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You [president Kennedy] Have Made Some Pretty Strong Statements About Their Being Defensive And That We Would Take Action Against Offensive Weapons. I Think That A Blockade And Political Talk Would Be Considered By A Lot Of Our Friends And Neutrals As Being A Pretty Weak Response To This [the Cuban Missile Crisis]. And I'm Sure A Lot Of Our Own Citizens Would Feel That Way Too. In Other Words, You're In A Pretty Bad Fix At The Present Time.

I'd Like To See A More Aggressive Attitude On The Part Of The United States. That Doesn't Mean Launching An Immediate Preventive War.

My Solution To The Problem Would Be To Tell The North Vietnamese Communists Frankly That They've Got To Drawn In Their Horns And Stop Their Aggression Or We're Going To Bomb Them Into The Stone Age.

Sometime In The Future - 25, 50, 75 Years Hence - What Will The Situation Be Like Then? By That Time The Chinese Will Have The Capability Of Delivery Too.

I Don't Want To Hear Of Any Of You Men Getting Into Any Fights With The British. But If You Do, You'd Better Not Get Whipped.