:36:00
for service in Cuba if we have to invade.
:36:06
I think I can organize that,
Mr. President.
:36:09
The United States Information Agency
should prepare
:36:12
leaflets of explanation to
the Cuban people
:36:16
advising them to seek safety,
:36:20
and explaining our motives.
:36:22
We'll coordinate that one, sir.
:36:28
Khrushchev's trying to bide
time to negotiate
:36:32
his way into maintaining those bases.
:36:37
But I've given him time to
extricate himself gracefully.
:36:42
Now we must convey
an uncompromising message,
:36:46
this government is prepared to negotiate,
:36:49
but not until those missiles
are removed from Cuba.
:36:54
We will not be deterred,
we will not be shaken.
:36:59
We'll bomb if we must,
we'll invade if we must.
:37:10
Is it your intention, Mr. Chairman,
:37:12
to comply with Kennedy's demands
and dismantle the bases,
:37:15
or shall we pursue our initiative,
:37:17
order our military establishment
to nuclear alert,
:37:20
and prepare to respond in Berlin
when Kennedy invades Cuba?
:37:23
Those alternatives are unacceptable,
unacceptable.
:37:26
I established the Cuban missile system
:37:28
in order to improve
our nuclear capability,
:37:30
and to insure the survival of
the Castro regime.
:37:33
I will not retreat from
that position unilaterally
:37:36
because of American threats.
:37:38
Nor do I assume leadership of
the party on the government
:37:40
in order to throw us into nuclear war
over an incident.
:37:44
This incident is the result of
your contrivance,
:37:46
and your analysis of Kennedy's
probable response.
:37:49
I stand by my analysis,
I stand by my decisions.
:37:53
The present situation shows
the American President
:37:55
has gone to great lengths
to avoid a confrontation.
:37:57
His every move in the so-called blockade
:37:59
has been designed to prevent hostilities.