:55:02
Thas some damned choice, Bob.
:55:08
Mr. President.
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All right, Kenny, all right.
:55:12
Just to set the record straight,
when was the last time
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I asked to have those missiles
removed from Turkey?
:55:16
Not the first five times I asked,
just the last time.
:55:18
I checked it out,
you ordered the Jupiters
:55:20
removed the last week in August.
:55:21
Over two months ago.
:55:23
Yes, sir.
:55:24
The Defense Department stall
because the Joint Chiefs objected,
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the State Department stall
because the Turkish government objected?
:55:31
Thas right, sir.
:55:32
Defense was wrong, and State was wrong,
:55:33
and the Joint Chiefs were wrong.
:55:35
Yes, sir.
:55:40
And I was wrong.
:55:42
Mr. President, we need you.
:55:44
Yes, Bobby.
:55:46
Namara just got word, one of our U-2s was just shot do
:55:49
by a Soviet surface to air missile
over Cuba.
:55:53
Shot down?
:55:54
Yes.
:55:58
The pilot?
:56:00
He's dead.
:56:01
Jack, their SAM system
is now operational.
:56:09
I guess that puts us in a
whole new ballgame here.
:56:15
Are they proving that guns can kill?
:56:17
Who can be responsible for
such a stupid, insane act?
:56:21
You're sure it was shot down?
:56:23
When did it happen?
:56:24
Yes, just a minute, please,
:56:25
I want everything you've got,
the name of the pilot.
:56:27
The plane was shot down
up to three hours ago.
:56:28
We're trying to fix the exact time.
:56:29
The pilot was Major Rudolph Anderson, Jr.
:56:31
He flew the mission that discovered
the missiles on October 14th.
:56:34
Give me some information
on his family, Kenny.
:56:36
We can't send out those U-2 pilots now
:56:37
unless we knock out those SAM sites.
:56:39
I want absolute verification that
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that U-2 plane was shot down
and didn't crash accidentally,
:56:43
a very careful review here.
:56:45
Mr. President, there's no doubt
that the report is accurate.
:56:51
Mr. President, we have no option
:56:54
but to launch a military response
to a military attack.
:56:57
We're on very hazardous ground here.