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Mr. President, you'll meet with
the National Security Council at 3:00.
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It would be unwise to cancel
the courtesy call
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of the Prime Minister of Uganda at 3:30.
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The cabinet meeting has been arranged
at 4:00.
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Mr. President, your address to the nation
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is scheduled on all three networks
at 7:00 p.m., Eastern Standard time.
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In accordance with your directive-
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pursuant to your orders-
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Following your request-
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Under your instructions-
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I understand you had a problem
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collecting the congressional leaders?
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Yes, most of them had to be air lifted.
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Have they, been tipped off?
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Hopefully, no.
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Mr. President,
I'll support what you're saying tonight,
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but I want the record to show
that I've been informed,
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but never consulted about
this important decision.
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Congressman, I appreciate your support.
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I don't want to criticize
at this grave hour, Mr. President,
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but some of us have been warning
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about the Soviet military preparations
in Cuba for months,
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and you've consistently denied our
charges and refused to take action,
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until now, you present us with this -
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this - this calamity.
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The charges were neither documented
nor proven.
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Well, now that they are documented
and proved,
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I wonder if your action is adequate
to meet the provocation.
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Mr. President.
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Senator Russell.
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I must say I couldn't live with myself
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if I didn't speak out
in the strongest possible terms.
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It is vitally important that
we act with greater strength
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than you are contemplating.
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Let me say again,
I plan to do everything necessary
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to protect our country.
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With all respect,
a blockade is a halfway measure.
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It will alienate our allies
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while doing the communists
no tangible harm whatsoever.
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Mr. President,
we have to destroy those bases.
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Senator, is still possible
that we can resolve this matter
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without a devastating war.
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And I won't launch such a war
lightly, I assure you.
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Once there's an attack,
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our enemies could respond
with a missile barrage
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from Cuba alone that would kill
80 million of our people,