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Secretary Dillon?
:48:01
The blockade, sir.
:48:03
General Taylor?
:48:05
Air strike, Mr. President.
:48:07
Mr. Attorney General?
:48:09
Blockade, Mr. President.
:48:11
Director McCone?
:48:12
Air strike, sir.
:48:14
Admiral Anderson?
:48:15
Air strike, Mr. President.
:48:17
Ken?
:48:18
Blockade, Mr. President.
:48:20
Ambassador Stevenson?
:48:21
Quarantine, Mr. President.
:48:23
Ambassador Thompson?
:48:24
Blockade, sir.
:48:26
George?
:48:27
Blockade, Mr. President.
:48:28
Mac?
:48:29
Blockade, Mr. President.
:48:30
Ted?
:48:31
Blockade, sir.
:48:33
Then it is the,
consensus of this committee
:48:35
that a naval action
is our most appropriate response.
:48:38
I agree.
:48:39
I understand and appreciate
the concerns of all those
:48:41
who voted for an air strike.
:48:44
And I assure you,
that if the blockade fails,
:48:46
I'll take uncompromising action.
:48:48
My speech to the nation
will be on Monday.
:48:50
I'll announce the quarantine at the time.
:48:52
Sir, I believe your speech
should incorporate
:48:55
a call for an emergency session
of the Security Council.
:48:58
We must get to the UN
ahead of the Russians.
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Thas very useful State will
work with you on a draft resolution.
:49:04
And may I add, sir, that whatever
happens at the United Nations
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is largely contingent on
the Organization of American States
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supporting our action.
:49:11
Hopefully, the O AS will come
to a vote by Wednesday
:49:14
before we impose the actual blockade.
:49:16
May I ask what we'll do
if the O AS doesn't support us?
:49:21
Are we then going to impose
the blockade and take our case
:49:25
to the United Nations without
even the semblance of legality,
:49:30
without the support
of our own hemisphere?
:49:34
I'll pay any price to get those
missiles out of Cuba.
:49:37
Then, sir, I don't see how we can expect
:49:40
the Russians to remove them for nothing.
:49:43
Is going to be difficult
for the rest of the world,
:49:45
especially Europe, who understand
our fear of the Cuban bases.
:49:49
After all, our European allies
have been within easy reach
:49:54
of Soviet missiles for years.
:49:56
The world will ask why Soviet technicians