:25:01
I don't care if this administration
ends up in the freaking toilet
:25:04
We don't do a deal tonight
there won't be any administration
:25:07
It's the wrong move, Bobby
and it's not just me who thinks that
:25:10
Everyone on this so-called EXCOM's
telling you the same thing
:25:15
Whose side are you on now, Ken?
:25:18
Oh, goddammit
:25:22
What if there
hasn't been a coup at all?
:25:26
What if it's you two?
:25:28
What is that supposed to mean?
:25:29
What if it was you two
:25:31
who invited that second letter by
raising the possibility of a trade?
:25:41
Mr. President
we have only 30 hours left
:25:44
and whatever response we send
:25:45
it'll take several hours
to reach our embassy
:25:48
and be delievered to the Kremlin
:25:51
So early tomorrow morning
is the earliest
:25:54
Kruschev could respond
:25:56
Which one of you geniuses
is gonna tell me how to
:25:59
explain it to the world
if we don't make this trade?
:26:03
So what are we gonna say
to the Soviets
:26:05
about this offer?
:26:07
Well, it depends, doesn't it?
:26:09
Do we really believe
there's been a coup?
:26:13
What if Fomin wasn't a ploy?
:26:15
What if his message was real?
:26:17
What if what is happening
is a series of accidents?
:26:21
Accidents like them
shooting down our U-2?
:26:25
Yes. Accidents like that
:26:27
And the accidents are making the
second letter seem more aggressive
:26:31
and the whole situation
appear worse than it really is
:26:34
"The Gun of August"
:26:35
That's right
:26:37
So we just reject the second letter?
:26:40
No
:26:42
We don't...
:26:43
reject it
:26:44
We accept the first letter
:26:46
and pretend
the second one doesn't exist
:26:50
It won't work
because that's wishful thinking
:26:53
Look, he made an offer. So I...
:26:54
The same wishful thinking, Bobby
that blinded us all these months
:26:56
while the Soviets were sneaking
those missiles in under our noses