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As Secretary General
of the United Nations,
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I have been asked by
a large number of member nations
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to address an urgent appeal
in the present critical situation.
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It is important that
time should be given to enable
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the parties concerned
to get together with a view
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to resolving the present crisis
peacefully.
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This involves the voluntary suspension
of quarantine measures
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involving the searching of
ships bound for Cuba.
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I believe that such voluntary suspension
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for a period of two or three weeks
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would greatly ease the situation.
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Two or three weeks.
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Go ahead, please.
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Mr. President,
this is a bunker for a nuclear warhead,
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the first one we spotted above ground.
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Can we increase the surveillance flights?
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Yes, if we use Navy P8U planes.
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They fly at low levels, Mr. President.
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They'll make easy and obvious targets.
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Yes.
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Go ahead, please.
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Authorize the flights around the clock
if is possible.
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I want absolutely accurate information,
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and I want Khrushchev to know
that I'm getting it.
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Yes, sir.
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Mr. President, I've just received word
about the Soviet ships
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Gagarin and Komiles
approaching the quarantine line.
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Admiral Ward reports
that a Soviet submarine has moved
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into position between them.
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Apparently, they're going to try to
run the blockade together.
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How does Ward propose to respond?
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He's bringing up the Essex.
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She'll send helicopters
over the submarine,
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the Essex will signal for the sub
to surface and identify itself.
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If the Russians refuse,
depth charges will be fired
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until the submarine surfaces.