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Give me an answer.
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I don't like the tone of this letter
your people drafted, Dean,
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is entirely too negative
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in rejecting all
of Khrushchev's initiatives.
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I just don't think ill do.
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Khrushchev put Turkey on the agenda,
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we have to knock it off.
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Why?
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We can't simply ignore his proposals.
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Which proposals, Foreman's,
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Khrushchev's first letter,
the second letter, which ones?
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Bobby, whas in your mind?
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Mr. President, last night we felt
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we had a possible solution
in answering the first letter.
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We can't pretend that we never
received the second letter.
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Why not?
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Because we -
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Dammit man, why not?
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Ted, didn't Foreman
tell Skally the second letter
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was a mistaken communication?
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Yes, he did.
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Sir, I think we can pretend
to believe him.
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Is a marvelous idea.
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Bobby, you're absolutely right.
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Mr. President, what have we got to lose?
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We can draft a reply to Khrushchev
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which simply ignores the second letter.
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Exactly.
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We'll state our terms as though
Khrushchev offered them,
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and then accept them.
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Is very tricky, it all depends
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on whether Khrushchev can
extricate himself.
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And whether he wants to
extricate himself.
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Bobby, if you disagree so violently
with State's letter,
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draft one of your own.
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Thank you, sir.
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Ted?
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Make it clear
that if they remove the bases
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and the missiles under UN supervision,
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we'll negotiate an agreement
not to invade Cuba now
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or in the future.
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Yes, sir.
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It will be said that we've
broken our pledge
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to help the Cuban people
regain their freedom.
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I'm not negotiating for the Cuban people.
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This involves the security
of the United States
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and all of our allies.
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I'm trying to get out from under a war.
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Our power is not infinite,
we have limits.
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Les try it.
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Bobby, Ted, go write the letter.
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Thank you, sir.
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Thank you for the information.
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Major Anderson had a son
just about John's age.