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that they would
retaliate with rocket fire
:49:04
We have said
if there's rocket fire from Cuba
:49:06
we will retaliate
And there goes the whole ballgame
:49:10
Kenny
:49:12
What's this?
:49:13
Can anyone just walk in here now?
:49:15
Ken, don't worry
I'm not here to do an interview
:49:17
If you're looking for a cup of sugar
John, you got the wrong door
:49:19
Kenny
:49:21
we need to see the President
:49:22
Something's happened
:49:26
I have lunch with him
Maybe once a month
:49:29
Way the talks, he acts like
he knows Kruschev personally
:49:32
but he's never elaborated
:49:34
I've used him as a source
in a couple of stories
:49:37
The FBI has identified
this Alexander Fomin as the...
:49:42
Soviet Rezident, the KGB equivalent
of one of our station chiefs
:49:45
He's their highest ranking spy
in this country
:49:48
And he knows John's a friend of mine
:49:50
All the trademarks of
a back-channel overture
:49:52
Yeah. Some back channel
:49:55
ABC News guy
My goddamn next-door neighbor
:50:01
So they'll remove the missiles
:50:03
And we'll pledge not to
invade Cuba or de-stabilize Castro
:50:06
or assist anyone who plans on doing so
:50:12
I think this may be
our first real message from Kruschev
:50:16
The alternative, Mr. President
:50:17
is that is this could be a trap
:50:21
And how is that exactly?
:50:22
Dangle a settlement
:50:24
tie us down in negotiations
we come up short
:50:28
Why else would they
approach us this way?
:50:30
It's deniable
:50:32
The Soviets have done nothing
but lie to us
:50:33
This could just be more of the same
:50:35
That may be
why Kruschev's introducing this guy
:50:38
We're been burned by his usual players
in the formal channels
:50:41
so he brings in an honest broker
:50:44
That may be what they want us to think
:50:46
The truth is
:50:48
we don't really know
who Fomin speaks for
:50:51
It could be Kruschev
:50:52
It could be some faction
in the Politburo
:50:54
Or the KGB itself
:50:56
We just don't know
:50:57
By the way, Scali
your activities now fall under...