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Mr. President
we have only 30 hours left
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and whatever response we send
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it'll take several hours
to reach our embassy
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and be delievered to the Kremlin
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So early tomorrow morning
is the earliest
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Kruschev could respond
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Which one of you geniuses
is gonna tell me how to
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explain it to the world
if we don't make this trade?
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So what are we gonna say
to the Soviets
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about this offer?
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Well, it depends, doesn't it?
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Do we really believe
there's been a coup?
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What if Fomin wasn't a ploy?
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What if his message was real?
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What if what is happening
is a series of accidents?
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Accidents like them
shooting down our U-2?
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Yes. Accidents like that
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And the accidents are making the
second letter seem more aggressive
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and the whole situation
appear worse than it really is
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"The Gun of August"
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That's right
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So we just reject the second letter?
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No
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We don't...
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reject it
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We accept the first letter
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and pretend
the second one doesn't exist
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It won't work
because that's wishful thinking
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Look, he made an offer. So I...
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The same wishful thinking, Bobby
that blinded us all these months
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while the Soviets were sneaking
those missiles in under our noses
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Ignore the second letter
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agree to the conditions of the first
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There is no reason to believe
the Soviets will let it go
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Max is right. Why will they accept it?
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It can work
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If they believe
we're gonna hit 'em hard
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We've got time for one more round
of diplomacy, and that's it
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First airstrikes start in 28 hours
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But we have to make them agree to it
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So how do we do that?
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We give them something
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We tell them
we'll remove the missiles from Turkey
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Hang on
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But we don that six months from now
so it appears there's no linkage
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We also tell them
if they go public about it