:57:04
Now, the conventional response,
:57:06
our planned response would be
to attack Cuba now.
:57:09
But if we do and the Russians respond
by attacking Turkey,
:57:11
whas our next move?
:57:14
We launch our Jupiter missiles there?
:57:19
Do the Russians then respond
by launching a missile barrage
:57:21
from Russia or from Cuba?
:57:30
Can I set this chain of events
into motion
:57:31
without taking Turkey and NATO
into my confidence?
:57:34
Don't they have a right
to know what we're doing
:57:36
when our decisions have
such devastating implications?
:57:43
Am I going to launch
an all out nuclear war
:57:46
because one junior officer
in Cuba pushed a button
:57:49
he shouldn't have pushed
and killed one pilot?
:57:54
This is a direct order from
the President of the United States:
:57:58
all American missiles
with atomic warheads
:58:00
will be defused immediately.
:58:04
No American nuclear weapons
will be armed to fire
:58:11
without a direct order from
the President of the United States.
:58:15
We're going to prepare possible
approaches short of war or surrender
:58:17
to the Jupiter missile situation
in Turkey and Italy.
:58:22
Pierre, make it clear to the press
:58:24
that we're close to invading Cuba.
:58:26
Summarize accurately and in detail
:58:28
the military forces we've assembled.
:58:30
Make it easy for Soviet intelligence
to see that we're serious.
:58:38
I want State to release
a statement acknowledging
:58:41
the receipt of two
inconsistent and conflicting
:58:44
proposals from Khrushchev.
:58:47
Reiterate our position in
no uncertain terms.
:58:51
Get Skally, brief him, instruct him,
:58:55
and send him back to Foreman.
:58:57
Yes, Mr. President.