0:03:14.000,0:03:15.147
Hey!

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What theWho's that?

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You're dead.

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- Who grabbed me? Who grabbed me?[br]- Watch out!

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Who grabbed me?

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- Honey, you're gonna be late.[br]- What'd you grab me for?

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Mom, I can't find[br]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[br]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?[br]- 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[br]to wax my car.

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Rusk is State, moron.[br]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.[br]Assistant Secretary of State[br]for Latin America.

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That's too hard.

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Wait a minute.[br]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.[br]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.[br]- Hi, Ken.

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- Ooh, those candies are for the kids.[br]- Is that right?

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- Morning, Floyd.[br]- Good morning, Mr. O'Donnell.

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- Morning, Jackie.[br]- Hi, Kenny.

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- Want a schedule?[br]- No.

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Why'd you cross[br]all my people off the list?

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Because you don't have anybody[br]on it who means anything.

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- No votes there. There's no money.[br]- It's a party, Kenny.

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And the one thing we both can be[br]sure of is that you don't know[br]how to have a party.

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Well, party to you,[br]politics to me.

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So, who do you want?[br]For real?

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Everyone on my list.

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I don't want to spend[br]an entire evening

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pretending that your votes and[br]money are more interesting[br]than they really are.

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And I want my kids[br]to stop eating the candy[br]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[br]on my friends.

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Well, I'm going to take[br]this whole list thing[br]up with your friend.

0:08:40.363,0:08:41.927
Are you trying[br]to go around me?

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Go around you,[br]over you, through you[br]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.

0:08:56.524,0:08:58.401
Top of the morning,[br]Mr. President.

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Morning, Kenny.

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Just ran into your wife.

0:09:02.676,0:09:05.283
- Want to talk about this party?[br]- No.

0:09:06.221,0:09:10.601
- You see Homer Capehart's[br]tirade today?[br]- I did.

0:09:10.809,0:09:12.269
I don't see why he needs[br]to invent an issue.

0:09:12.269,0:09:14.250
He's got his election[br]sewn up.

0:09:14.771,0:09:16.753
Even so, we should[br]still go out for Bobby.

0:09:16.857,0:09:19.046
It's good groundwork[br]for us in '64.

0:09:19.776,0:09:21.549
Look into that, uh...

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That Vietnam thing.

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- What, the 2 planes that went down?[br]- Yeah.

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It didn't make it[br]before press time.

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I haven't taken a look[br]at the West Coast papers yet,

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but I doubt we'll see[br]anything till tomorrow.

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I was eating that.

0:09:39.170,0:09:40.317
- No, you weren't.[br]- I was.

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- No, you weren't.[br]- I was.

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I was, you bastard.

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So, what do we got today?

0:09:51.266,0:09:51.996
Today.

0:10:03.152,0:10:03.986
That's it.

0:10:04.195,0:10:06.280
That's the one[br]we're looking for.

0:10:07.844,0:10:10.138
- I need to see the President, Kenny.[br]- All right.

0:10:10.660,0:10:14.309
2:30 to 2:45 or 4:30 to 5: 00.[br]Take your pick.

0:10:14.309,0:10:15.873
No, I need to see him[br]now, Ken.

0:10:19.731,0:10:21.504
You can go on up.[br]I'll let him know you're coming.

0:10:26.613,0:10:27.447
Coffee?

0:10:28.177,0:10:29.324
Yeah.

0:10:30.992,0:10:32.452
That's not what you said.

0:10:32.556,0:10:34.016
*What'd I say?[br]Tell me what I said.*

0:10:34.120,0:10:35.580
That's not what

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Listen to me, you[br]worthless piece of shit.

0:10:38.187,0:10:40.272
Now, you will put[br]Daley's man on the circuit,

0:10:40.376,0:10:42.149
and you'll do it today.

0:10:42.566,0:10:45.486
You owe your goddamn job[br]to this administration.

0:10:47.780,0:10:50.908
Yeah, I canI can hear[br]how grateful you are,

0:10:51.429,0:10:52.784
but there's a word[br]you need to learn.

0:10:53.410,0:10:55.183
It's the only word[br]in politics.

0:10:55.287,0:10:57.998
It's called loyalty.[br]Loyalty!

0:10:59.249,0:11:01.752
Now, any part of this[br]you don't understand?

0:11:02.899,0:11:03.941
Good.

0:11:06.131,0:11:07.278
What?

0:11:07.591,0:11:09.780
This isn't the blessed order[br]of St. Mary the Meek.

0:11:10.614,0:11:12.179
Look, you better[br]come in here.

0:11:13.847,0:11:16.245
What was it you[br]were saying to me[br]the other day about Cuba?

0:11:16.454,0:11:17.809
It wasn't important?

0:11:17.913,0:11:19.269
Not as far[br]as the election goes.

0:11:19.373,0:11:21.041
Mac, let's, uh...

0:11:21.146,0:11:23.023
Can I see that for a second?

0:11:23.440,0:11:25.734
Ken, you used to look down[br]a bombsight for a living.

0:11:25.838,0:11:29.696
Just ignore the labels.[br]What does that look like to you?

0:11:34.596,0:11:36.160
I don't know.

0:11:37.307,0:11:38.246
What is it?

0:11:38.350,0:11:40.748
On Sunday morning, one of[br]our U-2s took these pictures.

0:11:40.957,0:11:43.981
The Soviets are putting medium-range[br]ballistic missiles into Cuba.

0:11:44.189,0:11:47.422
They appear to be the SS-4,[br]range of 1000 miles,

0:11:47.526,0:11:49.924
3-megaton nuclear warheads.

0:11:50.133,0:11:52.322
Seen here in this year's[br]May Day Parade in Red Square.

0:11:58.057,0:12:00.142
Jesus Christ in heaven.

0:12:02.853,0:12:04.417
White House operator.

0:12:04.522,0:12:07.754
Yeah, Mr. O'Donnell, please,[br]for Secretary McNamara.

0:12:08.275,0:12:09.527
Go ahead, please.

0:12:11.091,0:12:12.446
White House operator.

0:12:13.072,0:12:15.574
I've got the President[br]for the Attorney General.[br]Go ahead, please.

0:12:15.678,0:12:17.243
What the crap[br]is going on today?

0:12:17.347,0:12:18.181
That's right. That's right.

0:12:18.285,0:12:20.475
The principals[br]are assembling in an hour.

0:12:20.788,0:12:22.143
We'll see you then.

0:12:22.456,0:12:23.811
Where's Bobby?

0:12:24.020,0:12:26.522
- He should be here any minute.[br]- Well, good.

0:12:31.215,0:12:32.257
Good.

0:12:34.447,0:12:36.011
Where the hell are you?

0:12:36.219,0:12:37.471
We're in here.

0:12:40.807,0:12:43.935
Jesus Christ, guys. What the hell[br]is Khrushchev thinking?

0:12:43.935,0:12:46.751
You have any indication of this[br]from your KGB pal Bolshakov?

0:12:46.855,0:12:48.940
Any possible warning,[br]sense of motivation?

0:12:49.045,0:12:50.087
Complete snow job.

0:12:50.192,0:12:51.651
And then we went out[br]and told the country

0:12:51.860,0:12:53.841
they weren't putting[br]missiles into Cuba.

0:12:54.571,0:12:55.926
Jesus, I...

0:12:56.656,0:12:59.472
I feel like we caught the Jap carrier[br]steaming for Pearl Harbor.

0:13:22.619,0:13:25.017
- Good morning, gentlemen.[br]- Good morning, Mr. President.

0:13:25.122,0:13:27.103
- Mr. Secretary.[br]- Mr. President.

0:13:27.416,0:13:28.875
Bob, I'll bet you[br]had a late night.

0:13:29.084,0:13:30.648
Sleep is for the weak,[br]Mr. President.

0:13:30.752,0:13:32.212
- Max.[br]- Mr. President.

0:13:32.421,0:13:34.089
The CIA's been notified.

0:13:34.610,0:13:36.487
McCone's on his way back[br]from the West Coast.

0:13:36.591,0:13:38.677
He's been burying[br]his stepson.

0:13:39.094,0:13:41.075
General Carter[br]is here, though.

0:13:44.307,0:13:46.393
- Ted.[br]- Kenny.

0:13:47.331,0:13:47.957
OK.

0:13:51.606,0:13:52.962
Let's have it.

0:13:53.692,0:13:54.526
Arthur?

0:13:55.256,0:13:57.028
Gentlemen,[br]as most of you now know,

0:13:57.132,0:13:59.948
a U-2 over Cuba[br]Sunday morning

0:14:00.052,0:14:02.033
took a series[br]of disturbing photographs.

0:14:02.554,0:14:04.431
Our analysis at NPIC[br]indicates

0:14:04.536,0:14:06.412
that the Soviet Union[br]has followed up

0:14:06.517,0:14:09.540
its conventional weapons[br]buildup in Cuba

0:14:09.645,0:14:12.356
with the introduction[br]of surface-to-surface

0:14:12.564,0:14:16.631
medium-range[br]ballistic missiles, or MRBMs.

0:14:16.735,0:14:18.716
Our official estimate[br]at this time

0:14:18.820,0:14:22.678
is that this missile system[br]is the SS-4 Sandal.

0:14:23.095,0:14:27.162
We do not believe that the missiles[br]are as yet operational.

0:14:27.370,0:14:30.186
Ironbark reports[br]that the SS-4 can deliver

0:14:30.290,0:14:33.835
a 3-megaton nuclear weapon[br]1000 miles.

0:14:33.939,0:14:36.755
So far, we've identified[br]32 missiles

0:14:36.963,0:14:39.257
serviced by about 3,400 men,

0:14:39.466,0:14:42.177
undoubtedly[br]all Soviet personnel.

0:14:42.385,0:14:44.262
Our cities[br]and military installations

0:14:44.471,0:14:47.911
in the Southeast as far north[br]as Washington, D.C.

0:14:48.016,0:14:50.205
Are in range of these weapons

0:14:50.414,0:14:53.855
and in the event of a launch[br]would have only 5 minutes[br]of warning.

0:14:53.855,0:14:55.106
5 minutes, gentlemen.

0:14:55.210,0:14:59.068
In those 5 minutes, they[br]could kill 80 million Americans

0:14:59.694,0:15:03.135
and destroy a significant[br]percentage of our bomber bases,

0:15:03.656,0:15:05.950
degrading our[br]retaliatory options.

0:15:07.201,0:15:09.078
The Joint Chiefs'[br]consensus, Mr. President,

0:15:09.182,0:15:13.457
is that this signals[br]a major doctrinal shift[br]in Soviet thinking

0:15:13.875,0:15:16.168
to a first-strike policy.

0:15:16.690,0:15:19.818
It is a massively[br]destabilizing move.

0:15:20.339,0:15:22.320
How long until[br]they're operational?

0:15:22.425,0:15:24.823
General Taylor can answer[br]that question better than I can.

0:15:24.927,0:15:27.847
GMACGuided Missiles[br]Intelligence Committee

0:15:27.951,0:15:30.349
estimates 10 to 14 days.

0:15:31.600,0:15:33.790
A crash program[br]could limit that time,

0:15:33.894,0:15:37.544
however, I must stress[br]that there may be more missiles

0:15:38.065,0:15:39.629
that we don't know about.

0:15:40.359,0:15:41.714
We need more U-2 coverage.

0:15:42.653,0:15:44.217
Gentlemen,[br]I want first reactions here.

0:15:44.321,0:15:47.449
Assuming for the moment[br]that Khrushchev has not[br]gone off the deep end

0:15:47.449,0:15:50.473
and intends to start World War Ill,[br]what are we looking at?

0:15:50.577,0:15:51.933
Well, Mr. President,

0:15:52.037,0:15:54.435
I believe my team[br]is in agreement.

0:15:54.540,0:15:56.521
If we permit the introduction[br]of nuclear missiles

0:15:56.625,0:15:59.232
to a Soviet satellite nation[br]in our hemisphere,

0:15:59.753,0:16:02.464
the diplomatic[br]consequences would be...

0:16:02.672,0:16:04.758
too terrible to contemplate.

0:16:04.966,0:16:06.113
The Russians are trying[br]to show the world

0:16:06.218,0:16:07.782
they can do whatever they want,[br]wherever they want,

0:16:07.886,0:16:10.493
and we're powerless to stop them.[br]If they succeed...

0:16:10.701,0:16:12.370
It'll be Munich all over again.

0:16:12.682,0:16:15.498
Yes. Appeasement only makes[br]the aggressor more aggressive.

0:16:16.436,0:16:19.251
And the Soviets will be[br]emboldened to push us even harder.

0:16:19.356,0:16:22.379
Now, we must remove the missiles[br]one way or another.

0:16:22.484,0:16:24.048
Now, it seems to me[br]the options are either

0:16:24.048,0:16:26.237
some combination of[br]international pressure

0:16:26.342,0:16:29.574
and action on our part[br]till they give in,

0:16:29.678,0:16:31.034
Or...

0:16:31.659,0:16:33.223
We hit them

0:16:33.328,0:16:34.892
An air strike.

0:16:35.622,0:16:36.664
Bob?

0:16:36.873,0:16:39.375
We worked up[br]several military scenarios.

0:16:39.375,0:16:42.191
Before I ask[br]General Taylor to take us[br]through the various options,

0:16:42.295,0:16:44.484
I'd like for us to adopt a rule.

0:16:44.589,0:16:46.466
If we decide to strike,

0:16:46.570,0:16:48.447
we must agree now to do it

0:16:48.551,0:16:51.262
before the missiles[br]become operational,

0:16:51.575,0:16:54.599
because once they are,[br]I don't think we can[br]guarantee getting them all

0:16:54.703,0:16:56.267
before at least

0:16:56.684,0:16:58.561
At least some of them[br]are launched.

0:17:00.542,0:17:02.002
Well, it's clear[br]we cannot permit

0:17:02.106,0:17:04.191
Soviet nuclear missiles[br]in Cuba.

0:17:10.656,0:17:12.950
We have to get[br]those missiles out.

0:17:13.993,0:17:17.121
You know, I don't think[br]it's going to matter what[br]Khrushchev's intentions are.

0:17:18.685,0:17:20.145
I can tell you right now,

0:17:20.249,0:17:22.438
I don't see any way[br]around hitting them.

0:17:22.751,0:17:25.671
If we hit 'em,[br]kill a lot of Russians,[br]they'll move against Berlin.

0:17:25.984,0:17:27.548
All right,[br]they attack Berlin,

0:17:27.548,0:17:29.529
that's NATO, and we're at war.

0:17:29.633,0:17:31.718
We're damned if we do,[br]but if we don't,

0:17:31.823,0:17:34.221
we're in a war for sure[br]somewhere else in 6 months.

0:17:34.325,0:17:36.306
Well, if there are[br]alternatives that make sense,

0:17:36.411,0:17:37.975
and I'm not saying[br]that there are,

0:17:38.079,0:17:39.434
then we need them,[br]and we need them fast.

0:17:39.539,0:17:40.894
All right.[br]What about Congress?

0:17:40.998,0:17:43.292
Now, I think we may need[br]to start letting key people know,

0:17:43.397,0:17:45.690
and they're all scattered[br]across the country[br]for the campaign.

0:17:45.795,0:17:46.837
We can get Congress back.

0:17:46.942,0:17:49.027
We're gonna need to get the U.N.[br]Stomping and warmed up.

0:17:49.653,0:17:50.695
What about the allies?

0:17:50.904,0:17:52.155
We can't start worrying[br]about everything.

0:17:52.364,0:17:53.823
Right now we got to[br]figure out what we're gonna do

0:17:53.928,0:17:55.909
before we worry about[br]how we're gonna do it.

0:17:56.222,0:17:57.681
We've got a bunch[br]of smart guys.

0:17:57.786,0:17:59.975
We lock 'em in a room[br]and kick 'em in the ass

0:18:00.080,0:18:02.165
until they come up[br]with some solutions.

0:18:04.876,0:18:06.231
I'll do it.

0:18:08.942,0:18:11.341
It's too politicized[br]with you in there anyway.

0:18:11.445,0:18:13.113
They need to be able[br]to stick their necks out.

0:18:13.218,0:18:14.782
Yeah. It'll be the principals,

0:18:14.886,0:18:17.388
a couple of the key guys[br]from each Department

0:18:17.701,0:18:20.933
The Executive Committee[br]of the National Security Council.

0:18:21.351,0:18:23.749
Call it EXCOM.

0:18:24.374,0:18:25.521
OK.

0:18:25.730,0:18:28.649
So, I'm only gonna[br]show for the meetings[br]that you call me into.

0:18:29.379,0:18:30.735
And impress us.

0:18:31.152,0:18:32.612
Do it fast.

0:18:33.341,0:18:35.427
And, Kenny, you're[br]gonna be in charge[br]of keeping this thing quiet.

0:18:35.531,0:18:38.242
I mean, if word gets out before[br]we know what we're gonna do,

0:18:38.346,0:18:39.702
there's gonna be panic.

0:18:39.806,0:18:41.579
And it's gonna ruin[br]any chance we might have

0:18:41.683,0:18:43.456
at surprise if we decide[br]to hit them.

0:18:43.664,0:18:45.958
We're gonna need to do[br]a few things right away.

0:18:46.479,0:18:47.835
No Pierre.

0:18:47.939,0:18:50.442
He knows, the press knows.

0:18:50.963,0:18:52.840
And you're gonna have[br]to keep up your schedule.

0:18:53.048,0:18:54.925
Your movements[br]are followed too closely.

0:18:55.134,0:18:57.115
Well, George Ball's got[br]a conference room at State.

0:18:57.219,0:18:59.409
Good. You meet over there[br]this afternoon.

0:18:59.513,0:19:02.537
We'll figure out some way[br]to sneak you guys[br]back in here tonight.

0:19:02.745,0:19:05.144
I think we should[br]bring in Dean Acheson.

0:19:06.916,0:19:10.566
Kenny, he was fighting Soviets[br]while we were still playing[br]ball together at school.

0:19:13.172,0:19:14.528
Find him, Kenny.

0:19:15.988,0:19:17.864
We're gonna need[br]all the help we can get.

0:19:26.519,0:19:27.874
Screw secrecy.

0:19:27.979,0:19:31.211
You try having that fat ass[br]sit on your lap all the way[br]from Foggy Bottom.

0:19:31.419,0:19:34.026
You were excited.[br]I say no more.

0:19:34.756,0:19:37.050
Everybody agrees[br]the diplomatic route won't work.

0:19:37.050,0:19:40.178
It's too slow, and they'll[br]have the missiles finished[br]while we're still talking.

0:19:41.012,0:19:44.349
I hear old Warren Harding used to[br]get his girls in through here.

0:19:44.557,0:19:46.538
We have 850 planes

0:19:46.643,0:19:49.875
assembling at Homestead,[br]Eglin, Opa Locka,

0:19:49.979,0:19:54.150
MacDill, Patrick,[br]Pensacola, and Key West.

0:19:54.567,0:19:56.444
Due to[br]the tropical foliage,

0:19:56.444,0:19:58.217
the OPLAN calls[br]for high explosive

0:19:58.321,0:20:01.345
and napalm load-outs for[br]our ground-attack sorties.

0:20:01.449,0:20:03.951
I still think there are[br]diplomatic approaches

0:20:04.160,0:20:05.203
we haven't considered yet.

0:20:05.411,0:20:07.497
Jesus, Adlai,[br]peace at any price?

0:20:07.705,0:20:09.373
We have a gun to our head.

0:20:10.520,0:20:11.667
We have high confidence

0:20:11.667,0:20:14.587
in the expanded air-strike[br]option, Mr. President.

0:20:14.691,0:20:18.028
The problem is, sir, is that[br]it's a short-term solution.

0:20:18.236,0:20:21.052
Khrushchev can send in[br]more missiles next month.

0:20:21.260,0:20:22.928
The Chiefs and I believe

0:20:23.033,0:20:24.910
we should follow up[br]the air strikes

0:20:25.014,0:20:27.203
with a full version[br]of OPLAN 316.

0:20:27.516,0:20:29.289
- An invasion?[br]- Yes, sir.

0:20:29.602,0:20:31.478
We can be sure[br]we get all the missiles,

0:20:31.583,0:20:34.815
and we remove Castro[br]so this can never happen again.

0:20:34.919,0:20:37.005
Is this the Joint Chiefs'[br]recommendation?

0:20:37.213,0:20:40.654
Yes, sir. Our best option,[br]as Bob pointed out this morning,

0:20:40.654,0:20:44.616
would be to commence the strikes[br]before the missiles[br]become operational.

0:20:45.138,0:20:47.640
The invasion happens 8 days later.

0:20:50.038,0:20:51.394
Dean...

0:20:52.749,0:20:53.896
What do you think?

0:20:54.626,0:20:56.816
Gentlemen,[br]for the last 15 years,

0:20:56.920,0:20:58.588
I've fought here at this table

0:20:58.693,0:21:00.257
alongside your predecessors

0:21:00.674,0:21:02.864
in the struggle[br]against the Soviet.

0:21:02.968,0:21:05.366
Now, I do not wish[br]to seem melodramatic,

0:21:05.470,0:21:07.347
but I do wish[br]to impress upon you

0:21:07.556,0:21:10.997
a lesson I learned with[br]bitter tears and great sacrifice.

0:21:11.205,0:21:13.812
The Soviet understands[br]only one languageAction.

0:21:14.333,0:21:17.565
Respects only[br]one wordForce.

0:21:17.878,0:21:19.964
I concur with General Taylor.

0:21:20.068,0:21:22.570
I recommend, sir, air strikes[br]followed by invasion,

0:21:23.509,0:21:27.158
perhaps preceded by an ultimatum[br]to dismantle the missiles

0:21:27.158,0:21:28.931
if that is militarily viable.

0:21:29.035,0:21:31.433
So, it appears[br]we have 3 options.

0:21:31.746,0:21:34.457
Number one[br]A surgical air strike

0:21:34.457,0:21:36.230
against the missiles themselves.

0:21:36.334,0:21:40.088
2A much larger air strike[br]against their air defenses

0:21:40.713,0:21:43.007
along with the missiles,[br]and 3

0:21:44.050,0:21:45.093
Invasion.

0:21:45.197,0:21:47.699
So, we're certainly[br]gonna do number one.

0:21:47.804,0:21:49.680
We're gonna take[br]these missiles out.

0:21:49.785,0:21:51.870
It seems to me[br]we can't wait very long.

0:21:51.974,0:21:54.060
We should at least be[br]making those preparations.

0:21:54.060,0:21:56.771
We're preparing to[br]implement all 3 options,

0:21:56.875,0:21:58.230
though I must stress again, sir,

0:21:58.335,0:21:59.899
there are risks to the strikes

0:22:00.420,0:22:01.880
without the follow-on[br]invasion.

0:22:01.880,0:22:03.131
You want to be clear,[br]Mr. President,

0:22:03.235,0:22:05.634
that we've definitely decided[br]against a political track.

0:22:08.970,0:22:10.430
Dean, uh...

0:22:11.577,0:22:15.018
How does this all play out?

0:22:15.122,0:22:16.686
Your first step, sir,[br]will be to demand

0:22:16.895,0:22:20.544
that the Soviet[br]withdraw the missiles[br]within 12 to 24 hours.

0:22:21.065,0:22:22.525
They will refuse.

0:22:22.629,0:22:25.549
When they do,[br]you will order the strikes,[br]followed by the invasion.

0:22:26.070,0:22:28.781
They will resist and be overrun.

0:22:28.886,0:22:31.180
They will retaliate[br]against another target

0:22:31.284,0:22:33.682
somewhere else in the world,[br]most likely Berlin.

0:22:34.308,0:22:36.497
We will honor[br]our treaty commitments

0:22:36.602,0:22:38.270
and resist them there,

0:22:38.583,0:22:40.564
defeating them per our plans.

0:22:42.441,0:22:44.526
Those plans call for[br]the use of nuclear weapons.

0:22:50.782,0:22:54.119
So what is the...[br]What is the next step?

0:22:54.432,0:22:56.308
Hopefully, cooler heads[br]will prevail

0:22:56.413,0:22:58.498
before we reach the next step.

0:23:03.399,0:23:04.546
Thank you, gentlemen.

0:23:19.560,0:23:21.124
What happened in there?

0:23:21.854,0:23:23.418
I thought he was gonna[br]give us his decision.

0:23:23.523,0:23:25.608
Look, I know them. They just need[br]to make sure there's no other way.

0:23:25.817,0:23:26.651
They'll get there.

0:23:26.859,0:23:29.362
Remember that Kennedy's father[br]was one of the architects of Munich.

0:23:29.466,0:23:31.864
There's only one[br]responsible choice here,

0:23:31.968,0:23:34.262
so let's hope appeasement[br]doesn't run in families.

0:23:34.575,0:23:36.452
I fear weakness does.

0:23:57.202,0:23:58.870
Jesus Christ.

0:24:03.562,0:24:04.709
CallCall me Irish,

0:24:04.813,0:24:07.211
but I don't believe[br]in cooler heads prevailing.

0:24:07.316,0:24:09.922
- You know, they think[br]I froze in there.[br]- You didn't freeze.

0:24:10.027,0:24:12.633
You did exactly[br]what you should've done.[br]You stayed out of the corner.

0:24:12.738,0:24:13.676
You didn't decide.

0:24:13.780,0:24:16.179
Well, Acheson's[br]scenario is just

0:24:16.387,0:24:18.473
It's unacceptable, and he's got[br]more experience than any of them.

0:24:18.473,0:24:20.141
There is no expert[br]on the subject.

0:24:20.245,0:24:22.956
I mean, there is no[br]wise old man. There's

0:24:23.373,0:24:25.250
Shit. There's just us.

0:24:26.084,0:24:28.274
The thing is[br]that Acheson's right.

0:24:28.378,0:24:30.046
Talk alone is not gonna[br]accomplish anything.

0:24:32.549,0:24:33.904
Well, let's bomb[br]the shit out of 'em.

0:24:34.843,0:24:37.762
Everybody wants to.[br]I mean, even you.

0:24:37.867,0:24:39.431
I mean, even me.

0:24:40.161,0:24:42.350
Right? It sure would[br]feel good.

0:24:42.559,0:24:43.914
And, Jack,

0:24:44.227,0:24:46.521
I'm as conniving[br]as they come, but

0:24:46.938,0:24:48.711
a sneak attack is just wrong.

0:24:48.815,0:24:51.109
Things are happening too fast.[br]I mean, this is starting to smell

0:24:51.213,0:24:52.881
like the Bay of Pigs[br]all over again.

0:24:52.986,0:24:55.801
Well, tonight, listening[br]to Taylor and Acheson,

0:24:56.531,0:24:59.138
I kept seeing Lemnitzer[br]and Dulles telling me

0:24:59.242,0:25:01.223
all I had to do was[br]sign on the dotted line,

0:25:01.327,0:25:03.934
and the invasion would[br]succeed, and Castro

0:25:04.768,0:25:06.958
And Castro would be gone.

0:25:07.166,0:25:09.981
Justeasy[br]Just like that.

0:25:15.925,0:25:16.863
You know, there's something...

0:25:19.261,0:25:21.764
immoral about abandoning[br]your own judgment.

0:25:25.518,0:25:27.290
We just can't let this[br]get out of hand.

0:25:28.646,0:25:30.418
And we're gonna do[br]whatever we have to do

0:25:30.523,0:25:31.982
and make this come out right.

0:25:36.362,0:25:38.760
- I'm gonna stay here tomorrow.[br]- No, you can't.

0:25:38.864,0:25:41.158
Remember, we talked about this,[br]your schedule.

0:25:41.367,0:25:44.182
The best thing you can do[br]tomorrow is go to Connecticut.

0:25:45.016,0:25:46.059
He's right.

0:25:49.500,0:25:50.751
Yeah.

0:25:51.272,0:25:52.732
Jesus.

0:26:08.477,0:26:10.875
Doesn't anybody in Connecticut[br]have to work today?

0:26:11.396,0:26:13.899
I love you, JFK!

0:26:21.927,0:26:23.700
The full spectrum[br]of air strikes

0:26:23.804,0:26:26.202
is the minimum response[br]the Joint Chiefs will accept.

0:26:26.307,0:26:28.392
No, no, no!

0:26:28.809,0:26:31.311
Now, there is more[br]than one option here,

0:26:31.520,0:26:34.440
And if one isn't occurring to us,[br]it's because we haven't[br]thought hard enough.

0:26:34.544,0:26:36.838
Bobby, sometimes there[br]is only one right choice,

0:26:37.046,0:26:39.132
and you thank God[br]when it's so clear.

0:26:39.340,0:26:41.426
You're talking[br]about a sneak attack.

0:26:41.530,0:26:43.094
How will that make us look?

0:26:43.615,0:26:46.848
A big country blasting[br]a little one into the Stone Age.

0:26:47.056,0:26:48.516
Oh, we'll be[br]everyone's favorite.

0:26:48.620,0:26:49.976
Come on, Bobby, that's naive.

0:26:50.080,0:26:51.644
This is the real world.

0:26:51.644,0:26:52.999
You know that better than anybody.

0:26:53.104,0:26:56.128
And you weren't so ethically[br]particular when we were[br]talking about options

0:26:56.232,0:26:58.839
for removing Castro over at CIA.

0:27:11.247,0:27:12.602
Bob...

0:27:13.123,0:27:15.626
If we go ahead[br]with these air strikes,

0:27:16.251,0:27:18.754
you know what it'll[br]come to in the end.

0:27:19.692,0:27:21.361
There has got[br]to be something else.

0:27:21.673,0:27:22.716
Give it to me.

0:27:22.820,0:27:26.991
Now, I don't care how crazy,[br]inadequate, or stupid it sounds.

0:27:28.347,0:27:30.015
Give it to me.

0:27:31.058,0:27:33.143
6 months ago,[br]we gamed out a scenario.

0:27:33.143,0:27:35.437
It's slow. It doesn't[br]get rid of the missiles.

0:27:35.437,0:27:37.314
It's got a lot of drawbacks.

0:27:42.215,0:27:44.717
The scenario calls[br]for a blockade of Cuba.

0:28:16.936,0:28:18.396
The situation[br]is worse than we thought.

0:28:18.813,0:28:21.315
We now count 40 missiles.

0:28:21.524,0:28:22.462
40 missiles.

0:28:24.026,0:28:26.320
Longer range IRBMs.

0:28:26.425,0:28:29.136
They can hit every place[br]in the country

0:28:29.240,0:28:30.283
except Seattle.

0:28:30.387,0:28:32.159
Mr. President,

0:28:32.264,0:28:34.245
you give me[br]the order right now,

0:28:34.453,0:28:35.705
my planes will be[br]ready to carry out

0:28:35.809,0:28:37.999
the air strikes in 3 days time.

0:28:38.207,0:28:39.875
All you gotta do is say go.

0:28:39.980,0:28:42.586
My boys will get[br]those red bastards.

0:28:44.880,0:28:47.278
General, how long[br]until the Army's ready?

0:28:47.800,0:28:51.345
We've just begun[br]the mobilization under cover[br]of a pre-arranged exercise, sir.

0:28:51.345,0:28:53.430
We're looking at another[br]week and a half.

0:28:53.639,0:28:55.933
But you can order the strikes now.

0:28:56.871,0:28:59.269
The plans call for[br]an 8-day air campaign.

0:28:59.687,0:29:02.710
It'll light a fire under[br]the Army's ass to get in place.

0:29:03.962,0:29:06.673
General LeMay, do you truly believe[br]that's our best course of action?

0:29:06.777,0:29:09.592
Mr. President, I believe[br]it is the only course of action.

0:29:09.801,0:29:11.782
America is in danger.

0:29:11.886,0:29:14.076
Those missiles are[br]a threat to our bomber bases

0:29:14.180,0:29:16.057
and the safety[br]of our nuclear deterrent.

0:29:16.161,0:29:17.412
Now, without our deterrent,

0:29:17.517,0:29:20.749
there's nothing to keep the enemy[br]from choosing general nuclear war.

0:29:22.209,0:29:23.668
It's our duty, sir,

0:29:23.773,0:29:25.754
our responsibility[br]to the American people

0:29:25.858,0:29:27.318
to take out those missiles

0:29:27.422,0:29:30.550
and return stability to[br]the strategic situation.

0:29:30.759,0:29:33.053
The big red dog is[br]digging in our backyard,

0:29:33.053,0:29:35.138
and we are justified[br]in shooting him.

0:29:35.138,0:29:39.726
Sir, we have a rapidly closing[br]window of opportunity

0:29:39.830,0:29:42.645
where we can prevent[br]those missiles from ever[br]becoming operational.

0:29:43.480,0:29:46.608
The other options[br]do not guarantee

0:29:46.712,0:29:49.631
the end result that[br]we can guarantee.

0:29:49.736,0:29:52.238
However, as more time goes by,

0:29:52.238,0:29:55.158
the less reliable the choice[br]we can offer you becomes.

0:29:55.575,0:29:57.035
Mr. President,

0:29:57.035,0:29:59.016
the motto I chose for SAC

0:29:59.120,0:30:00.580
is "Peace is our Profession."

0:30:01.310,0:30:04.125
Now, God forbid we find[br]ourselves in a nuclear exchange,

0:30:04.229,0:30:06.106
but if launched,[br]those missiles from Cuba

0:30:06.315,0:30:08.608
would kill a lot of Americans.

0:30:09.130,0:30:10.798
The very presence[br]of those missiles

0:30:10.902,0:30:12.884
gives the Soviets[br]first-strike capability.

0:30:13.509,0:30:16.846
Those missiles make[br]a nuclear exchange more likely,

0:30:16.846,0:30:19.557
and that is why I'm being[br]such a pain in the ass

0:30:19.557,0:30:22.476
about destroying them and[br]dstroying them immediately.

0:30:23.936,0:30:25.396
Hell, even Mac agrees.

0:30:27.898,0:30:31.652
And, sir, given your own[br]statements about Cuba,

0:30:31.756,0:30:36.657
I think a blockade[br]or a bunch of political talk

0:30:36.761,0:30:39.055
would be considered by a lot[br]of our friends and neutrals

0:30:39.159,0:30:41.036
as a pretty weak response.

0:30:42.183,0:30:44.790
I suspect that many[br]of our own citizens

0:30:44.894,0:30:46.667
might feel the same way.

0:30:48.231,0:30:51.046
You're in a pretty bad fix,[br]Mr. President.

0:30:54.487,0:30:55.634
What did you say?

0:30:58.032,0:30:59.596
You're in a pretty bad fix.

0:31:01.890,0:31:04.497
Maybe you haven't noticed[br]you're in it with me.

0:31:07.938,0:31:10.649
Now, General, what[br]are the Soviets gonna do

0:31:10.857,0:31:11.691
when we attack?

0:31:13.777,0:31:14.819
Nothing.

0:31:15.445,0:31:16.696
Nothing?

0:31:16.801,0:31:17.947
Nothing,

0:31:18.260,0:31:20.971
because the only[br]alternative open to them

0:31:22.014,0:31:24.099
is one they can't choose.

0:31:25.455,0:31:27.227
You know, they're

0:31:27.332,0:31:30.043
They're not just missiles[br]we're gonna be destroying, General.

0:31:30.043,0:31:34.005
If we kill Soviet soldiers,[br]they're gonna respond.

0:31:35.048,0:31:37.863
I mean, how would we respond[br]if they killed ours?

0:31:37.967,0:31:41.408
No, they're gonna[br]do something, General.[br]I can promise you that.

0:31:44.953,0:31:47.456
Those goddamn Kennedys are[br]gonna destroy this country

0:31:47.560,0:31:49.645
if we don't do something[br]about this.

0:31:51.105,0:31:52.461
We're headed out to the backyard

0:31:52.565,0:31:54.859
to take a look[br]for that big red dog.

0:31:55.380,0:31:56.736
Thanks, Bob.

0:31:57.153,0:31:59.030
I was hoping LeMay pushed you,

0:31:59.134,0:32:01.115
because I was ready to knock[br]that son of a bitch across the room.

0:32:01.219,0:32:03.096
We knew it was coming.[br]And I'll tell you one thing, Kenny,

0:32:03.200,0:32:05.286
those brass heads[br]have one big advantage.

0:32:05.390,0:32:06.745
That is, if we do[br]what they want us to do,

0:32:06.954,0:32:09.665
there's none of us gonna be left[br]alive to tell 'em they were wrong.

0:32:09.769,0:32:13.002
Mr. President, we need to[br]go over what you're going to say.

0:32:13.314,0:32:15.087
Gromyko should be[br]on his way by now.

0:32:15.191,0:32:16.547
Now, there's still[br]no sign that they know

0:32:16.755,0:32:17.902
that we know[br]about the missiles.

0:32:18.111,0:32:19.675
Well, we're gonna[br]keep it that way.

0:32:35.941,0:32:37.088
Kenny?

0:32:37.192,0:32:38.652
I'll be right there.

0:32:40.320,0:32:42.406
I'm getting funny questions[br]from the guys.

0:32:42.510,0:32:44.074
Yeah? What sort of questions?

0:32:44.178,0:32:46.263
About some sort[br]of military exercises?

0:32:46.368,0:32:48.036
You want me to do my job[br]handling the press,

0:32:48.036,0:32:49.809
I need to know what's going on.

0:32:49.913,0:32:52.832
- Military exercises?[br]- Yeah, military exercises.

0:32:53.562,0:32:55.231
Haven't heard anything about it.

0:32:55.335,0:32:56.273
Ask Bundy.

0:32:56.378,0:32:58.359
I did. He said to ask you.

0:33:00.340,0:33:02.008
Mr. Gromyko,[br]this way, please.

0:33:02.112,0:33:04.823
Mr. Dobrynin, what are[br]your hopes for the meeting?

0:33:05.136,0:33:07.430
Mr. Gromyko, can you give us[br]a statement, please?

0:33:08.786,0:33:10.141
Robert.

0:33:10.662,0:33:12.644
- Hugh, how are you?[br]- Good.

0:33:15.772,0:33:17.231
Excuse me, Joan.

0:33:17.231,0:33:20.360
So, tell me about[br]this military exercise that's[br]going on down in Puerto Rico.

0:33:20.464,0:33:21.402
What?

0:33:21.506,0:33:25.782
It's called ORTSAC, I believe.[br]Castro spelled backwards.

0:33:25.886,0:33:29.535
ORTSAC? I... I don't know[br]what you're talking about.

0:33:29.535,0:33:31.725
Me, either. Why?

0:33:31.829,0:33:34.332
Well, because maybe[br]the President and Gromyko[br]are gonna talk about it.

0:33:34.540,0:33:37.043
If you're trying to drum[br]something up, Johnny, forget it.

0:33:37.251,0:33:39.545
This meeting's been[br]on the books for months.

0:33:39.858,0:33:43.090
Far as I know,[br]it's just a friendly talk[br]on U.S. -Soviet relations.

0:33:44.341,0:33:45.905
Sir! Sir!

0:33:46.635,0:33:47.991
Mr. President!

0:33:49.763,0:33:52.892
All right, hold it, guys. Hold it.[br]You'll get your pictures.

0:33:53.934,0:33:54.768
Does it?

0:33:56.228,0:33:57.792
Mm-hmm.

0:33:58.314,0:33:59.669
I'll be damned.

0:34:01.650,0:34:03.631
Kind of simple for the Pentagon.

0:34:08.115,0:34:10.930
What is this meeting about, sir?

0:34:13.224,0:34:14.162
Sir!

0:34:14.267,0:34:16.248
Mr. Gromyko,[br]thank you for coming.

0:34:16.248,0:34:17.812
Hold on, guys. One minute.

0:34:23.338,0:34:25.423
Gentlemen, would you mind[br]shaking hands?

0:34:27.196,0:34:29.073
So that there should be[br]no misunderstanding

0:34:29.177,0:34:31.054
the position[br]of the United States,

0:34:31.054,0:34:34.599
which has been made clear[br]by the Attorney General[br]to Ambassador Dobrynin here,

0:34:34.808,0:34:38.144
I shall read a sentence from[br]my statement to the press[br]dated September 13th.

0:34:39.083,0:34:41.168
"Should missiles[br]or offensive weapons

0:34:41.272,0:34:42.941
"be placed in Cuba,

0:34:42.941,0:34:44.609
"it would present[br]the gravest threat

0:34:44.713,0:34:46.486
to U.S. National security."

0:34:46.590,0:34:48.258
Mr. President,

0:34:48.363,0:34:51.491
as Premier Khrushchev's own[br]statement of September 13th[br]assured you,

0:34:51.595,0:34:53.159
our military assistance[br]to Cuba

0:34:53.263,0:34:55.870
is of a defensive nature only.

0:35:02.022,0:35:03.795
So I do not[br]misunderstand you,

0:35:04.107,0:35:07.131
There are no offensive[br]weapons in Cuba?

0:35:07.340,0:35:10.364
Premier Khrushchev's[br]statement of September 13th

0:35:10.468,0:35:13.075
remains the position[br]of the Soviet Government.

0:35:13.179,0:35:15.577
To that,[br]I have nothing to add.

0:35:16.828,0:35:18.497
Well, that's good enough for me.

0:35:19.331,0:35:20.165
Thanks so much.

0:35:20.478,0:35:21.937
Thank you.

0:35:24.961,0:35:26.942
Gentlemen, if you'll[br]come with me, please.

0:35:26.942,0:35:29.236
A most constructive meeting.

0:35:35.909,0:35:38.308
- What happened?[br]- Lying bastard.

0:35:38.516,0:35:39.663
Lied right to my face.

0:35:39.767,0:35:41.123
We're split down the middle.

0:35:41.227,0:35:44.042
If I held a vote,[br]I think air strike would[br]beat blockade by a vote or two.

0:35:44.251,0:35:46.858
I want a consensus. I mean,[br]either air strike or blockade,

0:35:46.962,0:35:48.526
but something everyone's[br]going to stand by,

0:35:48.839,0:35:50.716
even if they don't like it.

0:35:51.341,0:35:54.782
I need it by Saturday.[br]Make it happen.

0:35:54.886,0:35:56.346
What if I can't?

0:35:57.910,0:36:00.413
We go into this split,[br]the Russians will know it.

0:36:00.830,0:36:02.498
They'll know it[br]and use it against us.

0:36:02.602,0:36:05.209
Have you canceled Chicago[br]and the rest of the weekend yet?

0:36:05.522,0:36:08.441
If you don't show for Chicago,[br]everyone'll know there's[br]something going on.

0:36:08.650,0:36:10.944
- I don't care. Just cancel it.[br]- Forget it!

0:36:12.821,0:36:15.532
I'm not calling[br]and canceling on Daley.

0:36:17.826,0:36:20.015
You call and cancel on Daley.

0:36:20.120,0:36:21.475
You're scared[br]to cancel on Daley?

0:36:21.579,0:36:23.978
You're damn right[br]I'm scared.

0:36:26.584,0:36:27.836
Well, I'm not.

0:36:32.006,0:36:33.466
Watch this.

0:36:35.134,0:36:36.594
Welcome to Chicago,[br]Mr. President.

0:36:36.698,0:36:39.305
Mr. Mayor, I wouldn't miss[br]this event for the world.

0:36:39.514,0:36:41.182
Mr. President, over here!

0:36:41.599,0:36:42.955
Mayor Daley!

0:36:44.519,0:36:45.666
Let's go.

0:36:46.187,0:36:48.168
Tonight, you're going to[br]experience some true Midwest...

0:36:48.377,0:36:49.732
Kenny! What's going on?

0:36:49.941,0:36:53.173
Now the guys are[br]hounding me about some[br]troop movements in Florida?

0:36:53.381,0:36:54.528
What are you telling them?

0:36:54.528,0:36:55.571
The truth I don't know.

0:36:55.675,0:36:57.761
- Am I out of the loop[br]on something?[br]- No.

0:36:58.803,0:37:02.349
Tell them you' ve looked into it,[br]and all it is is an exercise.

0:37:03.183,0:37:04.851
Oh, and, Pierre,

0:37:04.955,0:37:07.041
Tomorrow, the President[br]may have a cold.

0:37:07.249,0:37:08.918
- A what?[br]- A cold.

0:37:11.629,0:37:13.818
Kenny, do I get[br]any input around here?

0:37:15.799,0:37:17.259
Yeah.

0:37:17.363,0:37:19.345
How bad it is is up to you.

0:37:27.895,0:37:29.980
You know, there are major[br]rail disruptions in the South.

0:37:30.084,0:37:32.065
2 Airborne Divisions[br]are on alert.

0:37:32.170,0:37:35.402
Sounds to me like that[br]exercise is an invasion.

0:37:35.506,0:37:37.800
Well, you know[br]how Bobby has it in[br]for the state of Mississippi.

0:37:38.113,0:37:40.094
We're invading Cuba.

0:37:40.615,0:37:42.909
Damn it, we are not[br]invading Cuba.

0:37:43.222,0:37:44.682
Are you crazy?

0:37:44.786,0:37:46.767
Nobody gives[br]a rat's ass about Cuba

0:37:46.872,0:37:48.540
Not now, not ever.

0:37:48.853,0:37:51.772
If you print something like that,[br]all you're going to do[br]is inflame the situation.

0:37:51.981,0:37:55.630
Nobody talks to assholes[br]who inflame situations.

0:37:55.839,0:37:57.924
Assholes like that[br]can find themselves

0:37:58.028,0:37:59.801
cut out of the loop.

0:38:00.114,0:38:02.720
That's the first time[br]you've ever threatened me.

0:38:05.640,0:38:06.683
All right.

0:38:06.787,0:38:08.768
I won't print anything[br]until I have another source,

0:38:08.872,0:38:10.645
But I promise you,[br]I'll get one.

0:38:15.754,0:38:16.797
Bobby.

0:38:16.901,0:38:18.778
*We've got a consensus[br]for a blockade,*

0:38:18.882,0:38:22.219
but it won't last past tomorrow,[br]Kenny. You have to bring him back.

0:38:22.532,0:38:25.243
*Oh, by the way,[br]China invaded India today.*

0:38:25.243,0:38:27.224
You're kidding, aren't you?

0:38:27.537,0:38:30.352
I wish I were. Galbraith's[br]handling it in New Delhi.

0:38:30.977,0:38:32.750
*Makes you wonder[br]what's coming next.*

0:38:32.854,0:38:36.921
Jesus, what is it about[br]the free world that pisses[br]the rest of the world off?

0:38:37.338,0:38:39.215
I don't know.[br]We have Tupperware parties?

0:38:40.466,0:38:41.404
Maybe.

0:38:42.134,0:38:43.073
I'll see you tomorrow.

0:38:43.177,0:38:44.324
<i>OK.</i>

0:38:44.428,0:38:45.888
The President has a cold.

0:38:45.992,0:38:47.869
He's canceling[br]the remainder of this trip

0:38:47.973,0:38:50.684
and returning to Washington[br]on the advice of his doctor.

0:38:51.727,0:38:52.874
President Kennedy!

0:38:52.978,0:38:54.751
Is it true[br]you have a cold, sir?

0:38:54.855,0:38:56.732
How do you feel,[br]Mr. President?

0:38:56.732,0:38:58.087
Mr. President!

0:38:59.026,0:39:01.528
What's the next step going[br]to be, Mr. President?

0:39:10.287,0:39:11.330
Mr. President,

0:39:11.538,0:39:13.415
our deliberations have[br]led us to the conclusion

0:39:13.519,0:39:16.543
that a blockade[br]of offensive weapons to Cuba

0:39:16.647,0:39:18.524
is our best option.

0:39:18.628,0:39:21.965
A strong showing of support[br]from the Organization[br]of American States

0:39:22.069,0:39:23.842
would give us[br]an umbrella of legitimacy.

0:39:23.946,0:39:26.136
A blockade is technically[br]an act of war.

0:39:26.136,0:39:28.326
Therefore, we recommend[br]calling the action

0:39:28.430,0:39:29.368
a quarantine.

0:39:29.472,0:39:33.018
Let's hope that translates into[br]Russian the way we want it to.

0:39:34.269,0:39:37.293
There are between[br]20 and 30 Soviet ships

0:39:37.397,0:39:39.587
underway to Cuba at this time.

0:39:39.899,0:39:43.236
800 miles out, the Navy[br]will stop them, board,

0:39:43.236,0:39:46.364
and any vessels containing weapons[br]will be turned back.

0:39:46.468,0:39:49.284
A quarantine prevents any[br]more missiles from reaching Cuba,

0:39:49.388,0:39:51.786
but it doesn't remove[br]the missiles already there.

0:39:51.890,0:39:55.540
It gives the Soviets a chance[br]to pull back without a war.

0:39:55.748,0:39:57.625
If they refuse[br]to remove the missiles,

0:39:57.625,0:40:00.336
we retain the option[br]to strike and invade.

0:40:00.649,0:40:02.213
A sneak attack would be counter

0:40:02.317,0:40:04.611
to what the United States[br]stands for.

0:40:04.820,0:40:06.488
It leaves us no room[br]to maneuver,

0:40:06.592,0:40:10.137
and the inevitable Soviet response[br]would force us into a war.

0:40:10.346,0:40:12.119
Mr. President,[br]there are still those of us

0:40:12.223,0:40:15.142
who believe we should[br]proceed with the strikes.

0:40:15.247,0:40:17.645
Sir, with a blockade,[br]we lose strategic surprise.

0:40:17.749,0:40:19.939
We also run the risk[br]of the Soviets launching

0:40:19.939,0:40:21.920
a first strike against us[br]if they decide

0:40:22.024,0:40:24.005
they have to use[br]the missiles or lose them.

0:40:27.238,0:40:30.574
So, quarantine or air strike.

0:40:30.783,0:40:33.494
Ahem. There is a third option.

0:40:34.536,0:40:35.788
With either course,

0:40:35.892,0:40:38.603
we undertake[br]the risk of nuclear war.

0:40:39.333,0:40:42.044
So it seems to me that[br]maybe one of us in this room

0:40:42.148,0:40:43.608
should be a coward,

0:40:44.859,0:40:46.840
So I guess I'll be.

0:40:47.674,0:40:50.594
A third course[br]is to strike a deal.

0:40:51.011,0:40:53.513
We trade Guantanamo[br]and our missiles in Turkey,

0:40:53.618,0:40:55.912
get them to pull[br]their missiles out.

0:40:56.016,0:40:57.997
We employ a back channel.

0:40:58.101,0:41:00.917
We attribute the idea[br]to U Thant.

0:41:01.438,0:41:04.045
U Thant then raises it[br]at the U.N.

0:41:06.443,0:41:08.528
I don't think[br]that's possible, Adlai.

0:41:12.490,0:41:14.472
I've not yet made[br]my final decision.

0:41:14.680,0:41:17.078
I'll be asking the Networks[br]for airtime on Monday night.

0:41:17.600,0:41:19.894
We'll announce[br]our course of action then.

0:41:21.666,0:41:23.334
Ted, I want you to get[br]working on speeches

0:41:23.334,0:41:25.524
for both quarantine[br]and air strike.

0:41:27.922,0:41:30.425
Well, thank you for[br]all your advice, gentlemen.

0:41:31.572,0:41:33.344
I did hear Adlai.

0:41:33.761,0:41:36.472
Jesus, you'd think nobody learned[br]anything from World War II.

0:41:36.577,0:41:37.932
Somebody had to say it.

0:41:37.932,0:41:40.435
I respect Adlai for having the guts[br]to risk looking like an appeaser.

0:41:40.643,0:41:42.103
We have to pull him.

0:41:42.311,0:41:44.814
He's not going to be able to handle[br]the Soviets in front of the U.N.

0:41:45.022,0:41:46.482
Zorin will eat him alive.

0:41:46.586,0:41:48.463
We've got bigger[br]problems right now.

0:41:49.506,0:41:50.444
Ladies?

0:41:50.549,0:41:51.904
No, thank you.

0:41:56.805,0:41:58.473
Honey, I'll be right back.

0:42:06.606,0:42:07.649
Adlai?

0:42:08.274,0:42:12.967
Ah. I just can't seem[br]to get away from you guys.

0:42:13.071,0:42:15.260
Escaping for a night[br]on the town, eh?

0:42:15.365,0:42:17.346
As D.C.'s most popular playboy,

0:42:17.346,0:42:21.308
the President felt my presence[br]would be sorely missed, so

0:42:21.517,0:42:24.853
in the interest of[br]National Security, here I am.

0:42:24.958,0:42:27.356
Yes, gotta keep up appearances.

0:42:27.460,0:42:29.441
Of course, I don't anymore.

0:42:31.526,0:42:33.820
I'm a political dead man.

0:42:33.925,0:42:36.114
Did you ever see anyone[br]cut his own throat

0:42:36.219,0:42:37.783
like I did today?

0:42:39.347,0:42:40.702
No, no.

0:42:41.328,0:42:42.683
It's all right.

0:42:43.100,0:42:45.811
And by the way,[br]I spoke to a friend.

0:42:46.333,0:42:48.522
Reston and Franco have the story.

0:42:48.627,0:42:51.129
The Times is going to[br]run it tomorrow.

0:42:53.840,0:42:55.300
We're not gonna make it to Monday.

0:42:55.717,0:42:56.551
Shit.

0:42:56.655,0:42:58.845
*We can get Sorenson[br]to lean on Reston,*

0:42:58.845,0:43:00.930
But you're gonna have[br]to call Orville Dryfoos.

0:43:01.139,0:43:03.850
This is the sort of decision[br]a publisher makes himself.

0:43:04.476,0:43:07.082
All right.[br]Thanks, Kenny.

0:43:08.855,0:43:11.462
Yes, sir, I understand,[br]but, you know, we held[br]on the Bay of Pigs,

0:43:11.566,0:43:14.277
and it was the[br]biggest mistake of my life.[br]What makes this different?

0:43:14.381,0:43:15.945
Orville, I'm asking you[br]to hold the story

0:43:15.945,0:43:19.282
until I can present our course[br]of action on Monday night.

0:43:22.201,0:43:24.182
All right, but I'm gonna need[br]a reason to give my boys.

0:43:24.391,0:43:26.268
They're gonna be screaming[br]for my head on a plate.

0:43:26.372,0:43:28.040
*Listen, Orville,[br]you tell them this*

0:43:28.979,0:43:30.856
That they'll[br]be saving lives...

0:43:31.481,0:43:33.045
including their own.

0:43:35.339,0:43:36.590
Yes, Mr. President.

0:44:04.952,0:44:06.829
How many Congressmen[br]have not responded yet?

0:44:07.037,0:44:08.288
14.

0:44:08.914,0:44:10.999
*- Boggs is in the Gulf fishing?[br]- Yes, sir.*

0:44:11.104,0:44:12.876
I thought he was supposed[br]to be campaigning.

0:44:12.980,0:44:14.127
*Well, he's not gone for long.*

0:44:14.336,0:44:17.464
Jesus. Get a plane out[br]there and get him back.

0:44:19.132,0:44:21.009
He wants to talk to LeMay again.

0:44:21.113,0:44:22.782
He's still considering[br]air strikes.

0:44:33.417,0:44:34.668
None of this works tomorrow.

0:44:34.773,0:44:37.275
- Figure out how to cancel it.[br]- Yes, sir.

0:44:39.778,0:44:40.820
We're on the phones.

0:44:51.039,0:44:53.333
Cam, can you guarantee me[br]you'll get all the missiles?

0:44:57.712,0:45:00.214
Sir, I guarantee we'll get[br]all the missiles we know about.

0:45:00.319,0:45:03.864
Mr. President, we can get[br]better than 90%of them.

0:45:08.243,0:45:11.371
I'll brief the Congressional leadership[br]tomorrow evening at 5:00.

0:45:12.935,0:45:16.063
At 7:00, all United States[br]Armed Forces worldwide

0:45:16.689,0:45:18.774
will stand up to DEFCON 3.

0:45:19.817,0:45:21.798
I have a brief statement[br]to make.

0:45:22.215,0:45:24.405
President Kennedy will[br]address the nation tonight

0:45:24.509,0:45:25.656
on radio and television

0:45:25.760,0:45:28.888
on a subject of[br]the highest national urgency.

0:45:29.201,0:45:32.329
He has requested airtime[br]on all 3 Networks for 7 p.m.

0:45:32.538,0:45:33.685
Thank you very much.

0:46:04.027,0:46:06.217
I am not willing[br]to support anything

0:46:06.321,0:46:07.781
but the toughest possible

0:46:07.885,0:46:10.805
Congress cannot give you[br]the support you're looking for.

0:46:10.909,0:46:12.681
Mr. President! Sir?

0:46:12.786,0:46:15.497
If they want this goddamn[br]job, they can have it.

0:46:15.601,0:46:16.748
It's no great joy to me.

0:46:16.852,0:46:18.103
Mr. President,[br]here's the speech.

0:46:18.208,0:46:19.355
I made those changes you wanted.

0:46:19.459,0:46:21.336
- I need a minute.[br]- Kenny, no.

0:46:21.440,0:46:22.691
A minute.

0:46:28.426,0:46:29.990
Look, I don't want[br]a goddamn pep talk.

0:46:30.199,0:46:32.493
You're not the Harvard[br]quarterback anymore.

0:46:32.597,0:46:34.057
We're on the brink here!

0:46:34.161,0:46:37.289
They're trying to second-guess[br]me into World War 3.[br]Well, it's not gonna happen.

0:46:37.393,0:46:39.687
- What did you think[br]Congress was gonna do?[br]- Well, I...

0:46:39.791,0:46:42.085
Offer you[br]unconditional support?

0:46:42.502,0:46:44.379
Kiss your Catholic ass?

0:46:45.109,0:46:47.195
They don't think we even[br]deserve to be here.

0:46:47.299,0:46:49.071
Well, what the hell[br]do you think?

0:46:49.176,0:46:51.053
I think we haven't been[br]that impressive today.

0:46:51.157,0:46:53.555
They have good reason[br]to question our judgment.

0:46:53.764,0:46:55.328
What do you want, Kenny?

0:46:56.370,0:46:57.517
I want you to sit down.

0:46:57.621,0:46:59.394
Well, I'm not going to sit down!

0:47:00.124,0:47:01.479
I want you to sit down,

0:47:01.584,0:47:02.835
loosen your tie,[br]and take a minute

0:47:02.939,0:47:04.086
I haven't got a minute!

0:47:04.190,0:47:06.693
You're the President[br]of the United States.

0:47:07.423,0:47:08.987
They can wait for you.

0:47:14.930,0:47:16.286
Well, why not?

0:47:19.727,0:47:20.978
Things can't get much worse.

0:47:21.082,0:47:23.376
Oh, I don't know.[br]We could have to...

0:47:23.480,0:47:27.025
go down to Lyndon's ranch again[br]dressed up as cowboys.

0:47:29.528,0:47:32.030
Shoot deer out of the back[br]of his Convertible.

0:47:34.533,0:47:36.305
That was a bad day.

0:47:40.163,0:47:42.144
You know, I thought[br]there'd be...

0:47:42.353,0:47:44.126
more good days.

0:47:47.149,0:47:49.652
You know, back when[br]we were in the wards,

0:47:50.382,0:47:53.197
that day Bobby made me[br]come down and meet you?

0:47:53.718,0:47:55.804
I didn't get you at first.

0:47:57.055,0:47:58.932
I thought you were lucky.

0:47:59.870,0:48:01.956
Your father had a lot of money.

0:48:02.164,0:48:05.709
You were skinny.[br]Girls loved you.

0:48:06.648,0:48:09.254
I thought I could beat[br]you and Bobby up together.

0:48:10.610,0:48:16.032
But he just kept going[br]on and on about you.

0:48:17.075,0:48:19.056
I thought it was because[br]he was your brother.

0:48:23.331,0:48:24.999
But I was wrong.

0:48:28.127,0:48:29.483
I was wrong.

0:48:48.251,0:48:49.711
You sleeping?

0:48:50.962,0:48:52.735
No. Not much.

0:48:53.777,0:48:56.176
But I slept last night,[br]though, you know, and...

0:48:56.280,0:48:57.635
Jeez, I...

0:48:59.095,0:49:01.076
When I woke up, I just...

0:49:01.180,0:49:04.934
Somehow I'd forgotten that[br]all this had happened, you know?

0:49:06.394,0:49:09.939
Then, of course,[br]I remembered, and...

0:49:11.190,0:49:13.901
I just wished for a second[br]somebody else was President.

0:49:14.840,0:49:15.882
You mean that?

0:49:18.281,0:49:19.845
I said, for a second.

0:49:26.518,0:49:29.542
Boy, there is a lot of noise[br]out there, Kenny.

0:49:35.068,0:49:37.258
You know what you're doing,[br]Mr. President.

0:49:38.822,0:49:40.594
You're going to make[br]the best call you can,

0:49:40.803,0:49:42.367
and you know they're[br]going to second-guess you.

0:49:42.680,0:49:44.244
So what?

0:49:46.016,0:49:48.414
We're just gonna have to[br]take our beatings as we go.

0:49:54.775,0:49:56.652
So, what are we[br]going to do now?

0:49:58.320,0:49:59.675
I'm going on TV.

0:50:09.373,0:50:11.979
You know, maybe the American[br]people will go with me.

0:50:13.543,0:50:15.212
Even if their...

0:50:16.567,0:50:18.965
elected representatives won't.

0:50:25.013,0:50:27.098
You wear something[br]nice for the TV.

0:50:27.307,0:50:28.662
Make sure Jackie picks it.

0:50:35.648,0:50:36.900
Excuse me.

0:50:39.089,0:50:41.696
Oh, right. Thanks, Pierre.[br]Now, I just changed

0:50:41.904,0:50:43.156
OK, everybody,[br]I think we're ready.

0:50:47.326,0:50:49.203
No, I'm fine. Thank you.

0:50:50.455,0:50:55.042
Mr. President,[br]in 5, 4, 3, 2...

0:50:55.668,0:50:57.858
Good evening,[br]my fellow citizens.

0:50:57.962,0:50:59.943
This Government, as promised,

0:51:00.152,0:51:02.133
has maintained[br]the closest surveillance

0:51:02.550,0:51:05.782
*of the Soviet military buildup[br]on the island of Cuba.*

0:51:06.095,0:51:07.450
*Within the past week,*

0:51:07.763,0:51:10.683
*unmistakable evidence[br]has established the fact*

0:51:10.787,0:51:13.811
*that a series[br]of offensive missile sites*

0:51:13.811,0:51:16.939
*is now in preparation[br]on that imprisoned island.*

0:51:17.043,0:51:19.441
*The purpose of these bases[br]can be none other*

0:51:19.546,0:51:22.361
*than to provide[br]a nuclear strike capability*

0:51:22.465,0:51:23.716
*against[br]the Western Hemisphere.*

0:51:24.551,0:51:27.262
*Acting therefore in the defense[br]of our own security*

0:51:27.366,0:51:30.390
*and under the authority entrusted[br]to me by the Constitution,*

0:51:30.494,0:51:32.788
*I have directed[br]that the following initial steps*

0:51:32.892,0:51:34.143
*be taken immediately.*

0:51:34.769,0:51:37.480
*First, to halt[br]this offensive buildup,*

0:51:37.584,0:51:40.087
*a strict quarantine on all[br]offensive military equipment*

0:51:40.191,0:51:42.276
*under shipment to Cuba[br]is being initiated.*

0:51:42.798,0:51:45.822
*All ships of any kind,[br]bound for Cuba,*

0:51:45.926,0:51:48.011
*from whatever nation or port,*

0:51:48.011,0:51:51.869
*will, if found to contain[br]cargos of offensive weapons,[br]be turned back.*

0:51:52.078,0:51:54.580
*Second, I have directed[br]the continued and increased*

0:51:54.684,0:51:57.604
*close surveillance of Cuba[br]and its military buildup,*

0:51:57.812,0:52:00.315
*and should these military[br]preparations continue,*

0:52:00.419,0:52:02.609
*further action will be justified.*

0:52:02.713,0:52:06.258
*I have directed the Armed Forces[br]to prepare for any eventualities.*

0:52:06.363,0:52:09.699
*And third, it shall be[br]the policy of this nation*

0:52:10.221,0:52:12.514
*to regard any nuclear missile[br]launched from Cuba*

0:52:12.619,0:52:14.704
*against any nation[br]in the Western Hemisphere*

0:52:14.913,0:52:16.998
*as an attack[br]by the Soviet Union*

0:52:17.207,0:52:18.771
*on the United States*

0:52:18.875,0:52:21.586
*requiring a full[br]retaliatory response*

0:52:21.690,0:52:22.837
*upon the Soviet Union.*

0:52:32.221,0:52:33.890
Good speech, Teddy.

0:52:34.307,0:52:37.122
Yeah, well, I guess[br]I get to keep my job.

0:52:38.060,0:52:41.606
No. It was[br]a really good speech.

0:52:42.648,0:52:45.463
I can't imagine what you did[br]with the air strikes version.

0:52:50.156,0:52:51.720
I wasn't able[br]to write it, Kenny.

0:52:54.326,0:52:57.454
It's kind of hard[br]to write the unthinkable.

0:52:57.767,0:53:00.791
I tried. I just...

0:53:03.502,0:53:04.858
I couldn't.

0:53:09.237,0:53:11.114
We're getting[br]the Soviet response.

0:53:11.218,0:53:13.095
It's coming in on the teletype.

0:53:14.555,0:53:16.014
"The community[br]of nations recognizes

0:53:16.119,0:53:18.517
the fundamental right[br]of freedom of the seas..."

0:53:18.621,0:53:20.081
It's horseshit.

0:53:21.124,0:53:22.479
I agree.

0:53:29.361,0:53:31.655
They don't know how to respond yet.

0:53:32.906,0:53:36.764
So now you're Khrushchev.[br]What do you do?

0:53:41.456,0:53:43.333
You run the blockade.

0:53:44.271,0:53:45.314
They'll run the blockade.

0:53:45.523,0:53:49.381
Which is exactly what they[br]appear to be preparing to do,[br]Mr. President.

0:53:49.485,0:53:52.300
We're tracking 26 ships[br]inbound for Cuba.

0:53:52.300,0:53:54.803
They show no sign[br]of changing course.

0:53:54.803,0:53:57.305
The closest ships,[br]the Gagarin and the Kimovsk,

0:53:57.409,0:54:00.120
will make the quarantine line[br]by this time tomorrow.

0:54:00.225,0:54:03.248
Admiral Anderson,[br]if the ships do not stop,

0:54:03.353,0:54:05.542
exactly what are[br]our rules of engagement?

0:54:05.647,0:54:09.192
Well, Russian-speaking personnel[br]have been transferred[br]to all our ships.

0:54:09.400,0:54:11.381
When the quarantine[br]takes place in the morning,

0:54:11.486,0:54:14.926
our ships will attempt[br]to make radio contact[br]with the approaching vessels.

0:54:15.135,0:54:18.159
They'll be ordered to reduce speed[br]and standby for inspection.

0:54:18.993,0:54:22.017
An inspection team will then[br]board and search the vessel.

0:54:22.121,0:54:25.458
If weapons are found,[br]the ship will be ordered[br]out of the quarantine area,

0:54:25.770,0:54:28.586
or if they refuse, they'll[br]be towed into the nearest port.

0:54:29.003,0:54:30.775
What happens if[br]the ship doesn't stop

0:54:30.880,0:54:32.444
for inspection[br]or want to be towed?

0:54:32.652,0:54:34.321
We fire a warning shot[br]across their bow.

0:54:34.633,0:54:37.449
And what happens if the ship[br]ignores the warning shot?

0:54:37.553,0:54:41.098
We then fire at its rudder,[br]disable it, and carry on[br]our inspection.

0:54:41.307,0:54:43.600
There will be no shooting[br]without my explicit orders.

0:54:45.165,0:54:46.103
Is that understood?

0:54:46.833,0:54:48.188
Yes, sir.

0:54:48.188,0:54:50.274
Well, Admiral, looks like[br]it's up to the Navy.

0:54:50.378,0:54:52.046
The Navy won't let you down, sir.

0:54:52.255,0:54:54.027
There's one other thing,[br]Mr. President.

0:54:54.132,0:54:57.468
We're commencing low-level[br]photography runs over Cuba[br]this morning.

0:54:57.677,0:55:00.388
It'll be more detailed[br]than the U-2 photography.

0:55:00.492,0:55:03.933
This way, we'll be able[br]to firm up our estimates[br]of the missiles' readiness

0:55:04.037,0:55:05.706
and develop target packages[br]for strikes,

0:55:05.810,0:55:07.478
if you should order them, sir.

0:55:07.582,0:55:10.502
To protect our pilots,[br]we're prepared to retaliate[br]against any SAM site

0:55:10.710,0:55:13.526
or anti-aircraft battery[br]that may open fire.

0:55:13.630,0:55:15.090
We have a flight[br]of Thunderchiefs

0:55:15.090,0:55:16.862
that'll be able to respond[br]within minutes

0:55:16.967,0:55:18.739
to any attacks on our planes.

0:55:27.081,0:55:29.166
I got a bad feeling about[br]what's going on in there.

0:55:29.270,0:55:32.086
In the morning, I'm taking[br]charge of the blockade[br]from the Situation Room,

0:55:32.190,0:55:35.214
and McNamara is going to set up shop[br]in the flag plot at the Pentagon[br]and keep an eye on things there.

0:55:35.318,0:55:36.986
Good, because you'll[br]get armed boarders

0:55:37.195,0:55:38.655
climbing onto Soviet ships,

0:55:38.759,0:55:40.531
with shots being fired[br]across bows

0:55:40.636,0:55:42.825
- Well, what about these[br]low-level flights?[br]- We need the flights.

0:55:42.930,0:55:45.015
They're starting in what?[br]An hour.

0:55:45.119,0:55:47.413
You realize what you're[br]letting yourself in for?

0:55:47.518,0:55:49.916
We need the flights,[br]because the minute that first[br]missile becomes operational,

0:55:50.020,0:55:51.271
we gotta go in there[br]and destroy it.

0:55:51.375,0:55:53.252
Fair enough,[br]but Castro's on alert,

0:55:53.357,0:55:55.442
and we're flying attack[br]planes over their sites

0:55:55.546,0:55:56.589
on the deck!

0:55:57.944,0:55:59.821
There's no way for them to know[br]we're carrying cameras, not bombs.

0:56:00.030,0:56:00.968
God damn it!

0:56:01.073,0:56:03.679
We're going to be shot at,[br]plain and simple.

0:56:05.869,0:56:07.433
I'm your political advisor.

0:56:07.954,0:56:10.248
I'm giving you[br]a political analysis here.

0:56:10.352,0:56:13.481
This... This is a set-up.

0:56:14.210,0:56:16.400
The Chiefs want to go in.

0:56:16.400,0:56:18.485
They need to redeem themselves[br]for the Bay of Pigs.

0:56:18.694,0:56:20.988
They gotta go in this time.[br]They got to do it right.

0:56:22.343,0:56:23.490
I'm going to protect those pilots.

0:56:26.514,0:56:28.912
They're boxing us in with[br]these rules of engagement.

0:56:29.017,0:56:31.206
If you agree to them and[br]one of our planes gets knocked down

0:56:31.311,0:56:33.187
or one of the ships[br]won't stop for inspection,

0:56:33.292,0:56:35.169
the Chiefs will have us[br]by the balls

0:56:35.586,0:56:38.088
and will force us[br]to start shooting.

0:56:41.842,0:56:43.302
They want a war, Jack,

0:56:43.406,0:56:45.804
and they're arranging[br]things to get one.

0:56:48.619,0:56:50.392
How does a man get to[br]a place where he can say,

0:56:50.392,0:56:52.894
"Throw those lives away,"[br]so easily?

0:56:54.875,0:56:56.648
Maybe it's harder for them[br]to say than they let on,

0:56:56.752,0:56:59.985
but at the very least, they[br]believe it's in our best interest.

0:57:00.610,0:57:02.174
And you know what?

0:57:03.008,0:57:06.554
At the end of the day,[br]they may well end up being right.

0:57:12.810,0:57:14.791
Well, I'll tell you one thing,[br]we're going to have to triple-check

0:57:14.999,0:57:16.355
everything the Chiefs say to us

0:57:16.459,0:57:18.232
with the guys that[br]actually have to do it.

0:57:18.336,0:57:20.838
And nobody's to know about this,[br]because lbut Bobby.

0:57:20.943,0:57:23.028
I need redundant control[br]over what happens out there.

0:57:23.132,0:57:25.322
And if things[br]aren't as advertised,

0:57:25.426,0:57:27.512
then you're going to[br]make sure they come out[br]the way I want them to come out.

0:57:27.616,0:57:31.057
- That's gonna be[br]- Starting with this[br]low-level flight thing.

0:57:31.787,0:57:32.829
That's gonna be tough.

0:57:32.934,0:57:35.123
You know how these guys are[br]about their chains-of-command.

0:57:36.270,0:57:37.834
Listen, you tell them[br]those chains-of-command

0:57:37.939,0:57:39.607
end at one place Me.

0:57:42.839,0:57:44.403
Go ahead, sir.

0:57:44.612,0:57:47.114
Speak up, lady. I cannot hear you.[br]I got a train to catch,

0:57:47.219,0:57:49.408
and I'd like to be home[br]by Christmas. Yeah?

0:57:50.034,0:57:51.494
- That's the one.[br]- Mr. O'Donnell.

0:57:51.702,0:57:53.996
- What's her name?[br]- Margaret.

0:57:54.726,0:57:57.750
- Margaret.[br]- Give me a break.[br]I'm doing the best that I can.

0:57:57.854,0:58:00.252
Yes, sir. I understand exactly[br]what you're talking about.

0:58:00.356,0:58:01.920
I speak the language, too.[br]What?

0:58:02.025,0:58:05.153
Margaret, would you mind[br]helping me with something?

0:58:05.257,0:58:06.925
What do you need, honey?

0:58:07.134,0:58:09.636
That tone of voice specifically.

0:58:10.888,0:58:13.182
What tone of voice? What[br]the hell is he talking about?

0:58:13.286,0:58:15.475
I told you, sir[br]I'm sorry. You're outta here.

0:58:21.419,0:58:22.879
Ready Room.

0:58:23.191,0:58:25.173
Hey, Skipper,[br]what are you doin'?

0:58:25.277,0:58:27.049
- Lookin' out the door.[br]- I'll get him for you.

0:58:27.154,0:58:29.135
- For what?[br]- Cuba.

0:58:29.239,0:58:30.490
Skipper!

0:58:30.907,0:58:32.054
Telephone.

0:58:38.728,0:58:40.292
*- Commander Ecker.[br]- Commander Ecker?*

0:58:40.500,0:58:43.420
This is the White House operator.[br]Please hold for...

0:58:43.524,0:58:44.567
Shit.

0:58:44.671,0:58:47.278
Honey, you don't know[br]what shit is.

0:58:48.529,0:58:51.657
Commander?[br]My name's Ken O'Donnell,

0:58:51.761,0:58:53.012
Special Assistant[br]to the President.

0:58:53.429,0:58:54.472
Yes, sir.

0:58:54.576,0:58:57.600
The President's instructed me[br]to pass along an order to you.

0:58:57.913,0:58:59.373
You are not to get shot down.

0:59:00.624,0:59:02.814
Uh... We'll do our best, sir.

0:59:02.918,0:59:04.899
I don't think you[br]understand me, Commander.

0:59:05.003,0:59:08.444
You're not to get shot down[br]under any circumstances.

0:59:09.070,0:59:11.468
*Whatever happens up there,[br]you were not shot at.*

0:59:11.572,0:59:13.345
*Mechanical failures are fine.*

0:59:13.449,0:59:15.326
Crashing into mountains, fine...

0:59:15.430,0:59:18.037
But you and your men[br]are not to be shot at,

0:59:18.246,0:59:20.748
fired at, or launched upon.

0:59:20.957,0:59:23.563
Excuse me, sir.[br]What the hell is going on here?

0:59:23.668,0:59:25.023
*Commander,[br]if you are fired upon,*

0:59:25.127,0:59:27.943
The President will be forced to[br]attack the sites that fire on you.

0:59:28.985,0:59:30.862
*He doesn't want[br]to have to do that.*

0:59:30.966,0:59:33.677
It's very important that he doesn't,[br]or things could go

0:59:33.782,0:59:35.346
very badly out of control.

0:59:35.659,0:59:37.014
What about my men?

0:59:37.223,0:59:38.682
*If we don't have[br]anybody to protect us,*

0:59:38.682,0:59:40.872
*I'm gonna be writing[br]letters home to parents.*

0:59:40.976,0:59:42.436
If the President[br]protects you, Commander,

0:59:42.540,0:59:46.190
he may have to do it[br]with the bomb.

0:59:46.920,0:59:50.360
Now, I've know the man[br]for 15 years. The problem is...

0:59:50.465,0:59:52.237
He will protect you.

0:59:52.550,0:59:55.678
So I'm asking,[br]don't make him protect you.

0:59:55.991,0:59:57.138
Don't get shot at.

0:59:58.806,1:00:01.517
OK, Mr. O'Donnell,[br]we'll do what we can.

1:00:02.247,1:00:03.707
I know you will.

1:00:04.645,1:00:06.939
- Good luck, you guys.[br]- Find your way back!

1:00:10.797,1:00:12.257
Stay close.

1:00:14.655,1:00:15.802
Hey, Joey.

1:00:30.400,1:00:32.485
- See ya, Joey.[br]- Thanks, Joey.

1:00:32.902,1:00:34.571
Ready to go, Jeremy?

1:00:34.988,1:00:36.760
- Hey, Bruce.[br]- Skipper?

1:00:37.282,1:00:39.784
Never mind. Just do what I do.[br]Hand signs only?

1:00:39.784,1:00:41.035
Gotcha.

1:00:52.922,1:00:54.903
You are clear[br]and ready to go, sir!

1:00:55.007,1:00:56.363
Good luck, Skipper!

1:03:14.728,1:03:17.439
Oh-ho, man! Shit![br]Did you see it?

1:03:21.193,1:03:22.444
Man, you were lucky, Skipper.

1:03:22.548,1:03:25.468
Damn sparrows.[br]Must've been migrating.

1:03:25.572,1:03:26.719
Sparrows?

1:03:26.823,1:03:29.534
Probably hit a couple hundred of 'em.[br]How many did you hit, Bruce?

1:03:29.847,1:03:31.203
Sparrows?

1:03:34.748,1:03:35.790
A few, I guess.

1:03:35.999,1:03:38.919
These, uh, 20 millimeter or[br]40 millimeter sparrows, sir?

1:03:39.023,1:03:40.900
Those are bird strikes.

1:03:41.004,1:03:43.089
Sparrows, to be precise.

1:03:44.028,1:03:45.592
It's the way it is, guys.

1:03:46.322,1:03:47.886
Get that film pack done.

1:03:52.682,1:03:53.829
Commander Ecker.

1:03:53.933,1:03:54.767
Hello.

1:03:54.872,1:03:56.227
*- Sir.[br]- Commander.*

1:03:56.331,1:03:58.417
Mr. O'Donnell, I've been[br]ordered to deliver the film

1:03:58.521,1:04:00.189
to the Pentagon personally.

1:04:00.398,1:04:01.336
What's going on here?

1:04:01.649,1:04:03.735
The Chiefs must[br]want to talk to you.

1:04:04.777,1:04:07.697
They're gonna want to know[br]if you were fired on. Were you?

1:04:07.801,1:04:09.991
*You could say that, sir.*

1:04:14.057,1:04:15.934
Commander, listen to me.

1:04:16.038,1:04:17.811
Now, I know this[br]must fly in the face

1:04:17.915,1:04:20.522
of everything[br]you've come to serve,

1:04:20.939,1:04:24.380
but I'm asking you to look[br]through this to the other side.

1:04:27.717,1:04:29.593
Commander William B. Ecker[br]reporting as ordered.

1:04:29.698,1:04:31.679
- Commander.[br]- Sir.

1:04:31.679,1:04:33.660
Put your gear down over here.

1:04:34.703,1:04:36.371
Would you like a glass[br]of water or anything?

1:04:36.475,1:04:38.039
No, thank you, sir.

1:04:38.978,1:04:40.437
- Sir.[br]- Commander.

1:04:40.854,1:04:42.106
Have a seat.

1:04:45.338,1:04:47.632
Now, Commander, I assume[br]you know why you're here.

1:04:47.736,1:04:51.177
Son, I want to know just one thing.

1:04:51.490,1:04:54.305
Those bastards shoot[br]so much as a BB gun at you?

1:04:57.955,1:04:59.936
It was a cakewalk, sir.

1:05:01.500,1:05:02.438
Mr. President,

1:05:02.542,1:05:04.524
the O. A.S. Meeting[br]starts in less than an hour.

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Well, good. I think[br]we need this one, Dean.

1:05:07.026,1:05:08.799
We can't expect miracles.

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Listen, the quarantine[br]is legal if we get a mandate.

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Otherwise, it's an act of war[br]in the eyes of the world,

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so you gotta get me the vote,

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and, you know, make it unanimous.

1:05:17.766,1:05:19.538
Mr. President, the Organization[br]of American States

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hasn't had a unanimous vote

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Unanimous... Dean.

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In accordance with[br]this afternoon's vote

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at the Organization[br]of American States,

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the quarantine[br]will hereby be effective

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as of 10:00 tomorrow morning.

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*At 8 a.m. This morning,*

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*the United States[br]detonated a hydrogen bomb*

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*above Johnston Island[br]in the South Pacific.*

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*The blast was quickly condemned[br]by the Soviet Union,*

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*who called upon all nations[br]to denounce the United States*

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*for bringing the world[br]to the brink of destruction.*

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Who the hell[br]authorized this test?

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Christ, what is this gonna[br]say to the Russians?

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They look warlike?

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Jesus Christ. We're[br]lighting off nuclear weapons

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like it's our own private[br]Fourth of July.

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You know what we should have done?

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We should've brought in the guys[br]from the Atomic Energy Commission

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and talked this through,[br]you know?

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Looked at these tests[br]a little harder before

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just givin' the go-ahead.

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You know, last summer I read[br]a book, "The Guns of August".

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I wish every man on that[br]blockade line had read that book.

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It's World War I,[br]13 million killed.

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It was all because[br]the militaries of both alliances

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believed they were[br]so highly attuned

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to one another's movements[br]and dispositions,

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they could predict[br]one another's intentions,

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but all their theories[br]were based on the last war,

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and the world[br]and technology had changed,

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and those lessons[br]were no longer valid,

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but it was all they knew,[br]so the orders went out.

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Couldn't be rescinded.

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The man in the field,[br]his family at home,

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they couldn't even tell you[br]the reasons why their lives[br]were being destroyed.

1:07:35.922,1:07:37.904
But why couldn't they stop it?

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What could they have done?

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Here we are 50 years later.

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If one of their ships[br]resists the inspection

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and we shoot out[br]its rudder and board,

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they shoot down one[br]of our planes in response,

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so we bomb their anti-aircraft sites.[br]In response to that...

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They attack Berlin.

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So we invade Cuba.

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Then they fire their missiles.

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And we fire ours.

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Helen, I want you to keep[br]the kids close tomorrow.

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I want you to leave the TV on.

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I want you to sleep[br]with it on in the bedroom

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until I call you and tell you[br]you can turn it off.

1:08:36.294,1:08:37.754
*What's happened?*

1:08:38.588,1:08:41.403
Nothing. Nothing you don't[br]already know about.

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Just have the car[br]ready to go in case I call...

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or the Civil Defense Warning[br]comes on.

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*What happens to you?*

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I'm not leaving without you.

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I'll be evacuated[br]with the President.

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Great.

1:09:04.238,1:09:05.490
Great.

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And while you're under a rock[br]somewhere with the President,

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what am I supposed to do[br]with our 5 children, Kenny?

1:09:12.371,1:09:15.082
Honey, we're not gonna[br]let it come to that.

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I promise.

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*Jack and Bobby, they're...*

1:09:21.026,1:09:22.903
They're smart guys.

1:09:26.239,1:09:28.012
You're smart, too.

1:09:32.183,1:09:34.059
Not like them.

1:09:40.628,1:09:41.984
Well, hi, Ken.

1:09:47.927,1:09:49.596
Helen just asked me[br]what sort of arrangements

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we have for the families.

1:09:51.994,1:09:54.288
Yeah, I just checked that myself.

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They're being issued[br]identity cards,

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and the call comes,[br]evacuation officers

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meet them at[br]pre-arranged departure areas.

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They go by helicopter[br]to Mount Weather.

1:10:04.089,1:10:05.757
We meet them there.

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Of course, that's for morale.

1:10:13.160,1:10:15.976
Missiles only take[br]5 minutes to get here.

1:10:19.729,1:10:23.483
The President has[br]asked Jackie and the children[br]to come back from the country

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and be with him.

1:10:27.028,1:10:29.114
You know those pictures[br]upstairs?

1:10:29.531,1:10:31.199
Pictures of Lincoln?

1:10:32.972,1:10:35.578
He looked so old near the end.

1:10:37.247,1:10:38.706
When we got here,[br]I said,

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"It's not gonna[br]happen to us."

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We were too young.

1:10:45.171,1:10:46.944
Why don't you go home tonight?

1:10:48.612,1:10:50.176
Go on home.

1:10:51.323,1:10:54.451
No. It's too much trouble[br]to get the car.

1:10:54.868,1:10:57.162
Ken, we can get your car[br]in 15 minutes.

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- No.[br]- Go ahead.

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No.

1:11:02.167,1:11:03.731
I'll let her sleep.

1:11:06.233,1:11:07.485
I'll let 'em sleep.

1:11:08.423,1:11:11.760
*It almost seemed today[br]as if time stood still.*

1:11:11.864,1:11:13.636
*The shooting[br]hadn't started yet,*

1:11:13.741,1:11:15.826
*but there weren't any[br]really encouraging signs*

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*that it could be avoided,*

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*but worried, alarmed,[br]afraid, perhaps even,*

1:11:21.665,1:11:23.438
*the American public,[br]nonetheless,*

1:11:23.542,1:11:25.836
*appeared determined and resolved.*

1:11:26.879,1:11:28.547
*This is Walter Cronkite.*

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*Good night.*

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Paper?

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- Yeah, thanks.[br]- Here you go, sir.

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Gentlemen, can you hear me?

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Yes, we can hear you fine.

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I've got one minute[br]till 10:00 here.

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*The quarantine commences[br]in one minute.*

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And no sign of them stopping.

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Sir.

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Quarantine is now in effect.

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And it looks like[br]our first customers

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are the Gagarin and Kimovsk.

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Chief, I've got something[br]at zero-three-zero.

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X.O., take a look at this.

1:14:35.919,1:14:37.691
New contact, Skipper.

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What do we got?

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A Russian sub.

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General Quarters,[br]General Quarters!

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All hands[br]man your battle stations!

1:14:53.957,1:14:55.104
*General Quarters,[br]General Quarters!*

1:14:55.209,1:14:56.668
*All hands,[br]man your battle stations!*

1:14:56.773,1:14:57.920
*General Quarters,[br]General Quarters!*

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*All hands,[br]man your battle stations!*

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Bracket 231 correlates to[br]our submarine at 9,000 yards.

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It's protecting the freighters.

1:15:24.300,1:15:25.342
Bob, is there any way

1:15:25.551,1:15:27.845
we can avoid stopping[br]a submarine first?

1:15:27.949,1:15:29.826
I'm afraid not, Mr. President.

1:15:29.826,1:15:32.537
The sub has positioned itself[br]between the Pierce[br]and the Soviet ships.

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*Admiral Anderson insists[br]it's too much of a risk*

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*to proceed with stopping[br]the freighters.*

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*The Pierce would be[br]a sitting duck for the sub.*

1:15:40.774,1:15:42.651
*- Put me through to the Pierce.[br]- Yes, sir.*

1:15:42.755,1:15:44.424
Admiral Anderson!

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The President wishes[br]to speak directly to[br]the Captain of the Pierce.

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Is that a problem?

1:15:49.950,1:15:51.514
No, it isn't, sir.

1:15:52.557,1:15:53.808
He's putting you through, sir.

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*Sir, I'm patching you[br]through to the bridge now.*

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This is the Captain[br]of the Pierce.

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Captain, this is[br]the President speaking.

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Mr. President.

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*Is there any way*

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you can force that sub[br]to the surface without[br]damaging it or yourself?

1:16:08.405,1:16:10.282
I can bring it up, Mr. President,

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but whether it's damaged[br]or not is up to the sub.

1:16:13.515,1:16:15.287
Even if they do force it up,

1:16:15.392,1:16:18.207
that sub will be inspected[br]over the crew's dead bodies.

1:16:18.311,1:16:21.126
They'd be executed for[br]allowing it when they got home.

1:16:33.847,1:16:35.307
Captain, force the sub[br]to the surface.

1:16:35.411,1:16:36.558
*Yes, Mr. President.*

1:16:38.539,1:16:41.250
- Prepare to fire torpedoes.[br]- Prepare to fire torpedoes.[br]Aye, sir.

1:16:41.355,1:16:43.753
- Prepare to launch ASROC.[br]- Prepare to launch ASROC.[br]Aye, sir.

1:16:53.033,1:16:54.284
Watch your fingers!

1:16:54.388,1:16:55.639
Watch your fingers.

1:17:13.887,1:17:15.138
What are they up to?

1:17:17.536,1:17:19.100
They're slowing down.

1:17:27.650,1:17:29.214
Mr. Secretary,

1:17:29.840,1:17:33.385
I'm receiving reports.[br]The Russian ships appear[br]to be stopping.

1:17:33.489,1:17:34.323
Mr. President,

1:17:34.532,1:17:36.617
*Reports are coming[br]in here to the Pentagon*

1:17:36.826,1:17:38.703
*that the ships[br]appear to be stopping.*

1:17:38.807,1:17:40.788
Captain, belay that order.[br]Belay that order!

1:17:40.892,1:17:41.622
Hold your fire!

1:17:41.831,1:17:43.916
- Bob, where's that coming from?[br]- One second, Mr. President.

1:17:44.125,1:17:46.836
Somebody find out[br]what's going on.

1:17:49.651,1:17:51.841
Those ships[br]are definitely stopping.

1:17:53.926,1:17:55.073
Some are turning around.

1:17:58.097,1:17:59.139
Are they stopping?

1:17:59.244,1:18:00.182
I don't know what[br]the hell they're doing.

1:18:00.391,1:18:03.206
Admiral. Admiral,[br]what's happening!

1:18:03.310,1:18:05.604
Yes, sir, they are stopping.

1:18:06.647,1:18:08.315
Mr. President,

1:18:08.315,1:18:10.296
reports are coming in[br]from all around.

1:18:10.400,1:18:12.590
The ships are stopping.

1:18:13.216,1:18:14.988
Some are turning around.

1:18:15.197,1:18:17.595
Some are turning around.

1:18:27.292,1:18:28.439
We were eyeball to eyeball,

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and I think[br]the other fella just blinked.

1:18:47.729,1:18:48.876
Yes, sir.

1:18:49.189,1:18:50.231
Yes, sir.[br]We have that information.

1:18:50.336,1:18:53.151
Mr. President.[br]Mr. President, sir.

1:18:53.464,1:18:55.653
We have the tally from NSA.

1:18:55.758,1:18:58.469
We have 20 ships stopping[br]and /or turning around.

1:18:58.573,1:19:01.075
6, however, appear to be[br]continuing for the line.

1:19:05.038,1:19:07.540
It's a, uh, it's a mistake.

1:19:07.749,1:19:10.772
They must not have gotten[br]their orders yet. I'd-let 'em go.

1:19:10.877,1:19:12.649
No. That's unlikely, Bobby.

1:19:12.753,1:19:14.213
We' ve been monitoring[br]the radio transmissions

1:19:14.422,1:19:16.611
from the Gagarin and the Kimovsk.

1:19:16.716,1:19:19.114
Their radios are working[br]just fine, Mr. President.

1:19:19.218,1:19:22.346
One ship, an accident maybe.

1:19:22.555,1:19:24.953
6, Mr. President?[br]This is intentional.

1:19:25.057,1:19:26.308
*Mr. President, let 'em go.*

1:19:26.413,1:19:27.560
Oh, you're still here, Bob?

1:19:27.664,1:19:29.541
*4 of the 6 continuing ships*

1:19:29.645,1:19:31.209
*are still a day[br]away from the line.*

1:19:31.522,1:19:34.233
They've stopped the ones[br]we suspect have weapons aboard.

1:19:34.233,1:19:37.048
We'd look pretty bad shooting up[br]a freighter full of baby food.

1:19:37.361,1:19:39.134
We sure as shit would.

1:19:41.115,1:19:43.617
Captain, I want you to maintain[br]contact with those ships

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and do nothing until I order[br]otherwise. Is that clear?

1:19:47.058,1:19:48.413
Yes, Mr. President.

1:19:48.622,1:19:49.978
Contact only.

1:19:56.859,1:19:59.049
*At its beginning,[br]this day looked*

1:19:59.153,1:20:01.864
*as though it might be[br]one of armed conflict*

1:20:01.968,1:20:04.888
*between Soviet vessels[br]and American warships*

1:20:04.992,1:20:07.286
*on the sea lanes leading to Cuba.*

1:20:07.390,1:20:09.893
Find out how close[br]our exercises are coming

1:20:09.997,1:20:11.978
to their anti-ship missiles.

1:20:37.107,1:20:37.941
God damn it!

1:20:38.046,1:20:39.714
How the goddamn hell[br]did this happen?

1:20:39.714,1:20:42.216
I'm gonna have Powers' head[br]on a platter...

1:20:42.216,1:20:43.885
Next to LeMay's.

1:20:44.406,1:20:47.013
Kenny, you hear me give the order[br]to go to DEFCON 2?

1:20:47.430,1:20:49.411
Because I remember giving the order[br]to go to DEFCON 3,

1:20:49.515,1:20:51.913
but I must be[br]suffering from amnesia.

1:20:52.852,1:20:56.084
I've just been informed[br]our nuclear forces are at DEFCON 2.

1:20:56.397,1:20:57.857
They were limited, Mr. President.

1:20:57.857,1:21:00.359
- The orders were limited[br]to our strategic forces...[br]- Max!

1:21:00.568,1:21:02.653
...in the continental United States.

1:21:02.862,1:21:04.321
General LeMay is correct.

1:21:04.321,1:21:06.824
Technically, SAC has[br]the statutory authority

1:21:07.032,1:21:08.701
I have the authority!

1:21:09.326,1:21:11.203
I am the Commander in Chief[br]of the United States,

1:21:11.308,1:21:14.123
and I say when we go to war.

1:21:15.583,1:21:18.189
We're not at war, sir[br]Not until DEFCON one.

1:21:23.403,1:21:26.218
General, the Joint Chiefs

1:21:26.218,1:21:29.346
have just signaled our intent[br]to escalate to the Soviets.

1:21:29.867,1:21:32.370
You signaled an escalation[br]which I had no wish to signal,

1:21:32.474,1:21:33.725
and which I did not approve.

1:21:35.811,1:21:37.896
Just get out of here, Max.

1:21:38.000,1:21:39.356
Yes, sir.

1:21:47.906,1:21:49.991
Rescind the order.[br]Can all the Chiefs.

1:21:50.096,1:21:52.077
Put Nitze, Gilpatrick and[br]the Under Secretaries in charge.

1:21:52.181,1:21:53.537
- Can't do that, Bobby.[br]- Yes, we can.

1:21:53.641,1:21:55.413
We can't fire the Chiefs, Bobby.

1:21:55.622,1:21:57.603
Our invasion talk[br]would look like a bluff.

1:21:58.541,1:22:00.940
Or even worse, that[br]there's been an attempted coup.

1:22:04.902,1:22:06.049
Jesus.

1:22:13.869,1:22:15.225
Kenny, give me...

1:22:15.433,1:22:16.789
a couple minutes[br]alone with Bobby, would you?

1:22:28.467,1:22:31.282
JustJust try this on[br]for size.

1:22:31.699,1:22:33.263
We get a hold[br]of Walter Lippmann,

1:22:33.889,1:22:35.766
And we leak the idea of

1:22:35.974,1:22:38.059
pulling our Jupiter missiles[br]out of Turkey,

1:22:38.164,1:22:40.875
and the Soviets pull[br]their missiles out of Cuba.

1:22:42.543,1:22:43.794
Act through the U.N.!

1:22:44.003,1:22:45.358
K and K must talk!

1:22:45.567,1:22:47.339
End the arms race,[br]not the human race!

1:22:58.183,1:22:59.226
Kenny.

1:22:59.226,1:22:59.956
Mac.

1:23:00.060,1:23:02.041
What did you think of[br]the Lippmann column this morning?

1:23:02.146,1:23:03.293
I think it's a bad idea.

1:23:03.397,1:23:05.169
Thank God. Look,[br]everybody's furious about it.

1:23:05.274,1:23:07.776
We trade away our missiles in Turkey,[br]and we're dead, politically.

1:23:07.776,1:23:08.819
You' ve got to stop it.

1:23:09.027,1:23:11.321
We know it was Jack and Bobby's idea.[br]They leaked it to Lippmann.

1:23:11.530,1:23:13.198
The military guys[br]are going ape

1:23:13.407,1:23:14.137
Then they should speak up.

1:23:14.345,1:23:16.326
Christ, Ken,[br]it's not that easy.

1:23:16.431,1:23:17.473
- It is.[br]- No, it isn't.

1:23:17.578,1:23:18.829
They don't trust the people[br]who feel this way,

1:23:18.829,1:23:20.914
but these people are right,[br]and the Kennedys are wrong.

1:23:20.914,1:23:22.270
We need you to talk to them.

1:23:22.374,1:23:23.417
They'll listen to you.

1:23:23.625,1:23:25.398
Jack and Bobby are good men,[br]but it takes a certain

1:23:25.502,1:23:27.692
You mean the President[br]of the United States?

1:23:27.796,1:23:28.630
And the Attorney General?

1:23:28.734,1:23:30.507
Kenny, they are good men,[br]but it takes a certain character,

1:23:30.611,1:23:32.279
moral toughness,[br]to stand up to the Soviets.

1:23:32.384,1:23:33.739
You listen to me.

1:23:34.156,1:23:37.076
You're in the White House[br]right now because of the Kennedys.

1:23:37.284,1:23:40.100
Now, they may be wrong,[br]they make mistakes,

1:23:40.204,1:23:42.185
but they are not weak.

1:23:42.289,1:23:44.687
The weak ones are these people[br]who can't seem to speak[br]their own minds.

1:23:44.792,1:23:45.834
You know I don't mean[br]that they're weak.

1:23:46.043,1:23:47.816
No, they just lack[br]a moral toughness.

1:23:48.441,1:23:50.527
Jesus Christ, Mac.

1:23:51.986,1:23:55.323
YouYou think I'll[br]play your Judas for you?

1:23:55.949,1:23:57.304
You've never understood us,[br]your kind.

1:23:57.408,1:23:59.911
We've been fighting[br]with each other our whole lives,

1:23:59.911,1:24:01.371
but nobody plays us[br]off each other,

1:24:01.475,1:24:04.707
and nobody ever, ever[br]gets between us!

1:24:06.063,1:24:08.148
It's a goddamn[br]trial balloon, Kenny.

1:24:08.461,1:24:10.755
Well, then somebody[br]better publicly deny it,

1:24:10.859,1:24:13.466
'cause there's only one way[br]the world's gonna read this.

1:24:13.570,1:24:16.594
We sell out one of our friends[br]for our own safety.

1:24:19.513,1:24:21.077
Exactly.

1:24:22.224,1:24:24.727
Jesus Christ,[br]they're just killing us.

1:24:25.144,1:24:28.481
*...and enter into negotiations*

1:24:28.689,1:24:31.400
*in order to normalize[br]this confrontation*

1:24:31.504,1:24:33.694
*and avert the threat[br]of a World War.*

1:24:33.798,1:24:35.988
What is it[br]that Sun Tzu says?

1:24:38.178,1:24:41.410
War's a moral contest,[br]and they're won in the temples[br]before they're ever fought.

1:24:41.618,1:24:44.121
*...this enormous danger[br]for all mankind*

1:24:45.789,1:24:48.605
*which exist at this moment...*

1:24:48.709,1:24:51.420
It's right here. It's right here.[br]This is where we turn it around.

1:24:51.628,1:24:52.567
You call Adlai,

1:24:52.775,1:24:54.339
you tell him to stick it[br]to this son of a bitch.

1:24:54.444,1:24:57.780
*...diplomatic resolution.*

1:24:59.240,1:25:02.577
*The U.S. Believes that[br]with their economic boycott,*

1:25:02.889,1:25:04.766
*by pressuring other countries*

1:25:04.871,1:25:06.852
*to cease trade with Cuba,*

1:25:07.477,1:25:09.875
*we would surrender[br]due to hunger.*

1:25:09.980,1:25:12.169
*How does it feel,[br]Mr. President,*

1:25:12.795,1:25:15.089
*to be this heroic*

1:25:15.402,1:25:18.113
*and force a country[br]to surrender...*

1:25:18.321,1:25:19.364
Am I still on hold here?

1:25:19.677,1:25:20.824
They're trying[br]to find him right now.

1:25:21.241,1:25:23.952
Ken, Adlai's too weak.

1:25:24.056,1:25:26.350
We have to convince Jack to[br]pull him. Get McCloy in there.

1:25:26.454,1:25:28.227
You can't take him out[br]this late in the game, Bobby.

1:25:28.331,1:25:30.416
Zorin will eat him alive.

1:25:30.729,1:25:32.398
Then talk to your brother,[br]god damn it.

1:25:33.127,1:25:35.734
The two of you don't need[br]my advice to get into trouble.

1:25:35.838,1:25:37.507
What's gotten into you?

1:25:41.990,1:25:43.659
Are you still sore about[br]this Lippmann thing?

1:25:43.763,1:25:45.535
That's something your father[br]would have done right there.

1:25:51.375,1:25:52.209
My father?

1:25:53.877,1:25:55.545
I'm just trying to make a point.

1:25:55.650,1:25:58.152
This idea is that fucking bad.

1:26:01.280,1:26:04.095
Adlai can handle Zorin.[br]He knows the inning,[br]he knows the score.

1:26:04.200,1:26:05.034
He better,

1:26:06.077,1:26:08.475
because nobody believes[br]he's up to this

1:26:08.892,1:26:09.830
Nobody.

1:26:12.437,1:26:13.480
<i>Yes?</i>

1:26:13.584,1:26:14.627
*- Adlai?[br]- Yes.*

1:26:14.627,1:26:16.399
It's Ken. How you doing?

1:26:16.503,1:26:18.902
I'm busy, Ken.[br]What do you need?

1:26:19.006,1:26:21.091
The President told me[br]to pass a word to you.

1:26:21.196,1:26:22.134
Stick it to them.

1:26:22.447,1:26:24.532
*Cuba together...*

1:26:24.636,1:26:27.973
I hear you.[br]I'm glad it's you calling.

1:26:28.390,1:26:29.850
LI thought[br]it would be Bobby.

1:26:30.163,1:26:32.769
Adlai, the world has[br]to know we're right.

1:26:33.708,1:26:35.272
If we're gonna have a chance[br]at a political solution,

1:26:35.480,1:26:37.357
we need international pressure.

1:26:38.817,1:26:40.694
You got to be tough, Adlai.

1:26:41.528,1:26:42.779
You need to find it, Buddy.

1:26:43.822,1:26:45.386
*Well, if they're still sticking*

1:26:45.490,1:26:47.263
to their stonewalling strategy,

1:26:47.367,1:26:48.827
I'll get them.

1:26:49.244,1:26:50.912
I'm an old political cat,[br]Kenny...

1:26:52.164,1:26:54.249
*But I've got one life left.*

1:26:54.353,1:26:55.396
I know you do.

1:26:56.126,1:26:57.273
See you, Ken.

1:26:57.377,1:27:01.235
*We'll be able to find together[br]a proper...*

1:27:01.339,1:27:02.799
Bobby.

1:27:15.728,1:27:17.292
We call upon the world

1:27:17.397,1:27:20.629
to condemn this purely[br]American provocation.

1:27:21.984,1:27:24.904
We, the people of Romania,

1:27:25.113,1:27:27.198
are standing in solidarity

1:27:27.406,1:27:31.682
with the people of[br]the Republic of Cuba[br]and the revolution

1:27:31.994,1:27:35.644
in the face of this[br]American threat to world peace.

1:27:36.374,1:27:38.250
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

1:27:45.237,1:27:48.990
We're very glad that you could[br]join us, Mr. Stevenson.

1:27:52.848,1:27:54.308
For the last 2 hours,

1:27:54.308,1:27:59.000
the entire world here[br]is asking only questions.

1:28:01.085,1:28:04.631
The United States[br]is pushing the entire world

1:28:04.735,1:28:07.237
to the brink of catastrophe.

1:28:09.844,1:28:12.972
The people of the whole world[br]want to know why.

1:28:16.622,1:28:19.124
*We are told again and again*

1:28:19.228,1:28:21.835
*about some[br]incontrovertible evidence*

1:28:21.939,1:28:25.589
*of offensive weapons in Cuba...*

1:28:27.361,1:28:32.783
*But no evidence[br]can be shown to us.*

1:28:36.746,1:28:39.978
Perhaps your spy planes[br]are so secret

1:28:40.395,1:28:42.689
that you are simply incapable

1:28:42.793,1:28:46.755
*to present such evidence.[br]Some planes.*

1:28:46.860,1:28:49.362
I make the call,[br]Adlai is out. McCloy goes in.

1:28:49.466,1:28:50.613
Let's just hope[br]it doesn't come to that.

1:28:50.822,1:28:53.533
*...simply don't have[br]such evidence.*

1:29:00.206,1:29:04.168
Perhaps the United States[br]of America is simply mistaken.

1:29:09.590,1:29:11.467
*Yes, the United States[br]of America*

1:29:11.571,1:29:15.221
*does not have any facts in hands,[br]only falsifications.*

1:29:17.098,1:29:18.557
John, get ready to send[br]your staffer in.

1:29:18.662,1:29:20.017
He's gonna be coming out.

1:29:22.520,1:29:27.108
The Chair recognizes[br]the representative from[br]the United States of America.

1:29:29.401,1:29:32.634
Well, let me say something[br]to you, Mr. Ambassador.

1:29:33.468,1:29:35.032
We do have the evidence.

1:29:35.241,1:29:39.098
*We do have it, and it is clear[br]and incontrovertible.*

1:29:39.203,1:29:41.497
*And let me say something else.*

1:29:41.705,1:29:44.729
*Those weapons[br]must be taken out of Cuba.*

1:29:44.833,1:29:46.919
*You, the Soviet Union,[br]have created this new danger...*

1:29:46.919,1:29:48.066
Come on, Adlai.

1:29:48.170,1:29:50.047
*Not the United States.*

1:29:51.089,1:29:53.279
*Mr. Zorin, I remind you[br]that the other day*

1:29:53.383,1:29:56.094
you did not deny[br]the existence of these weapons,

1:29:56.199,1:29:59.744
but today, again,[br]if I have heard you correctly,

1:30:00.369,1:30:02.976
you now say they do not exist.

1:30:09.441,1:30:11.735
*All right, sir, let me[br]ask you one simple question.*

1:30:11.839,1:30:13.924
Come on, Adlai,[br]don't let him off.

1:30:14.759,1:30:16.323
*Do you, Ambassador Zorin,*

1:30:16.323,1:30:19.763
deny that the USSR[br]has placed and is placing

1:30:19.868,1:30:23.934
medium and intermediate-range[br]missiles in sites in Cuba?

1:30:24.039,1:30:25.081
Yes or no?

1:30:25.185,1:30:26.645
*Don't wait for the translation.*

1:30:26.854,1:30:28.001
*Yes or no?*

1:30:28.209,1:30:29.356
Yeah.

1:30:36.759,1:30:39.679
I am not[br]in the American courtroom,

1:30:40.305,1:30:44.475
and I do not wish to respond[br]to questions...

1:30:46.039,1:30:51.253
questions that a prosecutor[br]would put to the defendant.

1:30:51.357,1:30:52.295
You will get...

1:30:53.234,1:30:55.319
all the answers[br]to your questions

1:30:55.424,1:30:57.613
as this session progresses.

1:30:57.613,1:31:00.324
You are in a courtroom[br]of world opinion right now,

1:31:00.428,1:31:02.618
and you can answer yes or no.

1:31:02.722,1:31:07.206
*You have denied they exist, and[br]I want to know if I have[br]understood you correctly.*

1:31:10.438,1:31:13.358
*Continue[br]Continue your statement.*

1:31:13.462,1:31:15.547
You will get your answers[br]in due course.

1:31:15.756,1:31:18.050
Don't worry. Don't worry.

1:31:21.804,1:31:25.245
*I'm prepared to wait for my answer[br]until Hell freezes over,*

1:31:25.349,1:31:27.121
*if that's what is needed.*

1:31:31.188,1:31:32.335
John, I'll get back to you.

1:31:32.439,1:31:35.046
*I'm also prepared to present[br]the evidence in this room*

1:31:35.463,1:31:37.027
*proving that the Soviet Union*

1:31:37.235,1:31:38.904
*has lied to the world.*

1:31:45.890,1:31:49.122
If you have decided not[br]to continue your statement,

1:31:49.226,1:31:53.501
the Chair recognizes[br]the representative from Chile.

1:31:53.501,1:31:55.274
I yield my time on the floor

1:31:55.378,1:31:57.359
to the representative[br]of the United States.

1:31:59.132,1:32:01.322
Well, then,[br]ladies and gentlemen,

1:32:01.426,1:32:03.928
since it appears we're going[br]to be here for a while,

1:32:04.554,1:32:08.099
*shall we have a look at what[br]the Soviets are doing in Cuba?*

1:32:08.725,1:32:11.019
May we have[br]the presentation, please?

1:32:11.644,1:32:14.564
Ladies and gentlemen,[br]if you will observe[br]in photograph "a"...

1:32:15.189,1:32:16.649
Yeah. Yeah.

1:32:18.318,1:32:20.194
*...taken approximately[br]August 29...*

1:32:20.299,1:32:21.863
Old Adlai had it[br]in him after all.

1:32:21.967,1:32:24.157
Zorin must not have[br]gotten instructions.

1:32:24.261,1:32:26.242
Somebody in their Foreign Ministry[br]is blowing it big time.

1:32:26.346,1:32:29.891
*In photograph "b",[br]we have October 14th.[br]The photograph taken then...*

1:32:29.996,1:32:30.830
Mr. President.

1:32:30.934,1:32:32.707
*There are at least 3 missile sites[br]being constructed.*

1:32:32.915,1:32:34.062
*There are bunkers...*

1:32:34.271,1:32:36.148
The ship is called the Grozny.

1:32:37.920,1:32:39.797
We lost track of it[br]yesterday at nightfall.

1:32:40.944,1:32:44.281
We thought we gave it[br]plenty of room when we[br]moved the quarantine line back.

1:32:45.010,1:32:46.992
We just reacquired it.

1:32:47.513,1:32:48.868
It crossed the line[br]hours ago.

1:32:48.973,1:32:51.371
*Well, how the hell do you[br]lose a goddamn tanker?*

1:32:51.475,1:32:53.248
*What the hell's going on[br]over there?*

1:33:05.134,1:33:06.698
Hail 'em again.

1:33:08.471,1:33:10.661
I want you to try 'em again.

1:33:19.524,1:33:20.671
We are kidding ourselves.

1:33:20.775,1:33:22.756
New coordinates for the Pierce.

1:33:24.320,1:33:26.718
Pierce coordinates,[br]25 degrees, 30 minutes north,

1:33:26.822,1:33:29.012
78 degrees, 10 minutes west.

1:33:49.345,1:33:50.492
Not responding, Chief.

1:33:50.596,1:33:51.847
Tell the Skipper.

1:33:52.785,1:33:53.828
They're not responding, sir.

1:33:54.141,1:33:55.705
*General Quarters,[br]General Quarters!*

1:33:55.914,1:33:57.582
*All hands,[br]man your battle stations.*

1:33:57.686,1:34:00.189
*All hands,[br]man your battle stations.*

1:34:11.137,1:34:13.118
Very well. Load your guns.

1:34:13.222,1:34:14.369
Guns are loaded, sir.

1:34:15.725,1:34:16.872
What was that, Admiral?

1:34:17.184,1:34:20.000
We've been hailing the Grozny[br]for the last hour, Mr. Secretary.

1:34:20.521,1:34:22.398
The Grozny refuses to stop.

1:34:22.606,1:34:23.336
What are you doing?

1:34:24.796,1:34:26.673
Carrying out our mission,[br]Mr. Secretary.

1:34:26.777,1:34:28.445
Now, if you don't mind,[br]we're very busy right now.

1:34:28.550,1:34:29.905
We need to be able[br]to do our jobs.

1:34:29.905,1:34:33.138
Admiral, I asked you a question.

1:34:33.450,1:34:36.683
We're going to follow[br]the rules of engagement

1:34:36.787,1:34:40.124
The rules of engagement[br]which the President has[br]approved and signed

1:34:40.228,1:34:42.939
in his order of 23 October.

1:34:43.982,1:34:45.233
Yes.

1:34:46.276,1:34:47.944
Yes, you may proceed,[br]Captain.

1:34:48.257,1:34:50.133
- Clear your guns.[br]- What?

1:34:53.366,1:34:54.304
Damn it!

1:34:54.513,1:34:55.660
- Stop that firing![br]- What?

1:34:55.764,1:34:57.537
Stop that firing!

1:34:57.954,1:34:59.726
Cease fire. Cease fire!

1:34:59.831,1:35:00.873
God help us.

1:35:04.366,1:35:06.452
- The ship was firing star shells.[br]- What?

1:35:06.660,1:35:08.954
Star shells! Flares,[br]Mr. Secretary.

1:35:09.163,1:35:11.457
God damn it! I've got[br]a job to do here.

1:35:11.457,1:35:13.959
Now, you've been camped out[br]out there since Monday night.

1:35:13.959,1:35:16.566
You're tired, you're exhausted,[br]and you're making mistakes.

1:35:16.774,1:35:19.381
You interfere with me and[br]you will get some of my men killed,

1:35:19.485,1:35:21.779
and I will not allow that!

1:35:22.092,1:35:23.760
Star shells.

1:35:23.969,1:35:26.367
Get out of our way,[br]Mr. Secretary.

1:35:26.471,1:35:27.827
The Navy's been[br]running blockades

1:35:27.931,1:35:29.912
since the days[br]of John Paul Jones.

1:35:30.121,1:35:31.476
I believe the President[br]made it clear

1:35:31.580,1:35:34.917
that there will be no firing on ships[br]without his express permission.

1:35:35.126,1:35:37.732
With all due respect,[br]Mr. Secretary,

1:35:37.837,1:35:39.713
we were not firing on that ship.

1:35:39.818,1:35:40.965
What the hell was that?

1:35:41.069,1:35:43.363
Firing on a ship[br]means attacking a ship.

1:35:43.363,1:35:45.448
We were not attacking[br]that ship.

1:35:45.448,1:35:47.429
We were firing over it.

1:35:47.534,1:35:50.662
That was not the President's[br]intention when he gave that order.

1:35:50.870,1:35:53.164
What if the Soviets[br]don't see the distinction?

1:35:53.164,1:35:55.875
What if they make[br]the same mistake I just made?

1:35:56.605,1:35:59.837
There will be no firing anything[br]near any Soviet ships

1:36:00.046,1:36:01.506
without my express permission.

1:36:01.714,1:36:03.487
Now is that understood,[br]Admiral?

1:36:04.842,1:36:05.781
Is it?!

1:36:08.492,1:36:09.847
Yes, sir.

1:36:10.056,1:36:11.828
And I will only issue[br]such instructions

1:36:11.933,1:36:14.018
when ordered to[br]by the President.

1:36:16.833,1:36:18.814
John Paul Jones!

1:36:19.649,1:36:21.943
You don't understand a thing,[br]do you, Admiral?

1:36:22.151,1:36:24.236
This isn't a blockade!

1:36:24.341,1:36:27.677
This is language[br]A new vocabulary

1:36:27.782,1:36:30.076
the likes of which the world[br]has never seen.

1:36:30.180,1:36:31.952
This is President Kennedy

1:36:32.161,1:36:35.289
communicating[br]with Secretary Khrushchev.

1:36:47.593,1:36:49.678
Well, who the hell[br]authorized this missile test?

1:36:49.782,1:36:51.034
Who do you think?

1:36:51.138,1:36:53.223
God knows what this is gonna[br]communicate to the Soviets.

1:36:53.328,1:36:55.204
Communicate with the Soviets?

1:36:55.517,1:36:57.498
We can't communicate[br]with the Pentagon,

1:36:57.603,1:36:59.688
and it's just across[br]the goddamn river.

1:36:59.792,1:37:01.669
LeMay must think[br]you're afraid of him.

1:37:02.086,1:37:04.067
I'm not taking that bait.

1:37:04.484,1:37:06.153
The right move here[br]is to move on.

1:37:10.219,1:37:12.930
*The United States Destroyer[br]Joseph P. Kennedy...*

1:37:18.039,1:37:19.082
*This is the point*

1:37:19.186,1:37:21.272
*at which we are concerned*

1:37:21.376,1:37:23.774
*that there[br]might be shooting*

1:37:23.878,1:37:25.442
*among the ships at sea,*

1:37:25.547,1:37:28.362
*the possibility that invasion[br]might have to be undertaken*

1:37:28.466,1:37:31.177
*to assure that those bases[br]are eliminated.*

1:37:31.282,1:37:33.263
*If invasion is undertaken,*

1:37:33.367,1:37:35.557
*the Russians have said[br]that they would retaliate*

1:37:35.661,1:37:37.433
*with rocket fire.*

1:37:37.538,1:37:39.519
*We have said if there's[br]rocket fire from Cuba,*

1:37:39.623,1:37:40.561
*we will retaliate,*

1:37:40.770,1:37:43.898
*and there goes[br]the whole ballgame.*

1:37:44.002,1:37:44.941
Kenny.

1:37:45.462,1:37:46.818
What's this?

1:37:47.235,1:37:48.799
Can anyone just[br]walk in here now?

1:37:48.903,1:37:50.467
Ken, don't worry. I'm not[br]here to do an interview.

1:37:50.571,1:37:52.761
Well, if you're looking[br]for a cup of sugar, John,[br]you got the wrong door.

1:37:52.865,1:37:55.993
Kenny, we need to see[br]the President.

1:37:56.098,1:37:57.245
Something's happened.

1:37:57.245,1:37:59.956
*The point of the crisis...[br]This is the point at which...*

1:38:00.060,1:38:02.667
I have lunch with him,[br]maybe once a month.

1:38:03.084,1:38:05.273
The way he talks, he acts like[br]he knows Khrushchev personally,

1:38:05.378,1:38:07.671
but he's never elaborated.

1:38:08.401,1:38:10.487
I've used him as a source[br]in a couple of stories.

1:38:10.695,1:38:12.781
The FBI has identified[br]this Alexander Fomin

1:38:12.885,1:38:14.970
as the Soviet resident,

1:38:15.075,1:38:18.724
um, the KGB equivalent[br]of one of our Station Chiefs.

1:38:18.933,1:38:21.435
He's their highest-ranking[br]spy in this country,

1:38:21.539,1:38:23.312
and he knows John's[br]a friend of mine.

1:38:23.416,1:38:26.023
All the trademarks of[br]a back-channel overture.

1:38:26.127,1:38:28.734
Yeah. Some back channel.

1:38:28.838,1:38:32.383
ABC News guy, my goddamn[br]next-door neighbor.

1:38:34.677,1:38:36.241
So they'll remove the missiles,

1:38:36.658,1:38:39.578
and we'll pledge not to[br]invade Cuba or destabilize Castro

1:38:39.682,1:38:41.872
or assist anyone[br]who plans in doing so.

1:38:46.251,1:38:49.379
I think this may be our[br]first real message from Khrushchev.

1:38:49.483,1:38:51.465
The alternative,[br]Mr. President, is that

1:38:51.569,1:38:53.550
this could be a trap.

1:38:53.758,1:38:55.531
Mm-hmm.[br]And how is that exactly?

1:38:56.052,1:38:57.929
Dangle a settlement.

1:38:58.033,1:39:00.015
Tie us down in negotiation.[br]We come up short.

1:39:01.474,1:39:03.768
Why else would they[br]approach us this way?

1:39:03.873,1:39:04.915
It's deniable.

1:39:05.332,1:39:07.209
The Soviets have done[br]nothing but lie to us.

1:39:07.313,1:39:08.460
This could just be[br]more of the same.

1:39:08.565,1:39:11.380
That may be why Khrushchev's[br]introducing this guy.

1:39:12.006,1:39:14.299
We've been burned[br]by his usual players[br]in the formal channels,

1:39:14.404,1:39:17.740
so he brings in[br]an honest broker.

1:39:17.740,1:39:19.513
That may be what[br]they want us to think.

1:39:20.243,1:39:21.286
The truth is, Mr. President,

1:39:21.494,1:39:24.205
we don't even really know[br]who Fomin speaks for.

1:39:24.518,1:39:25.769
It could be Khrushchev.

1:39:25.873,1:39:27.750
It could be some faction[br]of the Politburo

1:39:27.750,1:39:30.983
or the KGB itself.[br]We just don't know.

1:39:31.295,1:39:33.902
Oh, by the way, Scali,[br]your activities now fall under

1:39:34.006,1:39:36.822
the secrecy codicils[br]of the National Security Act.

1:39:36.926,1:39:39.533
Sorry, John. No Pulitzer.

1:39:41.618,1:39:43.808
Mr. President,[br]we haven't much time.

1:39:44.120,1:39:46.414
I'm scheduled to meet[br]with him again in 31/2 hours.

1:39:47.144,1:39:49.230
So it seems[br]the question of the day is,

1:39:49.334,1:39:51.211
is the offer legitimate?

1:39:52.149,1:39:53.713
And if it is...

1:39:53.818,1:39:55.590
Well, if it is,[br]we can't afford to ignore it.

1:39:57.675,1:39:59.240
So, John...

1:40:00.282,1:40:02.159
We'll have instructions[br]for you

1:40:02.368,1:40:04.244
in a couple of hours.

1:40:04.244,1:40:05.496
Thank you.

1:40:07.685,1:40:09.041
Thank you, John.

1:40:11.022,1:40:14.254
Sir, we don't have much time to[br]play out back-channel communiqués.

1:40:19.363,1:40:20.510
Kenny.

1:40:23.534,1:40:25.828
I need you to get over[br]to your old stomping grounds

1:40:25.932,1:40:28.226
and go through everything[br]the FBI has on Fomin,

1:40:28.643,1:40:30.625
And I need your best call[br]Is the guy legit,

1:40:30.729,1:40:32.189
and is he speaking[br]for Khrushchev?

1:40:33.127,1:40:37.194
OK, so what we got here is[br]this guy Alexander Feklisov,[br]aka Alexander Fomin,

1:40:37.298,1:40:39.383
declared Counsel[br]to the Soviet Embassy,

1:40:39.487,1:40:42.407
but in reality[br]the KGB Papa spy.

1:40:43.658,1:40:46.578
An illustrious tour of duty[br]during the Great Patriotic War

1:40:46.682,1:40:48.767
gets him[br]on the Party fast track.

1:40:48.872,1:40:51.895
Various tours of duty in KGB.

1:40:52.313,1:40:54.398
American postings.[br]He's an expert on us,

1:40:54.502,1:40:57.422
and that is all that[br]we got on Papa spy.

1:41:01.384,1:41:04.303
How do you become the KGB[br]top spy in the United States?

1:41:04.721,1:41:06.180
You gotta know someone.

1:41:07.327,1:41:09.204
You gotta know someone.

1:41:10.560,1:41:12.958
So, politics is politics.

1:41:24.949,1:41:26.617
Walter, get me[br]Khrushchev's files.

1:41:27.660,1:41:28.598
Pass me that.

1:41:28.702,1:41:31.726
I want to see their career[br]chronology side by side.

1:41:32.978,1:41:35.689
- We know they're not related, right?[br]- Right.

1:41:35.793,1:41:38.191
They're not from[br]the same hometown.

1:41:38.295,1:41:39.546
They went[br]to different schools.

1:41:39.546,1:41:40.798
Right.

1:41:41.840,1:41:43.822
So if they were gonna meet,

1:41:44.239,1:41:46.011
they should have met here.

1:41:46.115,1:41:47.158
I think they could have met.

1:41:47.262,1:41:48.722
They couldn't have.

1:41:49.035,1:41:52.059
He was an engineer stationed[br]outside of Moscow[br]at the end of '41.

1:41:54.457,1:41:55.917
That's it.

1:41:56.855,1:41:59.879
They know each other.[br]They're war buddies.

1:41:59.983,1:42:01.443
That's pretty thin, Kenny.

1:42:01.652,1:42:04.154
Well, real life[br]usually is, Walter.

1:42:06.239,1:42:07.908
They know each other, Jack.

1:42:08.116,1:42:09.889
Khrushchev and Fomin[br]were war buddies.

1:42:09.993,1:42:10.932
You sure?

1:42:11.036,1:42:12.496
*Don't take it to court,[br]but we've got*

1:42:12.600,1:42:14.164
good circumstantial evidence.

1:42:14.268,1:42:17.083
Well, you're there. I mean,[br]what's your instinct?[br]I gotta move on this.

1:42:20.420,1:42:21.984
My gut's telling me[br]that Khrushchev's turning

1:42:22.088,1:42:24.487
to a trusted old friend[br]to carry his message.

1:42:26.885,1:42:28.136
OK. We're going.

1:42:30.638,1:42:31.890
I've been instructed[br]to tell you

1:42:31.994,1:42:34.288
that the American Government[br]would respond favorably

1:42:34.392,1:42:37.207
to an offer along the lines[br]that you have discussed.

1:42:37.624,1:42:40.648
If such a solution were raised[br]at the U.N. By Ambassador Zorin,

1:42:41.065,1:42:44.506
he would find a favorable reply[br]from Ambassador Stevenson.

1:42:45.132,1:42:47.426
So, I understand you correctly.

1:42:48.573,1:42:52.118
If the missiles in Cuba[br]were dismantled,

1:42:52.222,1:42:54.203
returned to the Soviet Union

1:42:54.307,1:42:57.018
and a guarantee was made[br]not to reintroduce them,

1:42:57.123,1:42:59.000
the United States[br]would be prepared

1:42:59.104,1:43:02.336
to guarantee that[br]it would never invade Cuba?

1:43:02.336,1:43:04.005
That is correct.

1:43:04.213,1:43:05.881
And this is from[br]the Highest Authority?

1:43:05.986,1:43:07.341
Yes, the Highest Authority.

1:43:09.218,1:43:10.782
There are 2 conditions.

1:43:10.886,1:43:14.223
The U.N. Must be allowed to inspect[br]the removal of the missiles.

1:43:14.640,1:43:16.830
Of course, the U.N.[br]Must also be allowed

1:43:16.934,1:43:18.498
to observe the redeployment

1:43:18.602,1:43:20.583
of forces from[br]the American Southeast.

1:43:20.688,1:43:22.147
I can't speak to that.

1:43:23.816,1:43:25.484
What's the second[br]condition, John?

1:43:26.214,1:43:27.569
Time is of the essence.

1:43:27.674,1:43:29.029
How much time?

1:43:29.133,1:43:30.072
48 hours.

1:43:30.593,1:43:33.930
In 48 hours,[br]there can be no deals.

1:43:34.243,1:43:35.807
Hoo hoo.

1:43:37.058,1:43:38.101
I'll see what I can do.

1:43:55.931,1:43:58.642
I think it's very difficult to[br]make a decision from this document.

1:43:58.642,1:44:00.936
Well, it looks to me like[br]Fomin's overture was genuine.

1:44:01.144,1:44:02.500
That's a big "if," Bobby.

1:44:02.604,1:44:04.168
It's 10 pages[br]of sentimental fluff,

1:44:04.272,1:44:06.149
but he's saying it right here.

1:44:06.149,1:44:07.400
He'll remove the missiles

1:44:07.504,1:44:09.381
in return for[br]a no-invasion pledge.

1:44:09.486,1:44:11.988
Mm-hmm. Mr. President,[br]our early analysis says

1:44:12.092,1:44:15.116
this probably was written[br]by Khrushchev himself.

1:44:15.220,1:44:16.784
It's a first draft.[br]It shows no signs

1:44:16.993,1:44:19.183
of being polished[br]by the Foreign Ministry.

1:44:19.391,1:44:21.268
In fact, it probably wasn't[br]even approved by the Politburo

1:44:21.372,1:44:23.875
as they wouldn't let[br]the emotionalism go by.

1:44:24.188,1:44:26.064
The analysts say it[br]was written by someone

1:44:26.169,1:44:28.358
under considerable stress.

1:44:29.610,1:44:31.382
Glad to know we're not alone.

1:44:34.510,1:44:37.638
Well, it never was my intention[br]to invade Cuba anyway...

1:44:38.055,1:44:39.932
Until they put[br]the missiles in there.

1:44:42.018,1:44:43.060
Gentlemen, I think

1:44:43.165,1:44:46.397
we should[br]seriously consider this deal.

1:45:20.493,1:45:22.474
- Hi.[br]- Hi.

1:45:23.308,1:45:25.394
You look old, O'Donnell.

1:45:26.436,1:45:27.792
You don't.

1:45:28.417,1:45:30.294
It's 2:30 in the morning.

1:45:30.816,1:45:32.588
You flirting with me?

1:45:34.778,1:45:37.593
We got a back-channel communication[br]from Khrushchev this evening,

1:45:37.697,1:45:39.887
feeling us out about a deal.

1:45:40.617,1:45:41.972
He confirmed it

1:45:42.077,1:45:43.432
just a little while ago[br]in a letter.

1:45:44.579,1:45:46.247
Thank God.

1:45:46.560,1:45:50.001
Jack kicked us out of[br]his house for the night.

1:45:51.044,1:45:52.608
Darn it.

1:45:52.816,1:45:54.693
For a second there,[br]I thought you'd been fired.

1:45:55.632,1:45:57.196
No such luck.

1:46:03.973,1:46:05.954
You know,[br]I'm driving home...

1:46:07.831,1:46:10.229
there was something[br]I wanted to tell you.

1:46:18.154,1:46:20.031
Finish that thought.

1:46:23.784,1:46:24.618
Yes?

1:46:24.723,1:46:27.329
*Kenny, it's Bob. We're getting[br]another letter over the teletype*

1:46:27.434,1:46:29.415
*from Khrushchev.[br]I have a bad feeling.*

1:46:29.519,1:46:31.187
Ok, I'll be right there.

1:46:38.069,1:46:39.633
You're beautiful.

1:46:46.202,1:46:48.183
It looks like Fomin[br]was a ploy after all,

1:46:48.288,1:46:50.581
and they were just[br]stalling for time.

1:46:57.568,1:46:58.610
It gets worse.

1:47:00.174,1:47:03.511
Gentlemen,[br]my specialists are in agreement.

1:47:03.928,1:47:05.701
This morning's letter[br]is not Khrushchev.

1:47:05.805,1:47:07.682
Last night's letter was.

1:47:07.994,1:47:10.080
The evidence supports[br]only one conclusion.

1:47:10.288,1:47:13.312
There's been a coup, and[br]Khrushchev was replaced overnight.

1:47:13.834,1:47:14.772
Dean?

1:47:14.876,1:47:16.232
At the very least,[br]it does suggest

1:47:16.336,1:47:18.630
he's been co-opted[br]by hard-line elements.

1:47:18.838,1:47:21.028
Which at the end of the day,[br]amounts to the same thing.

1:47:21.132,1:47:22.384
A puppet Khrushchev

1:47:22.488,1:47:25.199
and a hard-line Soviet Government[br]pulling the strings.

1:47:25.303,1:47:28.118
No deal, and the missiles[br]are almost operational.

1:47:28.640,1:47:31.559
What if the Soviets[br]have no intention of[br]honoring this second deal?

1:47:31.664,1:47:33.645
Then tomorrow,[br]they make another condition.

1:47:33.645,1:47:36.460
Meanwhile,[br]the quarantine isn't working,

1:47:36.564,1:47:38.858
and they're completing work[br]on the missile sites.

1:47:39.901,1:47:43.237
Sir, I think we have to issue[br]pre-invasion orders for our forces.

1:47:43.759,1:47:45.323
Mr. President,

1:47:45.740,1:47:47.200
this morning's[br]photography is in.

1:47:48.242,1:47:50.015
It appears the Soviets[br]have commenced

1:47:50.119,1:47:52.205
a crash program[br]to ready their missiles.

1:47:52.517,1:47:55.541
The first missiles became[br]operational last night.

1:47:55.958,1:47:58.565
We expect they'll all[br]be operational in 36 hours.

1:47:58.669,1:48:00.859
Then we're out of time.[br]We have to go in.

1:48:00.963,1:48:03.049
That may not be as easy[br]as we thought, either.

1:48:03.153,1:48:04.300
We have gotten confirmation

1:48:04.404,1:48:05.655
the Soviets[br]have also deployed

1:48:05.760,1:48:07.636
battlefield[br]nuclear weapons to Cuba.

1:48:07.845,1:48:11.599
FROGs, we call 'em.[br]Short-range tactical nukes.

1:48:11.911,1:48:13.788
Now, we don't know[br]whether they've delegated

1:48:13.893,1:48:15.874
release authority[br]to their local commanders

1:48:16.082,1:48:17.959
for use on[br]our invasion troops,

1:48:18.063,1:48:19.210
but the good news is,

1:48:19.315,1:48:21.608
as of this moment,[br]we know where the FROGs are,

1:48:21.713,1:48:23.277
and we can target them, too.

1:48:24.632,1:48:26.092
But the longer we wait,

1:48:26.092,1:48:28.177
the harder it's going to get.

1:48:44.548,1:48:46.007
We have no choice.

1:48:51.012,1:48:52.994
General,[br]issue orders to our forces

1:48:53.098,1:48:56.122
to be prepared to execute[br]the air strikes Monday morning.

1:48:56.851,1:48:58.520
And the follow-on invasion

1:48:58.624,1:48:59.980
according to[br]the schedule thereafter.

1:49:01.439,1:49:04.255
I'll need[br]the official release orders[br]on my desk on Sunday night.

1:49:04.359,1:49:05.402
Understood, sir.

1:49:06.444,1:49:08.321
We'll need to step up[br]our overflights,

1:49:08.425,1:49:10.928
finalize our pilots'[br]target folders

1:49:10.928,1:49:12.492
in order to carry out[br]the strikes.

1:49:13.952,1:49:16.037
- Permission granted.[br]- Yes, sir.

1:49:27.090,1:49:28.549
Well, gentlemen,

1:49:28.549,1:49:31.260
if anybody's got[br]any great ideas, now's the time.

1:49:40.436,1:49:42.521
Major Anderson, there's[br]a phone call for you.

1:49:42.626,1:49:43.564
Thank you.

1:49:43.668,1:49:46.484
All right. Give me[br]just a second here, guys.

1:49:50.237,1:49:52.218
This is Major Anderson.

1:49:53.470,1:49:54.304
<i>Hello?</i>

1:49:54.617,1:49:55.659
*Hello, anyone there?*

1:49:55.764,1:49:57.328
*- Major?[br]- Yes, sir?*

1:49:57.745,1:50:00.560
My name is Kenneth O'Donnell,[br]Special Assistant to the President.

1:50:02.228,1:50:04.001
*Major, a few days ago,[br]the President ordered me*

1:50:04.105,1:50:05.565
to help him keep control

1:50:05.669,1:50:07.546
of what's going on out there.

1:50:08.484,1:50:11.404
I've beenI've been[br]browbeating pilots,

1:50:11.508,1:50:13.802
you know, Navy guys[br]left and right

1:50:13.906,1:50:16.305
to make sure you don't get us[br]here in Washington into trouble.

1:50:17.556,1:50:19.016
*But you know what?*

1:50:20.684,1:50:23.082
We're pretty damn good ourselves[br]at getting into trouble,

1:50:23.186,1:50:25.167
so instead of[br]riding your ass,

1:50:25.376,1:50:29.025
I'm just gonna tell you[br]what's going on here[br]and let you figure out

1:50:29.130,1:50:31.007
*how best to help us out up here.*

1:50:31.111,1:50:32.466
Go ahead, sir.

1:50:33.196,1:50:34.865
*Last night, it, uh...*

1:50:35.282,1:50:38.305
*Iooked like we were[br]going to cut a deal to[br]get us all out of this mess.*

1:50:39.035,1:50:41.225
Today, the Soviets[br]are reneging.

1:50:42.059,1:50:45.187
We're gonna try and[br]salvage the situation, but

1:50:45.709,1:50:47.898
a lot of things[br]are going wrong today.

1:50:48.628,1:50:50.609
*It's making everyone nervous.*

1:50:51.548,1:50:52.486
*And when things go wrong,*

1:50:52.590,1:50:54.154
*people will become[br]more nervous,*

1:50:54.259,1:50:57.595
and it will be very hard[br]to avoid going to war.

1:50:59.576,1:51:01.662
I'm not sure what you're[br]tying to tell me, sir.

1:51:01.870,1:51:04.373
*Just my standard line*

1:51:04.477,1:51:07.292
I've been repeating[br]to guys like you all week.

1:51:08.231,1:51:10.108
Don't get shot down.

1:51:11.984,1:51:15.947
Beyond that, whatever else[br]you can do to help us[br]I'd appreciate it.

1:51:15.947,1:51:17.198
Sir...

1:51:20.534,1:51:21.994
When you're at 72,000 feet,

1:51:22.098,1:51:24.392
there's a million things[br]that can go wrong. I mean,

1:51:25.956,1:51:28.876
*Is your oxygen mix right?[br]Are your cameras gonna freeze up?*

1:51:28.980,1:51:31.587
*Are you leaving a contrail?[br]Those million things,*

1:51:31.796,1:51:34.089
*they're beyond[br]your control mostly.*

1:51:34.402,1:51:35.653
<i>But...</i>

1:51:37.322,1:51:39.199
*You know,[br]when you realize that,*

1:51:39.303,1:51:42.118
*there's a kind of peace,[br]you know?*

1:51:42.222,1:51:44.933
If you're a good man and[br]if your ground crew are good men,

1:51:45.142,1:51:46.706
that is all you can ask for.

1:51:46.810,1:51:48.896
With the grace of God,[br]that'll get you through.

1:51:50.251,1:51:52.024
Are you a religious man?

1:51:52.441,1:51:53.796
Yes, sir, I am.

1:51:56.299,1:51:57.654
Good.

1:54:22.067,1:54:23.423
The plane is missing, Kenny.

1:54:24.570,1:54:27.072
We are presuming[br]the pilot is dead.

1:54:40.001,1:54:41.565
Well, it's hard to believe,

1:54:41.670,1:54:44.172
with the Soviet centralized[br]command structure,

1:54:44.276,1:54:46.049
that this could've been[br]an accidental launch.

1:54:46.153,1:54:48.030
The question is, does[br]this attack on our plane

1:54:48.030,1:54:50.741
represent a definitive[br]intentional escalation

1:54:50.950,1:54:52.201
on the part of the Soviets?

1:54:52.409,1:54:53.765
Mr. President,

1:54:53.869,1:54:55.850
taken with the events[br]of the past few hours,

1:54:55.955,1:54:58.666
I believe this confirms[br]our worst fears.

1:54:58.770,1:55:00.855
We're now dealing with[br]a hard-line Soviet Government,

1:55:00.960,1:55:03.566
Perhaps with Khrushchev[br]as a puppet head, perhaps not.[br]We don't know.

1:55:03.671,1:55:04.922
You OK?

1:55:05.130,1:55:06.486
Yeah.

1:55:07.320,1:55:08.258
I'm fine.

1:55:10.344,1:55:11.491
Mr. President...

1:55:12.116,1:55:12.950
What now?

1:55:13.055,1:55:15.140
A U-2 on a routine[br]air-sampling mission

1:55:15.140,1:55:17.747
got lost and penetrated[br]Soviet airspace over Siberia.

1:55:17.851,1:55:19.415
Oh, God damn it!

1:55:19.519,1:55:22.022
Soviets scrambled MIGs in pursuit,[br]thinking it was a bomber.

1:55:22.230,1:55:23.482
Got out OK.

1:55:23.586,1:55:25.046
Somebody forgot[br]to cancel the mission.

1:55:25.254,1:55:27.861
You know, there's always[br]some son of a bitch who[br]doesn't get the word.

1:55:27.965,1:55:29.946
You know, this is[br]just what we need.

1:55:30.468,1:55:32.240
Soviets thinking[br]we're bombing them.

1:55:36.515,1:55:37.662
Anybody else?

1:55:37.767,1:55:39.331
Mr. President,

1:55:39.331,1:55:41.624
our pilots are in danger.

1:55:41.624,1:55:44.335
We must order punitive air strikes[br]against the SAM site

1:55:44.335,1:55:45.691
that shot down Major Anderson

1:55:45.795,1:55:47.985
per our rules of engagement.

1:56:04.251,1:56:05.502
No.

1:56:06.858,1:56:09.047
I want confirmation it wasn't[br]some sort of accident first.

1:56:09.152,1:56:10.090
Mr. President.

1:56:10.194,1:56:12.175
I think that's[br]a good idea, Mr. President.

1:56:12.280,1:56:13.948
I can wait a day and a half.

1:56:14.365,1:56:16.555
Be safer for my boys to[br]get the SAMs on Monday

1:56:16.659,1:56:19.161
when we get the rest[br]of the bastards.

1:57:27.771,1:57:30.169
Hut... hut!

1:57:33.610,1:57:35.069
Yeah, yeah.

1:57:52.065,1:57:53.212
Break!

1:58:11.147,1:58:12.711
That's the quarter.

1:58:19.384,1:58:21.156
- Hey, Dad.[br]- Hey, Sport.

1:58:21.261,1:58:23.033
- You winning?[br]- Yeah.

1:58:24.702,1:58:26.995
Is everything[br]gonna be OK, Dad?

1:58:29.185,1:58:30.958
Everything's gonna[br]be fine, Kenny.

1:58:32.835,1:58:35.337
I guess you won't[br]be coming home tonight.

1:58:39.716,1:58:40.968
I, uh...

1:58:43.679,1:58:44.930
l

1:58:45.347,1:58:48.058
Let's go![br]Second quarter!

1:58:51.812,1:58:53.793
It's OK. Go on back[br]to your game.

1:58:54.523,1:58:55.669
All right.[br]I'll see you around, Dad.

1:58:59.319,1:59:01.196
First down!

1:59:07.452,1:59:08.807
Break!

1:59:28.514,1:59:29.661
Damn it!

1:59:32.789,1:59:33.936
Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

1:59:34.041,1:59:35.917
Take off for 2 hours,[br]you're gonna miss a little drama.

1:59:36.022,1:59:38.524
I told you how stupid it was[br]to float that Lippmann article.

1:59:38.524,1:59:39.775
Now you're gonna[br]do it for real?

1:59:39.880,1:59:41.235
The Jupiters[br]are obsolete, Kenny.

1:59:41.339,1:59:42.695
They were supposed[br]to have been dismantled

1:59:42.799,1:59:45.197
I know they're obsolete![br]That's not the point.

1:59:46.031,1:59:48.951
The point is, you trade[br]our missiles in Turkey[br]for theirs in Cuba,

1:59:49.055,1:59:51.141
they're gonna force us[br]into trade after trade,

1:59:51.349,1:59:53.330
until finally,[br]a couple of months from now,

1:59:53.330,1:59:56.146
they demand something[br]we won't trade, like Berlin,

1:59:56.875,1:59:58.961
and we do end up in a war.

1:59:59.274,2:00:00.838
Not to mention that[br]long before that happens,

2:00:00.942,2:00:03.132
this administration[br]will be politically dead.

2:00:03.340,2:00:04.800
I don't care[br]if this administration

2:00:04.904,2:00:06.260
ends up in the freaking toilet!

2:00:06.364,2:00:08.345
We don't do a deal tonight,[br]there won't be any administration.

2:00:08.449,2:00:09.701
It's the wrong move, Bobby,

2:00:09.805,2:00:11.682
and it's not just me[br]who thinks that.

2:00:11.786,2:00:15.227
Everyone on this[br]so-called EXCOM is telling[br]you exactly the same thing.

2:00:16.478,2:00:18.146
Well, whose side[br]are you on now, Ken?

2:00:18.251,2:00:21.066
Oh... God damn it.

2:00:23.568,2:00:25.862
What if there hasn't[br]been a coup at all?

2:00:27.322,2:00:29.199
What if it's you two?

2:00:29.825,2:00:32.327
- What is that supposed to mean?[br]- What if it was you two

2:00:32.327,2:00:36.289
who invited that second letter[br]by raising the possibility[br]of a trade?

2:00:43.171,2:00:45.882
Mr. President, we have[br]only 30 hours left,

2:00:45.986,2:00:47.342
and whatever response we send,

2:00:47.446,2:00:49.114
it will take several[br]hours for the wire

2:00:49.219,2:00:52.451
to be received by our Embassy[br]and delivered to the Kremlin.

2:00:52.868,2:00:54.432
So we're looking at[br]early tomorrow morning

2:00:54.432,2:00:56.726
at the earliest before[br]Khrushchev can respond.

2:00:58.186,2:00:59.228
Which one of you geniuses

2:00:59.228,2:01:01.001
is gonna tell me[br]how to explain it to the world

2:01:01.105,2:01:02.044
if we don't make this trade?

2:01:04.650,2:01:06.527
So, what are we gonna[br]say to the Soviets

2:01:07.049,2:01:08.196
about this offer?

2:01:09.030,2:01:11.115
Well, it depends,[br]doesn't it? I mean,

2:01:11.636,2:01:14.035
Do we really believe[br]there's been a coup?

2:01:14.452,2:01:16.746
What if Fomin wasn't a ploy?

2:01:17.058,2:01:18.623
What if his message was real?

2:01:19.040,2:01:22.376
What if what is happening[br]is a series of accidents?

2:01:22.480,2:01:24.983
Accidents like them[br]shooting down our U-2?

2:01:27.173,2:01:28.737
Yes, accidents like that.

2:01:28.841,2:01:32.282
And the accident's[br]making the second letter[br]seem more aggressive

2:01:32.699,2:01:35.201
and the whole situation[br]appear worse than it really is.

2:01:36.140,2:01:38.434
- "The Guns of August".[br]- That's right.

2:01:38.955,2:01:41.145
So we just reject[br]the second letter?

2:01:42.292,2:01:44.168
No. No, no.

2:01:44.690,2:01:46.045
We don't reject it.

2:01:46.150,2:01:47.505
We accept the first letter

2:01:47.609,2:01:50.320
and pretend the second[br]letter doesn't exist.

2:01:52.510,2:01:54.491
It won't work because[br]that's wishful thinking!

2:01:54.595,2:01:55.638
He made an offer, so l

2:01:55.742,2:01:57.828
That's the same[br]wishful thinking, Bobby,

2:01:57.828,2:01:59.288
that blinded us[br]all these months

2:01:59.392,2:02:02.416
while the Soviets were sneaking[br]those missiles in under our noses.

2:02:02.416,2:02:03.771
Ignore the second letter,

2:02:03.875,2:02:05.127
agree to the conditions[br]of the first.

2:02:05.335,2:02:07.316
There's no reason to believe[br]the Soviets will let it go.

2:02:07.421,2:02:09.923
Max is right.[br]Why will they accept it?

2:02:09.923,2:02:11.800
It can work if

2:02:11.904,2:02:13.677
If they believe[br]we're gonna hit 'em,

2:02:13.781,2:02:15.554
and hit 'em hard.[br]We've got time

2:02:15.658,2:02:17.847
for one more round[br]of diplomacy, and that's it.

2:02:18.160,2:02:20.141
The first air strikes[br]start in 28 hours.

2:02:20.246,2:02:22.018
But we have to make[br]them agree to it.

2:02:22.018,2:02:23.269
Right. So how do we do that?

2:02:23.374,2:02:24.521
Well, we give them something.

2:02:24.729,2:02:27.232
We tell 'em we're gonna remove[br]the missiles from Turkey

2:02:27.232,2:02:28.274
Hang on!

2:02:28.379,2:02:29.838
But we do that[br]6 months from now,

2:02:29.943,2:02:32.028
so it appears[br]there's no linkage.

2:02:32.237,2:02:35.156
We also tell 'em if they go[br]public about it, we'll deny it.

2:02:35.365,2:02:36.824
Right. We deny it.[br]The deal's off.

2:02:37.033,2:02:39.535
And we do it under the table,[br]so we can disavow[br]any knowledge of it.

2:02:39.640,2:02:42.038
It's transparent, Kenny.[br]The press'll be all over it.

2:02:42.142,2:02:44.853
6 months from now, we're[br]not gonna care, are we?

2:02:45.270,2:02:46.313
We'll deal with it then.

2:02:46.417,2:02:49.545
At the least, it'll expose whether[br]Khrushchev has been overthrown.

2:02:49.650,2:02:50.796
We'll know who[br]we're up against.

2:02:50.901,2:02:52.361
Well, I've been thinking[br]about Khrushchev,

2:02:52.465,2:02:54.133
and if this is[br]a move to appease

2:02:54.237,2:02:56.010
the hard-liners[br]in his Government,

2:02:56.114,2:02:57.783
then it may be[br]just the bone he needs

2:02:57.887,2:02:59.347
to regain control[br]of his own house.

2:02:59.451,2:03:02.683
Whoever carries the message[br]has to hit the nail on the head.

2:03:03.309,2:03:05.603
Come across as too soft,[br]they'll push us.

2:03:05.811,2:03:08.314
Too hard, they'll be cornered,[br]and even more dangerous.

2:03:08.314,2:03:09.565
All of you

2:03:09.773,2:03:11.025
All of you do understand

2:03:11.025,2:03:13.944
that there is an enormous risk[br]in offering this deal.

2:03:14.674,2:03:16.655
Because if they turn us down,[br]and we've already told them

2:03:16.864,2:03:18.324
that we're coming in[br]on Monday morning...

2:03:18.532,2:03:20.617
- They'll strike first.[br]- Yes.

2:03:23.954,2:03:24.788
Bobby.

2:03:25.831,2:03:27.082
You know Dobrynin best.

2:03:27.916,2:03:28.750
Yeah.

2:03:30.627,2:03:32.087
Then you're it.

2:03:33.860,2:03:36.049
Ted, I want you to[br]start working on the draft.

2:03:36.154,2:03:38.448
And, Bobby, you gotta go in there.[br]You gotta make them understand

2:03:39.386,2:03:41.054
that we have to have[br]an answer tomorrow,

2:03:41.367,2:03:43.661
because Monday we go to war.

2:04:01.387,2:04:03.576
What do you want?[br]A good-bye kiss?

2:04:06.913,2:04:09.833
Hey, Joe, listen.[br]I'll take care of him.

2:04:09.833,2:04:12.126
Go on inside. Grab some coffee.[br]We'll be back pretty quick.

2:04:12.335,2:04:13.691
- Are you sure?[br]- Sure.

2:04:13.795,2:04:15.463
What's the matter with you?

2:04:15.567,2:04:17.236
Forget how to open[br]a car door?

2:04:20.259,2:04:21.719
Jesus.

2:04:22.449,2:04:23.909
You rich people.

2:04:33.189,2:04:36.213
I promised the girls[br]I'd take them riding tomorrow.

2:04:38.715,2:04:40.279
Make sure[br]you keep that date.

2:04:43.824,2:04:46.327
We gave up so much to get here.

2:04:48.412,2:04:50.915
I don't know. Sometimes I think,[br]what the hell did we do it for?

2:04:51.957,2:04:53.938
Well, I don't know[br]about you, but

2:04:54.147,2:04:55.920
I'm in it for the money.

2:05:02.384,2:05:05.304
We knew we could do[br]a better job than everyone else.

2:05:05.929,2:05:06.972
Remember?

2:05:08.432,2:05:09.996
You know, I...

2:05:11.768,2:05:15.209
lI hate being called[br]the brilliant one,

2:05:15.731,2:05:17.712
the ruthless one...

2:05:18.233,2:05:20.527
The guy everybody's afraid of.

2:05:20.944,2:05:22.404
I hate it.

2:05:23.759,2:05:26.158
I'm not so smart, you know?

2:05:27.409,2:05:28.973
I'm not so ruthless.

2:05:29.181,2:05:31.475
Well, you're right[br]about the smart part.

2:05:41.798,2:05:43.466
I don't know if I can do this.

2:05:45.135,2:05:47.220
There's nobody else[br]I'd rather have going in there

2:05:47.637,2:05:48.993
than you

2:05:49.305,2:05:51.808
Nobody else[br]I'd trust Helen and...

2:05:51.912,2:05:53.163
the kids' lives to.

2:05:56.396,2:05:57.647
Take a left.

2:06:17.771,2:06:19.126
You smell that?

2:06:19.543,2:06:21.629
They're burning[br]their documents.

2:06:22.776,2:06:25.174
They think we're going to war.

2:06:27.259,2:06:29.136
God help us, Ken.

2:07:12.304,2:07:15.745
Sir, Ambassador Dobrynin[br]is already here.[br]He's waiting in your office.

2:07:16.996,2:07:18.143
Here.

2:07:26.901,2:07:29.091
I'll whistle up[br]some luck for you.

2:07:37.641,2:07:40.144
Mr. Ambassador. Thank you.

2:08:33.008,2:08:34.468
Who are you?

2:08:45.520,2:08:46.876
A friend.

2:09:08.772,2:09:11.900
My brother, my friends,[br]my countrymen, and I

2:09:12.005,2:09:13.569
cannot and will not permit

2:09:13.673,2:09:15.237
those missiles[br]to become operational.

2:09:15.550,2:09:16.593
I promise you that.

2:09:16.697,2:09:19.721
Then I fear our 2 nations[br]will go to war...

2:09:20.346,2:09:22.953
And I fear[br]where war will lead us.

2:09:23.057,2:09:25.872
If the missiles do not[br]become operational,

2:09:26.185,2:09:27.645
if you remove the missiles,

2:09:27.749,2:09:29.730
then there will be no war.

2:09:31.086,2:09:33.276
At this moment, the President[br]is accepting the terms

2:09:33.380,2:09:36.091
of Secretary Khrushchev's[br]letter of Friday night.

2:09:36.612,2:09:39.323
If the Soviet Union[br]halts construction immediately,

2:09:39.323,2:09:42.347
removes the missiles,[br]and submits to U.N. Inspection,

2:09:42.451,2:09:44.120
the United States will pledge

2:09:44.328,2:09:47.873
to never invade Cuba or[br]aid others in that enterprise.

2:09:47.978,2:09:51.210
If your Jupiter missiles in Turkey[br]were removed also,

2:09:51.418,2:09:53.921
such an accommodation[br]could be reached.

2:09:54.651,2:09:56.423
That's not possible.

2:09:59.447,2:10:02.888
The United States cannot[br]agree to such terms under threat.

2:10:03.931,2:10:07.163
Any belief to the contrary[br]was in error.

2:10:08.519,2:10:09.978
You want war?

2:10:20.822,2:10:21.969
However...

2:10:22.074,2:10:25.097
While there can be[br]no quid pro quo on this issue,

2:10:25.306,2:10:28.330
the United States can offer[br]a private assurance.

2:10:30.415,2:10:32.918
Now, our Jupiter missiles[br]in Turkey are obsolete

2:10:32.918,2:10:35.629
and have been scheduled[br]for withdrawal for some time.

2:10:36.254,2:10:40.008
This withdrawal should take place[br]within, say, 6 months.

2:10:40.946,2:10:42.719
Of course,[br]any public disclosure

2:10:42.927,2:10:45.430
of this assurance[br]would negate the deal

2:10:45.430,2:10:48.558
and produce the most stringent[br]denials from our Government.

2:10:49.392,2:10:51.269
This private assurance

2:10:51.373,2:10:54.084
represents the word[br]of the Highest Authority?

2:10:55.231,2:10:56.170
Yes.

2:10:57.108,2:10:59.610
And it can be relayed beyond[br]Comrade Khrushchev's ears

2:10:59.819,2:11:02.113
to the top circles[br]of my Government?

2:11:02.530,2:11:04.824
Our pledge can be relayed[br]to any Government officials

2:11:04.824,2:11:07.952
Secretary Khrushchev[br]sees fit to satisfy,

2:11:08.682,2:11:11.289
with the caveat that[br]it is not to be made public

2:11:11.497,2:11:14.104
in any way, shape, or form.

2:11:18.275,2:11:20.569
And we must have[br]an answer tomorrow,

2:11:20.986,2:11:22.028
at the latest.

2:11:22.133,2:11:24.427
I cannot stress[br]this point enough.

2:11:25.052,2:11:26.720
Tomorrow?

2:11:28.076,2:11:29.223
Tomorrow.

2:11:31.308,2:11:34.332
Then you must excuse me[br]and permit me to relay

2:11:34.541,2:11:37.043
the substance of our discussion[br]to my superiors.

2:11:37.147,2:11:38.503
Of course.

2:11:40.901,2:11:44.759
We have heard stories that[br]some of your military men[br]wish for war.

2:11:46.636,2:11:48.408
You're a good man.

2:11:48.617,2:11:50.285
Your brother is a good man.

2:11:50.390,2:11:53.101
I assure you[br]there are other good men.

2:11:53.726,2:11:54.977
Let us hope[br]the will of good men

2:11:55.082,2:11:56.959
is enough to counter[br]the terrible strength

2:11:57.063,2:11:59.982
of this thing[br]that was put in motion.

2:12:42.211,2:12:43.984
What's going to happen?

2:12:47.216,2:12:49.719
If the sun comes up tomorrow,

2:12:51.074,2:12:53.994
it is only because[br]of men of good will.

2:12:56.601,2:12:58.060
And that's...

2:12:58.790,2:13:01.814
That's all there is[br]between us and the Devil.

2:13:36.223,2:13:38.934
*This is Radio Moscow.*

2:13:39.247,2:13:41.645
*Premier Khrushchev[br]has sent a message*

2:13:41.749,2:13:44.147
*to President Kennedy today.*

2:13:44.460,2:13:46.441
*The Soviet Prime Minister[br]reemphasizes*

2:13:46.650,2:13:50.925
*the need for urgent measures[br]to prevent a fatal turn of events*

2:13:51.029,2:13:52.697
*and to preserve world peace.*

2:13:54.366,2:13:57.389
*In addition to instructions[br]earlier transmitted*

2:13:57.494,2:14:00.413
*to stop construction work[br]on installations in Cuba,*

2:14:00.622,2:14:02.186
*the Soviet Government[br]has ordered*

2:14:02.290,2:14:05.001
*the dismantling[br]of weapons in Cuba,*

2:14:05.105,2:14:06.252
*as well as their crating*

2:14:06.357,2:14:08.651
*and return to the Soviet Union.*

2:14:20.224,2:14:22.310
Is everybody ready for church?

2:14:30.443,2:14:32.424
It's a beautiful morning.

2:14:36.595,2:14:38.472
Pass the butter up to Dad.

2:14:43.894,2:14:45.979
Dad, you want your paper?

2:14:50.358,2:14:52.235
Dad, what's wrong?

2:14:56.927,2:14:58.804
The sun came up.

2:15:00.577,2:15:03.809
Every day the sun comes up[br]says something about us.

2:15:13.923,2:15:15.904
What does it say, Dad?

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What's wrong with Daddy?

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This is the foreign policy trophy[br]we were hoping for.

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Mr. President, sir.

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Mr. President, great job.

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Hold it, hold it.

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Well, Mr. President,

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I think I can speak[br]for everyone here

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when I say,[br]"Bring on those mid-terms,

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there's no stopping us now."

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- 4 more years.[br]- All right.

2:16:20.760,2:16:23.992
You know, it's been[br]a long 2 weeks, and...

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or whatever, but...

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I'd like to thank you all.[br]I think you all did a great job,

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and I just think...

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I don't think we should be[br]gloating too much.

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It was...

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just as much a victory[br]for them as it was for us.

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Hear, hear.

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Enjoy your morning.

2:16:41.822,2:16:43.699
Thank you, Mr. President.

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Get some rest, Mr. President.

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We've got a lot[br]of new clout right now,

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and we can run the table[br]on Khrushchev,

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the Middle East,[br]and Southeast Asia.

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Right. You're right.

2:17:07.889,2:17:09.870
Dear Mr. And Mrs. Anderson,

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I was deeply shocked[br]when advised your son was lost

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in an operational mission[br]on Saturday,

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*October 27, 1962.*

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*Your son rendered distinguished*

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*and dedicated service[br]to his country*

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*throughout his career.*

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*He was admired...*

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*and respected*

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*for his courage,*

2:17:34.791,2:17:37.710
*and his professional skill[br]by all with whom he served.*

2:17:38.336,2:17:40.838
*His tragic loss[br]will be deeply felt...*

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*and a grateful nation[br]will be forever in his debt.*

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Ken, we're out here.

2:18:27.968,2:18:30.366
*What kind of a peace[br]do we seek?*

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*I am talking about[br]genuine peace*

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*The kind of peace that makes[br]life on earth worth living*

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*Not merely peace in our time,*

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*but peace in all time.*

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*Our problems are man-made,*

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*therefore,[br]they can be solved by man.*

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*For in the final analysis,*

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*our most basic common link*

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*is that we all inhabit*

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*this small planet.*

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*We all breathe the same air.*

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*We all cherish[br]our children's future,*

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*and we are all mortal.*