:33:01
Hell, we've got
a five-to-one missile superiority.
:33:04
We could easily assign three missiles
to every target...
:33:07
and still have a very effective reserve
force for any other contingency.
:33:10
Six: An unofficial studywhich
we undertook ofthis eventuality...
:33:16
indicated that we would destroy
90% oftheir nuclear capabilities.
:33:21
We would therefore prevail...
:33:23
and suffer only modest and acceptable
civilian casualties...
:33:26
from their remaining force which would
be badly damaged and uncoordinated.
:33:31
General, it is the avowed policy
ofour country...
:33:34
never to strike first
with nuclearweapons.
:33:36
Well, Mr. President, General Ripper
has already invalidated that policy.
:33:41
That was not an act ofnational policy.
There are still alternatives open to us.
:33:47
Mr. President, we are rapidly
approaching a moment oftruth...
:33:51
both for ourselves as human beings
and for the life ofour nation.
:33:55
Truth is not always a pleasant thing.
:33:57
But it is necessary now
to make a choice:
:34:00
to choose between two admittedly
regrettable...
:34:03
but nevertheless distinguishable
postwar environments.
:34:06
One, where 20 million people are killed;
the other, 1 50 people killed.
:34:11
You're talking about mass murder,
General, not war.
:34:14
Mr. President, I'm not saying
we wouldn't get our hair mussed.
:34:18
But I do say no more than
1 0 to 20 million killed. Tops!
:34:23
Depending on the breaks.
:34:25
I will not go down in history as
the greatest mass murderer since Hitler!
:34:29
It might be better
ifyou were more concerned...
:34:31
with the American people than
with your image in the history books.
:34:35
General Turgidson,
I've heard quite sufficient from you.
:34:38
Thankyou very much.
:34:40
Mr. President, they have
the ambassadorwaiting upstairs.
:34:43
- Good. Any difficulty?
- He's having a fit about the M.P.s.
:34:47
That can't be helped.
Have him brought here straightaway.
:34:49
Yes, sir.
:34:51
Is that the Russian ambassador?
:34:54
Yes, it is, General.
:34:58
Am I to understand
the Russian ambassador...