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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.
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Call it EXCOM.
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OK.
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So, I'm only gonna show for the
meetings that you call me into.
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And impress us.
254
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Do it fast.
255
00:18:32,941 --> 00:18:35,027
And, Kenny, you're gonna be in
charge of keeping this thing quiet.
256
00:18:35,131 --> 00:18:37,842
I mean, if word gets out before
we know what we're gonna do,
257
00:18:37,946 --> 00:18:39,302
there's gonna be panic.
258
00:18:39,406 --> 00:18:41,179
And it's gonna ruin
any chance we might have
259
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at surprise if we decide to hit them.
260
00:18:43,264 --> 00:18:45,558
We're gonna need to do
a few things right away.
261
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No Pierre.
262
00:18:47,539 --> 00:18:50,042
He knows, the press knows.
263
00:18:50,563 --> 00:18:52,440
And you're gonna have
to keep up your schedule.
264
00:18:52,648 --> 00:18:54,525
Your movements
are followed too closely.
265
00:18:54,734 --> 00:18:56,715
Well, George Ball's got
a conference room at State.
266
00:18:56,819 --> 00:18:59,009
Good. You meet over there
this afternoon.
267
00:18:59,113 --> 00:19:02,137
We'll figure out some way to sneak
you guys back in here tonight.
268
00:19:02,345 --> 00:19:04,744
I think we should
bring in Dean Acheson.
269
00:19:06,516 --> 00:19:10,166
Kenny, he was fighting Soviets while we
were still playing ball together at school.
270
00:19:12,772 --> 00:19:14,128
Find him, Kenny.
271
00:19:15,588 --> 00:19:17,464
We're gonna need
all the help we can get.
272
00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:27,474
Screw secrecy.
273
00:19:27,579 --> 00:19:30,811
You try having that fat ass sit on your
lap all the way from Foggy Bottom.
274
00:19:31,019 --> 00:19:33,626
You were excited.
I say no more.
275
00:19:34,356 --> 00:19:36,650
Everybody agrees
the diplomatic route won't work.
276
00:19:36,651 --> 00:19:39,778
It's too slow, and they'll have the missiles
finished while we're still talking.
277
00:19:40,612 --> 00:19:43,949
I hear old Warren Harding used to
get his girls in through here.
278
00:19:44,157 --> 00:19:46,138
We have 850 planes
279
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assembling at Homestead,
Eglin, Opa Locka,
280
00:19:49,579 --> 00:19:53,750
MacDill, Patrick,
Pensacola, and Key West.
281
00:19:54,167 --> 00:19:56,043
Due to the tropical foliage,
282
00:19:56,044 --> 00:19:57,817
the OPLAN calls for high explosive
283
00:19:57,921 --> 00:20:00,945
and napalm load-outs for
our ground-attack sorties.
284
00:20:01,049 --> 00:20:03,551
I still think there are
diplomatic approaches
285
00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:04,803
we haven't considered yet.
286
00:20:05,011 --> 00:20:07,097
Jesus, Adlai, peace at any price?
287
00:20:07,305 --> 00:20:08,973
We have a gun to our head.
288
00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:11,267
We have high confidence
289
00:20:11,268 --> 00:20:14,187
in the expanded air-strike
option, Mr. President.
290
00:20:14,291 --> 00:20:17,628
The problem is, sir, is that
it's a short-term solution.
291
00:20:17,836 --> 00:20:20,652
Khrushchev can send in
more missiles next month.
292
00:20:20,860 --> 00:20:22,528
The Chiefs and I believe
293
00:20:22,633 --> 00:20:24,510
we should follow up the air strikes
294
00:20:24,614 --> 00:20:26,803
with a full version of OPLAN 316.
295
00:20:27,116 --> 00:20:28,889
- An invasion?
- Yes, sir.
296
00:20:29,202 --> 00:20:31,078
We can be sure
we get all the missiles,
297
00:20:31,183 --> 00:20:34,415
and we remove Castro
so this can never happen again.
298
00:20:34,519 --> 00:20:36,605
Is this the Joint Chiefs'
recommendation?
299
00:20:36,813 --> 00:20:40,253
Yes, sir. Our best option,
as Bob pointed out this morning,
300
00:20:40,254 --> 00:20:44,216
would be to commence the strikes before
the missiles become operational.
301
00:20:44,738 --> 00:20:47,240
The invasion happens 8 days later.
302
00:20:49,638 --> 00:20:50,994
Dean...
303
00:20:52,349 --> 00:20:53,496
What do you think?
304
00:20:54,226 --> 00:20:56,416
Gentlemen, for the last 15 years,
305
00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,188
I've fought here at this table
306
00:20:58,293 --> 00:20:59,857
alongside your predecessors
307
00:21:00,274 --> 00:21:02,464
in the struggle against the Soviet.
308
00:21:02,568 --> 00:21:04,966
Now, I do not wish
to seem melodramatic,
309
00:21:05,070 --> 00:21:06,947
but I do wish to impress upon you
310
00:21:07,156 --> 00:21:10,597
a lesson I learned with
bitter tears and great sacrifice.
311
00:21:10,805 --> 00:21:13,412
The Soviet understands
only one language... Action.
312
00:21:13,933 --> 00:21:17,165
Respects only
one word... Force.
313
00:21:17,478 --> 00:21:19,564
I concur with General Taylor.
314
00:21:19,668 --> 00:21:22,170
I recommend, sir, air strikes
followed by invasion,
315
00:21:23,109 --> 00:21:26,757
perhaps preceded by an ultimatum
to dismantle the missiles
316
00:21:26,758 --> 00:21:28,531
if that is militarily viable.
317
00:21:28,635 --> 00:21:31,033
So, it appears we have 3 options.
318
00:21:31,346 --> 00:21:34,056
Number one...
A surgical air strike
319
00:21:34,057 --> 00:21:35,830
against the missiles themselves.
320
00:21:35,934 --> 00:21:39,688
2... A much larger air strike
against their air defenses
321
00:21:40,313 --> 00:21:42,607
along with the missiles, and 3...
322
00:21:43,650 --> 00:21:44,693
Invasion.
323
00:21:44,797 --> 00:21:47,299
So, we're certainly
gonna do number one.
324
00:21:47,404 --> 00:21:49,280
We're gonna take these missiles out.
325
00:21:49,385 --> 00:21:51,470
It seems to me
we can't wait very long.
326
00:21:51,574 --> 00:21:53,659
We should at least be
making those preparations.
327
00:21:53,660 --> 00:21:56,371
We're preparing to
implement all 3 options,
328
00:21:56,475 --> 00:21:57,830
though I must stress again, sir,
329
00:21:57,935 --> 00:21:59,499
there are risks to the strikes
330
00:22:00,020 --> 00:22:01,478
without the follow-on
invasion.
331
00:22:01,479 --> 00:22:02,731
You want to be clear,
Mr. President,
332
00:22:02,835 --> 00:22:05,234
that we've definitely decided
against a political track.
333
00:22:08,570 --> 00:22:10,030
Dean, uh...
334
00:22:11,177 --> 00:22:14,618
How does this all play out?
335
00:22:14,722 --> 00:22:16,286
Your first step, sir,
will be to demand
336
00:22:16,495 --> 00:22:20,144
that the Soviet withdraw the
missiles within 12 to 24 hours.
337
00:22:20,665 --> 00:22:22,125
They will refuse.
338
00:22:22,229 --> 00:22:25,149
When they do, you will order the
strikes, followed by the invasion.
339
00:22:25,670 --> 00:22:28,381
They will resist and be overrun.
340
00:22:28,486 --> 00:22:30,780
They will retaliate
against another target
341
00:22:30,884 --> 00:22:33,282
somewhere else in the world,
most likely Berlin.
342
00:22:33,908 --> 00:22:36,097
We will honor our treaty commitments
343
00:22:36,202 --> 00:22:37,870
and resist them there,
344
00:22:38,183 --> 00:22:40,164
defeating them per our plans.
345
00:22:42,041 --> 00:22:44,126
Those plans call for
the use of nuclear weapons.
346
00:22:50,382 --> 00:22:53,719
So what is the...
What is the next step?
347
00:22:54,032 --> 00:22:55,908
Hopefully, cooler heads will prevail
348
00:22:56,013 --> 00:22:58,098
before we reach the next step.
349
00:23:02,999 --> 00:23:04,146
Thank you, gentlemen.
350
00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:20,724
What happened in there?
351
00:23:21,454 --> 00:23:23,018
I thought he was gonna
give us his decision.
352
00:23:23,123 --> 00:23:25,208
Look, I know them. They just need
to make sure there's no other way.
353
00:23:25,417 --> 00:23:26,251
They'll get there.
354
00:23:26,459 --> 00:23:28,962
Remember that Kennedy's father
was one of the architects of Munich.
355
00:23:29,066 --> 00:23:31,464
There's only one
responsible choice here,
356
00:23:31,568 --> 00:23:33,862
so let's hope appeasement
doesn't run in families.
357
00:23:34,175 --> 00:23:36,052
I fear weakness does.
358
00:23:56,802 --> 00:23:58,470
Jesus Christ.
359
00:24:03,162 --> 00:24:04,309
Call... Call me Irish,
360
00:24:04,413 --> 00:24:06,811
but I don't believe
in cooler heads prevailing.
361
00:24:06,916 --> 00:24:09,522
- You know, they think I froze in there.
- You didn't freeze.
362
00:24:09,627 --> 00:24:12,233
You did exactly what you should've done.
You stayed out of the corner.
363
00:24:12,338 --> 00:24:13,276
You didn't decide.
364
00:24:13,380 --> 00:24:15,779
Well, Acheson's scenario is just...
365
00:24:15,987 --> 00:24:18,071
It's unacceptable, and he's got
more experience than any of them.
366
00:24:18,072 --> 00:24:19,741
There is no expert on the subject.
367
00:24:19,845 --> 00:24:22,556
I mean, there is no
wise old man. There's...
368
00:24:22,973 --> 00:24:24,850
Shit. There's just us.
369
00:24:25,684 --> 00:24:27,874
The thing is that Acheson's right.
370
00:24:27,978 --> 00:24:29,646
Talk alone is not gonna
accomplish anything.
371
00:24:32,149 --> 00:24:33,504
Well, let's bomb the shit out of 'em.
372
00:24:34,443 --> 00:24:37,362
Everybody wants to.
I mean, even you.
373
00:24:37,467 --> 00:24:39,031
I mean, even me.
374
00:24:39,761 --> 00:24:41,950
Right? It sure would
feel good.
375
00:24:42,159 --> 00:24:43,514
And, Jack,
376
00:24:43,827 --> 00:24:46,121
I'm as conniving as they come, but
377
00:24:46,538 --> 00:24:48,311
a sneak attack is just wrong.
378
00:24:48,415 --> 00:24:50,709
Things are happening too fast.
I mean, this is starting to smell
379
00:24:50,813 --> 00:24:52,481
like the Bay of Pigs all over again.
380
00:24:52,586 --> 00:24:55,401
Well, tonight, listening
to Taylor and Acheson,
381
00:24:56,131 --> 00:24:58,738
I kept seeing Lemnitzer
and Dulles telling me
382
00:24:58,842 --> 00:25:00,823
all I had to do was
sign on the dotted line,
383
00:25:00,927 --> 00:25:03,534
and the invasion would
succeed, and Castro...
384
00:25:04,368 --> 00:25:06,558
And Castro would be gone.
385
00:25:06,766 --> 00:25:09,581
Just... easy...
Just like that.
386
00:25:15,525 --> 00:25:16,463
You know, there's something...
387
00:25:18,861 --> 00:25:21,364
immoral about abandoning
your own judgment.
388
00:25:25,118 --> 00:25:26,890
We just can't let this
get out of hand.
389
00:25:28,246 --> 00:25:30,018
And we're gonna do
whatever we have to do
390
00:25:30,123 --> 00:25:31,582
and make this come out right.
391
00:25:35,962 --> 00:25:38,360
- I'm gonna stay here tomorrow.
- No, you can't.
392
00:25:38,464 --> 00:25:40,758
Remember, we talked about this,
your schedule.
393
00:25:40,967 --> 00:25:43,782
The best thing you can do
tomorrow is go to Connecticut.
394
00:25:44,616 --> 00:25:45,659
He's right.
395
00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:50,351
Yeah.
396
00:25:50,872 --> 00:25:52,332
Jesus.
397
00:26:08,077 --> 00:26:10,475
Doesn't anybody in Connecticut
have to work today?
398
00:26:10,996 --> 00:26:13,499
I love you, JFK!
399
00:26:21,527 --> 00:26:23,300
The full spectrum of air strikes
400
00:26:23,404 --> 00:26:25,802
is the minimum response
the Joint Chiefs will accept.
401
00:26:25,907 --> 00:26:27,992
No, no, no!
402
00:26:28,409 --> 00:26:30,911
Now, there is more
than one option here,
403
00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:34,040
And if one isn't occurring to us, it's
because we haven't thought hard enough.
404
00:26:34,144 --> 00:26:36,438
Bobby, sometimes there
is only one right choice,
405
00:26:36,646 --> 00:26:38,732
and you thank God when it's so clear.
406
00:26:38,940 --> 00:26:41,026
You're talking about a sneak attack.
407
00:26:41,130 --> 00:26:42,694
How will that make us look?
408
00:26:43,215 --> 00:26:46,448
A big country blasting
a little one into the Stone Age.
409
00:26:46,656 --> 00:26:48,116
Oh, we'll be everyone's favorite.
410
00:26:48,220 --> 00:26:49,576
Come on, Bobby, that's naive.
411
00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:51,243
This is the real world.
412
00:26:51,244 --> 00:26:52,599
You know that better than anybody.
413
00:26:52,704 --> 00:26:55,728
And you weren't so ethically particular
when we were talking about options
414
00:26:55,832 --> 00:26:58,439
for removing Castro over at CIA.
415
00:27:10,847 --> 00:27:12,202
Bob...
416
00:27:12,723 --> 00:27:15,226
If we go ahead with these air strikes,
417
00:27:15,851 --> 00:27:18,354
you know what it'll
come to in the end.
418
00:27:19,292 --> 00:27:20,961
There has got to be something else.
419
00:27:21,273 --> 00:27:22,316
Give it to me.
420
00:27:22,420 --> 00:27:26,591
Now, I don't care how crazy,
inadequate, or stupid it sounds.
421
00:27:27,947 --> 00:27:29,615
Give it to me.
422
00:27:30,658 --> 00:27:32,742
6 months ago, we gamed out a scenario.
423
00:27:32,743 --> 00:27:35,036
It's slow. It doesn't
get rid of the missiles.
424
00:27:35,037 --> 00:27:36,914
It's got a lot of drawbacks.
425
00:27:41,815 --> 00:27:44,317
The scenario calls
for a blockade of Cuba.
426
00:28:16,536 --> 00:28:17,996
The situation
is worse than we thought.
427
00:28:18,413 --> 00:28:20,915
We now count 40 missiles.
428
00:28:21,124 --> 00:28:22,062
40 missiles.
429
00:28:23,626 --> 00:28:25,920
Longer range IRBMs.
430
00:28:26,025 --> 00:28:28,736
They can hit every place
in the country
431
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:29,883
except Seattle.
432
00:28:29,987 --> 00:28:31,759
Mr. President,
433
00:28:31,864 --> 00:28:33,845
you give me the order right now,
434
00:28:34,053 --> 00:28:35,305
my planes will be ready to carry out
435
00:28:35,409 --> 00:28:37,599
the air strikes in 3 days time.
436
00:28:37,807 --> 00:28:39,475
All you gotta do is say go.
437
00:28:39,580 --> 00:28:42,186
My boys will get those red bastards.
438
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,878
General, how long
until the Army's ready?
439
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,944
We've just begun the mobilization under
cover of a pre-arranged exercise, sir.
440
00:28:50,945 --> 00:28:53,030
We're looking at another
week and a half.
441
00:28:53,239 --> 00:28:55,533
But you can order the strikes now.
442
00:28:56,471 --> 00:28:58,869
The plans call for
an 8-day air campaign.
443
00:28:59,287 --> 00:29:02,310
It'll light a fire under
the Army's ass to get in place.
444
00:29:03,562 --> 00:29:06,273
General LeMay, do you truly believe
that's our best course of action?
445
00:29:06,377 --> 00:29:09,192
Mr. President, I believe
it is the only course of action.
446
00:29:09,401 --> 00:29:11,382
America is in danger.
447
00:29:11,486 --> 00:29:13,676
Those missiles are
a threat to our bomber bases
448
00:29:13,780 --> 00:29:15,657
and the safety
of our nuclear deterrent.
449
00:29:15,761 --> 00:29:17,012
Now, without our deterrent,
450
00:29:17,117 --> 00:29:20,349
there's nothing to keep the enemy
from choosing general nuclear war.
451
00:29:21,809 --> 00:29:23,268
It's our duty, sir,
452
00:29:23,373 --> 00:29:25,354
our responsibility
to the American people
453
00:29:25,458 --> 00:29:26,918
to take out those missiles
454
00:29:27,022 --> 00:29:30,150
and return stability to
the strategic situation.
455
00:29:30,359 --> 00:29:32,652
The big red dog is
digging in our backyard,
456
00:29:32,653 --> 00:29:34,737
and we are justified in shooting him.
457
00:29:34,738 --> 00:29:39,326
Sir, we have a rapidly closing
window of opportunity
458
00:29:39,430 --> 00:29:42,245
where we can prevent those missiles
from ever becoming operational.
459
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,208
The other options do not guarantee
460
00:29:46,312 --> 00:29:49,231
the end result that we can guarantee.
461
00:29:49,336 --> 00:29:51,837
However, as more time goes by,
462
00:29:51,838 --> 00:29:54,758
the less reliable the choice
we can offer you becomes.
463
00:29:55,175 --> 00:29:56,634
Mr. President,
464
00:29:56,635 --> 00:29:58,616
the motto I chose for SAC
465
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,180
is "Peace is our Profession."
466
00:30:00,910 --> 00:30:03,725
Now, God forbid we find
ourselves in a nuclear exchange,
467
00:30:03,829 --> 00:30:05,706
but if launched,
those missiles from Cuba
468
00:30:05,915 --> 00:30:08,208
would kill a lot of Americans.
469
00:30:08,730 --> 00:30:10,398
The very presence of those missiles
470
00:30:10,502 --> 00:30:12,484
gives the Soviets
first-strike capability.
471
00:30:13,109 --> 00:30:16,445
Those missiles make
a nuclear exchange more likely,
472
00:30:16,446 --> 00:30:19,156
and that is why I'm being
such a pain in the ass
473
00:30:19,157 --> 00:30:22,076
about destroying them and
dstroying them immediately.
474
00:30:23,536 --> 00:30:24,996
Hell, even Mac agrees.
475
00:30:27,498 --> 00:30:31,252
And, sir, given your own
statements about Cuba,
476
00:30:31,356 --> 00:30:36,257
I think a blockade
or a bunch of political talk
477
00:30:36,361 --> 00:30:38,655
would be considered by a lot
of our friends and neutrals
478
00:30:38,759 --> 00:30:40,636
as a pretty weak response.
479
00:30:41,783 --> 00:30:44,390
I suspect that many
of our own citizens
480
00:30:44,494 --> 00:30:46,267
might feel the same way.
481
00:30:47,831 --> 00:30:50,646
You're in a pretty bad fix,
Mr. President.
482
00:30:54,087 --> 00:30:55,234
What did you say?
483
00:30:57,632 --> 00:30:59,196
You're in a pretty bad fix.
484
00:31:01,490 --> 00:31:04,097
Maybe you haven't noticed
you're in it with me.
485
00:31:07,538 --> 00:31:10,249
Now, General, what
are the Soviets gonna do
486
00:31:10,457 --> 00:31:11,291
when we attack?
487
00:31:13,377 --> 00:31:14,419
Nothing.
488
00:31:15,045 --> 00:31:16,296
Nothing?
489
00:31:16,401 --> 00:31:17,547
Nothing,
490
00:31:17,860 --> 00:31:20,571
because the only
alternative open to them
491
00:31:21,614 --> 00:31:23,699
is one they can't choose.
492
00:31:25,055 --> 00:31:26,827
You know, they're...
493
00:31:26,932 --> 00:31:29,642
They're not just missiles
we're gonna be destroying, General.
494
00:31:29,643 --> 00:31:33,605
If we kill Soviet soldiers,
they're gonna respond.
495
00:31:34,648 --> 00:31:37,463
I mean, how would we respond
if they killed ours?
496
00:31:37,567 --> 00:31:41,008
No, they're gonna do something, General.
I can promise you that.
497
00:31:44,553 --> 00:31:47,056
Those goddamn Kennedys are
gonna destroy this country
498
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,245
if we don't do something about this.
499
00:31:50,705 --> 00:31:52,061
We're headed out to the backyard
500
00:31:52,165 --> 00:31:54,459
to take a look for that big red dog.
501
00:31:54,980 --> 00:31:56,336
Thanks, Bob.
502
00:31:56,753 --> 00:31:58,630
I was hoping LeMay pushed you,
503
00:31:58,734 --> 00:32:00,715
because I was ready to knock
that son of a bitch across the room.
504
00:32:00,819 --> 00:32:02,696
We knew it was coming.
And I'll tell you one thing, Kenny,
505
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:04,886
those brass heads
have one big advantage.
506
00:32:04,990 --> 00:32:06,345
That is, if we do
what they want us to do,
507
00:32:06,554 --> 00:32:09,265
there's none of us gonna be left
alive to tell 'em they were wrong.
508
00:32:09,369 --> 00:32:12,602
Mr. President, we need to
go over what you're going to say.
509
00:32:12,914 --> 00:32:14,687
Gromyko should be on his way by now.
510
00:32:14,791 --> 00:32:16,147
Now, there's still
no sign that they know
511
00:32:16,355 --> 00:32:17,502
that we know about the missiles.
512
00:32:17,711 --> 00:32:19,275
Well, we're gonna keep it that way.
513
00:32:35,541 --> 00:32:36,688
Kenny?
514
00:32:36,792 --> 00:32:38,252
I'll be right there.
515
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,006
I'm getting funny questions
from the guys.
516
00:32:42,110 --> 00:32:43,674
Yeah? What sort of questions?
517
00:32:43,778 --> 00:32:45,863
About some sort of military exercises?
518
00:32:45,968 --> 00:32:47,636
You want me to do my job
handling the press,
519
00:32:47,637 --> 00:32:49,409
I need to know what's going on.
520
00:32:49,513 --> 00:32:52,432
- Military exercises?
- Yeah, military exercises.
521
00:32:53,162 --> 00:32:54,831
Haven't heard anything about it.
522
00:32:54,935 --> 00:32:55,873
Ask Bundy.
523
00:32:55,978 --> 00:32:57,959
I did. He said to ask you.
524
00:32:59,940 --> 00:33:01,608
Mr. Gromyko,
this way, please.
525
00:33:01,712 --> 00:33:04,423
Mr. Dobrynin, what are
your hopes for the meeting?
526
00:33:04,736 --> 00:33:07,030
Mr. Gromyko, can you give us
a statement, please?
527
00:33:08,386 --> 00:33:09,741
Robert.
528
00:33:10,262 --> 00:33:12,244
- Hugh, how are you?
- Good.
529
00:33:15,372 --> 00:33:16,830
Excuse me, Joan.
530
00:33:16,831 --> 00:33:19,960
So, tell me about this military exercise
that's going on down in Puerto Rico.
531
00:33:20,064 --> 00:33:21,002
What?
532
00:33:21,106 --> 00:33:25,382
It's called ORTSAC, I believe.
Castro spelled backwards.
533
00:33:25,486 --> 00:33:29,134
ORTSAC? I... I don't know
what you're talking about.
534
00:33:29,135 --> 00:33:31,325
Me, either. Why?
535
00:33:31,429 --> 00:33:33,932
Well, because maybe the President and
Gromyko are gonna talk about it.
536
00:33:34,140 --> 00:33:36,643
If you're trying to drum
something up, Johnny, forget it.
537
00:33:36,851 --> 00:33:39,145
This meeting's been
on the books for months.
538
00:33:39,458 --> 00:33:42,690
Far as I know, it's just a friendly talk
on U.S.-Soviet relations.
539
00:33:43,941 --> 00:33:45,505
Sir! Sir!
540
00:33:46,235 --> 00:33:47,591
Mr. President!
541
00:33:49,363 --> 00:33:52,492
All right, hold it, guys. Hold it.
You'll get your pictures.
542
00:33:53,534 --> 00:33:54,368
Does it?
543
00:33:55,828 --> 00:33:57,392
Mm-hmm.
544
00:33:57,914 --> 00:33:59,269
I'll be damned.
545
00:34:01,250 --> 00:34:03,231
Kind of simple for the Pentagon.
546
00:34:07,715 --> 00:34:10,530
What is this meeting about, sir?
547
00:34:12,824 --> 00:34:13,762
Sir!
548
00:34:13,867 --> 00:34:15,848
Mr. Gromyko,
thank you for coming.
549
00:34:15,849 --> 00:34:17,412
Hold on, guys. One minute.
550
00:34:22,938 --> 00:34:25,023
Gentlemen, would you mind
shaking hands?
551
00:34:26,796 --> 00:34:28,673
So that there should be
no misunderstanding
552
00:34:28,777 --> 00:34:30,654
the position of the United States,
553
00:34:30,655 --> 00:34:34,199
which has been made clear by the Attorney
General to Ambassador Dobrynin here,
554
00:34:34,408 --> 00:34:37,744
I shall read a sentence from my statement
to the press dated September 13th.
555
00:34:38,683 --> 00:34:40,768
"Should missiles or offensive weapons
556
00:34:40,872 --> 00:34:42,540
"be placed in Cuba,
557
00:34:42,541 --> 00:34:44,209
"it would present the gravest threat
558
00:34:44,313 --> 00:34:46,086
to U.S. national security."
559
00:34:46,190 --> 00:34:47,858
Mr. President,
560
00:34:47,963 --> 00:34:51,091
as Premier Khrushchev's own statement
of September 13th assured you,
561
00:34:51,195 --> 00:34:52,759
our military assistance to Cuba
562
00:34:52,863 --> 00:34:55,470
is of a defensive nature only.
563
00:35:01,622 --> 00:35:03,395
So I do not misunderstand you,
564
00:35:03,707 --> 00:35:06,731
There are no offensive
weapons in Cuba?
565
00:35:06,940 --> 00:35:09,964
Premier Khrushchev's
statement of September 13th
566
00:35:10,068 --> 00:35:12,675
remains the position
of the Soviet Government.
567
00:35:12,779 --> 00:35:15,177
To that, I have nothing to add.
568
00:35:16,428 --> 00:35:18,097
Well, that's good enough for me.
569
00:35:18,931 --> 00:35:19,765
Thanks so much.
570
00:35:20,078 --> 00:35:21,537
Thank you.
571
00:35:24,561 --> 00:35:26,542
Gentlemen, if you'll
come with me, please.
572
00:35:26,543 --> 00:35:28,836
A most constructive meeting.
573
00:35:35,509 --> 00:35:37,908
- What happened?
- Lying bastard.
574
00:35:38,116 --> 00:35:39,263
Lied right to my face.
575
00:35:39,367 --> 00:35:40,723
We're split down the middle.
576
00:35:40,827 --> 00:35:43,642
If I held a vote, I think air strike
would beat blockade by a vote or two.
577
00:35:43,851 --> 00:35:46,458
I want a consensus. I mean,
either air strike or blockade,
578
00:35:46,562 --> 00:35:48,126
but something everyone's
going to stand by,
579
00:35:48,439 --> 00:35:50,316
even if they don't like it.
580
00:35:50,941 --> 00:35:54,382
I need it by Saturday.
Make it happen.
581
00:35:54,486 --> 00:35:55,946
What if I can't?
582
00:35:57,510 --> 00:36:00,013
We go into this split,
the Russians will know it.
583
00:36:00,430 --> 00:36:02,098
They'll know it and use it against us.
584
00:36:02,202 --> 00:36:04,809
Have you canceled Chicago
and the rest of the weekend yet?
585
00:36:05,122 --> 00:36:08,041
If you don't show for Chicago, everyone'll
know there's something going on.
586
00:36:08,250 --> 00:36:10,544
- I don't care. Just cancel it.
- Forget it!
587
00:36:12,421 --> 00:36:15,132
I'm not calling
and canceling on Daley.
588
00:36:17,426 --> 00:36:19,615
You call and cancel on Daley.
589
00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:21,075
You're scared to cancel on Daley?
590
00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:23,578
You're damn right I'm scared.
591
00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:27,436
Well, I'm not.
592
00:36:31,606 --> 00:36:33,066
Watch this.
593
00:36:34,734 --> 00:36:36,194
Welcome to Chicago,
Mr. President.
594
00:36:36,298 --> 00:36:38,905
Mr. Mayor, I wouldn't miss
this event for the world.
595
00:36:39,114 --> 00:36:40,782
Mr. President, over here!
596
00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:42,555
Mayor Daley!
597
00:36:44,119 --> 00:36:45,266
Let's go.
598
00:36:45,787 --> 00:36:47,768
Tonight, you're going to
experience some true Midwest...
599
00:36:47,977 --> 00:36:49,332
Kenny! What's going on?
600
00:36:49,541 --> 00:36:52,773
Now the guys are hounding me about
some troop movements in Florida?
601
00:36:52,981 --> 00:36:54,126
What are you telling them?
602
00:36:54,127 --> 00:36:55,171
The truth... I don't know.
603
00:36:55,275 --> 00:36:57,361
- Am I out of the loop on something?
- No.
604
00:36:58,403 --> 00:37:01,949
Tell them you've looked into it,
and all it is is an exercise.
605
00:37:02,783 --> 00:37:04,451
Oh, and, Pierre,
606
00:37:04,555 --> 00:37:06,641
Tomorrow, the President
may have a cold.
607
00:37:06,849 --> 00:37:08,518
- A what?
- A cold.
608
00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:13,418
Kenny, do I get any input around here?
609
00:37:15,399 --> 00:37:16,859
Yeah.
610
00:37:16,963 --> 00:37:18,945
How bad it is is up to you.
611
00:37:27,495 --> 00:37:29,580
You know, there are major
rail disruptions in the South.
612
00:37:29,684 --> 00:37:31,665
2 Airborne Divisions are on alert.
613
00:37:31,770 --> 00:37:35,002
Sounds to me like that
exercise is an invasion.
614
00:37:35,106 --> 00:37:37,400
Well, you know how Bobby has it
in for the state of Mississippi.
615
00:37:37,713 --> 00:37:39,694
We're invading Cuba.
616
00:37:40,215 --> 00:37:42,509
Damn it, we are not invading Cuba.
617
00:37:42,822 --> 00:37:44,282
Are you crazy?
618
00:37:44,386 --> 00:37:46,367
Nobody gives a rat's ass about Cuba...
619
00:37:46,472 --> 00:37:48,140
Not now, not ever.
620
00:37:48,453 --> 00:37:51,372
If you print something like that, all you're
going to do is inflame the situation.
621
00:37:51,581 --> 00:37:55,230
Nobody talks to assholes
who inflame situations.
622
00:37:55,439 --> 00:37:57,524
Assholes like that can find themselves
623
00:37:57,628 --> 00:37:59,401
cut out of the loop.
624
00:37:59,714 --> 00:38:02,320
That's the first time
you've ever threatened me.
625
00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:06,283
All right.
626
00:38:06,387 --> 00:38:08,368
I won't print anything
until I have another source,
627
00:38:08,472 --> 00:38:10,245
But I promise you, I'll get one.
628
00:38:15,354 --> 00:38:16,397
Bobby.
629
00:38:16,501 --> 00:38:18,378
We've got a consensus for a blockade,
630
00:38:18,482 --> 00:38:21,819
but it won't last past tomorrow,
Kenny. You have to bring him back.
631
00:38:22,132 --> 00:38:24,842
Oh, by the way,
China invaded India today.
632
00:38:24,843 --> 00:38:26,824
You're kidding, aren't you?
633
00:38:27,137 --> 00:38:29,952
I wish I were. Galbraith's
handling it in New Delhi.
634
00:38:30,577 --> 00:38:32,350
Makes you wonder what's coming next.
635
00:38:32,454 --> 00:38:36,521
Jesus, what is it about the free world
that pisses the rest of the world off?
636
00:38:36,938 --> 00:38:38,815
I don't know.
We have Tupperware parties?
637
00:38:40,066 --> 00:38:41,004
Maybe.
638
00:38:41,734 --> 00:38:42,673
I'll see you tomorrow.
639
00:38:42,777 --> 00:38:43,924
OK.
640
00:38:44,028 --> 00:38:45,488
The President has a cold.
641
00:38:45,592 --> 00:38:47,469
He's canceling
the remainder of this trip
642
00:38:47,573 --> 00:38:50,284
and returning to Washington
on the advice of his doctor.
643
00:38:51,327 --> 00:38:52,474
President Kennedy!
644
00:38:52,578 --> 00:38:54,351
Is it true you have a cold, sir?
645
00:38:54,455 --> 00:38:56,331
How do you feel,
Mr. President?
646
00:38:56,332 --> 00:38:57,687
Mr. President!
647
00:38:58,626 --> 00:39:01,128
What's the next step going
to be, Mr. President?
648
00:39:09,887 --> 00:39:10,930
Mr. President,
649
00:39:11,138 --> 00:39:13,015
our deliberations have
led us to the conclusion
650
00:39:13,119 --> 00:39:16,143
that a blockade
of offensive weapons to Cuba
651
00:39:16,247 --> 00:39:18,124
is our best option.
652
00:39:18,228 --> 00:39:21,565
A strong showing of support from the
Organization of American States
653
00:39:21,669 --> 00:39:23,442
would give us
an umbrella of legitimacy.
654
00:39:23,546 --> 00:39:25,735
A blockade is technically
an act of war.
655
00:39:25,736 --> 00:39:27,926
Therefore, we recommend
calling the action
656
00:39:28,030 --> 00:39:28,968
a quarantine.
657
00:39:29,072 --> 00:39:32,618
Let's hope that translates into
Russian the way we want it to.
658
00:39:33,869 --> 00:39:36,893
There are between
20 and 30 Soviet ships
659
00:39:36,997 --> 00:39:39,187
underway to Cuba at this time.
660
00:39:39,499 --> 00:39:42,835
800 miles out, the Navy
will stop them, board,
661
00:39:42,836 --> 00:39:45,964
and any vessels containing weapons
will be turned back.
662
00:39:46,068 --> 00:39:48,884
A quarantine prevents any
more missiles from reaching Cuba,
663
00:39:48,988 --> 00:39:51,386
but it doesn't remove
the missiles already there.
664
00:39:51,490 --> 00:39:55,140
It gives the Soviets a chance
to pull back without a war.
665
00:39:55,348 --> 00:39:57,225
If they refuse to remove the missiles,
666
00:39:57,226 --> 00:39:59,936
we retain the option
to strike and invade.
667
00:40:00,249 --> 00:40:01,813
A sneak attack would be counter
668
00:40:01,917 --> 00:40:04,211
to what the United States stands for.
669
00:40:04,420 --> 00:40:06,088
It leaves us no room to maneuver,
670
00:40:06,192 --> 00:40:09,737
and the inevitable Soviet response
would force us into a war.
671
00:40:09,946 --> 00:40:11,719
Mr. President,
there are still those of us
672
00:40:11,823 --> 00:40:14,742
who believe we should
proceed with the strikes.
673
00:40:14,847 --> 00:40:17,245
Sir, with a blockade,
we lose strategic surprise.
674
00:40:17,349 --> 00:40:19,538
We also run the risk
of the Soviets launching
675
00:40:19,539 --> 00:40:21,520
a first strike against us
if they decide
676
00:40:21,624 --> 00:40:23,605
they have to use
the missiles or lose them.
677
00:40:26,838 --> 00:40:30,174
So, quarantine or air strike.
678
00:40:30,383 --> 00:40:33,094
Ahem. There is a third option.
679
00:40:34,136 --> 00:40:35,388
With either course,
680
00:40:35,492 --> 00:40:38,203
we undertake the risk of nuclear war.
681
00:40:38,933 --> 00:40:41,644
So it seems to me that
maybe one of us in this room
682
00:40:41,748 --> 00:40:43,208
should be a coward,
683
00:40:44,459 --> 00:40:46,440
So I guess I'll be.
684
00:40:47,274 --> 00:40:50,194
A third course is to strike a deal.
685
00:40:50,611 --> 00:40:53,113
We trade Guantanamo
and our missiles in Turkey,
686
00:40:53,218 --> 00:40:55,512
get them to pull their missiles out.
687
00:40:55,616 --> 00:40:57,597
We employ a back channel.
688
00:40:57,701 --> 00:41:00,517
We attribute the idea to U Thant.
689
00:41:01,038 --> 00:41:03,645
U Thant then raises it
at the U.N.
690
00:41:06,043 --> 00:41:08,128
I don't think that's possible, Adlai.
691
00:41:12,090 --> 00:41:14,072
I've not yet made my final decision.
692
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,678
I'll be asking the Networks
for airtime on Monday night.
693
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,494
We'll announce
our course of action then.
694
00:41:21,266 --> 00:41:22,934
Ted, I want you to get
working on speeches
695
00:41:22,935 --> 00:41:25,124
for both quarantine and air strike.
696
00:41:27,522 --> 00:41:30,025
Well, thank you for
all your advice, gentlemen.
697
00:41:31,172 --> 00:41:32,944
I did hear Adlai.
698
00:41:33,361 --> 00:41:36,072
Jesus, you'd think nobody learned
anything from World War II.
699
00:41:36,177 --> 00:41:37,531
Somebody had to say it.
700
00:41:37,532 --> 00:41:40,035
I respect Adlai for having the guts
to risk looking like an appeaser.
701
00:41:40,243 --> 00:41:41,703
We have to pull him.
702
00:41:41,911 --> 00:41:44,414
He's not going to be able to handle
the Soviets in front of the U.N.
703
00:41:44,622 --> 00:41:46,082
Zorin will eat him alive.
704
00:41:46,186 --> 00:41:48,063
We've got bigger problems right now.
705
00:41:49,106 --> 00:41:50,044
Ladies?
706
00:41:50,149 --> 00:41:51,504
No, thank you.
707
00:41:56,405 --> 00:41:58,073
Honey, I'll be right back.
708
00:42:06,206 --> 00:42:07,249
Adlai?
709
00:42:07,874 --> 00:42:12,567
Ah. I just can't seem
to get away from you guys.
710
00:42:12,671 --> 00:42:14,860
Escaping for a night on the town, eh?
711
00:42:14,965 --> 00:42:16,945
As D.C.'s most popular playboy,
712
00:42:16,946 --> 00:42:20,908
the President felt my presence
would be sorely missed, so
713
00:42:21,117 --> 00:42:24,453
in the interest of
National Security, here I am.
714
00:42:24,558 --> 00:42:26,956
Yes, gotta keep up appearances.
715
00:42:27,060 --> 00:42:29,041
Of course, I don't anymore.
716
00:42:31,126 --> 00:42:33,420
I'm a political dead man.
717
00:42:33,525 --> 00:42:35,714
Did you ever see anyone
cut his own throat
718
00:42:35,819 --> 00:42:37,383
like I did today?
719
00:42:38,947 --> 00:42:40,302
No, no.
720
00:42:40,928 --> 00:42:42,283
It's all right.
721
00:42:42,700 --> 00:42:45,411
And by the way, I spoke to a friend.
722
00:42:45,933 --> 00:42:48,122
Reston and Franco have the story.
723
00:42:48,227 --> 00:42:50,729
The Times is going to run it tomorrow.
724
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:54,900
We're not gonna make it to Monday.
725
00:42:55,317 --> 00:42:56,151
Shit.
726
00:42:56,255 --> 00:42:58,444
We can get Sorenson to lean on Reston,
727
00:42:58,445 --> 00:43:00,530
But you're gonna have
to call Orville Dryfoos.
728
00:43:00,739 --> 00:43:03,450
This is the sort of decision
a publisher makes himself.
729
00:43:04,076 --> 00:43:06,682
All right.
Thanks, Kenny.
730
00:43:08,455 --> 00:43:11,062
Yes, sir, I understand, but, you
know, we held on the Bay of Pigs,
731
00:43:11,166 --> 00:43:13,877
and it was the biggest mistake of my life.
What makes this different?
732
00:43:13,981 --> 00:43:15,545
Orville, I'm asking you
to hold the story
733
00:43:15,546 --> 00:43:18,882
until I can present our course
of action on Monday night.
734
00:43:21,801 --> 00:43:23,782
All right, but I'm gonna need
a reason to give my boys.
735
00:43:23,991 --> 00:43:25,868
They're gonna be screaming
for my head on a plate.
736
00:43:25,972 --> 00:43:27,640
Listen, Orville, you tell them this...
737
00:43:28,579 --> 00:43:30,456
That they'll be saving lives...
738
00:43:31,081 --> 00:43:32,645
including their own.
739
00:43:34,939 --> 00:43:36,190
Yes, Mr. President.
740
00:44:04,552 --> 00:44:06,429
How many Congressmen
have not responded yet?
741
00:44:06,637 --> 00:44:07,888
14.
742
00:44:08,514 --> 00:44:10,599
- Boggs is in the Gulf fishing?
- Yes, sir.
743
00:44:10,704 --> 00:44:12,476
I thought he was supposed
to be campaigning.
744
00:44:12,580 --> 00:44:13,727
Well, he's not gone for long.
745
00:44:13,936 --> 00:44:17,064
Jesus. Get a plane out
there and get him back.
746
00:44:18,732 --> 00:44:20,609
He wants to talk to LeMay again.
747
00:44:20,713 --> 00:44:22,382
He's still considering air strikes.
748
00:44:33,017 --> 00:44:34,268
None of this works tomorrow.
749
00:44:34,373 --> 00:44:36,875
- Figure out how to cancel it.
- Yes, sir.
750
00:44:39,378 --> 00:44:40,420
We're on the phones.
751
00:44:50,639 --> 00:44:52,933
Cam, can you guarantee me
you'll get all the missiles?
752
00:44:57,312 --> 00:44:59,814
Sir, I guarantee we'll get
all the missiles we know about.
753
00:44:59,919 --> 00:45:03,464
Mr. President, we can get
better than 90%of them.
754
00:45:07,843 --> 00:45:10,971
I'll brief the Congressional leadership
tomorrow evening at 5:00.
755
00:45:12,535 --> 00:45:15,663
At 7:00, all United States
Armed Forces worldwide
756
00:45:16,289 --> 00:45:18,374
will stand up to DEFCON 3.
757
00:45:19,417 --> 00:45:21,398
I have a brief statement to make.
758
00:45:21,815 --> 00:45:24,005
President Kennedy will
address the nation tonight
759
00:45:24,109 --> 00:45:25,256
on radio and television
760
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:28,488
on a subject of
the highest national urgency.
761
00:45:28,801 --> 00:45:31,929
He has requested airtime
on all 3 Networks for 7 p.m.
762
00:45:32,138 --> 00:45:33,285
Thank you very much.
763
00:46:03,627 --> 00:46:05,817
I am not willing to support anything
764
00:46:05,921 --> 00:46:07,381
but the toughest possible...
765
00:46:07,485 --> 00:46:10,405
Congress cannot give you
the support you're looking for.
766
00:46:10,509 --> 00:46:12,281
Mr. President! Sir?
767
00:46:12,386 --> 00:46:15,097
If they want this goddamn
job, they can have it.
768
00:46:15,201 --> 00:46:16,348
It's no great joy to me.
769
00:46:16,452 --> 00:46:17,703
Mr. President,
here's the speech.
770
00:46:17,808 --> 00:46:18,955
I made those changes you wanted.
771
00:46:19,059 --> 00:46:20,936
- I need a minute.
- Kenny, no.
772
00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:22,291
A minute.
773
00:46:28,026 --> 00:46:29,590
Look, I don't want a goddamn pep talk.
774
00:46:29,799 --> 00:46:32,093
You're not the Harvard
quarterback anymore.
775
00:46:32,197 --> 00:46:33,657
We're on the brink here!
776
00:46:33,761 --> 00:46:36,889
They're trying to second-guess me into World War 3.
Well, it's not gonna happen.
777
00:46:36,993 --> 00:46:39,287
- What did you think Congress was gonna do?
- Well, I...
778
00:46:39,391 --> 00:46:41,685
Offer you unconditional support?
779
00:46:42,102 --> 00:46:43,979
Kiss your Catholic ass?
780
00:46:44,709 --> 00:46:46,795
They don't think we even
deserve to be here.
781
00:46:46,899 --> 00:46:48,671
Well, what the hell do you think?
782
00:46:48,776 --> 00:46:50,653
I think we haven't been
that impressive today.
783
00:46:50,757 --> 00:46:53,155
They have good reason
to question our judgment.
784
00:46:53,364 --> 00:46:54,928
What do you want, Kenny?
785
00:46:55,970 --> 00:46:57,117
I want you to sit down.
786
00:46:57,221 --> 00:46:58,994
Well, I'm not going to sit down!
787
00:46:59,724 --> 00:47:01,079
I want you to sit down,
788
00:47:01,184 --> 00:47:02,435
loosen your tie, and take a minute...
789
00:47:02,539 --> 00:47:03,686
I haven't got a minute!
790
00:47:03,790 --> 00:47:06,293
You're the President
of the United States.
791
00:47:07,023 --> 00:47:08,587
They can wait for you.
792
00:47:14,530 --> 00:47:15,886
Well, why not?
793
00:47:19,327 --> 00:47:20,578
Things can't get much worse.
794
00:47:20,682 --> 00:47:22,976
Oh, I don't know.
We could have to...
795
00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:26,625
go down to Lyndon's ranch again
dressed up as cowboys.
796
00:47:29,128 --> 00:47:31,630
Shoot deer out of the back
of his Convertible.
797
00:47:34,133 --> 00:47:35,905
That was a bad day.
798
00:47:39,763 --> 00:47:41,744
You know, I thought there'd be...
799
00:47:41,953 --> 00:47:43,726
more good days.
800
00:47:46,749 --> 00:47:49,252
You know, back when
we were in the wards,
801
00:47:49,982 --> 00:47:52,797
that day Bobby made me
come down and meet you?
802
00:47:53,318 --> 00:47:55,404
I didn't get you at first.
803
00:47:56,655 --> 00:47:58,532
I thought you were lucky.
804
00:47:59,470 --> 00:48:01,556
Your father had a lot of money.
805
00:48:01,764 --> 00:48:05,309
You were skinny.
Girls loved you.
806
00:48:06,248 --> 00:48:08,854
I thought I could beat
you and Bobby up together.
807
00:48:10,210 --> 00:48:15,632
But he just kept going
on and on about you.
808
00:48:16,675 --> 00:48:18,656
I thought it was because
he was your brother.
809
00:48:22,931 --> 00:48:24,599
But I was wrong.
810
00:48:27,727 --> 00:48:29,083
I was wrong.
811
00:48:47,851 --> 00:48:49,311
You sleeping?
812
00:48:50,562 --> 00:48:52,335
No. Not much.
813
00:48:53,377 --> 00:48:55,776
But I slept last night,
though, you know, and...
814
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:57,235
Jeez, I...
815
00:48:58,695 --> 00:49:00,676
When I woke up, I just...
816
00:49:00,780 --> 00:49:04,534
Somehow I'd forgotten that
all this had happened, you know?
817
00:49:05,994 --> 00:49:09,539
Then, of course, I remembered, and...
818
00:49:10,790 --> 00:49:13,501
I just wished for a second
somebody else was President.
819
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:15,482
You mean that?
820
00:49:17,881 --> 00:49:19,445
I said, for a second.
821
00:49:26,118 --> 00:49:29,142
Boy, there is a lot of noise
out there, Kenny.
822
00:49:34,668 --> 00:49:36,858
You know what you're doing,
Mr. President.
823
00:49:38,422 --> 00:49:40,194
You're going to make
the best call you can,
824
00:49:40,403 --> 00:49:41,967
and you know they're
going to second-guess you.
825
00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:43,844
So what?
826
00:49:45,616 --> 00:49:48,014
We're just gonna have to
take our beatings as we go.
827
00:49:54,375 --> 00:49:56,252
So, what are we going to do now?
828
00:49:57,920 --> 00:49:59,275
I'm going on TV.
829
00:50:08,973 --> 00:50:11,579
You know, maybe the American
people will go with me.
830
00:50:13,143 --> 00:50:14,812
Even if their...
831
00:50:16,167 --> 00:50:18,565
elected representatives won't.
832
00:50:24,613 --> 00:50:26,698
You wear something nice for the TV.
833
00:50:26,907 --> 00:50:28,262
Make sure Jackie picks it.
834
00:50:35,248 --> 00:50:36,500
Excuse me.
835
00:50:38,689 --> 00:50:41,296
Oh, right. Thanks, Pierre.
Now, I just changed...
836
00:50:41,504 --> 00:50:42,756
OK, everybody, I think we're ready.
837
00:50:46,926 --> 00:50:48,803
No, I'm fine. Thank you.
838
00:50:50,055 --> 00:50:54,642
Mr. President,
in 5, 4, 3, 2...
839
00:50:55,268 --> 00:50:57,458
Good evening, my fellow citizens.
840
00:50:57,562 --> 00:50:59,543
This Government, as promised,
841
00:50:59,752 --> 00:51:01,733
has maintained
the closest surveillance
842
00:51:02,150 --> 00:51:05,382
of the Soviet military buildup
on the island of Cuba.
843
00:51:05,695 --> 00:51:07,050
Within the past week,
844
00:51:07,363 --> 00:51:10,283
unmistakable evidence
has established the fact
845
00:51:10,387 --> 00:51:13,410
that a series
of offensive missile sites
846
00:51:13,411 --> 00:51:16,539
is now in preparation
on that imprisoned island.
847
00:51:16,643 --> 00:51:19,041
The purpose of these bases
can be none other
848
00:51:19,146 --> 00:51:21,961
than to provide
a nuclear strike capability
849
00:51:22,065 --> 00:51:23,316
against the Western Hemisphere.
850
00:51:24,151 --> 00:51:26,862
Acting therefore in the defense
of our own security
851
00:51:26,966 --> 00:51:29,990
and under the authority entrusted
to me by the Constitution,
852
00:51:30,094 --> 00:51:32,388
I have directed
that the following initial steps
853
00:51:32,492 --> 00:51:33,743
be taken immediately.
854
00:51:34,369 --> 00:51:37,080
First, to halt this offensive buildup,
855
00:51:37,184 --> 00:51:39,687
a strict quarantine on all
offensive military equipment
856
00:51:39,791 --> 00:51:41,876
under shipment to Cuba
is being initiated.
857
00:51:42,398 --> 00:51:45,422
All ships of any kind, bound for Cuba,
858
00:51:45,526 --> 00:51:47,610
from whatever nation or port,
859
00:51:47,611 --> 00:51:51,469
will, if found to contain cargos of
offensive weapons, be turned back.
860
00:51:51,678 --> 00:51:54,180
Second, I have directed
the continued and increased
861
00:51:54,284 --> 00:51:57,204
close surveillance of Cuba
and its military buildup,
862
00:51:57,412 --> 00:51:59,915
and should these military
preparations continue,
863
00:52:00,019 --> 00:52:02,209
further action will be justified.
864
00:52:02,313 --> 00:52:05,858
I have directed the Armed Forces
to prepare for any eventualities.
865
00:52:05,963 --> 00:52:09,299
And third, it shall be
the policy of this nation
866
00:52:09,821 --> 00:52:12,114
to regard any nuclear missile
launched from Cuba
867
00:52:12,219 --> 00:52:14,304
against any nation
in the Western Hemisphere
868
00:52:14,513 --> 00:52:16,598
as an attack by the Soviet Union
869
00:52:16,807 --> 00:52:18,371
on the United States
870
00:52:18,475 --> 00:52:21,186
requiring a full retaliatory response
871
00:52:21,290 --> 00:52:22,437
upon the Soviet Union.
872
00:52:31,821 --> 00:52:33,490
Good speech, Teddy.
873
00:52:33,907 --> 00:52:36,722
Yeah, well, I guess
I get to keep my job.
874
00:52:37,660 --> 00:52:41,206
No. It was
a really good speech.
875
00:52:42,248 --> 00:52:45,063
I can't imagine what you did
with the air strikes version.
876
00:52:49,756 --> 00:52:51,320
I wasn't able to write it, Kenny.
877
00:52:53,926 --> 00:52:57,054
It's kind of hard
to write the unthinkable.
878
00:52:57,367 --> 00:53:00,391
I tried. I just...
879
00:53:03,102 --> 00:53:04,458
I couldn't.
880
00:53:08,837 --> 00:53:10,714
We're getting the Soviet response.
881
00:53:10,818 --> 00:53:12,695
It's coming in on the teletype.
882
00:53:14,155 --> 00:53:15,614
"The community of nations recognizes
883
00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:18,117
the fundamental right
of freedom of the seas..."
884
00:53:18,221 --> 00:53:19,681
It's horseshit.
885
00:53:20,724 --> 00:53:22,079
I agree.
886
00:53:28,961 --> 00:53:31,255
They don't know how to respond yet.
887
00:53:32,506 --> 00:53:36,364
So now you're Khrushchev.
What do you do?
888
00:53:41,056 --> 00:53:42,933
You run the blockade.
889
00:53:43,871 --> 00:53:44,914
They'll run the blockade.
890
00:53:45,123 --> 00:53:48,981
Which is exactly what they appear to
be preparing to do, Mr. President.
891
00:53:49,085 --> 00:53:51,899
We're tracking 26 ships
inbound for Cuba.
892
00:53:51,900 --> 00:53:54,402
They show no sign of changing course.
893
00:53:54,403 --> 00:53:56,905
The closest ships,
the Gagarin and the Kimovsk,
894
00:53:57,009 --> 00:53:59,720
will make the quarantine line
by this time tomorrow.
895
00:53:59,825 --> 00:54:02,848
Admiral Anderson,
if the ships do not stop,
896
00:54:02,953 --> 00:54:05,142
exactly what are
our rules of engagement?
897
00:54:05,247 --> 00:54:08,792
Well, Russian-speaking personnel have
been transferred to all our ships.
898
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:10,981
When the quarantine
takes place in the morning,
899
00:54:11,086 --> 00:54:14,526
our ships will attempt to make radio
contact with the approaching vessels.
900
00:54:14,735 --> 00:54:17,759
They'll be ordered to reduce speed
and standby for inspection.
901
00:54:18,593 --> 00:54:21,617
An inspection team will then
board and search the vessel.
902
00:54:21,721 --> 00:54:25,058
If weapons are found, the ship will be
ordered out of the quarantine area,
903
00:54:25,370 --> 00:54:28,186
or if they refuse, they'll
be towed into the nearest port.
904
00:54:28,603 --> 00:54:30,375
What happens if the ship doesn't stop
905
00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:32,044
for inspection or want to be towed?
906
00:54:32,252 --> 00:54:33,921
We fire a warning shot
across their bow.
907
00:54:34,233 --> 00:54:37,049
And what happens if the ship
ignores the warning shot?
908
00:54:37,153 --> 00:54:40,698
We then fire at its rudder, disable
it, and carry on our inspection.
909
00:54:40,907 --> 00:54:43,200
There will be no shooting
without my explicit orders.
910
00:54:44,765 --> 00:54:45,703
Is that understood?
911
00:54:46,433 --> 00:54:47,787
Yes, sir.
912
00:54:47,788 --> 00:54:49,874
Well, Admiral, looks like
it's up to the Navy.
913
00:54:49,978 --> 00:54:51,646
The Navy won't let you down, sir.
914
00:54:51,855 --> 00:54:53,627
There's one other thing,
Mr. President.
915
00:54:53,732 --> 00:54:57,068
We're commencing low-level photography
runs over Cuba this morning.
916
00:54:57,277 --> 00:54:59,988
It'll be more detailed
than the U-2 photography.
917
00:55:00,092 --> 00:55:03,533
This way, we'll be able to firm up our
estimates of the missiles' readiness
918
00:55:03,637 --> 00:55:05,306
and develop target packages
for strikes,
919
00:55:05,410 --> 00:55:07,078
if you should order them, sir.
920
00:55:07,182 --> 00:55:10,102
To protect our pilots, we're prepared
to retaliate against any SAM site
921
00:55:10,310 --> 00:55:13,126
or anti-aircraft battery
that may open fire.
922
00:55:13,230 --> 00:55:14,688
We have a flight of Thunderchiefs
923
00:55:14,689 --> 00:55:16,462
that'll be able to respond
within minutes
924
00:55:16,567 --> 00:55:18,339
to any attacks on our planes.
925
00:55:26,681 --> 00:55:28,766
I got a bad feeling about
what's going on in there.
926
00:55:28,870 --> 00:55:31,686
In the morning, I'm taking charge of
the blockade from the Situation Room,
927
00:55:31,790 --> 00:55:34,814
and McNamara is going to set up shop in the flag plot
at the Pentagon and keep an eye on things there.
928
00:55:34,918 --> 00:55:36,586
Good, because you'll
get armed boarders
929
00:55:36,795 --> 00:55:38,255
climbing onto Soviet ships,
930
00:55:38,359 --> 00:55:40,131
with shots being fired across bows...
931
00:55:40,236 --> 00:55:42,425
- Well, what about these low-level flights?
- We need the flights.
932
00:55:42,530 --> 00:55:44,615
They're starting in what?
An hour.
933
00:55:44,719 --> 00:55:47,013
You realize what you're
letting yourself in for?
934
00:55:47,118 --> 00:55:49,516
We need the flights, because the minute
that first missile becomes operational,
935
00:55:49,620 --> 00:55:50,871
we gotta go in there and destroy it.
936
00:55:50,975 --> 00:55:52,852
Fair enough, but Castro's on alert,
937
00:55:52,957 --> 00:55:55,042
and we're flying attack
planes over their sites
938
00:55:55,146 --> 00:55:56,189
on the deck!
939
00:55:57,544 --> 00:55:59,421
There's no way for them to know
we're carrying cameras, not bombs.
940
00:55:59,630 --> 00:56:00,568
God damn it!
941
00:56:00,673 --> 00:56:03,279
We're going to be shot at,
plain and simple.
942
00:56:05,469 --> 00:56:07,033
I'm your political advisor.
943
00:56:07,554 --> 00:56:09,848
I'm giving you
a political analysis here.
944
00:56:09,952 --> 00:56:13,081
This... This is a set-up.
945
00:56:13,810 --> 00:56:15,999
The Chiefs want to go in.
946
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:18,085
They need to redeem themselves
for the Bay of Pigs.
947
00:56:18,294 --> 00:56:20,588
They gotta go in this time.
They got to do it right.
948
00:56:21,943 --> 00:56:23,090
I'm going to protect those pilots.
949
00:56:26,114 --> 00:56:28,512
They're boxing us in with
these rules of engagement.
950
00:56:28,617 --> 00:56:30,806
If you agree to them and
one of our planes gets knocked down
951
00:56:30,911 --> 00:56:32,787
or one of the ships
won't stop for inspection,
952
00:56:32,892 --> 00:56:34,769
the Chiefs will have us by the balls
953
00:56:35,186 --> 00:56:37,688
and will force us to start shooting.
954
00:56:41,442 --> 00:56:42,902
They want a war, Jack,
955
00:56:43,006 --> 00:56:45,404
and they're arranging
things to get one.
956
00:56:48,219 --> 00:56:49,992
How does a man get to
a place where he can say,
957
00:56:49,993 --> 00:56:52,494
"Throw those lives away," so easily?
958
00:56:54,475 --> 00:56:56,248
Maybe it's harder for them
to say than they let on,
959
00:56:56,352 --> 00:56:59,585
but at the very least, they
believe it's in our best interest.
960
00:57:00,210 --> 00:57:01,774
And you know what?
961
00:57:02,608 --> 00:57:06,154
At the end of the day,
they may well end up being right.
962
00:57:12,410 --> 00:57:14,391
Well, I'll tell you one thing,
we're going to have to triple-check
963
00:57:14,599 --> 00:57:15,955
everything the Chiefs say to us
964
00:57:16,059 --> 00:57:17,832
with the guys that
actually have to do it.
965
00:57:17,936 --> 00:57:20,438
And nobody's to know about this,
because I... but Bobby.
966
00:57:20,543 --> 00:57:22,628
I need redundant control
over what happens out there.
967
00:57:22,732 --> 00:57:24,922
And if things aren't as advertised,
968
00:57:25,026 --> 00:57:27,112
then you're going to make sure they come
out the way I want them to come out.
969
00:57:27,216 --> 00:57:30,657
- That's gonna be...
- Starting with this low-level flight thing.
970
00:57:31,387 --> 00:57:32,429
That's gonna be tough.
971
00:57:32,534 --> 00:57:34,723
You know how these guys are
about their chains-of-command.
972
00:57:35,870 --> 00:57:37,434
Listen, you tell them
those chains-of-command
973
00:57:37,539 --> 00:57:39,207
end at one place... Me.
974
00:57:42,439 --> 00:57:44,003
Go ahead, sir.
975
00:57:44,212 --> 00:57:46,714
Speak up, lady. I cannot hear you.
I got a train to catch,
976
00:57:46,819 --> 00:57:49,008
and I'd like to be home
by Christmas. Yeah?
977
00:57:49,634 --> 00:57:51,094
- That's the one.
- Mr. O'Donnell.
978
00:57:51,302 --> 00:57:53,596
- What's her name?
- Margaret.
979
00:57:54,326 --> 00:57:57,350
- Margaret.
- Give me a break. I'm doing the best that I can.
980
00:57:57,454 --> 00:57:59,852
Yes, sir. I understand exactly
what you're talking about.
981
00:57:59,956 --> 00:58:01,520
I speak the language, too.
What?
982
00:58:01,625 --> 00:58:04,753
Margaret, would you mind
helping me with something?
983
00:58:04,857 --> 00:58:06,525
What do you need, honey?
984
00:58:06,734 --> 00:58:09,236
That tone of voice specifically.
985
00:58:10,488 --> 00:58:12,782
What tone of voice? What
the hell is he talking about?
986
00:58:12,886 --> 00:58:15,075
I told you, sir...
I'm sorry. You're outta here.
987
00:58:21,019 --> 00:58:22,479
Ready Room.
988
00:58:22,791 --> 00:58:24,773
Hey, Skipper, what are you doin'?
989
00:58:24,877 --> 00:58:26,649
- Lookin' out the door.
- I'll get him for you.
990
00:58:26,754 --> 00:58:28,735
- For what?
- Cuba.
991
00:58:28,839 --> 00:58:30,090
Skipper!
992
00:58:30,507 --> 00:58:31,654
Telephone.
993
00:58:38,328 --> 00:58:39,892
- Commander Ecker.
- Commander Ecker?
994
00:58:40,100 --> 00:58:43,020
This is the White House operator.
Please hold for...
995
00:58:43,124 --> 00:58:44,167
Shit.
996
00:58:44,271 --> 00:58:46,878
Honey, you don't know what shit is.
997
00:58:48,129 --> 00:58:51,257
Commander?
My name's Ken O'Donnell,
998
00:58:51,361 --> 00:58:52,612
Special Assistant to the President.
999
00:58:53,029 --> 00:58:54,072
Yes, sir.
1000
00:58:54,176 --> 00:58:57,200
The President's instructed me
to pass along an order to you.
1001
00:58:57,513 --> 00:58:58,973
You are not to get shot down.
1002
00:59:00,224 --> 00:59:02,414
Uh... We'll do our best, sir.
1003
00:59:02,518 --> 00:59:04,499
I don't think you
understand me, Commander.
1004
00:59:04,603 --> 00:59:08,044
You're not to get shot down
under any circumstances.
1005
00:59:08,670 --> 00:59:11,068
Whatever happens up there,
you were not shot at.
1006
00:59:11,172 --> 00:59:12,945
Mechanical failures are fine.
1007
00:59:13,049 --> 00:59:14,926
Crashing into mountains, fine...
1008
00:59:15,030 --> 00:59:17,637
But you and your men
are not to be shot at,
1009
00:59:17,846 --> 00:59:20,348
fired at, or launched upon.
1010
00:59:20,557 --> 00:59:23,163
Excuse me, sir.
What the hell is going on here?
1011
00:59:23,268 --> 00:59:24,623
Commander, if you are fired upon,
1012
00:59:24,727 --> 00:59:27,543
The President will be forced to
attack the sites that fire on you.
1013
00:59:28,585 --> 00:59:30,462
He doesn't want to have to do that.
1014
00:59:30,566 --> 00:59:33,277
It's very important that he doesn't,
or things could go
1015
00:59:33,382 --> 00:59:34,946
very badly out of control.
1016
00:59:35,259 --> 00:59:36,614
What about my men?
1017
00:59:36,823 --> 00:59:38,282
If we don't have
anybody to protect us,
1018
00:59:38,283 --> 00:59:40,472
I'm gonna be writing
letters home to parents.
1019
00:59:40,576 --> 00:59:42,036
If the President
protects you, Commander,
1020
00:59:42,140 --> 00:59:45,790
he may have to do it with the bomb.
1021
00:59:46,520 --> 00:59:49,960
Now, I've know the man
for 15 years. The problem is...
1022
00:59:50,065 --> 00:59:51,837
He will protect you.
1023
00:59:52,150 --> 00:59:55,278
So I'm asking,
don't make him protect you.
1024
00:59:55,591 --> 00:59:56,738
Don't get shot at.
1025
00:59:58,406 --> 01:00:01,117
OK, Mr. O'Donnell,
we'll do what we can.
1026
01:00:01,847 --> 01:00:03,307
I know you will.
1027
01:00:04,245 --> 01:00:06,539
- Good luck, you guys.
- Find your way back!
1028
01:00:10,397 --> 01:00:11,857
Stay close.
1029
01:00:14,255 --> 01:00:15,402
Hey, Joey.
1030
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:32,085
- See ya, Joey.
- Thanks, Joey.
1031
01:00:32,502 --> 01:00:34,171
Ready to go, Jeremy?
1032
01:00:34,588 --> 01:00:36,360
- Hey, Bruce.
- Skipper?
1033
01:00:36,882 --> 01:00:39,383
Never mind. Just do what I do.
Hand signs only?
1034
01:00:39,384 --> 01:00:40,635
Gotcha.
1035
01:00:52,522 --> 01:00:54,503
You are clear and ready to go, sir!
1036
01:00:54,607 --> 01:00:55,963
Good luck, Skipper!
1037
01:03:14,328 --> 01:03:17,039
Oh-ho, man! Shit!
Did you see it?
1038
01:03:20,793 --> 01:03:22,044
Man, you were lucky, Skipper.
1039
01:03:22,148 --> 01:03:25,068
Damn sparrows.
Must've been migrating.
1040
01:03:25,172 --> 01:03:26,319
Sparrows?
1041
01:03:26,423 --> 01:03:29,134
Probably hit a couple hundred of 'em.
How many did you hit, Bruce?
1042
01:03:29,447 --> 01:03:30,803
Sparrows?
1043
01:03:34,348 --> 01:03:35,390
A few, I guess.
1044
01:03:35,599 --> 01:03:38,519
These, uh, 20 millimeter or
40 millimeter sparrows, sir?
1045
01:03:38,623 --> 01:03:40,500
Those are bird strikes.
1046
01:03:40,604 --> 01:03:42,689
Sparrows, to be precise.
1047
01:03:43,628 --> 01:03:45,192
It's the way it is, guys.
1048
01:03:45,922 --> 01:03:47,486
Get that film pack done.
1049
01:03:52,282 --> 01:03:53,429
Commander Ecker.
1050
01:03:53,533 --> 01:03:54,367
Hello.
1051
01:03:54,472 --> 01:03:55,827
- Sir.
- Commander.
1052
01:03:55,931 --> 01:03:58,017
Mr. O'Donnell, I've been
ordered to deliver the film
1053
01:03:58,121 --> 01:03:59,789
to the Pentagon personally.
1054
01:03:59,998 --> 01:04:00,936
What's going on here?
1055
01:04:01,249 --> 01:04:03,335
The Chiefs must want to talk to you.
1056
01:04:04,377 --> 01:04:07,297
They're gonna want to know
if you were fired on. Were you?
1057
01:04:07,401 --> 01:04:09,591
You could say that, sir.
1058
01:04:13,657 --> 01:04:15,534
Commander, listen to me.
1059
01:04:15,638 --> 01:04:17,411
Now, I know this must fly in the face
1060
01:04:17,515 --> 01:04:20,122
of everything you've come to serve,
1061
01:04:20,539 --> 01:04:23,980
but I'm asking you to look
through this to the other side.
1062
01:04:27,317 --> 01:04:29,193
Commander William B. Ecker
reporting as ordered.
1063
01:04:29,298 --> 01:04:31,278
- Commander.
- Sir.
1064
01:04:31,279 --> 01:04:33,260
Put your gear down over here.
1065
01:04:34,303 --> 01:04:35,971
Would you like a glass
of water or anything?
1066
01:04:36,075 --> 01:04:37,639
No, thank you, sir.
1067
01:04:38,578 --> 01:04:40,037
- Sir.
- Commander.
1068
01:04:40,454 --> 01:04:41,706
Have a seat.
1069
01:04:44,938 --> 01:04:47,232
Now, Commander, I assume
you know why you're here.
1070
01:04:47,336 --> 01:04:50,777
Son, I want to know just one thing.
1071
01:04:51,090 --> 01:04:53,905
Those bastards shoot
so much as a BB gun at you?
1072
01:04:57,555 --> 01:04:59,536
It was a cakewalk, sir.
1073
01:05:01,100 --> 01:05:02,038
Mr. President,
1074
01:05:02,142 --> 01:05:04,124
the O.A.S. meeting
starts in less than an hour.
1075
01:05:04,228 --> 01:05:06,522
Well, good. I think
we need this one, Dean.
1076
01:05:06,626 --> 01:05:08,399
We can't expect miracles.
1077
01:05:08,503 --> 01:05:10,797
Listen, the quarantine
is legal if we get a mandate.
1078
01:05:10,901 --> 01:05:13,925
Otherwise, it's an act of war
in the eyes of the world,
1079
01:05:14,029 --> 01:05:15,906
so you gotta get me the vote,
1080
01:05:16,010 --> 01:05:17,261
and, you know, make it unanimous.
1081
01:05:17,366 --> 01:05:19,138
Mr. President, the Organization
of American States
1082
01:05:19,243 --> 01:05:20,494
hasn't had a unanimous vote...
1083
01:05:20,598 --> 01:05:22,579
Unanimous... Dean.
1084
01:05:49,898 --> 01:05:51,879
In accordance with
this afternoon's vote
1085
01:05:51,983 --> 01:05:54,276
at the Organization
of American States,
1086
01:05:54,277 --> 01:05:56,987
the quarantine
will hereby be effective
1087
01:05:56,988 --> 01:05:59,282
as of 10:00 tomorrow morning.
1088
01:06:15,861 --> 01:06:17,008
At 8 a.m. This morning,
1089
01:06:17,009 --> 01:06:19,302
the United States
detonated a hydrogen bomb
1090
01:06:19,406 --> 01:06:22,325
above Johnston Island
in the South Pacific.
1091
01:06:22,430 --> 01:06:25,349
The blast was quickly condemned
by the Soviet Union,
1092
01:06:25,454 --> 01:06:28,269
who called upon all nations
to denounce the United States
1093
01:06:28,373 --> 01:06:30,354
for bringing the world
to the brink of destruction.
1094
01:06:30,458 --> 01:06:32,440
Who the hell authorized this test?
1095
01:06:32,544 --> 01:06:33,899
Christ, what is this gonna
say to the Russians?
1096
01:06:34,004 --> 01:06:35,672
They look warlike?
1097
01:06:35,776 --> 01:06:37,862
Jesus Christ. We're
lighting off nuclear weapons
1098
01:06:37,966 --> 01:06:39,738
like it's our own private
Fourth of July.
1099
01:06:39,843 --> 01:06:40,990
You know what we should have done?
1100
01:06:41,198 --> 01:06:43,909
We should've brought in the guys
from the Atomic Energy Commission
1101
01:06:44,535 --> 01:06:46,307
and talked this through, you know?
1102
01:06:46,412 --> 01:06:49,123
Looked at these tests
a little harder before
1103
01:06:49,435 --> 01:06:51,208
just givin' the go-ahead.
1104
01:06:53,710 --> 01:06:57,047
You know, last summer I read
a book, "The Guns of August".
1105
01:06:58,090 --> 01:07:00,905
I wish every man on that
blockade line had read that book.
1106
01:07:01,114 --> 01:07:03,407
It's World War I, 13 million killed.
1107
01:07:03,512 --> 01:07:05,806
It was all because
the militaries of both alliances
1108
01:07:06,014 --> 01:07:07,474
believed they were so highly attuned
1109
01:07:07,683 --> 01:07:09,664
to one another's movements
and dispositions,
1110
01:07:09,768 --> 01:07:11,958
they could predict
one another's intentions,
1111
01:07:12,062 --> 01:07:13,730
but all their theories
were based on the last war,
1112
01:07:14,460 --> 01:07:16,337
and the world
and technology had changed,
1113
01:07:16,545 --> 01:07:18,735
and those lessons
were no longer valid,
1114
01:07:18,944 --> 01:07:21,759
but it was all they knew,
so the orders went out.
1115
01:07:22,489 --> 01:07:24,366
Couldn't be rescinded.
1116
01:07:27,494 --> 01:07:28,953
The man in the field,
his family at home,
1117
01:07:29,058 --> 01:07:32,082
they couldn't even tell you the reasons
why their lives were being destroyed.
1118
01:07:35,522 --> 01:07:37,504
But why couldn't they stop it?
1119
01:07:38,442 --> 01:07:40,319
What could they have done?
1120
01:07:40,944 --> 01:07:43,030
Here we are 50 years later.
1121
01:07:44,072 --> 01:07:46,888
If one of their ships
resists the inspection
1122
01:07:47,513 --> 01:07:50,746
and we shoot out its rudder and board,
1123
01:07:51,163 --> 01:07:54,395
they shoot down one
of our planes in response,
1124
01:07:55,125 --> 01:07:58,462
so we bomb their anti-aircraft sites.
In response to that...
1125
01:07:59,504 --> 01:08:01,485
They attack Berlin.
1126
01:08:03,675 --> 01:08:05,448
So we invade Cuba.
1127
01:08:08,471 --> 01:08:10,870
Then they fire their missiles.
1128
01:08:14,832 --> 01:08:16,709
And we fire ours.
1129
01:08:23,695 --> 01:08:26,719
Helen, I want you to keep
the kids close tomorrow.
1130
01:08:27,761 --> 01:08:30,055
I want you to leave the TV on.
1131
01:08:30,159 --> 01:08:31,619
I want you to sleep
with it on in the bedroom
1132
01:08:31,724 --> 01:08:35,686
until I call you and tell you
you can turn it off.
1133
01:08:35,894 --> 01:08:37,354
What's happened?
1134
01:08:38,188 --> 01:08:41,003
Nothing. Nothing you don't
already know about.
1135
01:08:41,108 --> 01:08:45,174
Just have the car
ready to go in case I call...
1136
01:08:45,487 --> 01:08:47,781
or the Civil Defense Warning comes on.
1137
01:08:48,719 --> 01:08:50,596
What happens to you?
1138
01:08:51,535 --> 01:08:53,724
I'm not leaving without you.
1139
01:08:55,288 --> 01:08:57,791
I'll be evacuated with the President.
1140
01:09:01,127 --> 01:09:02,587
Great.
1141
01:09:03,838 --> 01:09:05,090
Great.
1142
01:09:05,611 --> 01:09:08,531
And while you're under a rock
somewhere with the President,
1143
01:09:09,156 --> 01:09:11,867
what am I supposed to do
with our 5 children, Kenny?
1144
01:09:11,971 --> 01:09:14,682
Honey, we're not gonna
let it come to that.
1145
01:09:15,099 --> 01:09:16,246
I promise.
1146
01:09:17,498 --> 01:09:19,479
Jack and Bobby, they're...
1147
01:09:20,626 --> 01:09:22,503
They're smart guys.
1148
01:09:25,839 --> 01:09:27,612
You're smart, too.
1149
01:09:31,783 --> 01:09:33,659
Not like them.
1150
01:09:40,228 --> 01:09:41,584
Well, hi, Ken.
1151
01:09:47,527 --> 01:09:49,196
Helen just asked me
what sort of arrangements
1152
01:09:49,300 --> 01:09:51,177
we have for the families.
1153
01:09:51,594 --> 01:09:53,888
Yeah, I just checked that myself.
1154
01:09:54,096 --> 01:09:56,390
They're being issued identity cards,
1155
01:09:56,494 --> 01:09:58,684
and the call comes,
evacuation officers
1156
01:09:58,893 --> 01:10:01,395
meet them at
pre-arranged departure areas.
1157
01:10:01,499 --> 01:10:03,272
They go by helicopter
to Mount Weather.
1158
01:10:03,689 --> 01:10:05,357
We meet them there.
1159
01:10:09,945 --> 01:10:11,718
Of course, that's for morale.
1160
01:10:12,760 --> 01:10:15,576
Missiles only take
5 minutes to get here.
1161
01:10:19,329 --> 01:10:23,082
The President has asked Jackie and the
children to come back from the country
1162
01:10:23,083 --> 01:10:24,647
and be with him.
1163
01:10:26,628 --> 01:10:28,714
You know those pictures upstairs?
1164
01:10:29,131 --> 01:10:30,799
Pictures of Lincoln?
1165
01:10:32,572 --> 01:10:35,178
He looked so old near the end.
1166
01:10:36,847 --> 01:10:38,306
When we got here, I said,
1167
01:10:38,411 --> 01:10:40,600
"It's not gonna
happen to us."
1168
01:10:41,434 --> 01:10:43,311
We were too young.
1169
01:10:44,771 --> 01:10:46,544
Why don't you go home tonight?
1170
01:10:48,212 --> 01:10:49,776
Go on home.
1171
01:10:50,923 --> 01:10:54,051
No. It's too much trouble
to get the car.
1172
01:10:54,468 --> 01:10:56,762
Ken, we can get your car
in 15 minutes.
1173
01:10:57,700 --> 01:10:59,369
- No.
- Go ahead.
1174
01:10:59,994 --> 01:11:01,246
No.
1175
01:11:01,767 --> 01:11:03,331
I'll let her sleep.
1176
01:11:05,833 --> 01:11:07,085
I'll let 'em sleep.
1177
01:11:08,023 --> 01:11:11,360
It almost seemed today
as if time stood still.
1178
01:11:11,464 --> 01:11:13,236
The shooting hadn't started yet,
1179
01:11:13,341 --> 01:11:15,426
but there weren't any
really encouraging signs
1180
01:11:15,635 --> 01:11:16,677
that it could be avoided,
1181
01:11:17,512 --> 01:11:21,057
but worried, alarmed,
afraid, perhaps even,
1182
01:11:21,265 --> 01:11:23,038
the American public, nonetheless,
1183
01:11:23,142 --> 01:11:25,436
appeared determined and resolved.
1184
01:11:26,479 --> 01:11:28,147
This is Walter Cronkite.
1185
01:11:28,668 --> 01:11:30,024
Good night.
1186
01:12:11,002 --> 01:12:12,149
Paper?
1187
01:12:13,400 --> 01:12:16,215
- Yeah, thanks.
- Here you go, sir.
1188
01:13:16,066 --> 01:13:17,942
Gentlemen, can you hear me?
1189
01:13:18,672 --> 01:13:19,924
Yes, we can hear you fine.
1190
01:13:20,132 --> 01:13:22,426
I've got one minute
till 10:00 here.
1191
01:13:22,947 --> 01:13:25,554
The quarantine commences
in one minute.
1192
01:13:31,915 --> 01:13:33,270
And no sign of them stopping.
1193
01:13:49,849 --> 01:13:51,100
Sir.
1194
01:13:59,337 --> 01:14:01,110
Quarantine is now in effect.
1195
01:14:01,631 --> 01:14:03,508
And it looks like our first customers
1196
01:14:03,612 --> 01:14:06,011
are the Gagarin and Kimovsk.
1197
01:14:25,822 --> 01:14:28,324
Chief, I've got something
at zero-three-zero.
1198
01:14:29,680 --> 01:14:32,078
X.O., take a look at this.
1199
01:14:35,519 --> 01:14:37,291
New contact, Skipper.
1200
01:14:44,382 --> 01:14:45,633
What do we got?
1201
01:14:45,634 --> 01:14:46,988
A Russian sub.
1202
01:14:50,012 --> 01:14:51,368
General Quarters, General Quarters!
1203
01:14:51,472 --> 01:14:53,453
All hands man your battle stations!
1204
01:14:53,557 --> 01:14:54,704
General Quarters, General Quarters!
1205
01:14:54,809 --> 01:14:56,268
All hands, man your battle stations!
1206
01:14:56,373 --> 01:14:57,520
General Quarters, General Quarters!
1207
01:14:57,728 --> 01:15:00,231
All hands, man your battle stations!
1208
01:15:03,984 --> 01:15:07,112
Bracket 231 correlates to
our submarine at 9,000 yards.
1209
01:15:12,326 --> 01:15:14,515
It's protecting the freighters.
1210
01:15:23,900 --> 01:15:24,942
Bob, is there any way
1211
01:15:25,151 --> 01:15:27,445
we can avoid stopping
a submarine first?
1212
01:15:27,549 --> 01:15:29,425
I'm afraid not, Mr. President.
1213
01:15:29,426 --> 01:15:32,137
The sub has positioned itself between
the Pierce and the Soviet ships.
1214
01:15:32,763 --> 01:15:34,639
Admiral Anderson insists
it's too much of a risk
1215
01:15:34,744 --> 01:15:36,203
to proceed with stopping
the freighters.
1216
01:15:36,308 --> 01:15:38,914
The Pierce would be
a sitting duck for the sub.
1217
01:15:40,374 --> 01:15:42,251
- Put me through to the Pierce.
- Yes, sir.
1218
01:15:42,355 --> 01:15:44,023
Admiral Anderson!
1219
01:15:44,024 --> 01:15:46,735
The President wishes to speak directly
to the Captain of the Pierce.
1220
01:15:47,986 --> 01:15:49,237
Is that a problem?
1221
01:15:49,550 --> 01:15:51,114
No, it isn't, sir.
1222
01:15:52,157 --> 01:15:53,408
He's putting you through, sir.
1223
01:15:53,825 --> 01:15:56,119
Sir, I'm patching you
through to the bridge now.
1224
01:15:58,100 --> 01:15:59,247
This is the Captain of the Pierce.
1225
01:15:59,873 --> 01:16:01,124
Captain, this is
the President speaking.
1226
01:16:02,166 --> 01:16:03,313
Mr. President.
1227
01:16:03,418 --> 01:16:04,356
Is there any way
1228
01:16:04,460 --> 01:16:07,693
you can force that sub to the surface
without damaging it or yourself?
1229
01:16:08,005 --> 01:16:09,882
I can bring it up, Mr. President,
1230
01:16:09,987 --> 01:16:12,802
but whether it's damaged
or not is up to the sub.
1231
01:16:13,115 --> 01:16:14,887
Even if they do force it up,
1232
01:16:14,992 --> 01:16:17,807
that sub will be inspected
over the crew's dead bodies.
1233
01:16:17,911 --> 01:16:20,726
They'd be executed for
allowing it when they got home.
1234
01:16:33,447 --> 01:16:34,907
Captain, force the sub to the surface.
1235
01:16:35,011 --> 01:16:36,158
Yes, Mr. President.
1236
01:16:38,139 --> 01:16:40,850
- Prepare to fire torpedoes.
- Prepare to fire torpedoes. Aye, sir.
1237
01:16:40,955 --> 01:16:43,353
- Prepare to launch ASROC.
- Prepare to launch ASROC. Aye, sir.
1238
01:16:52,633 --> 01:16:53,884
Watch your fingers!
1239
01:16:53,988 --> 01:16:55,239
Watch your fingers.
1240
01:17:13,487 --> 01:17:14,738
What are they up to?
1241
01:17:17,136 --> 01:17:18,700
They're slowing down.
1242
01:17:27,250 --> 01:17:28,814
Mr. Secretary,
1243
01:17:29,440 --> 01:17:32,985
I'm receiving reports.
The Russian ships appear to be stopping.
1244
01:17:33,089 --> 01:17:33,923
Mr. President,
1245
01:17:34,132 --> 01:17:36,217
Reports are coming
in here to the Pentagon
1246
01:17:36,426 --> 01:17:38,303
that the ships appear to be stopping.
1247
01:17:38,407 --> 01:17:40,388
Captain, belay that order.
Belay that order!
1248
01:17:40,492 --> 01:17:41,222
Hold your fire!
1249
01:17:41,431 --> 01:17:43,516
- Bob, where's that coming from?
- One second, Mr. President.
1250
01:17:43,725 --> 01:17:46,436
Somebody find out what's going on.
1251
01:17:49,251 --> 01:17:51,441
Those ships are definitely stopping.
1252
01:17:53,526 --> 01:17:54,673
Some are turning around.
1253
01:17:57,697 --> 01:17:58,739
Are they stopping?
1254
01:17:58,844 --> 01:17:59,782
I don't know what
the hell they're doing.
1255
01:17:59,991 --> 01:18:02,806
Admiral. Admiral,
what's happening!
1256
01:18:02,910 --> 01:18:05,204
Yes, sir, they are stopping.
1257
01:18:06,247 --> 01:18:07,914
Mr. President,
1258
01:18:07,915 --> 01:18:09,896
reports are coming in from all around.
1259
01:18:10,000 --> 01:18:12,190
The ships are stopping.
1260
01:18:12,816 --> 01:18:14,588
Some are turning around.
1261
01:18:14,797 --> 01:18:17,195
Some are turning around.
1262
01:18:26,892 --> 01:18:28,039
We were eyeball to eyeball,
1263
01:18:28,143 --> 01:18:29,707
and I think
the other fella just blinked.
1264
01:18:47,329 --> 01:18:48,476
Yes, sir.
1265
01:18:48,789 --> 01:18:49,831
Yes, sir.
We have that information.
1266
01:18:49,936 --> 01:18:52,751
Mr. President.
Mr. President, sir.
1267
01:18:53,064 --> 01:18:55,253
We have the tally from NSA.
1268
01:18:55,358 --> 01:18:58,069
We have 20 ships stopping
and /or turning around.
1269
01:18:58,173 --> 01:19:00,675
6, however, appear to be
continuing for the line.
1270
01:19:04,638 --> 01:19:07,140
It's a, uh, it's a mistake.
1271
01:19:07,349 --> 01:19:10,372
They must not have gotten
their orders yet. I'd-let 'em go.
1272
01:19:10,477 --> 01:19:12,249
No. That's unlikely, Bobby.
1273
01:19:12,353 --> 01:19:13,813
We've been monitoring
the radio transmissions
1274
01:19:14,022 --> 01:19:16,211
from the Gagarin and the Kimovsk.
1275
01:19:16,316 --> 01:19:18,714
Their radios are working
just fine, Mr. President.
1276
01:19:18,818 --> 01:19:21,946
One ship, an accident maybe.
1277
01:19:22,155 --> 01:19:24,553
6, Mr. President?
This is intentional.
1278
01:19:24,657 --> 01:19:25,908
Mr. President, let 'em go.
1279
01:19:26,013 --> 01:19:27,160
Oh, you're still here, Bob?
1280
01:19:27,264 --> 01:19:29,141
4 of the 6 continuing ships
1281
01:19:29,245 --> 01:19:30,809
are still a day away from the line.
1282
01:19:31,122 --> 01:19:33,832
They've stopped the ones
we suspect have weapons aboard.
1283
01:19:33,833 --> 01:19:36,648
We'd look pretty bad shooting up
a freighter full of baby food.
1284
01:19:36,961 --> 01:19:38,734
We sure as shit would.
1285
01:19:40,715 --> 01:19:43,216
Captain, I want you to maintain
contact with those ships
1286
01:19:43,217 --> 01:19:46,554
and do nothing until I order
otherwise. Is that clear?
1287
01:19:46,658 --> 01:19:48,013
Yes, Mr. President.
1288
01:19:48,222 --> 01:19:49,578
Contact only.
1289
01:19:56,459 --> 01:19:58,649
At its beginning, this day looked
1290
01:19:58,753 --> 01:20:01,464
as though it might be
one of armed conflict
1291
01:20:01,568 --> 01:20:04,488
between Soviet vessels
and American warships
1292
01:20:04,592 --> 01:20:06,886
on the sea lanes leading to Cuba.
1293
01:20:06,990 --> 01:20:09,493
Find out how close
our exercises are coming
1294
01:20:09,597 --> 01:20:11,578
to their anti-ship missiles.
1295
01:20:36,707 --> 01:20:37,541
God damn it!
1296
01:20:37,646 --> 01:20:39,314
How the goddamn hell did this happen?
1297
01:20:39,315 --> 01:20:41,815
I'm gonna have Powers' head
on a platter...
1298
01:20:41,816 --> 01:20:43,485
Next to LeMay's.
1299
01:20:44,006 --> 01:20:46,613
Kenny, you hear me give the order
to go to DEFCON 2?
1300
01:20:47,030 --> 01:20:49,011
Because I remember giving the order
to go to DEFCON 3,
1301
01:20:49,115 --> 01:20:51,513
but I must be suffering from amnesia.
1302
01:20:52,452 --> 01:20:55,684
I've just been informed
our nuclear forces are at DEFCON 2.
1303
01:20:55,997 --> 01:20:57,457
They were limited, Mr. President.
1304
01:20:57,458 --> 01:20:59,959
- The orders were limited to our strategic forces...
- Max!
1305
01:21:00,168 --> 01:21:02,253
...in the continental United States.
1306
01:21:02,462 --> 01:21:03,921
General LeMay is correct.
1307
01:21:03,922 --> 01:21:06,424
Technically, SAC has
the statutory authority...
1308
01:21:06,632 --> 01:21:08,301
I have the authority!
1309
01:21:08,926 --> 01:21:10,803
I am the Commander in Chief
of the United States,
1310
01:21:10,908 --> 01:21:13,723
and I say when we go to war.
1311
01:21:15,183 --> 01:21:17,789
We're not at war, sir...
Not until DEFCON one.
1312
01:21:23,003 --> 01:21:25,817
General, the Joint Chiefs
1313
01:21:25,818 --> 01:21:28,946
have just signaled our intent
to escalate to the Soviets.
1314
01:21:29,467 --> 01:21:31,970
You signaled an escalation
which I had no wish to signal,
1315
01:21:32,074 --> 01:21:33,325
and which I did not approve.
1316
01:21:35,411 --> 01:21:37,496
Just get out of here, Max.
1317
01:21:37,600 --> 01:21:38,956
Yes, sir.
1318
01:21:47,506 --> 01:21:49,591
Rescind the order.
Can all the Chiefs.
1319
01:21:49,696 --> 01:21:51,677
Put Nitze, Gilpatrick and
the Under Secretaries in charge.
1320
01:21:51,781 --> 01:21:53,137
- Can't do that, Bobby.
- Yes, we can.
1321
01:21:53,241 --> 01:21:55,013
We can't fire the Chiefs, Bobby.
1322
01:21:55,222 --> 01:21:57,203
Our invasion talk
would look like a bluff.
1323
01:21:58,141 --> 01:22:00,540
Or even worse, that
there's been an attempted coup.
1324
01:22:04,502 --> 01:22:05,649
Jesus.
1325
01:22:13,469 --> 01:22:14,825
Kenny, give me...
1326
01:22:15,033 --> 01:22:16,389
a couple minutes
alone with Bobby, would you?
1327
01:22:28,067 --> 01:22:30,882
Just... Just try this on
for size.
1328
01:22:31,299 --> 01:22:32,863
We get a hold of Walter Lippmann,
1329
01:22:33,489 --> 01:22:35,366
And we leak the idea of
1330
01:22:35,574 --> 01:22:37,659
pulling our Jupiter missiles
out of Turkey,
1331
01:22:37,764 --> 01:22:40,475
and the Soviets pull
their missiles out of Cuba.
1332
01:22:42,143 --> 01:22:43,394
Act through the U.N.!
1333
01:22:43,603 --> 01:22:44,958
K and K must talk!
1334
01:22:45,167 --> 01:22:46,939
End the arms race, not the human race!
1335
01:22:57,783 --> 01:22:58,825
Kenny.
1336
01:22:58,826 --> 01:22:59,556
Mac.
1337
01:22:59,660 --> 01:23:01,641
What did you think of
the Lippmann column this morning?
1338
01:23:01,746 --> 01:23:02,893
I think it's a bad idea.
1339
01:23:02,997 --> 01:23:04,769
Thank God. Look,
everybody's furious about it.
1340
01:23:04,874 --> 01:23:07,375
We trade away our missiles in Turkey,
and we're dead, politically.
1341
01:23:07,376 --> 01:23:08,419
You've got to stop it.
1342
01:23:08,627 --> 01:23:10,921
We know it was Jack and Bobby's idea.
They leaked it to Lippmann.
1343
01:23:11,130 --> 01:23:12,798
The military guys are going ape...
1344
01:23:13,007 --> 01:23:13,737
Then they should speak up.
1345
01:23:13,945 --> 01:23:15,926
Christ, Ken, it's not that easy.
1346
01:23:16,031 --> 01:23:17,073
- It is.
- No, it isn't.
1347
01:23:17,178 --> 01:23:18,427
They don't trust the people
who feel this way,
1348
01:23:18,428 --> 01:23:20,512
but these people are right,
and the Kennedys are wrong.
1349
01:23:20,513 --> 01:23:21,870
We need you to talk to them.
1350
01:23:21,974 --> 01:23:23,017
They'll listen to you.
1351
01:23:23,225 --> 01:23:24,998
Jack and Bobby are good men,
but it takes a certain...
1352
01:23:25,102 --> 01:23:27,292
You mean the President
of the United States?
1353
01:23:27,396 --> 01:23:28,230
And the Attorney General?
1354
01:23:28,334 --> 01:23:30,107
Kenny, they are good men,
but it takes a certain character,
1355
01:23:30,211 --> 01:23:31,879
moral toughness,
to stand up to the Soviets.
1356
01:23:31,984 --> 01:23:33,339
You listen to me.
1357
01:23:33,756 --> 01:23:36,676
You're in the White House
right now because of the Kennedys.
1358
01:23:36,884 --> 01:23:39,700
Now, they may be wrong,
they make mistakes,
1359
01:23:39,804 --> 01:23:41,785
but they are not weak.
1360
01:23:41,889 --> 01:23:44,287
The weak ones are these people who
can't seem to speak their own minds.
1361
01:23:44,392 --> 01:23:45,434
You know I don't mean
that they're weak.
1362
01:23:45,643 --> 01:23:47,416
No, they just lack a moral toughness.
1363
01:23:48,041 --> 01:23:50,127
Jesus Christ, Mac.
1364
01:23:51,586 --> 01:23:54,923
You... You think I'll
play your Judas for you?
1365
01:23:55,549 --> 01:23:56,904
You've never understood us, your kind.
1366
01:23:57,008 --> 01:23:59,510
We've been fighting
with each other our whole lives,
1367
01:23:59,511 --> 01:24:00,971
but nobody plays us off each other,
1368
01:24:01,075 --> 01:24:04,307
and nobody ever, ever gets between us!
1369
01:24:05,663 --> 01:24:07,748
It's a goddamn trial balloon, Kenny.
1370
01:24:08,061 --> 01:24:10,355
Well, then somebody
better publicly deny it,
1371
01:24:10,459 --> 01:24:13,066
'cause there's only one way
the world's gonna read this.
1372
01:24:13,170 --> 01:24:16,194
We sell out one of our friends
for our own safety.
1373
01:24:19,113 --> 01:24:20,677
Exactly.
1374
01:24:21,824 --> 01:24:24,327
Jesus Christ, they're just killing us.
1375
01:24:24,744 --> 01:24:28,081
...and enter into negotiations
1376
01:24:28,289 --> 01:24:31,000
in order to normalize
this confrontation
1377
01:24:31,104 --> 01:24:33,294
and avert the threat of a World War.
1378
01:24:33,398 --> 01:24:35,588
What is it that Sun Tzu says?
1379
01:24:37,778 --> 01:24:41,010
War's a moral contest, and they're won in
the temples before they're ever fought.
1380
01:24:41,218 --> 01:24:43,721
...this enormous danger
for all mankind
1381
01:24:45,389 --> 01:24:48,205
which exist at this moment...
1382
01:24:48,309 --> 01:24:51,020
It's right here. It's right here.
This is where we turn it around.
1383
01:24:51,228 --> 01:24:52,167
You call Adlai,
1384
01:24:52,375 --> 01:24:53,939
you tell him to stick it
to this son of a bitch.
1385
01:24:54,044 --> 01:24:57,380
...diplomatic resolution.
1386
01:24:58,840 --> 01:25:02,177
The U.S. believes that
with their economic boycott,
1387
01:25:02,489 --> 01:25:04,366
by pressuring other countries
1388
01:25:04,471 --> 01:25:06,452
to cease trade with Cuba,
1389
01:25:07,077 --> 01:25:09,475
we would surrender due to hunger.
1390
01:25:09,580 --> 01:25:11,769
How does it feel,
Mr. President,
1391
01:25:12,395 --> 01:25:14,689
to be this heroic
1392
01:25:15,002 --> 01:25:17,713
and force a country to surrender...
1393
01:25:17,921 --> 01:25:18,964
Am I still on hold here?
1394
01:25:19,277 --> 01:25:20,424
They're trying to find him right now.
1395
01:25:20,841 --> 01:25:23,552
Ken, Adlai's too weak.
1396
01:25:23,656 --> 01:25:25,950
We have to convince Jack to
pull him. Get McCloy in there.
1397
01:25:26,054 --> 01:25:27,827
You can't take him out
this late in the game, Bobby.
1398
01:25:27,931 --> 01:25:30,016
Zorin will eat him alive.
1399
01:25:30,329 --> 01:25:31,998
Then talk to your brother,
god damn it.
1400
01:25:32,727 --> 01:25:35,334
The two of you don't need
my advice to get into trouble.
1401
01:25:35,438 --> 01:25:37,107
What's gotten into you?
1402
01:25:41,590 --> 01:25:43,259
Are you still sore about
this Lippmann thing?
1403
01:25:43,363 --> 01:25:45,135
That's something your father
would have done right there.
1404
01:25:50,975 --> 01:25:51,809
My father?
1405
01:25:53,477 --> 01:25:55,145
I'm just trying to make a point.
1406
01:25:55,250 --> 01:25:57,752
This idea is that fucking bad.
1407
01:26:00,880 --> 01:26:03,695
Adlai can handle Zorin.
He knows the inning, he knows the score.
1408
01:26:03,800 --> 01:26:04,634
He better,
1409
01:26:05,677 --> 01:26:08,075
because nobody believes
he's up to this...
1410
01:26:08,492 --> 01:26:09,430
Nobody.
1411
01:26:12,037 --> 01:26:13,080
Yes?
1412
01:26:13,184 --> 01:26:14,227
- Adlai?
- Yes.
1413
01:26:14,228 --> 01:26:15,999
It's Ken. How you doing?
1414
01:26:16,103 --> 01:26:18,502
I'm busy, Ken.
What do you need?
1415
01:26:18,606 --> 01:26:20,691
The President told me
to pass a word to you.
1416
01:26:20,796 --> 01:26:21,734
Stick it to them.
1417
01:26:22,047 --> 01:26:24,132
Cuba together...
1418
01:26:24,236 --> 01:26:27,573
I hear you.
I'm glad it's you calling.
1419
01:26:27,990 --> 01:26:29,450
I... I thought
it would be Bobby.
1420
01:26:29,763 --> 01:26:32,369
Adlai, the world has
to know we're right.
1421
01:26:33,308 --> 01:26:34,872
If we're gonna have a chance
at a political solution,
1422
01:26:35,080 --> 01:26:36,957
we need international pressure.
1423
01:26:38,417 --> 01:26:40,294
You got to be tough, Adlai.
1424
01:26:41,128 --> 01:26:42,379
You need to find it, Buddy.
1425
01:26:43,422 --> 01:26:44,986
Well, if they're still sticking
1426
01:26:45,090 --> 01:26:46,863
to their stonewalling strategy,
1427
01:26:46,967 --> 01:26:48,427
I'll get them.
1428
01:26:48,844 --> 01:26:50,512
I'm an old political cat, Kenny...
1429
01:26:51,764 --> 01:26:53,849
But I've got one life left.
1430
01:26:53,953 --> 01:26:54,996
I know you do.
1431
01:26:55,726 --> 01:26:56,873
See you, Ken.
1432
01:26:56,977 --> 01:27:00,835
We'll be able to find together
a proper...
1433
01:27:00,939 --> 01:27:02,399
Bobby.
1434
01:27:15,328 --> 01:27:16,892
We call upon the world
1435
01:27:16,997 --> 01:27:20,229
to condemn this purely
American provocation.
1436
01:27:21,584 --> 01:27:24,504
We, the people of Romania,
1437
01:27:24,713 --> 01:27:26,798
are standing in solidarity
1438
01:27:27,006 --> 01:27:31,282
with the people of the Republic
of Cuba and the revolution
1439
01:27:31,594 --> 01:27:35,244
in the face of this
American threat to world peace.
1440
01:27:35,974 --> 01:27:37,850
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
1441
01:27:44,837 --> 01:27:48,590
We're very glad that you could
join us, Mr. Stevenson.
1442
01:27:52,448 --> 01:27:53,907
For the last 2 hours,
1443
01:27:53,908 --> 01:27:58,600
the entire world here
is asking only questions.
1444
01:28:00,685 --> 01:28:04,231
The United States
is pushing the entire world
1445
01:28:04,335 --> 01:28:06,837
to the brink of catastrophe.
1446
01:28:09,444 --> 01:28:12,572
The people of the whole world
want to know why.
1447
01:28:16,222 --> 01:28:18,724
We are told again and again
1448
01:28:18,828 --> 01:28:21,435
about some incontrovertible evidence
1449
01:28:21,539 --> 01:28:25,189
of offensive weapons in Cuba...
1450
01:28:26,961 --> 01:28:32,383
But no evidence can be shown to us.
1451
01:28:36,346 --> 01:28:39,578
Perhaps your spy planes are so secret
1452
01:28:39,995 --> 01:28:42,289
that you are simply incapable
1453
01:28:42,393 --> 01:28:46,355
to present such evidence.
Some planes.
1454
01:28:46,460 --> 01:28:48,962
I make the call,
Adlai is out. McCloy goes in.
1455
01:28:49,066 --> 01:28:50,213
Let's just hope
it doesn't come to that.
1456
01:28:50,422 --> 01:28:53,133
...simply don't have
such evidence.
1457
01:28:59,806 --> 01:29:03,768
Perhaps the United States
of America is simply mistaken.
1458
01:29:09,190 --> 01:29:11,067
Yes, the United States of America
1459
01:29:11,171 --> 01:29:14,821
does not have any facts in hands,
only falsifications.
1460
01:29:16,698 --> 01:29:18,157
John, get ready to send
your staffer in.
1461
01:29:18,262 --> 01:29:19,617
He's gonna be coming out.
1462
01:29:22,120 --> 01:29:26,708
The Chair recognizes the representative
from the United States of America.
1463
01:29:29,001 --> 01:29:32,234
Well, let me say something
to you, Mr. Ambassador.
1464
01:29:33,068 --> 01:29:34,632
We do have the evidence.
1465
01:29:34,841 --> 01:29:38,698
We do have it, and it is clear
and incontrovertible.
1466
01:29:38,803 --> 01:29:41,097
And let me say something else.
1467
01:29:41,305 --> 01:29:44,329
Those weapons
must be taken out of Cuba.
1468
01:29:44,433 --> 01:29:46,517
You, the Soviet Union,
have created this new danger...
1469
01:29:46,518 --> 01:29:47,666
Come on, Adlai.
1470
01:29:47,770 --> 01:29:49,647
Not the United States.
1471
01:29:50,689 --> 01:29:52,879
Mr. Zorin, I remind you
that the other day
1472
01:29:52,983 --> 01:29:55,694
you did not deny
the existence of these weapons,
1473
01:29:55,799 --> 01:29:59,344
but today, again,
if I have heard you correctly,
1474
01:29:59,969 --> 01:30:02,576
you now say they do not exist.
1475
01:30:09,041 --> 01:30:11,335
All right, sir, let me
ask you one simple question.
1476
01:30:11,439 --> 01:30:13,524
Come on, Adlai, don't let him off.
1477
01:30:14,359 --> 01:30:15,922
Do you, Ambassador Zorin,
1478
01:30:15,923 --> 01:30:19,363
deny that the USSR
has placed and is placing
1479
01:30:19,468 --> 01:30:23,534
medium and intermediate-range
missiles in sites in Cuba?
1480
01:30:23,639 --> 01:30:24,681
Yes or no?
1481
01:30:24,785 --> 01:30:26,245
Don't wait for the translation.
1482
01:30:26,454 --> 01:30:27,601
Yes or no?
1483
01:30:27,809 --> 01:30:28,956
Yeah.
1484
01:30:36,359 --> 01:30:39,279
I am not in the American courtroom,
1485
01:30:39,905 --> 01:30:44,075
and I do not wish to respond
to questions...
1486
01:30:45,639 --> 01:30:50,853
questions that a prosecutor
would put to the defendant.
1487
01:30:50,957 --> 01:30:51,895
You will get...
1488
01:30:52,834 --> 01:30:54,919
all the answers to your questions
1489
01:30:55,024 --> 01:30:57,212
as this session progresses.
1490
01:30:57,213 --> 01:30:59,924
You are in a courtroom
of world opinion right now,
1491
01:31:00,028 --> 01:31:02,218
and you can answer yes or no.
1492
01:31:02,322 --> 01:31:06,806
You have denied they exist, and I want to
know if I have understood you correctly.
1493
01:31:10,038 --> 01:31:12,958
Continue...
Continue your statement.
1494
01:31:13,062 --> 01:31:15,147
You will get your answers
in due course.
1495
01:31:15,356 --> 01:31:17,650
Don't worry. Don't worry.
1496
01:31:21,404 --> 01:31:24,845
I'm prepared to wait for my answer
until Hell freezes over,
1497
01:31:24,949 --> 01:31:26,721
if that's what is needed.
1498
01:31:30,788 --> 01:31:31,935
John, I'll get back to you.
1499
01:31:32,039 --> 01:31:34,646
I'm also prepared to present
the evidence in this room
1500
01:31:35,063 --> 01:31:36,627
proving that the Soviet Union
1501
01:31:36,835 --> 01:31:38,504
has lied to the world.
1502
01:31:45,490 --> 01:31:48,722
If you have decided not
to continue your statement,
1503
01:31:48,826 --> 01:31:53,100
the Chair recognizes
the representative from Chile.
1504
01:31:53,101 --> 01:31:54,874
I yield my time on the floor
1505
01:31:54,978 --> 01:31:56,959
to the representative
of the United States.
1506
01:31:58,732 --> 01:32:00,922
Well, then, ladies and gentlemen,
1507
01:32:01,026 --> 01:32:03,528
since it appears we're going
to be here for a while,
1508
01:32:04,154 --> 01:32:07,699
shall we have a look at what
the Soviets are doing in Cuba?
1509
01:32:08,325 --> 01:32:10,619
May we have the presentation, please?
1510
01:32:11,244 --> 01:32:14,164
Ladies and gentlemen, if you will
observe in photograph "A"...
1511
01:32:14,789 --> 01:32:16,249
Yeah. Yeah.
1512
01:32:17,918 --> 01:32:19,794
...taken approximately
August 29...
1513
01:32:19,899 --> 01:32:21,463
Old Adlai had it in him after all.
1514
01:32:21,567 --> 01:32:23,757
Zorin must not have
gotten instructions.
1515
01:32:23,861 --> 01:32:25,842
Somebody in their Foreign Ministry
is blowing it big time.
1516
01:32:25,946 --> 01:32:29,491
In photograph "B", we have October 14th.
The photograph taken then...
1517
01:32:29,596 --> 01:32:30,430
Mr. President.
1518
01:32:30,534 --> 01:32:32,307
There are at least 3 missile sites
being constructed.
1519
01:32:32,515 --> 01:32:33,662
There are bunkers...
1520
01:32:33,871 --> 01:32:35,748
The ship is called the Grozny.
1521
01:32:37,520 --> 01:32:39,397
We lost track of it
yesterday at nightfall.
1522
01:32:40,544 --> 01:32:43,881
We thought we gave it plenty of room
when we moved the quarantine line back.
1523
01:32:44,610 --> 01:32:46,592
We just reacquired it.
1524
01:32:47,113 --> 01:32:48,468
It crossed the line hours ago.
1525
01:32:48,573 --> 01:32:50,971
Well, how the hell do you
lose a goddamn tanker?
1526
01:32:51,075 --> 01:32:52,848
What the hell's going on over there?
1527
01:33:04,734 --> 01:33:06,298
Hail 'em again.
1528
01:33:08,071 --> 01:33:10,261
I want you to try 'em again.
1529
01:33:19,124 --> 01:33:20,271
We are kidding ourselves.
1530
01:33:20,375 --> 01:33:22,356
New coordinates for the Pierce.
1531
01:33:23,920 --> 01:33:26,318
Pierce coordinates,
25 degrees, 30 minutes north,
1532
01:33:26,422 --> 01:33:28,612
78 degrees, 10 minutes west.
1533
01:33:48,945 --> 01:33:50,092
Not responding, Chief.
1534
01:33:50,196 --> 01:33:51,447
Tell the Skipper.
1535
01:33:52,385 --> 01:33:53,428
They're not responding, sir.
1536
01:33:53,741 --> 01:33:55,305
General Quarters, General Quarters!
1537
01:33:55,514 --> 01:33:57,182
All hands, man your battle stations.
1538
01:33:57,286 --> 01:33:59,789
All hands, man your battle stations.
1539
01:34:10,737 --> 01:34:12,718
Very well. Load your guns.
1540
01:34:12,822 --> 01:34:13,969
Guns are loaded, sir.
1541
01:34:15,325 --> 01:34:16,472
What was that, Admiral?
1542
01:34:16,784 --> 01:34:19,600
We've been hailing the Grozny
for the last hour, Mr. Secretary.
1543
01:34:20,121 --> 01:34:21,998
The Grozny refuses to stop.
1544
01:34:22,206 --> 01:34:22,936
What are you doing?
1545
01:34:24,396 --> 01:34:26,273
Carrying out our mission,
Mr. Secretary.
1546
01:34:26,377 --> 01:34:28,045
Now, if you don't mind,
we're very busy right now.
1547
01:34:28,150 --> 01:34:29,505
We need to be able to do our jobs.
1548
01:34:29,506 --> 01:34:32,738
Admiral, I asked you a question.
1549
01:34:33,050 --> 01:34:36,283
We're going to follow
the rules of engagement...
1550
01:34:36,387 --> 01:34:39,724
The rules of engagement which the
President has approved and signed
1551
01:34:39,828 --> 01:34:42,539
in his order of 23 October.
1552
01:34:43,582 --> 01:34:44,833
Yes.
1553
01:34:45,876 --> 01:34:47,544
Yes, you may proceed, Captain.
1554
01:34:47,857 --> 01:34:49,733
- Clear your guns.
- What?
1555
01:34:52,966 --> 01:34:53,904
Damn it!
1556
01:34:54,113 --> 01:34:55,260
- Stop that firing!
- What?
1557
01:34:55,364 --> 01:34:57,137
Stop that firing!
1558
01:34:57,554 --> 01:34:59,326
Cease fire. Cease fire!
1559
01:34:59,431 --> 01:35:00,473
God help us.
1560
01:35:03,966 --> 01:35:06,052
- The ship was firing star shells.
- What?
1561
01:35:06,260 --> 01:35:08,554
Star shells! Flares,
Mr. Secretary.
1562
01:35:08,763 --> 01:35:11,056
God damn it! I've got
a job to do here.
1563
01:35:11,057 --> 01:35:13,558
Now, you've been camped out
out there since Monday night.
1564
01:35:13,559 --> 01:35:16,166
You're tired, you're exhausted,
and you're making mistakes.
1565
01:35:16,374 --> 01:35:18,981
You interfere with me and
you will get some of my men killed,
1566
01:35:19,085 --> 01:35:21,379
and I will not allow that!
1567
01:35:21,692 --> 01:35:23,360
Star shells.
1568
01:35:23,569 --> 01:35:25,967
Get out of our way,
Mr. Secretary.
1569
01:35:26,071 --> 01:35:27,427
The Navy's been running blockades
1570
01:35:27,531 --> 01:35:29,512
since the days of John Paul Jones.
1571
01:35:29,721 --> 01:35:31,076
I believe the President made it clear
1572
01:35:31,180 --> 01:35:34,517
that there will be no firing on ships
without his express permission.
1573
01:35:34,726 --> 01:35:37,332
With all due respect,
Mr. Secretary,
1574
01:35:37,437 --> 01:35:39,313
we were not firing on that ship.
1575
01:35:39,418 --> 01:35:40,565
What the hell was that?
1576
01:35:40,669 --> 01:35:42,962
Firing on a ship
means attacking a ship.
1577
01:35:42,963 --> 01:35:45,047
We were not attacking that ship.
1578
01:35:45,048 --> 01:35:47,029
We were firing over it.
1579
01:35:47,134 --> 01:35:50,262
That was not the President's
intention when he gave that order.
1580
01:35:50,470 --> 01:35:52,763
What if the Soviets
don't see the distinction?
1581
01:35:52,764 --> 01:35:55,475
What if they make
the same mistake I just made?
1582
01:35:56,205 --> 01:35:59,437
There will be no firing anything
near any Soviet ships
1583
01:35:59,646 --> 01:36:01,106
without my express permission.
1584
01:36:01,314 --> 01:36:03,087
Now is that understood, Admiral?
1585
01:36:04,442 --> 01:36:05,381
Is it?!
1586
01:36:08,092 --> 01:36:09,447
Yes, sir.
1587
01:36:09,656 --> 01:36:11,428
And I will only issue
such instructions
1588
01:36:11,533 --> 01:36:13,618
when ordered to by the President.
1589
01:36:16,433 --> 01:36:18,414
John Paul Jones!
1590
01:36:19,249 --> 01:36:21,543
You don't understand a thing,
do you, Admiral?
1591
01:36:21,751 --> 01:36:23,836
This isn't a blockade!
1592
01:36:23,941 --> 01:36:27,277
This is language...
A new vocabulary
1593
01:36:27,382 --> 01:36:29,676
the likes of which the world
has never seen.
1594
01:36:29,780 --> 01:36:31,552
This is President Kennedy
1595
01:36:31,761 --> 01:36:34,889
communicating
with Secretary Khrushchev.
1596
01:36:47,193 --> 01:36:49,278
Well, who the hell
authorized this missile test?
1597
01:36:49,382 --> 01:36:50,634
Who do you think?
1598
01:36:50,738 --> 01:36:52,823
God knows what this is gonna
communicate to the Soviets.
1599
01:36:52,928 --> 01:36:54,804
Communicate with the Soviets?
1600
01:36:55,117 --> 01:36:57,098
We can't communicate
with the Pentagon,
1601
01:36:57,203 --> 01:36:59,288
and it's just across
the goddamn river.
1602
01:36:59,392 --> 01:37:01,269
LeMay must think you're afraid of him.
1603
01:37:01,686 --> 01:37:03,667
I'm not taking that bait.
1604
01:37:04,084 --> 01:37:05,753
The right move here is to move on.
1605
01:37:09,819 --> 01:37:12,530
The United States Destroyer
Joseph P. Kennedy...
1606
01:37:17,639 --> 01:37:18,682
This is the point
1607
01:37:18,786 --> 01:37:20,872
at which we are concerned
1608
01:37:20,976 --> 01:37:23,374
that there might be shooting
1609
01:37:23,478 --> 01:37:25,042
among the ships at sea,
1610
01:37:25,147 --> 01:37:27,962
the possibility that invasion
might have to be undertaken
1611
01:37:28,066 --> 01:37:30,777
to assure that those bases
are eliminated.
1612
01:37:30,882 --> 01:37:32,863
If invasion is undertaken,
1613
01:37:32,967 --> 01:37:35,157
the Russians have said
that they would retaliate
1614
01:37:35,261 --> 01:37:37,033
with rocket fire.
1615
01:37:37,138 --> 01:37:39,119
We have said if there's
rocket fire from Cuba,
1616
01:37:39,223 --> 01:37:40,161
we will retaliate,
1617
01:37:40,370 --> 01:37:43,498
and there goes the whole ballgame.
1618
01:37:43,602 --> 01:37:44,541
Kenny.
1619
01:37:45,062 --> 01:37:46,418
What's this?
1620
01:37:46,835 --> 01:37:48,399
Can anyone just walk in here now?
1621
01:37:48,503 --> 01:37:50,067
Ken, don't worry. I'm not
here to do an interview.
1622
01:37:50,171 --> 01:37:52,361
Well, if you're looking for a cup of
sugar, John, you got the wrong door.
1623
01:37:52,465 --> 01:37:55,593
Kenny, we need to see the President.
1624
01:37:55,698 --> 01:37:56,845
Something's happened.
1625
01:37:56,846 --> 01:37:59,556
The point of the crisis...
This is the point at which...
1626
01:37:59,660 --> 01:38:02,267
I have lunch with him,
maybe once a month.
1627
01:38:02,684 --> 01:38:04,873
The way he talks, he acts like
he knows Khrushchev personally,
1628
01:38:04,978 --> 01:38:07,271
but he's never elaborated.
1629
01:38:08,001 --> 01:38:10,087
I've used him as a source
in a couple of stories.
1630
01:38:10,295 --> 01:38:12,381
The FBI has identified
this Alexander Fomin
1631
01:38:12,485 --> 01:38:14,570
as the Soviet resident,
1632
01:38:14,675 --> 01:38:18,324
um, the KGB equivalent
of one of our Station Chiefs.
1633
01:38:18,533 --> 01:38:21,035
He's their highest-ranking
spy in this country,
1634
01:38:21,139 --> 01:38:22,912
and he knows John's a friend of mine.
1635
01:38:23,016 --> 01:38:25,623
All the trademarks of
a back-channel overture.
1636
01:38:25,727 --> 01:38:28,334
Yeah. Some back channel.
1637
01:38:28,438 --> 01:38:31,983
ABC News guy, my goddamn
next-door neighbor.
1638
01:38:34,277 --> 01:38:35,841
So they'll remove the missiles,
1639
01:38:36,258 --> 01:38:39,178
and we'll pledge not to
invade Cuba or destabilize Castro
1640
01:38:39,282 --> 01:38:41,472
or assist anyone
who plans in doing so.
1641
01:38:45,851 --> 01:38:48,979
I think this may be our
first real message from Khrushchev.
1642
01:38:49,083 --> 01:38:51,065
The alternative,
Mr. President, is that
1643
01:38:51,169 --> 01:38:53,150
this could be a trap.
1644
01:38:53,358 --> 01:38:55,131
Mm-hmm.
And how is that exactly?
1645
01:38:55,652 --> 01:38:57,529
Dangle a settlement.
1646
01:38:57,633 --> 01:38:59,615
Tie us down in negotiation.
We come up short.
1647
01:39:01,074 --> 01:39:03,368
Why else would they
approach us this way?
1648
01:39:03,473 --> 01:39:04,515
It's deniable.
1649
01:39:04,932 --> 01:39:06,809
The Soviets have done
nothing but lie to us.
1650
01:39:06,913 --> 01:39:08,060
This could just be more of the same.
1651
01:39:08,165 --> 01:39:10,980
That may be why Khrushchev's
introducing this guy.
1652
01:39:11,606 --> 01:39:13,899
We've been burned by his usual
players in the formal channels,
1653
01:39:14,004 --> 01:39:17,339
so he brings in an honest broker.
1654
01:39:17,340 --> 01:39:19,113
That may be what
they want us to think.
1655
01:39:19,843 --> 01:39:20,886
The truth is, Mr. President,
1656
01:39:21,094 --> 01:39:23,805
we don't even really know
who Fomin speaks for.
1657
01:39:24,118 --> 01:39:25,369
It could be Khrushchev.
1658
01:39:25,473 --> 01:39:27,350
It could be some faction
of the Politburo
1659
01:39:27,351 --> 01:39:30,583
or the KGB itself.
We just don't know.
1660
01:39:30,895 --> 01:39:33,502
Oh, by the way, Scali,
your activities now fall under
1661
01:39:33,606 --> 01:39:36,422
the secrecy codicils
of the National Security Act.
1662
01:39:36,526 --> 01:39:39,133
Sorry, John. No Pulitzer.
1663
01:39:41,218 --> 01:39:43,408
Mr. President,
we haven't much time.
1664
01:39:43,720 --> 01:39:46,014
I'm scheduled to meet
with him again in 31/2 hours.
1665
01:39:46,744 --> 01:39:48,830
So it seems
the question of the day is,
1666
01:39:48,934 --> 01:39:50,811
is the offer legitimate?
1667
01:39:51,749 --> 01:39:53,313
And if it is...
1668
01:39:53,418 --> 01:39:55,190
Well, if it is,
we can't afford to ignore it.
1669
01:39:57,275 --> 01:39:58,840
So, John...
1670
01:39:59,882 --> 01:40:01,759
We'll have instructions for you
1671
01:40:01,968 --> 01:40:03,843
in a couple of hours.
1672
01:40:03,844 --> 01:40:05,096
Thank you.
1673
01:40:07,285 --> 01:40:08,641
Thank you, John.
1674
01:40:10,622 --> 01:40:13,854
Sir, we don't have much time to
play out back-channel communiqu�s.
1675
01:40:18,963 --> 01:40:20,110
Kenny.
1676
01:40:23,134 --> 01:40:25,428
I need you to get over
to your old stomping grounds
1677
01:40:25,532 --> 01:40:27,826
and go through everything
the FBI has on Fomin,
1678
01:40:28,243 --> 01:40:30,225
And I need your best call...
Is the guy legit,
1679
01:40:30,329 --> 01:40:31,789
and is he speaking for Khrushchev?
1680
01:40:32,727 --> 01:40:36,794
OK, so what we got here is this guy
Alexander Feklisov, aka Alexander Fomin,
1681
01:40:36,898 --> 01:40:38,983
declared Counsel
to the Soviet Embassy,
1682
01:40:39,087 --> 01:40:42,007
but in reality the KGB Papa spy.
1683
01:40:43,258 --> 01:40:46,178
An illustrious tour of duty
during the Great Patriotic War
1684
01:40:46,282 --> 01:40:48,367
gets him on the Party fast track.
1685
01:40:48,472 --> 01:40:51,495
Various tours of duty in KGB.
1686
01:40:51,913 --> 01:40:53,998
American postings.
He's an expert on us,
1687
01:40:54,102 --> 01:40:57,022
and that is all that
we got on Papa spy.
1688
01:41:00,984 --> 01:41:03,903
How do you become the KGB
top spy in the United States?
1689
01:41:04,321 --> 01:41:05,780
You gotta know someone.
1690
01:41:06,927 --> 01:41:08,804
You gotta know someone.
1691
01:41:10,160 --> 01:41:12,558
So, politics is politics.
1692
01:41:24,549 --> 01:41:26,217
Walter, get me Khrushchev's files.
1693
01:41:27,260 --> 01:41:28,198
Pass me that.
1694
01:41:28,302 --> 01:41:31,326
I want to see their career
chronology side by side.
1695
01:41:32,578 --> 01:41:35,289
- We know they're not related, right?
- Right.
1696
01:41:35,393 --> 01:41:37,791
They're not from the same hometown.
1697
01:41:37,895 --> 01:41:39,146
They went to different schools.
1698
01:41:39,147 --> 01:41:40,398
Right.
1699
01:41:41,440 --> 01:41:43,422
So if they were gonna meet,
1700
01:41:43,839 --> 01:41:45,611
they should have met here.
1701
01:41:45,715 --> 01:41:46,758
I think they could have met.
1702
01:41:46,862 --> 01:41:48,322
They couldn't have.
1703
01:41:48,635 --> 01:41:51,659
He was an engineer stationed outside
of Moscow at the end of '41.
1704
01:41:54,057 --> 01:41:55,517
That's it.
1705
01:41:56,455 --> 01:41:59,479
They know each other.
They're war buddies.
1706
01:41:59,583 --> 01:42:01,043
That's pretty thin, Kenny.
1707
01:42:01,252 --> 01:42:03,754
Well, real life usually is, Walter.
1708
01:42:05,839 --> 01:42:07,508
They know each other, Jack.
1709
01:42:07,716 --> 01:42:09,489
Khrushchev and Fomin were war buddies.
1710
01:42:09,593 --> 01:42:10,532
You sure?
1711
01:42:10,636 --> 01:42:12,096
Don't take it to court, but we've got
1712
01:42:12,200 --> 01:42:13,764
good circumstantial evidence.
1713
01:42:13,868 --> 01:42:16,683
Well, you're there. I mean, what's your instinct?
I gotta move on this.
1714
01:42:20,020 --> 01:42:21,584
My gut's telling me
that Khrushchev's turning
1715
01:42:21,688 --> 01:42:24,087
to a trusted old friend
to carry his message.
1716
01:42:26,485 --> 01:42:27,736
OK. We're going.
1717
01:42:30,238 --> 01:42:31,490
I've been instructed to tell you
1718
01:42:31,594 --> 01:42:33,888
that the American Government
would respond favorably
1719
01:42:33,992 --> 01:42:36,807
to an offer along the lines
that you have discussed.
1720
01:42:37,224 --> 01:42:40,248
If such a solution were raised
at the U.N. by Ambassador Zorin,
1721
01:42:40,665 --> 01:42:44,106
he would find a favorable reply
from Ambassador Stevenson.
1722
01:42:44,732 --> 01:42:47,026
So, I understand you correctly.
1723
01:42:48,173 --> 01:42:51,718
If the missiles in Cuba
were dismantled,
1724
01:42:51,822 --> 01:42:53,803
returned to the Soviet Union
1725
01:42:53,907 --> 01:42:56,618
and a guarantee was made
not to reintroduce them,
1726
01:42:56,723 --> 01:42:58,600
the United States would be prepared
1727
01:42:58,704 --> 01:43:01,935
to guarantee that
it would never invade Cuba?
1728
01:43:01,936 --> 01:43:03,605
That is correct.
1729
01:43:03,813 --> 01:43:05,481
And this is from
the Highest Authority?
1730
01:43:05,586 --> 01:43:06,941
Yes, the Highest Authority.
1731
01:43:08,818 --> 01:43:10,382
There are 2 conditions.
1732
01:43:10,486 --> 01:43:13,823
The U.N. must be allowed to inspect
the removal of the missiles.
1733
01:43:14,240 --> 01:43:16,430
Of course, the U.N.
must also be allowed
1734
01:43:16,534 --> 01:43:18,098
to observe the redeployment
1735
01:43:18,202 --> 01:43:20,183
of forces from the American Southeast.
1736
01:43:20,288 --> 01:43:21,747
I can't speak to that.
1737
01:43:23,416 --> 01:43:25,084
What's the second condition, John?
1738
01:43:25,814 --> 01:43:27,169
Time is of the essence.
1739
01:43:27,274 --> 01:43:28,629
How much time?
1740
01:43:28,733 --> 01:43:29,672
48 hours.
1741
01:43:30,193 --> 01:43:33,530
In 48 hours, there can be no deals.
1742
01:43:33,843 --> 01:43:35,407
Hoo hoo.
1743
01:43:36,658 --> 01:43:37,701
I'll see what I can do.
1744
01:43:55,531 --> 01:43:58,241
I think it's very difficult to
make a decision from this document.
1745
01:43:58,242 --> 01:44:00,536
Well, it looks to me like
Fomin's overture was genuine.
1746
01:44:00,744 --> 01:44:02,100
That's a big "if," Bobby.
1747
01:44:02,204 --> 01:44:03,768
It's 10 pages of sentimental fluff,
1748
01:44:03,872 --> 01:44:05,748
but he's saying it right here.
1749
01:44:05,749 --> 01:44:07,000
He'll remove the missiles
1750
01:44:07,104 --> 01:44:08,981
in return for
a no-invasion pledge.
1751
01:44:09,086 --> 01:44:11,588
Mm-hmm. Mr. President,
our early analysis says
1752
01:44:11,692 --> 01:44:14,716
this probably was written
by Khrushchev himself.
1753
01:44:14,820 --> 01:44:16,384
It's a first draft.
It shows no signs
1754
01:44:16,593 --> 01:44:18,783
of being polished
by the Foreign Ministry.
1755
01:44:18,991 --> 01:44:20,868
In fact, it probably wasn't
even approved by the Politburo
1756
01:44:20,972 --> 01:44:23,475
as they wouldn't let
the emotionalism go by.
1757
01:44:23,788 --> 01:44:25,664
The analysts say it
was written by someone
1758
01:44:25,769 --> 01:44:27,958
under considerable stress.
1759
01:44:29,210 --> 01:44:30,982
Glad to know we're not alone.
1760
01:44:34,110 --> 01:44:37,238
Well, it never was my intention
to invade Cuba anyway...
1761
01:44:37,655 --> 01:44:39,532
Until they put the missiles in there.
1762
01:44:41,618 --> 01:44:42,660
Gentlemen, I think
1763
01:44:42,765 --> 01:44:45,997
we should
seriously consider this deal.
1764
01:45:20,093 --> 01:45:22,074
- Hi.
- Hi.
1765
01:45:22,908 --> 01:45:24,994
You look old, O'Donnell.
1766
01:45:26,036 --> 01:45:27,392
You don't.
1767
01:45:28,017 --> 01:45:29,894
It's 2:30 in the morning.
1768
01:45:30,416 --> 01:45:32,188
You flirting with me?
1769
01:45:34,378 --> 01:45:37,193
We got a back-channel communication
from Khrushchev this evening,
1770
01:45:37,297 --> 01:45:39,487
feeling us out about a deal.
1771
01:45:40,217 --> 01:45:41,572
He confirmed it
1772
01:45:41,677 --> 01:45:43,032
just a little while ago in a letter.
1773
01:45:44,179 --> 01:45:45,847
Thank God.
1774
01:45:46,160 --> 01:45:49,601
Jack kicked us out of
his house for the night.
1775
01:45:50,644 --> 01:45:52,208
Darn it.
1776
01:45:52,416 --> 01:45:54,293
For a second there,
I thought you'd been fired.
1777
01:45:55,232 --> 01:45:56,796
No such luck.
1778
01:46:03,573 --> 01:46:05,554
You know, I'm driving home...
1779
01:46:07,431 --> 01:46:09,829
there was something
I wanted to tell you.
1780
01:46:17,754 --> 01:46:19,631
Finish that thought.
1781
01:46:23,384 --> 01:46:24,218
Yes?
1782
01:46:24,323 --> 01:46:26,929
Kenny, it's Bob. We're getting
another letter over the teletype
1783
01:46:27,034 --> 01:46:29,015
from Khrushchev.
I have a bad feeling.
1784
01:46:29,119 --> 01:46:30,787
Ok, I'll be right there.
1785
01:46:37,669 --> 01:46:39,233
You're beautiful.
1786
01:46:45,802 --> 01:46:47,783
It looks like Fomin
was a ploy after all,
1787
01:46:47,888 --> 01:46:50,181
and they were just stalling for time.
1788
01:46:57,168 --> 01:46:58,210
It gets worse.
1789
01:46:59,774 --> 01:47:03,111
Gentlemen,
my specialists are in agreement.
1790
01:47:03,528 --> 01:47:05,301
This morning's letter
is not Khrushchev.
1791
01:47:05,405 --> 01:47:07,282
Last night's letter was.
1792
01:47:07,594 --> 01:47:09,680
The evidence supports
only one conclusion.
1793
01:47:09,888 --> 01:47:12,912
There's been a coup, and
Khrushchev was replaced overnight.
1794
01:47:13,434 --> 01:47:14,372
Dean?
1795
01:47:14,476 --> 01:47:15,832
At the very least, it does suggest
1796
01:47:15,936 --> 01:47:18,230
he's been co-opted
by hard-line elements.
1797
01:47:18,438 --> 01:47:20,628
Which at the end of the day,
amounts to the same thing.
1798
01:47:20,732 --> 01:47:21,984
A puppet Khrushchev
1799
01:47:22,088 --> 01:47:24,799
and a hard-line Soviet Government
pulling the strings.
1800
01:47:24,903 --> 01:47:27,718
No deal, and the missiles
are almost operational.
1801
01:47:28,240 --> 01:47:31,159
What if the Soviets have no intention
of honoring this second deal?
1802
01:47:31,264 --> 01:47:33,245
Then tomorrow,
they make another condition.
1803
01:47:33,246 --> 01:47:36,060
Meanwhile,
the quarantine isn't working,
1804
01:47:36,164 --> 01:47:38,458
and they're completing work
on the missile sites.
1805
01:47:39,501 --> 01:47:42,837
Sir, I think we have to issue
pre-invasion orders for our forces.
1806
01:47:43,359 --> 01:47:44,923
Mr. President,
1807
01:47:45,340 --> 01:47:46,800
this morning's photography is in.
1808
01:47:47,842 --> 01:47:49,615
It appears the Soviets have commenced
1809
01:47:49,719 --> 01:47:51,805
a crash program
to ready their missiles.
1810
01:47:52,117 --> 01:47:55,141
The first missiles became
operational last night.
1811
01:47:55,558 --> 01:47:58,165
We expect they'll all
be operational in 36 hours.
1812
01:47:58,269 --> 01:48:00,459
Then we're out of time.
We have to go in.
1813
01:48:00,563 --> 01:48:02,649
That may not be as easy
as we thought, either.
1814
01:48:02,753 --> 01:48:03,900
We have gotten confirmation
1815
01:48:04,004 --> 01:48:05,255
the Soviets have also deployed
1816
01:48:05,360 --> 01:48:07,236
battlefield nuclear weapons to Cuba.
1817
01:48:07,445 --> 01:48:11,199
FROGs, we call 'em.
Short-range tactical nukes.
1818
01:48:11,511 --> 01:48:13,388
Now, we don't know
whether they've delegated
1819
01:48:13,493 --> 01:48:15,474
release authority
to their local commanders
1820
01:48:15,682 --> 01:48:17,559
for use on our invasion troops,
1821
01:48:17,663 --> 01:48:18,810
but the good news is,
1822
01:48:18,915 --> 01:48:21,208
as of this moment,
we know where the FROGs are,
1823
01:48:21,313 --> 01:48:22,877
and we can target them, too.
1824
01:48:24,232 --> 01:48:25,691
But the longer we wait,
1825
01:48:25,692 --> 01:48:27,777
the harder it's going to get.
1826
01:48:44,148 --> 01:48:45,607
We have no choice.
1827
01:48:50,612 --> 01:48:52,594
General, issue orders to our forces
1828
01:48:52,698 --> 01:48:55,722
to be prepared to execute
the air strikes Monday morning.
1829
01:48:56,451 --> 01:48:58,120
And the follow-on invasion
1830
01:48:58,224 --> 01:48:59,580
according to the schedule thereafter.
1831
01:49:01,039 --> 01:49:03,855
I'll need the official release
orders on my desk on Sunday night.
1832
01:49:03,959 --> 01:49:05,002
Understood, sir.
1833
01:49:06,044 --> 01:49:07,921
We'll need to step up our overflights,
1834
01:49:08,025 --> 01:49:10,527
finalize our pilots' target folders
1835
01:49:10,528 --> 01:49:12,092
in order to carry out the strikes.
1836
01:49:13,552 --> 01:49:15,637
- Permission granted.
- Yes, sir.
1837
01:49:26,690 --> 01:49:28,148
Well, gentlemen,
1838
01:49:28,149 --> 01:49:30,860
if anybody's got
any great ideas, now's the time.
1839
01:49:40,036 --> 01:49:42,121
Major Anderson, there's
a phone call for you.
1840
01:49:42,226 --> 01:49:43,164
Thank you.
1841
01:49:43,268 --> 01:49:46,084
All right. Give me
just a second here, guys.
1842
01:49:49,837 --> 01:49:51,818
This is Major Anderson.
1843
01:49:53,070 --> 01:49:53,904
Hello?
1844
01:49:54,217 --> 01:49:55,259
Hello, anyone there?
1845
01:49:55,364 --> 01:49:56,928
- Major?
- Yes, sir?
1846
01:49:57,345 --> 01:50:00,160
My name is Kenneth O'Donnell,
Special Assistant to the President.
1847
01:50:01,828 --> 01:50:03,601
Major, a few days ago,
the President ordered me
1848
01:50:03,705 --> 01:50:05,165
to help him keep control
1849
01:50:05,269 --> 01:50:07,146
of what's going on out there.
1850
01:50:08,084 --> 01:50:11,004
I've been... I've been
browbeating pilots,
1851
01:50:11,108 --> 01:50:13,402
you know, Navy guys left and right
1852
01:50:13,506 --> 01:50:15,905
to make sure you don't get us
here in Washington into trouble.
1853
01:50:17,156 --> 01:50:18,616
But you know what?
1854
01:50:20,284 --> 01:50:22,682
We're pretty damn good ourselves
at getting into trouble,
1855
01:50:22,786 --> 01:50:24,767
so instead of riding your ass,
1856
01:50:24,976 --> 01:50:28,625
I'm just gonna tell you what's going
on here and let you figure out
1857
01:50:28,730 --> 01:50:30,607
how best to help us out up here.
1858
01:50:30,711 --> 01:50:32,066
Go ahead, sir.
1859
01:50:32,796 --> 01:50:34,465
Last night, it, uh...
1860
01:50:34,882 --> 01:50:37,905
looked like we were going to cut a
deal to get us all out of this mess.
1861
01:50:38,635 --> 01:50:40,825
Today, the Soviets are reneging.
1862
01:50:41,659 --> 01:50:44,787
We're gonna try and
salvage the situation, but
1863
01:50:45,309 --> 01:50:47,498
a lot of things are going wrong today.
1864
01:50:48,228 --> 01:50:50,209
It's making everyone nervous.
1865
01:50:51,148 --> 01:50:52,086
And when things go wrong,
1866
01:50:52,190 --> 01:50:53,754
people will become more nervous,
1867
01:50:53,859 --> 01:50:57,195
and it will be very hard
to avoid going to war.
1868
01:50:59,176 --> 01:51:01,262
I'm not sure what you're
tying to tell me, sir.
1869
01:51:01,470 --> 01:51:03,973
Just my standard line
1870
01:51:04,077 --> 01:51:06,892
I've been repeating
to guys like you all week.
1871
01:51:07,831 --> 01:51:09,708
Don't get shot down.
1872
01:51:11,584 --> 01:51:15,546
Beyond that, whatever else you can
do to help us I'd appreciate it.
1873
01:51:15,547 --> 01:51:16,798
Sir...
1874
01:51:20,134 --> 01:51:21,594
When you're at 72,000 feet,
1875
01:51:21,698 --> 01:51:23,992
there's a million things
that can go wrong. I mean,
1876
01:51:25,556 --> 01:51:28,476
Is your oxygen mix right?
Are your cameras gonna freeze up?
1877
01:51:28,580 --> 01:51:31,187
Are you leaving a contrail?
Those million things,
1878
01:51:31,396 --> 01:51:33,689
they're beyond your control mostly.
1879
01:51:34,002 --> 01:51:35,253
But...
1880
01:51:36,922 --> 01:51:38,799
You know, when you realize that,
1881
01:51:38,903 --> 01:51:41,718
there's a kind of peace, you know?
1882
01:51:41,822 --> 01:51:44,533
If you're a good man and
if your ground crew are good men,
1883
01:51:44,742 --> 01:51:46,306
that is all you can ask for.
1884
01:51:46,410 --> 01:51:48,496
With the grace of God,
that'll get you through.
1885
01:51:49,851 --> 01:51:51,624
Are you a religious man?
1886
01:51:52,041 --> 01:51:53,396
Yes, sir, I am.
1887
01:51:55,899 --> 01:51:57,254
Good.
1888
01:54:21,667 --> 01:54:23,023
The plane is missing, Kenny.
1889
01:54:24,170 --> 01:54:26,672
We are presuming the pilot is dead.
1890
01:54:39,601 --> 01:54:41,165
Well, it's hard to believe,
1891
01:54:41,270 --> 01:54:43,772
with the Soviet centralized
command structure,
1892
01:54:43,876 --> 01:54:45,649
that this could've been
an accidental launch.
1893
01:54:45,753 --> 01:54:47,630
The question is, does
this attack on our plane
1894
01:54:47,631 --> 01:54:50,341
represent a definitive
intentional escalation
1895
01:54:50,550 --> 01:54:51,801
on the part of the Soviets?
1896
01:54:52,009 --> 01:54:53,365
Mr. President,
1897
01:54:53,469 --> 01:54:55,450
taken with the events
of the past few hours,
1898
01:54:55,555 --> 01:54:58,266
I believe this confirms
our worst fears.
1899
01:54:58,370 --> 01:55:00,455
We're now dealing with
a hard-line Soviet Government,
1900
01:55:00,560 --> 01:55:03,166
Perhaps with Khrushchev as a puppet
head, perhaps not. We don't know.
1901
01:55:03,271 --> 01:55:04,522
You OK?
1902
01:55:04,730 --> 01:55:06,086
Yeah.
1903
01:55:06,920 --> 01:55:07,858
I'm fine.
1904
01:55:09,944 --> 01:55:11,091
Mr. President...
1905
01:55:11,716 --> 01:55:12,550
What now?
1906
01:55:12,655 --> 01:55:14,739
A U-2 on a routine
air-sampling mission
1907
01:55:14,740 --> 01:55:17,347
got lost and penetrated
Soviet airspace over Siberia.
1908
01:55:17,451 --> 01:55:19,015
Oh, God damn it!
1909
01:55:19,119 --> 01:55:21,622
Soviets scrambled MIGs in pursuit,
thinking it was a bomber.
1910
01:55:21,830 --> 01:55:23,082
Got out OK.
1911
01:55:23,186 --> 01:55:24,646
Somebody forgot to cancel the mission.
1912
01:55:24,854 --> 01:55:27,461
You know, there's always some son of
a bitch who doesn't get the word.
1913
01:55:27,565 --> 01:55:29,546
You know, this is just what we need.
1914
01:55:30,068 --> 01:55:31,840
Soviets thinking we're bombing them.
1915
01:55:36,115 --> 01:55:37,262
Anybody else?
1916
01:55:37,367 --> 01:55:38,930
Mr. President,
1917
01:55:38,931 --> 01:55:41,223
our pilots are in danger.
1918
01:55:41,224 --> 01:55:43,934
We must order punitive air strikes
against the SAM site
1919
01:55:43,935 --> 01:55:45,291
that shot down Major Anderson
1920
01:55:45,395 --> 01:55:47,585
per our rules of engagement.
1921
01:56:03,851 --> 01:56:05,102
No.
1922
01:56:06,458 --> 01:56:08,647
I want confirmation it wasn't
some sort of accident first.
1923
01:56:08,752 --> 01:56:09,690
Mr. President.
1924
01:56:09,794 --> 01:56:11,775
I think that's
a good idea, Mr. President.
1925
01:56:11,880 --> 01:56:13,548
I can wait a day and a half.
1926
01:56:13,965 --> 01:56:16,155
Be safer for my boys to
get the SAMs on Monday
1927
01:56:16,259 --> 01:56:18,761
when we get the rest of the bastards.
1928
01:57:27,371 --> 01:57:29,769
Hut... hut!
1929
01:57:33,210 --> 01:57:34,669
Yeah, yeah.
1930
01:57:51,665 --> 01:57:52,812
Break!
1931
01:58:10,747 --> 01:58:12,311
That's the quarter.
1932
01:58:18,984 --> 01:58:20,756
- Hey, Dad.
- Hey, Sport.
1933
01:58:20,861 --> 01:58:22,633
- You winning?
- Yeah.
1934
01:58:24,302 --> 01:58:26,595
Is everything gonna be OK, Dad?
1935
01:58:28,785 --> 01:58:30,558
Everything's gonna be fine, Kenny.
1936
01:58:32,435 --> 01:58:34,937
I guess you won't
be coming home tonight.
1937
01:58:39,316 --> 01:58:40,568
I, uh...
1938
01:58:43,279 --> 01:58:44,530
I...
1939
01:58:44,947 --> 01:58:47,658
Let's go!
Second quarter!
1940
01:58:51,412 --> 01:58:53,393
It's OK. Go on back
to your game.
1941
01:58:54,123 --> 01:58:55,269
All right.
I'll see you around, Dad.
1942
01:58:58,919 --> 01:59:00,796
First down!
1943
01:59:07,052 --> 01:59:08,407
Break!
1944
01:59:28,114 --> 01:59:29,261
Damn it!
1945
01:59:32,389 --> 01:59:33,536
Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
1946
01:59:33,641 --> 01:59:35,517
Take off for 2 hours,
you're gonna miss a little drama.
1947
01:59:35,622 --> 01:59:38,123
I told you how stupid it was
to float that Lippmann article.
1948
01:59:38,124 --> 01:59:39,375
Now you're gonna do it for real?
1949
01:59:39,480 --> 01:59:40,835
The Jupiters are obsolete, Kenny.
1950
01:59:40,939 --> 01:59:42,295
They were supposed
to have been dismantled...
1951
01:59:42,399 --> 01:59:44,797
I know they're obsolete!
That's not the point.
1952
01:59:45,631 --> 01:59:48,551
The point is, you trade our missiles
in Turkey for theirs in Cuba,
1953
01:59:48,655 --> 01:59:50,741
they're gonna force us
into trade after trade,
1954
01:59:50,949 --> 01:59:52,930
until finally,
a couple of months from now,
1955
01:59:52,931 --> 01:59:55,746
they demand something
we won't trade, like Berlin,
1956
01:59:56,475 --> 01:59:58,561
and we do end up in a war.
1957
01:59:58,874 --> 02:00:00,438
Not to mention that
long before that happens,
1958
02:00:00,542 --> 02:00:02,732
this administration
will be politically dead.
1959
02:00:02,940 --> 02:00:04,400
I don't care if this administration
1960
02:00:04,504 --> 02:00:05,860
ends up in the freaking toilet!
1961
02:00:05,964 --> 02:00:07,945
We don't do a deal tonight,
there won't be any administration.
1962
02:00:08,049 --> 02:00:09,301
It's the wrong move, Bobby,
1963
02:00:09,405 --> 02:00:11,282
and it's not just me who thinks that.
1964
02:00:11,386 --> 02:00:14,827
Everyone on this so-called EXCOM is
telling you exactly the same thing.
1965
02:00:16,078 --> 02:00:17,746
Well, whose side are you on now, Ken?
1966
02:00:17,851 --> 02:00:20,666
Oh... God damn it.
1967
02:00:23,168 --> 02:00:25,462
What if there hasn't
been a coup at all?
1968
02:00:26,922 --> 02:00:28,799
What if it's you two?
1969
02:00:29,425 --> 02:00:31,926
- What is that supposed to mean?
- What if it was you two
1970
02:00:31,927 --> 02:00:35,889
who invited that second letter by
raising the possibility of a trade?
1971
02:00:42,771 --> 02:00:45,482
Mr. President, we have
only 30 hours left,
1972
02:00:45,586 --> 02:00:46,942
and whatever response we send,
1973
02:00:47,046 --> 02:00:48,714
it will take several
hours for the wire
1974
02:00:48,819 --> 02:00:52,051
to be received by our Embassy
and delivered to the Kremlin.
1975
02:00:52,468 --> 02:00:54,032
So we're looking at
early tomorrow morning
1976
02:00:54,033 --> 02:00:56,326
at the earliest before
Khrushchev can respond.
1977
02:00:57,786 --> 02:00:58,826
Which one of you geniuses
1978
02:00:58,827 --> 02:01:00,601
is gonna tell me
how to explain it to the world
1979
02:01:00,705 --> 02:01:01,644
if we don't make this trade?
1980
02:01:04,250 --> 02:01:06,127
So, what are we gonna
say to the Soviets
1981
02:01:06,649 --> 02:01:07,796
about this offer?
1982
02:01:08,630 --> 02:01:10,715
Well, it depends,
doesn't it? I mean,
1983
02:01:11,236 --> 02:01:13,635
Do we really believe
there's been a coup?
1984
02:01:14,052 --> 02:01:16,346
What if Fomin wasn't a ploy?
1985
02:01:16,658 --> 02:01:18,223
What if his message was real?
1986
02:01:18,640 --> 02:01:21,976
What if what is happening
is a series of accidents?
1987
02:01:22,080 --> 02:01:24,583
Accidents like them
shooting down our U-2?
1988
02:01:26,773 --> 02:01:28,337
Yes, accidents like that.
1989
02:01:28,441 --> 02:01:31,882
And the accident's making the
second letter seem more aggressive
1990
02:01:32,299 --> 02:01:34,801
and the whole situation
appear worse than it really is.
1991
02:01:35,740 --> 02:01:38,034
- "The Guns of August".
- That's right.
1992
02:01:38,555 --> 02:01:40,745
So we just reject the second letter?
1993
02:01:41,892 --> 02:01:43,768
No. No, no.
1994
02:01:44,290 --> 02:01:45,645
We don't reject it.
1995
02:01:45,750 --> 02:01:47,105
We accept the first letter
1996
02:01:47,209 --> 02:01:49,920
and pretend the second
letter doesn't exist.
1997
02:01:52,110 --> 02:01:54,091
It won't work because
that's wishful thinking!
1998
02:01:54,195 --> 02:01:55,238
He made an offer, so I...
1999
02:01:55,342 --> 02:01:57,427
That's the same
wishful thinking, Bobby,
2000
02:01:57,428 --> 02:01:58,888
that blinded us all these months
2001
02:01:58,992 --> 02:02:02,015
while the Soviets were sneaking
those missiles in under our noses.
2002
02:02:02,016 --> 02:02:03,371
Ignore the second letter,
2003
02:02:03,475 --> 02:02:04,727
agree to the conditions of the first.
2004
02:02:04,935 --> 02:02:06,916
There's no reason to believe
the Soviets will let it go.
2005
02:02:07,021 --> 02:02:09,522
Max is right.
Why will they accept it?
2006
02:02:09,523 --> 02:02:11,400
It can work if...
2007
02:02:11,504 --> 02:02:13,277
If they believe we're gonna hit 'em,
2008
02:02:13,381 --> 02:02:15,154
and hit 'em hard.
We've got time
2009
02:02:15,258 --> 02:02:17,447
for one more round
of diplomacy, and that's it.
2010
02:02:17,760 --> 02:02:19,741
The first air strikes
start in 28 hours.
2011
02:02:19,846 --> 02:02:21,616
But we have to make them agree to it.
2012
02:02:21,617 --> 02:02:22,869
Right. So how do we do that?
2013
02:02:22,974 --> 02:02:24,121
Well, we give them something.
2014
02:02:24,329 --> 02:02:26,831
We tell 'em we're gonna remove
the missiles from Turkey...
2015
02:02:26,832 --> 02:02:27,874
Hang on!
2016
02:02:27,979 --> 02:02:29,438
But we do that 6 months from now,
2017
02:02:29,543 --> 02:02:31,628
so it appears there's no linkage.
2018
02:02:31,837 --> 02:02:34,756
We also tell 'em if they go
public about it, we'll deny it.
2019
02:02:34,965 --> 02:02:36,424
Right. We deny it.
The deal's off.
2020
02:02:36,633 --> 02:02:39,135
And we do it under the table, so we
can disavow any knowledge of it.
2021
02:02:39,240 --> 02:02:41,638
It's transparent, Kenny.
The press'll be all over it.
2022
02:02:41,742 --> 02:02:44,453
6 months from now, we're
not gonna care, are we?
2023
02:02:44,870 --> 02:02:45,913
We'll deal with it then.
2024
02:02:46,017 --> 02:02:49,145
At the least, it'll expose whether
Khrushchev has been overthrown.
2025
02:02:49,250 --> 02:02:50,396
We'll know who we're up against.
2026
02:02:50,501 --> 02:02:51,961
Well, I've been thinking
about Khrushchev,
2027
02:02:52,065 --> 02:02:53,733
and if this is a move to appease
2028
02:02:53,837 --> 02:02:55,610
the hard-liners
in his Government,
2029
02:02:55,714 --> 02:02:57,383
then it may be just the bone he needs
2030
02:02:57,487 --> 02:02:58,947
to regain control of his own house.
2031
02:02:59,051 --> 02:03:02,283
Whoever carries the message
has to hit the nail on the head.
2032
02:03:02,909 --> 02:03:05,203
Come across as too soft,
they'll push us.
2033
02:03:05,411 --> 02:03:07,913
Too hard, they'll be cornered,
and even more dangerous.
2034
02:03:07,914 --> 02:03:09,165
All of you...
2035
02:03:09,373 --> 02:03:10,625
All of you do understand
2036
02:03:10,626 --> 02:03:13,544
that there is an enormous risk
in offering this deal.
2037
02:03:14,274 --> 02:03:16,255
Because if they turn us down,
and we've already told them
2038
02:03:16,464 --> 02:03:17,924
that we're coming in
on Monday morning...
2039
02:03:18,132 --> 02:03:20,217
- They'll strike first.
- Yes.
2040
02:03:23,554 --> 02:03:24,388
Bobby.
2041
02:03:25,431 --> 02:03:26,682
You know Dobrynin best.
2042
02:03:27,516 --> 02:03:28,350
Yeah.
2043
02:03:30,227 --> 02:03:31,687
Then you're it.
2044
02:03:33,460 --> 02:03:35,649
Ted, I want you to
start working on the draft.
2045
02:03:35,754 --> 02:03:38,048
And, Bobby, you gotta go in there.
You gotta make them understand
2046
02:03:38,986 --> 02:03:40,654
that we have to have
an answer tomorrow,
2047
02:03:40,967 --> 02:03:43,261
because Monday we go to war.
2048
02:04:00,987 --> 02:04:03,176
What do you want?
A good-bye kiss?
2049
02:04:06,513 --> 02:04:09,432
Hey, Joe, listen.
I'll take care of him.
2050
02:04:09,433 --> 02:04:11,726
Go on inside. Grab some coffee.
We'll be back pretty quick.
2051
02:04:11,935 --> 02:04:13,291
- Are you sure?
- Sure.
2052
02:04:13,395 --> 02:04:15,063
What's the matter with you?
2053
02:04:15,167 --> 02:04:16,836
Forget how to open a car door?
2054
02:04:19,859 --> 02:04:21,319
Jesus.
2055
02:04:22,049 --> 02:04:23,509
You rich people.
2056
02:04:32,789 --> 02:04:35,813
I promised the girls
I'd take them riding tomorrow.
2057
02:04:38,315 --> 02:04:39,879
Make sure you keep that date.
2058
02:04:43,424 --> 02:04:45,927
We gave up so much to get here.
2059
02:04:48,012 --> 02:04:50,515
I don't know. Sometimes I think,
what the hell did we do it for?
2060
02:04:51,557 --> 02:04:53,538
Well, I don't know about you, but
2061
02:04:53,747 --> 02:04:55,520
I'm in it for the money.
2062
02:05:01,984 --> 02:05:04,904
We knew we could do
a better job than everyone else.
2063
02:05:05,529 --> 02:05:06,572
Remember?
2064
02:05:08,032 --> 02:05:09,596
You know, I...
2065
02:05:11,368 --> 02:05:14,809
I... I hate being called
the brilliant one,
2066
02:05:15,331 --> 02:05:17,312
the ruthless one...
2067
02:05:17,833 --> 02:05:20,127
The guy everybody's afraid of.
2068
02:05:20,544 --> 02:05:22,004
I hate it.
2069
02:05:23,359 --> 02:05:25,758
I'm not so smart, you know?
2070
02:05:27,009 --> 02:05:28,573
I'm not so ruthless.
2071
02:05:28,781 --> 02:05:31,075
Well, you're right
about the smart part.
2072
02:05:41,398 --> 02:05:43,066
I don't know if I can do this.
2073
02:05:44,735 --> 02:05:46,820
There's nobody else
I'd rather have going in there
2074
02:05:47,237 --> 02:05:48,593
than you...
2075
02:05:48,905 --> 02:05:51,408
Nobody else I'd trust Helen and...
2076
02:05:51,512 --> 02:05:52,763
the kids' lives to.
2077
02:05:55,996 --> 02:05:57,247
Take a left.
2078
02:06:17,371 --> 02:06:18,726
You smell that?
2079
02:06:19,143 --> 02:06:21,229
They're burning their documents.
2080
02:06:22,376 --> 02:06:24,774
They think we're going to war.
2081
02:06:26,859 --> 02:06:28,736
God help us, Ken.
2082
02:07:11,904 --> 02:07:15,345
Sir, Ambassador Dobrynin is already here.
He's waiting in your office.
2083
02:07:16,596 --> 02:07:17,743
Here.
2084
02:07:26,501 --> 02:07:28,691
I'll whistle up some luck for you.
2085
02:07:37,241 --> 02:07:39,744
Mr. Ambassador. Thank you.
2086
02:08:32,608 --> 02:08:34,068
Who are you?
2087
02:08:45,120 --> 02:08:46,476
A friend.
2088
02:09:08,372 --> 02:09:11,500
My brother, my friends,
my countrymen, and I
2089
02:09:11,605 --> 02:09:13,169
cannot and will not permit
2090
02:09:13,273 --> 02:09:14,837
those missiles to become operational.
2091
02:09:15,150 --> 02:09:16,193
I promise you that.
2092
02:09:16,297 --> 02:09:19,321
Then I fear our 2 nations
will go to war...
2093
02:09:19,946 --> 02:09:22,553
And I fear where war will lead us.
2094
02:09:22,657 --> 02:09:25,472
If the missiles do not
become operational,
2095
02:09:25,785 --> 02:09:27,245
if you remove the missiles,
2096
02:09:27,349 --> 02:09:29,330
then there will be no war.
2097
02:09:30,686 --> 02:09:32,876
At this moment, the President
is accepting the terms
2098
02:09:32,980 --> 02:09:35,691
of Secretary Khrushchev's
letter of Friday night.
2099
02:09:36,212 --> 02:09:38,922
If the Soviet Union
halts construction immediately,
2100
02:09:38,923 --> 02:09:41,947
removes the missiles,
and submits to U.N. inspection,
2101
02:09:42,051 --> 02:09:43,720
the United States will pledge
2102
02:09:43,928 --> 02:09:47,473
to never invade Cuba or
aid others in that enterprise.
2103
02:09:47,578 --> 02:09:50,810
If your Jupiter missiles in Turkey
were removed also,
2104
02:09:51,018 --> 02:09:53,521
such an accommodation
could be reached.
2105
02:09:54,251 --> 02:09:56,023
That's not possible.
2106
02:09:59,047 --> 02:10:02,488
The United States cannot
agree to such terms under threat.
2107
02:10:03,531 --> 02:10:06,763
Any belief to the contrary
was in error.
2108
02:10:08,119 --> 02:10:09,578
You want war?
2109
02:10:20,422 --> 02:10:21,569
However...
2110
02:10:21,674 --> 02:10:24,697
While there can be
no quid pro quo on this issue,
2111
02:10:24,906 --> 02:10:27,930
the United States can offer
a private assurance.
2112
02:10:30,015 --> 02:10:32,517
Now, our Jupiter missiles
in Turkey are obsolete
2113
02:10:32,518 --> 02:10:35,229
and have been scheduled
for withdrawal for some time.
2114
02:10:35,854 --> 02:10:39,608
This withdrawal should take place
within, say, 6 months.
2115
02:10:40,546 --> 02:10:42,319
Of course, any public disclosure
2116
02:10:42,527 --> 02:10:45,029
of this assurance
would negate the deal
2117
02:10:45,030 --> 02:10:48,158
and produce the most stringent
denials from our Government.
2118
02:10:48,992 --> 02:10:50,869
This private assurance
2119
02:10:50,973 --> 02:10:53,684
represents the word
of the Highest Authority?
2120
02:10:54,831 --> 02:10:55,770
Yes.
2121
02:10:56,708 --> 02:10:59,210
And it can be relayed beyond
Comrade Khrushchev's ears
2122
02:10:59,419 --> 02:11:01,713
to the top circles of my Government?
2123
02:11:02,130 --> 02:11:04,424
Our pledge can be relayed
to any Government officials
2124
02:11:04,425 --> 02:11:07,552
Secretary Khrushchev
sees fit to satisfy,
2125
02:11:08,282 --> 02:11:10,889
with the caveat that
it is not to be made public
2126
02:11:11,097 --> 02:11:13,704
in any way, shape, or form.
2127
02:11:17,875 --> 02:11:20,169
And we must have an answer tomorrow,
2128
02:11:20,586 --> 02:11:21,628
at the latest.
2129
02:11:21,733 --> 02:11:24,027
I cannot stress this point enough.
2130
02:11:24,652 --> 02:11:26,320
Tomorrow?
2131
02:11:27,676 --> 02:11:28,823
Tomorrow.
2132
02:11:30,908 --> 02:11:33,932
Then you must excuse me
and permit me to relay
2133
02:11:34,141 --> 02:11:36,643
the substance of our discussion
to my superiors.
2134
02:11:36,747 --> 02:11:38,103
Of course.
2135
02:11:40,501 --> 02:11:44,359
We have heard stories that some of
your military men wish for war.
2136
02:11:46,236 --> 02:11:48,008
You're a good man.
2137
02:11:48,217 --> 02:11:49,885
Your brother is a good man.
2138
02:11:49,990 --> 02:11:52,701
I assure you there are other good men.
2139
02:11:53,326 --> 02:11:54,577
Let us hope the will of good men
2140
02:11:54,682 --> 02:11:56,559
is enough to counter
the terrible strength
2141
02:11:56,663 --> 02:11:59,582
of this thing that was put in motion.
2142
02:12:41,811 --> 02:12:43,584
What's going to happen?
2143
02:12:46,816 --> 02:12:49,319
If the sun comes up tomorrow,
2144
02:12:50,674 --> 02:12:53,594
it is only because
of men of good will.
2145
02:12:56,201 --> 02:12:57,660
And that's...
2146
02:12:58,390 --> 02:13:01,414
That's all there is
between us and the Devil.
2147
02:13:35,823 --> 02:13:38,534
This is Radio Moscow.
2148
02:13:38,847 --> 02:13:41,245
Premier Khrushchev has sent a message
2149
02:13:41,349 --> 02:13:43,747
to President Kennedy today.
2150
02:13:44,060 --> 02:13:46,041
The Soviet Prime Minister reemphasizes
2151
02:13:46,250 --> 02:13:50,525
the need for urgent measures
to prevent a fatal turn of events
2152
02:13:50,629 --> 02:13:52,297
and to preserve world peace.
2153
02:13:53,966 --> 02:13:56,989
In addition to instructions
earlier transmitted
2154
02:13:57,094 --> 02:14:00,013
to stop construction work
on installations in Cuba,
2155
02:14:00,222 --> 02:14:01,786
the Soviet Government has ordered
2156
02:14:01,890 --> 02:14:04,601
the dismantling of weapons in Cuba,
2157
02:14:04,705 --> 02:14:05,852
as well as their crating
2158
02:14:05,957 --> 02:14:08,251
and return to the Soviet Union.
2159
02:14:19,824 --> 02:14:21,910
Is everybody ready for church?
2160
02:14:30,043 --> 02:14:32,024
It's a beautiful morning.
2161
02:14:36,195 --> 02:14:38,072
Pass the butter up to Dad.
2162
02:14:43,494 --> 02:14:45,579
Dad, you want your paper?
2163
02:14:49,958 --> 02:14:51,835
Dad, what's wrong?
2164
02:14:56,527 --> 02:14:58,404
The sun came up.
2165
02:15:00,177 --> 02:15:03,409
Every day the sun comes up
says something about us.
2166
02:15:13,523 --> 02:15:15,504
What does it say, Dad?
2167
02:15:17,068 --> 02:15:19,258
What's wrong with Daddy?
2168
02:15:54,292 --> 02:15:56,690
This is the foreign policy trophy
we were hoping for.
2169
02:15:56,795 --> 02:15:58,255
Mr. President, sir.
2170
02:16:02,425 --> 02:16:04,511
Mr. President, great job.
2171
02:16:04,823 --> 02:16:06,805
Hold it, hold it.
2172
02:16:07,326 --> 02:16:09,099
Well, Mr. President,
2173
02:16:09,307 --> 02:16:11,810
I think I can speak for everyone here
2174
02:16:12,018 --> 02:16:14,521
when I say,
"Bring on those mid-terms,
2175
02:16:14,625 --> 02:16:16,606
there's no stopping us now."
2176
02:16:17,753 --> 02:16:19,943
- 4 more years.
- All right.
2177
02:16:20,360 --> 02:16:23,592
You know, it's been
a long 2 weeks, and...
2178
02:16:23,696 --> 02:16:24,947
or whatever, but...
2179
02:16:25,052 --> 02:16:27,346
I'd like to thank you all.
I think you all did a great job,
2180
02:16:27,450 --> 02:16:28,910
and I just think...
2181
02:16:29,744 --> 02:16:33,080
I don't think we should be
gloating too much.
2182
02:16:34,227 --> 02:16:35,791
It was...
2183
02:16:36,000 --> 02:16:38,398
just as much a victory
for them as it was for us.
2184
02:16:38,502 --> 02:16:39,962
Hear, hear.
2185
02:16:40,066 --> 02:16:41,213
Enjoy your morning.
2186
02:16:41,422 --> 02:16:43,299
Thank you, Mr. President.
2187
02:16:45,801 --> 02:16:47,157
Get some rest, Mr. President.
2188
02:16:48,721 --> 02:16:50,702
We've got a lot
of new clout right now,
2189
02:16:50,806 --> 02:16:52,683
and we can run the table
on Khrushchev,
2190
02:16:52,787 --> 02:16:53,934
the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
2191
02:16:54,039 --> 02:16:55,811
Right. You're right.
2192
02:17:07,489 --> 02:17:09,470
Dear Mr. And Mrs. Anderson,
2193
02:17:10,826 --> 02:17:13,850
I was deeply shocked
when advised your son was lost
2194
02:17:14,580 --> 02:17:16,352
in an operational mission on Saturday,
2195
02:17:17,186 --> 02:17:19,897
October 27, 1962.
2196
02:17:21,774 --> 02:17:23,130
Your son rendered distinguished
2197
02:17:23,234 --> 02:17:25,423
and dedicated service to his country
2198
02:17:25,424 --> 02:17:27,196
throughout his career.
2199
02:17:28,239 --> 02:17:30,220
He was admired...
2200
02:17:30,950 --> 02:17:32,305
and respected
2201
02:17:32,514 --> 02:17:33,765
for his courage,
2202
02:17:34,391 --> 02:17:37,310
and his professional skill
by all with whom he served.
2203
02:17:37,936 --> 02:17:40,438
His tragic loss will be deeply felt...
2204
02:17:41,794 --> 02:17:44,609
and a grateful nation
will be forever in his debt.
2205
02:18:06,193 --> 02:18:07,131
Ken, we're out here.
2206
02:18:27,568 --> 02:18:29,966
What kind of a peace do we seek?
2207
02:18:30,383 --> 02:18:32,677
I am talking about genuine peace...
2208
02:18:32,781 --> 02:18:36,222
The kind of peace that makes
life on earth worth living...
2209
02:18:36,327 --> 02:18:38,620
Not merely peace in our time,
2210
02:18:38,621 --> 02:18:40,602
but peace in all time.
2211
02:18:41,123 --> 02:18:43,416
Our problems are man-made,
2212
02:18:43,417 --> 02:18:46,128
therefore, they can be solved by man.
2213
02:18:46,232 --> 02:18:48,212
For in the final analysis,
2214
02:18:48,213 --> 02:18:50,716
our most basic common link
2215
02:18:50,924 --> 02:18:52,800
is that we all inhabit
2216
02:18:52,801 --> 02:18:54,887
this small planet.
2217
02:18:55,095 --> 02:18:57,389
We all breathe the same air.
2218
02:18:57,493 --> 02:19:00,099
We all cherish our children's future,
2219
02:19:00,100 --> 02:19:02,290
and we are all mortal.
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