:38:00
what gives you the right?
:38:04
I think we can hit Cuba by air
and get away with it.
:38:07
The Russians aren't prepared
to go to nuclear war with us.
:38:11
But I have to say that
your moral arguments
:38:15
have never occurred to me,
Bobby, but you're right,
:38:18
we have to remember who we are.
:38:22
We have to take the risk.
:38:24
And we have to put aside
the air attack option,
:38:28
at least for now.
:38:30
I'm prepared to go along
with the blockade.
:38:33
Gentlemen, the President is waiting.
:38:36
Oh, incidentally, Dean Rusk
called to say we should all go over
:38:38
to the White House in the same limousine
:38:40
to avoid tipping off the press corp.
:38:42
One car for all of us?
:38:43
Yeah.
:38:44
Pity for the government
if we get into an accident.
:38:46
I think we'll be safe,
none of us is driving.
:38:48
I'm attracted to your concept
of a blockade.
:38:51
It should give Khrushchev
time to respond thoughtfully.
:38:56
And it certainly avoids
the shock of a surprise attack.
:39:00
If it works,
the Russians can retreat with dignity.
:39:04
And if it doesn't we've preserved
our flexibility.
:39:08
Ted, I want a draft of my speech
to the country ready for me
:39:11
when I get back from campaigning.
:39:14
Gentlemen, on Sunday at the latest
:39:16
we're going to let the world in on this.
:39:22
Chinese armored columns rolled forward
:39:23
today in large scale fighting
against the ill-prepared Indian troops.
:39:27
Indian military spokesmen
have reported heavy casualties,
:39:30
but expressed their determination
to withstand
:39:32
the Chinese thrust all along
the disputed frontier.
:39:36
The fourth day of the
Missiles of October.
:39:40
Gentlemen, let me ask leave
to be excused from further attendance.
:39:44
This is no place for a
private citizen like myself.
:39:48
Well, Mr. Acheson,
the President has the greatest
:39:50
respect and the highest personal
regard for you.
:39:52
In his absence, I -
:39:54
It is one thing for an
outsider like myself
:39:56
to be asked for advice and counsel,
:39:58
but is quite another
for me to actually participate