The Missiles of October
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:07:01
Absolutely not.
:07:05
I'm going to keep my appointments
for as long as I can.

:07:09
We're going to have to make it look like
:07:11
there's absolutely nothing unusual
going on around here.

:07:24
Bundy briefed me.
:07:26
I think Dad should be flown home.
:07:28
Is no time for him to be here.
:07:30
I'll make arrangements.
:07:32
Think we should add anyone to this list?
:07:39
Presidential assistant,
Theodore Sorensen;

:07:42
former ambassador to Moscow,
Llewelyn Thompson;

:07:46
Assistant Secretary of State,
George Ball;

:07:49
Secretary of State, Dean Rusk;
:07:52
Secretary of the Treasury,
Douglas Dillon;

:07:56
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
:07:58
General Maxwell D. Taylor;
:08:01
Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara.
:08:05
Good morning, gentlemen.
:08:06
Good morning, Mr. President.
:08:10
Support trucks, trailers,
the personnel tent area,

:08:15
the rocket launchers
for the Sandal SS04 medium-range

:08:19
ballistic missile.
:08:21
And here, gentlemen,
eight ballistic missiles on trailers.

:08:27
We are fortunate, another tropical storm
over Cuba

:08:30
and the U-2 flight would have been
postponed again.

:08:33
Khrushchev would have had
his fait accompli.

:08:37
Some of the missiles will be operational
in 10 days.

:08:40
Ten days?
:08:42
Whose estimate is that?
:08:44
Ours.
:08:46
Thank you.
:08:48
Yes, sir.
:08:49
Secretary Rusk.
:08:51
Well, sir, obviously the communists
:08:53
have been shipping missiles to Cuba
:08:55
and constructing bases there
while continuously assuring us,

:08:59
telling us publicly and privately

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