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It leaves us no room for maneuver
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And the inevitable Soviet response
would force us into a war
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Mr. President
there are still those of us
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who believe
we should proceed with the strikes
:40:14
With the blockade
we lose strategic surprise
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and we also run the risk of the Soviets
launching the first strike against us
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if they decide they have to
use the missiles or lose them
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So quarantine...
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or air strike
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There is a third option
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With either course we undertake
the risk of nuclear war
:40:38
So maybe one of us in this room
should be a coward
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So I guess I'll be
:40:46
A third course is to strike a deal
:40:50
We trade Guantanamo
and our missiles in Turkey
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get them to pull their missiles out
:40:55
We employ a back channel
:40:57
We attribute the idea to U. N. Thant
:41:00
U Thant then raises it at the U. N.
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I don't think that's possible, Adlai
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I've not yet made my final decision
:41:13
I'll be asking the networks
for airtime on Monday night
:41:16
We'll announce
our course of action then
:41:20
Ted, get to work on speeches
for both quarantine
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and air strike
:41:27
Thank you for all your advice
gentlemen
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Did you hear Adlai?
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You'd think nobody
learned anything from World War Two
:41:35
Somebody had to say it
:41:37
I respect Adlai for having the guts
to risk looking like an appeaser
:41:39
We have to pull him
:41:41
He won't be able to handle
the Soviets in front of the U. N.
:41:44
Zorin will eat him alive
:41:45
We've got bigger problems right now
:41:48
Ladies?
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No, thank you
:41:55
Honey, I'll be right back