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and to destroy the whole world
before they die
:47:05
would undertake what you
accuse us of undertaking.
:47:09
The reason we shipped missiles to Cuba
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was because your government
attempted to overthrow
:47:16
the Cuban government,
just as your government
:47:20
attempted to overthrow our government
:47:23
after our revolution in 1917.
:47:25
You have admitted as much to me,
:47:28
and I have admitted those mistakes
:47:30
which have occurred
in the history of my state,
:47:32
and which I have acknowledged
and condemned.
:47:39
Mr. President, you have every right,
:47:41
you have every right to be concerned
:47:45
about the peace and welfare of
your people.
:47:49
I am no less concerned with mine.
:47:53
Let us join in a statesman like approach.
:47:56
This is what I propose:
:48:00
my government will not ship
any more weapons to Cuba,
:48:03
and those that are there will
either be withdrawn or destroyed.
:48:08
You will reciprocate by withdrawing
your blockade
:48:16
and agreeing not to invade Cuba.
:48:20
Mr. President, if you have not lost
your self control
:48:28
and understand what this might lead to,
:48:31
then we ought not to pull
on the ends of the rope
:48:32
in which you have tied the knot of war.
:48:35
Because the more we pull,
the tighter the knot will become.
:48:43
And the moment may come
when the knot is tied so tightly
:48:46
that even we may not have the strength
to untie it.
:48:50
We will have to cut it,
and thereby to doom the world
:48:54
to the catastrophe of thermonuclear war.