The Missiles of October
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Cuba will be prevented, by whatever means
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may be necessary from taking action
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against any part
of the Western Hemisphere.

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The weapons and military equipment
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sent by the USSR to Cuba
are designed exclusively

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for defensive purposes,
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and the President of the United States
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knows what these means of defense are.
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How can they threaten the United States?
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No, you have invented this threat.
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It is not the weapons you fear,
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it is the revolutionary spirit.
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Special advisor to the President,
McGeorge Bundy.

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Good morning, Mr. President.
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Did you read what Eisenhower
said about me yesterday?

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"President Kennedy's record
of the past 21 months

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is too sad to talk about."
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lmagine lke saying a thing
like that about me,

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and in Boston?
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Have some coffee, Mac.
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No, thank you.
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Mr. President -
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"James Meridith, the first Negro student
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at Mississippi attended classes
for the third day,

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and for the first time heard no jeers."
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Mr. President,
we've received hard evidence

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that the Russians have placed
offensive weapons in Cuba.

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What kind of weapons?
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Nuclear missiles.
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Whas your evidence?
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Aerial photographs from
the U-2 flight of October 14th.

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They show missile installations
being constructed

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in at least four places in Cuba.
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I wanna see those pictures.

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