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...McNamara: Mr. President, we need to develop a specific strike plan. The second thing is to consider the consequences. I don't know quite what kind of world we live in after we've struck Cuba, and we've started...
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara: Direct military action will lead to a Soviet military response of some type, someplace in the world...
...McNamara: What do we mean exactly? That they take it with Soviet troops...
...McNamara: At the moment, I lean to the blockade because I think it reduces the very serious risk of large-scale military action...
...McNamara: My real objection to it is that it kills several hundred Russians...