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LEADER NIKITA KRUSCHEV BACKED DOWN AND ANNOUNCED THE REMOVAL OF THE MISSILES. COMING UP, A DISCUSSION ON THOSE 13 DAYS IN OCTOBER 1962. FORMER PRESIDENTIAL...
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| 00:00:40 |
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AND ON BEHALF OF DEBRA LEFT, OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR, AND OUR SPONSORS AND OUR MEDIA PARTNERS BOSTON GLOBE, WBUR AND BOSTON.COM, I WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF...
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| 00:03:56 |
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MAINTAINED THE CLOSEST SURVEILLANCE OF THE SOVIET MILITARY BUILDUP ON THE ISLAND OF CUBA. WITHIN THE PAST WEEK, UNMISTAKABLE EVIDENCE HAS ESTABLISHED...
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| 00:08:05 |
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CRISIS. INDEED, THEY WERE, AS YOU KNOW, AT THE HEART OF THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION, AND NO ONE WAS MORE AWARE OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS THAN THE PRESIDENT...
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| 00:14:04 |
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MINUTES, I WILL TRY TO SKIM OVER A NUMBER OF POINTS IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD. 40 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH, THE UNITED STATES PREVAILED IN WHAT HISTORIANS...
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| 00:34:25 |
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I HAVE LONG THOUGHT THAT TED SORENSEN WAS ONE OF THE TWO OR THREE BRIGHTEST PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET. AND THEREFORE YOU SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED WHEN I OPEN...
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| 00:53:04 |
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LESS SIGNIFICANT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION UP HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN AS THE SPIRIT MOVES YOU, PLEASE MOVE TO ONE OF THESE MICROPHONES...
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| 00:54:33 |
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BY CASTRO, ARTHUR SCHLESINGER, I THINK TED IS GOING, I'M GOING. COUNTERPARTS FROM RUSSIA AND CUBA ARE GOING TO BE THERE. I INITIALLY SAID I WOULDN'T...
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| 00:58:30 |
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WORLD, WHAT COULD HAVE POSSESSED THEM TO DO THIS? DO YOU THINK IT IS STILL LEFT FOR HISTORY TO DISCLOSE THE ANSWER OR DO YOU HAVE A WORKING HYPOTHESIS?...
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| 00:58:52 |
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HERE, I AM SUPPOSED TO LEAD OFF THE MEETING IN CUBA. I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT DAY IT IS. OCTOBER 11 I THINK. AND IN A SENSE SET THE AGENDA. AND I HAVE DRAWN...
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| 01:01:31 |
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AROUND PRESIDENT KENNEDY AT THAT TIME. FEEL FREE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SECRETARY McNAMARA JUST DISCUSSED. I WANTED TO ASK YOU IF YOU COULD UNDERSTAND HOW...
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| 01:02:04 |
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SAYING IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS RAISED BITE PRESIDENTRAISE RAISED BY THE PRESIDENT AT THAT FIRST MEETING ON THE DAY THE MISSILES WERE DISCOVERED...
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| 01:04:36 |
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TRANSCRIPTS AND STOW
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| 01:04:38 |
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THE VIDEOTAPE OF THE MOVIE. BUT TO PICK ONE
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| 01:04:41 |
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EXAMPLE OF THE PRESIDENT'S STEERING THIS CONVERSATION COULD YOU GIVE US, BOTH OF YOU, A SENSE OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE PRESIDENT'S DISSATISFACTION WITH...
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| 01:05:08 |
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BOBBY THOUGHT THAT THE AIR STRIKE WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE MISSILES OUT OF THERE. AT THAT TIME PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE SO-CALLED SURGICAL AIR STRIKE....
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| 01:10:47 |
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FORUM. MR. SORENSEN COULD AND SECRETARY McNAMARA MAY WANT TO JOIN IN TOO. AS A STUDY AND DECISION MAKING UNDER UNIMAGINABLE PRESSURES, HOW DOES AN...
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| 01:11:24 |
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OPTIONS. ONE WAS, DO NOTHING. AFTER ALL OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES HAVE BEEN LIVING ON THE NUCLEAR BULLS EYE ALL THESE YEARS. THEY DIDN'T RESPOND TO THE...
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| 01:14:12 |
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THE RISING OF THIS CHOICE SEEMS TO SHOW CIVILIAN AUTHORITY
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| 01:14:19 |
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ASSERTING ITSELF IN THE PRESENCE OF THE INEVITABLY MILITARY MATTER AND I HAVEN'T ASKED YOU YET AND I THINK I SHOULD TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP...
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| 01:14:49 |
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DID. AND THE PRODUCER GAVE ME A PRIVATE SHOWING AND SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT? WELL, I SAID, IF IT WERE HISTORICALLY CORRECT NO ONE WOULD COME...
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| 01:19:07 |
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WHERE WE'D BE HAPPY TO CALL ON QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR. BUT AS THE PRESIDENT MADE HIS DECISIONS AND JUDGMENTS DURING THE CRISIS, DID YOU NOTICE ANY...
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| 01:20:03 |
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INVALUABLE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND SINCE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAD TO GO OUT AND DO THE FIGHTING AND DYING, IF WE GOT INTO A WAR, THAT WE BETTER PAY ATTENTION...
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| 01:21:18 |
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I GATHER, FROM THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT AT SOME POINT YOU WERE ASKED TO THINK ABOUT TWO SPEECHES -- ONE ANNOUNCING A BLOCKADE AND OTHER EFFORTS HELD AND...
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| 01:21:57 |
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SO CONTRARY TO MY CONVICTIONS. AND I KNEW CONTRARY TO JOHN F. KENNEDY'S CONVICTIONS THAT I DID NOT THINK IT WOULD EVER BE GIVEN. AFTER ALL, WE WERE...
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| 01:22:50 |
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MYSELF. SECRETARY McNAMARA, YOU AND MR. SORENSEN HAVE BOTH MADE AN EXCELLENT CASE FOR HOW WE SHOULD HISTORICALLY LEARN FROM THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS...
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| 01:23:16 |
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TELL YOU WHY. IT ISN'T THAT I DON'T HAVE VIEWS ON IRAQ. I DO. BUT I THINK IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE FOR AN EX-SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO STATE VIEWS WHICH MIGHT...
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| 01:24:16 |
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MILD RELATIONSHIP TO CURRENT EVENTS BUT I MIGHT BE OVER -- >> SUBTLY. >> YES, VERY SUBTLY. >> I ACTUALLY DO NOT WANT TO MAKE A PARTISAN SPEECH AGAINST...
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| 01:24:34 |
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A CRISIS. IT SO HAPPENS THAT THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AT THE TIME OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, AFTER KENNEDY MADE HIS SPEECH,...
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| 01:25:38 |
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WE HAD PHOTOGRAPHS, OF THE MISSILES, BEING REMOVED FROM CUBA, CHECKING THEIR SERIAL NUMBER, WE FLEW RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT, 50 FEET OFF THE DECK OF...
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| 01:26:13 |
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MAKING. I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO SAY THAT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MET FOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS AND THEN PRESENTED THE PRESIDENT WITH TWO OPTIONS. TO WHAT DEGREE...
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| 01:26:40 |
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THINK I
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| 01:26:42 |
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PERHAPS AM BEST QUALIFIED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. AS HAS BEEN MADE CLEAR, THIS ALL BEGAN ON A TUESDAY MORNING WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS BRIEFED AND THAT...
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| 01:29:26 |
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INAUDIBLE ] COULD YOU SPECULATE WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED HAD THE ASSASSINATION OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE MISSILE CRISIS? >> I REALLY SHOULDN'T I GUESS....
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| 01:29:46 |
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I INDEPENDENTLY DEVELOP THE SAME THESIS. I THINK IT WAS PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S LEADERSHIP, PARTICULARLY THE LEADERSHIP THAT BOUGHT US THE TIME TO THINK...
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| 01:33:12 |
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WHAT I HAVE TO TELL THE PEOPLE IS THAT WE HAVE TO STOP WITH THOSE WHO ARE AT THE
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| 01:33:16 |
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MICROPHONES NOW AND IF YOU CAN BE
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| 01:33:18 |
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AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE WE'LL BE GRATEFUL WITH A FINAL QUESTION. THANKS. BY ALL MEANS. >> I AM NOT A -- PRESIDENT JOHNSON, WHO I THINK WAS A LARGE MAN WITH
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| 01:33:33 |
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A LARGE VIEW AND VERY DEEP COMPASSION, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU A STORY THAT I'VE NEVER TOLD. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WERE THERE OR NOT, BOB. WE WERE...
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| 01:35:40 |
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KRUSCHEV NOT SENT THAT MESSAGE OVER THE RADIO TRANSMITTER SAYING HE WAS TAKING THE MISSILES OUT. AND WE'VE SPECULATED SOME ON THAT. MY BELIEF IS THAT...
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| 01:36:56 |
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KENNEDY HAD BEEN WARNED BY SENATOR KEATING ABOUT THE BUILDUP OF
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| 01:37:00 |
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ACTIVITIES IN CUBA AND THIS WAS -- IT HAD BECOME A VERY IMPORTANT POLITICAL ISSUE IN THE LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL OF 1962. SO WHEN YOUR SPEECH WAS...
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| 01:37:45 |
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TIME, EXILES WERE POURING OUT OF CUBA -- BITTERLY ANTI-CASTRO EXILES WHO HOPED VERY MUCH AS THEY HAVE EVER SINCE THAT THEY COULD STIR UP A WAR BETWEEN...
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| 01:40:09 |
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THE ELECTION FOR SENATOR FROM NEW YORK. YOU ARE LAST AND THANK YOU FOR WAITING. >> JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. DO WE STILL NEED NUCLEAR DETERRENCE? >>...
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| 01:40:22 |
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STILL NEED NUCLEAR DETERRENTS? >> WE WILL NEED NUCLEAR DETERRENTS AS
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| 01:40:29 |
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LONG AS A POTENTIAL ADVERSARY POSSESSES
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| 01:40:33 |
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SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS. AND I DON'T WANT TO SUGGEST THAT I THINK RUSSIA IS NECESSARILY A POTENTIAL ADVERSARY. BUT THEY HAVE ON THE ORDER...
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| 01:42:00 |
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SECRETARY'S ANSWER, AS WELL AS TO A VERSION OF IT THAT HE EALLUDED TO EARLIER. NAMELY THAT WHAT YOU WERE DEALING WITH IN A SENSE DURING THOSE TWO WEEKS...
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| 01:42:42 |
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MY COMMENTS THAT AS A MILITARY RESPONSE TO THE MISSILES IN CUBA, KENNEDY CHOSE A NAVAL QUARANTINE, A USE OF CONVENTIONAL FORCES. WHAT WAS HE GOING TO...
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| 01:44:41 |
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YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION. THANK YOU THESE TWO GREAT MEN FOR THEIR CONTINUING DEVOTION TO HISTORY, AND JOHN. >>> EVERY WEEKEND, C-SPAN 3 BECOMES...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.