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Lyman lovers!

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Break it up!

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Come on, break it up.

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Man: And when it comes

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to jurisdictional strikes
of this nature,

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the administration's job
is quite clear.

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The 90-day cooling-off period
will be observed.

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And if industry is so hellbent
to invoke Taft/Hartley,

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any support they get from me
will have to get flogged out.

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Underline
and exclamation point.

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How many men
involved there, Paul?

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By next Tuesday,

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the entire industry from
San Diego to Seattle.

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I'm not through yet,
Mr. President --

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you stick one more zing
in me, Horace,

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and I'll take up
faith healing.

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And your pressure's gone up
three points

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for every letter
you've dictated.

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Your predecessors
would go to the clinic.

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My predecessors
didn't have a riot

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outside the White House.

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They were at least
sufficiently popular

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to get their faces
on stamps.

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The Gallup Poll -- 29% of the
people

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of the United States
approve of what I'm doing.

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When that thing reaches
stroke proportions,

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put it out as a bulletin.

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It's probably the one thing
that will make labor,

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management,
and the Pentagon

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join hands and declare
a national holiday.

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When did you have
your last vacation?

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When I was six months old,
back in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Don't forget your
CIA appointment at 2:00.

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Phone Lieberman.
Tell him to meet me here,

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assuming I'll be alive
after lunch.

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The White House physician
makes no such assumption.

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Your blood pressure's
up again, Mr. President,

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and I don't like it
one little bit.

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Now this is an order --

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you should go away
for at least two weeks.

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Two weeks!

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And he can have
damn few phone calls.

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How about
a compromise, Horace?

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I'll take a quick swim
in my pool.

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Can I squeeze that in, Paul?

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Those people from
West Virginia are waiting

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for the crowning of
the rhododendron queen.

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Have the secretary of
the interior handle that.

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How are ya, Horace?

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What's new
in fee splitting?

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It's quite a mob scene
you've got outside.

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Why in God's name do
we elect a man president,

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then try to see
how fast we can kill him?

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The Vice President showed
a vast amount of valor

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to go good-willing
when he did.

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Pity you didn't
join him, Jordy.

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I envy Mr. Gianelli,

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his Chianti
and Italian sunshine.

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My own diet will be
crow and bitters.

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Mr. President, Senator.

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Goodbye, Horace.

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Come on, Ray.

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You can watch me
do the Lyman Crawl.

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Thank you.

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Half-hour from now I'm due
at a committee meeting

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with the illustrious
Senator Prentice.

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To hear him tell it,

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you're a third-grade idiot
with clay arches.

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But the chairman
of the joint chiefs,

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one General
James Mattoon Scott,

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will be in front
of the committee.

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He is a reincarnation
of George Washington

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who could walk
on that water.

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That Gallup Poll
shake you up?

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Well, let's say I've felt
more popular in my time.

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Don't get your nanny up.

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You knew there would be
some dislocations.

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You can't gear a country's
economy for war for 20 years,

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then slam on the brakes
and expect the transition

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to go like grease
through a goose.

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Think how the whole
psychology of the thing

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has been screwed up
from the outset.

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We've been
hating the Russians

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for a quarter of a century.

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Suddenly we sign a treaty
that says in two months

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they are to dismantle
their bombs,

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we're to dismantle ours,

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and we all ride
to a peaceful glory.

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This country will
probably live as if peace

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were just as big
a threat as war.

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Damn it, Ray, we could
have had our paradise.

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We could have had
full employment,

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whopping
gross national product,

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nice, cushy feeling
that we've got a bomb

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for every one of theirs.

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But just as sure as God
made the state of Georgia,

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there would come one day

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when they'd have blown us up
or we'd have blown them up.

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The good doctor worries
about my blood pressure.

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You know who the gentleman
is with the black box?

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There are five of them.

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One of them sits outside
my bedroom at night.

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You know what
he carries in that box?

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The codes.

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Codes by which I
can give the orders

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sending us
into a nuclear war.

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Instead of my blood pressure,

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I think Horace should
worry about my sanity.

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You want to know
something, Jordy?

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Riots and unemployment
notwithstanding,

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you're an exceptionally
fine president.

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The day may yet come when
the name "Jordan Lyman"

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and the expression
"Senator"

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will come out as one word.

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Mention that to General
James Mattoon Scott

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when he's up in front
of you this morning.

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And try tea
sometime, too, huh?

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I'll give it a taste,
now and then.

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I personally visited
the President.

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I presented him
with a documented case

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listing the reasons
for concern.

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Three weeks before
the treaty was ratified,

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three of us sat
in the same committee

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and urged a reevaluation
of that treaty.

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Only last week
in Pravda --

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excuse me, General,
sorry to interrupt.

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But as I understand it,

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you feel that the signing
of this pact

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- has been detrimental --
- fiddle-de-dee and fiddle-de-dum.

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If my colleague
from the state of Georgia

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could confine his comments

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not only to appropriate
business at hand,

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but do me the goodness --

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In my own boorish way,
I'm only suggesting

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that if you two continue
to work from a script,

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with cues
and stage directions,

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these proceedings
take on all the dignity

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of a very bad
Gilbert and Sullivan.

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Man: I'd like to hear what
General Scott has to say.

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Thank you. So would I!

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The audience has spoken,
and I beg forgiveness.

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I'll make the point
again, Senator.

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I think the signing of
a nuclear disarmament pact

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with the Soviet Union is, at
best, an act of naivete

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and, at worst,
an insupportable negligence.

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We've stayed alive because
we've built up an arsenal,

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and we've kept the peace
because we've dealt

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with an enemy who knew
we would use that arsenal.

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Now we're asked to believe

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that a piece of paper
will take the place

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of missile sites
and Polaris submarines

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and that an enemy who hasn't
honored one solemn treaty

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in the history
of its existence

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will now, for our convenience,
do precisely that.

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I have strong doubts.

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Hear, hear!

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Senator Prentice, if you
would indulge me, sir.

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You know perfectly well --

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if you would indulge me
for a moment, sir!

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From the chairman of
the joint chiefs of staff,

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I would welcome and
respect any judgment

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having to do with
military considerations.

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Insofar as his political
attitudes are concerned,

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these, I'm sure,
we could dispense with.

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We're talking about the
survival of the United States.

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Is my uniform
a disqualification?

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I presume that an
alternative to the treaty

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that would meet
with your approval

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would be continuing
to build bombs --

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bigger bombs,
better bombs, more bombs.

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Until at some given instant

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a trigger-happy idiot
presses the button

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and we go down the drain waving
the American flag!

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I prefer that, Senator,

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to a Pearl Harbor, where
we went down the drain --

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I did not address the
question to the Senator!

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I was talking
to the witness!

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There hasn't been
a single piece of paper

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in the history of mankind

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that could serve as a deterrent
to a Pearl Harbor.

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I wonder why we haven't
learned that lesson by now.

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Every 20 years or so,
we have to pick ourselves up

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off the floor bleeding
and pay for that mistake.

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And I might add, Senator,

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those mistakes
are delivered to us, C.O.D.,

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by peace-loving men
and bought and paid for

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with the lives of other men,
men in uniform.

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Have we ever forgotten
to thank you?

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I wasn't soliciting
your appreciation,

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only your memory.

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Prentice: With all
due respect, Senator,

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might I elicit one small
admission on your part?

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Clark: I'll make an admission
to the chairman...

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Thank you.

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They listened, but I'm
not sure they heard.

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Your testimony, General,

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was the most effective
defense I've ever heard.

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Coming from you, Jiggs,
that's fulsome praise indeed.

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That forces me
to invite you for a drink,

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in the name of gratitude.

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Well, in the name
of military protocol,

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you force me to accept.

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Your first appointment
is at 2:00, General.

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Thank you.

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Incidentally, Jiggs,

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the alert on Sunday --

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nobody from the hill,
no congressmen.

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This one must be
deep and dark.

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Right straight
down the line.

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I noticed that nobody
from congress

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was on the list.

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Hello, Colonel,

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hot poop from all
around the globe.

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Hi, Grayson.

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All properly decoded
in 4.0 fashion

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and respectfully submitted
by yours truly,

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Lieutenant Junior Grade
Dorsey Grayson.

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Give this one a reading.

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Last call
annual Preakness Pool?

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Top secret code, too.

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$10 already deposited
with Murdock.

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Give length
your pick will win.

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Deadline 17:00 Saturday,

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post time 19:00, Sunday, 18 may.

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Scott, where
did this come from?

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General Scott's aide,
Colonel Murdock.

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He gave me that message
at 07:25 this morning.

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Did you get that name,
Colonel?

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General Scott!

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I'm so disillusioned
I could sit down and cry.

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My hero turned out
to be a bookie.

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So who does this go to?

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Oh, nothing but
the cream --

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Commander Vandenberg Missile
Center, California,

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Commander Strategic
Air Command, Omaha,

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Vice-Admiral
Farley C. Barnswell,

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commanding sixth fleet,
Gibraltar,

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CINCPAC, Pearl Harbor,

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and Commander
First Airborne Corps

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United States Army,
Fort Bragg, sir.

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They must have
a sure thing.

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Uh-uh, Colonel,
look at this.

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Barnswell
doesn't think so.

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Just proves, Grayson, that
sometimes even an admiral

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can't cough up 10 bucks
for a bet.

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Hiya, Jiggs.

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Well, for...Mud.
How are you, mud?

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Just fine.
Good to see you, Jiggs.

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You look great.
Where are you stationed?

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I haven't gotten around

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to giving a straight answer
to that one in four months.

252
00:15:31,974 --> 00:15:34,476
Hell, you probably got me my
orders.

253
00:15:34,685 --> 00:15:36,604
I'm exec. of ECOMCON, Jiggs.

254
00:15:36,812 --> 00:15:39,440
ECOMCON?

255
00:15:39,648 --> 00:15:42,067
Yeah, site "Y".

256
00:15:42,276 --> 00:15:44,653
Don't blame me
for your orders.

257
00:15:44,862 --> 00:15:46,655
You live at the base
at site "Y"?

258
00:15:46,864 --> 00:15:48,782
Nobody could live
at that hellhole.

259
00:15:48,991 --> 00:15:51,285
It's bad enough
the old man keeps me there

260
00:15:51,493 --> 00:15:53,162
for four or five days
at a time.

261
00:15:53,370 --> 00:15:55,331
Mabel and I have
a house in El Paso.

262
00:15:55,539 --> 00:15:56,999
I'll give you the number.

263
00:15:57,207 --> 00:16:00,294
If you're ever down that way,
we can break open a bottle.

264
00:16:00,502 --> 00:16:02,421
Oh, listen, I have to go
to a party tonight.

265
00:16:02,630 --> 00:16:04,465
If you're free,
it might be fun for you.

266
00:16:04,673 --> 00:16:06,592
Ah, Jiggs, I'd love to,
but I just can't.

267
00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,177
How long
will you be in town?

268
00:16:08,385 --> 00:16:10,137
Just till the old man
briefs Scott.

269
00:16:10,304 --> 00:16:12,473
I think you know him --
Colonel Broderick?

270
00:16:12,681 --> 00:16:13,641
Broderick?

271
00:16:13,849 --> 00:16:16,810
Good officer,
don't you think?

272
00:16:16,977 --> 00:16:21,190
Yeah, for certain armies.
The kind that goose-step.

273
00:16:21,398 --> 00:16:25,152
You don't find a happy
medium in this man's army.

274
00:16:25,319 --> 00:16:28,697
Say, how many men are
there in your outfit now?

275
00:16:28,906 --> 00:16:32,201
I don't think you're up
to strength yet, are you?

276
00:16:32,409 --> 00:16:34,161
We got the full T.O. --

277
00:16:34,370 --> 00:16:35,871
100 officers,
3,600 enlisted.

278
00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,123
The last of them
came in six weeks ago.

279
00:16:38,332 --> 00:16:39,667
But, you know, it's funny.

280
00:16:39,875 --> 00:16:41,293
What?

281
00:16:41,502 --> 00:16:43,337
We seem to spend more time

282
00:16:43,545 --> 00:16:46,674
training for seizure
than for prevention.

283
00:16:46,882 --> 00:16:49,051
Like the commies
already had this stuff,

284
00:16:49,259 --> 00:16:50,803
and we had to get it back.

285
00:16:51,011 --> 00:16:53,889
Colonel Henderson, Colonel
Broderick's waiting for you.

286
00:16:54,098 --> 00:16:56,809
The sergeant at the desk
will show you where to go.

287
00:16:57,017 --> 00:16:58,143
Oh, thank you, Colonel.

288
00:16:58,352 --> 00:17:00,145
Jiggs, it's wonderful
seeing you.

289
00:17:00,354 --> 00:17:02,856
When you get to El Paso,
that's the number.

290
00:17:03,065 --> 00:17:03,565
You call.

291
00:17:03,732 --> 00:17:04,858
You bet I will.

292
00:17:05,067 --> 00:17:08,737
And mud, stop growing,
will you?

293
00:17:10,781 --> 00:17:13,242
Casey, I hope you didn't
discuss Sunday's alert

294
00:17:13,450 --> 00:17:14,743
with Colonel Henderson.

295
00:17:14,952 --> 00:17:17,162
I needn't remind you
that it's top secret.

296
00:17:17,371 --> 00:17:19,999
If you needn't remind me,
why do you bring it up?

297
00:17:20,207 --> 00:17:21,500
I see no reason for humor.

298
00:17:21,709 --> 00:17:23,877
I made a note of it
on my calendar.

299
00:17:24,086 --> 00:17:25,254
Or was it to place a bet

300
00:17:25,421 --> 00:17:27,589
on the Preakness Pool
with General Scott?

301
00:17:27,798 --> 00:17:29,550
How did you
find out about that?!

302
00:17:29,758 --> 00:17:32,428
You got Grayson lathered
up about racehorses.

303
00:17:32,636 --> 00:17:34,930
That kid better learn
to keep his mouth shut!

304
00:17:35,139 --> 00:17:36,515
Don't jump the kid.

305
00:17:36,724 --> 00:17:40,436
How was he to know that
the security of the nation

306
00:17:40,644 --> 00:17:44,273
rests on Admiral Barnswell
parting with 10 bucks?

307
00:17:45,816 --> 00:17:48,110
That was the General's
personal business!

308
00:17:48,318 --> 00:17:51,030
What are you getting
so hot about?

309
00:17:54,199 --> 00:17:57,119
You're right.
It's not important.

310
00:18:07,671 --> 00:18:13,552
Operator, have you got
a listing for ECOMCON?

311
00:18:13,761 --> 00:18:15,637
E-C-O-M-C-O-N.

312
00:18:15,846 --> 00:18:20,225
You don't?
Thank you very much.

313
00:18:24,104 --> 00:18:26,148
ECOMCON, horse racing.

314
00:18:26,356 --> 00:18:29,443
What the hell
is going on here?

315
00:18:29,651 --> 00:18:32,613
Then can you explain to me
why the good general

316
00:18:32,821 --> 00:18:35,616
walks into a senate hearing
as if he were St. George

317
00:18:35,824 --> 00:18:37,826
and the administration
was a dragon?

318
00:18:38,035 --> 00:18:38,744
Simmer down, Paul.

319
00:18:38,952 --> 00:18:40,120
Jiggs, I mean it.

320
00:18:40,329 --> 00:18:42,664
Your boss did everything
but draw a sword.

321
00:18:42,873 --> 00:18:43,832
They ask, he answers.

322
00:18:44,041 --> 00:18:45,334
You guys
are getting sensitive.

323
00:18:45,501 --> 00:18:46,668
A little too sensitive,
if you ask me.

324
00:18:46,877 --> 00:18:48,128
Good evening, Senator.

325
00:18:48,337 --> 00:18:49,755
Good evening, Colonel.
How are you, Paul?

326
00:18:49,963 --> 00:18:52,257
It's as simple as this --
the President trusts Russia,

327
00:18:52,466 --> 00:18:53,509
the American people don't.

328
00:18:53,717 --> 00:18:55,344
The people don't believe
the Russians

329
00:18:55,511 --> 00:18:57,679
are going to take those
bombs apart on July 1,

330
00:18:57,888 --> 00:18:59,098
and neither do I.

331
00:18:59,306 --> 00:19:00,974
Do you think that
the President's position

332
00:19:01,183 --> 00:19:02,309
is so unreasonable?

333
00:19:02,518 --> 00:19:04,186
- Hi, Jiggs.
- Hi, Hal.

334
00:19:04,394 --> 00:19:05,354
If Russia reneges,

335
00:19:05,562 --> 00:19:06,855
the chiefs would find out
about it immediately.

336
00:19:07,064 --> 00:19:09,024
The deal is then off.
There would be no danger.

337
00:19:09,233 --> 00:19:11,026
Now, doesn't that
make sense?

338
00:19:11,235 --> 00:19:12,653
Let's hear the view
of someone

339
00:19:12,861 --> 00:19:14,154
a little
more knowledgeable

340
00:19:14,363 --> 00:19:15,989
as to the Soviet Union's
capacity to destroy us.

341
00:19:16,198 --> 00:19:17,533
Colonel Casey?

342
00:19:17,741 --> 00:19:20,369
As a military officer,
I steer clear of politics.

343
00:19:20,536 --> 00:19:22,538
Let's forget for the moment
you're a military officer.

344
00:19:22,746 --> 00:19:23,872
You also happen to be
a citizen.

345
00:19:24,081 --> 00:19:26,041
Then I'll have to
take the fifth.

346
00:19:26,250 --> 00:19:29,878
Colonel, do you like
the treaty or don't you?

347
00:19:30,087 --> 00:19:32,506
Oh, Senator, pardon me,
come along, I want you

348
00:19:32,714 --> 00:19:34,967
to meet the wife
of the Indian ambassador.

349
00:19:35,175 --> 00:19:37,386
We're discussing
the treaty.

350
00:19:37,594 --> 00:19:41,223
Now I want you to hear
the Pentagon's viewpoint.

351
00:19:41,431 --> 00:19:42,808
Go ahead, Colonel.

352
00:19:43,016 --> 00:19:45,060
The treaty isn't viewed
very favorably.

353
00:19:45,269 --> 00:19:47,729
Neither are income taxes,
but we pay them.

354
00:19:47,938 --> 00:19:50,566
But you make me think that
fruit salad on your chest

355
00:19:50,774 --> 00:19:52,234
is for neutrality,
evasiveness,

356
00:19:52,442 --> 00:19:53,694
and fence straddling.

357
00:19:53,861 --> 00:19:56,196
On the contrary, Senator,
they're standard awards

358
00:19:56,405 --> 00:19:58,574
for cocktail courage
and dinner table heroism.

359
00:19:58,782 --> 00:20:01,577
I thought
you'd invented them.

360
00:20:01,785 --> 00:20:03,954
Excuse me.

361
00:20:06,331 --> 00:20:08,083
Hear, hear.

362
00:20:08,292 --> 00:20:12,921
Ellie, I didn't know
you were back in town.

363
00:20:13,130 --> 00:20:14,756
You never looked.

364
00:20:14,965 --> 00:20:18,760
You surprise me tonight,
Colonel Casey.

365
00:20:18,927 --> 00:20:23,765
The voice of reason
coming out of a military man.

366
00:20:23,932 --> 00:20:26,185
I've got a lot
of hidden talents.

367
00:20:26,393 --> 00:20:28,604
Oh, I suspected that
right along.

368
00:20:28,812 --> 00:20:31,273
Ever since my ex-lover
introduced us.

369
00:20:31,481 --> 00:20:33,901
And how is the staunch
General Scott

370
00:20:34,109 --> 00:20:35,527
and his lovely wife?

371
00:20:35,736 --> 00:20:36,612
Well, he keeps busy.

372
00:20:36,820 --> 00:20:38,113
So I read.

373
00:20:38,322 --> 00:20:41,116
There's a sizable portion
of the citizenry who says

374
00:20:41,325 --> 00:20:43,785
he's the "savior
of the Western world."

375
00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:46,580
He does his job, Ellie.

376
00:20:46,788 --> 00:20:51,126
See that he rests
on the seventh day.

377
00:20:51,335 --> 00:20:52,461
I'll try.

378
00:20:52,669 --> 00:20:57,216
Mmm...That marvelous
military stoicism,

379
00:20:57,424 --> 00:20:59,134
the iron mask.

380
00:20:59,343 --> 00:21:01,803
Is that
for quenching a torch

381
00:21:02,012 --> 00:21:03,805
or washing out a wound?

382
00:21:03,972 --> 00:21:07,976
Let me put it to you
this way, Jiggs darling.

383
00:21:08,185 --> 00:21:11,480
What the hell business
is it of yours?

384
00:21:11,688 --> 00:21:13,607
I want that.

385
00:21:13,815 --> 00:21:15,901
No, you don't.

386
00:21:18,195 --> 00:21:20,155
Now, you listen to me.

387
00:21:20,364 --> 00:21:23,408
Now what is it?
Is it just Scott?

388
00:21:23,617 --> 00:21:25,827
Oh, it's Scott
and everything.

389
00:21:26,036 --> 00:21:29,498
It's...It's
my whole damn life.

390
00:21:29,706 --> 00:21:30,958
You're not the first dame

391
00:21:31,166 --> 00:21:32,834
to ever wind up on
the bottom of the deck.

392
00:21:33,043 --> 00:21:34,253
It happens every day.

393
00:21:34,461 --> 00:21:36,421
What matters is how
a person lives with it.

394
00:21:36,630 --> 00:21:38,840
Stop playing the part
of the anguished drunk

395
00:21:39,007 --> 00:21:41,176
digging olives
out of Martinis

396
00:21:41,385 --> 00:21:44,137
and boring everybody
with tragic stories.

397
00:21:44,346 --> 00:21:47,975
Sober, you're a bright,
beautiful dame,

398
00:21:48,183 --> 00:21:49,768
good to have around.

399
00:21:54,439 --> 00:21:56,692
Will you
drive me home, Jiggs?

400
00:21:56,900 --> 00:21:59,027
Whenever you say.

401
00:21:59,236 --> 00:22:01,363
I'll get my coat.

402
00:22:01,571 --> 00:22:03,282
Sure.

403
00:22:05,450 --> 00:22:07,995
Goodnight, Stu, thank you
for a very nice party.

404
00:22:08,203 --> 00:22:09,663
Thanks for coming,
Senator.

405
00:22:09,871 --> 00:22:11,123
Real pleasure having you.

406
00:22:11,331 --> 00:22:14,710
I hope you'll forgive
my little outburst.

407
00:22:14,918 --> 00:22:17,462
A combination of deep
concerns and dry Martinis.

408
00:22:17,671 --> 00:22:19,464
That can be
a dangerous combo.

409
00:22:19,673 --> 00:22:22,217
I've been reamed
by experts, Senator.

410
00:22:22,384 --> 00:22:24,970
I was simply trying
to get you to say

411
00:22:25,178 --> 00:22:27,723
what I happen to know
you believe in.

412
00:22:27,931 --> 00:22:31,518
You're working for the one man
who commands confidence

413
00:22:31,727 --> 00:22:34,896
that could possibly
lead us out of this mess.

414
00:22:35,105 --> 00:22:36,565
You just remember --

415
00:22:36,773 --> 00:22:39,693
there are plenty of us
up on the hill

416
00:22:39,901 --> 00:22:42,571
who stand right
alongside of you.

417
00:22:42,779 --> 00:22:46,742
We've all got to stay
on the alert these days.

418
00:22:46,950 --> 00:22:49,494
Especially on Sunday,
right?

419
00:23:01,048 --> 00:23:02,841
Thank you.

420
00:23:13,727 --> 00:23:15,062
There you are.

421
00:23:15,270 --> 00:23:17,939
I've got to drive
to Fort Myer

422
00:23:18,148 --> 00:23:19,691
to see the General.

423
00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:21,943
May I call a cab for you?

424
00:23:22,152 --> 00:23:24,446
No, thank you.
I'll manage.

425
00:23:24,654 --> 00:23:27,783
I'm sorry, but this
is very important.

426
00:23:27,991 --> 00:23:29,117
All right, Jiggs,

427
00:23:29,326 --> 00:23:32,537
but just in case someone
forgets to mention it,

428
00:23:32,746 --> 00:23:34,122
you're a great crutch.

429
00:23:34,331 --> 00:23:36,792
It's too bad
you're only available

430
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,460
20 minutes at a time.

431
00:23:38,668 --> 00:23:40,253
Well, you can't tell.

432
00:23:40,462 --> 00:23:43,215
Sometimes the country
can spare me

433
00:23:43,423 --> 00:23:44,966
for a whole evening.

434
00:23:45,175 --> 00:23:47,928
Give me a rain check
and I'll prove it.

435
00:23:48,136 --> 00:23:51,306
Tuck it somewhere safe,
where you won't forget it.

436
00:23:51,515 --> 00:23:53,141
Good night, Ellie.

437
00:23:53,350 --> 00:23:56,561
Good night, Jiggs.

438
00:25:14,681 --> 00:25:15,891
Hi, Dick.

439
00:25:16,099 --> 00:25:17,392
Hi, Jiggs.

440
00:25:17,559 --> 00:25:20,395
Colonel Roberts with him.

441
00:25:29,863 --> 00:25:31,907
Well, well, well.

442
00:25:32,115 --> 00:25:34,576
If it isn't my favorite

443
00:25:34,784 --> 00:25:38,413
jarhead himself,
Jiggs Casey.

444
00:25:38,622 --> 00:25:39,873
Hello, Broderick.

445
00:25:40,081 --> 00:25:42,375
I thought you'd be in Okinawa,
or maybe worse.

446
00:25:42,542 --> 00:25:44,753
Ah, not me,
Casey boy, not me.

447
00:25:44,961 --> 00:25:47,589
Still protecting
the great unwashed?

448
00:25:47,797 --> 00:25:50,926
I thought you'd be a civil
liberties lawyer by now.

449
00:25:51,134 --> 00:25:54,095
You might make it yet.
You might make it yet.

450
00:25:54,262 --> 00:25:56,598
By the way, Casey my boy,
I hear you're doing

451
00:25:56,806 --> 00:25:59,809
a fine job as director for
the joint chiefs of staff.

452
00:26:03,230 --> 00:26:04,397
Hello, Jiggs.

453
00:26:04,606 --> 00:26:06,024
Good morning, sir.

454
00:26:06,233 --> 00:26:08,735
How was
the party last night?

455
00:26:08,944 --> 00:26:10,612
You missed a good one.

456
00:26:10,820 --> 00:26:12,572
Anyone there I know?

457
00:26:12,781 --> 00:26:14,282
Well, Paul Girard,
from the White House

458
00:26:14,491 --> 00:26:16,284
and Senator Prentice
were the ranking guests.

459
00:26:16,493 --> 00:26:17,953
With those two,

460
00:26:18,161 --> 00:26:20,288
there must have been quite
a hassle over the treaty.

461
00:26:20,497 --> 00:26:21,623
There was, sir.

462
00:26:21,831 --> 00:26:23,625
Prentice uphold
our side all right?

463
00:26:23,833 --> 00:26:24,960
He was pretty candid,

464
00:26:25,168 --> 00:26:27,212
also quite complimentary
about you.

465
00:26:27,420 --> 00:26:29,965
Oh, by the way,
Ellie Holbrook was there.

466
00:26:30,173 --> 00:26:32,884
It was nice
seeing her again.

467
00:26:36,429 --> 00:26:38,723
Let's get on with it,
Jiggs.

468
00:26:38,932 --> 00:26:40,141
Yes, sir.

469
00:26:40,350 --> 00:26:43,812
These are from January's
all-red alert, sir.

470
00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:48,108
Pearl Harbor 12 minutes
after the threat warning.

471
00:26:48,316 --> 00:26:52,237
12 minutes, and over
80% of the fleet

472
00:26:52,445 --> 00:26:55,657
still sitting there
like overfed ducks.

473
00:26:55,865 --> 00:26:56,908
Next.

474
00:26:57,117 --> 00:27:00,161
Wright field,
22 minutes into the alert.

475
00:27:00,370 --> 00:27:03,832
This one really gives me
an ache in the gut.

476
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,502
Half those aircraft
aren't even scrambled,

477
00:27:07,669 --> 00:27:09,671
let alone off the ground.

478
00:27:09,879 --> 00:27:13,675
Over mount thunder.

479
00:27:13,883 --> 00:27:15,969
The President's
in the middle helicopter.

480
00:27:16,177 --> 00:27:17,512
Right out in the open.

481
00:27:17,679 --> 00:27:19,472
34 minutes
into the alert.

482
00:27:19,681 --> 00:27:21,600
Canned sound
indicates possibility

483
00:27:21,808 --> 00:27:24,436
of hostile action
by the Soviet Union.

484
00:27:27,397 --> 00:27:29,190
There are
30 more shots, sir.

485
00:27:29,357 --> 00:27:32,027
Each one of them more
fouled up than the others.

486
00:27:32,235 --> 00:27:36,197
Let's hope Sunday's alert
will be different, sir.

487
00:27:36,406 --> 00:27:38,783
It damn-well better be.

488
00:27:41,828 --> 00:27:44,706
Sir, wouldn't it help
if you changed your mind and...

489
00:27:44,914 --> 00:27:46,541
About what, Jiggs?

490
00:27:46,750 --> 00:27:49,669
And invited some
of the congressional people

491
00:27:49,878 --> 00:27:52,213
to observe the alert?

492
00:27:52,422 --> 00:27:55,008
It wouldn't hurt us
if a congressman or a senator

493
00:27:55,216 --> 00:27:57,552
saw how effectively
we can work when we have to.

494
00:27:57,761 --> 00:27:59,888
Nobody from the hill is
to know a thing about this.

495
00:28:01,598 --> 00:28:03,224
Yes, sir.

496
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:06,478
Yes?

497
00:28:06,686 --> 00:28:07,854
Man: It's 9:20.

498
00:28:08,063 --> 00:28:09,689
They're waiting for you
in the conference room.

499
00:28:09,898 --> 00:28:10,982
Thank you.

500
00:28:11,191 --> 00:28:12,817
I've even persuaded
the President

501
00:28:13,026 --> 00:28:15,070
to come down
without the press.

502
00:28:15,278 --> 00:28:17,405
No newspapermen?

503
00:28:17,614 --> 00:28:18,615
None.

504
00:28:21,534 --> 00:28:24,120
Get to bed late, sir?

505
00:28:26,790 --> 00:28:28,917
Got to bed too early.

506
00:28:29,125 --> 00:28:32,087
Slept from 8:00 to 8:00.
Too much sleep.

507
00:28:32,295 --> 00:28:34,422
I may never wake up.

508
00:28:36,299 --> 00:28:37,759
Stay close, Jiggs.

509
00:28:38,802 --> 00:28:41,346
I'll want to see you after this
meeting.

510
00:29:07,914 --> 00:29:10,125
Oh, Jiggs,
Colonel Murdock tells me

511
00:29:10,333 --> 00:29:12,627
you've heard about
our Preakness Pool.

512
00:29:12,794 --> 00:29:14,295
Yes, sir.

513
00:29:14,462 --> 00:29:17,257
I'd appreciate it if you'd
keep it to yourself.

514
00:29:17,465 --> 00:29:19,259
All I want
is the right horse.

515
00:29:19,426 --> 00:29:20,385
Ha ha ha.

516
00:29:20,593 --> 00:29:23,054
And Admiral Barnswell's
reply.

517
00:29:23,263 --> 00:29:24,806
I'd appreciate that

518
00:29:25,014 --> 00:29:27,308
if you'd keep that
in confidence, too.

519
00:29:27,517 --> 00:29:28,560
Of course, sir.

520
00:29:28,768 --> 00:29:30,603
I see the Navy
wasn't here today.

521
00:29:30,812 --> 00:29:32,897
Admiral Palmer
couldn't make it.

522
00:29:33,106 --> 00:29:34,399
We'll brief him later.

523
00:29:34,607 --> 00:29:37,318
Oh, speaking of the Navy,
that reminds me --

524
00:29:37,527 --> 00:29:40,155
that young J.G.
In all-service radio.

525
00:29:40,363 --> 00:29:41,489
Grayson, sir?

526
00:29:41,698 --> 00:29:45,493
Grayson. He is a bit
of a gossip, isn't he?

527
00:29:45,702 --> 00:29:46,995
He means well.

528
00:29:47,203 --> 00:29:49,831
I'm off to New York
and the A.V.O. Convention.

529
00:29:50,039 --> 00:29:52,167
If you get a chance,
Jiggs, listen in.

530
00:29:52,375 --> 00:29:54,669
I'd like to know
what you think about it.

531
00:29:54,878 --> 00:29:56,421
Certainly, sir.
Good luck.

532
00:29:56,629 --> 00:29:57,922
Thank you.

533
00:30:25,992 --> 00:30:29,621
Hey, Colonel,
get a load of this!

534
00:30:29,829 --> 00:30:31,873
What is it, Grayson?

535
00:30:32,081 --> 00:30:33,374
A transfer.

536
00:30:33,583 --> 00:30:34,667
Pearl Harbor?

537
00:30:34,876 --> 00:30:37,796
I got some kind
of a guardian angel.

538
00:30:38,004 --> 00:30:39,672
Good old Pearl Harbor.

539
00:30:39,881 --> 00:30:43,218
By the way, big Barnswell
was the only one

540
00:30:43,426 --> 00:30:46,805
to poop out of the
chairman's racing form.

541
00:30:47,013 --> 00:30:50,809
All the others came
through with their IOUs.

542
00:31:11,204 --> 00:31:12,747
Ladies and gentlemen,

543
00:31:12,914 --> 00:31:16,042
you have heard me
in my nightly newscasts.

544
00:31:16,209 --> 00:31:17,836
You know where I stand.

545
00:31:18,044 --> 00:31:21,089
I'm not a lover
of communists, socialists,

546
00:31:21,256 --> 00:31:23,925
or intellectual
bleeding hearts.

547
00:31:24,133 --> 00:31:26,386
I happen to have
only one interest,

548
00:31:26,594 --> 00:31:28,179
and that is symbolized

549
00:31:28,388 --> 00:31:31,224
by the red, white, and blue
of our glorious flag.

550
00:31:34,894 --> 00:31:37,939
And now I'm going to give you
the one man

551
00:31:38,147 --> 00:31:40,692
who not only speaks
for that flag,

552
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:43,611
but has fought for it
with distinction

553
00:31:43,820 --> 00:31:46,281
and now represents it
with honor --

554
00:31:46,489 --> 00:31:47,949
four-star general,

555
00:31:48,157 --> 00:31:50,952
winner of the congressional
medal of honor

556
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,955
and two distinguished
service crosses,

557
00:31:54,163 --> 00:31:57,625
a hero of war, a stalwart
protector of the peace.

558
00:31:57,834 --> 00:31:59,294
Ladies and gentlemen,

559
00:31:59,502 --> 00:32:02,463
the chairman
of the joint chiefs of staff,

560
00:32:02,672 --> 00:32:04,966
General James Mattoon Scott!

561
00:32:09,762 --> 00:32:11,472
We want Scott!

562
00:32:11,681 --> 00:32:15,268
We want Scott!
We want Scott!

563
00:32:15,476 --> 00:32:18,605
We want Scott!
We want Scott!

564
00:32:18,813 --> 00:32:21,983
We want Scott!
We want Scott!

565
00:32:22,191 --> 00:32:26,112
We want Scott!
We want Scott!

566
00:32:26,279 --> 00:32:29,324
We want Scott!
We want Scott!

567
00:32:29,532 --> 00:32:32,076
We want Scott!

568
00:32:36,789 --> 00:32:38,166
Ladies and gentlemen,

569
00:32:38,374 --> 00:32:41,169
members of the American
veterans order,

570
00:32:41,336 --> 00:32:43,838
I would like to thank
Mr. McPherson

571
00:32:44,047 --> 00:32:46,299
for his
most laudatory comments.

572
00:32:46,507 --> 00:32:48,343
You're very generous, Harold.

573
00:32:48,551 --> 00:32:51,346
Perhaps patriotism
is old-fashioned.

574
00:32:51,554 --> 00:32:54,349
Perhaps love of country
is outdated.

575
00:32:54,557 --> 00:32:57,185
Perhaps even a minute degree
of sentiment

576
00:32:57,393 --> 00:33:00,355
to one's motherland
is to be considered passe.

577
00:33:00,563 --> 00:33:03,024
But God help us
and God help our country

578
00:33:03,232 --> 00:33:05,360
if the cynics,
the one-worlders,

579
00:33:05,568 --> 00:33:08,446
the intellectual dilettantes
ever persuade us

580
00:33:08,655 --> 00:33:10,865
that these things
have passed us by,

581
00:33:11,074 --> 00:33:12,867
because, ladies and gentlemen,

582
00:33:13,034 --> 00:33:15,203
patriotism, loyalty,
sentiment --

583
00:33:15,411 --> 00:33:18,206
they are
the United States of America!

584
00:33:30,009 --> 00:33:31,511
In my lifetime,

585
00:33:31,719 --> 00:33:33,554
I have seen the 1,000 ways
a man can die.

586
00:33:33,763 --> 00:33:36,057
And I know that
in this country of ours,

587
00:33:36,265 --> 00:33:37,809
we have a perverse habit...

588
00:33:38,017 --> 00:33:41,062
Operator, could you connect me
to the White House, please?

589
00:34:21,477 --> 00:34:24,564
The President's
expecting you, Colonel.

590
00:34:24,731 --> 00:34:27,650
The study,
second door on the right.

591
00:34:48,755 --> 00:34:50,590
All I can tell you, pal,

592
00:34:50,798 --> 00:34:53,926
is that this better be
damned important.

593
00:34:54,135 --> 00:34:56,095
How are you,
Colonel Casey?

594
00:34:56,304 --> 00:34:57,263
Mr. President.

595
00:34:57,472 --> 00:34:58,598
Please, sit down.

596
00:34:58,806 --> 00:34:59,891
Thank you, sir.

597
00:35:00,099 --> 00:35:02,477
Ever been up here
before, Colonel?

598
00:35:02,685 --> 00:35:04,562
No, sir.
It's a big room.

599
00:35:04,771 --> 00:35:08,107
Too big for living and
too small for conventions.

600
00:35:08,316 --> 00:35:10,443
Do you want a drink,
Colonel?

601
00:35:10,651 --> 00:35:12,487
Yes, sir.
Scotch, please.

602
00:35:12,695 --> 00:35:14,989
Fine.
I'll keep you company.

603
00:35:15,198 --> 00:35:16,574
How about you, Paul?

604
00:35:16,783 --> 00:35:18,159
No, no thanks.

605
00:35:20,745 --> 00:35:23,247
And now, Colonel,

606
00:35:23,456 --> 00:35:25,708
that matter of...
National security.

607
00:35:31,422 --> 00:35:34,175
Mr. President,
have you ever heard

608
00:35:34,383 --> 00:35:37,345
of a military unit
known as "ECOMCON"?

609
00:35:37,553 --> 00:35:39,639
"E" what?

610
00:35:39,806 --> 00:35:43,601
I'm sorry.
E-C-O-M-C-O-N, ECOMCON.

611
00:35:43,810 --> 00:35:45,978
No.

612
00:35:46,187 --> 00:35:48,815
What does it mean?

613
00:35:49,023 --> 00:35:51,859
I'm not sure, sir.

614
00:35:54,112 --> 00:35:56,656
Well, in formal
military abbreviations,

615
00:35:56,864 --> 00:35:58,116
it could stand for

616
00:35:58,324 --> 00:36:00,827
"emergency communications
control," but...

617
00:36:01,035 --> 00:36:05,498
I've never heard
of anything like that.

618
00:36:05,706 --> 00:36:07,375
Have you, Paul?

619
00:36:07,583 --> 00:36:09,127
No, I haven't.

620
00:36:09,335 --> 00:36:10,336
Well?

621
00:36:10,545 --> 00:36:13,172
Have you ever authorized
the formation

622
00:36:13,381 --> 00:36:16,843
of any type of secret unit,
regardless of its name,

623
00:36:17,051 --> 00:36:19,846
that has something to do
with preserving

624
00:36:20,054 --> 00:36:21,556
the security of things

625
00:36:21,764 --> 00:36:24,517
like television,
telephone, or radio?

626
00:36:24,725 --> 00:36:26,185
No, I haven't.

627
00:36:26,394 --> 00:36:28,312
Well, uh...Do you know

628
00:36:28,521 --> 00:36:31,899
of any secret
army installation, sir,

629
00:36:32,108 --> 00:36:35,820
that's been set up
near El Paso recently?

630
00:36:36,028 --> 00:36:38,865
The answer
is no again. Why?

631
00:36:39,073 --> 00:36:40,366
Sir, this is something

632
00:36:40,575 --> 00:36:42,994
very difficult
for me because...Well...

633
00:36:43,202 --> 00:36:45,204
It concerns
a superior officer --

634
00:36:45,413 --> 00:36:48,124
let's get on with it,
Colonel, huh?

635
00:36:48,332 --> 00:36:50,459
Yes, sir.

636
00:36:53,796 --> 00:36:55,923
Yesterday, I learned
from a friend of mine,

637
00:36:56,132 --> 00:36:57,550
Colonel Henderson,

638
00:36:57,758 --> 00:37:01,387
that he is the exec. Officer
of ECOMCON.

639
00:37:01,596 --> 00:37:03,431
His commanding officer

640
00:37:03,639 --> 00:37:05,683
is an Army Colonel
named John Broderick,

641
00:37:05,892 --> 00:37:07,226
and they're both
from Signal Corps,

642
00:37:07,435 --> 00:37:09,437
which indicates
communications.

643
00:37:09,645 --> 00:37:13,357
They've had 100 officers
and 3,600 men

644
00:37:13,566 --> 00:37:15,860
training secretly
at a desert base

645
00:37:16,068 --> 00:37:18,321
near El Paso
for six weeks or so.

646
00:37:19,155 --> 00:37:22,200
Then Henderson said
an odd thing to me, sir,

647
00:37:22,408 --> 00:37:25,745
something that...I can't
shake quite loose of.

648
00:37:25,953 --> 00:37:29,081
He said they were
spending more time

649
00:37:29,290 --> 00:37:32,877
training for seizing
than for preventing.

650
00:37:33,085 --> 00:37:34,378
Who set up this outfit?

651
00:37:34,587 --> 00:37:36,422
Well, Henderson
and Broderick

652
00:37:36,589 --> 00:37:38,799
reported directly
to General Scott,

653
00:37:39,008 --> 00:37:40,927
so I assume
General Scott did.

654
00:37:41,135 --> 00:37:44,263
You work directly under
General Scott, don't you?

655
00:37:44,472 --> 00:37:46,390
Yes, sir, but I guess

656
00:37:46,599 --> 00:37:49,977
I'd been cut out
for some security reason.

657
00:37:50,186 --> 00:37:53,022
Go ahead, Colonel.

658
00:37:57,109 --> 00:38:00,821
Mr. President, this is
General Hardesty's writing.

659
00:38:01,030 --> 00:38:02,990
I know it pretty well.

660
00:38:03,199 --> 00:38:04,951
That paper came from

661
00:38:05,159 --> 00:38:08,246
the joint chiefs'
meeting room.

662
00:38:08,454 --> 00:38:11,499
I can't make much out
of this scrawl.

663
00:38:11,666 --> 00:38:14,961
"Airlift  ECOMCON
40 K212s at site 'Y'

664
00:38:15,169 --> 00:38:16,671
"by 07:00 Sunday.

665
00:38:16,879 --> 00:38:19,006
Chi, New York, LA, Utah."

666
00:38:19,215 --> 00:38:22,093
Air Force
jet transports, sir.

667
00:38:23,928 --> 00:38:24,971
What do you
make of it?

668
00:38:25,179 --> 00:38:26,931
They're scheduled to lift
this whole command

669
00:38:27,139 --> 00:38:28,516
out of site "Y",
if that's what Henderson

670
00:38:28,724 --> 00:38:29,976
called the base
near El Paso,

671
00:38:30,184 --> 00:38:32,144
before the alert Sunday,
and take those troops

672
00:38:32,353 --> 00:38:35,022
to Chicago, Los Angeles,
New York, and Utah.

673
00:38:35,231 --> 00:38:36,440
Why Utah?

674
00:38:36,649 --> 00:38:38,317
Telephone company
has big relay facilities

675
00:38:38,526 --> 00:38:40,152
for its long lines
in Utah.

676
00:38:40,361 --> 00:38:42,488
Precisely what are you
leading up to?

677
00:38:42,697 --> 00:38:45,157
Well, I'm not certain,
Mr. President, but...

678
00:38:45,366 --> 00:38:46,993
Well, let me try
to tell you

679
00:38:47,201 --> 00:38:49,203
the other things
that have happened

680
00:38:49,412 --> 00:38:50,663
the past two days.

681
00:38:50,871 --> 00:38:52,873
Now, General Scott
has some kind of pool

682
00:38:53,082 --> 00:38:55,835
going on the Preakness race
which runs on Sunday.

683
00:38:56,043 --> 00:38:58,838
He sent messages to every
important field commander

684
00:38:59,046 --> 00:39:01,507
talking about getting
their bets in on time.

685
00:39:01,674 --> 00:39:03,676
Admiral Barnswell
was the only one

686
00:39:03,884 --> 00:39:06,137
who sent in
a "no bet" message.

687
00:39:06,345 --> 00:39:09,515
Your General Scott's
interest in horses

688
00:39:09,724 --> 00:39:12,059
isn't classified,
Colonel.

689
00:39:12,268 --> 00:39:14,395
I don't think those messages

690
00:39:14,603 --> 00:39:17,231
had anything to do with horses,
sir.

691
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,192
I think it was
some kind of a code.

692
00:39:20,401 --> 00:39:22,695
That's a fair-sized
assumption.

693
00:39:22,903 --> 00:39:25,698
General Scott wanted those
messages kept under wraps.

694
00:39:25,906 --> 00:39:27,491
Under wraps?

695
00:39:27,700 --> 00:39:30,661
A J.G. Who decoded
those messages

696
00:39:30,870 --> 00:39:33,080
is being shipped out
to Hawaii.

697
00:39:33,289 --> 00:39:36,250
There are other things,
Mr. President.

698
00:39:36,459 --> 00:39:39,879
Last night at a party
at Stuart Dillard's house,

699
00:39:40,046 --> 00:39:42,340
Senator Prentice indicated to me

700
00:39:42,548 --> 00:39:44,383
a knowledge of the alert.

701
00:39:44,592 --> 00:39:47,053
No one on the hill's
supposed to know.

702
00:39:47,261 --> 00:39:48,346
Senator Prentice knows,

703
00:39:48,554 --> 00:39:50,264
and General Scott
knows that he knows.

704
00:39:50,473 --> 00:39:52,683
- That's a hell of an assumption.
- How do you know that?

705
00:39:52,892 --> 00:39:53,851
The General lied --

706
00:39:54,060 --> 00:39:55,436
he said he was
in bed at 8:00,

707
00:39:55,644 --> 00:39:58,439
but I went to his quarters
after the party

708
00:39:58,647 --> 00:40:00,107
because I was concerned.

709
00:40:00,316 --> 00:40:01,901
The General wasn't in bed.

710
00:40:02,109 --> 00:40:03,903
He was with Senator Prentice,

711
00:40:04,111 --> 00:40:06,739
who arrived at his house
at 11:45.

712
00:40:06,947 --> 00:40:07,907
And that's all?

713
00:40:08,115 --> 00:40:10,242
Congress
recessed yesterday,

714
00:40:10,451 --> 00:40:13,120
Vice President Gianelli
is in Italy,

715
00:40:13,329 --> 00:40:14,580
and this Sunday,

716
00:40:14,789 --> 00:40:17,416
you're going to be in an
underground command post

717
00:40:17,625 --> 00:40:19,585
on mount thunder,
completely alone.

718
00:40:19,794 --> 00:40:22,421
You won't even have
press people in attendance.

719
00:40:22,630 --> 00:40:23,798
That's true.

720
00:40:24,006 --> 00:40:27,551
General Scott asked
that I come alone.

721
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:29,553
All right, Colonel.

722
00:40:29,762 --> 00:40:32,473
Let's sum it up,
shall we?

723
00:40:32,681 --> 00:40:34,975
You're suggesting what?

724
00:40:35,142 --> 00:40:39,313
I'm not sure,
just some possibilities,

725
00:40:39,522 --> 00:40:43,609
what we call "capabilities"
in military intelligence.

726
00:40:43,818 --> 00:40:46,112
Got something against
the English language?

727
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:47,321
No, sir.

728
00:40:47,530 --> 00:40:50,157
Then speak it plainly,
if you will.

729
00:40:53,119 --> 00:40:54,787
I'm suggesting,
Mr. President,

730
00:40:54,995 --> 00:40:57,915
there's a military plot
to take over the government.

731
00:40:58,124 --> 00:41:01,085
This may occur sometime
this coming Sunday.

732
00:41:03,254 --> 00:41:06,966
Do you realize you could be
broken out of the service

733
00:41:07,174 --> 00:41:09,468
for what you've said
and done tonight?

734
00:41:09,677 --> 00:41:11,846
I've thought
about the consequences.

735
00:41:12,054 --> 00:41:14,014
I've been a marine
for 18 years.

736
00:41:14,223 --> 00:41:15,349
Comment, Paul?

737
00:41:15,558 --> 00:41:18,144
With all due respect
to Jiggs here,

738
00:41:18,352 --> 00:41:21,355
it's just incredible
that a secret base

739
00:41:21,564 --> 00:41:25,776
could have been constructed
without our hearing about it.

740
00:41:25,985 --> 00:41:30,156
When you think of the people
and the supplies involved...

741
00:41:30,364 --> 00:41:33,659
Frankly, sir,
it doesn't seem logical.

742
00:41:33,868 --> 00:41:36,829
It could be
checked out, though.

743
00:41:37,037 --> 00:41:40,875
I'll call Bill Condon
at the bureau of budget,

744
00:41:41,083 --> 00:41:42,126
right now.

745
00:41:45,337 --> 00:41:48,883
I know what Scott's attitude
is on the treaty.

746
00:41:49,091 --> 00:41:50,301
What's yours?

747
00:41:50,509 --> 00:41:53,179
I agree
with General Scott, sir.

748
00:41:53,387 --> 00:41:56,724
I think we're being played
for suckers.

749
00:41:56,891 --> 00:41:59,059
I think it's really
your business,

750
00:41:59,268 --> 00:42:00,478
yours and the senate.

751
00:42:00,686 --> 00:42:02,313
You did it, and they agreed.

752
00:42:02,521 --> 00:42:05,691
I don't see how we in
the military can question it.

753
00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:08,944
I mean, we can question it,
but we can't fight it.

754
00:42:10,821 --> 00:42:13,824
We shouldn't, anyway.

755
00:42:14,033 --> 00:42:16,744
"Jiggs," isn't it?

756
00:42:16,911 --> 00:42:18,412
Isn't that
what they call you?

757
00:42:18,579 --> 00:42:19,747
Yes, sir.

758
00:42:19,955 --> 00:42:24,835
Do you stand by
the constitution, Jiggs?

759
00:42:25,044 --> 00:42:28,422
I never thought of it
just like that,

760
00:42:28,589 --> 00:42:30,216
but that's what we've got,

761
00:42:30,424 --> 00:42:33,219
and I guess it's worked
pretty well so far.

762
00:42:33,427 --> 00:42:34,887
I sure don't want to be

763
00:42:35,095 --> 00:42:37,848
the one to say
we ought to change it.

764
00:42:38,057 --> 00:42:39,892
Neither do I.

765
00:42:40,100 --> 00:42:42,895
You, um...
Have any bright ideas

766
00:42:43,103 --> 00:42:46,857
on what else I can do,
Jiggs?

767
00:42:47,066 --> 00:42:50,945
No, sir, not a one.
I'm just a buck-passer.

768
00:42:51,153 --> 00:42:54,073
Remember what Harry Truman
said one day,

769
00:42:54,281 --> 00:42:55,783
that "inside this room,

770
00:42:55,991 --> 00:42:58,577
inside this room,
the buck stops."

771
00:42:58,786 --> 00:43:01,580
Thanks for coming
to see me, Colonel.

772
00:43:01,789 --> 00:43:02,957
Yes, sir.

773
00:43:03,165 --> 00:43:05,626
Call Miss Townsend,
my secretary, in the morning

774
00:43:05,834 --> 00:43:08,254
and keep her up to date
on where you'll be.

775
00:43:08,462 --> 00:43:09,630
Thanks for coming in.

776
00:43:09,838 --> 00:43:12,049
That's all right, sir.
It was a --

777
00:43:12,258 --> 00:43:14,260
pleasure, Colonel?

778
00:43:14,468 --> 00:43:16,762
To get it out of my gut,
yes, sir.

779
00:43:16,929 --> 00:43:19,807
I don't know whether you
believe this, sir,

780
00:43:20,015 --> 00:43:21,433
but I hope I'm wrong.

781
00:43:21,642 --> 00:43:25,938
Colonel,
I hope you're wrong, too.

782
00:43:26,146 --> 00:43:28,691
Good night, sir.

783
00:43:35,948 --> 00:43:37,616
Good night, Jiggs.

784
00:43:37,825 --> 00:43:39,994
Good night, Paul.

785
00:43:44,790 --> 00:43:46,333
It isn't.

786
00:43:46,542 --> 00:43:49,253
Okay, Bill. Thank you.

787
00:43:51,130 --> 00:43:54,133
Well?

788
00:43:54,341 --> 00:43:57,011
Condon says there's never
been any money cleared

789
00:43:57,219 --> 00:43:58,971
for anything called
"ECOMCON"

790
00:43:59,179 --> 00:44:00,306
or whatever it is.

791
00:44:00,514 --> 00:44:04,476
So your conclusion is negative,
hmm?

792
00:44:04,685 --> 00:44:09,648
My conclusion is that
my friend, Colonel Casey,

793
00:44:09,857 --> 00:44:14,653
is one marine with a hell
of an imagination.

794
00:44:14,862 --> 00:44:17,114
You know something, Paul,

795
00:44:17,323 --> 00:44:20,868
I'm not about
to disregard his story.

796
00:44:21,076 --> 00:44:22,328
Mr. President --

797
00:44:22,536 --> 00:44:25,873
we've only got four days
left before Sunday.

798
00:44:26,081 --> 00:44:28,334
We're going
to have to come up

799
00:44:28,542 --> 00:44:31,003
with a list of men
I can trust.

800
00:44:31,211 --> 00:44:33,839
I can't move very far
without the head

801
00:44:34,048 --> 00:44:36,508
of the White House
secret service.

802
00:44:36,717 --> 00:44:37,801
And Chris Todd.

803
00:44:38,010 --> 00:44:40,220
He has the best mind
in the government,

804
00:44:40,387 --> 00:44:42,222
and can keep
his mouth shut.

805
00:44:42,431 --> 00:44:43,682
And get Ray Clark.

806
00:44:43,891 --> 00:44:45,851
With all due respect
to Colonel Casey,

807
00:44:46,060 --> 00:44:48,187
let me give you
my unequivocal reaction.

808
00:44:48,395 --> 00:44:50,022
To believe
any fraction of it,

809
00:44:50,230 --> 00:44:52,524
you have to believe
in this ECOMCON business.

810
00:44:52,733 --> 00:44:54,068
Nobody's heard of it before.

811
00:44:54,276 --> 00:44:56,195
Not you, Mr. President,
not Girard,

812
00:44:56,403 --> 00:44:58,906
not even Bill Condon,
who should have heard of it.

813
00:44:59,114 --> 00:45:00,991
What makes you think
it does exist?

814
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:03,994
We've only -- and again
my apologies, Colonel Casey --

815
00:45:04,203 --> 00:45:06,580
your conjecture,
no supportable facts.

816
00:45:06,789 --> 00:45:09,708
The Hardesty note --
that refers to it.

817
00:45:09,917 --> 00:45:11,085
And to a site "Y".

818
00:45:11,293 --> 00:45:14,004
That could easily
mean another place.

819
00:45:14,213 --> 00:45:15,506
These military games.

820
00:45:15,714 --> 00:45:18,384
Why, the multiplicity
of our secret bases

821
00:45:18,592 --> 00:45:21,095
confuses ourselves
more than the Soviets.

822
00:45:21,303 --> 00:45:24,556
Army intelligence was asked
to run a security check

823
00:45:24,765 --> 00:45:27,768
on this Colonel Broderick
almost two years ago.

824
00:45:27,976 --> 00:45:30,062
The man's views are more
than just extreme.

825
00:45:30,270 --> 00:45:31,897
They border on
out-and-out fascism.

826
00:45:32,064 --> 00:45:34,233
Again that's suspect,
but not evidence.

827
00:45:34,441 --> 00:45:36,193
Exactly.

828
00:45:36,402 --> 00:45:39,071
Colonel Casey...

829
00:45:39,279 --> 00:45:42,199
What about this communications
setup at mount thunder?

830
00:45:42,408 --> 00:45:43,784
Whoever controls it

831
00:45:43,992 --> 00:45:46,286
controls the communications
across the country.

832
00:45:46,495 --> 00:45:49,373
Gentlemen, if I went into
court as Scott's counsel,

833
00:45:49,581 --> 00:45:51,375
I'd move
to quash the indictment,

834
00:45:51,583 --> 00:45:54,461
and we'd be out of that
courtroom inside of 10 minutes.

835
00:45:54,670 --> 00:45:57,381
I'm offering presumption
of evidence, Chris.

836
00:45:57,589 --> 00:46:00,718
The Navy being left out
of the J.C.S. meetings,

837
00:46:00,926 --> 00:46:02,094
the Hardesty note,

838
00:46:02,302 --> 00:46:04,888
this business
of the jet transports.

839
00:46:05,097 --> 00:46:08,392
But if they're flying troops
to the big cities in an alert,

840
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,311
that seems to be not only
logical, but prudent.

841
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:13,605
Obviously,
if the Russians struck,

842
00:46:13,772 --> 00:46:16,942
we'd need to send in troops
in the metropolitan areas

843
00:46:17,109 --> 00:46:19,945
to keep order and prevent
complete breakdown.

844
00:46:20,154 --> 00:46:21,488
And if I may say so,

845
00:46:21,697 --> 00:46:25,284
the conversion of a
wagering pool into a code

846
00:46:25,451 --> 00:46:29,163
for some sinister plot
to seize the government,

847
00:46:29,371 --> 00:46:33,292
seems to me suggestive
of lurid deductive powers,

848
00:46:33,500 --> 00:46:35,294
to say the very least.

849
00:46:35,461 --> 00:46:36,837
Look, Mr. secretary,

850
00:46:37,045 --> 00:46:39,757
you saw Scott's performance
on television last night!

851
00:46:39,965 --> 00:46:42,176
That was no apolitical
military officer!

852
00:46:42,384 --> 00:46:44,303
That was
a dedicated politician!

853
00:46:44,511 --> 00:46:46,472
We've always
known that, Senator,

854
00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:48,432
but that's no
conclusive proof

855
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:51,351
of this military junta
you people are suggesting!

856
00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:52,936
Gentlemen, gentlemen.

857
00:46:53,145 --> 00:46:56,440
We've pretty much exhausted
the information

858
00:46:56,648 --> 00:46:58,192
as well as ourselves.

859
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:02,529
I don't know if the evidence
is as damning as it seems.

860
00:47:02,738 --> 00:47:06,200
I do know it's sufficiently
damning to proceed

861
00:47:06,408 --> 00:47:10,537
as if there were more than
a few grains of truth in it.

862
00:47:10,746 --> 00:47:14,333
So the following is
the plan of procedure --

863
00:47:14,541 --> 00:47:18,128
Chris will stay here
to coordinate things.

864
00:47:18,337 --> 00:47:20,214
Art's job is to keep tabs

865
00:47:20,422 --> 00:47:24,384
on any of the joint chiefs
who have been mentioned.

866
00:47:24,593 --> 00:47:27,638
You'll have to have
men you can trust

867
00:47:27,846 --> 00:47:30,891
to handle any situation
that comes up.

868
00:47:31,099 --> 00:47:34,061
Ray...I want you
to go to El Paso.

869
00:47:34,269 --> 00:47:37,064
Take the phone number
from Colonel Casey

870
00:47:37,231 --> 00:47:40,317
of his friend down there,
and find that base.

871
00:47:40,526 --> 00:47:42,820
If it means
crawling underground

872
00:47:43,028 --> 00:47:46,031
until you hit a tunnel,
but find that base.

873
00:47:46,240 --> 00:47:49,076
I don't like sending you
down there, Ray.

874
00:47:49,284 --> 00:47:52,746
But if there were anyone
else I could trust --

875
00:47:52,955 --> 00:47:54,206
forget it, Jordy.

876
00:47:54,414 --> 00:47:56,917
Outside of getting parity
for Georgia cotton,

877
00:47:57,125 --> 00:48:00,587
I haven't accomplished a hell
of a lot for this country.

878
00:48:00,796 --> 00:48:02,339
Maybe this is my chance.

879
00:48:02,548 --> 00:48:03,423
Paul?

880
00:48:03,632 --> 00:48:05,050
Yes, sir?

881
00:48:05,259 --> 00:48:07,928
This is a note to Admiral
Barnswell in Gibraltar.

882
00:48:08,136 --> 00:48:10,222
Get his reply
in writing, understand?

883
00:48:10,430 --> 00:48:13,267
In a court of law, your word
wouldn't count for much

884
00:48:13,475 --> 00:48:15,727
against that of
Barnswell's or Scott's.

885
00:48:15,936 --> 00:48:18,230
Mr. President,
it's now Wednesday evening.

886
00:48:18,438 --> 00:48:21,066
My feeling is that
next week at this time,

887
00:48:21,275 --> 00:48:23,777
we'll all be
laughing about this.

888
00:48:23,944 --> 00:48:25,529
I hope you're right.

889
00:48:25,737 --> 00:48:31,118
Colonel Casey, you'll
have the thankless job

890
00:48:31,326 --> 00:48:33,078
of informer.

891
00:48:33,287 --> 00:48:35,414
Keep your eye
on General Scott.

892
00:48:35,581 --> 00:48:38,625
Keep in touch with us
as to whom he talks to,

893
00:48:38,834 --> 00:48:41,128
whom he hears from,
where he goes.

894
00:48:41,336 --> 00:48:44,089
Find out everything
you can about him.

895
00:48:44,298 --> 00:48:47,259
Yes, sir.

896
00:48:47,467 --> 00:48:49,761
Ah, I think that does it,
gentlemen.

897
00:48:49,970 --> 00:48:52,055
It strikes me
that you're taking

898
00:48:52,264 --> 00:48:54,766
all the necessary steps,
save one --

899
00:48:54,975 --> 00:48:58,478
Chris, I hope you're quite
correct in your assumption

900
00:48:58,687 --> 00:49:00,814
that we're all
panicky idiots.

901
00:49:01,023 --> 00:49:03,901
But if you're incorrect
in that judgment,

902
00:49:04,109 --> 00:49:05,319
we're in for a week

903
00:49:05,527 --> 00:49:07,571
of unadulterated
nightmare.

904
00:49:28,425 --> 00:49:30,302
Good evening, sir.

905
00:49:30,510 --> 00:49:32,763
Working late, Jiggs?

906
00:49:32,971 --> 00:49:35,432
Well, just checking out
some final touches

907
00:49:35,641 --> 00:49:38,518
so there won't be any foul-ups
on the alert, sir.

908
00:49:38,727 --> 00:49:40,312
Some problems in Texas?

909
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:44,024
No, sir, no problems.

910
00:49:44,232 --> 00:49:46,652
I hope
everything goes well.

911
00:49:46,860 --> 00:49:51,198
I called you after I got back
from New York, about 4:00.

912
00:49:51,406 --> 00:49:53,825
They said
you'd already gone.

913
00:49:53,992 --> 00:49:55,827
As you can see, not so.

914
00:49:56,036 --> 00:49:58,705
How was the big city,
General?

915
00:49:58,914 --> 00:50:00,499
You know these conventions.

916
00:50:00,666 --> 00:50:02,834
A rat race --
luncheons, dinners.

917
00:50:03,043 --> 00:50:06,213
If I ate one more piece
of chicken, I'm afraid...

918
00:50:07,589 --> 00:50:09,341
Did you hear the speech?

919
00:50:09,549 --> 00:50:11,468
Yes, sir.

920
00:50:11,677 --> 00:50:13,011
And?

921
00:50:13,220 --> 00:50:15,055
Impressive.

922
00:50:15,263 --> 00:50:18,183
Now there's
a carefully chosen word.

923
00:50:18,392 --> 00:50:21,561
You wouldn't be holding
something back,

924
00:50:21,770 --> 00:50:23,522
now would you, Jiggs?

925
00:50:23,730 --> 00:50:27,150
Well, that commentator who
introduced you -- McPherson --

926
00:50:27,359 --> 00:50:29,861
he struck me as being
a little overripe.

927
00:50:30,070 --> 00:50:31,321
He is, but he provides

928
00:50:31,530 --> 00:50:33,699
a platform
for stating my position.

929
00:50:33,907 --> 00:50:36,410
I don't have to like him
or trust him.

930
00:50:36,618 --> 00:50:38,370
I see.

931
00:50:38,578 --> 00:50:40,747
Do you see?

932
00:50:42,791 --> 00:50:46,211
This country's
in trouble, Jiggs.

933
00:50:46,420 --> 00:50:47,754
Deep trouble.

934
00:50:47,963 --> 00:50:52,175
Now, there are two ways
we can handle this.

935
00:50:52,384 --> 00:50:55,387
We can sit here
on our duffs,

936
00:50:55,595 --> 00:50:59,599
ask for divine guidance,
and hope for it.

937
00:50:59,808 --> 00:51:03,395
Or we can...
Or we can what, Jiggs?

938
00:51:03,603 --> 00:51:06,231
What would your advice be?

939
00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:08,567
Well, sir...

940
00:51:08,775 --> 00:51:13,947
We're a nation
of laws, rules.

941
00:51:14,114 --> 00:51:15,532
We're military men,

942
00:51:15,741 --> 00:51:18,243
so we've taken an oath
to uphold the constitution.

943
00:51:18,452 --> 00:51:19,703
The Democratic way.

944
00:51:19,911 --> 00:51:22,289
The Democratic way --
do your duty,

945
00:51:22,456 --> 00:51:25,542
and, as you put it,
ask for divine guidance.

946
00:51:25,751 --> 00:51:29,880
You're right, Jiggs.
You're absolutely right.

947
00:51:30,088 --> 00:51:32,799
You've been
working too hard

948
00:51:33,008 --> 00:51:34,885
on this damned alert.

949
00:51:35,093 --> 00:51:36,470
You look tired.

950
00:51:36,678 --> 00:51:40,724
Why don't you take
the rest of the week off?

951
00:51:40,932 --> 00:51:44,436
Duck down to
White Sulphur Springs

952
00:51:44,644 --> 00:51:46,313
and employ yourself
to a good time.

953
00:51:46,521 --> 00:51:47,647
I couldn't do that, sir.

954
00:51:47,856 --> 00:51:49,816
There are too many
details on the alert.

955
00:51:50,025 --> 00:51:51,151
Murdock will handle it.

956
00:51:51,359 --> 00:51:53,779
I should be with you
at mount thunder.

957
00:51:53,987 --> 00:51:55,280
And you will be.

958
00:51:55,489 --> 00:51:57,449
Check back on the job
Sunday morning,

959
00:51:57,657 --> 00:51:59,326
and we'll pick it up
together.

960
00:51:59,534 --> 00:52:01,661
You've got a three-day pass.
Enjoy it.

961
00:52:01,870 --> 00:52:03,288
When do you think
I ought to leave, sir?

962
00:52:03,497 --> 00:52:04,289
Right now.

963
00:52:04,498 --> 00:52:06,500
Yes, sir.

964
00:52:10,420 --> 00:52:12,672
Have a good time, Jiggs.

965
00:52:12,881 --> 00:52:15,509
Thank you, sir.

966
00:52:18,762 --> 00:52:23,141
Announcer: American Airlines
Astrojet flight number three,

967
00:52:23,350 --> 00:52:27,187
nonstop to Los Angeles,
departing at gate six.

968
00:52:27,395 --> 00:52:29,106
All aboard, please.

969
00:52:29,314 --> 00:52:31,650
Paul Girard
get off all right?

970
00:52:31,858 --> 00:52:35,362
Still skeptical, but he's
on his way to Gibraltar.

971
00:52:35,570 --> 00:52:37,280
Me, I get to go to Texas.

972
00:52:37,489 --> 00:52:40,700
Enough to make a man
want to quit politics.

973
00:52:40,867 --> 00:52:43,036
This is mud Henderson's
home phone.

974
00:52:43,245 --> 00:52:45,664
Flight 453
for Dallas and El Paso...

975
00:52:45,831 --> 00:52:47,290
Well, that's me.

976
00:52:47,499 --> 00:52:49,126
Good luck, Senator.

977
00:52:49,334 --> 00:52:51,336
Oh, incidentally, Jiggs,

978
00:52:51,545 --> 00:52:55,382
a Miss Eleanor Holbrook,
you know her?

979
00:52:55,590 --> 00:52:56,800
Yes?

980
00:52:57,008 --> 00:52:59,010
I'm told that she knows more
about General Scott

981
00:52:59,177 --> 00:53:01,388
than his wife or the Air Force
knows about him.

982
00:53:01,596 --> 00:53:03,807
Could be.

983
00:53:04,015 --> 00:53:06,726
If fact, she may know
enough about him

984
00:53:06,935 --> 00:53:09,146
to put some ammo
in our guns.

985
00:53:09,354 --> 00:53:11,398
You catch my meaning?

986
00:53:11,606 --> 00:53:15,026
I'm not sure I want to catch
your meaning, Senator.

987
00:53:15,235 --> 00:53:16,987
Just because
General Scott booted you out

988
00:53:17,195 --> 00:53:18,572
and told you
to take a vacation,

989
00:53:18,780 --> 00:53:20,866
that don't mean you're going
to take a vacation.

990
00:53:21,074 --> 00:53:23,034
I think you should see
this Miss Holbrook.

991
00:53:23,243 --> 00:53:26,037
If she's got something
on Scott, we want it.

992
00:53:26,246 --> 00:53:27,747
There are all sorts of ways

993
00:53:27,956 --> 00:53:31,084
of protecting the President
of the United States.

994
00:53:34,004 --> 00:53:36,214
Takes care of yourself,
Senator.

995
00:53:36,423 --> 00:53:39,134
You, too, Colonel.

996
00:53:57,986 --> 00:54:00,614
Isn't that McPherson,
the commentator?

997
00:54:00,822 --> 00:54:01,531
Yeah.

998
00:54:01,740 --> 00:54:04,576
That's General Scott's car.

999
00:54:04,784 --> 00:54:07,370
Buddy, you've just
been impressed

1000
00:54:07,579 --> 00:54:09,372
into the secret service.

1001
00:56:32,182 --> 00:56:36,686
Harold McPherson
and General James Scott.

1002
00:56:47,030 --> 00:56:48,948
Good morning, General.
This is Jordan Lyman.

1003
00:56:49,157 --> 00:56:50,450
Good morning, Mr. President.

1004
00:56:50,658 --> 00:56:52,243
I see we're both
early birds today.

1005
00:56:52,452 --> 00:56:53,745
To come
right to the point,

1006
00:56:53,953 --> 00:56:56,247
I'm not going to participate
in the alert after all.

1007
00:56:56,456 --> 00:56:57,791
Frankly, I'm tired out.

1008
00:56:57,999 --> 00:56:59,876
I've decided to go up
to my place at Blue Lake

1009
00:57:00,085 --> 00:57:01,711
and fish
for two or three days.

1010
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:04,422
You'll forgive me, sir,
but I don't like it.

1011
00:57:04,631 --> 00:57:07,759
As Commander in Chief, orders
can only be given by you.

1012
00:57:07,967 --> 00:57:10,887
I don't think the Russians
are going to be impressed

1013
00:57:11,096 --> 00:57:14,099
by an alert that takes
place while you go fishing.

1014
00:57:14,307 --> 00:57:17,394
Suppose you let me be
the judge of that.

1015
00:57:17,602 --> 00:57:19,813
I'm afraid
my decision is final.

1016
00:57:20,021 --> 00:57:22,649
Of course.
It's up to you, sir.

1017
00:57:22,816 --> 00:57:25,485
When do you expect
to go to Blue Lake?

1018
00:57:25,693 --> 00:57:27,112
Late Friday, probably.

1019
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:29,906
I envy you.
Good luck with the fish.

1020
00:57:30,115 --> 00:57:31,282
Goodbye, General.

1021
00:57:31,491 --> 00:57:33,243
Goodbye, Mr. President.

1022
00:57:42,293 --> 00:57:44,379
Hold my calls.

1023
00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:53,096
Colonel Broderick, please.

1024
00:57:53,304 --> 00:57:56,349
What's that,
Mrs. Henderson?

1025
00:57:56,558 --> 00:57:58,643
Well, I'm an old friend
of his,

1026
00:57:58,852 --> 00:58:00,979
and I'm real anxious
to see him.

1027
00:58:01,146 --> 00:58:02,689
Clark, ma'am, Ray Clark.

1028
00:58:02,856 --> 00:58:04,691
Well, I-I-I know
it's restricted,

1029
00:58:04,899 --> 00:58:07,277
but I thought perhaps
if I could talk to him.

1030
00:58:09,237 --> 00:58:11,656
What's that, Mrs. Henderson?!
I didn't quite hear you?!

1031
00:58:11,865 --> 00:58:14,492
Would you say that again?

1032
00:58:14,701 --> 00:58:20,415
Well, is there any way
I could get a message to him?

1033
00:58:23,668 --> 00:58:25,044
I see.

1034
00:58:25,253 --> 00:58:28,214
Well, would you be good enough
to just tell him

1035
00:58:28,423 --> 00:58:30,049
that Ray Clark called?

1036
00:58:30,258 --> 00:58:33,303
Thank you very much,
Mrs. Henderson.

1037
00:58:43,855 --> 00:58:45,398
Fill her up?

1038
00:58:45,607 --> 00:58:50,528
No, thanks, honey.
I just checked my oil.

1039
00:58:50,737 --> 00:58:52,197
Hey...Do you mind?

1040
00:58:52,405 --> 00:58:53,573
Not at all.

1041
00:58:53,781 --> 00:58:56,910
Tell me, could you turn
that down some?

1042
00:58:57,118 --> 00:58:58,578
Oh, sure, honey.

1043
00:58:58,786 --> 00:59:02,248
Hey, Charlie,
turn it down!

1044
00:59:02,457 --> 00:59:06,503
Do you rent space
in that thing?

1045
00:59:06,711 --> 00:59:07,837
Oh, you.

1046
00:59:08,046 --> 00:59:08,922
Here.

1047
00:59:09,130 --> 00:59:10,381
Hey, you want to dance?

1048
00:59:10,590 --> 00:59:12,717
No, thank you, honey.

1049
00:59:12,884 --> 00:59:16,179
I just had
a hernia operation.

1050
00:59:17,889 --> 00:59:19,349
You are funny.

1051
00:59:20,934 --> 00:59:25,438
I was sort of hoping
you were in the army.

1052
00:59:25,647 --> 00:59:26,064
Why?

1053
00:59:26,231 --> 00:59:27,357
Charlie heard

1054
00:59:27,565 --> 00:59:29,901
there was a new base
being put up here.

1055
00:59:30,109 --> 00:59:32,403
That's why
he bought the place.

1056
00:59:32,612 --> 00:59:36,616
You see any soldiers?

1057
00:59:36,824 --> 00:59:39,786
How long
has the base been here?

1058
00:59:39,994 --> 00:59:41,079
Who knows?

1059
00:59:41,246 --> 00:59:42,288
You know Charlie.

1060
00:59:42,497 --> 00:59:44,707
He's always
decorating this place.

1061
00:59:44,916 --> 00:59:46,376
He has a talent for that.

1062
00:59:46,584 --> 00:59:47,877
And on Saturday night,

1063
00:59:48,086 --> 00:59:50,964
he puts out a huge sign
that says "big party,"

1064
00:59:51,172 --> 00:59:53,383
and he doubles
his drinks, too.

1065
00:59:53,591 --> 00:59:55,760
I don't water them none,
either.

1066
00:59:55,969 --> 00:59:58,763
You wonder what
the country's coming to.

1067
00:59:58,972 --> 01:00:02,725
All those boys,
sitting up in the desert,

1068
01:00:02,934 --> 01:00:04,811
never seeing no girls.

1069
01:00:05,019 --> 01:00:07,939
They might as well
be in stir.

1070
01:00:08,147 --> 01:00:10,984
How far is the base
from here?

1071
01:00:11,192 --> 01:00:13,152
About 50 miles or so.

1072
01:00:13,361 --> 01:00:16,990
You hear the planes coming
in and out all the time,

1073
01:00:17,198 --> 01:00:19,409
but you don't see
any pilots.

1074
01:00:19,617 --> 01:00:22,078
Not so much
as one single pilot.

1075
01:00:22,287 --> 01:00:23,496
I mean, what's the matter,

1076
01:00:23,705 --> 01:00:25,665
don't they drink
in the Air Force?

1077
01:00:25,873 --> 01:00:29,294
How would I get in there?

1078
01:00:29,502 --> 01:00:30,753
Oh, lots of luck.

1079
01:00:30,962 --> 01:00:33,339
You can't even
see the place.

1080
01:00:33,548 --> 01:00:36,968
There's just a road over
leading to the left,

1081
01:00:37,176 --> 01:00:38,469
and then, nothing.

1082
01:00:38,678 --> 01:00:40,305
I was telling Charlie,

1083
01:00:40,513 --> 01:00:42,181
we ought to drive up
there some time

1084
01:00:42,390 --> 01:00:44,309
with a couple of kegs
of beer for the boys,

1085
01:00:44,517 --> 01:00:45,935
and tell them
where it's from.

1086
01:00:46,144 --> 01:00:47,687
You know, leave cards
or something.

1087
01:00:47,895 --> 01:00:49,606
I told you,
I bought a place...

1088
01:02:45,388 --> 01:02:47,473
Well, I'm glad
we can offer you

1089
01:02:47,682 --> 01:02:50,476
some real Mediterranean
weather, Mr. Girard.

1090
01:02:50,685 --> 01:02:51,811
Thank you, Admiral.

1091
01:02:52,019 --> 01:02:54,939
Not that dirty stuff
they have in the Atlantic.

1092
01:02:55,148 --> 01:02:56,566
Care for a cigar?

1093
01:02:59,277 --> 01:03:03,322
Admiral, I understand you're
not much of a betting man.

1094
01:03:03,906 --> 01:03:06,409
Depends on the game.

1095
01:03:06,659 --> 01:03:08,578
Hmm, well,
what is your pleasure?

1096
01:03:08,786 --> 01:03:10,329
Poker, roulette, what?

1097
01:03:10,538 --> 01:03:12,123
No, those are
house games.

1098
01:03:12,331 --> 01:03:14,667
I don't much care
for the odds.

1099
01:03:14,834 --> 01:03:16,502
What about horse racing?

1100
01:03:16,711 --> 01:03:17,920
On occasion.

1101
01:03:18,129 --> 01:03:21,132
It depends on the race,
sometimes the weather,

1102
01:03:21,340 --> 01:03:24,177
and the horse
does make the difference.

1103
01:03:24,385 --> 01:03:25,845
Hmm, that's true.

1104
01:03:26,053 --> 01:03:29,932
What about the Preakness?

1105
01:03:30,141 --> 01:03:32,059
You got anything good
going there?

1106
01:03:35,980 --> 01:03:39,192
I only bet on sure things.

1107
01:03:39,400 --> 01:03:42,278
Admiral, you're
a very lucky sailor.

1108
01:03:42,487 --> 01:03:45,531
That's exactly what
I've got for you --

1109
01:03:45,740 --> 01:03:46,824
a sure thing.

1110
01:03:47,033 --> 01:03:49,160
What is the bet,
Mr. Girard?

1111
01:03:49,368 --> 01:03:52,038
That there are members
of the joint chiefs of staff

1112
01:03:52,246 --> 01:03:53,664
who are involved in treason.

1113
01:03:53,873 --> 01:03:54,832
We know who they are.

1114
01:03:55,041 --> 01:03:56,459
We know the essence
of the plan.

1115
01:03:56,667 --> 01:03:59,045
Now, from you, Admiral,
I want a signed statement

1116
01:03:59,253 --> 01:04:02,215
indicating at what moment you
first heard of this operation,

1117
01:04:02,423 --> 01:04:04,634
and your complicity
in this entire matter.

1118
01:04:10,807 --> 01:04:13,726
Frankly,
I wish I had more time.

1119
01:04:13,935 --> 01:04:16,479
I wish you did, too,
Admiral.

1120
01:04:19,774 --> 01:04:22,902
Unfortunately, you don't.

1121
01:04:28,991 --> 01:04:30,243
Jiggs.

1122
01:04:30,451 --> 01:04:32,662
I'm looking for a
girl named Eleanor.

1123
01:04:32,870 --> 01:04:34,747
Come in.

1124
01:04:34,914 --> 01:04:37,667
Thank you.

1125
01:04:37,875 --> 01:04:39,919
You're a long way from the
barracks.

1126
01:04:40,127 --> 01:04:41,921
Oh, I was
in the neighborhood.

1127
01:04:42,129 --> 01:04:42,588
A fact?

1128
01:04:42,797 --> 01:04:43,923
A lie.

1129
01:04:44,131 --> 01:04:45,925
I just thought
the country could spare me

1130
01:04:46,133 --> 01:04:47,009
for an evening.

1131
01:04:47,218 --> 01:04:48,553
I wondered how you were.

1132
01:04:48,761 --> 01:04:49,846
I'm fine, Jiggs.

1133
01:04:50,054 --> 01:04:51,764
Would you like a Martini?

1134
01:04:51,973 --> 01:04:53,307
That sounds great.

1135
01:04:59,063 --> 01:05:00,940
This is very nice.

1136
01:05:01,148 --> 01:05:03,609
Oh, yes, that's right.

1137
01:05:03,818 --> 01:05:07,572
You've never been here
before.

1138
01:05:07,780 --> 01:05:11,075
Not even close.
Thank you.

1139
01:05:11,284 --> 01:05:12,368
What is it, Jiggs?

1140
01:05:12,577 --> 01:05:14,620
You have something
in your mind?

1141
01:05:14,829 --> 01:05:18,082
Hasn't your mother ever
told you about marines?

1142
01:05:18,249 --> 01:05:20,459
Well, I know
all about this marine,

1143
01:05:20,668 --> 01:05:23,588
never a wasted moment
or a thrown-away day.

1144
01:05:23,796 --> 01:05:26,299
What do you want?

1145
01:05:26,507 --> 01:05:28,050
Well, you invited me.

1146
01:05:28,259 --> 01:05:29,802
Remember, a rain check

1147
01:05:29,969 --> 01:05:32,722
handed out
the night of the party?

1148
01:05:32,930 --> 01:05:34,557
Oh, yes,
good for one visit anytime.

1149
01:05:34,765 --> 01:05:35,641
Here I am.

1150
01:05:35,850 --> 01:05:38,060
What should we talk about?

1151
01:05:38,269 --> 01:05:42,273
Nuclear disarmament,
uh, high cost of living,

1152
01:05:42,481 --> 01:05:43,941
ladies' fashions.

1153
01:05:44,150 --> 01:05:48,279
Or should we fall back on the
familiar item of conversation,

1154
01:05:48,487 --> 01:05:49,947
gentleman Jim Scott.

1155
01:05:50,156 --> 01:05:53,284
Well, this must come
as a shock to you,

1156
01:05:53,492 --> 01:05:56,495
but I lock up the office
now and then.

1157
01:05:56,662 --> 01:05:59,457
You're a beautiful woman,
Ellie.

1158
01:05:59,665 --> 01:06:01,500
Don't tell me
after all this time,

1159
01:06:01,667 --> 01:06:03,127
you're making a pass, Jiggs?

1160
01:06:03,294 --> 01:06:07,840
The window's open,
you could always scream.

1161
01:06:23,648 --> 01:06:25,816
This is when I scream?

1162
01:06:26,025 --> 01:06:28,319
Do you want to scream?

1163
01:06:28,527 --> 01:06:32,698
Well, that's a rather
unfair question.

1164
01:06:32,907 --> 01:06:35,826
I'm a little vulnerable now.

1165
01:06:36,035 --> 01:06:39,372
Particularly
when it concerns

1166
01:06:39,580 --> 01:06:43,250
an old friend
I happen to like.

1167
01:06:58,849 --> 01:07:01,060
Do me a favor --

1168
01:07:01,268 --> 01:07:05,898
don't complicate
my life right now.

1169
01:07:06,107 --> 01:07:09,402
I just got over
a very bad breakup.

1170
01:07:17,785 --> 01:07:19,870
Would you like
another Martini?

1171
01:07:20,079 --> 01:07:22,707
Perhaps
we should talk about...

1172
01:07:34,635 --> 01:07:35,720
It's funny.

1173
01:07:35,928 --> 01:07:38,514
It doesn't feel
like an iron mask.

1174
01:07:38,723 --> 01:07:40,433
You're a fraud, Jiggs.

1175
01:07:40,641 --> 01:07:42,685
Hey, how about
dinner someplace?

1176
01:07:42,893 --> 01:07:44,603
You might even
talk me into

1177
01:07:44,812 --> 01:07:47,273
wheeling you
around the dance floor.

1178
01:07:47,481 --> 01:07:50,067
No, I'll fix something
for us here.

1179
01:07:50,276 --> 01:07:53,070
Did you know that
I'm a swinging cook?

1180
01:07:53,279 --> 01:07:55,865
Sounds like I've got
myself a good deal.

1181
01:07:56,073 --> 01:07:59,118
You might have, Jiggs.
A very good deal.

1182
01:07:59,326 --> 01:08:01,454
I'll make you two promises --

1183
01:08:01,662 --> 01:08:04,123
a very good steak,
medium rare,

1184
01:08:04,331 --> 01:08:07,168
and the truth,
which is very rare.

1185
01:08:50,961 --> 01:08:53,631
And it's in writing?

1186
01:08:53,839 --> 01:08:55,257
Thank God.

1187
01:08:55,466 --> 01:08:58,803
Now, when can you get back?

1188
01:08:59,011 --> 01:09:03,849
Transocean, Flight 42,
out of Madrid.

1189
01:09:04,058 --> 01:09:08,604
Good, I'll see you
for breakfast.

1190
01:09:36,173 --> 01:09:38,676
Someone I knew
a thousand years ago.

1191
01:09:38,884 --> 01:09:41,679
It's funny. I can't
even remember his name.

1192
01:09:41,846 --> 01:09:43,722
Scott.
James Mattoon Scott.

1193
01:09:43,931 --> 01:09:46,517
General of the
United States Air Force.

1194
01:09:46,725 --> 01:09:48,144
Doesn't ring a bell.

1195
01:09:48,352 --> 01:09:51,647
Why the hell does a girl
keep a photograph of a man

1196
01:09:51,856 --> 01:09:54,066
she doesn't even remember?

1197
01:09:54,275 --> 01:09:55,985
I-I can't imagine.

1198
01:10:03,826 --> 01:10:07,329
Well, that's an easy way
to get rid of a ghost.

1199
01:10:07,538 --> 01:10:09,915
It works wonders.

1200
01:10:10,124 --> 01:10:13,878
No symptoms remaining?

1201
01:10:14,086 --> 01:10:15,379
None that I'm aware of.

1202
01:10:15,588 --> 01:10:17,673
If I find
that I'm kidding myself,

1203
01:10:17,882 --> 01:10:19,758
I know where to go
for help.

1204
01:10:22,219 --> 01:10:24,221
There's an easy test.

1205
01:10:24,430 --> 01:10:26,390
Yes?

1206
01:10:26,599 --> 01:10:28,184
Bring it out in the open,
look at it,

1207
01:10:28,392 --> 01:10:29,768
talk about it,
see if it hurts.

1208
01:10:29,977 --> 01:10:34,440
I don't know what's
to be gained by hurting.

1209
01:10:34,648 --> 01:10:37,943
But if you think
it's right...

1210
01:10:38,152 --> 01:10:41,405
I think it's right.

1211
01:10:41,614 --> 01:10:45,576
I was in love with him.

1212
01:10:45,784 --> 01:10:52,082
I found...Excitement
in his strength.

1213
01:10:52,291 --> 01:10:57,004
I didn't mind about
the back-street angle...

1214
01:11:00,174 --> 01:11:05,137
Sneaking time together,
stolen moments from his wife.

1215
01:11:05,304 --> 01:11:08,891
Eleanor Holbrook, emancipated
woman.

1216
01:11:18,067 --> 01:11:19,443
Go on.

1217
01:11:19,652 --> 01:11:22,863
I don't know.
I don't know when it changed.

1218
01:11:27,451 --> 01:11:30,329
But I began to realize

1219
01:11:30,537 --> 01:11:35,793
that he -- he really never
felt anything.

1220
01:11:36,001 --> 01:11:39,171
Each move was calculated.

1221
01:11:39,380 --> 01:11:42,758
He's a very careful man,
your General.

1222
01:11:42,967 --> 01:11:46,762
I don't believe that he ever
took a chance in his life,

1223
01:11:46,971 --> 01:11:50,557
or ever really felt anything,
any real emotion.

1224
01:11:55,938 --> 01:11:59,525
He was so sure of me that
he could even write letters.

1225
01:11:59,733 --> 01:12:00,943
A careful man

1226
01:12:01,151 --> 01:12:04,655
doesn't incriminate himself
in writing.

1227
01:12:04,863 --> 01:12:08,033
That's where you're wrong.

1228
01:12:08,242 --> 01:12:13,664
If he's sure enough,
he can do anything --

1229
01:12:13,872 --> 01:12:17,126
anything to amuse himself.

1230
01:12:17,334 --> 01:12:21,380
I've kept them.

1231
01:12:21,588 --> 01:12:22,881
I told myself

1232
01:12:23,090 --> 01:12:27,219
that I'd use them
against him for revenge.

1233
01:12:27,428 --> 01:12:29,555
Well, at least, Jiggs,

1234
01:12:29,763 --> 01:12:33,642
he was right about me
in that respect.

1235
01:12:33,851 --> 01:12:36,562
I was pretty low,
but not that low.

1236
01:12:39,440 --> 01:12:41,900
Is that what you wanted?

1237
01:12:42,067 --> 01:12:45,571
Does that
prove anything to you?

1238
01:12:45,779 --> 01:12:48,365
I'm sorry, honey.

1239
01:12:48,574 --> 01:12:52,995
You said to bring it out
in the open, now it is.

1240
01:12:53,203 --> 01:12:55,873
We go from here,
all right?

1241
01:12:56,081 --> 01:12:57,082
Sure.

1242
01:12:57,291 --> 01:13:00,419
Well, I'll go
and repair the damages.

1243
01:13:00,627 --> 01:13:02,713
Get back to that steak.

1244
01:13:02,921 --> 01:13:04,506
Don't go away.

1245
01:13:31,033 --> 01:13:34,036
You know, it's
a funny thing, Jiggs.

1246
01:13:34,244 --> 01:13:36,538
I'm not surprised
at Scott.

1247
01:13:36,747 --> 01:13:39,249
But do you know
what does cut?

1248
01:13:39,458 --> 01:13:43,796
The fact that he sent you,
and the fact that you came.

1249
01:13:44,004 --> 01:13:45,964
I need these, Ellie.

1250
01:13:46,173 --> 01:13:48,801
The reason doesn't matter.

1251
01:13:49,009 --> 01:13:52,054
And trying to soften me up with
a little lovemaking.

1252
01:13:52,262 --> 01:13:54,056
That was dirty pool,
Jiggs.

1253
01:13:54,264 --> 01:13:56,266
You didn't come here
to salvage me!

1254
01:13:56,475 --> 01:13:58,769
You came here
to salvage his good name.

1255
01:13:58,977 --> 01:14:01,897
Look, Ellie, if I could tell
you why I had to do this...

1256
01:14:02,106 --> 01:14:05,109
I was a stupid,
impressionable female,

1257
01:14:05,317 --> 01:14:07,611
who let
an Air Force General

1258
01:14:07,820 --> 01:14:10,572
use her like
his personal airplane.

1259
01:14:10,781 --> 01:14:14,618
I don't rate any applause,
God knows, but you...

1260
01:14:14,827 --> 01:14:17,079
Scott didn't want to dirty his
hands

1261
01:14:17,287 --> 01:14:18,664
collecting those letters,

1262
01:14:18,831 --> 01:14:20,999
but Colonel Casey
is always ready

1263
01:14:21,208 --> 01:14:24,507
to clean up
the General's privy!

1264
01:15:12,134 --> 01:15:13,719
Jiggs:
The man on the right,

1265
01:15:13,886 --> 01:15:16,054
that's Murdock,
General Scott's aide.

1266
01:15:16,263 --> 01:15:18,390
On the left,
that's Colonel Broderick.

1267
01:15:18,599 --> 01:15:20,517
He commands the base
at site "Y."

1268
01:15:20,726 --> 01:15:22,853
I don't know
who the other man is.

1269
01:15:23,061 --> 01:15:25,522
So the rabbit
laid bait for the fox.

1270
01:15:25,731 --> 01:15:27,691
If I'd gone up
to Blue Lake,

1271
01:15:27,900 --> 01:15:30,068
they'd have tried
to kidnap me.

1272
01:15:30,277 --> 01:15:32,488
I've no doubt
of that at all.

1273
01:15:32,696 --> 01:15:34,865
I'll make the following
admission, Colonel Casey,

1274
01:15:35,073 --> 01:15:36,742
any lingering doubts
I may have had,

1275
01:15:36,950 --> 01:15:39,077
have been properly placed
in a waste basket.

1276
01:15:39,286 --> 01:15:40,579
Good man, Chris.

1277
01:15:40,787 --> 01:15:43,874
Your group did a great job
this morning, art.

1278
01:15:44,082 --> 01:15:45,209
Thank you, sir.

1279
01:15:45,417 --> 01:15:47,669
I can bring out
another point

1280
01:15:47,878 --> 01:15:49,713
that's made in that film.

1281
01:15:49,922 --> 01:15:52,049
Scott had to dispatch Broderick
from El Paso

1282
01:15:52,216 --> 01:15:54,426
on a job that any
investigator could have done.

1283
01:15:54,635 --> 01:15:56,428
This must mean,
in terms of numbers,

1284
01:15:56,637 --> 01:15:58,388
that he's no better off
than we are.

1285
01:15:58,597 --> 01:16:00,933
That's good, solid
evidence right there.

1286
01:16:01,141 --> 01:16:02,351
And gentlemen,

1287
01:16:02,559 --> 01:16:05,562
Paul Girard should be
here very shortly.

1288
01:16:05,771 --> 01:16:08,440
This document you
unearthed, Colonel Casey,

1289
01:16:08,649 --> 01:16:09,441
is dynamite.

1290
01:16:09,650 --> 01:16:10,943
Very revealing

1291
01:16:11,151 --> 01:16:13,111
of General Scott's
extracurricular love life.

1292
01:16:13,320 --> 01:16:16,240
Any taste of victory we
have in our mouth, Colonel,

1293
01:16:16,448 --> 01:16:18,951
is due in no small measure
to your efforts.

1294
01:16:19,159 --> 01:16:22,454
The taste I've got
in my mouth, Mr. secretary,

1295
01:16:22,663 --> 01:16:23,914
is unmentionable.

1296
01:16:24,122 --> 01:16:25,916
I can understand
that feeling, Colonel,

1297
01:16:26,124 --> 01:16:27,584
but when you deal
with a jackal,

1298
01:16:27,793 --> 01:16:29,044
like your General --

1299
01:16:29,253 --> 01:16:31,088
look, Mr. Todd, this is
a full Air Force General,

1300
01:16:31,296 --> 01:16:32,172
six times wounded,

1301
01:16:32,381 --> 01:16:33,757
and wearing only half
the medals he deserves.

1302
01:16:33,966 --> 01:16:35,592
Whatever else he is,
he's no jackal.

1303
01:16:35,801 --> 01:16:37,469
My God, the sensitivity
of our warriors.

1304
01:16:37,678 --> 01:16:39,596
Did I step on your
old school tie, Colonel?

1305
01:16:39,805 --> 01:16:41,807
You're just like a lot
of civilians, Mr. Todd.

1306
01:16:42,015 --> 01:16:43,100
After every armistice,

1307
01:16:43,308 --> 01:16:44,977
you want to put us away
in moth balls.

1308
01:16:45,185 --> 01:16:48,313
Hold up, Colonel!
That's enough, Colonel!

1309
01:16:48,522 --> 01:16:50,399
Please, please.

1310
01:16:50,607 --> 01:16:51,775
I'm sorry, sir.

1311
01:16:51,984 --> 01:16:53,235
Jiggs, you have every right

1312
01:16:53,443 --> 01:16:55,279
to resent what you
were forced to do.

1313
01:16:55,487 --> 01:16:57,155
It was a dirty,
thankless job.

1314
01:16:57,322 --> 01:16:58,824
The fact
that it was necessary

1315
01:16:58,991 --> 01:17:00,951
doesn't make it
more palatable for you.

1316
01:17:01,159 --> 01:17:03,078
I deeply appreciate
what you've done.

1317
01:17:03,287 --> 01:17:04,746
I find it difficult
to believe

1318
01:17:04,955 --> 01:17:06,999
I could ever bring myself
to use this against Scott.

1319
01:17:07,207 --> 01:17:09,334
Suppose it comes down
to bare knuckles?

1320
01:17:09,543 --> 01:17:12,087
Chris, I'm not prepared
to answer that just now.

1321
01:17:12,296 --> 01:17:13,630
Thank God, I don't have to.

1322
01:17:13,839 --> 01:17:16,174
For the first time,
for the very first time,

1323
01:17:16,383 --> 01:17:17,509
I'd say we were on top.

1324
01:17:17,718 --> 01:17:18,510
Mr. President...

1325
01:17:18,719 --> 01:17:19,678
Right on top.

1326
01:17:23,098 --> 01:17:25,475
Paul Girard is dead.

1327
01:17:25,642 --> 01:17:27,019
Oh, my God.

1328
01:17:27,227 --> 01:17:31,481
His plane crashed
in the mountains,

1329
01:17:31,690 --> 01:17:33,775
outside of Madrid.

1330
01:17:33,984 --> 01:17:35,611
Any effects?

1331
01:17:35,819 --> 01:17:40,282
The wreckage was strewn out
for a couple of Miles.

1332
01:17:40,490 --> 01:17:42,743
Nothing left of anybody.

1333
01:18:12,522 --> 01:18:14,358
Mr. President,

1334
01:18:14,566 --> 01:18:19,363
you've got to give out
some kind of statement.

1335
01:18:19,571 --> 01:18:22,157
May I draft one for you?

1336
01:18:22,366 --> 01:18:23,241
What?

1337
01:18:23,450 --> 01:18:26,078
About his being away.

1338
01:18:26,286 --> 01:18:30,666
Say he was abroad
on a vacation.

1339
01:18:30,874 --> 01:18:35,879
Don't -- don't say
any more than that.

1340
01:18:36,088 --> 01:18:37,589
I've had...

1341
01:18:37,798 --> 01:18:41,718
Two close friends
in my life,

1342
01:18:41,927 --> 01:18:44,429
I mean, really close.

1343
01:18:44,638 --> 01:18:50,602
One was Paul Girard...
The other is Ray Clark.

1344
01:18:50,769 --> 01:18:56,274
One of them helped me
to become President.

1345
01:18:56,483 --> 01:19:01,613
This one helped me
to remain President.

1346
01:19:01,822 --> 01:19:05,951
It cost Paul Girard
his life.

1347
01:19:06,159 --> 01:19:08,787
What about Ray Clark?

1348
01:19:08,995 --> 01:19:10,455
Where's he?

1349
01:19:10,664 --> 01:19:13,917
Where in God's name is he?

1350
01:19:14,084 --> 01:19:17,796
Now look here, Prentice,
don't you jolly me, boy.

1351
01:19:18,004 --> 01:19:20,590
I'm 24 hours stuck
in this oven.

1352
01:19:20,757 --> 01:19:22,634
You heard me right, boy.

1353
01:19:22,843 --> 01:19:24,469
When I get out of here,

1354
01:19:24,678 --> 01:19:28,140
you better be ready with
a long list of answers.

1355
01:19:28,348 --> 01:19:31,810
You heard me right, boy.
You heard me right.

1356
01:19:34,855 --> 01:19:36,982
Yes, Senator.

1357
01:19:37,190 --> 01:19:39,818
Oh, I agree, sir.

1358
01:19:40,026 --> 01:19:43,280
By all means, Senator.

1359
01:19:43,488 --> 01:19:45,907
Very well, sir.

1360
01:19:46,116 --> 01:19:48,660
Well, Senator, Senator
Prentice assures me

1361
01:19:48,869 --> 01:19:50,829
that your committee
was notified

1362
01:19:51,037 --> 01:19:52,956
of the existence
of this base.

1363
01:19:53,165 --> 01:19:56,168
But you were vacationing
someplace, off in Georgia.

1364
01:19:56,376 --> 01:19:58,962
Getting a change of scene
or something.

1365
01:19:59,129 --> 01:20:01,298
You better get yourself
a change of story,

1366
01:20:01,506 --> 01:20:03,091
because
that don't cut any ice.

1367
01:20:03,300 --> 01:20:04,843
I've been doing
no vacationing

1368
01:20:05,051 --> 01:20:06,970
since congress has been
in session.

1369
01:20:07,179 --> 01:20:11,808
There is no record
of any ECOMCON base,

1370
01:20:12,017 --> 01:20:15,520
or any designation
like it.

1371
01:20:15,729 --> 01:20:19,024
Senator, why don't you
have yourself a drink,

1372
01:20:19,191 --> 01:20:20,859
and finish your dinner?

1373
01:20:21,067 --> 01:20:24,529
I'll show you around
our base, little later on.

1374
01:20:24,738 --> 01:20:27,157
I'm proud of it,
mighty proud.

1375
01:20:27,365 --> 01:20:29,493
I'd like to take
that tour right now.

1376
01:20:29,701 --> 01:20:31,495
That won't
be possible, Senator.

1377
01:20:31,703 --> 01:20:34,331
That won't be possible,
but I'll see you later.

1378
01:20:34,539 --> 01:20:36,792
We'll look around
when it's cooler.

1379
01:21:25,465 --> 01:21:30,887
Jordy boy, right now, surely
they consider it a miracle.

1380
01:21:31,096 --> 01:21:34,891
You're going to be walking
in a parade

1381
01:21:35,100 --> 01:21:37,853
with both your legs cut off.

1382
01:21:41,231 --> 01:21:43,733
I'm not going
to make matters worse

1383
01:21:43,942 --> 01:21:45,861
by getting drunk on the job.

1384
01:22:05,422 --> 01:22:07,924
Are you from the
American consul, señor?

1385
01:22:08,133 --> 01:22:09,593
Yes, I'm from the embassy.

1386
01:22:09,801 --> 01:22:10,886
I'm Captain Ortega.

1387
01:22:11,094 --> 01:22:11,970
Henry Whitney.

1388
01:22:12,178 --> 01:22:14,097
We are
collecting the effects,

1389
01:22:14,264 --> 01:22:16,433
but there really
isn't very much.

1390
01:22:16,641 --> 01:22:18,810
As I told them
over the telephone,

1391
01:22:19,019 --> 01:22:22,105
there were only two
American nationals on board --

1392
01:22:22,314 --> 01:22:23,732
a Mrs. Agnes Buchanan

1393
01:22:23,940 --> 01:22:26,151
from Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania,

1394
01:22:26,359 --> 01:22:27,777
and a Mr. Paul Girard,

1395
01:22:27,986 --> 01:22:30,322
whose destination
was Washington.

1396
01:22:30,530 --> 01:22:33,992
There was no address
in the passengers manifest.

1397
01:22:55,430 --> 01:22:58,016
You find any effects
of the Americans?

1398
01:22:58,224 --> 01:22:59,184
Anything at all?

1399
01:22:59,351 --> 01:23:00,769
Nothing yet, señor.

1400
01:23:15,659 --> 01:23:18,161
Senator Clark?

1401
01:23:18,370 --> 01:23:19,621
Yeah.

1402
01:23:24,918 --> 01:23:26,127
I'm Colonel Henderson,

1403
01:23:26,336 --> 01:23:28,004
Colonel Broderick's
adjutant.

1404
01:23:28,213 --> 01:23:30,715
I didn't think Colonel Broderick
had an adjutant,

1405
01:23:30,924 --> 01:23:31,841
just a bartender.

1406
01:23:32,050 --> 01:23:33,718
I don't understand, sir.

1407
01:23:33,927 --> 01:23:37,055
It's just that you're so
hospitable around here.

1408
01:23:37,263 --> 01:23:40,475
I got a message yesterday
that you had called my home.

1409
01:23:40,684 --> 01:23:42,185
I didn't connect you
with the message

1410
01:23:42,394 --> 01:23:43,687
until I found out
you were here.

1411
01:23:43,895 --> 01:23:45,146
Incidentally,
I'm sorry about

1412
01:23:45,355 --> 01:23:46,690
your having to stay
in your room.

1413
01:23:46,898 --> 01:23:48,191
Frankly,
I don't understand it,

1414
01:23:48,400 --> 01:23:50,068
but the orders
were quite specific.

1415
01:23:50,276 --> 01:23:52,404
I'll just
have to live with it.

1416
01:23:52,612 --> 01:23:55,031
As to the call,
I was really phoning

1417
01:23:55,240 --> 01:23:57,993
for a mutual friend of ours,
Jiggs Casey.

1418
01:23:58,201 --> 01:23:59,244
"Mud," isn't it?

1419
01:23:59,411 --> 01:24:01,413
Yes, sir,
that's what they call me.

1420
01:24:01,621 --> 01:24:02,914
How do you know Jiggs?

1421
01:24:03,123 --> 01:24:05,333
Oh, Jiggs has been up
before our committee

1422
01:24:05,542 --> 01:24:06,751
a number of times,

1423
01:24:06,960 --> 01:24:09,337
and he's done some favors
for me on occasion.

1424
01:24:09,546 --> 01:24:11,548
Well, I hope
you'll be comfortable.

1425
01:24:11,756 --> 01:24:13,008
Could I get you a drink?

1426
01:24:13,216 --> 01:24:15,218
Those part of
your orders, Colonel?

1427
01:24:15,427 --> 01:24:16,761
I don't understand, sir.

1428
01:24:16,970 --> 01:24:18,888
To get me snuggered?

1429
01:24:19,097 --> 01:24:21,099
No, sir, I just...

1430
01:24:21,307 --> 01:24:24,185
These bottles been coming
every hour on the hour.

1431
01:24:24,394 --> 01:24:26,438
Doesn't that seem
a little odd to you?

1432
01:24:26,646 --> 01:24:29,899
Keep me cooped up in here
with a flow of bourbon!

1433
01:24:30,108 --> 01:24:32,610
Sir, I don't know
what you're talking about.

1434
01:24:32,777 --> 01:24:34,696
Just what do you know,
Colonel?

1435
01:24:34,904 --> 01:24:35,739
About what, sir?

1436
01:24:35,947 --> 01:24:37,574
Have you got
a few minutes?

1437
01:24:37,741 --> 01:24:40,285
Would you sit down there
and hear me out?

1438
01:24:40,493 --> 01:24:43,079
I want to preface this
with an assurance to you.

1439
01:24:43,288 --> 01:24:44,289
My mind is sound,

1440
01:24:44,456 --> 01:24:46,291
even though
I've been cooped up here

1441
01:24:46,499 --> 01:24:47,751
for a day and a night.

1442
01:24:47,959 --> 01:24:50,253
Mud, do you trust
Jiggs Casey?

1443
01:24:50,462 --> 01:24:52,964
You name it,
he can have it, sir.

1444
01:24:53,173 --> 01:24:55,717
If he were
to tell you something,

1445
01:24:55,925 --> 01:24:57,469
would you believe him?

1446
01:24:57,677 --> 01:24:58,928
I would, indeed.

1447
01:24:59,137 --> 01:25:02,766
All right, then,
check this one out.

1448
01:25:02,974 --> 01:25:07,437
When you told Jiggs
about ECOMCON last Monday,

1449
01:25:07,645 --> 01:25:10,940
he'd never
heard of it before.

1450
01:25:11,107 --> 01:25:12,275
That's funny.

1451
01:25:12,484 --> 01:25:15,445
There was a moment,
just one moment.

1452
01:25:15,653 --> 01:25:19,616
How did you know about
my seeing Jiggs on Monday?

1453
01:25:19,824 --> 01:25:20,909
He told me.

1454
01:25:21,117 --> 01:25:23,328
He told
some other people too.

1455
01:25:23,536 --> 01:25:25,914
He had never
heard of it before.

1456
01:25:26,122 --> 01:25:27,624
After you left,

1457
01:25:27,791 --> 01:25:31,252
Jiggs went over all the JCS
orders for the last year.

1458
01:25:31,461 --> 01:25:32,670
There was no record
of ECOMCON

1459
01:25:32,837 --> 01:25:33,838
or anything like it.

1460
01:25:34,047 --> 01:25:35,256
Oh, Senator,
that's impossible.

1461
01:25:35,465 --> 01:25:37,342
Colonel Broderick goes
to Washington all the time

1462
01:25:37,550 --> 01:25:38,426
to brief the brass.

1463
01:25:38,635 --> 01:25:40,011
Not all of the brass.

1464
01:25:40,220 --> 01:25:44,015
Not President Lyman, not me,
a very selective briefing.

1465
01:25:44,224 --> 01:25:46,643
All you got to know
is this --

1466
01:25:46,851 --> 01:25:48,978
right now the government
of the United States

1467
01:25:49,187 --> 01:25:51,356
is sitting on top of
the Washington monument,

1468
01:25:51,564 --> 01:25:53,817
ready to fall off and
break up on the pavement.

1469
01:25:54,025 --> 01:25:56,820
There are just a handful of
men who can prevent that,

1470
01:25:57,028 --> 01:25:59,656
and you're one of them.

1471
01:25:59,864 --> 01:26:02,117
Now you listen to me, mud.

1472
01:26:06,412 --> 01:26:08,498
I'm going to tell you
the damnedest story

1473
01:26:08,706 --> 01:26:09,958
you ever heard.

1474
01:26:10,166 --> 01:26:12,168
That's all for tonight,
sergeant, you're relieved.

1475
01:26:12,377 --> 01:26:14,170
I'm taking the civilian
in my custody.

1476
01:26:14,379 --> 01:26:16,005
You can go back to the barracks.

1477
01:26:16,172 --> 01:26:17,423
Senator Clark.

1478
01:26:27,934 --> 01:26:29,060
Post 10.

1479
01:26:29,269 --> 01:26:33,231
Give me Colonel Broderick's
office.

1480
01:27:31,247 --> 01:27:32,957
I'm sorry, Colonel,
but I have orders

1481
01:27:33,166 --> 01:27:35,293
that the civilian is not
to leave the base, sir.

1482
01:27:35,501 --> 01:27:36,920
Oh, that's all right,
sergeant,

1483
01:27:37,128 --> 01:27:38,463
I'm countermanding
those orders

1484
01:27:38,671 --> 01:27:40,548
and escorting the civilian
into town.

1485
01:27:40,757 --> 01:27:42,926
Well, sir,
now I don't know.

1486
01:27:43,134 --> 01:27:45,637
Colonel Broderick said
that if...

1487
01:27:47,305 --> 01:27:48,932
Throw those keys over here.

1488
01:27:49,140 --> 01:27:52,894
Eject that cartridge belt
and throw it down on the ground.

1489
01:27:53,102 --> 01:27:54,312
Halt! Step back!

1490
01:28:13,665 --> 01:28:14,999
You stay put right here.

1491
01:28:15,208 --> 01:28:17,418
I'm going to phone
the White House.

1492
01:28:17,627 --> 01:28:18,962
Tell you what, friend.

1493
01:28:19,170 --> 01:28:21,005
When this is over,

1494
01:28:21,214 --> 01:28:22,757
you can take off
your girdle,

1495
01:28:22,966 --> 01:28:24,676
and have yourself
a real good cry.

1496
01:28:24,884 --> 01:28:27,428
Say, you got a dime
to stop a revolution with?

1497
01:29:17,186 --> 01:29:18,479
Ma'am? Ma'am?

1498
01:29:18,688 --> 01:29:21,399
Did you see a real tall
soldier with a funny hat

1499
01:29:21,607 --> 01:29:22,900
waiting right here?

1500
01:29:23,067 --> 01:29:23,818
No.

1501
01:29:52,513 --> 01:29:54,515
Your men couldn't have been
mistaken, could they, art?

1502
01:29:54,724 --> 01:29:55,725
Not a chance, sir.

1503
01:29:55,933 --> 01:29:57,727
Gate guard
was too positive.

1504
01:29:57,935 --> 01:29:59,604
It was Henderson
all right,

1505
01:29:59,771 --> 01:30:03,024
brought into the Fort Myer
stockade 10:30 this morning.

1506
01:30:03,232 --> 01:30:05,943
Rode in the back of an
army sedan, under guard.

1507
01:30:06,152 --> 01:30:07,612
Now held incommunicado.

1508
01:30:07,820 --> 01:30:11,282
Okay, Arthur, thank you.

1509
01:30:11,449 --> 01:30:14,535
At least he's alive.

1510
01:30:14,744 --> 01:30:16,788
Admiral Barnswell, sir.

1511
01:30:23,252 --> 01:30:25,588
Admiral Barnswell,
this is the President.

1512
01:30:25,797 --> 01:30:29,425
Well, sir, he came aboard
a few days ago,

1513
01:30:29,634 --> 01:30:32,720
passed on
your personal greetings,

1514
01:30:32,929 --> 01:30:36,391
and that's about the size
of it, sir.

1515
01:30:41,270 --> 01:30:46,150
Frankly, no, Mr. President,
he gave me nothing to sign.

1516
01:30:46,359 --> 01:30:47,151
No, sir.

1517
01:30:47,360 --> 01:30:48,778
I'm sorry, sir.

1518
01:30:48,986 --> 01:30:51,114
I can only recount to you

1519
01:30:51,322 --> 01:30:54,117
the situation
as it occurred.

1520
01:30:54,325 --> 01:30:58,246
I signed no paper.
He took nothing with him.

1521
01:31:02,875 --> 01:31:04,252
Well, if anything

1522
01:31:04,460 --> 01:31:07,797
happens to revitalize
your memory, Admiral,

1523
01:31:08,005 --> 01:31:10,425
I'd appreciate
a phone call!

1524
01:31:20,143 --> 01:31:22,812
It's now 2:20
on a Saturday afternoon,

1525
01:31:23,020 --> 01:31:25,857
and at 2:20
tomorrow afternoon,

1526
01:31:26,065 --> 01:31:30,528
somebody will have thrown
a switch at mount thunder,

1527
01:31:30,736 --> 01:31:32,363
General James Scott

1528
01:31:32,572 --> 01:31:36,451
will be on all three
television networks,

1529
01:31:36,659 --> 01:31:38,703
explaining to the people
of the United States

1530
01:31:38,911 --> 01:31:40,371
why this
particular crucifixion

1531
01:31:40,580 --> 01:31:41,664
is an act of faith.

1532
01:31:41,873 --> 01:31:43,875
What would you call this,
gentlemen,

1533
01:31:44,083 --> 01:31:45,460
sponge-throwing time?

1534
01:31:45,668 --> 01:31:48,713
Mr. President,
what are you waiting for?

1535
01:31:48,921 --> 01:31:52,049
Fire Scott, Hardesty,
Diefenbach, Riley.

1536
01:31:52,258 --> 01:31:54,177
Sedition, pure and simple.

1537
01:31:54,385 --> 01:31:56,179
Close down mount thunder,

1538
01:31:56,387 --> 01:31:59,015
declare a state
of martial law.

1539
01:31:59,223 --> 01:32:00,391
Then where do I stand?

1540
01:32:00,600 --> 01:32:02,518
Lunatic, paranoic,
screaming, wild man

1541
01:32:02,727 --> 01:32:04,353
with nothing
to back him up.

1542
01:32:04,562 --> 01:32:06,814
His proof is scattered
over a Mountain in Spain,

1543
01:32:07,023 --> 01:32:08,733
disappeared
in a Washington airport,

1544
01:32:08,941 --> 01:32:10,902
or result of some
delirium treatments

1545
01:32:11,110 --> 01:32:12,862
of a dipso senator...

1546
01:32:13,070 --> 01:32:14,489
Great.

1547
01:32:14,697 --> 01:32:19,744
Will you allow me to strike
that last idiotic remark?

1548
01:32:19,911 --> 01:32:21,370
There's no need, Jordy.

1549
01:32:21,537 --> 01:32:24,040
It's just what
the congress would say.

1550
01:32:24,248 --> 01:32:26,751
But you do have
one last alternative.

1551
01:32:26,959 --> 01:32:29,504
And that is?

1552
01:32:32,340 --> 01:32:36,302
Use these letters that
Casey got from the girl!

1553
01:32:38,179 --> 01:32:41,724
When you get to the bottom
of the barrel,

1554
01:32:41,933 --> 01:32:44,393
where we are now,
you use expedience.

1555
01:32:44,602 --> 01:32:46,938
Get the network cut off.

1556
01:32:47,146 --> 01:32:49,023
Network cut off.

1557
01:32:49,232 --> 01:32:51,275
Good.
Now, one more time.

1558
01:32:51,484 --> 01:32:52,568
Position "a."

1559
01:32:52,777 --> 01:32:54,362
Site "G," Polk Field.

1560
01:32:54,570 --> 01:32:55,571
Take one.

1561
01:32:55,780 --> 01:32:57,782
Position "B."

1562
01:32:57,990 --> 01:33:02,912
You count down for us.
Site "Y."

1563
01:33:03,120 --> 01:33:04,872
Take two.

1564
01:33:05,081 --> 01:33:05,957
Position "C."

1565
01:33:06,165 --> 01:33:08,084
Site "X,"
mount thunder, "CP."

1566
01:33:08,251 --> 01:33:09,126
Take three.

1567
01:33:25,393 --> 01:33:26,394
Let's hear it.

1568
01:33:26,602 --> 01:33:27,812
Barney Rutkowski,
Air Defense.

1569
01:33:28,020 --> 01:33:29,480
He's screaming bloody murder

1570
01:33:29,689 --> 01:33:31,274
about those
12 troop carriers

1571
01:33:31,482 --> 01:33:32,483
dispatched to El Paso.

1572
01:33:32,692 --> 01:33:34,485
He says they're checked
for El Paso,

1573
01:33:34,694 --> 01:33:36,571
and then lost
on the radar screen.

1574
01:33:36,779 --> 01:33:38,948
Wants to know
where they went and why.

1575
01:33:39,156 --> 01:33:41,742
He also wants to know
why 30 more are at Bragg

1576
01:33:41,951 --> 01:33:43,452
with the same destination.

1577
01:33:43,661 --> 01:33:45,162
What did you tell him?

1578
01:33:45,371 --> 01:33:48,499
I told him it was
classified and forget it.

1579
01:33:48,708 --> 01:33:50,167
That ought to do it.

1580
01:33:50,376 --> 01:33:52,295
Jim, he's a hard-nosed
book-player

1581
01:33:52,503 --> 01:33:54,505
with a radar screen
in his bed.

1582
01:33:54,714 --> 01:33:57,508
If I know him, he's not
going to stop here,

1583
01:33:57,717 --> 01:33:59,510
he'll go right up
to the President.

1584
01:33:59,719 --> 01:34:01,637
Go ahead, Barney.

1585
01:34:01,846 --> 01:34:03,472
One of my controllers

1586
01:34:03,681 --> 01:34:06,684
was watching a flight of troop
carriers heading for El Paso.

1587
01:34:06,892 --> 01:34:10,187
They turned northwest and
dropped off our radar screens.

1588
01:34:10,396 --> 01:34:13,190
Now, we both tried to find out
about it through channels,

1589
01:34:13,357 --> 01:34:15,151
and all we get
is the big stall.

1590
01:34:15,359 --> 01:34:17,820
There's some kind of
a secret base out there,

1591
01:34:18,029 --> 01:34:19,363
Mr. President,

1592
01:34:19,572 --> 01:34:21,449
and I think I should
have been notified of it.

1593
01:34:21,657 --> 01:34:22,700
Keep going, General.

1594
01:34:22,908 --> 01:34:24,452
Thirty more
of these transports

1595
01:34:24,660 --> 01:34:26,662
were due at this
classified place at 07:00,

1596
01:34:26,871 --> 01:34:28,205
7:00 A.M. tomorrow.

1597
01:34:28,372 --> 01:34:31,125
Now I learn it's been
moved up to 23:00 tonight.

1598
01:34:36,464 --> 01:34:40,384
General, I want all
those aircraft grounded.

1599
01:34:40,593 --> 01:34:45,139
You're to give the order
that they're to stand down.

1600
01:34:45,348 --> 01:34:48,017
You may say that's been
authorized by the President,

1601
01:34:48,225 --> 01:34:50,519
can be verified
by phoning the White House.

1602
01:34:50,728 --> 01:34:51,729
You understand that?

1603
01:34:51,937 --> 01:34:52,855
I guess I do, sir.

1604
01:34:53,064 --> 01:34:54,315
I want you available.

1605
01:34:54,523 --> 01:34:57,860
Phone in, let this office
know where you are.

1606
01:34:58,069 --> 01:34:58,944
Yes, sir.

1607
01:35:00,821 --> 01:35:04,075
The next step should be
to your liking, Chris.

1608
01:35:04,283 --> 01:35:06,243
Esther,
call the Pentagon.

1609
01:35:06,452 --> 01:35:09,246
Tell General Scott I want
to see him right away.

1610
01:35:09,455 --> 01:35:10,915
Yes, sir.

1611
01:35:11,123 --> 01:35:13,334
I think it's time we faced the
enemy, Mr. President.

1612
01:35:13,542 --> 01:35:15,169
He's not the enemy.

1613
01:35:15,378 --> 01:35:19,548
Scott, the joint chiefs,
even the very emotional,

1614
01:35:19,757 --> 01:35:22,593
very illogical,
lunatic fringe,

1615
01:35:22,802 --> 01:35:24,720
they're not the enemy.

1616
01:35:24,929 --> 01:35:28,391
The enemy is an age,
the nuclear age.

1617
01:35:28,599 --> 01:35:31,727
It happens to have killed
man's faith

1618
01:35:31,936 --> 01:35:35,898
in his ability to influence
what happens to him.

1619
01:35:36,107 --> 01:35:38,734
And out of this
comes a sickness,

1620
01:35:38,943 --> 01:35:42,738
a sickness of frustration,
a feeling of impotence,

1621
01:35:42,947 --> 01:35:44,615
helplessness, weakness.

1622
01:35:44,824 --> 01:35:47,618
And from this --
this desperation --

1623
01:35:47,827 --> 01:35:50,746
we look for a champion
in red, white, and blue.

1624
01:35:50,955 --> 01:35:52,081
Every now and then,

1625
01:35:52,289 --> 01:35:54,375
a man on a white horse
rides by,

1626
01:35:54,583 --> 01:35:58,379
and we appoint him to be our
personal God for the duration.

1627
01:35:58,587 --> 01:36:01,757
For some men,
it was a Senator McCarthy.

1628
01:36:01,966 --> 01:36:04,927
For others,
it was a General Walker.

1629
01:36:05,094 --> 01:36:07,221
Now, it's a General Scott.

1630
01:36:32,788 --> 01:36:33,998
Yes?

1631
01:36:34,206 --> 01:36:38,002
Esther: General Scott
is here, sir.

1632
01:36:38,210 --> 01:36:40,588
Send him in, please.

1633
01:36:47,261 --> 01:36:49,597
Good evening, Mr. President.

1634
01:36:49,805 --> 01:36:50,848
Sit down, General.

1635
01:36:51,056 --> 01:36:52,016
Thank you.

1636
01:37:00,608 --> 01:37:03,778
I'm glad you've decided to call
off that fishing trip.

1637
01:37:03,986 --> 01:37:05,780
Don't bother about that.

1638
01:37:09,158 --> 01:37:11,327
We don't need it tonight.

1639
01:37:11,535 --> 01:37:15,122
We aren't going to have
an alert tomorrow.

1640
01:37:15,331 --> 01:37:18,209
I beg your pardon,
Mr. President.

1641
01:37:18,417 --> 01:37:21,170
You wish
the alert canceled?

1642
01:37:21,378 --> 01:37:22,046
I do.

1643
01:37:22,254 --> 01:37:24,507
I intend to cancel it.

1644
01:37:24,715 --> 01:37:26,217
May I ask why?

1645
01:37:26,425 --> 01:37:29,053
Certain facts have come
to my attention lately.

1646
01:37:29,261 --> 01:37:31,847
I won't waste time
by detailing them all now.

1647
01:37:32,056 --> 01:37:35,142
I'll simply say that I want
your resignation tonight

1648
01:37:35,351 --> 01:37:37,353
and those
of Generals Hardesty,

1649
01:37:37,561 --> 01:37:39,647
Riley, and Diefenbach,
as well.

1650
01:37:45,694 --> 01:37:47,404
You are either joking,
Mr. President,

1651
01:37:47,613 --> 01:37:49,323
or you have taken leave
of your senses.

1652
01:37:49,532 --> 01:37:51,534
I know of no reason why
I should remove my name

1653
01:37:51,742 --> 01:37:53,410
from the active list,
voluntarily,

1654
01:37:53,577 --> 01:37:56,247
or for that matter, any
of the other joint chiefs.

1655
01:37:56,455 --> 01:37:58,541
You could give me
the reasons, General!

1656
01:37:58,749 --> 01:38:00,584
But if you want me
to itemize them,

1657
01:38:00,793 --> 01:38:02,169
I should be glad to do so.

1658
01:38:02,378 --> 01:38:03,712
Please do.

1659
01:38:03,921 --> 01:38:07,091
You abused, without my
authority, substantial sums

1660
01:38:07,299 --> 01:38:10,386
from the joint chiefs'
contingency fund

1661
01:38:10,594 --> 01:38:12,179
to establish a base,

1662
01:38:12,388 --> 01:38:14,932
to train a special unit
of troops, whose purpose,

1663
01:38:15,140 --> 01:38:17,768
and even whose existence
was kept secret from me,

1664
01:38:17,977 --> 01:38:20,729
from responsible officials of
the bureau of the budget

1665
01:38:20,938 --> 01:38:22,273
and members of the congress.

1666
01:38:22,481 --> 01:38:23,691
And the name of that unit?

1667
01:38:23,899 --> 01:38:25,776
You know the unit!

1668
01:38:25,985 --> 01:38:28,863
Its designation is ECOMCON.

1669
01:38:29,071 --> 01:38:32,074
I'm afraid your memory
fails you, Mr. President.

1670
01:38:32,283 --> 01:38:34,410
You gave me
verbal authorization

1671
01:38:34,618 --> 01:38:36,245
for the base and the unit.

1672
01:38:36,453 --> 01:38:38,789
As I recall it, we covered
quite a few items that day.

1673
01:38:38,998 --> 01:38:41,125
Perhaps you didn't pay
much attention to this.

1674
01:38:41,333 --> 01:38:44,295
I assumed you'd informed
the director of the budget.

1675
01:38:44,503 --> 01:38:46,964
What was the date
of that meeting, General?

1676
01:38:47,172 --> 01:38:48,465
I can't recall, exactly.

1677
01:38:48,632 --> 01:38:51,594
But it was right here
in this office last fall.

1678
01:38:51,802 --> 01:38:53,929
You have a record
of the date and subject?

1679
01:38:54,138 --> 01:38:56,140
Certainly, Mr. President,
in my office.

1680
01:38:56,348 --> 01:38:58,142
If you care
to make a point of it,

1681
01:38:58,350 --> 01:39:00,144
I'll drive over
to the Pentagon right now

1682
01:39:00,311 --> 01:39:01,437
and get it.

1683
01:39:01,645 --> 01:39:03,772
That won't be necessary,
General.

1684
01:39:03,981 --> 01:39:05,316
No, it won't be necessary.

1685
01:39:05,524 --> 01:39:07,735
Colonel Murdock,
my aide, is outside.

1686
01:39:07,943 --> 01:39:09,278
He sat in on the meeting.

1687
01:39:09,486 --> 01:39:11,572
He will substantiate
my memorandum

1688
01:39:11,780 --> 01:39:13,616
as to the date
and the discussion.

1689
01:39:13,824 --> 01:39:14,658
I'll ask him in.

1690
01:39:14,867 --> 01:39:17,119
That won't be necessary
either.

1691
01:39:17,328 --> 01:39:20,122
You kept a member
of the United States senate

1692
01:39:20,289 --> 01:39:22,291
forcibly detained
at this base,

1693
01:39:22,499 --> 01:39:23,959
and he will so testify.

1694
01:39:24,168 --> 01:39:25,169
And that would be?

1695
01:39:25,336 --> 01:39:27,171
That would be
Senator Raymond Clark!

1696
01:39:27,379 --> 01:39:29,131
The senior senator
from Georgia.

1697
01:39:29,340 --> 01:39:31,133
I wasn't aware
that Senator Clark

1698
01:39:31,342 --> 01:39:32,760
had ever visited the base.

1699
01:39:32,968 --> 01:39:35,346
He will also testify as to the
collusion

1700
01:39:35,554 --> 01:39:37,514
between the Commander
of the base

1701
01:39:37,723 --> 01:39:40,601
and one Senator Frederick
Prentice of California,

1702
01:39:40,809 --> 01:39:43,771
who, with yourself and
only a handful of others,

1703
01:39:43,979 --> 01:39:46,732
knew of the existence
of the base.

1704
01:39:50,986 --> 01:39:52,363
Any other charges,
Mr. President?

1705
01:39:52,571 --> 01:39:55,032
Would you like them
in chronological order?

1706
01:39:55,240 --> 01:39:58,327
The selection of a commanding
officer for a secret base

1707
01:39:58,535 --> 01:40:01,288
who was openly contemptuous
of civilian authority

1708
01:40:01,497 --> 01:40:03,374
and who has made
some statements

1709
01:40:03,582 --> 01:40:06,627
that come close to violations
of the sedition laws.

1710
01:40:06,835 --> 01:40:09,004
I never discuss politics
with my officers,

1711
01:40:09,213 --> 01:40:11,298
but I do demand
the highest competence.

1712
01:40:11,507 --> 01:40:13,676
Colonel Broderick
is an excellent officer

1713
01:40:13,884 --> 01:40:15,302
with a fine combat record.

1714
01:40:15,511 --> 01:40:17,846
And an interesting travel
record, you might add.

1715
01:40:18,055 --> 01:40:20,015
What, for example,
was he doing the other day

1716
01:40:20,224 --> 01:40:22,351
on a boat cruising around
my island at Blue Lake?

1717
01:40:22,559 --> 01:40:24,853
And don't tell me that's
a figment of my imagination

1718
01:40:25,062 --> 01:40:26,480
because I've got him
on film.

1719
01:40:26,689 --> 01:40:28,524
And what about the
kidnapping and detention

1720
01:40:28,691 --> 01:40:30,818
of Colonel William Henderson
at Dulles airport?

1721
01:40:31,026 --> 01:40:32,736
I know about that case,
Mr. President.

1722
01:40:32,945 --> 01:40:34,738
Colonel Henderson
struck an enlisted man

1723
01:40:34,947 --> 01:40:36,198
and left his post.

1724
01:40:36,407 --> 01:40:38,075
He's now being held
for disciplinary action.

1725
01:40:38,283 --> 01:40:39,994
Incommunicado, you might add,

1726
01:40:40,202 --> 01:40:42,579
so that he doesn't tell
what he knows.

1727
01:40:42,788 --> 01:40:46,375
Then there are the wagering
activities of yours, General.

1728
01:40:46,583 --> 01:40:49,211
Particularly, a betting
pool on the Preakness.

1729
01:40:49,420 --> 01:40:51,088
Oh, come now, Mr. President.

1730
01:40:51,296 --> 01:40:53,340
Or, perhaps,
more aptly classified

1731
01:40:53,549 --> 01:40:55,592
your personal
and private code.

1732
01:40:55,801 --> 01:40:58,429
It covers your plan
for the military overthrow

1733
01:40:58,637 --> 01:41:00,597
of the United States
government.

1734
01:41:00,806 --> 01:41:02,016
I presume, Mr. President,

1735
01:41:02,224 --> 01:41:04,351
you're prepared
to back up that charge?

1736
01:41:04,560 --> 01:41:08,355
I am prepared to brand you
for what you are, General.

1737
01:41:08,564 --> 01:41:12,192
A strutting egoist with
a Napoleonic power complex

1738
01:41:12,401 --> 01:41:14,403
and an out-and-out traitor.

1739
01:41:14,611 --> 01:41:18,574
I know you think
I'm a weak sister, General,

1740
01:41:18,741 --> 01:41:20,534
but when it comes
to my oath of office,

1741
01:41:20,743 --> 01:41:22,036
defending
the constitution of...

1742
01:41:22,244 --> 01:41:24,246
Nobody has to teach me
how to salute a flag.

1743
01:41:24,455 --> 01:41:26,415
Somebody has to teach you
about the Democratic processes

1744
01:41:26,623 --> 01:41:28,083
that that flag represents!

1745
01:41:28,292 --> 01:41:30,294
Don't presume to take the job
because you're not qualified.

1746
01:41:30,461 --> 01:41:32,212
Your course of action
in the past year

1747
01:41:32,421 --> 01:41:34,089
has bordered
on criminal negligence.

1748
01:41:34,298 --> 01:41:35,716
This treaty
with the Russians

1749
01:41:35,924 --> 01:41:37,926
is a violation of any
concept of security.

1750
01:41:38,135 --> 01:41:41,388
You're not a weak sister,
Mr. President.

1751
01:41:41,597 --> 01:41:44,266
You're a criminally
weak sister.

1752
01:41:44,475 --> 01:41:46,310
And if you want to talk
about your oath of office,

1753
01:41:46,518 --> 01:41:48,437
I'm here to tell you, face
to face, President Lyman,

1754
01:41:48,645 --> 01:41:49,813
that you violated
that oath

1755
01:41:50,022 --> 01:41:51,732
when you stripped this
country of its muscles,

1756
01:41:51,940 --> 01:41:54,318
when you played upon the fear
and fatigue of the people,

1757
01:41:54,526 --> 01:41:56,320
and told them they could
remove that fear

1758
01:41:56,528 --> 01:41:57,571
by the stroke of a pen.

1759
01:41:57,780 --> 01:41:59,490
When this nation
rejected you

1760
01:41:59,698 --> 01:42:01,825
and began militantly
to oppose you,

1761
01:42:02,034 --> 01:42:03,243
you violated that oath

1762
01:42:03,452 --> 01:42:06,080
by not turning this country
over to someone

1763
01:42:06,288 --> 01:42:08,457
who could represent the
people of the United States.

1764
01:42:08,665 --> 01:42:11,919
And that would be
General James Mattoon Scott,

1765
01:42:12,127 --> 01:42:14,421
wouldn't it?

1766
01:42:14,630 --> 01:42:17,007
I don't know whether to laugh
at that kind of megalomania

1767
01:42:17,174 --> 01:42:18,300
or simply cry.

1768
01:42:18,509 --> 01:42:20,010
James Mattoon Scott,
as you put it,

1769
01:42:20,219 --> 01:42:22,596
hasn't the slightest interest
in his own glorification,

1770
01:42:22,805 --> 01:42:24,348
but he does have
an abiding concern

1771
01:42:24,556 --> 01:42:26,308
about the survival
of this country.

1772
01:42:26,517 --> 01:42:28,268
Then, by God,
run for office!

1773
01:42:28,477 --> 01:42:30,521
You have such a fervent,
passionate,

1774
01:42:30,729 --> 01:42:33,148
Evangelical affection
for your country.

1775
01:42:33,357 --> 01:42:34,983
Why, in the name of God,
don't you have any faith

1776
01:42:35,192 --> 01:42:36,151
in the system
of government

1777
01:42:36,360 --> 01:42:37,528
you're so hellbent
to protect?!

1778
01:42:37,736 --> 01:42:39,655
You say I've duped
the people, General,

1779
01:42:39,863 --> 01:42:41,657
I've bilked them,
I've misled them,

1780
01:42:41,865 --> 01:42:44,368
I've stripped them naked
and made them defenseless.

1781
01:42:44,576 --> 01:42:46,620
You accuse me
of having lost their faith,

1782
01:42:46,829 --> 01:42:48,831
deliberately and criminally
shut my ears

1783
01:42:49,039 --> 01:42:50,165
to the national voice?

1784
01:42:50,374 --> 01:42:51,792
I do.

1785
01:42:52,000 --> 01:42:56,630
Where the hell have you heard
that voice, General?

1786
01:42:56,839 --> 01:42:58,382
In freight elevators,
in dark alleys,

1787
01:42:58,590 --> 01:43:00,342
in secret places
in the dead of night?

1788
01:43:00,509 --> 01:43:03,178
How did that voice seep
into a room of conspirators?

1789
01:43:03,387 --> 01:43:06,223
That's not where you hear the
voice of the people, General,

1790
01:43:06,431 --> 01:43:07,808
not in this Republic.

1791
01:43:08,016 --> 01:43:10,185
You want to defend
the United States of America?

1792
01:43:10,394 --> 01:43:12,855
Then defend it with the tools
it supplies you with --

1793
01:43:13,063 --> 01:43:14,481
its constitution.

1794
01:43:14,690 --> 01:43:16,358
You ask for a mandate, General,
from a ballot box.

1795
01:43:16,567 --> 01:43:18,152
You don't steal it
after midnight

1796
01:43:18,360 --> 01:43:20,320
when the country
has its back turned.

1797
01:43:20,529 --> 01:43:23,407
Are you serious,
Mr. President?

1798
01:43:23,615 --> 01:43:26,410
Are you honest to God
serious?

1799
01:43:26,618 --> 01:43:28,162
Well, I could...

1800
01:43:28,370 --> 01:43:29,997
I could walk out of here tonight

1801
01:43:30,205 --> 01:43:32,875
and offer myself as candidate
for the office of presidency.

1802
01:43:33,083 --> 01:43:35,377
And by tomorrow morning,
I'd be sitting at that desk

1803
01:43:35,544 --> 01:43:37,880
with precisely the mandate
you hold so dear.

1804
01:43:38,088 --> 01:43:41,216
You know it, I know it,
and this country knows it.

1805
01:43:41,425 --> 01:43:44,428
So don't tell me I'd have seized
an office without support.

1806
01:43:44,636 --> 01:43:46,763
If you really had the guts
to call for a show of hands,

1807
01:43:46,972 --> 01:43:48,891
you'd be on an airplane
right now back to Ohio.

1808
01:43:49,099 --> 01:43:50,851
You can get your show
of hands, General.

1809
01:43:51,059 --> 01:43:52,102
Just wait a year and nine months

1810
01:43:52,269 --> 01:43:53,562
for something
called "election."

1811
01:43:53,770 --> 01:43:55,272
A year and nine months
from now

1812
01:43:55,480 --> 01:43:57,399
I don't think they'll be
an electorate,

1813
01:43:57,608 --> 01:43:58,859
let alone an election.

1814
01:43:59,067 --> 01:44:00,777
I think we'll be sitting
in our own rubble.

1815
01:44:00,986 --> 01:44:02,446
A minimum of 100 million dead.

1816
01:44:02,654 --> 01:44:05,741
And on the gravestone
we can carve,

1817
01:44:05,949 --> 01:44:10,037
"they died for Jordan Lyman's
concept of peace."

1818
01:44:10,245 --> 01:44:13,540
General...

1819
01:44:25,177 --> 01:44:27,930
General,
did it ever occur to you

1820
01:44:28,138 --> 01:44:31,767
that if you took over
this government by force,

1821
01:44:31,975 --> 01:44:35,646
you wouldn't have to wait
a year and nine months

1822
01:44:35,854 --> 01:44:37,231
for the funeral?

1823
01:44:37,439 --> 01:44:40,817
If the Soviet Union saw our
government being taken over

1824
01:44:41,026 --> 01:44:42,611
by a military dictatorship,

1825
01:44:42,819 --> 01:44:45,489
how long do you suppose
it would take them

1826
01:44:45,656 --> 01:44:46,907
to break the treaty?

1827
01:44:47,115 --> 01:44:48,659
Possibly even attack us?

1828
01:44:48,867 --> 01:44:53,830
I think perhaps a question
of days, perhaps hours...

1829
01:44:53,997 --> 01:44:55,624
Certainly weeks.

1830
01:44:55,832 --> 01:44:59,169
I want your resignation,
General.

1831
01:44:59,378 --> 01:45:03,006
I want it tonight. I'm expecting
it.

1832
01:45:03,215 --> 01:45:04,800
Along with the other members
of the joint chiefs

1833
01:45:05,008 --> 01:45:06,176
who are involved
in this retreat.

1834
01:45:06,385 --> 01:45:08,804
I'll tell you,
quite unequivocally,

1835
01:45:08,971 --> 01:45:12,474
I'll not tell the reason
for your resignation.

1836
01:45:12,683 --> 01:45:15,018
If that were ever
made public,

1837
01:45:15,227 --> 01:45:18,146
this country
would go down the drain.

1838
01:45:18,355 --> 01:45:20,148
Will you resign, General?

1839
01:45:20,357 --> 01:45:21,525
I will not resign.

1840
01:45:21,733 --> 01:45:23,860
I can demand
your resignation,

1841
01:45:24,027 --> 01:45:25,279
as you well know.

1842
01:45:25,487 --> 01:45:26,655
Demand and be damned,

1843
01:45:26,863 --> 01:45:28,657
I will not
resign voluntarily,

1844
01:45:28,865 --> 01:45:30,325
nor will any of the others,

1845
01:45:30,534 --> 01:45:33,662
but what I will do is take
this issue to the people.

1846
01:45:33,870 --> 01:45:36,957
We'll see which one the
United States will follow.

1847
01:45:43,922 --> 01:45:49,803
Anything else...
Mr. President?

1848
01:45:53,307 --> 01:45:58,395
General...I've called
a press conference for tomorrow.

1849
01:45:58,603 --> 01:46:04,067
I'll announce that I've asked
for all of your resignations.

1850
01:46:04,276 --> 01:46:06,486
I'll use as a reason...

1851
01:46:16,121 --> 01:46:18,332
Our differences over the treaty.

1852
01:46:18,540 --> 01:46:22,085
Without proof, you couldn't
possibly say otherwise.

1853
01:46:22,294 --> 01:46:24,046
You simply wouldn't dare.

1854
01:46:24,254 --> 01:46:25,630
I'm going to fight you.

1855
01:47:22,729 --> 01:47:24,314
I'm sorry, Jiggs.

1856
01:47:24,523 --> 01:47:27,484
Return them
to Miss Holbrook.

1857
01:48:01,893 --> 01:48:05,647
This will be delivered at 9:00
tonight on all major networks.

1858
01:48:05,814 --> 01:48:07,524
I'll be taping it in one hour.

1859
01:48:07,732 --> 01:48:09,693
This is strong stuff,
General.

1860
01:48:09,901 --> 01:48:10,694
Are you sure --

1861
01:48:10,861 --> 01:48:12,279
thank you, General.

1862
01:48:12,487 --> 01:48:15,949
You're sure he won't use
this press conference

1863
01:48:16,158 --> 01:48:17,868
to make any accusations?

1864
01:48:18,076 --> 01:48:20,662
He will use
this press conference

1865
01:48:20,829 --> 01:48:24,708
to support a position
that is totally indefensible.

1866
01:48:24,916 --> 01:48:27,627
General,
he accuses us of sedition

1867
01:48:27,836 --> 01:48:30,380
whether he has the proof
or not,

1868
01:48:30,589 --> 01:48:33,842
which could be
a pretty sticky business.

1869
01:48:34,050 --> 01:48:35,469
Jordan Lyman is finished...

1870
01:48:35,677 --> 01:48:37,721
No matter what he says
during his press conference,

1871
01:48:37,929 --> 01:48:39,222
no matter what he does after.

1872
01:48:39,431 --> 01:48:41,391
An educated guess would be
that within a week

1873
01:48:41,600 --> 01:48:43,685
there will be a move
for his impeachment.

1874
01:48:43,894 --> 01:48:45,228
That's it, gentlemen.

1875
01:48:45,437 --> 01:48:48,315
You're welcome to stay here
and watch on television.

1876
01:48:48,523 --> 01:48:49,900
I'll be at the studio.

1877
01:48:50,108 --> 01:48:53,153
Colonel Murdock will be in touch
with me if I'm needed.

1878
01:48:53,361 --> 01:48:54,154
Good day.

1879
01:49:03,038 --> 01:49:05,373
Stay tuned
for the Preakness...

1880
01:49:05,582 --> 01:49:08,210
Stay tuned
for a special broadcast...

1881
01:49:08,418 --> 01:49:11,922
The President next on
the ABC television network.

1882
01:49:12,130 --> 01:49:14,549
Announcer:
Ladies and gentlemen,

1883
01:49:14,758 --> 01:49:17,636
the President
of the United States.

1884
01:49:25,477 --> 01:49:28,063
All right, gentlemen,
let's begin.

1885
01:49:28,271 --> 01:49:29,439
Mr. President...

1886
01:49:29,648 --> 01:49:31,608
The Gallup Poll
of last week

1887
01:49:31,816 --> 01:49:34,361
indicated what appears to be
a very universal rejection

1888
01:49:34,569 --> 01:49:36,238
of your entire
political philosophy.

1889
01:49:36,446 --> 01:49:38,740
Namely, sir, the nuclear
treaty with the Soviets.

1890
01:49:38,949 --> 01:49:40,742
Would you care
to comment on that?

1891
01:49:40,909 --> 01:49:43,286
Insofar as the treaty
is concerned,

1892
01:49:43,495 --> 01:49:46,289
my reasons for asking
that it be ratified

1893
01:49:46,498 --> 01:49:48,291
have been stated and restated.

1894
01:49:48,500 --> 01:49:51,461
We have reached a point
on this earth...

1895
01:49:57,217 --> 01:50:00,053
Excuse me just a moment,
gentlemen.

1896
01:50:07,060 --> 01:50:08,937
Jordy, you better talk
to this fellow.

1897
01:50:09,145 --> 01:50:10,814
Mr. President,
this is Henry Whitney

1898
01:50:10,981 --> 01:50:12,148
from our embassy in Madrid.

1899
01:50:12,357 --> 01:50:13,316
He brought this.

1900
01:50:22,117 --> 01:50:23,326
Mr. President,

1901
01:50:23,535 --> 01:50:25,495
I'm the only one
who's read that paper.

1902
01:50:25,704 --> 01:50:27,080
Nobody knows I'm here.

1903
01:50:27,289 --> 01:50:30,166
Chris, delay the press
conference for half an hour.

1904
01:50:30,375 --> 01:50:32,586
You are never to disclose
or even hint

1905
01:50:32,794 --> 01:50:35,297
at the existence of
this paper, Mr. Whitney.

1906
01:50:35,505 --> 01:50:37,340
I emphasize
the word "never."

1907
01:50:37,549 --> 01:50:39,009
Ray,
have this photostatted.

1908
01:50:39,217 --> 01:50:40,510
Thank you, Mr. Whitney.

1909
01:50:40,719 --> 01:50:42,804
Colonel Casey, see that
Scott and the others

1910
01:50:43,013 --> 01:50:44,097
get copies right away.

1911
01:50:44,306 --> 01:50:44,931
Yes, sir.

1912
01:51:05,285 --> 01:51:08,997
That's a signed statement
from Admiral Barnswell.

1913
01:51:11,916 --> 01:51:13,877
You're a night crawler,
Colonel.

1914
01:51:14,085 --> 01:51:16,004
A peddler.
You sell information.

1915
01:51:16,212 --> 01:51:18,340
Are you sufficiently up
on your Bible

1916
01:51:18,548 --> 01:51:19,841
to know who Judas was?

1917
01:51:22,344 --> 01:51:24,471
I suggest you read
that letter, sir.

1918
01:51:24,679 --> 01:51:26,139
It's from the President.

1919
01:51:26,348 --> 01:51:28,183
I asked you a question!

1920
01:51:30,310 --> 01:51:31,978
Are you ordering me
to answer, sir?

1921
01:51:32,187 --> 01:51:33,521
I am!

1922
01:51:36,274 --> 01:51:38,360
Yes, I know who Judas was.

1923
01:51:39,694 --> 01:51:42,155
He was a man I worked for
and admired

1924
01:51:42,364 --> 01:51:45,367
until he disgraced the
four stars on his uniform.

1925
01:51:55,043 --> 01:51:57,003
Mr. President,
for the past 48 hours,

1926
01:51:57,212 --> 01:51:59,089
there's been
considerable scuttlebutt

1927
01:51:59,297 --> 01:52:01,383
concerning the joint
chiefs of staff.

1928
01:52:01,591 --> 01:52:03,218
There have been rumors

1929
01:52:03,426 --> 01:52:07,222
that there's to be some
kind of mass resignation.

1930
01:52:07,430 --> 01:52:10,225
Would you care to comment
on that, sir?

1931
01:52:10,433 --> 01:52:11,935
I'll answer that,

1932
01:52:12,143 --> 01:52:15,397
but I'd like to preface
with a few other comments.

1933
01:52:15,605 --> 01:52:20,694
In a democracy, once
the President and the Senate,

1934
01:52:20,902 --> 01:52:25,407
as responsible authorities,
make a decision

1935
01:52:25,615 --> 01:52:28,451
then debate an opposition
among the military,

1936
01:52:28,660 --> 01:52:32,247
who, as you know, have opposed
this treaty from the outset,

1937
01:52:32,455 --> 01:52:33,623
must come to an end.

1938
01:52:33,832 --> 01:52:35,375
This is the way in war.

1939
01:52:35,583 --> 01:52:37,919
So it also must be
in the councils of government

1940
01:52:38,128 --> 01:52:39,087
here in Washington.

1941
01:52:39,295 --> 01:52:41,089
I have had no choice

1942
01:52:41,297 --> 01:52:46,094
but to ask for the resignation
of General James Scott.

1943
01:52:46,302 --> 01:52:49,889
At the same time, I have asked
for

1944
01:52:50,098 --> 01:52:52,934
the resignations
of three other officers,

1945
01:52:53,143 --> 01:52:55,812
General Hardesty,
General Diefenbach --

1946
01:52:56,020 --> 01:52:58,940
the chiefs of staff
of the Air Force and Army --

1947
01:52:59,149 --> 01:53:02,736
and General Riley,
Commandant of the Marine Corps.

1948
01:53:02,944 --> 01:53:03,778
Yeah?

1949
01:53:03,987 --> 01:53:06,781
Yes, I've already heard.

1950
01:53:06,990 --> 01:53:08,783
He told me so.

1951
01:53:08,992 --> 01:53:11,578
Woman:...Solely because
of the difference...

1952
01:53:11,786 --> 01:53:13,288
General,
I'll be right out.

1953
01:53:13,496 --> 01:53:14,998
Difference of opinion

1954
01:53:15,206 --> 01:53:19,419
regarding our nuclear pact
with the Soviet Union.

1955
01:53:19,627 --> 01:53:21,087
That's correct.

1956
01:53:21,296 --> 01:53:22,922
Jim, all hell's
broken loose.

1957
01:53:23,131 --> 01:53:25,133
General, he's asked them
to resign --

1958
01:53:25,341 --> 01:53:27,510
Hardesty, Diefenbach,
Riley, and yourself.

1959
01:53:27,719 --> 01:53:30,096
Riley called here.
He tried to reach you.

1960
01:53:30,305 --> 01:53:32,640
Lyman got a hold of Farley
Barnswell's statement.

1961
01:53:32,807 --> 01:53:35,268
It implicated all of us.
Names, dates, the works.

1962
01:53:35,477 --> 01:53:37,020
Jim, what are we
going to do?

1963
01:53:37,228 --> 01:53:39,189
When do we tape? You got
my speech, didn't you?

1964
01:53:39,397 --> 01:53:41,649
Yes, but when this thing
came out a few minutes ago,

1965
01:53:41,858 --> 01:53:43,985
I had five network Vice
Presidents on the phone.

1966
01:53:44,194 --> 01:53:45,653
Do I get on the air
or don't I?

1967
01:53:45,862 --> 01:53:47,489
We've gone along
with you on this,

1968
01:53:47,697 --> 01:53:49,699
but for God's sake,
we're in jeopardy now.

1969
01:53:49,908 --> 01:53:52,285
The last thing on God's
earth we want is publicity!

1970
01:53:52,494 --> 01:53:53,369
Shut up, Prentice!

1971
01:53:53,578 --> 01:53:54,704
Harold?

1972
01:53:54,913 --> 01:53:57,540
General,
it's out of my hands now.

1973
01:53:57,749 --> 01:54:00,543
What are
you going to do, Jim?

1974
01:54:00,752 --> 01:54:03,004
I'm going to cut in on
those television networks.

1975
01:54:03,213 --> 01:54:05,006
But he's asked for all
of your resignations.

1976
01:54:05,215 --> 01:54:06,508
He won't get them.

1977
01:54:06,716 --> 01:54:09,469
He'll find that Diefenbach,
Riley, and Hardesty

1978
01:54:09,677 --> 01:54:12,680
are made of sterner stuff
than present company.

1979
01:54:12,847 --> 01:54:15,016
Man: ...With reference
to the Soviet treaty.

1980
01:54:15,225 --> 01:54:18,019
I can comment
on that to this extent --

1981
01:54:18,228 --> 01:54:21,189
Americans, traditionally
and historically,

1982
01:54:21,397 --> 01:54:23,399
have given vent to their views.

1983
01:54:23,608 --> 01:54:27,695
On the day that this government
does anything arbitrarily

1984
01:54:27,862 --> 01:54:30,740
to stifle those views,
it will have to change form.

1985
01:54:30,949 --> 01:54:32,867
It will cease to be
a democracy.

1986
01:54:33,076 --> 01:54:36,579
And I can state, quite frankly,
that this day will not come.

1987
01:54:43,628 --> 01:54:49,509
Gentlemen, the papers just
handed me are the resignations

1988
01:54:49,717 --> 01:54:53,388
of Generals Hardesty, Riley,
and Diefenbach.

1989
01:54:53,596 --> 01:54:55,849
I'll repeat that, gentlemen.

1990
01:54:56,057 --> 01:54:57,600
These three officers

1991
01:54:57,809 --> 01:55:00,728
have just officially
tendered their resignations.

1992
01:55:00,937 --> 01:55:04,774
Their statements will be made
public after this conference.

1993
01:55:04,983 --> 01:55:07,944
Before we have
any further questions,

1994
01:55:08,152 --> 01:55:10,238
may I insert these comments?

1995
01:55:10,446 --> 01:55:11,948
The point of this treaty,

1996
01:55:12,156 --> 01:55:15,201
and I've reiterated this on a
number of occasions,

1997
01:55:15,410 --> 01:55:18,872
is that in every true sense,
we force ourselves gradually

1998
01:55:19,080 --> 01:55:21,583
to step away
from an offensive posture.

1999
01:55:21,791 --> 01:55:23,626
We gradually move away from...

2000
01:55:23,835 --> 01:55:25,253
I'm sorry, sir.

2001
01:55:25,461 --> 01:55:26,796
Where to, sir?

2002
01:55:27,005 --> 01:55:29,299
...by accident or design,

2003
01:55:29,507 --> 01:55:32,969
someone would push
that button --

2004
01:55:33,177 --> 01:55:35,305
sir?

2005
01:55:39,601 --> 01:55:42,103
Take me home.

2006
01:55:42,312 --> 01:55:44,981
...and they must be
responded to

2007
01:55:45,189 --> 01:55:46,816
in the manner that...

2008
01:55:47,025 --> 01:55:50,445
Your General's just
been shot down, Jiggs.

2009
01:55:50,653 --> 01:55:52,322
Yeah.

2010
01:55:52,530 --> 01:55:56,159
I have had
to request the resignations...

2011
01:55:56,326 --> 01:55:58,620
Are those the bullets?

2012
01:55:58,828 --> 01:56:01,122
They might have been.

2013
01:56:01,289 --> 01:56:02,916
They weren't.

2014
01:56:07,253 --> 01:56:08,630
Ellie?

2015
01:56:08,838 --> 01:56:09,797
Yes?

2016
01:56:10,006 --> 01:56:13,426
Another rain check?

2017
01:56:13,635 --> 01:56:16,179
...the test of the action is,
is it right?

2018
01:56:16,346 --> 01:56:19,140
Tuck it somewhere safe
where you won't forget.

2019
01:56:19,349 --> 01:56:21,851
...to do it
because it is what you must.

2020
01:56:22,060 --> 01:56:26,272
There's been abroad
in this land in recent months

2021
01:56:26,481 --> 01:56:30,693
a whisper that we have somehow
lost our greatness,

2022
01:56:30,902 --> 01:56:35,490
that we do not have the
strength to win, without war,

2023
01:56:35,698 --> 01:56:38,618
the struggles for liberty
throughout the world.

2024
01:56:38,826 --> 01:56:41,829
This is slander.

2025
01:56:42,038 --> 01:56:44,123
Because our country is strong,

2026
01:56:44,332 --> 01:56:46,960
strong enough
to be a peacemaker.

2027
01:56:47,168 --> 01:56:50,964
It is proud, proud enough
to be patient.

2028
01:56:51,172 --> 01:56:53,341
The whisperers
and the detractors,

2029
01:56:53,549 --> 01:56:55,176
the violent men, are wrong.

2030
01:56:55,385 --> 01:57:00,014
We remain strong and proud,
peaceful and patient.

2031
01:57:00,223 --> 01:57:04,060
And we will see a day
when on this earth

2032
01:57:04,268 --> 01:57:09,148
all men will walk out
of the long tunnels of tyranny

2033
01:57:09,357 --> 01:57:14,291
into the bright sunshine
of freedom.

2034
01:57:18,199 --> 01:57:20,576
Announcer:
Ladies and gentlemen,

2035
01:57:20,785 --> 01:57:23,579
that was the President
of the United States.

2036
01:57:23,788 --> 01:57:27,000
Captions by Vitac --
Burbank, Pittsburgh, Washington

2037
01:57:27,208 --> 01:57:30,962
Captions paid for by
Warner Bros. Inc.