:58:01
There is no question about that, sir.
:58:02
Thas exactly why I've asked the General
:58:05
to sit in on that very point.
:58:07
General, I'm asking you
this question directly;
:58:10
if you have everything you need,
:58:12
can you guarantee that air strikes
will take out
:58:14
all of the Soviet bases?
:58:16
Mr. President, are you asking me
for 100 percent of the missiles?
:58:19
Can the Tactical Air Command
take out all the missiles, yes.
:58:22
Sir, I can guarantee that we can
take out 90 percent,
:58:26
not 100 percent.
:58:27
Completely surgical air strike
just is not possible.
:58:30
We cannot be certain of hitting
every pad, every launch vehicle.
:58:33
Some might survive, we might miss a few.
:58:36
And if we miss 10 percent,
that would leave what,
:58:39
six or seven, operational nuclear weapons
:58:43
capable of taking out
New York, Washington,
:58:45
and a few other cities, is that correct?
:58:48
Yes, sir.
:58:49
And thas why we would have to
follow up with an invasion.
:58:53
Thank you very much, General.
:58:55
I appreciate your candor.
:58:57
We're going ahead with the decision
of the consensus.
:59:00
I'll announce the blockade
:59:02
in my speech to the nation
tomorrow evening.
:59:06
Admiral Anderson,
is all up to the Navy.
:59:08
The Navy won't let you down,
Mr. President.
:59:11
Thank you very much, Gentlemen.
:59:18
Hello, Pierre, did you get your briefing?
:59:20
Yes, Mr. President.
:59:21
I had no idea things were this bad.
:59:23
Aren't you glad you didn't know?
:59:24
Sir, security is breaking down,
:59:26
the reporters are seeing
the wrong officials
:59:27
in the wrong places at the wrong times.
:59:29
I expect you to keep the lid on
for another 24 hours.
:59:32
I want to get into this
so-called training exercise.
:59:34
Mr. Skally,
you have the Pentagon background,
:59:36
the Fillabriglegs 62
is a training exercise.
:59:38
It was announced long ago.
:59:40
Can you tell me why thousands of Marines
:59:42
were suddenly air lifted
from California to North Carolina?
:59:44
Thas part of the exercise.
:59:46
I have a report that this morning
destroyers from Norfolk
:59:48
and Jacksonville suddenly put to sea
:59:50
with crews that were
all but commandeered.
:59:52
Is my understanding that
the seas off Puerto Rico
:59:54
are unexpectedly heavy.
:59:56
The Navy had to make
some destroyer reassignments.
:59:58
Pierre, off the record,
isn't it true that -