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What about Dobrynin?
:13:03
I have no secrets from
David at the moment.
:13:09
Dobrynin insists he knows nothing
about the missiles in Cuba.
:13:13
And the ships?
:13:17
According to him,
they're going to run the blockade.
:13:22
Whas your impression, Bobby?
:13:27
Well, I think Dobrynin is
telling the truth.
:13:29
I think he's in the dark
about the missiles.
:13:30
And he's frightened,
events are moving too fast,
:13:32
he's not receiving
up to the minute instructions.
:13:34
Then is possible that Khrushchev
hasn't made up his mind?
:13:37
Is possible, yes.
:13:40
Or that he's not running the show
over there any more.
:13:42
That makes the situation
even more difficult.
:13:44
I know that, David.
:13:47
There are 25 or so Soviet ships
that are going to hit
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our blockade line in the morning and
I can't control them.
:13:52
Khrushchev might not be able to, either.
:13:54
He needs time.
:13:56
Possibly.
:13:58
You drew the quarantine line,
what, 800 miles from Cuba,
:14:01
you could contract it closer
to the island
:14:04
so that all 25 ships
don't encounter it tomorrow.
:14:06
I've considered contracting the arch,
:14:08
I've thought about that.
:14:09
Give the Kremlin time to
digest whas happening,
:14:11
and perhaps disengage gracefully.
:14:15
Puts our ships on the quarantine line
:14:17
within range of Soviet MIGs in Cuba,
:14:19
makes our men vulnerable to air attack.
:14:21
We can make it clear if
the MIGs attack we'll shoot them down.
:14:23
Sure, and every step I take
forward to prevent a war
:14:26
becomes a step back into one.
:14:40
This is the President,
locate Secretary McNamara for me.
:14:50
I'll contract the arch to 500 miles,
:14:52
the next move is Khrushchev's.