:21:10
Isn't there some way we can avoid
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having our first confrontation
with a Russian submarine?
:21:19
Anything but a Soviet warship.
:21:24
Mr. President,
there isn't any alternative now.
:21:28
This is what we're prepared for,
:21:30
this is what we have to expect.
:21:37
If they force us to fire,
:21:41
they want a pretext to move on Berlin,
:21:47
or to launch their missiles.
:21:55
Maxwell, I want you to personally review,
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the position of our aircraft
all over the country.
:22:05
I don't want our planes lined up
wingtip to wingtip
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the way they were before Pearl Harbor.
:22:10
I can assure you they're not,
Mr. President.
:22:12
The aerial -
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the aerial photographs
I had taken yesterday
:22:18
showed that our entire Air Force
was a sitting duck.
:22:23
Is been corrected, sir.
:22:25
Yes?
:22:27
The Essex helicopters have flown
into position,
:22:30
they're preparing to attack.
:22:32
Admiral Ward is in direct command.
:22:38
You've done everything possible
to anticipate this, Mr. President.
:22:46
Have I?
:22:49
Yes, you have.
:22:59
Seven aircraft carriers and
the nuclear carrier Enterprise,