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Please.
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l like you.
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l have from the beginning.
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- Good afternoon, gentlemen.
- Mr President.
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l'm aware that what l have to say may
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create a credibility gap
wider than the Grand Canyon.
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Nonetheless, it is true.
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Yesterday, a US spacecraft splashed
down offthe southern California coast.
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lt was one oftwo that have been
missing in space for over two years.
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To be exact, the one
commanded by Colonel Taylor.
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- Have they identified the bodies?
- They have identified three bodies, yes.
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All living...
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- Taylor's alive?
-..at the time oftheir rescue.
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Through an unfortunate accident, one was
killed this morning in the Los Angeles Zoo.
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Zoo?
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What would astronauts
be doing in a zoo, Mr President?
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They are not astronauts, General Faulkner.
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They are apes.
Chimpanzees, to be more precise.
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They're harmless, friendly, and, by all reports,
extremely intelligent and sophisticated.
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But, naturally, being animals,
they cannot tell us
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where the ship came from
or how they came to be in it.
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l have therefore decided to convene
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a Presidential Commission of lnquiry
in Los Angeles tomorrow.
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The two surviving apes will be presented
to the commission for their inspection.
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The press will be invited
to attend, not to participate.
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l don't believe that we can
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withhold this extraordinary discovery
from the world any longer.