:03:01
Well, sir,
we'd give an appropriate warning,
:03:04
and then we'd fire at
the rudder and propellers
:03:06
to disable the vessel.
:03:08
And then?
:03:10
And then, sir, we board and search.
:03:12
And what if they resist the boarding?
:03:17
We overcome the resistance.
:03:19
Why is it necessary to board?
:03:20
Why can't we just throw a line
on the ship,
:03:22
tow it to Jacksonville or Charleston,
:03:24
and avoid the confrontation at sea?
:03:26
What happens if we tow it
all the way to Florida
:03:27
and find out is carrying
a cargo of baby food?
:03:31
Mr. President,
I think we have to face the probability
:03:35
that there's going to be some shooting
:03:36
on that blockade line tomorrow morning.
:03:39
Cuba is a country which
has seen United States aircraft
:03:44
set fire to its plantations
:03:46
without ever a declaration of war.
:03:51
Cuba is a country which has seen
:03:53
its plants and factories sabotaged,
:03:56
its workers wounded and killed,
:03:58
without ever a declaration of war.
:04:03
Cuba is a country that has had
its territory invaded
:04:07
by mercenaries trained,
:04:08
directed and subsidized by
the United States government,
:04:12
with the public sanction of Kennedy,
:04:15
without a declaration of war.
:04:18
Now, therefore I, John F. Kennedy,
:04:20
President of the
United States of America,
:04:23
do hereby proclaim that
the forces under my command
:04:25
are ordered, beginning at 10:00 a.m.,
:04:28
Eastern time, October 24, 1962,
:04:31
to interdict the delivery of
offensive weapons
:04:34
and associated materials to Cuba.
:04:36
Cuba is a country that has suffered
:04:39
the economic boycott of
the United States government,
:04:41
and the use of American pressure
to isolate us
:04:45
without the existence of a state of war.
:04:49
The following are declared to be
prohibited material:
:04:52
surface to air missiles,
bomber aircraft, bombs,
:04:56
air to surface rockets and
guided missiles,
:04:59
warheads for any of the above weapons.