:50:00
could be considered jointly.
:50:01
The hopeful fact Mr. President,
:50:02
is that Khrushchev isn't demanding
:50:04
that we give up our bases
in Italy, Turkey, or Guantanamo.
:50:06
Mr. President,
I think you should draft a response
:50:08
to this as quickly as possible.
:50:10
Before we do that,
I want to make absolutely certain
:50:11
there are no booby traps here.
:50:15
You'll have to burn the midnight oil
again tonight.
:50:21
I want this letter analyzed,
:50:23
and in light of the Foreman initiative,
:50:28
and a response drafted
that we can go over in the morning.
:50:30
In the morning?
:50:31
Yes, in the morning.
:50:33
Cheer up, gentlemen,
:50:37
your President is going to get
a good nighs sleep.
:50:42
Yes?
:50:43
I'm sorry,
there is no reply from Kennedy.
:50:49
If he had responded immediately,
:50:52
perhaps we could have
blocked the momentum.
:50:54
Now...
:50:58
there was a man in a field
:51:02
between a swarm of bees
and a herd of bulls.
:51:05
He knew if he took a false step
he'd be stung to death,
:51:07
or trampled to death, or both.
:51:16
Be seated, Comrades.
:51:22
I would report to the Presidium
that good progress has been made
:51:25
since our last meeting.
:51:27
In this regard,
I have received a communication
:51:29
from our embassy in Washington.
:51:30
Alexander Foreman has received assurances
:51:32
on the highest authority that
President Kennedy
:51:34
is receptive to a settlement.
:51:37
The Americans are prepared to
guarantee to respect
:51:40
the integrity of Cuba,
:51:41
to promise publicly not to invade,
:51:44
or to assist an invasion now
or in the future.
:51:46
Comrade, judging from your private
letter to Kennedy,
:51:51
you've promised to remove
the missiles from Cuba.
:51:57
The purpose of that letter was to impress
:51:59
Kennedy with the seriousness
of the situation.