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But, thas not going to happen now.
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Once the truth about Cuba comes out,
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Republicans are going to murder us.
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Do you have Republicans in
high positions in your administration?
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Unfortunately,
the voters may come to feel
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that our Republicans friends
aren't high enough.
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I don't think it is unfair to say
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that the United States and the world
are passing through
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one of its most critical periods.
:19:26
And it may be that it will continue
to pass through
:19:29
a period of comparable criticality
:19:31
for the next few months, maybe years.
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Our major problem after all
is the survival of our country-
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the protection of its vital
interest without -
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without beginning a third
and perhaps a last war.
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It is ironical, that the two strongest
countries in the world,
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the United States and the Soviet Union,
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are the two countries which live
in the greatest danger.
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As Robert Grave wrote about matadors-
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bull fight critics row upon row
:20:08
crowd the enormous plaza de toros.
:20:10
But, only one is there who knows
:20:12
and he is the one that fights the bull.
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These are the stills from
yesterday's over flight,
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Mr. President.
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They show 29 missile pads
in various stages of construction.
:20:22
They're building two types
of missiles down there,
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the 1,000 mile, medium-range,
mobile field weapons,
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which can be transported,
and the 2200 mile,
:20:29
intermediate missile,
which must be fired from fixed position.
:20:33
Both are first strike weapons.
:20:35
They will provide a launch capacity
in excess of 40 nuclear weapons.
:20:39
The Aleutian 28 Soviet bombers now being
assembled in Cuba
:20:44
can hit all of Florida
as far as Savannah, Pensacola,
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and parts of Central America.
:20:53
The medium-range missile
threatens one-third
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of the United States,
including Washington, DC, St. Louis,