed and is placing
1480
01:30:19,868 --> 01:30:23,934
medium and intermediate-range
missiles in sites in Cuba?
1481
01:30:24,039 --> 01:30:25,081
Yes or no?
1482
01:30:25,185 --> 01:30:26,645
Don't wait for the translation.
1483
01:30:26,854 --> 01:30:28,001
Yes or no?
1484
01:30:28,209 --> 01:30:29,356
Yeah.
1485
01:30:36,759 --> 01:30:39,679
I am not
in the American courtroom,
1486
01:30:40,305 --> 01:30:44,475
and I do not wish to respond
to questions...
1487
01:30:46,039 --> 01:30:51,253
questions that a prosecutor
would put to the defendant.
1488
01:30:51,357 --> 01:30:52,295
You will get...
1489
01:30:53,234 --> 01:30:55,319
all the answers
to your questions
1490
01:30:55,424 --> 01:30:57,613
as this session progresses.
1491
01:30:57,613 --> 01:31:00,324
You are in a courtroom
of world opinion right now,
1492
01:31:00,428 --> 01:31:02,618
and you can answer yes or no.
1493
01:31:02,722 --> 01:31:07,206
You have denied they exist, and
I want to know if I have
understood you correctly.
1494
01:31:10,438 --> 01:31:13,358
Continue�
Continue your statement.
1495
01:31:13,462 --> 01:31:15,547
You will get your answers
in due course.
1496
01:31:15,756 --> 01:31:18,050
Don't worry. Don't worry.
1497
01:31:21,804 --> 01:31:25,245
I'm prepared to wait for my answer
until Hell freezes over,
1498
01:31:25,349 --> 01:31:27,121
if that's what is needed.
1499
01:31:31,188 --> 01:31:32,335
John, I'll get back to you.
1500
01:31:32,439 --> 01:31:35,046
I'm also prepared to present
the evidence in this room
1501
01:31:35,463 --> 01:31:37,027
proving that the Soviet Union
1502
01:31:37,235 --> 01:31:38,904
has lied to the world.
1503
01:31:45,890 --> 01:31:49,122
If you have decided not
to continue your statement,
1504
01:31:49,226 --> 01:31:53,501
the Chair recognizes
the representative from Chile.
1505
01:31:53,501 --> 01:31:55,274
I yield my time on the floor
1506
01:31:55,378 --> 01:31:57,359
to the representative
of the United States.
1507
01:31:59,132 --> 01:32:01,322
Well, then,
ladies and gentlemen,
1508
01:32:01,426 --> 01:32:03,928
since it appears we're going
to be here for a while,
1509
01:32:04,554 --> 01:32:08,099
shall we have a look at what
the Soviets are doing in Cuba?
1510
01:32:08,725 --> 01:32:11,019
May we have
the presentation, please?
1511
01:32:11,644 --> 01:32:14,564
Ladies and gentlemen,
if you will observe
in photograph "a"...
1512
01:32:15,189 --> 01:32:16,649
Yeah. Yeah.
1513
01:32:18,318 --> 01:32:20,194
...taken approximately
August 29...
1514
01:32:20,299 --> 01:32:21,863
Old Adlai had it
in him after all.
1515
01:32:21,967 --> 01:32:24,157
Zorin must not have
gotten instructions.
1516
01:32:24,261 --> 01:32:26,242
Somebody in their Foreign Ministry
is blowing it big time.
1517
01:32:26,346 --> 01:32:29,891
In photograph "b",
we have October 14th.
The photograph taken then...
1518
01:32:29,996 --> 01:32:30,830
Mr. President.
1519
01:32:30,934 --> 01:32:32,707
There are at least 3 missile sites
being constructed.
1520
01:32:32,915 --> 01:32:34,062
There are bunkers...
1521
01:32:34,271 --> 01:32:36,148
The ship is called the Grozny.
1522
01:32:37,920 --> 01:32:39,797
We lost track of it
yesterday at nightfall.
1523
01:32:40,944 --> 01:32:44,281
We thought we gave it
plenty of room when we
moved the quarantine line back.
1524
01:32:45,010 --> 01:32:46,992
We just reacquired it.
1525
01:32:47,513 --> 01:32:48,868
It crossed the line
hours ago.
1526
01:32:48,973 --> 01:32:51,371
Well, how the hell do you
lose a goddamn tanker?
1527
01:32:51,475 --> 01:32:53,248
What the hell's going on
over there?
1528
01:33:05,134 --> 01:33:06,698
Hail 'em again.
1529
01:33:08,471 --> 01:33:10,661
I want you to try 'em again.
1530
01:33:19,524 --> 01:33:20,671
We are kidding ourselves.
1531
01:33:20,775 --> 01:33:22,756
New coordinates for the Pierce.
1532
01:33:24,320 --> 01:33:26,718
Pierce coordinates,
25 degrees, 30 minutes north,
1533
01:33:26,822 --> 01:33:29,012
78 degrees, 10 minutes west.
1534
01:33:49,345 --> 01:33:50,492
Not responding, Chief.
1535
01:33:50,596 --> 01:33:51,847
Tell the Skipper.
1536
01:33:52,785 --> 01:33:53,828
They're not responding, sir.
1537
01:33:54,141 --> 01:33:55,705
General Quarters,
General Quarters!
1538
01:33:55,914 --> 01:33:57,582
All hands,
man your battle stations.
1539
01:33:57,686 --> 01:34:00,189
All hands,
man your battle stations.
1540
01:34:11,137 --> 01:34:13,118
Very well. Load your guns.
1541
01:34:13,222 --> 01:34:14,369
Guns are loaded, sir.
1542
01:34:15,725 --> 01:34:16,872
What was that, Admiral?
1543
01:34:17,184 --> 01:34:20,000
We've been hailing the Grozny
for the last hour, Mr. Secretary.
1544
01:34:20,521 --> 01:34:22,398
The Grozny refuses to stop.
1545
01:34:22,606 --> 01:34:23,336
What are you doing?
1546
01:34:24,796 --> 01:34:26,673
Carrying out our mission,
Mr. Secretary.
1547
01:34:26,777 --> 01:34:28,445
Now, if you don't mind,
we're very busy right now.
1548
01:34:28,550 --> 01:34:29,905
We need to be able
to do our jobs.
1549
01:34:29,905 --> 01:34:33,138
Admiral, I asked you a question.
1550
01:34:33,450 --> 01:34:36,683
We're going to follow
the rules of engagement�
1551
01:34:36,787 --> 01:34:40,124
The rules of engagement
which the President has
approved and signed
1552
01:34:40,228 --> 01:34:42,939
in his order of 23 October.
1553
01:34:43,982 --> 01:34:45,233
Yes.
1554
01:34:46,276 --> 01:34:47,944
Yes, you may proceed,
Captain.
1555
01:34:48,257 --> 01:34:50,133
- Clear your guns.
- What?
1556
01:34:53,366 --> 01:34:54,304
Damn it!
1557
01:34:54,513 --> 01:34:55,660
- Stop that firing!
- What?
1558
01:34:55,764 --> 01:34:57,537
Stop that firing!
1559
01:34:57,954 --> 01:34:59,726
Cease fire. Cease fire!
1560
01:34:59,831 --> 01:35:00,873
God help us.
1561
01:35:04,366 --> 01:35:06,452
- The ship was firing star shells.
- What?
1562
01:35:06,660 --> 01:35:08,954
Star shells! Flares,
Mr. Secretary.
1563
01:35:09,163 --> 01:35:11,457
God damn it! I've got
a job to do here.
1564
01:35:11,457 --> 01:35:13,959
Now, you've been camped out
out there since Monday night.
1565
01:35:13,959 --> 01:35:16,566
You're tired, you're exhausted,
and you're making mistakes.
1566
01:35:16,774 --> 01:35:19,381
You interfere with me and
you will get some of my men killed,
1567
01:35:19,485 --> 01:35:21,779
and I will not allow that!
1568
01:35:22,092 --> 01:35:23,760
Star shells.
1569
01:35:23,969 --> 01:35:26,367
Get out of our way,
Mr. Secretary.
1570
01:35:26,471 --> 01:35:27,827
The Navy's been
running blockades
1571
01:35:27,931 --> 01:35:29,912
since the days
of John Paul Jones.
1572
01:35:30,121 --> 01:35:31,476
I believe the President
made it clear
1573
01:35:31,580 --> 01:35:34,917
that there will be no firing on ships
without his express permission.
1574
01:35:35,126 --> 01:35:37,732
With all due respect,
Mr. Secretary,
1575
01:35:37,837 --> 01:35:39,713
we were not firing on that ship.
1576
01:35:39,818 --> 01:35:40,965
What the hell was that?
1577
01:35:41,069 --> 01:35:43,363
Firing on a ship
means attacking a ship.
1578
01:35:43,363 --> 01:35:45,448
We were not attacking
that ship.
1579
01:35:45,448 --> 01:35:47,429
We were firing over it.
1580
01:35:47,534 --> 01:35:50,662
That was not the President's
intention when he gave that order.
1581
01:35:50,870 --> 01:35:53,164
What if the Soviets
don't see the distinction?
1582
01:35:53,164 --> 01:35:55,875
What if they make
the same mistake I just made?
1583
01:35:56,605 --> 01:35:59,837
There will be no firing anything
near any Soviet ships
1584
01:36:00,046 --> 01:36:01,506
without my express permission.
1585
01:36:01,714 --> 01:36:03,487
Now is that understood,
Admiral?
1586
01:36:04,842 --> 01:36:05,781
Is it?!
1587
01:36:08,492 --> 01:36:09,847
Yes, sir.
1588
01:36:10,056 --> 01:36:11,828
And I will only issue
such instructions
1589
01:36:11,933 --> 01:36:14,018
when ordered to
by the President.
1590
01:36:16,833 --> 01:36:18,814
John Paul Jones!
1591
01:36:19,649 --> 01:36:21,943
You don't understand a thing,
do you, Admiral?
1592
01:36:22,151 --> 01:36:24,236
This isn't a blockade!
1593
01:36:24,341 --> 01:36:27,677
This is language�
A new vocabulary
1594
01:36:27,782 --> 01:36:30,076
the likes of which the world
has never seen.
1595
01:36:30,180 --> 01:36:31,952
This is President Kennedy
1596
01:36:32,161 --> 01:36:35,289
communicating
with Secretary Khrushchev.
1597
01:36:47,593 --> 01:36:49,678
Well, who the hell
authorized this missile test?
1598
01:36:49,782 --> 01:36:51,034
Who do you think?
1599
01:36:51,138 --> 01:36:53,223
God knows what this is gonna
communicate to the Soviets.
1600
01:36:53,328 --> 01:36:55,204
Communicate with the Soviets?
1601
01:36:55,517 --> 01:36:57,498
We can't communicate
with the Pentagon,
1602
01:36:57,603 --> 01:36:59,688
and it's just across
the goddamn river.
1603
01:36:59,792 --> 01:37:01,669
LeMay must think
you're afraid of him.
1604
01:37:02,086 --> 01:37:04,067
I'm not taking that bait.
1605
01:37:04,484 --> 01:37:06,153
The right move here
is to move on.
1606
01:37:10,219 --> 01:37:12,930
The United States Destroyer
Joseph P. Kennedy...
1607
01:37:18,039 --> 01:37:19,082
This is the point
1608
01:37:19,186 --> 01:37:21,272
at which we are concerned
1609
01:37:21,376 --> 01:37:23,774
that there
might be shooting
1610
01:37:23,878 --> 01:37:25,442
among the ships at sea,
1611
01:37:25,547 --> 01:37:28,362
the possibility that invasion
might have to be undertaken
1612
01:37:28,466 --> 01:37:31,177
to assure that those bases
are eliminated.
1613
01:37:31,282 --> 01:37:33,263
If invasion is undertaken,
1614
01:37:33,367 --> 01:37:35,557
the Russians have said
that they would retaliate
1615
01:37:35,661 --> 01:37:37,433
with rocket fire.
1616
01:37:37,538 --> 01:37:39,519
We have said if there's
rocket fire from Cuba,
1617
01:37:39,623 --> 01:37:40,561
we will retaliate,
1618
01:37:40,770 --> 01:37:43,898
and there goes
the whole ballgame.
1619
01:37:44,002 --> 01:37:44,941
Kenny.
1620
01:37:45,462 --> 01:37:46,818
What's this?
1621
01:37:47,235 --> 01:37:48,799
Can anyone just
walk in here now?
1622
01:37:48,903 --> 01:37:50,467
Ken, don't worry. I'm not
here to do an interview.
1623
01:37:50,571 --> 01:37:52,761
Well, if you're looking
for a cup of sugar, John,
you got the wrong door.
1624
01:37:52,865 --> 01:37:55,993
Kenny, we need to see
the President.
1625
01:37:56,098 --> 01:37:57,245
Something's happened.
1626
01:37:57,245 --> 01:37:59,956
The point of the crisis...
This is the point at which...
1627
01:38:00,060 --> 01:38:02,667
I have lunch with him,
maybe once a month.
1628
01:38:03,084 --> 01:38:05,273
The way he talks, he acts like
he knows Khrushchev personally,
1629
01:38:05,378 --> 01:38:07,671
but he's never elaborated.
1630
01:38:08,401 --> 01:38:10,487
I've used him as a source
in a couple of stories.
1631
01:38:10,695 --> 01:38:12,781
The FBI has identified
this Alexander Fomin
1632
01:38:12,885 --> 01:38:14,970
as the Soviet resident,
1633
01:38:15,075 --> 01:38:18,724
um, the KGB equivalent
of one of our Station Chiefs.
1634
01:38:18,933 --> 01:38:21,435
He's their highest-ranking
spy in this country,
1635
01:38:21,539 --> 01:38:23,312
and he knows John's
a friend of mine.
1636
01:38:23,416 --> 01:38:26,023
All the trademarks of
a back-channel overture.
1637
01:38:26,127 --> 01:38:28,734
Yeah. Some back channel.
1638
01:38:28,838 --> 01:38:32,383
ABC News guy, my goddamn
next-door neighbor.
1639
01:38:34,677 --> 01:38:36,241
So they'll remove the missiles,
1640
01:38:36,658 --> 01:38:39,578
and we'll pledge not to
invade Cuba or destabilize Castro
1641
01:38:39,682 --> 01:38:41,872
or assist anyone
who plans in doing so.
1642
01:38:46,251 --> 01:38:49,379
I think this may be our
first real message from Khrushchev.
1643
01:38:49,483 --> 01:38:51,465
The alternative,
Mr. President, is that
1644
01:38:51,569 --> 01:38:53,550
this could be a trap.
1645
01:38:53,758 --> 01:38:55,531
Mm-hmm.
And how is that exactly?
1646
01:38:56,052 --> 01:38:57,929
Dangle a settlement.
1647
01:38:58,033 --> 01:39:00,015
Tie us down in negotiation.
We come up short.
1648
01:39:01,474 --> 01:39:03,768
Why else would they
approach us this way?
1649
01:39:03,873 --> 01:39:04,915
It's deniable.
1650
01:39:05,332 --> 01:39:07,209
The Soviets have done
nothing but lie to us.
1651
01:39:07,313 --> 01:39:08,460
This could just be
more of the same.
1652
01:39:08,565 --> 01:39:11,380
That may be why Khrushchev's
introducing this guy.
1653
01:39:12,006 --> 01:39:14,299
We've been burned
by his usual players
in the formal channels,
1654
01:39:14,404 --> 01:39:17,740
so he brings in
an honest broker.
1655
01:39:17,740 --> 01:39:19,513
That may be what
they want us to think.
1656
01:39:20,243 --> 01:39:21,286
The truth is, Mr. President,
1657
01:39:21,494 --> 01:39:24,205
we don't even really know
who Fomin speaks for.
1658
01:39:24,518 --> 01:39:25,769
It could be Khrushchev.
1659
01:39:25,873 --> 01:39:27,750
It could be some faction
of the Politburo
1660
01:39:27,750 --> 01:39:30,983
or the KGB itself.
We just don't know.
1661
01:39:31,295 --> 01:39:33,902
Oh, by the way, Scali,
your activities now fall under
1662
01:39:34,006 --> 01:39:36,822
the secrecy codicils
of the National Security Act.
1663
01:39:36,926 --> 01:39:39,533
Sorry, John. No Pulitzer.
1664
01:39:41,618 --> 01:39:43,808
Mr. President,
we haven't much time.
1665
01:39:44,120 --> 01:39:46,414
I'm scheduled to meet
with him again in 31/2 hours.
1666
01:39:47,144 --> 01:39:49,230
So it seems
the question of the day is,
1667
01:39:49,334 --> 01:39:51,211
is the offer legitimate?
1668
01:39:52,149 --> 01:39:53,713
And if it is...
1669
01:39:53,818 --> 01:39:55,590
Well, if it is,
we can't afford to ignore it.
1670
01:39:57,675 --> 01:39:59,240
So, John...
1671
01:40:00,282 --> 01:40:02,159
We'll have instructions
for you
1672
01:40:02,368 --> 01:40:04,244
in a couple of hours.
1673
01:40:04,244 --> 01:40:05,496
Thank you.
1674
01:40:07,685 --> 01:40:09,041
Thank you, John.
1675
01:40:11,022 --> 01:40:14,254
Sir, we don't have much time to
play out back-channel communiqu�s.
1676
01:40:19,363 --> 01:40:20,510
Kenny.
1677
01:40:23,534 --> 01:40:25,828
I need you to get over
to your old stomping grounds
1678
01:40:25,932 --> 01:40:28,226
and go through everything
the FBI has on Fomin,
1679
01:40:28,643 --> 01:40:30,625
And I need your best call�
Is the guy legit,
1680
01:40:30,729 --> 01:40:32,189
and is he speaking
for Khrushchev?
1681
01:40:33,127 --> 01:40:37,194
OK, so what we got here is
this guy Alexander Feklisov,
aka Alexander Fomin,
1682
01:40:37,298 --> 01:40:39,383
declared Counsel
to the Soviet Embassy,
1683
01:40:39,487 --> 01:40:42,407
but in reality
the KGB Papa spy.
1684
01:40:43,658 --> 01:40:46,578
An illustrious tour of duty
during the Great Patriotic War
1685
01:40:46,682 --> 01:40:48,767
gets him
on the Party fast track.
1686
01:40:48,872 --> 01:40:51,895
Various tours of duty in KGB.
1687
01:40:52,313 --> 01:40:54,398
American postings.
He's an expert on us,
1688
01:40:54,502 --> 01:40:57,422
and that is all that
we got on Papa spy.
1689
01:41:01,384 --> 01:41:04,303
How do you become the KGB
top spy in the United States?
1690
01:41:04,721 --> 01:41:06,180
You gotta know someone.
1691
01:41:07,327 --> 01:41:09,204
You gotta know someone.
1692
01:41:10,560 --> 01:41:12,958
So, politics is politics.
1693
01:41:24,949 --> 01:41:26,617
Walter, get me
Khrushchev's files.
1694
01:41:27,660 --> 01:41:28,598
Pass me that.
1695
01:41:28,702 --> 01:41:31,726
I want to see their career
chronology side by side.
1696
01:41:32,978 --> 01:41:35,689
- We know they're not related, right?
- Right.
1697
01:41:35,793 --> 01:41:38,191
They're not from
the same hometown.
1698
01:41:38,295 --> 01:41:39,546
They went
to different schools.
1699
01:41:39,546 --> 01:41:40,798
Right.
1700
01:41:41,840 --> 01:41:43,822
So if they were gonna meet,
1701
01:41:44,239 --> 01:41:46,011
they should have met here.
1702
01:41:46,115 --> 01:41:47,158
I think they could have met.
1703
01:41:47,262 --> 01:41:48,722
They couldn't have.
1704
01:41:49,035 --> 01:41:52,059
He was an engineer stationed
outside of Moscow
at the end of '41.
1705
01:41:54,457 --> 01:41:55,917
That's it.
1706
01:41:56,855 --> 01:41:59,879
They know each other.
They're war buddies.
1707
01:41:59,983 --> 01:42:01,443
That's pretty thin, Kenny.
1708
01:42:01,652 --> 01:42:04,154
Well, real life
usually is, Walter.
1709
01:42:06,239 --> 01:42:07,908
They know each other, Jack.
1710
01:42:08,116 --> 01:42:09,889
Khrushchev and Fomin
were war buddies.
1711
01:42:09,993 --> 01:42:10,932
You sure?
1712
01:42:11,036 --> 01:42:12,496
Don't take it to court,
but we've got
1713
01:42:12,600 --> 01:42:14,164
good circumstantial evidence.
1714
01:42:14,268 --> 01:42:17,083
Well, you're there. I mean,
what's your instinct?
I gotta move on this.
1715
01:42:20,420 --> 01:42:21,984
My gut's telling me
that Khrushchev's turning
1716
01:42:22,088 --> 01:42:24,487
to a trusted old friend
to carry his message.
1717
01:42:26,885 --> 01:42:28,136
OK. We're going.
1718
01:42:30,638 --> 01:42:31,890
I've been instructed
to tell you
1719
01:42:31,994 --> 01:42:34,288
that the American Government
would respond favorably
1720
01:42:34,392 --> 01:42:37,207
to an offer along the lines
that you have discussed.
1721
01:42:37,624 --> 01:42:40,648
If such a solution were raised
at the U.N. By Ambassador Zorin,
1722
01:42:41,065 --> 01:42:44,506
he would find a favorable reply
from Ambassador Stevenson.
1723
01:42:45,132 --> 01:42:47,426
So, I understand you correctly.
1724
01:42:48,573 --> 01:42:52,118
If the missiles in Cuba
were dismantled,
1725
01:42:52,222 --> 01:42:54,203
returned to the Soviet Union
1726
01:42:54,307 --> 01:42:57,018
and a guarantee was made
not to reintroduce them,
1727
01:42:57,123 --> 01:42:59,000
the United States
would be prepared
1728
01:42:59,104 --> 01:43:02,336
to guarantee that
it would never invade Cuba?
1729
01:43:02,336 --> 01:43:04,005
That is correct.
1730
01:43:04,213 --> 01:43:05,881
And this is from
the Highest Authority?
1731
01:43:05,986 --> 01:43:07,341
Yes, the Highest Authority.
1732
01:43:09,218 --> 01:43:10,782
There are 2 conditions.
1733
01:43:10,886 --> 01:43:14,223
The U.N. Must be allowed to inspect
the removal of the missiles.
1734
01:43:14,640 --> 01:43:16,830
Of course, the U.N.
Must also be allowed
1735
01:43:16,934 --> 01:43:18,498
to observe the redeployment
1736
01:43:18,602 --> 01:43:20,583
of forces from
the American Southeast.
1737
01:43:20,688 --> 01:43:22,147
I can't speak to that.
1738
01:43:23,816 --> 01:43:25,484
What's the second
condition, John?
1739
01:43:26,214 --> 01:43:27,569
Time is of the essence.
1740
01:43:27,674 --> 01:43:29,029
How much time?
1741
01:43:29,133 --> 01:43:30,072
48 hours.
1742
01:43:30,593 --> 01:43:33,930
In 48 hours,
there can be no deals.
1743
01:43:34,243 --> 01:43:35,807
Hoo hoo.
1744
01:43:37,058 --> 01:43:38,101
I'll see what I can do.
1745
01:43:55,931 --> 01:43:58,642
I think it's very difficult to
make a decision from this document.
1746
01:43:58,642 --> 01:44:00,936
Well, it looks to me like
Fomin's overture was genuine.
1747
01:44:01,144 --> 01:44:02,500
That's a big "if," Bobby.
1748
01:44:02,604 --> 01:44:04,168
It's 10 pages
of sentimental fluff,
1749
01:44:04,272 --> 01:44:06,149
but he's saying it right here.
1750
01:44:06,149 --> 01:44:07,400
He'll remove the missiles
1751
01:44:07,504 --> 01:44:09,381
in return for
a no-invasion pledge.
1752
01:44:09,486 --> 01:44:11,988
Mm-hmm. Mr. President,
our early analysis says
1753
01:44:12,092 --> 01:44:15,116
this probably was written
by Khrushchev himself.
1754
01:44:15,220 --> 01:44:16,784
It's a first draft.
It shows no signs
1755
01:44:16,993 --> 01:44:19,183
of being polished
by the Foreign Ministry.
1756
01:44:19,391 --> 01:44:21,268
In fact, it probably wasn't
even approved by the Politburo
1757
01:44:21,372 --> 01:44:23,875
as they wouldn't let
the emotionalism go by.
1758
01:44:24,188 --> 01:44:26,064
The analysts say it
was written by someone
1759
01:44:26,169 --> 01:44:28,358
under considerable stress.
1760
01:44:29,610 --> 01:44:31,382
Glad to know we're not alone.
1761
01:44:34,510 --> 01:44:37,638
Well, it never was my intention
to invade Cuba anyway...
1762
01:44:38,055 --> 01:44:39,932
Until they put
the missiles in there.
1763
01:44:42,018 --> 01:44:43,060
Gentlemen, I think
1764
01:44:43,165 --> 01:44:46,397
we should
seriously consider this deal.
1765
01:45:20,493 --> 01:45:22,474
- Hi.
- Hi.
1766
01:45:23,308 --> 01:45:25,394
You look old, O'Donnell.
1767
01:45:26,436 --> 01:45:27,792
You don't.
1768
01:45:28,417 --> 01:45:30,294
It's 2:30 in the morning.
1769
01:45:30,816 --> 01:45:32,588
You flirting with me?
1770
01:45:34,778 --> 01:45:37,593
We got a back-channel communication
from Khrushchev this evening,
1771
01:45:37,697 --> 01:45:39,887
feeling us out about a deal.
1772
01:45:40,617 --> 01:45:41,972
He confirmed it
1773
01:45:42,077 --> 01:45:43,432
just a little while ago
in a letter.
1774
01:45:44,579 --> 01:45:46,247
Thank God.
1775
01:45:46,560 --> 01:45:50,001
Jack kicked us out of
his house for the night.
1776
01:45:51,044 --> 01:45:52,608
Darn it.
1777
01:45:52,816 --> 01:45:54,693
For a second there,
I thought you'd been fired.
1778
01:45:55,632 --> 01:45:57,196
No such luck.
1779
01:46:03,973 --> 01:46:05,954
You know,
I'm driving home...
1780
01:46:07,831 --> 01:46:10,229
there was something
I wanted to tell you.
1781
01:46:18,154 --> 01:46:20,031
Finish that thought.
1782
01:46:23,784 --> 01:46:24,618
Yes?
1783
01:46:24,723 --> 01:46:27,329
Kenny, it's Bob. We're getting
another letter over the teletype
1784
01:46:27,434 --> 01:46:29,415
from Khrushchev.
I have a bad feeling.
1785
01:46:29,519 --> 01:46:31,187
Ok, I'll be right there.
1786
01:46:38,069 --> 01:46:39,633
You're beautiful.
1787
01:46:46,202 --> 01:46:48,183
It looks like Fomin
was a ploy after all,
1788
01:46:48,288 --> 01:46:50,581
and they were just
stalling for time.
1789
01:46:57,568 --> 01:46:58,610
It gets worse.
1790
01:47:00,174 --> 01:47:03,511
Gentlemen,
my specialists are in agreement.
1791
01:47:03,928 --> 01:47:05,701
This morning's letter
is not Khrushchev.
1792
01:47:05,805 --> 01:47:07,682
Last night's letter was.
1793
01:47:07,994 --> 01:47:10,080
The evidence supports
only one conclusion.
1794
01:47:10,288 --> 01:47:13,312
There's been a coup, and
Khrushchev was replaced overnight.
1795
01:47:13,834 --> 01:47:14,772
Dean?
1796
01:47:14,876 --> 01:47:16,232
At the very least,
it does suggest
1797
01:47:16,336 --> 01:47:18,630
he's been co-opted
by hard-line elements.
1798
01:47:18,838 --> 01:47:21,028
Which at the end of the day,
amounts to the same thing.
1799
01:47:21,132 --> 01:47:22,384
A puppet Khrushchev
1800
01:47:22,488 --> 01:47:25,199
and a hard-line Soviet Government
pulling the strings.
1801
01:47:25,303 --> 01:47:28,118
No deal, and the missiles
are almost operational.
1802
01:47:28,640 --> 01:47:31,559
What if the Soviets
have no intention of
honoring this second deal?
1803
01:47:31,664 --> 01:47:33,645
Then tomorrow,
they make another condition.
1804
01:47:33,645 --> 01:47:36,460
Meanwhile,
the quarantine isn't working,
1805
01:47:36,564 --> 01:47:38,858
and they're completing work
on the missile sites.
1806
01:47:39,901 --> 01:47:43,237
Sir, I think we have to issue
pre-invasion orders for our forces.
1807
01:47:43,759 --> 01:47:45,323
Mr. President,
1808
01:47:45,740 --> 01:47:47,200
this morning's
photography is in.
1809
01:47:48,242 --> 01:47:50,015
It appears the Soviets
have commenced
1810
01:47:50,119 --> 01:47:52,205
a crash program
to ready their missiles.
1811
01:47:52,517 --> 01:47:55,541
The first missiles became
operational last night.
1812
01:47:55,958 --> 01:47:58,565
We expect they'll all
be operational in 36 hours.
1813
01:47:58,669 --> 01:48:00,859
Then we're out of time.
We have to go in.
1814
01:48:00,963 --> 01:48:03,049
That may not be as easy
as we thought, either.
1815
01:48:03,153 --> 01:48:04,300
We have gotten confirmation
1816
01:48:04,404 --> 01:48:05,655
the Soviets
have also deployed
1817
01:48:05,760 --> 01:48:07,636
battlefield
nuclear weapons to Cuba.
1818
01:48:07,845 --> 01:48:11,599
FROGs, we call 'em.
Short-range tactical nukes.
1819
01:48:11,911 --> 01:48:13,788
Now, we don't know
whether they've delegated
1820
01:48:13,893 --> 01:48:15,874
release authority
to their local commanders
1821
01:48:16,082 --> 01:48:17,959
for use on
our invasion troops,
1822
01:48:18,063 --> 01:48:19,210
but the good news is,
1823
01:48:19,315 --> 01:48:21,608
as of this moment,
we know where the FROGs are,
1824
01:48:21,713 --> 01:48:23,277
and we can target them, too.
1825
01:48:24,632 --> 01:48:26,092
But the longer we wait,
1826
01:48:26,092 --> 01:48:28,177
the harder it's going to get.
1827
01:48:44,548 --> 01:48:46,007
We have no choice.
1828
01:48:51,012 --> 01:48:52,994
General,
issue orders to our forces
1829
01:48:53,098 --> 01:48:56,122
to be prepared to execute
the air strikes Monday morning.
1830
01:48:56,851 --> 01:48:58,520
And the follow-on invasion
1831
01:48:58,624 --> 01:48:59,980
according to
the schedule thereafter.
1832
01:49:01,439 --> 01:49:04,255
I'll need
the official release orders
on my desk on Sunday night.
1833
01:49:04,359 --> 01:49:05,402
Understood, sir.
1834
01:49:06,444 --> 01:49:08,321
We'll need to step up
our overflights,
1835
01:49:08,425 --> 01:49:10,928
finalize our pilots'
target folders
1836
01:49:10,928 --> 01:49:12,492
in order to carry out
the strikes.
1837
01:49:13,952 --> 01:49:16,037
- Permission granted.
- Yes, sir.
1838
01:49:27,090 --> 01:49:28,549
Well, gentlemen,
1839
01:49:28,549 --> 01:49:31,260
if anybody's got
any great ideas, now's the time.
1840
01:49:40,436 --> 01:49:42,521
Major Anderson, there's
a phone call for you.
1841
01:49:42,626 --> 01:49:43,564
Thank you.
1842
01:49:43,668 --> 01:49:46,484
All right. Give me
just a second here, guys.
1843
01:49:50,237 --> 01:49:52,218
This is Major Anderson.
1844
01:49:53,470 --> 01:49:54,304
Hello?
1845
01:49:54,617 --> 01:49:55,659
Hello, anyone there?
1846
01:49:55,764 --> 01:49:57,328
- Major?
- Yes, sir?
1847
01:49:57,745 --> 01:50:00,560
My name is Kenneth O'Donnell,
Special Assistant to the President.
1848
01:50:02,228 --> 01:50:04,001
Major, a few days ago,
the President ordered me
1849
01:50:04,105 --> 01:50:05,565
to help him keep control
1850
01:50:05,669 --> 01:50:07,546
of what's going on out there.
1851
01:50:08,484 --> 01:50:11,404
I've been�I've been
browbeating pilots,
1852
01:50:11,508 --> 01:50:13,802
you know, Navy guys
left and right
1853
01:50:13,906 --> 01:50:16,305
to make sure you don't get us
here in Washington into trouble.
1854
01:50:17,556 --> 01:50:19,016
But you know what?
1855
01:50:20,684 --> 01:50:23,082
We're pretty damn good ourselves
at getting into trouble,
1856
01:50:23,186 --> 01:50:25,167
so instead of
riding your ass,
1857
01:50:25,376 --> 01:50:29,025
I'm just gonna tell you
what's going on here
and let you figure out
1858
01:50:29,130 --> 01:50:31,007
how best to help us out up here.
1859
01:50:31,111 --> 01:50:32,466
Go ahead, sir.
1860
01:50:33,196 --> 01:50:34,865
Last night, it, uh...
1861
01:50:35,282 --> 01:50:38,305
Iooked like we were
going to cut a deal to
get us all out of this mess.
1862
01:50:39,035 --> 01:50:41,225
Today, the Soviets
are reneging.
1863
01:50:42,059 --> 01:50:45,187
We're gonna try and
salvage the situation, but
1864
01:50:45,709 --> 01:50:47,898
a lot of things
are going wrong today.
1865
01:50:48,628 --> 01:50:50,609
It's making everyone nervous.
1866
01:50:51,548 --> 01:50:52,486
And when things go wrong,
1867
01:50:52,590 --> 01:50:54,154
people will become
more nervous,
1868
01:50:54,259 --> 01:50:57,595
and it will be very hard
to avoid going to war.
1869
01:50:59,576 --> 01:51:01,662
I'm not sure what you're
tying to tell me, sir.
1870
01:51:01,870 --> 01:51:04,373
Just my standard line
1871
01:51:04,477 --> 01:51:07,292
I've been repeating
to guys like you all week.
1872
01:51:08,231 --> 01:51:10,108
Don't get shot down.
1873
01:51:11,984 --> 01:51:15,947
Beyond that, whatever else
you can do to help us
I'd appreciate it.
1874
01:51:15,947 --> 01:51:17,198
Sir...
1875
01:51:20,534 --> 01:51:21,994
When you're at 72,000 feet,
1876
01:51:22,098 --> 01:51:24,392
there's a million things
that can go wrong. I mean,
1877
01:51:25,956 --> 01:51:28,876
Is your oxygen mix right?
Are your cameras gonna freeze up?
1878
01:51:28,980 --> 01:51:31,587
Are you leaving a contrail?
Those million things,
1879
01:51:31,796 --> 01:51:34,089
they're beyond
your control mostly.
1880
01:51:34,402 --> 01:51:35,653
But...
1881
01:51:37,322 --> 01:51:39,199
You know,
when you realize that,
1882
01:51:39,303 --> 01:51:42,118
there's a kind of peace,
you know?
1883
01:51:42,222 --> 01:51:44,933
If you're a good man and
if your ground crew are good men,
1884
01:51:45,142 --> 01:51:46,706
that is all you can ask for.
1885
01:51:46,810 --> 01:51:48,896
With the grace of God,
that'll get you through.
1886
01:51:50,251 --> 01:51:52,024
Are you a religious man?
1887
01:51:52,441 --> 01:51:53,796
Yes, sir, I am.
1888
01:51:56,299 --> 01:51:57,654
Good.
1889
01:54:22,067 --> 01:54:23,423
The plane is missing, Kenny.
1890
01:54:24,570 --> 01:54:27,072
We are presuming
the pilot is dead.
1891
01:54:40,001 --> 01:54:41,565
Well, it's hard to believe,
1892
01:54:41,670 --> 01:54:44,172
with the Soviet centralized
command structure,
1893
01:54:44,276 --> 01:54:46,049
that this could've been
an accidental launch.
1894
01:54:46,153 --> 01:54:48,030
The question is, does
this attack on our plane
1895
01:54:48,030 --> 01:54:50,741
represent a definitive
intentional escalation
1896
01:54:50,950 --> 01:54:52,201
on the part of the Soviets?
1897
01:54:52,409 --> 01:54:53,765
Mr. President,
1898
01:54:53,869 --> 01:54:55,850
taken with the events
of the past few hours,
1899
01:54:55,955 --> 01:54:58,666
I believe this confirms
our worst fears.
1900
01:54:58,770 --> 01:55:00,855
We're now dealing with
a hard-line Soviet Government,
1901
01:55:00,960 --> 01:55:03,566
Perhaps with Khrushchev
as a puppet head, perhaps not.
We don't know.
1902
01:55:03,671 --> 01:55:04,922
You OK?
1903
01:55:05,130 --> 01:55:06,486
Yeah.
1904
01:55:07,320 --> 01:55:08,258
I'm fine.
1905
01:55:10,344 --> 01:55:11,491
Mr. President...
1906
01:55:12,116 --> 01:55:12,950
What now?
1907
01:55:13,055 --> 01:55:15,140
A U-2 on a routine
air-sampling mission
1908
01:55:15,140 --> 01:55:17,747
got lost and penetrated
Soviet airspace over Siberia.
1909
01:55:17,851 --> 01:55:19,415
Oh, God damn it!
1910
01:55:19,519 --> 01:55:22,022
Soviets scrambled MIGs in pursuit,
thinking it was a bomber.
1911
01:55:22,230 --> 01:55:23,482
Got out OK.
1912
01:55:23,586 --> 01:55:25,046
Somebody forgot
to cancel the mission.
1913
01:55:25,254 --> 01:55:27,861
You know, there's always
some son of a bitch who
doesn't get the word.
1914
01:55:27,965 --> 01:55:29,946
You know, this is
just what we need.
1915
01:55:30,468 --> 01:55:32,240
Soviets thinking
we're bombing them.
1916
01:55:36,515 --> 01:55:37,662
Anybody else?
1917
01:55:37,767 --> 01:55:39,331
Mr. President,
1918
01:55:39,331 --> 01:55:41,624
our pilots are in danger.
1919
01:55:41,624 --> 01:55:44,335
We must order punitive air strikes
against the SAM site
1920
01:55:44,335 --> 01:55:45,691
that shot down Major Anderson
1921
01:55:45,795 --> 01:55:47,985
per our rules of engagement.
1922
01:56:04,251 --> 01:56:05,502
No.
1923
01:56:06,858 --> 01:56:09,047
I want confirmation it wasn't
some sort of accident first.
1924
01:56:09,152 --> 01:56:10,090
Mr. President.
1925
01:56:10,194 --> 01:56:12,175
I think that's
a good idea, Mr. President.
1926
01:56:12,280 --> 01:56:13,948
I can wait a day and a half.
1927
01:56:14,365 --> 01:56:16,555
Be safer for my boys to
get the SAMs on Monday
1928
01:56:16,659 --> 01:56:19,161
when we get the rest
of the bastards.
1929
01:57:27,771 --> 01:57:30,169
Hut... hut!
1930
01:57:33,610 --> 01:57:35,069
Yeah, yeah.
1931
01:57:52,065 --> 01:57:53,212
Break!
1932
01:58:11,147 --> 01:58:12,711
That's the quarter.
1933
01:58:19,384 --> 01:58:21,156
- Hey, Dad.
- Hey, Sport.
1934
01:58:21,261 --> 01:58:23,033
- You winning?
- Yeah.
1935
01:58:24,702 --> 01:58:26,995
Is everything
gonna be OK, Dad?
1936
01:58:29,185 --> 01:58:30,958
Everything's gonna
be fine, Kenny.
1937
01:58:32,835 --> 01:58:35,337
I guess you won't
be coming home tonight.
1938
01:58:39,716 --> 01:58:40,968
I, uh...
1939
01:58:43,679 --> 01:58:44,930
l�
1940
01:58:45,347 --> 01:58:48,058
Let's go!
Second quarter!
1941
01:58:51,812 --> 01:58:53,793
It's OK. Go on back
to your game.
1942
01:58:54,523 --> 01:58:55,669
All right.
I'll see you around, Dad.
1943
01:58:59,319 --> 01:59:01,196
First down!
1944
01:59:07,452 --> 01:59:08,807
Break!
1945
01:59:28,514 --> 01:59:29,661
Damn it!
1946
01:59:32,789 --> 01:59:33,936
Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
1947
01:59:34,041 --> 01:59:35,917
Take off for 2 hours,
you're gonna miss a little drama.
1948
01:59:36,022 --> 01:59:38,524
I told you how stupid it was
to float that Lippmann article.
1949
01:59:38,524 --> 01:59:39,775
Now you're gonna
do it for real?
1950
01:59:39,880 --> 01:59:41,235
The Jupiters
are obsolete, Kenny.
1951
01:59:41,339 --> 01:59:42,695
They were supposed
to have been dismantled�
1952
01:59:42,799 --> 01:59:45,197
I know they're obsolete!
That's not the point.
1953
01:59:46,031 --> 01:59:48,951
The point is, you trade
our missiles in Turkey
for theirs in Cuba,
1954
01:59:49,055 --> 01:59:51,141
they're gonna force us
into trade after trade,
1955
01:59:51,349 --> 01:59:53,330
until finally,
a couple of months from now,
1956
01:59:53,330 --> 01:59:56,146
they demand something
we won't trade, like Berlin,
1957
01:59:56,875 --> 01:59:58,961
and we do end up in a war.
1958
01:59:59,274 --> 02:00:00,838
Not to mention that
long before that happens,
1959
02:00:00,942 --> 02:00:03,132
this administration
will be politically dead.
1960
02:00:03,340 --> 02:00:04,800
I don't care
if this administration
1961
02:00:04,904 --> 02:00:06,260
ends up in the freaking toilet!
1962
02:00:06,364 --> 02:00:08,345
We don't do a deal tonight,
there won't be any administration.
1963
02:00:08,449 --> 02:00:09,701
It's the wrong move, Bobby,
1964
02:00:09,805 --> 02:00:11,682
and it's not just me
who thinks that.
1965
02:00:11,786 --> 02:00:15,227
Everyone on this
so-called EXCOM is telling
you exactly the same thing.
1966
02:00:16,478 --> 02:00:18,146
Well, whose side
are you on now, Ken?
1967
02:00:18,251 --> 02:00:21,066
Oh... God damn it.
1968
02:00:23,568 --> 02:00:25,862
What if there hasn't
been a coup at all?
1969
02:00:27,322 --> 02:00:29,199
What if it's you two?
1970
02:00:29,825 --> 02:00:32,327
- What is that supposed to mean?
- What if it was you two
1971
02:00:32,327 --> 02:00:36,289
who invited that second letter
by raising the possibility
of a trade?
1972
02:00:43,171 --> 02:00:45,882
Mr. President, we have
only 30 hours left,
1973
02:00:45,986 --> 02:00:47,342
and whatever response we send,
1974
02:00:47,446 --> 02:00:49,114
it will take several
hours for the wire
1975
02:00:49,219 --> 02:00:52,451
to be received by our Embassy
and delivered to the Kremlin.
1976
02:00:52,868 --> 02:00:54,432
So we're looking at
early tomorrow morning
1977
02:00:54,432 --> 02:00:56,726
at the earliest before
Khrushchev can respond.
1978
02:00:58,186 --> 02:00:59,228
Which one of you geniuses
1979
02:00:59,228 --> 02:01:01,001
is gonna tell me
how to explain it to the world
1980
02:01:01,105 --> 02:01:02,044
if we don't make this trade?
1981
02:01:04,650 --> 02:01:06,527
So, what are we gonna
say to the Soviets
1982
02:01:07,049 --> 02:01:08,196
about this offer?
1983
02:01:09,030 --> 02:01:11,115
Well, it depends,
doesn't it? I mean,
1984
02:01:11,636 --> 02:01:14,035
Do we really believe
there's been a coup?
1985
02:01:14,452 --> 02:01:16,746
What if Fomin wasn't a ploy?
1986
02:01:17,058 --> 02:01:18,623
What if his message was real?
1987
02:01:19,040 --> 02:01:22,376
What if what is happening
is a series of accidents?
1988
02:01:22,480 --> 02:01:24,983
Accidents like them
shooting down our U-2?
1989
02:01:27,173 --> 02:01:28,737
Yes, accidents like that.
1990
02:01:28,841 --> 02:01:32,282
And the accident's
making the second letter
seem more aggressive
1991
02:01:32,699 --> 02:01:35,201
and the whole situation
appear worse than it really is.
1992
02:01:36,140 --> 02:01:38,434
- "The Guns of August".
- That's right.
1993
02:01:38,955 --> 02:01:41,145
So we just reject
the second letter?
1994
02:01:42,292 --> 02:01:44,168
No. No, no.
1995
02:01:44,690 --> 02:01:46,045
We don't reject it.
1996
02:01:46,150 --> 02:01:47,505
We accept the first letter
1997
02:01:47,609 --> 02:01:50,320
and pretend the second
letter doesn't exist.
1998
02:01:52,510 --> 02:01:54,491
It won't work because
that's wishful thinking!
1999
02:01:54,595 --> 02:01:55,638
He made an offer, so l�
2000
02:01:55,742 --> 02:01:57,828
That's the same
wishful thinking, Bobby,
2001
02:01:57,828 --> 02:01:59,288
that blinded us
all these months
2002
02:01:59,392 --> 02:02:02,416
while the Soviets were sneaking
those missiles in under our noses.
2003
02:02:02,416 --> 02:02:03,771
Ignore the second letter,
2004
02:02:03,875 --> 02:02:05,127
agree to the conditions
of the first.
2005
02:02:05,335 --> 02:02:07,316
There's no reason to believe
the Soviets will let it go.
2006
02:02:07,421 --> 02:02:09,923
Max is right.
Why will they accept it?
2007
02:02:09,923 --> 02:02:11,800
It can work if�
2008
02:02:11,904 --> 02:02:13,677
If they believe
we're gonna hit 'em,
2009
02:02:13,781 --> 02:02:15,554
and hit 'em hard.
We've got time
2010
02:02:15,658 --> 02:02:17,847
for one more round
of diplomacy, and that's it.
2011
02:02:18,160 --> 02:02:20,141
The first air strikes
start in 28 hours.
2012
02:02:20,246 --> 02:02:22,018
But we have to make
them agree to it.
2013
02:02:22,018 --> 02:02:23,269
Right. So how do we do that?
2014
02:02:23,374 --> 02:02:24,521
Well, we give them something.
2015
02:02:24,729 --> 02:02:27,232
We tell 'em we're gonna remove
the missiles from Turkey�
2016
02:02:27,232 --> 02:02:28,274
Hang on!
2017
02:02:28,379 --> 02:02:29,838
But we do that
6 months from now,
2018
02:02:29,943 --> 02:02:32,028
so it appears
there's no linkage.
2019
02:02:32,237 --> 02:02:35,156
We also tell 'em if they go
public about it, we'll deny it.
2020
02:02:35,365 --> 02:02:36,824
Right. We deny it.
The deal's off.
2021
02:02:37,033 --> 02:02:39,535
And we do it under the table,
so we can disavow
any knowledge of it.
2022
02:02:39,640 --> 02:02:42,038
It's transparent, Kenny.
The press'll be all over it.
2023
02:02:42,142 --> 02:02:44,853
6 months from now, we're
not gonna care, are we?
2024
02:02:45,270 --> 02:02:46,313
We'll deal with it then.
2025
02:02:46,417 --> 02:02:49,545
At the least, it'll expose whether
Khrushchev has been overthrown.
2026
02:02:49,650 --> 02:02:50,796
We'll know who
we're up against.
2027
02:02:50,901 --> 02:02:52,361
Well, I've been thinking
about Khrushchev,
2028
02:02:52,465 --> 02:02:54,133
and if this is
a move to appease
2029
02:02:54,237 --> 02:02:56,010
the hard-liners
in his Government,
2030
02:02:56,114 --> 02:02:57,783
then it may be
just the bone he needs
2031
02:02:57,887 --> 02:02:59,347
to regain control
of his own house.
2032
02:02:59,451 --> 02:03:02,683
Whoever carries the message
has to hit the nail on the head.
2033
02:03:03,309 --> 02:03:05,603
Come across as too soft,
they'll push us.
2034
02:03:05,811 --> 02:03:08,314
Too hard, they'll be cornered,
and even more dangerous.
2035
02:03:08,314 --> 02:03:09,565
All of you�
2036
02:03:09,773 --> 02:03:11,025
All of you do understand
2037
02:03:11,025 --> 02:03:13,944
that there is an enormous risk
in offering this deal.
2038
02:03:14,674 --> 02:03:16,655
Because if they turn us down,
and we've already told them
2039
02:03:16,864 --> 02:03:18,324
that we're coming in
on Monday morning...
2040
02:03:18,532 --> 02:03:20,617
- They'll strike first.
- Yes.
2041
02:03:23,954 --> 02:03:24,788
Bobby.
2042
02:03:25,831 --> 02:03:27,082
You know Dobrynin best.
2043
02:03:27,916 --> 02:03:28,750
Yeah.
2044
02:03:30,627 --> 02:03:32,087
Then you're it.
2045
02:03:33,860 --> 02:03:36,049
Ted, I want you to
start working on the draft.
2046
02:03:36,154 --> 02:03:38,448
And, Bobby, you gotta go in there.
You gotta make them understand
2047
02:03:39,386 --> 02:03:41,054
that we have to have
an answer tomorrow,
2048
02:03:41,367 --> 02:03:43,661
because Monday we go to war.
2049
02:04:01,387 --> 02:04:03,576
What do you want?
A good-bye kiss?
2050
02:04:06,913 --> 02:04:09,833
Hey, Joe, listen.
I'll take care of him.
2051
02:04:09,833 --> 02:04:12,126
Go on inside. Grab some coffee.
We'll be back pretty quick.
2052
02:04:12,335 --> 02:04:13,691
- Are you sure?
- Sure.
2053
02:04:13,795 --> 02:04:15,463
What's the matter with you?
2054
02:04:15,567 --> 02:04:17,236
Forget how to open
a car door?
2055
02:04:20,259 --> 02:04:21,719
Jesus.
2056
02:04:22,449 --> 02:04:23,909
You rich people.
2057
02:04:33,189 --> 02:04:36,213
I promised the girls
I'd take them riding tomorrow.
2058
02:04:38,715 --> 02:04:40,279
Make sure
you keep that date.
2059
02:04:43,824 --> 02:04:46,327
We gave up so much to get here.
2060
02:04:48,412 --> 02:04:50,915
I don't know. Sometimes I think,
what the hell did we do it for?
2061
02:04:51,957 --> 02:04:53,938
Well, I don't know
about you, but
2062
02:04:54,147 --> 02:04:55,920
I'm in it for the money.
2063
02:05:02,384 --> 02:05:05,304
We knew we could do
a better job than everyone else.
2064
02:05:05,929 --> 02:05:06,972
Remember?
2065
02:05:08,432 --> 02:05:09,996
You know, I...
2066
02:05:11,768 --> 02:05:15,209
l�I hate being called
the brilliant one,
2067
02:05:15,731 --> 02:05:17,712
the ruthless one...
2068
02:05:18,233 --> 02:05:20,527
The guy everybody's afraid of.
2069
02:05:20,944 --> 02:05:22,404
I hate it.
2070
02:05:23,759 --> 02:05:26,158
I'm not so smart, you know?
2071
02:05:27,409 --> 02:05:28,973
I'm not so ruthless.
2072
02:05:29,181 --> 02:05:31,475
Well, you're right
about the smart part.
2073
02:05:41,798 --> 02:05:43,466
I don't know if I can do this.
2074
02:05:45,135 --> 02:05:47,220
There's nobody else
I'd rather have going in there
2075
02:05:47,637 --> 02:05:48,993
than you�
2076
02:05:49,305 --> 02:05:51,808
Nobody else
I'd trust Helen and...
2077
02:05:51,912 --> 02:05:53,163
the kids' lives to.
2078
02:05:56,396 --> 02:05:57,647
Take a left.
2079
02:06:17,771 --> 02:06:19,126
You smell that?
2080
02:06:19,543 --> 02:06:21,629
They're burning
their documents.
2081
02:06:22,776 --> 02:06:25,174
They think we're going to war.
2082
02:06:27,259 --> 02:06:29,136
God help us, Ken.
2083
02:07:12,304 --> 02:07:15,745
Sir, Ambassador Dobrynin
is already here.
He's waiting in your office.
2084
02:07:16,996 --> 02:07:18,143
Here.
2085
02:07:26,901 --> 02:07:29,091
I'll whistle up
some luck for you.
2086
02:07:37,641 --> 02:07:40,144
Mr. Ambassador. Thank you.
2087
02:08:33,008 --> 02:08:34,468
Who are you?
2088
02:08:45,520 --> 02:08:46,876
A friend.
2089
02:09:08,772 --> 02:09:11,900
My brother, my friends,
my countrymen, and I
2090
02:09:12,005 --> 02:09:13,569
cannot and will not permit
2091
02:09:13,673 --> 02:09:15,237
those missiles
to become operational.
2092
02:09:15,550 --> 02:09:16,593
I promise you that.
2093
02:09:16,697 --> 02:09:19,721
Then I fear our 2 nations
will go to war...
2094
02:09:20,346 --> 02:09:22,953
And I fear
where war will lead us.
2095
02:09:23,057 --> 02:09:25,872
If the missiles do not
become operational,
2096
02:09:26,185 --> 02:09:27,645
if you remove the missiles,
2097
02:09:27,749 --> 02:09:29,730
then there will be no war.
2098
02:09:31,086 --> 02:09:33,276
At this moment, the President
is accepting the terms
2099
02:09:33,380 --> 02:09:36,091
of Secretary Khrushchev's
letter of Friday night.
2100
02:09:36,612 --> 02:09:39,323
If the Soviet Union
halts construction immediately,
2101
02:09:39,323 --> 02:09:42,347
removes the missiles,
and submits to U.N. Inspection,
2102
02:09:42,451 --> 02:09:44,120
the United States will pledge
2103
02:09:44,328 --> 02:09:47,873
to never invade Cuba or
aid others in that enterprise.
2104
02:09:47,978 --> 02:09:51,210
If your Jupiter missiles in Turkey
were removed also,
2105
02:09:51,418 --> 02:09:53,921
such an accommodation
could be reached.
2106
02:09:54,651 --> 02:09:56,423
That's not possible.
2107
02:09:59,447 --> 02:10:02,888
The United States cannot
agree to such terms under threat.
2108
02:10:03,931 --> 02:10:07,163
Any belief to the contrary
was in error.
2109
02:10:08,519 --> 02:10:09,978
You want war?
2110
02:10:20,822 --> 02:10:21,969
However...
2111
02:10:22,074 --> 02:10:25,097
While there can be
no quid pro quo on this issue,
2112
02:10:25,306 --> 02:10:28,330
the United States can offer
a private assurance.
2113
02:10:30,415 --> 02:10:32,918
Now, our Jupiter missiles
in Turkey are obsolete
2114
02:10:32,918 --> 02:10:35,629
and have been scheduled
for withdrawal for some time.
2115
02:10:36,254 --> 02:10:40,008
This withdrawal should take place
within, say, 6 months.
2116
02:10:40,946 --> 02:10:42,719
Of course,
any public disclosure
2117
02:10:42,927 --> 02:10:45,430
of this assurance
would negate the deal
2118
02:10:45,430 --> 02:10:48,558
and produce the most stringent
denials from our Government.
2119
02:10:49,392 --> 02:10:51,269
This private assurance
2120
02:10:51,373 --> 02:10:54,084
represents the word
of the Highest Authority?
2121
02:10:55,231 --> 02:10:56,170
Yes.
2122
02:10:57,108 --> 02:10:59,610
And it can be relayed beyond
Comrade Khrushchev's ears
2123
02:10:59,819 --> 02:11:02,113
to the top circles
of my Government?
2124
02:11:02,530 --> 02:11:04,824
Our pledge can be relayed
to any Government officials
2125
02:11:04,824 --> 02:11:07,952
Secretary Khrushchev
sees fit to satisfy,
2126
02:11:08,682 --> 02:11:11,289
with the caveat that
it is not to be made public
2127
02:11:11,497 --> 02:11:14,104
in any way, shape, or form.
2128
02:11:18,275 --> 02:11:20,569
And we must have
an answer tomorrow,
2129
02:11:20,986 --> 02:11:22,028
at the latest.
2130
02:11:22,133 --> 02:11:24,427
I cannot stress
this point enough.
2131
02:11:25,052 --> 02:11:26,720
Tomorrow?
2132
02:11:28,076 --> 02:11:29,223
Tomorrow.
2133
02:11:31,308 --> 02:11:34,332
Then you must excuse me
and permit me to relay
2134
02:11:34,541 --> 02:11:37,043
the substance of our discussion
to my superiors.
2135
02:11:37,147 --> 02:11:38,503
Of course.
2136
02:11:40,901 --> 02:11:44,759
We have heard stories that
some of your military men
wish for war.
2137
02:11:46,636 --> 02:11:48,408
You're a good man.
2138
02:11:48,617 --> 02:11:50,285
Your brother is a good man.
2139
02:11:50,390 --> 02:11:53,101
I assure you
there are other good men.
2140
02:11:53,726 --> 02:11:54,977
Let us hope
the will of good men
2141
02:11:55,082 --> 02:11:56,959
is enough to counter
the terrible strength
2142
02:11:57,063 --> 02:11:59,982
of this thing
that was put in motion.
2143
02:12:42,211 --> 02:12:43,984
What's going to happen?
2144
02:12:47,216 --> 02:12:49,719
If the sun comes up tomorrow,
2145
02:12:51,074 --> 02:12:53,994
it is only because
of men of good will.
2146
02:12:56,601 --> 02:12:58,060
And that's...
2147
02:12:58,790 --> 02:13:01,814
That's all there is
between us and the Devil.
2148
02:13:36,223 --> 02:13:38,934
This is Radio Moscow.
2149
02:13:39,247 --> 02:13:41,645
Premier Khrushchev
has sent a message
2150
02:13:41,749 --> 02:13:44,147
to President Kennedy today.
2151
02:13:44,460 --> 02:13:46,441
The Soviet Prime Minister
reemphasizes
2152
02:13:46,650 --> 02:13:50,925
the need for urgent measures
to prevent a fatal turn of events
2153
02:13:51,029 --> 02:13:52,697
and to preserve world peace.
2154
02:13:54,366 --> 02:13:57,389
In addition to instructions
earlier transmitted
2155
02:13:57,494 --> 02:14:00,413
to stop construction work
on installations in Cuba,
2156
02:14:00,622 --> 02:14:02,186
the Soviet Government
has ordered
2157
02:14:02,290 --> 02:14:05,001
the dismantling
of weapons in Cuba,
2158
02:14:05,105 --> 02:14:06,252
as well as their crating
2159
02:14:06,357 --> 02:14:08,651
and return to the Soviet Union.
2160
02:14:20,224 --> 02:14:22,310
Is everybody ready for church?
2161
02:14:30,443 --> 02:14:32,424
It's a beautiful morning.
2162
02:14:36,595 --> 02:14:38,472
Pass the butter up to Dad.
2163
02:14:43,894 --> 02:14:45,979
Dad, you want your paper?
2164
02:14:50,358 --> 02:14:52,235
Dad, what's wrong?
2165
02:14:56,927 --> 02:14:58,804
The sun came up.
2166
02:15:00,577 --> 02:15:03,809
Every day the sun comes up
says something about us.
2167
02:15:13,923 --> 02:15:15,904
What does it say, Dad?
2168
02:15:17,468 --> 02:15:19,658
What's wrong with Daddy?
2169
02:15:54,692 --> 02:15:57,090
This is the foreign policy trophy
we were hoping for.
2170
02:15:57,195 --> 02:15:58,655
Mr. President, sir.
2171
02:16:02,825 --> 02:16:04,911
Mr. President, great job.
2172
02:16:05,223 --> 02:16:07,205
Hold it, hold it.
2173
02:16:07,726 --> 02:16:09,499
Well, Mr. President,
2174
02:16:09,707 --> 02:16:12,210
I think I can speak
for everyone here
2175
02:16:12,418 --> 02:16:14,921
when I say,
"Bring on those mid-terms,
2176
02:16:15,025 --> 02:16:17,006
there's no stopping us now."
2177
02:16:18,153 --> 02:16:20,343
- 4 more years.
- All right.
2178
02:16:20,760 --> 02:16:23,992
You know, it's been
a long 2 weeks, and...
2179
02:16:24,096 --> 02:16:25,347
or whatever, but...
2180
02:16:25,452 --> 02:16:27,746
I'd like to thank you all.
I think you all did a great job,
2181
02:16:27,850 --> 02:16:29,310
and I just think...
2182
02:16:30,144 --> 02:16:33,480
I don't think we should be
gloating too much.
2183
02:16:34,627 --> 02:16:36,191
It was...
2184
02:16:36,400 --> 02:16:38,798
just as much a victory
for them as it was for us.
2185
02:16:38,902 --> 02:16:40,362
Hear, hear.
2186
02:16:40,466 --> 02:16:41,613
Enjoy your morning.
2187
02:16:41,822 --> 02:16:43,699
Thank you, Mr. President.
2188
02:16:46,201 --> 02:16:47,557
Get some rest, Mr. President.
2189
02:16:49,121 --> 02:16:51,102
We've got a lot
of new clout right now,
2190
02:16:51,206 --> 02:16:53,083
and we can run the table
on Khrushchev,
2191
02:16:53,187 --> 02:16:54,334
the Middle East,
and Southeast Asia.
2192
02:16:54,439 --> 02:16:56,211
Right. You're right.
2193
02:17:07,889 --> 02:17:09,870
Dear Mr. And Mrs. Anderson,
2194
02:17:11,226 --> 02:17:14,250
I was deeply shocked
when advised your son was lost
2195
02:17:14,980 --> 02:17:16,752
in an operational mission
on Saturday,
2196
02:17:17,586 --> 02:17:20,297
October 27, 1962.
2197
02:17:22,174 --> 02:17:23,530
Your son rendered distinguished
2198
02:17:23,634 --> 02:17:25,824
and dedicated service
to his country
2199
02:17:25,824 --> 02:17:27,596
throughout his career.
2200
02:17:28,639 --> 02:17:30,620
He was admired...
2201
02:17:31,350 --> 02:17:32,705
and respected
2202
02:17:32,914 --> 02:17:34,165
for his courage,
2203
02:17:34,791 --> 02:17:37,710
and his professional skill
by all with whom he served.
2204
02:17:38,336 --> 02:17:40,838
His tragic loss
will be deeply felt...
2205
02:17:42,194 --> 02:17:45,009
and a grateful nation
will be forever in his debt.
2206
02:18:06,593 --> 02:18:07,531
Ken, we're out here.
2207
02:18:27,968 --> 02:18:30,366
What kind of a peace
do we seek?
2208
02:18:30,783 --> 02:18:33,077
I am talking about
genuine peace�
2209
02:18:33,181 --> 02:18:36,622
The kind of peace that makes
life on earth worth living�
2210
02:18:36,727 --> 02:18:39,021
Not merely peace in our time,
2211
02:18:39,021 --> 02:18:41,002
but peace in all time.
2212
02:18:41,523 --> 02:18:43,817
Our problems are man-made,
2213
02:18:43,817 --> 02:18:46,528
therefore,
they can be solved by man.
2214
02:18:46,632 --> 02:18:48,613
For in the final analysis,
2215
02:18:48,613 --> 02:18:51,116
our most basic common link
2216
02:18:51,324 --> 02:18:53,201
is that we all inhabit
2217
02:18:53,201 --> 02:18:55,287
this small planet.
2218
02:18:55,495 --> 02:18:57,789
We all breathe the same air.
2219
02:18:57,893 --> 02:19:00,500
We all cherish
our children's future,
2220
02:19:00,500 --> 02:19:02,690
and we are all mortal.
2221
02:19:03,305 --> 02:19:09,777
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