:31:02
The town is finished,
:31:04
contaminated beyond all...
:31:05
Careful, sir.
:31:06
This is an open transmission.
:31:07
I'm aware of that, Manchek.
:31:09
Order up a 7-12.
:31:10
Only the president...
:31:11
Precisely. Get on it.
:31:13
The town must be
neutralized immediately.
:31:25
Has the president made his decision
:31:27
on Directive 7-12 yet?
:31:29
He doesn't jump into
things, Dr. Robertson.
:31:32
First I've got to put together
a briefing for him.
:31:34
The president's main concern is
:31:36
the international consequences.
:31:37
What do you think, Mr. Secretary?
:31:39
It's against the Moscow Treaty of 1963
:31:42
to fire thermonuclear
weapons above ground.
:31:45
The Russians will have
to be privately informed
:31:48
we're going to cauterize the area.
:31:50
Then they'll ask a flock of questions.
:31:52
Some we don't want answered.
:31:54
That'll take hours.
:31:56
God knows how far the infection
can spread in that time.
:32:05
Yes, Chief?
:32:09
Yes, sir.
:32:12
Yes, Mr. President.
:32:15
The president's decided
:32:16
to postpone Directive 7-12
:32:18
for 24 to 48 hours.
:32:20
Instead he'll call
out the National Guard
:32:22
to cordon off the area around Piedmont.
:32:24
That's your department, Ed.
:32:26
Safe and sound.
:32:28
It should've been left up
:32:30
to the scientists.
:32:31
It's a colossal mistake.
:32:33
Tell the president I said so.
:32:36
No, but...
:32:37
I'll get you an appointment.
:32:40
By
whose decision, General,
:32:42
was the site for Wildfire chosen?
:32:43
Dr. Stone's.
:32:45
It seemed ideal because
of its remoteness.
:32:47
There was no inhabited area
:32:49
near Wildfire for a
radius of 112 miles.
:32:52
Las Vegas is to the north,
:32:53
Phoenix to the south,
:32:55
Los Angeles west.
:32:57
Weren't you worried
:32:57
the infection might spread to them?
:32:59
Yes, sir, I was,