:51:00
unless you want to undermine NATO.
:51:01
Nevertheless, we can negotiate without
:51:03
losing anything of significance.
:51:05
Then, sir, what do you suggest
we give away next time?
:51:11
I am hopeful that we'll live to see
a next time.
:51:15
Gentlemen I agree that diplomatic
moves are essential,
:51:21
but we're not going to negotiate
under the gun.
:51:26
DeGaulle would be quick to say
that we were selling out
:51:29
the Europeans to protect ourselves.
:51:33
And the Russians would be tempted
:51:35
to try blackmail again, elsewhere.
:51:40
The issue isn't Guantanamo
or obsolete Jupiter bases,
:51:45
the issue is missiles,
Russian missiles in Cuba,
:51:49
and they must be removed
and they must be removed quickly.
:51:52
We've worked day and night
to hammer out a consensus,
:51:54
and Stevenson damn near blows it.
:51:56
I wonder if he's really strong enough
or tough enough
:51:58
to represent us at the UN.
:51:59
I sometimes think Stevenson is the UN.
:52:01
Maybe you should replace him
with someone like John McCloy,
:52:03
a tough Republican.
:52:04
I don't think that would be
prudent now, Bobby.
:52:07
If we show any weakness now,
:52:08
Khrushchev will march through
us like an open door.
:52:10
Adlai showed courage.
:52:11
He gave an argument
that needed to be given
:52:13
and took the risk of being called
an appeaser.
:52:15
He damn near pulled us off the track,
is what he did.
:52:17
He wasn't wrong.
:52:18
Thas not the point.
:52:19
You said yourself,
we can't submit to Russian blackmail.
:52:21
Nevertheless, foreign observers
will ask why we're entitled
:52:23
to bases in Turkey pointing
missiles at Russia's belly.
:52:26
Now, I admire what Stevenson did.
:52:28
He told the truth, and he presented
the diplomatic point of view,
:52:30
and thas his job.
:52:31
His job is to implement your decisions.
:52:33
It doesn't matter whether
we respect Adlai or admire him,
:52:36
or whether or not he's even
telling the truth.
:52:37
Right now, we need the support
:52:39
of Republicans and
conservative Democrats alike,
:52:41
who just don't trust his capacity
to stand up to the Russians.
:52:44
Half the American people
:52:45
think that Stevenson
should have been president.
:52:47
Yes, and the other half think
Nixon should have been president.
:52:49
You're not a Republican
or a conservative,
:52:52
at least not the last time I looked.
:52:57
Yes, well, McCloy is available,