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This is point
at which we are concemed...
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that there might be shooting
among the ships at sea
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with the possibility that invasion
might have to be undertaken
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to assure that
those bases are eliminated
:29:13
If invasion is undertaken
the Russians have said
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that they would
retaliate with rocket fire
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We have said
if there's rocket fire from Cuba
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we will retaliate
And there goes the whole ballgame
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Kenny
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What's this?
:29:28
Can anyone just walk in here now?
:29:30
Ken, don't worry
I'm not here to do an interview
:29:32
If you're looking for a cup of sugar
John, you got the wrong door
:29:34
Kenny
:29:36
we need to see the President
:29:37
Something's happened
:29:41
I have lunch with him
Maybe once a month
:29:44
Way the talks, he acts like
he knows Kruschev personally
:29:47
but he's never elaborated
:29:49
I've used him as a source
in a couple of stories
:29:52
The FBI has identified
this Alexander Fomin as the...
:29:57
Soviet Rezident, the KGB equivalent
of one of our station chiefs
:30:00
He's their highest ranking spy
in this country
:30:03
And he knows John's a friend of mine
:30:05
All the trademarks of
a back-channel overture
:30:07
Yeah. Some back channel
:30:10
ABC News guy
My goddamn next-door neighbor
:30:16
So they'll remove the missiles
:30:18
And we'll pledge not to
invade Cuba or de-stabilize Castro
:30:21
or assist anyone who plans on doing so
:30:27
I think this may be
our first real message from Kruschev
:30:31
The alternative, Mr. President
:30:32
is that is this could be a trap
:30:36
And how is that exactly?
:30:37
Dangle a settlement
:30:39
tie us down in negotiations
we come up short
:30:43
Why else would they
approach us this way?
:30:45
It's deniable
:30:47
The Soviets have done nothing
but lie to us
:30:48
This could just be more of the same
:30:50
That may be
why Kruschev's introducing this guy
:30:53
We're been burned by his usual players
in the formal channels
:30:56
so he brings in an honest broker
:30:59
That may be what they want us to think