:50:03
Did he sound worried?
Confident? Scared?
:50:08
Not scared.
:50:10
A little worried, I guess.
:50:12
Bogan's an old-time flier...
:50:13
but he's not afraid
ofall this new equipment.
:50:15
Ifhe's worried, I'm worried.
:50:18
Doyou know Mr. Swenson,
the secretary ofdefense?
:50:21
I've read about him, sir.
:50:23
You won't be able to tell much
from his voice. He's hard as a rock.
:50:26
But we listen to him, Buck.
Ifhe gives advice, we take it.
:50:31
Yes, sir.
:50:39
Put the war conference room
at the Pentagon...
:50:41
and General Bogan in Omaha
on a conference line with me.
:50:44
Yes, sir.
:50:47
Ready, sir.
:50:49
- Mr. Swenson?
- Yes, Mr. President.
:50:51
Ifour fighters have to shoot down
the Vindicators, the worst is over.
:50:56
For us, anyway.
:50:58
I wantyour people now to consider
what we do ifwe can't shoot them down.
:51:02
I'm putting you on the intercom
soyou can be heard here and in Omaha.
:51:05
General Bogan has Mr. Knapp
ofAmalgamated Electronics...
:51:09
andCongressman Raskob withhim.
:51:11
They have my permission to listen in
and say anything theywant.
:51:15
Right, sir.
:51:19
Gentlemen, we've got four questions
to answer and not a lot oftime.
:51:24
First: What happened?
Second: What do we do about it?
:51:28
Third: What are the Russians
going to think about all this?
:51:30
And fourth:
What are they going to do about it?
:51:33
Please keep the discussion
to those points.
:51:36
Mechanical failure.
:51:39
- That's what happened.
- A double mechanical failure?
:51:42
- Doyou know the odds against that?
- Maybe someone went berserk.
:51:45
It doesn't matter.
Something failed: a man, a machine.
:51:49
It was bound to happen,
and it did.
:51:51
Maybe we'll never know why orwhat.
It doesn't matter now.
:51:56
- Mr. Secretary.
- Yes, GeneralBogan.
:51:58
Mr. Knapp here knows as much
about electronic gear as anyone.