The Missiles of October
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1:07:06
Dave, the way you're eating my chicken
and drinking my wine,

1:07:10
anybody would think it was
your last meal.

1:07:13
Well, the way Bobby's been talking,
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I think maybe it is.
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There are a total of 24
troop carrier squadrons

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in the Air Force Reserve.
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How soon can they be called up?
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lmmediately.
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Have your department make the
announcement to the press.

1:07:35
The Soviets will interpret it
as a prelude to invasion.

1:07:39
Exactly.
1:07:42
Bob, you and Maxwell meet with
General Sweeny

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first thing in the morning
and go over the air strike planning.

1:07:48
Have an invasion scenario set for me
by the afternoon.

1:07:52
Yes, Mr. President.
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Shouldn't we have approved
the tentative timetable

1:07:56
for the initial air strike
on the assumption.

1:07:58
No!
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Mr. President -
1:08:00
Les call it a night.
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We've had it till Khrushchev replies.
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Don't despair.
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Mr. President,
we'll be fighting in Cuba by Tuesday.

1:08:19
I think it could go either way now.
1:08:29
The Atomic Energy Commission
announced today

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a successful nuclear test explosion
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near Jungston Island in the Pacific.
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The Soviet Union today tested
an intermediate-range

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atomic device as part of
the continuing Soviet experiments

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in the Naviazemblia area.
1:08:55
Johnny, you know what Khrushchev did
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at 8:00 o'clock tonight Moscow time?

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