: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,
:53:01
and, I think we could use
all the help we can get.
:53:05
I'd welcome the support of McCloy
and his friends.
:53:12
I'll ask him to join Stevenson's
delegation at the UN.
:53:15
Thank you.
:53:17
Now, I said join Stevenson's delegation.
:53:21
Yes, Mr. President.
:53:27
The blockade will form an arch
extending 800 miles
:53:30
to sea from Cape Mysai,
:53:32
thas well beyond the range
of the big fighters in Cuba.
:53:35
Your designation is Task Force 136,
:53:36
comprising 13 destroyers
on the forward line,
:53:39
supported by two cruisers,
:53:41
flanked by four additional destroyers,
:53:43
and the guided missile cruiser Kembara.
:53:46
In support will be the Filabreflex
Invasion Fleet.
:53:49
By the way, Corky,
three of your destroyers
:53:51
have just put in from service
with the Sixth Fleet.
:53:53
The men are on liberty and
hung out over half
:53:55
the eastern seaboard.
:53:57
You'll have 24 hours to corral
them and to sail.