Executive Action Page #4

He doesn't know he's being handled?

No.

That's being taken care of by someone

who's known him for years.

- Heard anything from the old man?

- Not yet.

Go ahead without him?

Difficult to say. Very difficult.

In the meantime, we'll push on and hope

that Kennedy makes up his mind for us.

Just a little water.

I still have a dream.

It is a dream deeply rooted

in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day...

...this nation will rise up...

...live out the true meaning

of its creed:

We hold these truths

to be self-evident...

...that all men are created equal.

I have a dream...

...that my four little children

will one day live in a nation...

...where they will not be judged

by the color of their skin...

...but by the content

of their character.

I have a dream today.

Orders from God?

What the hell would they be sending us

to Montana for?

Help fight American imperialism.

Join the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.

I know you, dirty bastard.

You spy for Castro.

You came to our office

of Cuban Students in Exile.

Took some material.

And here you are handing out this crap.

Why don't you go to Cuba

and stay there?

Take him away now.

A full-scale nuclear exchange...

...lasting less than 60 minutes...

...with the weapons

now in existence...

...could wipe out

more than 300 million Americans...

...Europeans and Russians...

...as well as untold millions elsewhere.

That's why I support

the test-ban treaty.

Not because we're going to be easier

in our lives...

...but because we have a chance

to avoid being burned.

The reason that I'm worried

about this treaty...

...is because I believe

that this treaty...

...is a step away from safety...

...possibly a step toward war.

A pact, hailed by a hopeful majority

as signaling peace in our time...

...actually turns out to be a first step

on the path to disaster.

This treaty is not the millennium...

...but it is an important first step.

A step towards peace.

Let history record that we,

in this land...

...at this time, took the first step.

Man's creating

the perfect climate for his death.

They sometimes do, you know.

Caesar did.

In that event, what do you hear

from our elderly Brutus?

Ferguson says in effect,

"Don't call me, I'll call you. "

- How's yours stand-in for Brutus doing?

- Oh, he's doing fine.

Heading up a Fair Play for Cuba

Committee that doesn't exist.

Writing letters to the Communist Party

in New York.

And after that street brawl...

...he demanded that an FBl man

come down to see him.

When will he be in Dallas?

Between the 3rd and 5th of October.

His wife's there now,

living outside of the city with a friend.

Well, why wait so long?

Well, he wants to go to Mexico City

to try to get a visa to go to Cuba.

- Was that your idea?

- No.

But there's no way to stop him without

making him angry with our connection.

I don't see any harm in it, do you?

The man's a genius.

He'll have the FBl watching the CIA

and the CIA watching the Bureau.

Before he's through,

nobody will know whose man he is.

Meanwhile, I'll schedule

two live target rehearsals.

- One for each team.

- Good.

And one more thing, Robert.

When this operation is finished,

it's my last.

Why, of course.

We all have our failures of nerve.

If we didn't,

none of us would be worth a damn.

- George, in one, you shaded him a bit.

- Yeah, I know.

I only printed up the hits.

None of them were really far off.

Look at that. Right on target.

Beautiful.

- Front angle shot's wide open.

- It's gonna work.

Sure it is.

Okay. Now, we're supposed to be

on the road before 9. Destroy these.

Tim, show them the pros and cons

of that motorcade.

The most direct route

from Love Field...

...to the Trade Mart,

where the lunch will be...

...is either

by Stemmons Freeway here...

...or Harry Hines Boulevard,

which is here.

To get to the biggest crowds,

however...

...the best route would be straight down

to Main Street...

...down Main Street

and through Dealey Plaza.

Where did you say

you placed your sponsor?

Texas School Book Depository.

Elm and Houston.

- I went to work there yesterday.

- Here's the depository.

In order for the motorcade to pass it,

they'd have to make a jog.

Right on Houston Street

and left on Elm here...

...and then through the underpass

to Stemmons Freeway.

Isn't that a long way around

to nowhere?

It's the perfect place

for triangulated gunfire.

A man in the records building here.

Another man in the depository.

A third man here on the grassy knoll

where he has excellent cover.

They'll have to slow down

to 10 to 12 miles an hour...

...to make this turnoff.

And when they've reached this point,

they've walked right into the trap.

And there's no way

they can get out of it.

If that's where you want the parade

to go, why, that's where it will go.

I can think of

a dozen arguments now...

...and a dozen people

who'll listen to them.

But let me handle it.

Where will you start, in Washington?

President's there

to please people, isn't he?

Businessmen, bankers,

merchants, so forth.

They do the deciding

on where he goes.

When it comes to those fellas, I know

where the bear sits in the buckwheat.

Dealey Plaza. I'll guarantee it.

That leaves us with just one problem.

Ferguson's got to be convinced

in the next week or two.

Tonight, the news from Saigon

is grim indeed as riots sweep the city...

...and the government

of courageous President Diem...

...hangs in the balance.

Radical students and Buddhist activists

are demonstrating in the streets...

...while government troops

battle desperately to subdue them.

In protest, another Buddhist monk

has burned himself to death.

And what is our president doing

to support Diem?

This from Washington:

Is there any speedup

in the withdrawal from Vietnam?

You know, when Secretary McNamara

and General Taylor came back...

...they announced that we would expect

to withdraw thousands of men...

...from South Vietnam

before the end of the year.

Reliable sources inform us...

...that Kennedy plans to withdraw

all United States forces...

...from Southeast Asia in 1965.

A vital region which will inevitably

fall to the Communists...

...should our president's

suicidal no-win policy prevail.

Yes, Robert, I can see your point.

I'm in complete agreement.

By all means, go ahead.

Page 499, verse 10.

Job.

"He shall return no more

to his house...

...neither shall his place

know him anymore. "

- Chris.

- What?

Open up for a minute.

Jesus, I got somebody in here.

Okay, you come out here.

It'll only take a minute.

I'll be back in a minute.

- What?

- Close the door.

You got something, huh?

It's our job.

For sure?

- Start packing. Tell the boys.

- Right.

We picked up this film

in New Orleans.

It's a TV interview

after he got in that hassle...

...passing out the pro-Castro leaflets.

No matter what you say, Jim...

...the point of it is

you must be remembered.

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