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than to provide
a nuclear strike capability
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against the Western Hemisphere.
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Acting, therefore,
in defense of our own security,
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and under the authority entrusted
to me by the Constitution,
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I have directed that the following
initial steps be taken.
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First: To halt this offensive buildup,
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a strict quarantine shall be imposed.
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All ships of any kind bound for Cuba
will be turned back
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if found to contain cargoes
of offensive weapons.
1:06:32
Second: I have directed the increased
1:06:34
close surveillance of Cuba.
1:06:37
Third:
It shall be the policy of this Nation
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to regard any nuclear attack
launched from Cuba
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as an attack by the Soviet Union
on the United States,
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requiring a full retaliatory response.
1:06:52
Fourth:
I have reinforced our base at Guantanamo.
1:06:57
Fifth:
We are calling for an immediate meeting
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of the Organization of American States.
1:07:03
Sixth: We are asking tonight
for an emergency meeting
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of the Security Council
of the United Nations.
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President Kennedy has gone mad.
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Seventh and finally:
I call upon Chairman Khrushchev
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to halt and eliminate this clandestine,
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reckless and provocative threat
to world peace
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and stable relations
between our two countries.
1:07:25
The cost of freedom is high,
1:07:28
but Americans have always paid the price.
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And one path we shall never choose
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is one of surrender, submission.
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Our goal is not the victory of might,
1:07:39
but the vindication of right,
1:07:41
not peace at the expense of freedom,
1:07:44
but both peace and freedom,
here in this hemisphere,
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and, we hope, around the world.
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God willing, that goal will be achieved.