:17:02
Has he?
:17:03
I had my differences with
President Eisenhower,
:17:05
but I'm certain that if
he were president now,
:17:07
the Cuban problem would be handled
:17:10
in a very different manner.
:17:12
I'd hate to believe that
your Presidens policies
:17:14
are due to the fact there
will soon be an election in America.
:17:17
Very few Americans believe that, sir.
:17:19
I any event, President Kennedy's policy
:17:21
is very dangerous,
difficult to negotiate.
:17:24
You know, is a fact that my eldest son
:17:26
is older than your president.
:17:28
His policy is a reaction to the fact
that your government
:17:31
surreptitiously placed
offensive weapons in Cuba.
:17:35
Offensive weapons, offensive weapons,
:17:36
your country invaded Cuba once,
:17:39
we have an obligation to defend them.
:17:41
If someone is attacked with a pistol,
:17:43
the pistol is an offensive weapon.
:17:45
But if Cuba uses that same pistol
to defend herself,
:17:47
it is a defensive weapon.
:17:49
I'm not a military man,
:17:51
but I think I know the difference
between defensive weapons
:17:54
and nuclear missiles and bombers.
:17:57
We have an obligation to defend Cuba,
:17:59
and we will do so.
:18:01
The weapons we have furnished
include anti aircraft
:18:04
and ballistic missiles,
:18:05
with conventional and
thermonuclear warheads.
:18:08
If you want to satisfy yourself
on that point,
:18:10
all you have to do is to attack Cuba,
:18:12
Americans will find out very quickly.
:18:14
I am not interested in
the destruction of the world.
:18:16
But if we all want to meet in hell,
is up to you.
:18:20
In public, the Russians deny
they have any missiles in Cuba,
:18:22
while Khrushchev brags about them
in private.
:18:25
If they're this mean on this one
in our part of world,
:18:28
whas it gonna be like next time
somewhere else?
:18:31
If you hadn't acted,
I think you would have been impeached.
:18:35
Thas what I think,
I would have been impeached.
:18:41
We congratulate Premier Khrushchev
:18:44
for his statesman like conduct.
:18:46
We demand that President Kennedy halt
:18:49
his illegal and provocative actions.
:18:51
We call upon people everywhere
throughout the world to join us
:18:56
in demanding that the United States
stop its nuclear madness.