hell is Kruschev thinking?
Did you have any indication of this
from your KGB pal, Bolshakov?
Any possible warning
or sense of motivation?
Complete snowjob
Then we went out and told the country
they weren't putting missiles into Cuba
Jesus
I feel like we caught the Jap
carrier steaming for Pearl Harbor
Morning, gentlemen
Morning, Mr. President
Mr. Secretary
Mr. President
Bob. Bet you had a late night
Sleep is for the week, Mr. President
Mr. President
CIA's been notified
McCone's on his way back
from the West coast
He's been burying his step-son
General Carter's here, though
Ted
Kenny
Okay
Let's have it
Arthur?
Gentlemen, as most of you now know
a U-2 over Cuba
Sunday morning took
a series of disturbing photographs
Our analysis at NPIC indicates
that the Soviet Union
has followed up its conventional
weapons build-up in Cuba
with the introduction of
surface- to-surface medium range
ballistic missiles, or MRBM's
Our official estimate at this time
is that this missiles system
is the SS-4 Sandal
We do not believe that
the missiles are as yet operational
IRONBARK reports that the SS-4
can deliver a 3-megaton
nuclear weapon 1, 000 miles
So far we've identified 32 missiles
serviced by about 3, 400 men
undoubtedly all Soviet personnel
Our cities and military installations
in the southeast
as far north as Washington, D. C.
are in range of these weapons
and in the event of a launch would
have only five minutes of warning
Five minutes, gentlemen
In those five minutes
they could kill 80 million Americans
and destroy a significant
percentage of our bomber bases
The Joint Chiefs' consensus
Mr. President
is that this signals a major
doctrinal shift in Soviet thinking
to a first-strike policy
It is a massively destabilizing move
How long until they're operational?
General Taylor can answer
that question better than I can
GMAIC- Guided Missiles
Intelligence Committee
estimates ten to fourteen days
A crash program could limit that time
However, I must stress that
there may be more missiles
that we don't know about
We need more U-2 coverage
Gentlemen, I want first reactions here
Assuming for the moment that Krushev
has not gone off the deep end
and intends to start World War Three
What are we looking for?
Mr. President, My team is in agreement
If we permit
the introduction of nuclear missiles
to a Soviet satellite nation
in our hemisphere
the diplomatic consequences
will be too terrible to contemplate
The Russians are trying to show the
world they can do whatever they want
wherever they want
and we're powerless to stop them
If they succeed
It'll be Munich all over again
Yes. Appeasement only makes
the aggressor more aggressive
And the Soviets will be
emboldened to push us even harder
No, we must remove the missiles
one way or another
It seems to me the options are either
some combination of
international pressure
and action on our part
till they give up
or...
we hit them
An air strike
Bob?
We've worked up
several military scenarios
Before I ask General Taylor to
take us through the various options
I'd like for us to adopt a rule
If we strike
we must agree to do it before
the missiles become operational
Because once they are
I don't think we can guarantee
getting them all before
at least some of them are launched
It's clear
we cannot permit Soviet
nuclear missiles in Cuba
We have to get those missiles out
I don't think it's going to matter
what Kruschev's intentions are
Right now
I don't see any way
around hitting them
If we kill a lot of Russians
they'll move against Berlin
If they attack Berlin, that's NATO
and we're at war
We're damned if we do, but if we don't
we're in a war for sure
somewhere else in six months
If there are alternatives
that make sense
and I'm not saying that there are
then we need 'em, and fast
What about Congress?
We may need to
start letting key people know
And they're all