:08:04
The United States is forcing mankind
into the abyss
:08:07
of a world missile nuclear war.
:08:10
The Soviet Union will not instruct
captains of Soviet vessels
:08:14
bound on the high seas to Cuba
:08:17
to obey the orders of
American Naval forces.
:08:21
If any such effort were to be made
to interfere with Soviet ships,
:08:24
we would then be forced on our part
to take the measures
:08:27
which we deem necessary and adequate
to protect our rights.
:08:32
For this, we have all that is necessary.
:08:35
I've read the letter half a dozen times,
:08:37
and there's not a ray of light in it.
:08:40
What are your plans for this evening?
:08:43
I'm having dinner with you and David.
:08:46
Have to find another way
to reach Khrushchev.
:08:49
He's looking back over the past
to Vienna, and he's thinking,
:08:53
Kennedy didn't commit American power
at the Bay of Pigs,
:08:57
Kennedy didn't commit American power
at the Berlin Wall,
:09:00
and Kennedy won't commit
American power now.
:09:03
How do we convince him?
:09:06
I want you to have a private talk
:09:08
with your friend the Russian ambassador.
:09:11
Dobrynin, tonight?
:09:13
We're going to miss you at dinner.
:09:32
Mr. Attorney General,
in the past I've told you
:09:34
precisely what Chairman Khrushchev
told me.
:09:37
I believed him then,
and I believe him now.
:09:39
I assure you, that as far as I know,
:09:42
there are no offensive missiles in Cuba.
:09:44
But Mr. Ambassador, we have the proof,
:09:46
there are offensive missiles in Cuba.
:09:48
Why didn't the President accuse us
:09:50
when Gromyko and I sat with him
:09:52
in his office just two days ago?
:09:54
There was nothing the President
could tell Gromyko that,
:09:56
Gromyko didn't already know.
:09:58
And Gromyko didn't bring it up
because evidently
:09:59
your government was determined
to deceive us.