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All right, thank you, Andre.
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I'm going to remain in my office,
Comrade Chairman.
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I'm going to dictate a new communication
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to the American President.
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I will give you full details later
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on how it is to be transmitted.
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It will be, and this is imperative,
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it will be absolutely confidential.
:43:25
Of course.
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I have reason to believe that
the United States government
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sees real possibilities and
supposes that the representatives
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of the two governments could
work this matter out
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with due time and with each other.
:43:47
My impression, however,
is that time is very short.
:43:52
Can I be certain that this represents
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the views of your government?
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My information is from very high sources.
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Authoritative sources?
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Yes.
:44:02
That is worth waiting for.
:44:07
Something else?
:44:11
There is one other point,
since my government
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has agreed to United Nations inspection
of our Cuban bases,
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shouldn't there also be inspection
of the American bases in Florida
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where your invasion of Cuba
is being planned and organized?
:44:26
You didn't raise that condition before.
:44:28
I'm attempting to see all the
implications of an agreement.
:44:31
This is an entirely new element.
:44:33
I can't predict how my government
might react.
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Is a fair exchange.
:44:38
Well, I can only speak as a reporter,
:44:40
but I think any such condition
would raise
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terrible and serious complications.
:44:45
There are no American missiles
in Florida pointed at Cuba.
:44:50
We did not initiate this crisis,
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and I believe President Kennedy
will reject any proposal
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which suggests that our own bases
on our own soil
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are in any way comparable to
Soviet bases on Cuban soil.