The Missiles of October
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He's to say that the Sovies
rockets and missiles

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are so powerful there's no need
to seek a launching site

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for them outside the territory
of the Soviet Union.

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The Soviet Union appeals to
all the peoples of the world

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to raise their voices in defense of
the United Nations.

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It appeals to them to vote against
the United States' policy

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of piracy, banditry and
the unleashing of a nuclear war.

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From Commander Task Force 136 to
US Chief of Naval Operations,

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Task Force blockade rendezvous complete.
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Combat air patrols on station.
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All units full readiness status.
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We've intercepted a series of coded
Soviet naval messages.

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Now we can't decipher them,
but we've traced them

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to a Soviet submarine fleet
moving into the Caribbean.

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How large a fleet, how many submarines?
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We can't estimate that yet, sir,
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but there's no doubt that
they're assembling

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to escort and protect
those 25 Soviet merchant ships

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approaching the blockade line.
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Now, the submarines will be kept
under constant surveillance

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as we locate them.
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And the merchant ships?
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We're tracking them, sir.
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Very well.
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But any order to fire,
or to board, for that matter,

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must originate right here.
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I've sent another message to Khrushchev
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urging him to observe
our quarantine line,

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and assuring him that we have no wish
to fire on any Soviet ships,

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and I mean that.
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We can't let events get out of hand
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and make the situation more difficult
than it already is.

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Now, Admiral suppose
one of the Soviet ships

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tries to run the blockade,
how do we stop her,

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how much force do we use?
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Do we disable her, do we fire,
do we tow, what?


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