Floyd
Kostner
Negotiation-Jackie and party list “I’ll get back to you”
##Listen to me worthless piece of shit---threatening---I can hear how grateful you are. Loyalty.
McGeorge Bundy
Principals assembling in an hour.
Bushakov snowballing no missiles in Cuba.
##Meeting
General McCarter
Ted Sorensen
-Gathering information—photographs soviet union conventional weapons build up in cuba with surface to surface medium range missiles
SS4 sandal
Sharing information one thousand miles 32 missiles
5 minutes 80 million retaliatory options doctornal shift to a first strike policy massively destabilizing move
permit missiles dioplomatic consequences russians trying to show they want to do what they want—munich all over again
we must remove the missiles options international pressure and action till they give in or we hit them air strike
several military scenarios
adopt a rule---agree to strike before missiles become operational cannot permit soviet missiles in cuba
we have to get those missiles out
kruschev intentions
any way around
if there are alternatives we need them and need them fast
let key people know—bobby congress allies
smart guys kick them in the ass until they come up with some solutions
Kenny Costner
Keep it quiet president
## Bring in fighting soviets while we were in school
Diplomatic route will not work missiles finished while still talking
Still think that there are diplomatic approaches
High confidence in expanded air strike—short term solution kruschev more missiles next month ##
Strike before operational invasion 8 days later
Soviet understands language action respects one word force
Recommends airstrikes invasion, ultimatum to dismantle missiles
Risks to the strikes---decided against political track
Demand soviet withdraw missiles 12-24 hours
Soviets refuse—strike
Retaliate against berlin
Honor treaty commitment and defeat them
Hopefully cooler heads will prevail before the next step
Only one responsible choice appeasment not run in the family kennedy’s father
Sneak attack is wrong bobby
Immoral about abandoning your own judgment
Can’t let this get out of hand
Do what we need to do to make this come out right
There is more than one option here—Bobby
Sometimes there is only one choice
How will this make us look----blasting a nation into the stone age
There has got to be something else how stupid it sounds
BRAINSTORMING
Blockade of cuba October 17th
October 18th-40 missiles
Longer range all except seattle
LeMay say go three days carry out air strikes those bastards
The only course of action—best course of action
Rapidly closing windown of opportunity to make missiles operational not operational
More time the less reliable choice
Talk a weak response and citizens would feel the same way
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