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- [thunder rumbling]
- [waves crashing]
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[dramatic music plays]
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[Shultz] Mr. President?
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Mr. President.
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Mr. President.
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I failed.
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I offered him
the deal of the century,
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of human history,
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and he's walking away
over one word, a single word.
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Never should've trusted him.
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Sir, the car is here,
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ready to take him
to the airport,
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but it's not over, not yet.
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It's over.
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The whole world living on hope.
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Press will know by tonight.
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Sir, when you recruited me,
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you told me
we could make a difference.
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You told me we could
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make America safer
than when we found her.
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It's over.
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[thunder rumbling]
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Ask him to come to Washington.
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For what? More talk
that leads to nothing?
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Maybe this place is haunted.
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Ask him anyway, sir.
Please, in spite of it all.
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We have maybe a minute left
until he comes out that door,
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gets in that car,
and he is gone.
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Do not let what happened
in that house, in that room,
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over the last 30 hours
destroy our entire future.
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[wind howling]
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[solemn music plays]
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[bright orchestral music plays]
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[agent on radio] All teams,
Rawhide has arrived.
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[helicopter rotor thrumming]
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[agent on radio]
He stays with the football.
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- Establish position.
- The Brits gave it up.
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Pictures falling off the walls
in the night,
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the ambassador's wife
refused to stay.
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They sold it back
to the Icelandic government.
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Let me get this straight,
George,
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of all the places on earth
you could pick for a meeting
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about the fate
of the human race,
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you picked a haunted house
in Iceland?
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Not me, sir. Secret Service.
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Perfect for security.
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Nothing around but lava rock
and the North Atlantic.
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Total isolation.
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"Total isolation."
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Can't blame Nancy
for staying home.
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But I am blaming you.
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[Shultz] Yes, sir.
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Ready to begin?
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[agent on radio]
Copy. All clear.
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Hello, how are you?
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- Good to see you.
- Mr. President.
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- Good to see you.
- Welcome, sir.
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- This is George Shultz.
- Hello, sir.
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[staff 1]
Should be in the same area.
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We'll share this top floor,
Soviets are down the hall,
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and here is
our conference room.
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- [staff 1] Any update?
- [indistinct chatter]
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Tight quarters.
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I'm surprised you didn't
shove me in the basement.
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You'll be pleased to know, sir,
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that the basement,
in the spirit of this summit--
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It's not a summit.
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We've been having summits
for 40 years.
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Nothing changes.
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Actions speak louder
than words.
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If this guy Gorbachev
wants to bluster and bullshit,
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then... [sniffs]
...we'll just walk.
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Call it a meeting.
And no press.
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Sir, we can say no press,
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but the leaders
of the two superpowers,
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with 70,000 nuclear-tipped
ICBMs, IRBMs,
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air-launched cruise missiles,
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not to mention,
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five million
active duty conventional troops
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at their fingertips,
are having a... meeting.
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Mr. President,
whatever we call it,
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we have two days.
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Perhaps you'd like to glance
at the briefing binders?
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What, the basement...
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You were saying,
what's in the basement?
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That where you keep the ghosts?
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Well, in a manner
of speaking, sir.
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The CIA.
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Ah, of course.
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- And the KGB.
- Together?
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Oh, well, that's got to set
a world record for awkward.
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Or cooperation?
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Have you met the CIA and KGB?
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George, where's our team?
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Yes, sir.
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[indistinct chatter]
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Let's be quick, gentlemen.
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Max Kampelman.
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Paul Nitze.
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Richard Perle.
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And Ken Adelman.
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The entire State Department,
entire federal government,
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at your disposal and you could
only find Democrats?
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I'm actually a Republican, sir.
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Well, that makes two of us.
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[chuckling]
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I'm glad you're all here.
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I-I know you gave up time
at home
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for a weekend in a house
in Iceland.
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But, hey,
I hear there are ghosts,
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so it should be fun.
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Let's talk about
how we open this thing.
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We've agreed to begin
with formal statements, sir.
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This is our basic boilerplate,
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plus a few other ideas.
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Uh-huh.
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I'm going to move up
the human rights stuff.
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I strongly suggest we don't
poke the bear first thing, sir.
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You read the briefing binders?
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The Russians are focused
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on the Strategic Defense
Initiative.
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Think it violates
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the Anti-Ballistic
Missile treaty.
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When, in reality,
SDI does nothing of the kind
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and they're violating
the ABM already
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with the radar installation
at Krasnoyarsk.
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Being underestimated
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is a tactical advantage, gentlemen.
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Let's not make
that same mistake
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with the new secretary-general.
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Gorbachev is relatively young
for a Sov--
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Considering the last three died
before I could even meet them,
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I guess he must be.
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Well, he acted for a while
in high school,
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- then some in college.
- No kidding?
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Not film like you,
just stage plays.
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Explains his bombastic
speeches.
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All those big hand movements.
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At least you have something
in common, sir.
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Yes, except for the fact
that we disagree
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about free enterprise,
freedom of speech,
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and freedom of just about
any kind.
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[clears throat]
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Gentlemen,
can you trust an enemy?
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Since the founding
of the Soviet Union,
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they have concentrated
their foreign policy
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on the, uh, coercion
of other nations.
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And no nation,
not a single one,
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that has become communist
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has ever turned back
to democracy.
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And because of that,
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we face an enemy
that is ever-growing,
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an octopus stretching tentacles
into even our own hemisphere.
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Some of you,
except for this former Marine,
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are too young to remember
the Second World War.
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I am not.
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A system,
no matter fascist or communist,
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that subjugates every citizen,
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denying them
not just basic rights,
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but their God-given free will,
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is a threat
not just to one nation,
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but eventually to all nations.
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So we have rebuilt
our military,
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we have moved our Pershing
missiles into Germany
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in defense of our NATO allies,
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we have funded those committed
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to the cause
of democracy and freedom
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throughout the world,
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and, now, finally,
we have begun scientific work
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on a missile shield to protect
the American people.
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[chuckles]
We have done all this,
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even though I have been called
a warmonger
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by The New York Times
and even some of our allies,
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even though
the atomic scientists
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have the Doomsday Clock down to
five minutes 'til annihilation,
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we have done all this...
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because I believed
it would drive the Soviets
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to the negotiating table.
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But...
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if we fail, if I fail...
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well, then I will be
just a warmonger.
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I will have endangered
the American people.
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Which is the absolute opposite
of our goal.
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We must find out
if we can trust this Gorbachev,
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if we can make a deal with him,
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if I can shake his hand
at the end of all this as the...
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photographers click and flash.
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- [wind whistling]
- [dramatic music plays]
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[ship horn blowing]
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[indistinct announcement
in Russian]
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If the capitalist press
finds out
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you brought so many clothes,
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they will confuse you
with Nancy Reagan.
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Oh...
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That doesn't look
like Karl Marx.
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"A nuclear war can never be won
and must never be fought."
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Who?
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A quote from the leader
of our main enemy
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when he addressed the Japanese
parliament three years ago.
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Don't get your hopes up, Miliy.
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It looked promising before,
in Geneva, and it fell apart.
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"The production
of too many useful things
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results in too many
useless people."
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Karl Marx never had to deal
with Paris and Mitterrand.
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Do you not remember?
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I wore the same thing twice
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and their press treated me
like a peasant.
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In the West, people
are on the streets, begging,
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yet I'm mocked
if I repeat a dress.
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The hypocrisy.
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But I will remind them
how sophisticated we are,
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how we are strong,
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as you will show him
in that room.
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We gave Reagan the option
of London or Reykjavik.
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He chose not the capital
of his main ally,
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the British,
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but this place,
that is equidistant between us.
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This is a good sign, Raisa.
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[Raisa] He chose it
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because the only airport
is at their airbase,
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forcing,
for the first time ever,
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a Soviet premier to land
upon NATO military territory.
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Their electronic warfare teams
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must have enjoyed
themselves immensely
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scanning all our communications.
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He is arrogant
and uncompromising.
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We have survived
the bloodletting
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of the Revolution,
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the onslaught of the Nazis,
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and the purges
of that maniac Stalin.
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We will survive electronic
warfare teams, my love.
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[knocking on door]
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[Raisa] I know you want
to accomplish great things
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for our nation.
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I can't accomplish anything
if we continue fighting
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this Cold War
with the Americans.
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The soil of the Ukraine
is as rich as their Iowa,
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yet we continue to import
more and more of their grain.
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Forty million tons
last year alone.
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[exhales]
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"Be bold and mighty forces
will come to your aid."
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- Tolstoy?
- Goethe.
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What a dissident reader
you've become.
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[laughs]
Well, thanks to you, Miliy,
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we no longer need to be
dissidents about what we read.
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[knocking on door]
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No heavy coat.
Take the light one.
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You'll look like
you can't take the cold.
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And you're Russian.
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[footsteps receding]
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[door opens]
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[door closes]
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[dramatic music plays]
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[indistinct chattering]
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[intense music plays]
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[chatter continues]
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[Reagan] Well, I see they made
their own border.
260
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CIA on one side,
KGB on the other.
261
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That's the spirit
of cooperation?
262
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Lao Tzu tells us
263
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the journey of a thousand miles
begins with a single step.
264
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[Reagan chuckles]
265
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Mr. President,
I'm Margaret Clancy.
266
00:14:04,010 --> 00:14:05,011
How can I help you?
267
00:14:05,136 --> 00:14:05,929
That your real name?
268
00:14:06,054 --> 00:14:09,099
It is as far
as they're concerned, sir.
269
00:14:09,224 --> 00:14:12,143
Ah. Well, then, Ms. Clancy,
I'd like to talk to my wife.
270
00:14:12,269 --> 00:14:14,604
Well, sir, the best option
is a scrambler.
271
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Ours isn't set up yet,
272
00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:17,732
but there is one
in the Ambassador's residence.
273
00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:19,526
And if I promise
not to tell Nancy
274
00:14:19,651 --> 00:14:21,319
any classified nuclear secrets?
275
00:14:21,444 --> 00:14:22,571
Well, sir...
276
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Uh, that'll be fine
for the sat relay.
277
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The switchboard at Langley
278
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ought to be able to put you
through to the Lincoln Bedroom.
279
00:14:30,328 --> 00:14:31,246
[Reagan grunts]
280
00:14:32,664 --> 00:14:34,207
[siren blares in distance]
281
00:14:34,332 --> 00:14:37,460
Ronnie? You look good on TV.
282
00:14:37,586 --> 00:14:40,797
NBC says Air Force One
made a textbook landing
283
00:14:40,922 --> 00:14:41,923
despite the winds.
284
00:14:42,549 --> 00:14:45,260
I wish the Secret Service
would've brought the car.
285
00:14:45,385 --> 00:14:46,678
It's got better armor.
286
00:14:46,803 --> 00:14:47,762
[Reagan] Didn't think
we'd need it.
287
00:14:47,887 --> 00:14:49,180
And the Ambassador's car
is fine.
288
00:14:49,306 --> 00:14:51,975
I mean, we... we, uh, kicked him
out of his residence,
289
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might as well take his car too.
290
00:14:53,977 --> 00:14:54,936
Wonder where we sent him.
291
00:14:55,061 --> 00:14:56,229
You're too trusting.
292
00:14:56,354 --> 00:14:58,440
Well, if they launch
a first strike,
293
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they take out Gorbachev too.
294
00:15:00,275 --> 00:15:01,401
Seems unlikely, Nance.
295
00:15:01,526 --> 00:15:04,362
And, uh, you know
I don't trust the Commies.
296
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[chuckles]
297
00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:07,616
Listen...
298
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Raisa Gorbachev is here.
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Intelligence reported it
as we landed this morning.
300
00:15:17,459 --> 00:15:19,794
[Nancy] Oh, Ronnie,
I should be there.
301
00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:21,713
And you know
what this will look like.
302
00:15:22,297 --> 00:15:24,549
It's fine. We're not doing
anything social.
303
00:15:24,674 --> 00:15:25,967
There will be no pictures
of her
304
00:15:26,092 --> 00:15:28,094
and him and me, and not you,
no loss of face.
305
00:15:29,054 --> 00:15:30,180
I'm sorry, Nance.
306
00:15:31,056 --> 00:15:33,767
[gentle music plays]
307
00:15:33,892 --> 00:15:34,768
Don't worry about it.
308
00:15:34,893 --> 00:15:37,145
I've got lots
of work to do here.
309
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Go be great.
310
00:15:40,523 --> 00:15:42,651
Yes, ma'am. Love you.
311
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Love you.
312
00:15:46,363 --> 00:15:47,739
[beeping]
313
00:15:49,199 --> 00:15:50,700
[clicks]
314
00:15:53,828 --> 00:15:56,498
Yes, would you ask
my chief of staff to come by?
315
00:15:57,874 --> 00:16:00,877
Yes, wake her if need be.
Thank you.
316
00:16:14,265 --> 00:16:14,974
[cup clatters]
317
00:16:16,893 --> 00:16:19,562
- [helicopter rotor thrumming]
- [indistinct chatter]
318
00:16:19,688 --> 00:16:21,731
[man 1] Convoy is on approach.
319
00:16:21,856 --> 00:16:23,566
[man 2]
There it is in the formation.
320
00:16:23,692 --> 00:16:25,151
[camera shutters clicking]
321
00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:27,362
Cameras?
322
00:16:27,862 --> 00:16:30,448
Just our guy, Pete Souza,
and one for the Soviets.
323
00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:33,827
Last time anyone gets
this close to the summit.
324
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Meeting.
325
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[speaking Russian]
326
00:16:39,249 --> 00:16:41,292
[in English]
Good to see you, Mr. President.
327
00:16:42,001 --> 00:16:43,628
And you're early, hm?
328
00:16:43,753 --> 00:16:45,839
Always looking
for the advantage.
329
00:16:45,964 --> 00:16:48,425
Well, we are politicians,
Secretary-General.
330
00:16:48,550 --> 00:16:50,135
That we are, yes.
331
00:16:50,260 --> 00:16:52,762
And I hope we can be partners
in peace
332
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and begin the work
333
00:16:54,931 --> 00:16:58,226
that the world and our peoples
expect of us on arms reduction.
334
00:17:00,645 --> 00:17:02,605
I'm sure we will. Yes.
335
00:17:03,148 --> 00:17:05,275
And, uh, did you hear
this place is haunted?
336
00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:06,317
[camera shutters clicking]
337
00:17:06,443 --> 00:17:10,739
[dramatic music plays]
338
00:17:25,962 --> 00:17:28,339
Must be a British joke, hm?
339
00:17:28,465 --> 00:17:29,966
I don't see any ghosts.
340
00:17:30,675 --> 00:17:31,926
[laughs]
341
00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:34,471
I'll, uh, I'll let you get
settled with your staff
342
00:17:34,596 --> 00:17:37,390
and then I'll, uh, I'll meet
you in that room there.
343
00:17:37,515 --> 00:17:39,392
How much time do you need?
Half an hour?
344
00:17:39,517 --> 00:17:41,102
[scoffs] Five minutes?
345
00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:42,562
Unless you need more time
346
00:17:42,687 --> 00:17:45,148
to recover
from your early arrival.
347
00:17:45,273 --> 00:17:46,775
I'll be there.
348
00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,203
[indistinct chatter in Russian]
349
00:17:59,746 --> 00:18:01,748
- Did he say "reduction"?
- He did.
350
00:18:02,540 --> 00:18:05,084
He mistranslated
the English word for "control."
351
00:18:05,210 --> 00:18:06,628
He meant arms control.
352
00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:09,255
Hell of a mistake to make
in the first minute, sir.
353
00:18:10,131 --> 00:18:11,633
Gorbachev has been in the Party
354
00:18:11,758 --> 00:18:14,219
and making moves
since he was a teenager.
355
00:18:14,969 --> 00:18:16,012
He's too good for that.
356
00:18:16,137 --> 00:18:16,846
Yeah.
357
00:18:18,306 --> 00:18:20,600
There have been
countless agreements
358
00:18:20,725 --> 00:18:22,101
about arms control, sir,
359
00:18:22,227 --> 00:18:24,521
but in all of human history,
360
00:18:24,646 --> 00:18:26,231
there has never been
a single pact
361
00:18:26,356 --> 00:18:30,443
between peoples
on the reduction of arms.
362
00:18:32,028 --> 00:18:33,738
This could be historic.
363
00:18:33,863 --> 00:18:34,864
Your legacy.
364
00:18:35,657 --> 00:18:38,493
Or it's a move meant
to throw us off our game
365
00:18:38,618 --> 00:18:40,745
and he's just going to bullshit
for two days.
366
00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:43,122
There's an old Russian saying,
George,
367
00:18:43,248 --> 00:18:46,251
"Trust, but verify."
368
00:18:46,376 --> 00:18:47,293
[Shultz] So...
369
00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:49,671
we need a test
370
00:18:49,796 --> 00:18:51,881
to see if he's serious
about change.
371
00:18:52,006 --> 00:18:52,882
Yes.
372
00:18:53,007 --> 00:18:56,553
I have the Rostropovich letter
in my briefcase upstairs.
373
00:18:59,389 --> 00:19:02,392
[tense, dramatic music plays]
374
00:19:02,767 --> 00:19:04,727
[wind whistling]
375
00:19:04,853 --> 00:19:09,941
[people chattering]
376
00:19:14,904 --> 00:19:15,989
Shall we begin?
377
00:19:32,338 --> 00:19:34,048
Minister Shevardnadze.
378
00:19:34,757 --> 00:19:36,301
Secretary Shultz.
379
00:19:38,428 --> 00:19:40,722
I never imagined
I'd see the controls
380
00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:44,058
for 70,000 nuclear weapons
in the same room...
381
00:19:45,310 --> 00:19:46,853
a few feet apart.
382
00:19:46,978 --> 00:19:49,689
I have always wondered
why you Americans
383
00:19:49,814 --> 00:19:51,858
call it the "nuclear football."
384
00:19:52,901 --> 00:19:56,237
Only a weak people need to be
afraid of their own creation.
385
00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,618
Yes, we humans do have a way
386
00:20:01,743 --> 00:20:04,871
of making the horrific
sound innocuous.
387
00:20:06,706 --> 00:20:08,333
For example, "Gulag"...
388
00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:10,585
sounds so much nicer
389
00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:14,464
than "inhumane Siberian
torture prison."
390
00:20:15,465 --> 00:20:18,927
[tense music plays]
391
00:20:31,522 --> 00:20:33,316
Mr. General Secretary,
392
00:20:35,318 --> 00:20:38,237
I have been impatiently
awaiting this meeting.
393
00:20:39,489 --> 00:20:41,282
In the organizational plan,
394
00:20:42,033 --> 00:20:43,826
it would evidently be expedient
395
00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:47,538
to devote part of the time
to talks held one-on-one,
396
00:20:47,664 --> 00:20:48,915
and part of the time
397
00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:50,833
to the exchange of opinions
398
00:20:50,959 --> 00:20:53,753
in the presence of our
ministers of foreign affairs.
399
00:20:53,878 --> 00:20:56,089
Is this procedure acceptable
to you?
400
00:20:57,006 --> 00:20:59,175
Yes, I agree with this.
401
00:20:59,801 --> 00:21:01,386
As a matter of fact,
402
00:21:01,511 --> 00:21:04,639
that is what we had in mind
when we suggested this meeting.
403
00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:06,015
[huffs]
404
00:21:07,058 --> 00:21:09,602
With what problems
shall we begin our discussions?
405
00:21:10,728 --> 00:21:14,482
It seems to me we have
an entire series of problems.
406
00:21:15,066 --> 00:21:16,693
I am referring to the problems
407
00:21:16,818 --> 00:21:19,904
of intermediate-range weapons,
space,
408
00:21:20,029 --> 00:21:21,781
and agreements
on the ABM defense,
409
00:21:21,906 --> 00:21:24,784
as well as proposals
on strategic weapons.
410
00:21:24,909 --> 00:21:27,537
Mr. President,
I believe it would make sense
411
00:21:27,662 --> 00:21:30,206
to first conduct
a brief exchange of opinions
412
00:21:30,331 --> 00:21:31,749
on the situation in the world
413
00:21:31,874 --> 00:21:34,627
which has prompted me
to appeal to you
414
00:21:34,752 --> 00:21:36,921
with the proposal
of this meeting.
415
00:21:37,046 --> 00:21:39,132
Obviously we would be
willing to discuss
416
00:21:39,257 --> 00:21:40,508
all questions
417
00:21:40,633 --> 00:21:43,678
which the American side
feels necessary to raise.
418
00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:44,679
Thank you, sir.
419
00:21:45,847 --> 00:21:48,016
I would like to add
that, in my opinion,
420
00:21:49,142 --> 00:21:51,853
we really will have to talk
about human rights.
421
00:21:53,604 --> 00:21:56,315
Unlike other questions
which we have cited,
422
00:21:56,441 --> 00:21:59,402
they have great influence
on how far we can go
423
00:21:59,527 --> 00:22:02,071
in cooperation
with the Soviet side
424
00:22:02,196 --> 00:22:04,449
in view of our public opinion.
425
00:22:07,201 --> 00:22:10,788
Please continue
with your thoughts.
426
00:22:12,749 --> 00:22:13,958
Human rights,
427
00:22:14,792 --> 00:22:17,462
specifically questions
of exit from the Soviet Union,
428
00:22:18,337 --> 00:22:20,965
are ever present in appeals
to my office.
429
00:22:21,090 --> 00:22:22,633
Specifically, sir, I...
430
00:22:22,759 --> 00:22:24,177
Well, you may know
431
00:22:24,302 --> 00:22:26,345
that the National Symphony
in Washington,
432
00:22:26,471 --> 00:22:29,098
a wonderful,
cherished orchestra,
433
00:22:29,223 --> 00:22:32,977
has a cellist and conductor,
Mr. Rostropovich,
434
00:22:33,102 --> 00:22:34,854
who hails
from the Soviet Union.
435
00:22:34,979 --> 00:22:39,442
He left in 1974, I believe.
436
00:22:39,567 --> 00:22:41,569
His birthday is coming up
437
00:22:41,694 --> 00:22:45,156
and, uh, he has not seen
his sister, his only family,
438
00:22:45,281 --> 00:22:46,491
in over ten years.
439
00:22:49,452 --> 00:22:53,247
I have his letter here,
Mr. General Secretary,
440
00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:56,084
from him, beseeching you...
441
00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:59,879
to let her travel
to Washington...
442
00:23:01,506 --> 00:23:02,757
for his birthday.
443
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:06,886
Hmm.
444
00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:15,186
We will talk
about human rights, hm?
445
00:23:15,311 --> 00:23:17,814
But now I would like
to express in principle
446
00:23:17,939 --> 00:23:20,149
what problems concern
the Soviet Union
447
00:23:20,274 --> 00:23:21,776
such as arms control,
448
00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:25,196
including strategic arms,
medium-range missiles,
449
00:23:25,321 --> 00:23:26,322
the ABM Treaty,
450
00:23:26,447 --> 00:23:29,826
and the cessation
of nuclear testing.
451
00:23:29,951 --> 00:23:31,285
Yes, I agree
with your approach.
452
00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:33,246
However, it is important
that you know
453
00:23:33,371 --> 00:23:35,915
the force of public opinion
in the USA.
454
00:23:38,126 --> 00:23:40,002
We are a nation of immigrants.
455
00:23:41,170 --> 00:23:42,922
One out
of every eight Americans
456
00:23:43,047 --> 00:23:44,090
has some relations
457
00:23:44,215 --> 00:23:47,635
with your vast Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics.
458
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,471
And, of course, I... [chuckles]
459
00:23:50,596 --> 00:23:52,890
...I understand
this national spiritual tie
460
00:23:53,015 --> 00:23:54,851
since I, as an Irishman,
461
00:23:54,976 --> 00:23:56,853
feel these ties myself
with Ireland.
462
00:23:57,854 --> 00:24:01,107
Therefore, I see that
all Americans are concerned
463
00:24:01,232 --> 00:24:03,401
about what is going on
in your country
464
00:24:03,526 --> 00:24:05,486
because we are all immigrants.
465
00:24:06,821 --> 00:24:09,157
And it will be easier
to conclude agreements
466
00:24:09,282 --> 00:24:10,992
on various arms questions
467
00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:12,827
when public opinion
is not angered
468
00:24:12,952 --> 00:24:16,414
by some events in the countries
of their cultural heritage.
469
00:24:20,710 --> 00:24:24,213
However, I agree that these
problems are secondary
470
00:24:24,338 --> 00:24:27,175
as compared with the problems
of nuclear arms.
471
00:24:28,176 --> 00:24:31,262
Our situation is unique
in human history.
472
00:24:32,763 --> 00:24:35,224
Here we are, the two of us,
473
00:24:36,058 --> 00:24:37,685
sitting together in a room,
474
00:24:38,769 --> 00:24:42,648
deciding whether there will be
peace or war in the world.
475
00:24:42,773 --> 00:24:44,483
[slow, dramatic music plays]
476
00:24:44,609 --> 00:24:45,902
[exhales]
477
00:24:46,027 --> 00:24:47,528
We both want peace,
478
00:24:49,030 --> 00:24:50,531
but how will we achieve it?
479
00:24:51,657 --> 00:24:56,495
How do we strengthen trust
and reduce suspicion
480
00:24:56,621 --> 00:24:58,039
between our two peoples?
481
00:25:03,169 --> 00:25:06,339
[dramatic music plays]
482
00:25:08,883 --> 00:25:09,634
Hmm.
483
00:25:11,344 --> 00:25:13,512
I will consider your request.
484
00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:20,519
[Reagan] Thank you,
Mr. General Secretary.
485
00:25:20,645 --> 00:25:21,854
I may continue?
486
00:25:23,773 --> 00:25:26,776
[wind howling]
487
00:25:26,901 --> 00:25:28,903
[tape crackling]
488
00:25:31,155 --> 00:25:32,949
- We're on channel two.
- Copy that.
489
00:25:35,159 --> 00:25:36,410
For Pete's sake, Austin,
490
00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:38,663
how many waffles did you have
for breakfast?
491
00:25:38,788 --> 00:25:40,081
I gotta take a leak!
492
00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:42,792
[KGB officer laughs]
493
00:25:42,917 --> 00:25:44,627
Oh, yeah,
as if this is the first time
494
00:25:44,752 --> 00:25:46,212
you've seen
someone waiting in line.
495
00:25:46,337 --> 00:25:49,298
You guys, you have to wait
in line for a loaf of bread.
496
00:25:49,423 --> 00:25:50,841
- [laughs]
- [typewriter clacking]
497
00:25:50,967 --> 00:25:53,594
KGB doesn't wait for bread.
498
00:25:53,719 --> 00:25:55,471
Oh, yeah, no class warfare
499
00:25:55,596 --> 00:25:56,639
when you have the only guns
500
00:25:56,764 --> 00:25:58,224
and they're aimed
at the proletariat.
501
00:26:00,768 --> 00:26:05,022
[instructor speaking
indistinctly]
502
00:26:11,237 --> 00:26:14,115
[indistinct chatter]
503
00:26:23,332 --> 00:26:24,500
[Raisa chuckles]
504
00:26:24,625 --> 00:26:27,044
[official] The water is very
pure and very clean.
505
00:26:27,169 --> 00:26:30,214
It has a really high
mineral content
506
00:26:30,339 --> 00:26:34,218
that is especially
[indistinct].
507
00:26:34,343 --> 00:26:36,137
- Bravo!
- Who are you with?
508
00:26:36,762 --> 00:26:38,806
NPR. I'm-I'm Cleo.
509
00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:41,142
You're The Times? London?
510
00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:44,895
Yeah. Alexander.
How'd you... Uh, right.
511
00:26:45,438 --> 00:26:47,023
Just, uh... I knew that.
512
00:26:49,525 --> 00:26:51,360
- [Raisa] It is so beautiful.
- [sighs]
513
00:26:51,485 --> 00:26:54,322
[Raisa] The water
is so beautiful. So blue.
514
00:26:54,447 --> 00:26:55,906
Good morning.
515
00:26:56,449 --> 00:26:58,451
[laughs]
516
00:26:58,576 --> 00:27:00,745
Well, this is crazy. Right?
517
00:27:00,870 --> 00:27:02,246
What?
518
00:27:02,371 --> 00:27:04,290
The entire world's press
corps descends
519
00:27:04,415 --> 00:27:06,709
on the tiny, freezing
strategic cornerstone
520
00:27:06,834 --> 00:27:07,710
of the North Atlantic,
521
00:27:07,835 --> 00:27:10,171
only to discover
a whole island with no hotels,
522
00:27:10,296 --> 00:27:13,215
no motels,
no bed and breakfasts,
523
00:27:13,341 --> 00:27:14,717
not even cars to rent.
524
00:27:14,842 --> 00:27:16,594
Just an old church
with cots to sleep in,
525
00:27:16,719 --> 00:27:19,430
and a complete media blackout
of the actual summit?
526
00:27:19,555 --> 00:27:21,265
So instead of covering
the leader of the free world
527
00:27:21,390 --> 00:27:22,892
and the leader
of the communist empire
528
00:27:23,017 --> 00:27:25,227
alone in a room together
for the first time in 40 years
529
00:27:25,353 --> 00:27:27,480
debating whether we're all
gonna die in a mushroom cloud,
530
00:27:27,605 --> 00:27:30,941
we're left here
at a natural hot springs
531
00:27:31,067 --> 00:27:32,818
watching water aerobics?
532
00:27:36,989 --> 00:27:38,741
Madam Soviet First Lady?
533
00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:40,910
Uh, The Times.
I have a question.
534
00:27:41,035 --> 00:27:42,453
- Uh, no--
- Of course.
535
00:27:42,578 --> 00:27:45,289
I would be happy
to answer any questions.
536
00:27:45,414 --> 00:27:47,958
But I am not First Lady.
537
00:27:48,084 --> 00:27:50,753
I'm sure Nancy Reagan
appreciates the title,
538
00:27:50,878 --> 00:27:55,383
but in the Soviet Union,
we are all truly equal.
539
00:27:56,008 --> 00:27:58,636
I am simply Raisa Gorbacheva.
540
00:27:58,761 --> 00:28:00,930
[Alexander] Ah, yeah. Right.
541
00:28:01,764 --> 00:28:04,725
Um, Mrs. Gorbacheva, how are
you enjoying your time here?
542
00:28:04,850 --> 00:28:06,811
On behalf of the Soviet people,
543
00:28:06,936 --> 00:28:11,107
I am very grateful and, uh,
hope we will become friends.
544
00:28:11,732 --> 00:28:13,567
As Chekhov once said,
545
00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:16,320
"We must trust
and believe in people
546
00:28:16,445 --> 00:28:18,697
or life becomes impossible."
547
00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:20,783
[laughs]
548
00:28:20,908 --> 00:28:22,910
- [indistinct greeting]
- Oh, thank you, darling.
549
00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:26,372
Where is your, uh, counterpart,
Mrs. Reagan?
550
00:28:26,497 --> 00:28:27,665
I don't know.
551
00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,751
I can't imagine leaving
my husband
552
00:28:30,876 --> 00:28:34,380
at such a critical time
in our world's history.
553
00:28:34,505 --> 00:28:36,340
Perhaps she doesn't feel well?
554
00:28:37,174 --> 00:28:38,509
- Mrs. Gorbacheva!
- Mrs. Gorbacheva!
555
00:28:38,634 --> 00:28:40,636
Any word from your husband?
556
00:28:42,388 --> 00:28:43,639
[Gorbachev] For too many years,
557
00:28:43,764 --> 00:28:46,809
there has been
an overly complex mechanism
558
00:28:46,934 --> 00:28:48,686
of Soviet-American dialogue.
559
00:28:49,270 --> 00:28:52,398
In this time,
this mechanism of dialogue
560
00:28:52,523 --> 00:28:55,276
has been disrupted
several times,
561
00:28:55,401 --> 00:28:58,404
and still we are not resolved
on the main questions
562
00:28:59,029 --> 00:29:01,323
even though many, many words
have been said
563
00:29:01,449 --> 00:29:02,783
regarding these questions.
564
00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:05,619
[Reagan] I have been frustrated
for many years myself
565
00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:07,496
with this lack of progress.
566
00:29:08,581 --> 00:29:12,084
So now we find ourselves
567
00:29:12,209 --> 00:29:15,129
in an increasingly
urgent situation,
568
00:29:16,172 --> 00:29:18,048
and that is why
I have suggested
569
00:29:18,174 --> 00:29:19,341
this meeting with you.
570
00:29:21,635 --> 00:29:24,054
I was very struck
571
00:29:24,180 --> 00:29:26,557
by your first campaign
for the presidency,
572
00:29:26,682 --> 00:29:30,311
when you suggested
a Nuclear Zero option.
573
00:29:31,937 --> 00:29:35,733
I wonder now
if this was merely rhetoric.
574
00:29:37,026 --> 00:29:38,611
I wonder, Mr. President,
575
00:29:38,736 --> 00:29:42,531
because despite
the millions of protestors
576
00:29:42,656 --> 00:29:44,283
for peace in Western Europe,
577
00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:47,953
despite the condemnation
of many allies
578
00:29:48,078 --> 00:29:50,664
and the political costs
to Chancellor Kohl
579
00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:52,500
and Prime Minister Thatcher,
580
00:29:52,625 --> 00:29:55,836
you have moved intermediate
ballistic missiles
581
00:29:55,961 --> 00:29:57,046
into Germany.
582
00:29:57,671 --> 00:29:58,756
If launched,
583
00:29:59,548 --> 00:30:03,093
these missiles are five
or six minutes from Moscow.
584
00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:08,182
You would give me
five or six minutes
585
00:30:08,307 --> 00:30:10,100
to respond to an attack?
586
00:30:10,893 --> 00:30:12,353
What do you think would happen?
587
00:30:12,478 --> 00:30:15,439
How am I to respond
to such aggression?
588
00:30:16,273 --> 00:30:19,693
Are these the actions of peace?
589
00:30:24,949 --> 00:30:26,534
[sighs]
590
00:30:35,709 --> 00:30:37,419
Hm. [inhales deeply]
591
00:30:37,545 --> 00:30:38,754
Thank you, Mr. Gorbachev,
592
00:30:38,879 --> 00:30:41,215
for your sincere
and clear remarks.
593
00:30:44,093 --> 00:30:47,346
I would remind you
that the United States
594
00:30:47,471 --> 00:30:50,182
has placed its Pershing
missiles, our IRBMs,
595
00:30:50,307 --> 00:30:53,060
in West Germany at the request
596
00:30:53,811 --> 00:30:55,729
of a democratically
elected government,
597
00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:58,649
and that our number, 108,
598
00:30:58,774 --> 00:31:01,360
is less than half of the 279
599
00:31:01,485 --> 00:31:03,362
that you have stationed
in Eastern Europe.
600
00:31:03,487 --> 00:31:04,863
Yet we have nothing similar
601
00:31:04,989 --> 00:31:07,157
threatening Washington
in five or six minutes.
602
00:31:07,283 --> 00:31:08,409
Threatening the free peoples
603
00:31:08,534 --> 00:31:10,035
of Brussels, Paris,
Rome, and London
604
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,413
is threatening Washington,
Mr. Gorbachev.
605
00:31:12,538 --> 00:31:14,540
Such is the nuclear
umbrella policy
606
00:31:14,665 --> 00:31:17,042
of our security agreements
with our allies.
607
00:31:17,167 --> 00:31:19,753
An attack on one
is an attack on all.
608
00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:22,172
Yes, I am familiar
with NATO Article 5.
609
00:31:22,298 --> 00:31:25,175
However, we have discussed
610
00:31:25,301 --> 00:31:28,512
many times the subject
of arms control.
611
00:31:29,430 --> 00:31:31,640
We have many agreements.
612
00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:33,809
Yes.
613
00:31:33,934 --> 00:31:37,938
Are you suggesting such a thing
in Europe with the IRBMs?
614
00:31:38,063 --> 00:31:39,982
To limit them, to control them?
615
00:31:40,107 --> 00:31:40,858
No.
616
00:31:41,775 --> 00:31:43,902
I am suggesting
that the Soviet Union
617
00:31:44,028 --> 00:31:48,365
would be willing
to remove our IRBMs.
618
00:31:49,074 --> 00:31:51,452
I am suggesting that we develop
619
00:31:52,244 --> 00:31:55,748
an agreement
on arms reduction...
620
00:31:57,333 --> 00:32:00,711
and that nuclear intermediate-
range ballistic missiles
621
00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:01,837
in Europe
622
00:32:01,962 --> 00:32:03,839
can be reduced...
623
00:32:04,632 --> 00:32:05,549
to zero.
624
00:32:05,674 --> 00:32:08,636
[dramatic music plays]
625
00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:25,778
We would be open...
626
00:32:29,990 --> 00:32:31,784
to discussing
such an agreement.
627
00:32:42,544 --> 00:32:44,380
[TV reporter]
As the press blackout continues
628
00:32:44,505 --> 00:32:45,297
here in Iceland,
629
00:32:45,422 --> 00:32:47,800
the Soviet premier's wife,
Raisa Gorbachev,
630
00:32:47,925 --> 00:32:49,760
{\an8}was available for questions.
631
00:32:49,885 --> 00:32:52,513
{\an8}When asked why the First Lady
was not also available,
632
00:32:52,638 --> 00:32:54,556
{\an8}she suggested that perhaps
health concerns
633
00:32:54,682 --> 00:32:57,184
had prevented Mrs. Reagan
from making the trip.
634
00:32:58,644 --> 00:32:59,436
Mrs. Gorbachev...
635
00:32:59,561 --> 00:33:02,189
[Nancy] Samantha, I'll need
my press secretary as well.
636
00:33:02,314 --> 00:33:03,190
- Thank you.
- ...as she uses her time
637
00:33:03,315 --> 00:33:05,484
to draw attention
to the cultural treasures
638
00:33:05,609 --> 00:33:07,111
of this island country.
639
00:33:09,822 --> 00:33:11,740
[Reagan] And what about
the missiles in Asia?
640
00:33:11,865 --> 00:33:14,952
The IRBMs that have a range
of 1000 kilometers or less?
641
00:33:15,077 --> 00:33:18,831
Our proposal
only concerns Europe.
642
00:33:20,124 --> 00:33:22,251
There is a small problem.
643
00:33:22,376 --> 00:33:23,752
I am not authorized
to negotiate
644
00:33:23,877 --> 00:33:26,380
the nuclear forces of Britain
and France, Mr. Gorbachev.
645
00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:27,464
I am aware
646
00:33:27,589 --> 00:33:29,508
that you are neither
Mrs. Thatcher
647
00:33:29,633 --> 00:33:30,759
nor Mr. Mitterrand.
648
00:33:30,884 --> 00:33:34,179
So you are saying
that your proposal
649
00:33:34,304 --> 00:33:37,433
would include only US
and Soviet Union weapons?
650
00:33:37,558 --> 00:33:38,475
I am.
651
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,561
Britain and France
have the right to keep theirs
652
00:33:40,686 --> 00:33:43,313
as a part of their own
defensive posture?
653
00:33:44,648 --> 00:33:46,191
I would hope
you'd encourage them
654
00:33:46,316 --> 00:33:48,277
to see that by withdrawing
our weapons,
655
00:33:48,402 --> 00:33:51,739
we leave our Warsaw Pact
allies vulnerable.
656
00:33:51,864 --> 00:33:55,367
That their NATO weapons
are an unaligned threat
657
00:33:56,076 --> 00:33:58,537
and that there is then
no deterrence for us.
658
00:33:59,329 --> 00:34:02,124
I would hope you would help
your NATO allies
659
00:34:02,249 --> 00:34:05,878
to see that their weapons
were no longer necessary.
660
00:34:06,545 --> 00:34:09,339
And you won't simply
paint over the Soviet flag
661
00:34:09,465 --> 00:34:10,424
with an East German flag,
662
00:34:10,549 --> 00:34:12,092
thereby, magically,
663
00:34:12,217 --> 00:34:15,262
a Soviet missile
becomes an East German one?
664
00:34:16,972 --> 00:34:18,056
I will not.
665
00:34:18,182 --> 00:34:21,351
What assurances do we have?
666
00:34:22,269 --> 00:34:25,105
[Gorbachev] My word
and that of the Soviet Union.
667
00:34:26,565 --> 00:34:28,901
You'll forgive me,
Mr. General Secretary,
668
00:34:29,985 --> 00:34:32,488
but we have a long history
of finding the USSR
669
00:34:32,613 --> 00:34:35,407
to be cheating on
its international obligations,
670
00:34:35,532 --> 00:34:38,202
including those
to the United States.
671
00:34:38,327 --> 00:34:40,621
[Gorbachev] You have a long
history of suspicion of us
672
00:34:40,746 --> 00:34:43,791
and a history
of covert activities
673
00:34:43,916 --> 00:34:46,251
in sovereign nations
hostile to you.
674
00:34:47,878 --> 00:34:49,087
I was sorry to hear
675
00:34:49,213 --> 00:34:52,299
of your recent misfortunes
with the Contras.
676
00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:54,343
[sighs]
677
00:34:56,762 --> 00:34:59,932
I hope you will see
this proposal
678
00:35:00,057 --> 00:35:03,101
as a bold new initiative
for peace.
679
00:35:05,187 --> 00:35:06,104
[Reagan sighs]
680
00:35:12,236 --> 00:35:14,571
There is a very old
Russian saying.
681
00:35:15,405 --> 00:35:16,406
A proverb.
682
00:35:17,658 --> 00:35:19,827
"Doveryai, no proveryai."
683
00:35:21,578 --> 00:35:23,163
"Trust, but verify." Yes.
684
00:35:23,288 --> 00:35:24,373
Yes.
685
00:35:24,998 --> 00:35:26,542
How do you propose we do that?
686
00:35:26,667 --> 00:35:28,544
[dramatic music plays]
687
00:35:29,837 --> 00:35:32,631
Well, perhaps it's as simple
as letting American personnel
688
00:35:32,756 --> 00:35:35,050
observe the removal
of your missiles from Europe.
689
00:35:35,175 --> 00:35:37,511
[grumbles]
This is not possible.
690
00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:40,472
My military
will never allow an enemy
691
00:35:40,597 --> 00:35:43,141
to observe our most closely
guarded technology.
692
00:35:43,267 --> 00:35:45,352
How would it be different
if you were to observe us?
693
00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:47,354
We would have the same problem.
694
00:35:48,063 --> 00:35:52,734
But our military still reports
to our civilian leadership.
695
00:35:53,485 --> 00:35:54,403
To me.
696
00:35:55,863 --> 00:35:57,114
Does yours?
697
00:35:59,449 --> 00:36:02,369
- "Trust, but verify"?
- Yes.
698
00:36:04,746 --> 00:36:06,164
How did you say it?
699
00:36:06,290 --> 00:36:10,460
We would be willing to discuss
such an agreement.
700
00:36:12,671 --> 00:36:13,672
Now...
701
00:36:16,133 --> 00:36:18,719
what about those IRBMs in Asia?
702
00:36:18,844 --> 00:36:22,764
[helicopter rotor thrumming]
703
00:36:22,890 --> 00:36:26,435
- [wind howling]
- [indistinct radio chatter]
704
00:36:28,896 --> 00:36:32,190
[indistinct chatter in Russian]
705
00:36:32,316 --> 00:36:35,319
[indistinct chatter]
706
00:36:39,489 --> 00:36:40,782
[banging on door]
707
00:36:41,909 --> 00:36:44,912
[indistinct speaking in Russian]
708
00:36:45,787 --> 00:36:46,705
[chuckles]
709
00:36:47,456 --> 00:36:49,875
What happened to solidarity, comrade?
710
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,336
"From each according
to their ability,
711
00:36:52,461 --> 00:36:54,463
to each according
to their need."
712
00:36:55,088 --> 00:36:56,965
You do not need
to quote Marx to me.
713
00:36:57,090 --> 00:37:00,385
How about, "life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness"?
714
00:37:00,510 --> 00:37:01,678
You've heard of that one?
715
00:37:01,803 --> 00:37:03,889
Yes, written by a slaveholder.
716
00:37:04,014 --> 00:37:05,307
How conveniently capitalist.
717
00:37:05,432 --> 00:37:06,683
Yeah, well,
718
00:37:06,808 --> 00:37:10,562
at least he didn't massacre
20 million farmers like Stalin.
719
00:37:11,396 --> 00:37:12,773
That's enough.
720
00:37:13,398 --> 00:37:15,317
Go upstairs
and get me a coffee.
721
00:37:16,526 --> 00:37:19,279
[phone rings]
722
00:37:24,076 --> 00:37:26,954
[footsteps receding]
723
00:37:29,164 --> 00:37:32,000
[Gorbachev] But you expect me
to abandon my Asian allies?
724
00:37:32,125 --> 00:37:35,003
[Reagan] We have no intermediate
ballistic missiles in Asia,
725
00:37:35,128 --> 00:37:37,089
at least not ones
that are nuclear-tipped.
726
00:37:37,214 --> 00:37:39,633
What do you expect me
to withdraw?
727
00:37:39,758 --> 00:37:42,761
I expect the United States
to have the same regard
728
00:37:42,886 --> 00:37:44,972
for Soviet concerns
as you have for your own.
729
00:37:46,056 --> 00:37:49,977
Are we not mutually assured
partners in destruction?
730
00:37:50,811 --> 00:37:54,314
Shall we not be mutually
assured partners in reduction?
731
00:37:55,232 --> 00:37:56,650
That's a great turn of phrase.
732
00:37:58,735 --> 00:37:59,820
You mock me?
733
00:37:59,945 --> 00:38:02,406
No, on the contrary,
Mr. Gorbachev, I salute you.
734
00:38:03,031 --> 00:38:04,282
You have a better command
of English
735
00:38:04,408 --> 00:38:05,617
than I ever could of Russian.
736
00:38:05,742 --> 00:38:07,202
Let me ask you this.
737
00:38:07,327 --> 00:38:10,372
What is the difference
between Brussels and Tokyo?
738
00:38:13,125 --> 00:38:15,002
The sushi is better in Tokyo.
739
00:38:15,127 --> 00:38:18,130
[laughs] Yeah, yeah, well, yes,
that's very funny, sir, but no.
740
00:38:18,255 --> 00:38:20,215
I mean, you have suggested
741
00:38:20,340 --> 00:38:22,801
that we remove our nuclear
protection of Belgium
742
00:38:22,926 --> 00:38:24,970
by removing
our Pershing missiles.
743
00:38:25,095 --> 00:38:26,263
- Yes.
- And yet,
744
00:38:26,388 --> 00:38:28,974
we have none protecting
our Japanese allies,
745
00:38:29,099 --> 00:38:30,684
but you have ones
that could threaten them.
746
00:38:30,809 --> 00:38:33,979
You have 6,500 nuclear warheads
747
00:38:34,104 --> 00:38:37,441
aboard American submarines
all over the world.
748
00:38:38,233 --> 00:38:41,653
More than 800 of which
are multiple reentry vehicles,
749
00:38:41,778 --> 00:38:44,322
multiple warheads per missile.
750
00:38:44,948 --> 00:38:46,575
And we know,
as equally as you do,
751
00:38:46,700 --> 00:38:49,119
of the greater accuracy
of American missiles.
752
00:38:49,244 --> 00:38:51,079
You're upset that we're good
at what we do?
753
00:38:51,204 --> 00:38:53,790
I'm explaining
that you have submarines
754
00:38:53,915 --> 00:38:55,667
in the Pacific defending Japan.
755
00:38:55,792 --> 00:38:57,335
And you have
none threatening it?
756
00:38:57,461 --> 00:38:59,212
The numbers are not equal.
757
00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:01,631
We have more land-based IRBMs.
758
00:39:01,757 --> 00:39:03,759
You have more submarines.
759
00:39:03,884 --> 00:39:06,845
But you expect me
to withdraw my Asian missiles
760
00:39:06,970 --> 00:39:09,306
while you offer no compromise,
be it submarine or otherwise.
761
00:39:09,431 --> 00:39:12,184
I am not going to leave
our Asian allies,
762
00:39:12,309 --> 00:39:14,519
none of whom have
nuclear forces of their own,
763
00:39:14,644 --> 00:39:15,520
defenseless.
764
00:39:15,645 --> 00:39:17,064
Yet you are asking me
765
00:39:17,189 --> 00:39:19,775
to leave my Warsaw Pact
allies defenseless,
766
00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:22,569
while I let your NATO allies
keep their nuclear weapons.
767
00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:25,530
I am not asking anything
of you, Mr. Gorbachev--
768
00:39:25,655 --> 00:39:27,574
you are asking me.
769
00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:31,828
[scoffs]
The arrogance of the Americans.
770
00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:35,165
Uncompromising arrogance.
771
00:39:44,508 --> 00:39:45,342
[spoon clatters]
772
00:40:08,907 --> 00:40:11,409
What are you suggesting?
773
00:40:18,667 --> 00:40:20,043
I am suggesting
774
00:40:21,002 --> 00:40:22,963
that while I have proposed
775
00:40:23,088 --> 00:40:25,924
decoupling the question
of your NATO allies
776
00:40:26,049 --> 00:40:27,759
and their nuclear forces
777
00:40:27,884 --> 00:40:30,220
from the IRBM equation
in Europe,
778
00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:31,972
I have agreed, have I not,
779
00:40:32,097 --> 00:40:35,433
that they are separate
from the issue between us,
780
00:40:35,559 --> 00:40:39,563
you are not allowing that Asia
is another separate issue.
781
00:40:40,647 --> 00:40:42,816
How am I to compromise with you
782
00:40:42,941 --> 00:40:45,527
when you will do nothing
of the sort with me?
783
00:40:45,652 --> 00:40:50,532
[tense music plays]
784
00:40:51,158 --> 00:40:54,619
[clock ticks]
785
00:40:56,413 --> 00:40:57,831
It is near the time
786
00:40:57,956 --> 00:40:59,374
for the first session
787
00:40:59,499 --> 00:41:01,126
this morning to end,
Mr. Gorbachev.
788
00:41:01,251 --> 00:41:04,546
Perhaps we should update
our foreign ministers.
789
00:41:07,007 --> 00:41:07,841
And...
790
00:41:09,301 --> 00:41:10,927
in the spirit of compromise,
791
00:41:12,095 --> 00:41:16,600
I will advise mine that we wish
to pursue this deal
792
00:41:16,725 --> 00:41:19,728
relevant to the European
IRBM reduction.
793
00:41:19,853 --> 00:41:22,731
I'll ask him to have our staff
draft some language for it...
794
00:41:23,356 --> 00:41:25,317
with your approval, of course.
795
00:41:25,442 --> 00:41:27,652
This is satisfactory.
796
00:41:27,777 --> 00:41:29,571
[Reagan] We will meet again
at 3:00 p.m.?
797
00:41:30,947 --> 00:41:31,990
Of course.
798
00:41:38,330 --> 00:41:39,664
[door opens]
799
00:41:39,789 --> 00:41:41,958
- [footsteps receding]
- [indistinct chatter]
800
00:41:46,087 --> 00:41:48,298
[indistinct chatter in Russian]
801
00:41:55,180 --> 00:41:55,931
[gasps]
802
00:41:57,807 --> 00:41:59,434
Stand to, gents.
803
00:41:59,601 --> 00:42:00,852
Gorbachev came to play.
804
00:42:00,977 --> 00:42:02,395
What's going on?
805
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,106
Soviets are saying that they
will withdraw their IRBMs
806
00:42:05,232 --> 00:42:06,816
from Eastern Europe
if we pull the Pershings.
807
00:42:06,942 --> 00:42:08,276
- We're sure?
- That's unheard of.
808
00:42:08,401 --> 00:42:10,237
- They suggested it?
- Gonna lose my bet, aren't I?
809
00:42:10,362 --> 00:42:11,321
We have work to do.
810
00:42:11,446 --> 00:42:12,739
Chancellor Kohl
is gonna throw a fit.
811
00:42:12,864 --> 00:42:14,074
He just spent two years
812
00:42:14,199 --> 00:42:16,284
and every last ounce
of political capital he has
813
00:42:16,409 --> 00:42:18,036
to move them in there.
814
00:42:18,828 --> 00:42:21,164
He had a million people
on the streets protesting.
815
00:42:21,289 --> 00:42:23,667
We'll worry about him
when we have a deal.
816
00:42:23,792 --> 00:42:25,961
For now, let's get started
on the details.
817
00:42:26,086 --> 00:42:27,420
A phased withdrawal.
818
00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:28,505
[Adelman] Seems right, but--
819
00:42:28,630 --> 00:42:31,925
First priority is determining
how it would be certified.
820
00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:34,135
"Doveryai, no proveryai."
821
00:42:34,261 --> 00:42:35,887
"Trust, but verify"?
822
00:42:36,012 --> 00:42:38,181
Russians will never
let a Yankee soldier
823
00:42:38,306 --> 00:42:39,599
on their rocket pads
to observe.
824
00:42:39,724 --> 00:42:40,684
Never happen.
825
00:42:41,935 --> 00:42:42,727
- No.
- He didn't.
826
00:42:42,852 --> 00:42:44,771
He knows
this could be his legacy,
827
00:42:45,605 --> 00:42:48,275
the President's legacy,
our legacy.
828
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,318
There's plenty of room
on this boat
829
00:42:50,443 --> 00:42:52,862
for all of our résumés
and reputations.
830
00:42:53,530 --> 00:42:55,031
I'll see about getting us
some food.
831
00:42:55,156 --> 00:42:56,449
You get to work on a proposal.
832
00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:58,535
Shouldn't the boss be here?
Where is he?
833
00:42:59,202 --> 00:43:00,996
He's doing the smart thing,
Perle, resting.
834
00:43:01,121 --> 00:43:02,080
You know something about that.
835
00:43:03,373 --> 00:43:05,375
Mm. [chuckling]
836
00:43:06,418 --> 00:43:08,837
[bell tolling]
837
00:43:08,962 --> 00:43:14,467
[dramatic harp music plays]
838
00:43:35,488 --> 00:43:36,698
[sighs]
839
00:43:41,328 --> 00:43:46,249
[The Oprichnik: Oprichnik,
Act IV: Danses plays]
840
00:43:55,425 --> 00:43:57,469
It's just chicken salad, friend.
841
00:44:02,349 --> 00:44:03,516
[sighs]
842
00:44:10,023 --> 00:44:12,359
[phone rings]
843
00:44:12,484 --> 00:44:13,860
[groans]
844
00:44:17,864 --> 00:44:18,531
Yes?
845
00:44:18,656 --> 00:44:19,699
How are you?
846
00:44:19,824 --> 00:44:21,201
What is that music?
847
00:44:21,326 --> 00:44:23,995
I tried to find something
by Rostropovich,
848
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:26,247
but, uh, they don't have it.
849
00:44:26,373 --> 00:44:28,291
I'm sure he'd play here
when you get home.
850
00:44:28,416 --> 00:44:30,126
Well, let's see
if I can get his sister
851
00:44:30,251 --> 00:44:32,420
out of the Soviet Union
for his birthday first.
852
00:44:32,545 --> 00:44:35,006
Gorbachev isn't exactly Gandhi.
853
00:44:35,131 --> 00:44:36,800
Are there reindeer in Iceland?
854
00:44:36,925 --> 00:44:38,843
I'm pretty sure I'm staring
at a reindeer.
855
00:44:38,968 --> 00:44:40,512
I don't know.
856
00:44:40,637 --> 00:44:42,889
Well, I'm gonna have to inquire
about our ambassador.
857
00:44:43,014 --> 00:44:45,183
He shouldn't be hunting the
rare, indigenous, endangered
858
00:44:45,308 --> 00:44:47,310
- Icelandic reindeer.
- [laughs]
859
00:44:47,435 --> 00:44:48,228
The environmentalist lobby
860
00:44:48,353 --> 00:44:50,271
will never let me hear
the end of it.
861
00:44:50,397 --> 00:44:51,398
[Nancy] Oh, Ronnie.
862
00:44:52,399 --> 00:44:53,233
I don't think
863
00:44:53,358 --> 00:44:55,276
the environmentalists
vote Republican.
864
00:44:55,402 --> 00:44:57,987
Well, I won 49 out
of the 50 states, Nance.
865
00:44:58,113 --> 00:44:59,531
Some of those votes
were Democrats.
866
00:44:59,656 --> 00:45:01,574
Some of them care
about the environment.
867
00:45:03,701 --> 00:45:06,996
She told reporters I was ill.
868
00:45:07,122 --> 00:45:09,749
Raisa Gorbachev
is just enjoying the spotlight.
869
00:45:09,874 --> 00:45:12,377
You know they don't even know
her name back home in Russia?
870
00:45:13,420 --> 00:45:15,755
The KGB cuts her out
of pictures before the press,
871
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:19,634
well, what they call the press,
can, uh, print it in the paper.
872
00:45:19,759 --> 00:45:21,511
She, uh, she doesn't exist
back there.
873
00:45:21,636 --> 00:45:22,720
That's gotta be tough.
874
00:45:23,263 --> 00:45:25,640
I'm not in this
for the spotlight.
875
00:45:26,266 --> 00:45:27,684
I know. Yeah.
876
00:45:29,436 --> 00:45:32,397
There is, uh, there's something
weird about reindeer.
877
00:45:33,398 --> 00:45:35,233
Maybe just dead ones.
878
00:45:35,358 --> 00:45:36,985
Santa's all wrong about them.
879
00:45:37,110 --> 00:45:37,944
It's like a...
880
00:45:39,446 --> 00:45:42,031
It is like a menagerie of death
in here.
881
00:45:43,074 --> 00:45:44,159
What are you working on?
882
00:45:44,784 --> 00:45:47,120
Oh, uh, nothing,
just some little stuff
883
00:45:47,245 --> 00:45:48,663
my office has been planning.
884
00:45:48,788 --> 00:45:50,707
[Reagan] Listen, I'll tell them
885
00:45:50,832 --> 00:45:52,750
to issue a statement
that you're healthy.
886
00:45:52,876 --> 00:45:55,211
No. I can take care of myself.
887
00:45:56,337 --> 00:45:58,465
And I've got lots to do here,
888
00:45:58,590 --> 00:46:02,343
and you've got a ball game.
You stay focused there.
889
00:46:02,469 --> 00:46:04,596
- Love you.
- Okay, bye.
890
00:46:05,388 --> 00:46:06,181
Bye.
891
00:46:06,306 --> 00:46:08,349
[music crescendos]
892
00:46:08,475 --> 00:46:09,809
[music stops]
893
00:46:12,103 --> 00:46:14,772
[steam hissing]
894
00:46:15,607 --> 00:46:19,694
[dramatic music plays]
895
00:46:27,702 --> 00:46:30,121
[thunder rumbling]
896
00:46:31,748 --> 00:46:33,583
[female reporter]
Reagan shot at close range,
897
00:46:33,708 --> 00:46:34,626
apparently by a...
898
00:46:34,751 --> 00:46:36,878
- [gunshots]
- [crowd clamoring]
899
00:46:37,003 --> 00:46:37,962
[knocking on door]
900
00:46:38,671 --> 00:46:39,589
[gasps]
901
00:46:40,131 --> 00:46:43,218
[panting]
902
00:46:53,061 --> 00:46:55,146
[pants]
903
00:46:57,482 --> 00:46:59,025
- Sir.
- George.
904
00:46:59,150 --> 00:47:00,360
What happened
to your shirt?
905
00:47:01,861 --> 00:47:03,905
Chicken salad sandwich.
[chuckles]
906
00:47:04,030 --> 00:47:06,407
- Come on in.
- Uh...
907
00:47:07,158 --> 00:47:08,743
Plenty of time for you
to change.
908
00:47:14,624 --> 00:47:17,794
Something on your mind, George?
Speak up.
909
00:47:18,419 --> 00:47:21,256
I've been going over the
proposal with our team, sir.
910
00:47:21,381 --> 00:47:24,259
It's... it's been a big day
already.
911
00:47:24,384 --> 00:47:25,760
You want to quit
while we're ahead?
912
00:47:25,885 --> 00:47:26,844
The thought had occurred.
913
00:47:26,970 --> 00:47:29,180
- [chuckles]
- Every missile out of Europe?
914
00:47:30,056 --> 00:47:31,432
That's a hell of a legacy.
915
00:47:31,558 --> 00:47:32,559
Yeah.
916
00:47:32,684 --> 00:47:34,644
Someday, you're gonna have
to explain to me
917
00:47:34,769 --> 00:47:38,022
what "legacy" means to all
you East Coast blue bloods.
918
00:47:38,147 --> 00:47:38,940
[laughs]
919
00:47:39,065 --> 00:47:41,067
That means the next generation
is better off
920
00:47:41,192 --> 00:47:42,360
because of something you did.
921
00:47:43,736 --> 00:47:48,491
I'm sorry, sir, that came out
snarkier than I intended.
922
00:47:48,616 --> 00:47:50,368
I didn't hire you
for your suits.
923
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:52,328
I hired you for your candor.
924
00:47:57,041 --> 00:47:59,210
We, uh... We're not done yet.
925
00:48:00,128 --> 00:48:02,171
You want to talk
about human rights again?
926
00:48:03,423 --> 00:48:06,509
[chuckles] Yeah. I do.
927
00:48:06,634 --> 00:48:08,678
Why? It'll only annoy him.
928
00:48:08,803 --> 00:48:10,346
They-They'll try to avoid it.
929
00:48:10,471 --> 00:48:12,724
Well, all the more reason.
930
00:48:12,849 --> 00:48:17,770
If you poke the Russian bear
too hard, he will react poorly.
931
00:48:17,895 --> 00:48:19,397
You trust me, George?
932
00:48:20,356 --> 00:48:21,649
Of course, Mr. President.
933
00:48:22,817 --> 00:48:24,569
Don't give me that
"salute-to-the-flag" answer.
934
00:48:24,694 --> 00:48:25,612
I asked you a question.
935
00:48:25,737 --> 00:48:28,072
Establishment
thinks I'm a warmonger,
936
00:48:28,906 --> 00:48:30,033
dangerous.
937
00:48:31,826 --> 00:48:33,411
What's the, uh, difference
938
00:48:33,536 --> 00:48:35,413
between me and any
other chucklehead on TV,
939
00:48:35,538 --> 00:48:36,998
except now I'm in the Oval.
940
00:48:38,708 --> 00:48:41,419
I'm asking why you trust me?
941
00:48:42,253 --> 00:48:45,214
New York boy, Princeton,
upper class,
942
00:48:45,548 --> 00:48:47,258
you're part
of the establishment.
943
00:48:50,720 --> 00:48:53,473
I trust you
because you're right.
944
00:48:53,598 --> 00:48:55,683
It can't just be diplomacy.
945
00:48:56,809 --> 00:49:00,730
The Soviets will not listen
to us unless we are strong.
946
00:49:00,855 --> 00:49:02,857
Peace through strength.
947
00:49:04,359 --> 00:49:05,860
We tried everything else.
948
00:49:06,569 --> 00:49:10,365
Engagement, encirclement,
low-intensity conflicts.
949
00:49:11,199 --> 00:49:12,659
Nothing worked,
950
00:49:12,784 --> 00:49:14,619
until your military buildup.
951
00:49:16,579 --> 00:49:19,457
You got us here, sir.
You got them to the table.
952
00:49:19,582 --> 00:49:20,792
[laughs]
953
00:49:20,917 --> 00:49:23,002
"If you can't make them see
the light..."
954
00:49:23,127 --> 00:49:25,254
"...make sure
they feel the heat."
955
00:49:26,005 --> 00:49:28,216
[chuckles]
That was a good line.
956
00:49:28,341 --> 00:49:29,467
[chuckles]
957
00:49:29,592 --> 00:49:30,718
Mm.
958
00:49:32,011 --> 00:49:35,932
You tell me if you think
we should call it,
959
00:49:37,225 --> 00:49:39,060
if we get right up
to that red line.
960
00:49:41,521 --> 00:49:43,648
For now, let's see how far
they'll bend.
961
00:49:44,357 --> 00:49:46,025
Let's see how today ends.
962
00:49:46,526 --> 00:49:47,860
If it's a stalemate...
963
00:49:49,570 --> 00:49:50,738
I'll reconsider.
964
00:49:51,781 --> 00:49:52,657
Yes, sir.
965
00:49:53,491 --> 00:49:57,495
[dramatic music plays]
966
00:50:16,264 --> 00:50:17,765
[Reagan]
We resume this afternoon
967
00:50:17,890 --> 00:50:20,309
with our secretary of state,
George Shultz,
968
00:50:20,435 --> 00:50:22,812
and your foreign minister,
Eduard Shevardnadze.
969
00:50:22,937 --> 00:50:25,523
Mr. General Secretary,
we are pleased
970
00:50:25,648 --> 00:50:27,191
with the morning's progress.
971
00:50:27,316 --> 00:50:29,026
Our team believes
that we can find a way
972
00:50:29,152 --> 00:50:32,780
to reduce the European IRBMs
to zero.
973
00:50:33,406 --> 00:50:36,868
Thank you, Mr. President.
This is very good news.
974
00:50:36,993 --> 00:50:39,120
I wonder
if now might be the time
975
00:50:39,245 --> 00:50:41,205
to turn our discussions
to human rights,
976
00:50:41,914 --> 00:50:44,584
for instance, Mr. Rostropovich.
977
00:50:44,709 --> 00:50:46,169
We are a nation of immigrants.
978
00:50:46,294 --> 00:50:48,254
We take their rights
and their families' rights
979
00:50:48,379 --> 00:50:50,214
very seriously,
Secretary-General.
980
00:50:50,339 --> 00:50:52,508
If we could discuss
his sister's visit--
981
00:50:52,633 --> 00:50:54,635
As you stated before,
982
00:50:54,761 --> 00:50:56,220
and as I stated before,
983
00:50:56,345 --> 00:50:57,764
we would first like to continue
984
00:50:57,889 --> 00:50:59,974
on the subject
of arms reduction.
985
00:51:03,603 --> 00:51:04,270
Okay.
986
00:51:04,896 --> 00:51:06,606
[Gorbachev] We have
a further proposal.
987
00:51:07,523 --> 00:51:08,983
My foreign minister and I
988
00:51:09,108 --> 00:51:11,611
have been discussing
the nuclear triad,
989
00:51:11,736 --> 00:51:12,820
as you call it.
990
00:51:12,945 --> 00:51:14,655
Yes, our strategy
991
00:51:14,781 --> 00:51:17,492
relies upon a three-point
threat deterrence,
992
00:51:17,617 --> 00:51:20,119
our land-based intercontinental
ballistic missiles,
993
00:51:20,244 --> 00:51:23,331
our long-range strategic
air command of bombers
994
00:51:23,456 --> 00:51:24,332
with their cruise missiles,
995
00:51:24,457 --> 00:51:26,834
and our submarine-launched
missiles.
996
00:51:26,959 --> 00:51:28,669
You have something similar.
997
00:51:28,795 --> 00:51:30,922
We don't have nearly
the same numbers
998
00:51:31,047 --> 00:51:32,548
of submarines or bombers.
999
00:51:32,673 --> 00:51:35,009
Our strategy relies
almost entirely
1000
00:51:35,134 --> 00:51:39,055
on the, uh, overwhelming
superiority of our ICBMs.
1001
00:51:39,180 --> 00:51:40,932
Superiority? You have a number
1002
00:51:41,057 --> 00:51:42,225
that's vastly greater
than our own.
1003
00:51:42,350 --> 00:51:43,768
I might call it redundancy.
1004
00:51:43,893 --> 00:51:46,687
- Please, you insult--
- We could, however, reclassify
1005
00:51:46,813 --> 00:51:51,442
all these weapons as strategic
offensive armaments, hm?
1006
00:51:51,567 --> 00:51:54,278
In years past,
our predecessors,
1007
00:51:54,403 --> 00:51:56,072
going all the way back
to the advent
1008
00:51:56,197 --> 00:51:57,740
of the hydrogen bomb,
1009
00:51:57,865 --> 00:51:59,700
have tried to restrain
1010
00:51:59,826 --> 00:52:01,702
the development
of these weapons,
1011
00:52:01,828 --> 00:52:03,162
mostly the ICBMs,
1012
00:52:03,287 --> 00:52:05,414
but also the bombers
and other types,
1013
00:52:05,540 --> 00:52:08,668
to control
the expansion of arms.
1014
00:52:08,793 --> 00:52:10,253
- Yes?
- Yes.
1015
00:52:10,378 --> 00:52:11,587
They have failed.
1016
00:52:11,712 --> 00:52:14,257
We have tens of thousands
of these weapons anyway
1017
00:52:14,382 --> 00:52:16,133
all pointed at each other.
1018
00:52:16,259 --> 00:52:18,678
You propose a new plan
for these weapons?
1019
00:52:18,803 --> 00:52:19,720
We propose,
1020
00:52:19,846 --> 00:52:22,765
using this morning's
European plan as our guide,
1021
00:52:22,890 --> 00:52:25,977
to reduce these weapons
as well.
1022
00:52:36,571 --> 00:52:39,740
[whispers] And, uh, you wanted
to quit while we were ahead.
1023
00:52:39,866 --> 00:52:41,951
You're not going to let me live
that down, are you, sir?
1024
00:52:42,076 --> 00:52:43,828
Never. Okay.
1025
00:52:44,745 --> 00:52:47,164
Your turn at bat, swing away.
1026
00:52:51,127 --> 00:52:54,505
We agree this would be
an admirable goal.
1027
00:52:55,965 --> 00:52:58,092
Perhaps by as much
as one third?
1028
00:53:02,346 --> 00:53:04,390
Or even by half?
1029
00:53:05,516 --> 00:53:06,225
Half?
1030
00:53:09,020 --> 00:53:10,646
Fifty percent?
1031
00:53:10,771 --> 00:53:12,189
That is correct.
1032
00:53:13,065 --> 00:53:15,109
In land-based ICBMs?
1033
00:53:16,110 --> 00:53:18,362
In all. Huh?
1034
00:53:19,488 --> 00:53:21,657
All parts of the triad.
1035
00:53:22,867 --> 00:53:25,786
Which would still leave you
a significant advantage
1036
00:53:25,912 --> 00:53:29,248
in land-based
and mobile-launched ICBMs.
1037
00:53:29,373 --> 00:53:32,209
We understand
and are prepared to discuss
1038
00:53:32,335 --> 00:53:33,878
how this goal
could be achieved.
1039
00:53:34,003 --> 00:53:37,506
What I am asking is,
is this of interest to you?
1040
00:53:40,843 --> 00:53:42,595
It certainly is.
1041
00:53:42,720 --> 00:53:45,890
[laughs] Good. Good. Good!
1042
00:53:47,058 --> 00:53:48,517
We are making progress.
1043
00:53:49,936 --> 00:53:51,729
Seems like Christmas
has come early.
1044
00:53:52,313 --> 00:53:56,651
What-what does your religious
holiday have to do with this?
1045
00:53:56,776 --> 00:53:59,362
Nothing. I'm sorry,
I forget you're all atheists.
1046
00:54:01,948 --> 00:54:03,908
Although, it, uh...
1047
00:54:05,618 --> 00:54:07,244
Well, it seems to me
that the Party
1048
00:54:07,370 --> 00:54:08,871
is about the same as a church.
1049
00:54:09,497 --> 00:54:11,958
You're true believers
in the Party, right?
1050
00:54:12,667 --> 00:54:14,335
Sir, perhaps...
1051
00:54:14,460 --> 00:54:18,047
Please, continue with
your thoughts, Mr. President.
1052
00:54:19,173 --> 00:54:22,051
Well, I mean, you deny
religion as hokum,
1053
00:54:22,176 --> 00:54:23,511
bunk, nonsense,
1054
00:54:23,636 --> 00:54:25,179
and there can't be
an Almighty Party
1055
00:54:25,304 --> 00:54:27,098
when there's an Almighty God
above it,
1056
00:54:27,223 --> 00:54:29,058
so your people can't worship.
1057
00:54:29,183 --> 00:54:32,144
They, uh, they have to worship
the Party.
1058
00:54:33,062 --> 00:54:33,771
Mmm.
1059
00:54:35,064 --> 00:54:40,611
To paraphrase the words
of our, um, theology,
1060
00:54:40,736 --> 00:54:43,656
we believe religion
is a false prophet,
1061
00:54:43,781 --> 00:54:44,949
promising the people things
1062
00:54:45,074 --> 00:54:46,409
they ought to achieve
for themselves.
1063
00:54:46,534 --> 00:54:49,120
And yet you make them
stand in line
1064
00:54:49,245 --> 00:54:51,664
for bread and milk and shoes,
1065
00:54:51,789 --> 00:54:53,374
and then deny them
the hereafter
1066
00:54:53,499 --> 00:54:54,834
that would suggest that their,
1067
00:54:54,959 --> 00:54:57,253
well, their suffering
is temporary.
1068
00:54:57,378 --> 00:54:59,296
They have nothing
to look forward to,
1069
00:54:59,422 --> 00:55:00,589
this life or the next.
1070
00:55:01,215 --> 00:55:03,050
No wonder
they're so pissed off.
1071
00:55:03,175 --> 00:55:06,345
The Soviet people
are not pissed off.
1072
00:55:06,470 --> 00:55:07,513
Then why do they wanna leave?
1073
00:55:07,638 --> 00:55:10,433
Why do you have to keep them
locked up behind walls,
1074
00:55:10,558 --> 00:55:12,018
like the one in Berlin?
1075
00:55:12,852 --> 00:55:14,353
Why not tear it down?
1076
00:55:14,478 --> 00:55:16,313
This is western propaganda.
1077
00:55:16,439 --> 00:55:17,815
Your Voice of America.
1078
00:55:17,940 --> 00:55:19,859
Which you keep trying
to jam the signal of.
1079
00:55:19,984 --> 00:55:22,319
And we have nothing like it
attacking American ears.
1080
00:55:22,445 --> 00:55:25,823
You won't even let
our movies into your cinemas,
1081
00:55:25,948 --> 00:55:28,242
and yet you call
this free speech?
1082
00:55:28,367 --> 00:55:29,744
Hmm? Open debate?
1083
00:55:29,869 --> 00:55:31,287
Well, that's the difference, gentlemen.
1084
00:55:31,412 --> 00:55:33,122
The Republican Party
doesn't control
1085
00:55:33,247 --> 00:55:36,167
what goes on the radio or TV.
We don't have our own channel.
1086
00:55:37,043 --> 00:55:38,586
If you make something
that the American people
1087
00:55:38,711 --> 00:55:40,796
actually wanna watch,
I guarantee they'll play it.
1088
00:55:40,921 --> 00:55:42,131
Media companies don't care
1089
00:55:42,256 --> 00:55:44,550
if you're religious
or fascist or nihilist,
1090
00:55:44,675 --> 00:55:46,052
they just want to make money.
1091
00:55:46,177 --> 00:55:49,972
Yes. [laughs]
The great American distraction,
1092
00:55:50,097 --> 00:55:52,558
making money.
1093
00:55:52,683 --> 00:55:56,020
And you are trying to distract
us from our purpose here.
1094
00:55:56,145 --> 00:55:57,396
This is pointless.
1095
00:55:57,521 --> 00:55:59,565
I, uh I got
an intelligence report
1096
00:55:59,690 --> 00:56:01,567
the other day from our CIA.
1097
00:56:01,692 --> 00:56:02,735
They were, uh,
1098
00:56:02,860 --> 00:56:05,613
they were assessing
your economic conditions,
1099
00:56:05,738 --> 00:56:07,573
tracking a bread line
in Moscow.
1100
00:56:08,199 --> 00:56:09,366
There was a guy, Boris,
1101
00:56:09,492 --> 00:56:11,327
and, uh, he was in front
of our agent,
1102
00:56:11,452 --> 00:56:13,120
and he got so pissed off
1103
00:56:13,245 --> 00:56:15,331
that he, uh,
he left the bread line.
1104
00:56:15,456 --> 00:56:18,250
He said he was gonna go find
you, Mr. General Secretary,
1105
00:56:18,375 --> 00:56:21,212
and bludgeon you
with a hammer and sickle.
1106
00:56:22,088 --> 00:56:24,757
Well, poor ol' Boris, he came
back about an hour later
1107
00:56:24,882 --> 00:56:26,801
and when our agent
asked him why,
1108
00:56:26,926 --> 00:56:29,929
he said the only line longer
than the one for bread
1109
00:56:30,054 --> 00:56:31,305
was the one to attack you.
1110
00:56:31,430 --> 00:56:33,349
[laughs]
1111
00:56:49,406 --> 00:56:51,033
[inhales]
1112
00:56:51,158 --> 00:56:56,622
[laughs]
1113
00:57:00,042 --> 00:57:01,585
You see, Mr. President,
1114
00:57:01,710 --> 00:57:04,713
you're not the only one with
public opinion problems, hm?
1115
00:57:04,839 --> 00:57:08,384
We both must answer
to the people.
1116
00:57:09,301 --> 00:57:13,806
Yes, but, uh, my people,
if they criticize me publicly,
1117
00:57:13,931 --> 00:57:15,599
don't get sent to the Gulag.
1118
00:57:16,308 --> 00:57:17,017
True.
1119
00:57:17,852 --> 00:57:20,271
And my people can't shoot me.
1120
00:57:20,396 --> 00:57:25,359
[ominous music plays]
1121
00:57:30,239 --> 00:57:32,324
We must also ascertain
throw weight.
1122
00:57:34,368 --> 00:57:36,912
The amount of weight
the missile itself can carry,
1123
00:57:37,037 --> 00:57:40,124
how much a warhead,
or warheads, can weigh.
1124
00:57:41,417 --> 00:57:43,669
Your missiles can carry
a heavier payload,
1125
00:57:43,794 --> 00:57:45,087
so equal number of missiles
1126
00:57:45,212 --> 00:57:48,132
does not mean
equal number of warheads.
1127
00:57:50,593 --> 00:57:52,011
Let us discuss it.
1128
00:57:54,722 --> 00:57:58,601
[thunder rumbling]
1129
00:57:58,726 --> 00:58:01,228
[flagpole clanging]
1130
00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:09,737
[agent] Hold on, guys.
1131
00:58:09,862 --> 00:58:11,363
[KGB officer] Perhaps I should
become a capitalist.
1132
00:58:11,488 --> 00:58:13,490
Then I could sell you time
in my restroom.
1133
00:58:14,241 --> 00:58:15,284
[chuckles]
1134
00:58:19,663 --> 00:58:20,915
[paper rustles]
1135
00:58:21,665 --> 00:58:22,666
Colonel.
1136
00:58:26,462 --> 00:58:27,922
Détente, comrade.
1137
00:58:32,635 --> 00:58:33,719
[paper rustles]
1138
00:58:39,975 --> 00:58:41,518
[typewriter clacking]
1139
00:58:47,066 --> 00:58:49,526
[bird chirping]
1140
00:58:49,652 --> 00:58:51,946
[gentle dramatic music plays]
1141
00:58:53,322 --> 00:58:57,326
- [indistinct chatter]
- [camera shutters clicking]
1142
00:58:58,327 --> 00:59:00,621
[Cleo] Any idea why she's
looking at the Prose Edda?
1143
00:59:01,288 --> 00:59:02,248
[Alexander] The what?
1144
00:59:02,790 --> 00:59:05,084
[Cleo]
The ancient Icelandic text.
1145
00:59:05,209 --> 00:59:07,044
Odin, Thor, Loki.
1146
00:59:07,169 --> 00:59:10,130
All their culture and religion
and things rolled into one.
1147
00:59:10,256 --> 00:59:12,299
[Alexander] Why would
you possibly know...
1148
00:59:12,424 --> 00:59:14,510
Oh, of course, NPR.
1149
00:59:14,635 --> 00:59:17,763
- Snorri Sturluson.
- "Snorry"? [chuckles] Come on!
1150
00:59:17,888 --> 00:59:20,432
That's the author
of the Prose Edda.
1151
00:59:20,557 --> 00:59:23,686
Snorri. S-N-O-R-R-I.
1152
00:59:23,811 --> 00:59:25,312
- Snorri Sturluson.
- Sturluson. Yeah.
1153
00:59:25,437 --> 00:59:26,522
So ask her.
1154
00:59:26,647 --> 00:59:27,731
Ask who what?
1155
00:59:27,856 --> 00:59:29,191
The Not First Lady of Russia.
1156
00:59:29,316 --> 00:59:30,526
She quoted Chekhov.
1157
00:59:30,651 --> 00:59:32,361
I expect she's got a reason
we're here
1158
00:59:32,486 --> 00:59:34,655
all looking at the Prose Edda,
so ask her.
1159
00:59:34,780 --> 00:59:37,074
- I see. And tell me--
- Mrs. Gorbachev!
1160
00:59:37,199 --> 00:59:38,617
- National Public Radio--
- American.
1161
00:59:38,742 --> 00:59:41,245
American National Public Radio.
1162
00:59:41,370 --> 00:59:43,872
Um, why are we here?
1163
00:59:43,998 --> 00:59:47,501
We are here to exchange
cultural knowledge, Ms. NPR.
1164
00:59:47,626 --> 00:59:50,963
The Prose Edda is a seminal
text in Norse history
1165
00:59:51,088 --> 00:59:54,133
and I am flattered
to examine it here
1166
00:59:54,258 --> 00:59:56,010
in the Land of Ice and Fire.
1167
00:59:56,135 --> 00:59:57,636
I'm sure you've seen
the press release.
1168
00:59:57,761 --> 01:00:00,472
Mrs. Reagan
is feeling just fine.
1169
01:00:00,597 --> 01:00:02,766
A rather terse
and unusual pronouncement
1170
01:00:02,891 --> 01:00:05,144
for a weekend
from the Administration.
1171
01:00:05,269 --> 01:00:06,228
You care to comment?
1172
01:00:06,353 --> 01:00:09,732
Well, I'm, uh, thrilled to hear
Mrs. Reagan is well.
1173
01:00:09,857 --> 01:00:12,526
I only wish she had brought
her good health here
1174
01:00:12,651 --> 01:00:16,613
so we could share
this incredible honor together,
1175
01:00:16,739 --> 01:00:18,699
viewing the Prose Edda.
1176
01:00:18,824 --> 01:00:21,744
What's it like staying
on a ship, Mrs. Gorbachev?
1177
01:00:21,869 --> 01:00:23,120
Why not a hotel?
1178
01:00:23,245 --> 01:00:25,748
I was told it is
for security reasons.
1179
01:00:27,207 --> 01:00:28,959
But I must tell you,
1180
01:00:29,585 --> 01:00:31,128
it is very romantic.
1181
01:00:33,505 --> 01:00:35,049
- Madam Gorbachev!
- Madam Gorbachev.
1182
01:00:35,174 --> 01:00:38,427
[reporters clamoring]
1183
01:00:40,679 --> 01:00:43,182
Huh. "Romantic."
1184
01:00:44,266 --> 01:00:46,268
That's one mental image
I won't get out of my head.
1185
01:00:46,393 --> 01:00:48,645
Ah, they're entitled
to their happiness.
1186
01:00:48,771 --> 01:00:49,980
Aren't we all?
1187
01:00:51,982 --> 01:00:53,067
I'm calling it.
1188
01:00:53,192 --> 01:00:54,985
I can't imagine my editor
will care.
1189
01:00:55,110 --> 01:00:57,654
Saturday afternoon on NPR
is always a dead zone.
1190
01:00:58,989 --> 01:01:00,657
- Let's find a bar.
- Schnapps!
1191
01:01:04,453 --> 01:01:05,579
[Reagan]
Fifty percent reduction.
1192
01:01:05,704 --> 01:01:07,831
I think that
is considerable progress.
1193
01:01:07,956 --> 01:01:09,875
Imagine tomorrow,
Mr. General Secretary,
1194
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:12,628
we will shake hands
for the cameras and say "deal."
1195
01:01:12,753 --> 01:01:14,463
I would like this very much.
1196
01:01:14,588 --> 01:01:17,299
But we must still discuss
your shield, hm?
1197
01:01:19,343 --> 01:01:21,261
The Strategic Defense
Initiative.
1198
01:01:21,387 --> 01:01:22,346
[Gorbachev sighs]
1199
01:01:25,599 --> 01:01:29,645
[grunts] Perhaps it is too much
for this evening.
1200
01:01:30,479 --> 01:01:32,940
Uh, Mr. President,
you had been saying
1201
01:01:33,065 --> 01:01:35,317
that you wish to discuss
with your allies
1202
01:01:35,442 --> 01:01:38,445
the potential INF implications
in Asia.
1203
01:01:38,570 --> 01:01:41,156
Shall we adjourn
so that you may?
1204
01:01:41,907 --> 01:01:44,368
Yes, we will have
an answer quickly.
1205
01:01:44,493 --> 01:01:47,871
As we are able to assure you
that our eastern allies
1206
01:01:47,996 --> 01:01:50,749
will understand
our withdrawals in Europe.
1207
01:01:50,874 --> 01:01:52,626
I must warn you,
our NATO allies
1208
01:01:52,751 --> 01:01:53,752
are less subservient.
1209
01:01:53,877 --> 01:01:56,004
Didn't Mrs. Thatcher
thank you personally
1210
01:01:56,130 --> 01:01:57,673
for modernizing her arsenal?
1211
01:01:57,798 --> 01:01:59,299
And that you coordinate
your attacks
1212
01:01:59,425 --> 01:02:01,218
in the Soviet Union
and the Warsaw Pact
1213
01:02:01,343 --> 01:02:03,679
so as to avoid duplication.
1214
01:02:03,804 --> 01:02:06,140
You seem to know an awful lot.
1215
01:02:06,265 --> 01:02:08,934
That is how this game
is played, is it not?
1216
01:02:09,059 --> 01:02:10,602
Surely all of your intelligence
1217
01:02:10,727 --> 01:02:13,063
isn't wasted analyzing
bread lines?
1218
01:02:13,188 --> 01:02:14,523
No. It's not.
1219
01:02:14,648 --> 01:02:17,443
We also monitor
Russian treaty violation.
1220
01:02:17,568 --> 01:02:19,862
[chuckles] More waste, huh?
1221
01:02:20,654 --> 01:02:22,030
There have been none.
1222
01:02:22,156 --> 01:02:23,615
Trust, but verify.
1223
01:02:24,908 --> 01:02:27,369
As I have agreed we will do.
1224
01:02:28,620 --> 01:02:32,666
But you can imagine
the objections of my, uh, KGB.
1225
01:02:32,791 --> 01:02:33,959
[Reagan laughs] And I...
1226
01:02:34,084 --> 01:02:36,378
I doubt I'll have an easy time
of it with our Congress.
1227
01:02:36,503 --> 01:02:40,174
You have your senators,
I have my generals.
1228
01:02:41,717 --> 01:02:44,887
We must convince them
that we are strongest together.
1229
01:02:45,012 --> 01:02:47,222
Yes, I suppose so.
1230
01:02:48,056 --> 01:02:50,434
Too bad we can't just get rid
of all of them.
1231
01:02:51,768 --> 01:02:53,020
Your senators?
1232
01:02:53,145 --> 01:02:54,855
No. [laughs]
1233
01:02:54,980 --> 01:02:55,898
The nukes.
1234
01:03:00,027 --> 01:03:04,031
We're going to cut them by 50%
in the next ten years.
1235
01:03:04,156 --> 01:03:05,782
But that still leaves
thousands,
1236
01:03:05,908 --> 01:03:08,076
tens of thousands,
threatening the world.
1237
01:03:09,745 --> 01:03:11,288
Who's to say
who comes after us,
1238
01:03:11,413 --> 01:03:13,373
perhaps
the next general secretary
1239
01:03:13,499 --> 01:03:14,833
will want to renegotiate,
1240
01:03:14,958 --> 01:03:17,044
wish to build more, not less.
1241
01:03:17,169 --> 01:03:18,378
Or the next president.
1242
01:03:19,755 --> 01:03:22,132
Traditionally, throughout
the history of our republic,
1243
01:03:22,257 --> 01:03:23,675
new presidents have upheld
1244
01:03:23,800 --> 01:03:25,886
the treaties
of their predecessors.
1245
01:03:26,011 --> 01:03:27,596
But there is no law they must.
1246
01:03:27,721 --> 01:03:28,722
No.
1247
01:03:29,515 --> 01:03:30,516
No.
1248
01:03:31,808 --> 01:03:35,646
I'm not sure then I understand
what you're saying.
1249
01:03:38,482 --> 01:03:41,693
I'm saying good leaders
make things better now.
1250
01:03:42,653 --> 01:03:45,989
Great leaders make things
better for the future.
1251
01:03:46,114 --> 01:03:47,282
I'm saying...
1252
01:03:49,159 --> 01:03:51,119
why can't we just get rid
of all of them?
1253
01:03:52,037 --> 01:03:53,789
Every last one of the...
1254
01:03:55,666 --> 01:03:58,293
goshdamn contemptible things
once and for all!
1255
01:03:58,418 --> 01:04:01,255
I'm saying
why don't we make a deal
1256
01:04:01,380 --> 01:04:03,006
that the whole world
can rejoice,
1257
01:04:03,131 --> 01:04:05,342
a deal too good
for those who come after us
1258
01:04:05,467 --> 01:04:07,844
to reject or replace
or renegotiate?
1259
01:04:07,970 --> 01:04:10,722
I'm saying why don't we just
get rid of all of them?
1260
01:04:11,807 --> 01:04:16,019
I'm saying, are we going to be
merely good, Secretary-General,
1261
01:04:17,396 --> 01:04:19,398
or are we going to be great?
1262
01:04:19,523 --> 01:04:22,859
[suspenseful music plays]
1263
01:04:27,823 --> 01:04:31,743
We would be willing to discuss
such an agreement.
1264
01:04:32,661 --> 01:04:35,914
All nuclear weapons reduced?
1265
01:04:36,039 --> 01:04:37,791
- To zero.
- In ten years?
1266
01:04:37,916 --> 01:04:39,167
- All.
- Comrade...
1267
01:04:39,876 --> 01:04:42,045
let's not be too hasty
with the atmosphere
1268
01:04:42,170 --> 01:04:44,089
of what we have achieved
here today.
1269
01:04:44,214 --> 01:04:46,300
Perhaps we should break
for the evening.
1270
01:04:46,967 --> 01:04:49,052
Nuclear Zero.
1271
01:04:49,803 --> 01:04:53,098
Every single nuclear weapon
on earth, gone.
1272
01:04:53,765 --> 01:04:57,060
Taken out of the silo,
off the sub, out of the bomber,
1273
01:04:57,185 --> 01:05:00,063
dismantled, junked,
warheads spun down.
1274
01:05:00,772 --> 01:05:02,399
In just ten years.
1275
01:05:03,609 --> 01:05:06,069
Peace on earth? Hm?
1276
01:05:06,194 --> 01:05:07,863
Good will to all men?
1277
01:05:07,988 --> 01:05:09,489
Your Christmas come early?
1278
01:05:10,490 --> 01:05:12,659
Amen. [chuckles]
1279
01:05:12,784 --> 01:05:14,453
- Well...
- Well, then let's do it!
1280
01:05:14,786 --> 01:05:16,496
Yes. [laughs] Let's do it.
1281
01:05:16,622 --> 01:05:18,332
It is impossible, gentlemen.
1282
01:05:18,457 --> 01:05:20,167
How would we even begin
to start?
1283
01:05:20,292 --> 01:05:21,418
We'll ask the experts
1284
01:05:21,543 --> 01:05:23,420
to make the arrangements,
handle the fine print.
1285
01:05:23,545 --> 01:05:25,047
You brought your experts,
they're upstairs
1286
01:05:25,172 --> 01:05:26,632
across the hall from mine.
1287
01:05:26,757 --> 01:05:28,634
They have a long night
ahead of them, huh?
1288
01:05:28,759 --> 01:05:30,802
Yes, I'd say they do.
1289
01:05:31,345 --> 01:05:34,056
We will meet tomorrow morning
to discuss the terms.
1290
01:05:34,389 --> 01:05:37,017
- And SDI.
- And human rights.
1291
01:05:38,727 --> 01:05:40,479
Good night,
Mr. General-Secretary.
1292
01:05:40,604 --> 01:05:42,356
Sleep well, Mr. President.
1293
01:05:42,481 --> 01:05:43,815
[agent on radio] We're moving.
1294
01:05:49,279 --> 01:05:52,115
Not sure we're going to need
you much longer, Tim.
1295
01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:53,533
Sorry, sir?
1296
01:05:54,034 --> 01:05:56,620
Nothing. Thank you, Colonel.
I'll be out in a minute.
1297
01:05:56,745 --> 01:05:57,704
Yes, sir.
1298
01:05:59,373 --> 01:06:02,334
They, uh, make me do rehearsals
every few months.
1299
01:06:02,459 --> 01:06:03,960
You wanna know how it works?
1300
01:06:04,086 --> 01:06:06,922
How to end the world?
No, thank you, sir.
1301
01:06:07,047 --> 01:06:09,049
Well, you're in the line
of succession, George,
1302
01:06:09,174 --> 01:06:10,467
and I'm not bulletproof.
1303
01:06:11,385 --> 01:06:12,511
I know.
1304
01:06:13,970 --> 01:06:14,930
Try not to get shot again
1305
01:06:15,055 --> 01:06:16,264
before we get through
tomorrow, sir.
1306
01:06:16,390 --> 01:06:17,391
Yeah.
1307
01:06:18,058 --> 01:06:18,975
I'll assemble our team,
1308
01:06:19,101 --> 01:06:21,770
and get them caffeine,
lots of it,
1309
01:06:21,895 --> 01:06:23,146
get them in a room
with the Soviets.
1310
01:06:23,271 --> 01:06:24,523
Well, get them to zero.
1311
01:06:24,648 --> 01:06:26,900
Every nuclear weapon gone
from the face of the Earth
1312
01:06:27,025 --> 01:06:28,443
in just a few hours?
1313
01:06:28,568 --> 01:06:30,487
Congress is going to lose
their minds.
1314
01:06:30,612 --> 01:06:31,863
Joint Chiefs too.
1315
01:06:31,988 --> 01:06:33,907
And the CIA, and the DIA,
1316
01:06:34,032 --> 01:06:35,701
and I need to tell our allies.
1317
01:06:35,826 --> 01:06:37,202
Yes, do that tonight.
1318
01:06:37,327 --> 01:06:39,454
Get Thatcher and Mitterrand
and Kohl to sign off.
1319
01:06:40,455 --> 01:06:41,873
And if they don't?
1320
01:06:43,291 --> 01:06:45,085
I don't know, George.
We'll think of something.
1321
01:06:45,210 --> 01:06:47,212
But just, you know,
just get the team into it.
1322
01:06:47,337 --> 01:06:49,256
All right?
This is a better world.
1323
01:06:49,381 --> 01:06:51,591
We can leave America safer
than we found her.
1324
01:06:52,801 --> 01:06:56,680
[bell tolling]
1325
01:07:03,270 --> 01:07:05,689
"Peace on earth.
Good will to all men"?
1326
01:07:05,814 --> 01:07:08,024
Gorbachev actually said that?
1327
01:07:08,150 --> 01:07:09,901
The head of the worldwide
communist plot?
1328
01:07:10,026 --> 01:07:12,988
It upsets 50 years
of stable geopolitics.
1329
01:07:13,113 --> 01:07:15,615
[Kampelman] A mutually assured
destruction works for a reason.
1330
01:07:15,741 --> 01:07:17,868
How the hell are we gonna
defend Western Europe
1331
01:07:17,993 --> 01:07:21,121
when they have overwhelmingly
superior conventional forces
1332
01:07:21,246 --> 01:07:22,914
that will just roll downhill,
1333
01:07:23,039 --> 01:07:24,583
thousands of T-72 tanks
1334
01:07:24,708 --> 01:07:26,585
right through Frankfurt
and Paris,
1335
01:07:26,710 --> 01:07:28,086
straight
to the English Channel?
1336
01:07:28,211 --> 01:07:29,546
Does any man here doubt
1337
01:07:29,671 --> 01:07:31,882
that the world would be safer
without nuclear weapons?
1338
01:07:32,883 --> 01:07:34,801
Hard to put the genie
back in the bottle,
1339
01:07:35,218 --> 01:07:36,720
and I've been doing this longer
1340
01:07:36,845 --> 01:07:38,305
than the rest of you
put together.
1341
01:07:38,430 --> 01:07:39,723
When we got here,
you all thought
1342
01:07:39,848 --> 01:07:41,767
this was a colossal waste
of a weekend.
1343
01:07:41,892 --> 01:07:44,311
- Well...
- Now, no denying it.
1344
01:07:45,937 --> 01:07:50,192
And yet, the General Secretary
of the Communist Party
1345
01:07:50,317 --> 01:07:52,652
of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics
1346
01:07:52,778 --> 01:07:54,321
has just offered us
the best deal
1347
01:07:54,446 --> 01:07:56,239
since Russia sold us Alaska.
1348
01:07:57,449 --> 01:07:59,534
Hell, maybe of all time.
1349
01:08:01,036 --> 01:08:02,454
Are we going to pass it by?
1350
01:08:04,122 --> 01:08:07,000
You've all trained
for high stakes negotiations.
1351
01:08:07,125 --> 01:08:07,918
This is it.
1352
01:08:08,585 --> 01:08:10,128
This is our Super Bowl.
1353
01:08:11,213 --> 01:08:13,632
Are you in or are you out?
1354
01:08:18,303 --> 01:08:20,514
I serve at the pleasure
of the President.
1355
01:08:20,639 --> 01:08:23,850
[all] I serve at the pleasure
of the President.
1356
01:08:31,358 --> 01:08:34,194
So, who's going to lead
this moonshot?
1357
01:08:34,319 --> 01:08:35,987
- [grunts] Paul.
- Paul.
1358
01:08:36,112 --> 01:08:36,947
[clears throat]
1359
01:08:37,072 --> 01:08:39,199
[typewriter keys clacking]
1360
01:08:39,324 --> 01:08:42,244
[indistinct chatter]
1361
01:08:44,204 --> 01:08:45,705
Have you got
the scrambler set up?
1362
01:08:48,458 --> 01:08:49,251
You're kidding.
1363
01:08:49,376 --> 01:08:51,545
It looks like something
out of Get Smart.
1364
01:08:52,212 --> 01:08:54,130
Sorry about that,
Mr. Secretary.
1365
01:08:59,261 --> 01:09:00,929
What's the button
for Foggy Bottom?
1366
01:09:01,054 --> 01:09:01,763
Four.
1367
01:09:06,560 --> 01:09:07,352
[beeps]
1368
01:09:07,477 --> 01:09:08,562
This is the secretary.
1369
01:09:08,687 --> 01:09:10,689
Get me a line
to Ambassador Price in London.
1370
01:09:10,814 --> 01:09:12,232
- [beeps]
- Yes, this is the secretary.
1371
01:09:12,357 --> 01:09:14,651
Get me a line
to Ambassador Rodgers in Paris.
1372
01:09:16,027 --> 01:09:17,529
Richard, George Shultz.
1373
01:09:18,947 --> 01:09:21,241
Yes, it's late. Sorry.
1374
01:09:21,366 --> 01:09:23,869
Listen, you're gonna have
to get Helmut up as well.
1375
01:09:23,994 --> 01:09:25,078
Call me back when you have him.
1376
01:09:25,203 --> 01:09:26,246
The President has an update
1377
01:09:26,371 --> 01:09:27,998
from Reykjavík for the
chancellor.
1378
01:09:28,123 --> 01:09:29,791
His ears and yours only.
1379
01:09:29,916 --> 01:09:31,585
Wake him up.
Wake him up. Wake him up.
1380
01:09:34,087 --> 01:09:38,717
[overlapping chatter]
1381
01:09:38,842 --> 01:09:40,802
[all fall quiet]
1382
01:09:44,556 --> 01:09:45,724
Move.
1383
01:09:49,352 --> 01:09:50,729
Holy shit.
1384
01:09:50,854 --> 01:09:51,771
Is that...
1385
01:09:51,897 --> 01:09:53,899
Marshall Sergey Akhromeyev.
1386
01:09:54,024 --> 01:09:56,318
Four time winner
of the Order of Lenin,
1387
01:09:56,443 --> 01:09:58,278
veteran of the siege
of Leningrad,
1388
01:09:58,403 --> 01:10:00,238
hero of the Soviet Union...
1389
01:10:01,448 --> 01:10:04,868
Chief of the General Staff
of the Soviet Armed Forces.
1390
01:10:06,244 --> 01:10:08,288
They brought their Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs
1391
01:10:08,413 --> 01:10:09,539
to negotiate?
1392
01:10:11,041 --> 01:10:13,126
- [scoffs]
- Not intimidating at all.
1393
01:10:14,127 --> 01:10:14,836
Well...
1394
01:10:15,879 --> 01:10:17,797
I'm glad we voted on you, Paul.
1395
01:10:22,677 --> 01:10:28,516
[Italian Concerto,
F Major-Andante plays]
1396
01:10:28,642 --> 01:10:31,394
[phone rings]
1397
01:10:31,519 --> 01:10:32,395
[sighs]
1398
01:10:34,439 --> 01:10:35,941
I forgot to call.
1399
01:10:36,066 --> 01:10:37,359
[Nancy] You all right?
1400
01:10:39,694 --> 01:10:41,821
- Ronnie?
- [Reagan] I'm just...
1401
01:10:41,947 --> 01:10:43,281
I'm-I'm just tired.
1402
01:10:43,406 --> 01:10:44,532
[Nancy] How's the hand?
1403
01:10:46,493 --> 01:10:47,827
[inhales]
1404
01:10:47,953 --> 01:10:48,703
Fine.
1405
01:10:49,496 --> 01:10:51,998
[Nancy] Do they have a TV there
at least?
1406
01:10:52,123 --> 01:10:54,376
You need to take
your mind off things.
1407
01:10:54,668 --> 01:10:57,212
Well, I'm sure there's one
around here somewhere,
1408
01:10:57,337 --> 01:11:00,423
but I... I just don't think
Icelandic broadcasters
1409
01:11:00,548 --> 01:11:02,133
have Family Ties.
1410
01:11:02,258 --> 01:11:04,302
[both laugh]
1411
01:11:05,136 --> 01:11:06,680
You know,
they say that Icelanders
1412
01:11:06,805 --> 01:11:08,932
don't have TV
at all on Thursdays.
1413
01:11:09,057 --> 01:11:12,894
Something about having time for
family and cultural awareness.
1414
01:11:13,019 --> 01:11:16,523
Can you imagine, whole country
with no TV for a night?
1415
01:11:16,648 --> 01:11:19,442
Well, thank goodness
it's Saturday. [chuckles]
1416
01:11:21,111 --> 01:11:23,863
[Nancy] I know how lonely
the job feels,
1417
01:11:23,989 --> 01:11:26,866
being responsible
for millions of people.
1418
01:11:28,618 --> 01:11:30,662
I'm so sorry
I'm not there with you.
1419
01:11:30,787 --> 01:11:32,122
It was a mistake.
1420
01:11:33,873 --> 01:11:35,667
Eh, it's okay. Uh...
1421
01:11:35,792 --> 01:11:37,252
I'm just fine.
1422
01:11:38,253 --> 01:11:39,421
I love you.
1423
01:11:39,546 --> 01:11:40,922
Good night.
1424
01:11:41,047 --> 01:11:41,965
Love you.
1425
01:11:42,507 --> 01:11:43,508
Good night.
1426
01:11:46,553 --> 01:11:50,348
[music continues]
1427
01:11:51,224 --> 01:11:52,267
[sighs]
1428
01:11:54,185 --> 01:11:55,937
I should've stayed on a boat.
1429
01:12:00,191 --> 01:12:01,109
[groans]
1430
01:12:02,068 --> 01:12:05,280
- [ship horn blows]
- [seagull squawking]
1431
01:12:08,533 --> 01:12:10,785
[groans]
1432
01:12:12,620 --> 01:12:14,998
[Gorbachev]
This is different, hm?
1433
01:12:15,123 --> 01:12:17,292
You coming home after me.
1434
01:12:17,417 --> 01:12:19,961
We seize
the opportunities we have.
1435
01:12:21,129 --> 01:12:23,506
[Gorbachev] How many times
did you change today?
1436
01:12:24,549 --> 01:12:26,468
Eight already.
1437
01:12:26,593 --> 01:12:28,970
The models of Milan
have nothing on you.
1438
01:12:30,138 --> 01:12:31,056
Going back out?
1439
01:12:31,181 --> 01:12:34,476
Dinner with the prime minister
of Iceland.
1440
01:12:38,354 --> 01:12:39,939
How is it with your American?
1441
01:12:41,274 --> 01:12:42,150
Hmm.
1442
01:12:43,151 --> 01:12:45,945
You must trust and believe
in people.
1443
01:12:48,615 --> 01:12:49,532
Otherwise,
1444
01:12:49,657 --> 01:12:51,743
- life becomes impossible.
- Life becomes impossible.
1445
01:12:52,869 --> 01:12:56,039
You got a KGB report on me
at the hot springs?
1446
01:12:58,792 --> 01:13:00,251
What has happened?
1447
01:13:03,713 --> 01:13:04,964
I cannot say.
1448
01:13:06,800 --> 01:13:09,761
Are you being proud
or desperate?
1449
01:13:09,886 --> 01:13:13,098
I think you will say we have
something to be proud of.
1450
01:13:15,141 --> 01:13:15,850
Good.
1451
01:13:17,143 --> 01:13:18,061
Good.
1452
01:13:19,395 --> 01:13:22,565
Then you will be able to make
the changes we need
1453
01:13:22,690 --> 01:13:24,609
and our people will prosper.
1454
01:13:27,529 --> 01:13:29,114
You harbor no doubts?
1455
01:13:30,740 --> 01:13:32,283
Not about our nation.
1456
01:13:33,243 --> 01:13:34,452
Not about you.
1457
01:13:38,665 --> 01:13:40,458
- Do you?
- [door opens]
1458
01:13:42,377 --> 01:13:43,378
[door closes]
1459
01:13:51,845 --> 01:13:52,679
[Raisa grunts softly]
1460
01:13:58,101 --> 01:13:58,810
What?
1461
01:14:01,312 --> 01:14:02,480
You think the KGB
1462
01:14:02,605 --> 01:14:05,567
is now bugging
the Soviet premier's toilet?
1463
01:14:07,152 --> 01:14:09,487
I think the minister
of state security
1464
01:14:09,612 --> 01:14:13,616
chose this boat and not
the embassy for our lodging
1465
01:14:13,741 --> 01:14:18,037
so that we could not take long
walks away from microphones.
1466
01:14:22,542 --> 01:14:24,460
What preys upon your mind,
my love?
1467
01:14:24,586 --> 01:14:26,921
[tuts, sighs]
1468
01:14:30,133 --> 01:14:31,551
He seems genuine.
1469
01:14:31,676 --> 01:14:32,844
[Raisa] But you're not sure.
1470
01:14:33,761 --> 01:14:36,931
I offer him Nuclear Zero.
1471
01:14:38,600 --> 01:14:39,976
But I cannot tell.
1472
01:14:40,101 --> 01:14:42,770
I don't think
he will give up SDI.
1473
01:14:42,896 --> 01:14:43,730
Well...
1474
01:14:44,647 --> 01:14:48,776
I brought it up for the first
time at the close of day
1475
01:14:48,902 --> 01:14:51,529
and the look on his face
was clear.
1476
01:14:51,654 --> 01:14:53,531
SDI is a mirage.
1477
01:14:53,656 --> 01:14:56,576
Even his own people
don't think it'll work.
1478
01:14:56,701 --> 01:14:58,328
Don't let it distract you.
1479
01:14:59,954 --> 01:15:03,166
Nuclear weapons gave them
powered submarines
1480
01:15:03,291 --> 01:15:05,752
so quiet we cannot detect them.
1481
01:15:05,877 --> 01:15:09,088
The space race gave them
computers now so small
1482
01:15:09,214 --> 01:15:10,673
they fit on a desk.
1483
01:15:10,798 --> 01:15:13,384
If we cannot contain this SDI...
1484
01:15:14,510 --> 01:15:16,971
who knows
what terrible inventions
1485
01:15:17,096 --> 01:15:18,431
they will come up with.
1486
01:15:19,724 --> 01:15:23,811
And if we have to take
the arms race into space,
1487
01:15:25,146 --> 01:15:27,065
our people will starve.
1488
01:15:27,982 --> 01:15:28,983
Hmm.
1489
01:15:29,108 --> 01:15:30,068
[Raisa sighs]
1490
01:15:31,069 --> 01:15:31,986
Famine.
1491
01:15:33,655 --> 01:15:35,198
Like Stalin's time.
1492
01:15:40,703 --> 01:15:43,831
But your reforms--
perestroika, glasnost--
1493
01:15:43,957 --> 01:15:45,124
they are working.
1494
01:15:45,250 --> 01:15:46,542
We just need time.
1495
01:15:47,210 --> 01:15:50,505
The one thing we cannot beg,
borrow, or steal.
1496
01:15:50,630 --> 01:15:51,464
Hm.
1497
01:15:55,051 --> 01:15:57,637
Don't let them harm the rodina.
1498
01:15:59,806 --> 01:16:01,683
But even more, my love,
1499
01:16:01,808 --> 01:16:04,852
don't let us harm the rodina.
1500
01:16:04,978 --> 01:16:07,272
Even with the best
of intentions.
1501
01:16:19,075 --> 01:16:21,995
[dramatic music plays]
1502
01:16:25,999 --> 01:16:27,542
Our submarines have the ability
1503
01:16:27,667 --> 01:16:29,294
to protect our homeland
the longest--
1504
01:16:29,419 --> 01:16:32,964
Which is precisely why we want
them gone in the first round.
1505
01:16:33,131 --> 01:16:35,008
Can you not understand?
1506
01:16:35,133 --> 01:16:36,676
We must become
vulnerable together.
1507
01:16:36,801 --> 01:16:37,844
We think the opposite.
1508
01:16:37,969 --> 01:16:38,845
A slow drawdown,
1509
01:16:39,012 --> 01:16:41,556
several years of
confidence-building reductions
1510
01:16:41,681 --> 01:16:43,349
in other areas,
culminating in--
1511
01:16:43,474 --> 01:16:45,226
Let it be noted
it's the Americans
1512
01:16:45,351 --> 01:16:48,896
who wish to proceed cautiously
for the first time in history.
1513
01:16:52,108 --> 01:16:54,068
Why don't we proceed
with a different topic?
1514
01:16:54,193 --> 01:16:55,570
We proceed nowhere.
1515
01:16:57,113 --> 01:16:59,949
- [wind howling]
- [loud banging]
1516
01:17:01,993 --> 01:17:04,495
Well, it is supposed
to be haunted.
1517
01:17:05,496 --> 01:17:07,457
It is the wind from the sea.
1518
01:17:08,041 --> 01:17:10,626
I will go out to enjoy it
for a moment.
1519
01:17:16,674 --> 01:17:21,471
[contemplative music plays]
1520
01:17:31,022 --> 01:17:32,774
[ominous music plays]
1521
01:17:32,899 --> 01:17:34,442
[female reporter]
Reagan shot at close range,
1522
01:17:34,567 --> 01:17:36,069
apparently by a lone assailant.
1523
01:17:36,194 --> 01:17:38,029
[man yelling indistinctly]
1524
01:17:38,654 --> 01:17:42,533
[panting]
1525
01:17:47,413 --> 01:17:48,456
[grunts]
1526
01:18:03,721 --> 01:18:06,391
[sips, swallows]
1527
01:18:06,516 --> 01:18:07,517
[sighs]
1528
01:18:08,309 --> 01:18:11,604
[pants]
1529
01:18:11,729 --> 01:18:17,443
[gentle, solemn music plays]
1530
01:18:32,250 --> 01:18:33,626
How close are we?
1531
01:18:35,294 --> 01:18:36,462
Well, there's a reason
they trained
1532
01:18:36,587 --> 01:18:38,005
the astronauts here, sir.
1533
01:18:38,131 --> 01:18:39,257
Might as well be the moon.
1534
01:18:39,382 --> 01:18:42,051
How do you tell one mound
of lava rock from another?
1535
01:18:42,176 --> 01:18:43,344
I meant our team.
1536
01:18:44,137 --> 01:18:46,180
Oh, yes. Sorry.
1537
01:18:46,305 --> 01:18:48,015
Um, they're closing in.
1538
01:18:48,641 --> 01:18:49,392
[grunts]
1539
01:18:49,517 --> 01:18:51,602
- I want it done.
- [Shultz] Yes, sir.
1540
01:18:53,271 --> 01:18:54,272
Thatcher was telling me
1541
01:18:54,397 --> 01:18:55,648
her theory one time
at Chequers.
1542
01:18:55,773 --> 01:18:57,275
You heard this?
"Two lads and a pint"?
1543
01:18:57,984 --> 01:18:59,527
That like two guys and a beer?
1544
01:18:59,652 --> 01:19:02,113
[chuckles] She has this theory
that everything in the world
1545
01:19:02,238 --> 01:19:05,324
is actually decided
by two lads and a pint.
1546
01:19:06,159 --> 01:19:08,619
Or in her case,
two ladies and a whiskey?
1547
01:19:08,744 --> 01:19:10,371
[chuckles]
It's not a bad theory.
1548
01:19:11,372 --> 01:19:14,167
Can we trust an enemy?
Can we trust Gorbachev?
1549
01:19:15,042 --> 01:19:16,544
If so, then in theory,
1550
01:19:16,669 --> 01:19:18,629
we can trust his word
to stick to this plan
1551
01:19:18,754 --> 01:19:20,298
until we can ink a treaty.
1552
01:19:20,965 --> 01:19:23,551
- And we can verify.
- Yes.
1553
01:19:26,554 --> 01:19:30,391
I want you to get me some
information on the refuseniks.
1554
01:19:30,516 --> 01:19:31,225
Sir?
1555
01:19:32,185 --> 01:19:33,686
- The refuseniks--
- [Shultz] I mean,
1556
01:19:33,811 --> 01:19:35,605
why do you want
that information?
1557
01:19:36,689 --> 01:19:39,025
[huffs] Get me the information.
1558
01:19:39,150 --> 01:19:41,444
[tense, dramatic music plays]
1559
01:19:41,569 --> 01:19:42,403
Yes, sir.
1560
01:19:51,412 --> 01:19:53,372
[bird squawking]
1561
01:19:57,293 --> 01:19:59,378
[indistinct chatter]
1562
01:19:59,504 --> 01:20:00,922
Good morning, Mr. President.
1563
01:20:01,047 --> 01:20:03,090
Good morning,
Mr. General Secretary.
1564
01:20:03,216 --> 01:20:06,344
I understand from my team that
we have made some progress,
1565
01:20:06,469 --> 01:20:09,096
but not all the progress.
1566
01:20:09,222 --> 01:20:11,641
I have instructed them
to continue.
1567
01:20:12,517 --> 01:20:14,101
As have I, for our side.
1568
01:20:14,227 --> 01:20:15,520
Good. [exhales]
1569
01:20:15,645 --> 01:20:18,523
Then, for the moment,
shall we pick other topics?
1570
01:20:18,648 --> 01:20:20,608
- Human rights.
- [Gorbachev] Yes.
1571
01:20:21,359 --> 01:20:22,026
[Gorbachev clears throat]
1572
01:20:23,653 --> 01:20:25,571
I have spoken with my ministers
1573
01:20:25,696 --> 01:20:28,616
about your maestro
in Washington.
1574
01:20:28,741 --> 01:20:32,203
They believe he would be
a bad person to appease.
1575
01:20:32,328 --> 01:20:33,538
He is very prominent
1576
01:20:33,663 --> 01:20:38,417
and his case would undoubtedly
cause unwanted attention.
1577
01:20:39,377 --> 01:20:40,545
Public opinion.
1578
01:20:41,504 --> 01:20:45,383
So perhaps now we can discuss
the ABM Treaty and your SDI.
1579
01:20:48,219 --> 01:20:49,637
Well, first, let me just say
1580
01:20:49,762 --> 01:20:52,098
that we are
particularly sensitive
1581
01:20:52,223 --> 01:20:54,684
to the travel rights
of the Soviet peoples,
1582
01:20:54,809 --> 01:20:56,310
not just Mr. Rostropovich.
1583
01:20:56,435 --> 01:20:57,520
And we are concerned,
1584
01:20:57,645 --> 01:21:00,064
especially with those who wish
to practice their religion,
1585
01:21:00,189 --> 01:21:01,774
enshrined
in our Bill of Rights.
1586
01:21:01,899 --> 01:21:04,110
There are small numbers
of Jewish peoples
1587
01:21:04,235 --> 01:21:05,861
wishing to emigrate to Israel.
1588
01:21:05,987 --> 01:21:07,280
The refuseniks, you call them.
1589
01:21:07,405 --> 01:21:09,490
Yes, and there are some
Christians, Pentecostals,
1590
01:21:09,615 --> 01:21:12,159
who wish to leave as well
to come to America.
1591
01:21:12,285 --> 01:21:16,914
Did you know
Jesus was the first socialist?
1592
01:21:20,126 --> 01:21:21,127
It's true.
1593
01:21:21,252 --> 01:21:25,172
The first to seek
a better life for all mankind.
1594
01:21:25,840 --> 01:21:29,218
So why would these Christians
want to leave my country
1595
01:21:29,343 --> 01:21:30,428
and go to yours?
1596
01:21:30,553 --> 01:21:32,013
You have homeless.
1597
01:21:34,473 --> 01:21:35,141
What do you mean?
1598
01:21:35,725 --> 01:21:39,687
Your citizens who are homeless
have no rights to housing.
1599
01:21:39,812 --> 01:21:42,189
We have no homeless
in the Soviet Union.
1600
01:21:42,315 --> 01:21:44,817
Your murder rates are enormous.
1601
01:21:45,443 --> 01:21:46,819
And... [sighs]
1602
01:21:46,944 --> 01:21:49,822
...the less said about your
country's longstanding history
1603
01:21:49,947 --> 01:21:51,449
of racism, the better.
1604
01:21:52,199 --> 01:21:53,159
Well, unlike you,
1605
01:21:53,284 --> 01:21:55,202
we acknowledge, uh,
we have many faults.
1606
01:21:55,828 --> 01:21:59,123
And yet I'm the one that must
be lectured on human rights
1607
01:21:59,248 --> 01:22:01,000
and people without passports?
1608
01:22:01,125 --> 01:22:02,376
Well, then I would ask you
1609
01:22:02,501 --> 01:22:04,545
if they may not have
the freedom to travel,
1610
01:22:05,254 --> 01:22:06,422
why not give them the freedom
1611
01:22:06,547 --> 01:22:08,257
to form
their own political party?
1612
01:22:08,382 --> 01:22:10,259
Organize their future
in your country?
1613
01:22:10,384 --> 01:22:13,220
The Soviet people organized
this Communist Party.
1614
01:22:13,346 --> 01:22:14,805
Seventy years ago.
1615
01:22:14,930 --> 01:22:16,599
You think they might like
to try something else?
1616
01:22:16,724 --> 01:22:18,601
Your own party
has been around much longer.
1617
01:22:18,726 --> 01:22:21,687
Yes, but Republicans
can be voted out of office.
1618
01:22:21,812 --> 01:22:23,689
Your backstabbing
political gridlock
1619
01:22:23,814 --> 01:22:25,524
is something you wish us
to endure?
1620
01:22:25,650 --> 01:22:26,317
No, thank you.
1621
01:22:26,442 --> 01:22:28,361
"Democracy is the worst form
of government,
1622
01:22:28,527 --> 01:22:30,154
except for all the others."
1623
01:22:30,279 --> 01:22:32,740
Churchill had a rather
convenient horse in that race,
1624
01:22:32,865 --> 01:22:33,532
don't you think?
1625
01:22:33,658 --> 01:22:35,576
And Lenin,
like Marx before him,
1626
01:22:35,701 --> 01:22:39,038
suggested that socialism may
need to be global to succeed.
1627
01:22:39,163 --> 01:22:40,623
And so we see you
1628
01:22:40,748 --> 01:22:43,334
actively trying
to manipulate the elections
1629
01:22:43,459 --> 01:22:45,670
and futures of nations
around the globe.
1630
01:22:45,795 --> 01:22:47,797
And you do not? [laughs]
1631
01:22:47,922 --> 01:22:50,007
In Chile? In Iran? In Angola?
1632
01:22:50,132 --> 01:22:51,717
[Reagan] And I suppose
you were just helping
1633
01:22:51,842 --> 01:22:53,761
the people of Cuba
and Poland and Vietnam
1634
01:22:53,886 --> 01:22:55,638
to choose
their oppressive regimes,
1635
01:22:55,763 --> 01:22:57,515
and Germany,
when you tore it in two?
1636
01:22:57,640 --> 01:22:59,600
[Gorbachev]
You fly your U-2 spy planes
1637
01:22:59,725 --> 01:23:01,811
over our heads with impunity,
1638
01:23:01,936 --> 01:23:03,104
sail your Seventh Fleet
1639
01:23:03,229 --> 01:23:05,815
around the Pacific as if
it were your swimming pool,
1640
01:23:05,940 --> 01:23:08,901
and park your submarines
within sight of our shores,
1641
01:23:09,026 --> 01:23:11,529
and yet you expect
my people to trust you?
1642
01:23:11,654 --> 01:23:13,614
And seizing our journalist
in Moscow
1643
01:23:13,739 --> 01:23:14,699
only a few months ago?
1644
01:23:14,824 --> 01:23:16,200
Does that encourage trust?
1645
01:23:16,325 --> 01:23:17,910
[Gorbachev] I returned him!
1646
01:23:18,703 --> 01:23:21,956
Despite evidence
from my security services.
1647
01:23:22,081 --> 01:23:23,499
He was a spy.
1648
01:23:24,709 --> 01:23:26,794
The United States
will remain vigilant and strong
1649
01:23:26,919 --> 01:23:29,004
to the threats posed
by international communism
1650
01:23:29,130 --> 01:23:30,256
by the Soviet Union.
1651
01:23:31,048 --> 01:23:33,801
As we will maintain
our strength as well
1652
01:23:33,926 --> 01:23:35,720
in defense of socialism
1653
01:23:35,845 --> 01:23:39,765
desired by billions
all around the globe.
1654
01:23:39,890 --> 01:23:43,185
To defend those
who seek our way of life.
1655
01:23:43,310 --> 01:23:44,353
In all your speeches,
1656
01:23:44,478 --> 01:23:47,064
you deride us
as the "evil empire"
1657
01:23:47,189 --> 01:23:49,525
to be met by force
in every sphere.
1658
01:23:49,650 --> 01:23:50,860
I wonder, Mr. President,
1659
01:23:50,985 --> 01:23:54,947
who it is here that is trying
to expand his ideas by force.
1660
01:23:55,072 --> 01:23:56,699
You would do well to remember
1661
01:23:56,824 --> 01:23:59,910
that no such method
has ever succeeded on Russia.
1662
01:24:00,035 --> 01:24:03,706
Not by Napoleon, not by Hitler.
1663
01:24:03,831 --> 01:24:04,832
No one.
1664
01:24:06,709 --> 01:24:08,919
We are a strong people.
1665
01:24:09,879 --> 01:24:12,381
And we have learned
that strength
1666
01:24:13,048 --> 01:24:14,925
is how you win a war.
1667
01:24:19,972 --> 01:24:22,308
We're not trying to win a war.
1668
01:24:24,643 --> 01:24:26,562
We're trying to end one.
1669
01:24:36,363 --> 01:24:38,199
Perhaps a break, hm?
1670
01:24:43,120 --> 01:24:44,246
[chair scrapes]
1671
01:25:07,812 --> 01:25:09,271
[sighs]
1672
01:25:10,606 --> 01:25:14,109
[Shultz inhales, sighs]
1673
01:25:15,444 --> 01:25:17,571
May I speak candidly,
Mr. President?
1674
01:25:18,322 --> 01:25:21,784
George, we're both exhausted,
just speak.
1675
01:25:23,661 --> 01:25:25,162
Let it go.
1676
01:25:26,330 --> 01:25:29,166
Don't blow this deal
over refuseniks
1677
01:25:29,291 --> 01:25:31,418
and Pentecostals and a cellist.
1678
01:25:31,544 --> 01:25:33,254
I love classical music,
1679
01:25:34,630 --> 01:25:36,465
and I dearly love the freedom
1680
01:25:36,590 --> 01:25:38,676
that comes
with being an American...
1681
01:25:39,969 --> 01:25:40,636
but...
1682
01:25:42,179 --> 01:25:44,431
he said Rostropovich left,
1683
01:25:44,557 --> 01:25:46,809
when we all know he defected.
1684
01:25:47,601 --> 01:25:49,770
And if his sister
was allowed to defect
1685
01:25:49,895 --> 01:25:52,857
at a birthday party
in Washington, DC,
1686
01:25:53,732 --> 01:25:55,901
it would be a public relations
disaster.
1687
01:25:56,026 --> 01:25:58,779
Gorbachev cannot take
that risk.
1688
01:25:59,822 --> 01:26:04,285
Sir, I'm truly afraid
that we could lose this deal.
1689
01:26:06,036 --> 01:26:07,371
Well, George,
1690
01:26:07,496 --> 01:26:08,998
what about
the millions of people
1691
01:26:09,123 --> 01:26:10,332
that'd still be oppressed?
1692
01:26:11,166 --> 01:26:11,876
[door opens]
1693
01:26:12,626 --> 01:26:13,502
[clears throat]
1694
01:26:16,171 --> 01:26:17,965
Tell me good news, Democrats.
1695
01:26:18,090 --> 01:26:19,383
- Sir, I-I'm a--
- [Shultz] Yes.
1696
01:26:19,508 --> 01:26:21,010
Can we all agree
1697
01:26:21,135 --> 01:26:22,887
that this is a bipartisan
effort
1698
01:26:23,012 --> 01:26:24,263
to avoid World War III?
1699
01:26:24,388 --> 01:26:25,598
Just tell us.
1700
01:26:25,723 --> 01:26:27,433
The most stealthy, stable,
1701
01:26:27,558 --> 01:26:29,643
and, therefore, serious part
of the triad
1702
01:26:29,768 --> 01:26:31,395
is the submarines, sir.
1703
01:26:32,062 --> 01:26:33,355
They are impossible to track,
1704
01:26:33,480 --> 01:26:34,899
and therefore
cannot be targeted.
1705
01:26:35,608 --> 01:26:38,402
They are the absolute
last line of defense.
1706
01:26:38,527 --> 01:26:40,154
You can't get rid of the subs?
1707
01:26:40,279 --> 01:26:41,071
We're close.
1708
01:26:41,196 --> 01:26:42,990
Almost there, but, uh...
1709
01:26:43,115 --> 01:26:44,283
You're out of time.
1710
01:26:45,868 --> 01:26:46,577
[clicks tongue]
1711
01:26:48,662 --> 01:26:50,289
Well, all right.
1712
01:26:52,333 --> 01:26:53,876
Give me what you got.
1713
01:26:55,628 --> 01:26:58,213
We're not giving up the game
on the ten-yard line.
1714
01:26:59,506 --> 01:27:00,424
[Reagan sighs]
1715
01:27:02,968 --> 01:27:04,887
We have already agreed
1716
01:27:05,012 --> 01:27:08,223
to unilaterally suspend
nuclear testing,
1717
01:27:08,349 --> 01:27:11,435
draw down our conventional
forces in Western Europe,
1718
01:27:11,560 --> 01:27:15,272
offered a 50% reduction
in all arms,
1719
01:27:15,397 --> 01:27:17,650
and agreed
to a Nuclear Zero future,
1720
01:27:17,775 --> 01:27:20,110
and still he tries
to distract you
1721
01:27:20,235 --> 01:27:21,904
with this dissident conductor.
1722
01:27:22,863 --> 01:27:25,991
Constantly evading SDI.
Constantly.
1723
01:27:27,451 --> 01:27:28,953
You must at least consider
1724
01:27:29,078 --> 01:27:32,122
that he is making you
the obstacle
1725
01:27:32,915 --> 01:27:34,750
and is not a partner in peace.
1726
01:28:03,195 --> 01:28:05,072
[Reagan]
We should thank our teams.
1727
01:28:05,197 --> 01:28:07,366
They have not reached
a, uh, final agreement,
1728
01:28:07,491 --> 01:28:09,159
but they have come close.
1729
01:28:09,284 --> 01:28:10,119
We are indeed very close.
1730
01:28:10,244 --> 01:28:12,287
We've reached an agreement
in the first five years
1731
01:28:12,413 --> 01:28:17,251
to eliminate the SOA category
of land-based ICBMs.
1732
01:28:17,376 --> 01:28:19,503
And in the next five years
1733
01:28:19,628 --> 01:28:21,755
to dismantling
the remaining IRBMs
1734
01:28:21,880 --> 01:28:22,798
and cruise missiles.
1735
01:28:22,923 --> 01:28:26,427
Yes, which leaves only the
submarine-launched missiles.
1736
01:28:28,220 --> 01:28:32,016
We must first discuss SDI.
1737
01:28:33,767 --> 01:28:37,187
In regards to the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty?
1738
01:28:37,312 --> 01:28:39,565
The ABM treaty forbids SDI.
1739
01:28:40,357 --> 01:28:41,900
[Reagan] Well, we, uh,
we disagree
1740
01:28:42,026 --> 01:28:43,360
and, anyway, you...
1741
01:28:43,485 --> 01:28:45,946
you've already violated
the ABM at Krasnoyarsk
1742
01:28:46,071 --> 01:28:47,740
with your defenses
around Moscow.
1743
01:28:47,865 --> 01:28:50,242
We have no such defenses
in Washington.
1744
01:28:50,367 --> 01:28:53,746
Our defenses are exactly
matching to the letter
1745
01:28:53,871 --> 01:28:55,122
of the ABM treaty.
1746
01:28:55,247 --> 01:28:59,126
And it is not our fault
that you chose not to exercise
1747
01:28:59,251 --> 01:29:00,586
your rights under the treaty
1748
01:29:00,711 --> 01:29:03,964
to build such defenses
around your capital.
1749
01:29:04,923 --> 01:29:06,800
But the ABM treaty
1750
01:29:06,925 --> 01:29:11,346
specifically rejects the idea
of space-based weapons.
1751
01:29:11,472 --> 01:29:13,849
SDI is not solely space-based.
1752
01:29:16,977 --> 01:29:19,688
How are we to begin
to eliminate
1753
01:29:19,813 --> 01:29:21,690
our Strategic Offensive Arms
1754
01:29:21,815 --> 01:29:25,027
if you will have a "shield"
to defend yourself?
1755
01:29:25,152 --> 01:29:29,114
You could renege or launch
a first strike from a NATO ally
1756
01:29:29,239 --> 01:29:30,282
and we would be defenseless.
1757
01:29:30,407 --> 01:29:32,785
You are obsessed with this SDI.
1758
01:29:33,410 --> 01:29:34,453
What about the people?
1759
01:29:34,578 --> 01:29:37,748
It will make the people safer
for both our nations.
1760
01:29:37,873 --> 01:29:40,334
What if some rogue state
launches a missile?
1761
01:29:41,210 --> 01:29:43,921
The shield will protect us,
protect the American people.
1762
01:29:44,046 --> 01:29:47,049
You are free to develop
your own for your people.
1763
01:29:47,841 --> 01:29:50,385
You won't let them leave,
at least you can protect them.
1764
01:29:51,053 --> 01:29:52,846
Of course I care
about the people.
1765
01:29:52,971 --> 01:29:55,766
The Soviet people
are my responsibility.
1766
01:29:55,891 --> 01:29:58,102
But you cannot possibly believe
1767
01:29:58,227 --> 01:30:00,604
that their fate
is not tied to this shield,
1768
01:30:00,729 --> 01:30:03,107
which you have already
announced you intend to--
1769
01:30:03,232 --> 01:30:05,651
Mutually assured destruction
works from the point of view
1770
01:30:05,776 --> 01:30:07,486
that each side
must be vulnerable.
1771
01:30:07,611 --> 01:30:11,073
That the, uh, Sword of Damocles
not only hangs above us,
1772
01:30:11,198 --> 01:30:13,617
but must remain hanging
over us.
1773
01:30:13,742 --> 01:30:16,495
Why can we simply
not take the sword down?
1774
01:30:16,620 --> 01:30:18,413
This is what SDI will do.
1775
01:30:19,206 --> 01:30:21,250
[sighs deeply]
1776
01:30:21,375 --> 01:30:22,918
[tense music plays]
1777
01:30:23,043 --> 01:30:26,964
"Men rise from one ambition
to the next.
1778
01:30:27,089 --> 01:30:31,426
First, they seek to secure
themselves from attack,
1779
01:30:31,552 --> 01:30:33,428
and then to attack others."
1780
01:30:34,972 --> 01:30:36,181
Machiavelli.
1781
01:30:37,933 --> 01:30:40,394
Are you suggesting
that we are building a shield
1782
01:30:40,519 --> 01:30:42,187
in order that once we have it
1783
01:30:42,312 --> 01:30:44,356
we can then strike you first
with impunity?
1784
01:30:44,481 --> 01:30:48,110
Well, why wouldn't you strike
the "evil empire"?
1785
01:30:48,235 --> 01:30:49,111
[sighs]
1786
01:30:50,696 --> 01:30:51,488
Look...
1787
01:30:53,657 --> 01:30:55,325
all we are asking
1788
01:30:55,450 --> 01:30:58,453
is that you do not develop
this SDI
1789
01:30:58,579 --> 01:31:00,164
during the ten years
1790
01:31:00,289 --> 01:31:01,999
that we are eliminating
these weapons,
1791
01:31:02,124 --> 01:31:04,001
so as not to gain an advantage.
1792
01:31:04,126 --> 01:31:06,295
This is not
an offensive weapon.
1793
01:31:06,420 --> 01:31:07,379
It is a shield.
1794
01:31:07,504 --> 01:31:08,672
It is a threat.
1795
01:31:10,424 --> 01:31:11,508
[clears throat]
1796
01:31:12,050 --> 01:31:13,468
Mr. General Secretary,
1797
01:31:13,594 --> 01:31:16,597
are you coupling
the arms reduction
1798
01:31:16,722 --> 01:31:18,473
to the end of SDI?
1799
01:31:32,154 --> 01:31:33,113
I am.
1800
01:31:34,907 --> 01:31:36,909
It is the position
of the Soviet Union
1801
01:31:37,034 --> 01:31:38,827
that they are the same thing.
1802
01:31:44,791 --> 01:31:45,709
[sighs]
1803
01:31:45,834 --> 01:31:50,130
[tense, dramatic music plays]
1804
01:31:51,048 --> 01:31:53,717
After the use of mustard gas
in World War I,
1805
01:31:53,842 --> 01:31:55,052
we developed a gas mask.
1806
01:31:55,177 --> 01:31:57,930
Why would you not want
a gas mask, a shield,
1807
01:31:58,055 --> 01:31:59,223
against nuclear missiles?
1808
01:31:59,932 --> 01:32:03,852
We owe it to the world
to develop this technology.
1809
01:32:03,977 --> 01:32:06,855
The world has gotten along
just fine without it.
1810
01:32:07,689 --> 01:32:08,649
This is absurd.
1811
01:32:09,358 --> 01:32:10,859
And how will you ensure
1812
01:32:10,984 --> 01:32:13,070
that your allies
do not strike us?
1813
01:32:13,195 --> 01:32:15,030
I will do everything
in my power
1814
01:32:15,155 --> 01:32:17,532
to get them to give up
their nuclear weapons as well.
1815
01:32:17,658 --> 01:32:19,409
But do you really believe
that their people
1816
01:32:19,534 --> 01:32:21,036
will let them keep them?
1817
01:32:21,161 --> 01:32:23,997
With the costs of maintenance
and dangers of mistakes,
1818
01:32:24,122 --> 01:32:27,834
when there is no longer a
threat from the Soviet Union?
1819
01:32:27,960 --> 01:32:30,337
I believe it is very difficult
1820
01:32:30,462 --> 01:32:33,507
for people to give up
their weapons of any kind,
1821
01:32:33,632 --> 01:32:34,967
including shields.
1822
01:32:44,393 --> 01:32:47,813
Gentlemen, I suggest
we take a short break.
1823
01:32:47,938 --> 01:32:49,398
- Perhaps--
- I would like to know
1824
01:32:49,523 --> 01:32:50,857
if the President is serious
1825
01:32:50,983 --> 01:32:53,777
about continuing
this discussion on SDI.
1826
01:32:54,820 --> 01:32:57,823
If he is serious
about compromise.
1827
01:33:02,160 --> 01:33:04,830
[suspenseful music plays]
1828
01:33:16,633 --> 01:33:17,759
[grunts]
1829
01:33:34,568 --> 01:33:39,614
- [horses whinnying]
- [indistinct chatter]
1830
01:33:39,740 --> 01:33:41,616
[camera shutters clicking]
1831
01:33:41,742 --> 01:33:43,368
Isn't it beautiful?
1832
01:33:45,579 --> 01:33:48,248
The Icelandic horse
is the only horse in the world
1833
01:33:48,373 --> 01:33:51,084
that has a fifth gait
called the tölt.
1834
01:33:51,209 --> 01:33:53,628
[scoffs] Amazing.
1835
01:33:53,837 --> 01:33:56,048
Oh, is it? I'm still hungover.
1836
01:33:56,173 --> 01:33:57,549
I told you to quit
on the schnapps.
1837
01:33:57,674 --> 01:33:58,425
You did not.
1838
01:33:58,550 --> 01:33:59,384
Just watch.
1839
01:33:59,509 --> 01:34:01,928
You won't even spill
your coffee.
1840
01:34:02,054 --> 01:34:03,096
Or vodka!
1841
01:34:03,221 --> 01:34:04,097
[Cleo whimpers]
1842
01:34:04,222 --> 01:34:08,393
Really think I’m gonna blow
schnapps chunks.
1843
01:34:08,518 --> 01:34:10,479
I can't believe you'd insult
Icelandic schnapps
1844
01:34:10,604 --> 01:34:11,688
by calling it chunky.
1845
01:34:11,813 --> 01:34:13,523
[groans] Do something.
1846
01:34:14,399 --> 01:34:15,484
Do something?
What do you want me to--
1847
01:34:15,609 --> 01:34:16,777
Distract me.
1848
01:34:17,486 --> 01:34:18,779
Mrs. Gorbachev!
1849
01:34:18,904 --> 01:34:20,322
[groans]
I didn't mean shouting.
1850
01:34:21,531 --> 01:34:22,866
I have a question for you.
1851
01:34:24,451 --> 01:34:27,788
Of course, wonderful.
How can I help?
1852
01:34:27,913 --> 01:34:29,998
Well, the White House
released a statement
1853
01:34:30,123 --> 01:34:31,083
just before we got
in the vans--
1854
01:34:31,208 --> 01:34:33,293
The First Lady decided
to come here
1855
01:34:33,418 --> 01:34:35,712
to see the famous
Icelandic horse?
1856
01:34:35,837 --> 01:34:37,089
She's a little late.
1857
01:34:37,214 --> 01:34:38,799
Actually, sources say
1858
01:34:38,924 --> 01:34:40,509
that she's launched
a new national campaign
1859
01:34:40,634 --> 01:34:42,594
for breast cancer awareness.
1860
01:34:42,719 --> 01:34:44,471
It's a major new initiative
1861
01:34:44,596 --> 01:34:46,181
that she hopes can be a model
for the world.
1862
01:34:46,306 --> 01:34:48,183
What do you say
to the American people
1863
01:34:48,308 --> 01:34:50,602
and people across the globe
1864
01:34:50,727 --> 01:34:52,813
about your own efforts
this weekend
1865
01:34:52,938 --> 01:34:54,689
on behalf
of the Soviet peoples?
1866
01:34:54,815 --> 01:34:57,859
Not that this Icelandic horse
isn't important,
1867
01:34:57,984 --> 01:35:00,612
but it's not exactly
cancer prevention.
1868
01:35:01,321 --> 01:35:03,782
[reporter 1] Mrs. Gorbachev,
have you spoken to Mrs. Reagan?
1869
01:35:03,907 --> 01:35:04,866
Would you like to meet
with Nancy Reagan?
1870
01:35:04,991 --> 01:35:07,869
- No questions.
- [reporters clamoring]
1871
01:35:09,037 --> 01:35:10,580
Mrs. Gorbachev must be livid,
1872
01:35:10,705 --> 01:35:12,416
her spotlight pulled
so hastily.
1873
01:35:12,541 --> 01:35:13,500
[Reagan chuckles]
1874
01:35:13,625 --> 01:35:15,335
You mess with the bull.
1875
01:35:15,460 --> 01:35:16,837
[laughs]
1876
01:35:16,962 --> 01:35:18,296
[Nancy] How's it going?
1877
01:35:19,214 --> 01:35:21,925
Well, we're, uh, at an impasse.
1878
01:35:22,050 --> 01:35:25,595
Well, Mars is ascendant,
so we have that going for us.
1879
01:35:25,720 --> 01:35:26,805
Yes, yes.
1880
01:35:27,597 --> 01:35:29,182
They can't afford it.
1881
01:35:29,307 --> 01:35:29,975
What?
1882
01:35:30,100 --> 01:35:31,560
They can't afford to compete.
1883
01:35:31,685 --> 01:35:33,895
Not on SDI,
not on any of it anymore.
1884
01:35:34,646 --> 01:35:35,981
Isn't that what you wanted?
1885
01:35:36,106 --> 01:35:37,732
What you've been working
towards?
1886
01:35:37,858 --> 01:35:38,984
I know.
1887
01:35:40,193 --> 01:35:41,611
I've just gotta reach him.
1888
01:35:43,113 --> 01:35:44,656
I've gotta try, Nance.
1889
01:35:47,033 --> 01:35:48,201
[Nancy] Go be great.
1890
01:35:48,952 --> 01:35:52,164
[dramatic music plays]
1891
01:36:38,585 --> 01:36:41,171
[Reagan] Can we agree,
Mr. General Secretary,
1892
01:36:41,296 --> 01:36:44,716
that the, uh, issue of
submarines can be resolved
1893
01:36:44,841 --> 01:36:46,301
with our considerable
engagement
1894
01:36:46,426 --> 01:36:49,221
and commitment at a later date,
and that, uh, the main focus
1895
01:36:49,346 --> 01:36:52,265
of our last discussion
should be about SDI?
1896
01:36:52,390 --> 01:36:53,141
Yes.
1897
01:36:53,266 --> 01:36:54,976
Then I would like
to take us back to World War I.
1898
01:36:56,144 --> 01:36:58,438
The horrifying advent
of chemical warfare,
1899
01:36:58,563 --> 01:37:00,398
mustard gas and chlorine.
1900
01:37:00,524 --> 01:37:02,275
We have been over this before,
Mr. President.
1901
01:37:02,400 --> 01:37:05,862
And-And the development,
in a few years,
1902
01:37:05,987 --> 01:37:06,905
of the gas mask,
1903
01:37:07,030 --> 01:37:10,158
of chemical and biological
protection suits.
1904
01:37:10,283 --> 01:37:12,410
An anti-ballistic
missile system,
1905
01:37:13,161 --> 01:37:15,956
full of lasers,
counter-attack radars,
1906
01:37:16,081 --> 01:37:18,375
interceptors,
and satellite weapons
1907
01:37:18,500 --> 01:37:20,085
is hardly a gas mask.
1908
01:37:20,210 --> 01:37:21,878
[Reagan]
But the principle is the same.
1909
01:37:22,003 --> 01:37:24,214
[Gorbachev] I returned to this
session under the impression
1910
01:37:24,339 --> 01:37:26,049
that you were serious
about compromise.
1911
01:37:29,594 --> 01:37:31,263
What if we gave it to you?
1912
01:37:34,349 --> 01:37:37,227
[wind howling]
1913
01:37:39,437 --> 01:37:40,939
This is not serious.
1914
01:37:41,648 --> 01:37:43,775
I will give you the shield.
1915
01:37:43,900 --> 01:37:45,652
I will give you SDI.
1916
01:37:45,777 --> 01:37:48,029
Your Congress
will never allow it.
1917
01:37:48,154 --> 01:37:49,406
They will if it's coupled
1918
01:37:49,531 --> 01:37:51,950
with complete Soviet nuclear
disarmament.
1919
01:37:52,075 --> 01:37:53,702
Nor will your military.
1920
01:37:53,827 --> 01:37:56,121
I have told you,
they report to me.
1921
01:37:56,246 --> 01:37:58,999
Say nothing of your military
industrial complex.
1922
01:37:59,124 --> 01:38:00,500
What does that have to do...
1923
01:38:00,625 --> 01:38:04,754
You expect Lockheed
and Northrup
1924
01:38:04,879 --> 01:38:07,007
and all your other
defense contractors
1925
01:38:07,132 --> 01:38:08,717
to simply give up the license
1926
01:38:08,842 --> 01:38:10,844
to the most complex
1927
01:38:10,969 --> 01:38:14,431
and advanced military
technology ever developed?
1928
01:38:14,973 --> 01:38:17,726
I may not be a capitalist,
Mr. President,
1929
01:38:17,851 --> 01:38:20,145
but I do understand
how it works.
1930
01:38:20,270 --> 01:38:21,438
[Reagan] We can work that out.
1931
01:38:21,563 --> 01:38:23,857
[sighs] This is a fantasy!
1932
01:38:23,982 --> 01:38:26,318
You have come in here
with a fantasy.
1933
01:38:26,443 --> 01:38:28,570
Or is this some trick?
1934
01:38:28,695 --> 01:38:29,779
You can't afford it,
1935
01:38:29,904 --> 01:38:30,739
you don't believe me
1936
01:38:30,864 --> 01:38:32,574
that we won't use it
to protect ourselves
1937
01:38:32,699 --> 01:38:33,992
and preemptively strike.
1938
01:38:34,117 --> 01:38:35,869
I'm telling you
that I won't give it up
1939
01:38:35,994 --> 01:38:37,245
because of rogue nations
1940
01:38:37,370 --> 01:38:39,664
and I will not have
future generations
1941
01:38:39,789 --> 01:38:41,291
of Americans live in fear.
1942
01:38:41,833 --> 01:38:43,251
We will give it to you.
1943
01:38:43,376 --> 01:38:46,004
You won't even
give us milking machines!
1944
01:38:47,172 --> 01:38:49,507
You have a stranglehold
on every technology
1945
01:38:49,633 --> 01:38:51,843
ever created in the West
so tight
1946
01:38:51,968 --> 01:38:53,928
that you will not sell us
1947
01:38:54,054 --> 01:38:57,599
basic agricultural
tractors, plows,
1948
01:38:57,724 --> 01:39:00,685
milking machines
for cows to us!
1949
01:39:01,728 --> 01:39:03,313
But you want me to believe
1950
01:39:03,438 --> 01:39:04,481
that you will give us
1951
01:39:04,606 --> 01:39:07,901
the most incredible American
science ever created
1952
01:39:08,026 --> 01:39:09,903
and that you will be able
to do this
1953
01:39:10,028 --> 01:39:12,155
over the objections
of your Congress
1954
01:39:12,280 --> 01:39:14,908
and your companies
and your Pentagon
1955
01:39:15,033 --> 01:39:16,993
and your citizens
and your allies and...
1956
01:39:17,619 --> 01:39:20,664
and you won't even sell
the machines
1957
01:39:20,789 --> 01:39:23,917
so that we can produce
more milk for our children!
1958
01:39:29,255 --> 01:39:31,800
[inhales deeply, sighs]
1959
01:39:39,808 --> 01:39:43,561
I, uh... I will look
into the milking machines.
1960
01:39:59,452 --> 01:40:00,120
I-I...
1961
01:40:01,371 --> 01:40:02,622
[sniffs] Never, uh,
1962
01:40:02,747 --> 01:40:05,709
never occurred to me
that I might get assassinated.
1963
01:40:07,961 --> 01:40:09,087
Not once.
1964
01:40:11,589 --> 01:40:14,551
Nancy would, uh, bring it up
during the first campaign,
1965
01:40:14,676 --> 01:40:15,719
but I just never...
1966
01:40:23,226 --> 01:40:24,436
If I survived that bullet,
1967
01:40:24,561 --> 01:40:26,229
uh, it was for a reason,
1968
01:40:26,354 --> 01:40:28,481
a new mission, a purpose, so...
1969
01:40:36,281 --> 01:40:37,657
What if we agree...
1970
01:40:40,160 --> 01:40:42,412
not to deploy the system
1971
01:40:43,538 --> 01:40:44,664
for ten years?
1972
01:40:44,789 --> 01:40:46,541
[dramatic music plays]
1973
01:40:46,666 --> 01:40:47,917
SDI?
1974
01:40:48,460 --> 01:40:49,878
You will not deploy it
1975
01:40:50,003 --> 01:40:52,839
for the ten years that we are
eliminating these weapons?
1976
01:40:53,506 --> 01:40:55,967
And you will do everything
in your power
1977
01:40:56,092 --> 01:40:57,719
to persuade the British
and the French
1978
01:40:57,844 --> 01:40:59,220
to give up
their weapons as well
1979
01:40:59,345 --> 01:41:01,848
or else you'll not extend
your shield to them?
1980
01:41:02,682 --> 01:41:03,808
It will be very hard,
1981
01:41:03,933 --> 01:41:07,228
many of our allies are under
our nuclear umbrella.
1982
01:41:07,353 --> 01:41:08,521
As are ours.
1983
01:41:08,646 --> 01:41:10,106
We would all be exposed
together.
1984
01:41:10,231 --> 01:41:13,026
Yes. Okay.
I will talk with our allies.
1985
01:41:13,735 --> 01:41:16,696
I don't believe their peoples
will wish them to continue
1986
01:41:16,821 --> 01:41:18,448
when we have given them up.
1987
01:41:18,573 --> 01:41:22,327
Such is the peace-loving nature
of a democratic people.
1988
01:41:22,452 --> 01:41:23,203
Yes.
1989
01:41:24,078 --> 01:41:24,788
So...
1990
01:41:26,873 --> 01:41:30,126
we will both agree
to remove all warheads
1991
01:41:30,251 --> 01:41:32,045
over the next ten years.
1992
01:41:32,170 --> 01:41:33,338
Nuclear Zero.
1993
01:41:34,172 --> 01:41:35,465
And, of course,
1994
01:41:35,590 --> 01:41:37,884
your inspectors,
trust, but verify.
1995
01:41:38,676 --> 01:41:41,971
And, um, you can develop SDI
1996
01:41:42,096 --> 01:41:43,056
in the laboratory.
1997
01:41:44,349 --> 01:41:45,558
[clatters loudly]
1998
01:41:49,187 --> 01:41:50,772
Not just the laboratory.
1999
01:41:51,606 --> 01:41:52,649
I'm sorry?
2000
01:41:53,233 --> 01:41:54,818
We will not deploy the system,
2001
01:41:54,943 --> 01:41:57,237
but we must be allowed
to test the shield
2002
01:41:57,362 --> 01:41:58,822
to know if it can work.
2003
01:41:59,572 --> 01:42:01,950
You can test it
in the laboratory.
2004
01:42:02,075 --> 01:42:05,036
Of course, but-but they must be
tested in the real world.
2005
01:42:05,161 --> 01:42:07,747
Progress cannot be made
in just a laboratory.
2006
01:42:07,872 --> 01:42:08,832
I mean, you think
we could launch
2007
01:42:08,957 --> 01:42:10,834
a man into space on a rocket
2008
01:42:10,959 --> 01:42:12,961
that just worked
on a simulation
2009
01:42:13,086 --> 01:42:14,754
in some scientist's lab?
2010
01:42:15,380 --> 01:42:19,217
So you will agree,
we can test the shield?
2011
01:42:19,342 --> 01:42:21,219
In the laboratory.
2012
01:42:22,303 --> 01:42:25,682
You will have inspectors
at our secure sites as well.
2013
01:42:25,807 --> 01:42:29,185
We would welcome them
to our testing grounds.
2014
01:42:29,310 --> 01:42:32,689
You put a man on the moon
in less than ten years.
2015
01:42:32,814 --> 01:42:34,566
Yes, I was just talking
about that.
2016
01:42:34,691 --> 01:42:37,068
Developed the atom bomb
in under five.
2017
01:42:37,193 --> 01:42:39,153
- Okay.
- Do you not see?
2018
01:42:39,279 --> 01:42:40,280
[Reagan] See what?
2019
01:42:40,405 --> 01:42:43,408
I cannot allow you to field test
a new weapons system...
2020
01:42:43,533 --> 01:42:44,409
Shield.
2021
01:42:44,534 --> 01:42:47,620
...this thing,
in the next ten years,
2022
01:42:47,745 --> 01:42:50,206
less time than it took you
to put a man on the moon.
2023
01:42:50,331 --> 01:42:52,625
I can't understand--
You will have inspectors.
2024
01:42:52,750 --> 01:42:54,252
If you're successful,
2025
01:42:54,377 --> 01:42:56,337
you could immediately deploy it,
2026
01:42:56,462 --> 01:42:58,965
and we would be right back
to where we are now.
2027
01:42:59,090 --> 01:43:00,216
You could order a strike.
2028
01:43:00,341 --> 01:43:02,594
We would be defenseless while
you hid behind your shield.
2029
01:43:02,719 --> 01:43:06,014
You can test it
in a laboratory,
2030
01:43:06,139 --> 01:43:08,349
just like any other
scientific advance.
2031
01:43:08,474 --> 01:43:11,728
And in the meantime,
if in the next ten years
2032
01:43:11,853 --> 01:43:13,605
some other state wants
to launch a missile
2033
01:43:13,730 --> 01:43:14,480
against my people,
2034
01:43:14,606 --> 01:43:15,940
we won't be able to prove
2035
01:43:16,065 --> 01:43:17,442
that it would be futile
2036
01:43:17,567 --> 01:43:21,029
except in some sort
of, uh, scientific journal.
2037
01:43:21,154 --> 01:43:22,322
We will be defenseless.
2038
01:43:22,447 --> 01:43:23,698
As would we.
2039
01:43:24,949 --> 01:43:26,159
It's one word.
2040
01:43:27,201 --> 01:43:28,453
"Laboratory."
2041
01:43:28,578 --> 01:43:30,580
It's one word.
2042
01:43:30,705 --> 01:43:33,499
It's one word that changes
everything for my people.
2043
01:43:33,625 --> 01:43:34,709
And my people.
2044
01:43:35,376 --> 01:43:37,378
Another generation
lost to the terror
2045
01:43:37,503 --> 01:43:39,797
and horror of waiting
for the bomb to drop.
2046
01:43:39,923 --> 01:43:42,050
Not if the bombs don't exist.
2047
01:43:45,303 --> 01:43:49,515
[ominous music plays]
2048
01:44:00,109 --> 01:44:03,196
[inhales deeply, sighs]
2049
01:44:03,321 --> 01:44:05,907
I-I don't know what else
I could have done.
2050
01:44:09,827 --> 01:44:11,162
Just say yes.
2051
01:44:12,372 --> 01:44:13,206
[scoffs]
2052
01:44:15,917 --> 01:44:19,420
On this one point,
Mr. President...
2053
01:44:19,545 --> 01:44:20,254
[sniffs]
2054
01:44:22,340 --> 01:44:23,883
...I cannot compromise.
2055
01:44:26,010 --> 01:44:27,303
Where are you going?
2056
01:44:28,721 --> 01:44:31,432
I'm afraid
I will not see you again.
2057
01:44:42,360 --> 01:44:45,863
[thunder rumbling]
2058
01:44:47,532 --> 01:44:49,117
[sighs]
2059
01:44:54,163 --> 01:44:55,331
[sighs]
2060
01:44:56,290 --> 01:44:59,502
[thunder rumbling]
2061
01:44:59,627 --> 01:45:01,546
[waves crashing]
2062
01:45:01,671 --> 01:45:02,672
[lightning cracking]
2063
01:45:04,549 --> 01:45:05,591
[Shultz] Mr. President.
2064
01:45:05,717 --> 01:45:07,260
[female reporter] ...apparently
by a lone assailant.
2065
01:45:07,385 --> 01:45:08,428
[Shultz] Mr. President.
2066
01:45:08,553 --> 01:45:10,430
[wind howling]
2067
01:45:10,555 --> 01:45:11,848
Mr. President!
2068
01:45:16,060 --> 01:45:17,270
I failed.
2069
01:45:20,481 --> 01:45:22,025
[inhales]
2070
01:45:25,069 --> 01:45:27,488
I offered him the deal
of the century,
2071
01:45:27,697 --> 01:45:28,531
of human history,
2072
01:45:28,656 --> 01:45:30,533
and he's walking away
over one word,
2073
01:45:31,409 --> 01:45:32,827
a single word.
2074
01:45:34,037 --> 01:45:35,621
Never should've trusted him.
2075
01:45:37,206 --> 01:45:38,249
Sir, the car is here,
2076
01:45:38,374 --> 01:45:39,834
ready to take him
to the airport,
2077
01:45:39,959 --> 01:45:42,587
but it's not over, not yet.
2078
01:45:42,712 --> 01:45:43,713
It's over.
2079
01:45:44,630 --> 01:45:46,591
The whole world living on hope.
2080
01:45:47,383 --> 01:45:49,010
Press will know by tonight.
2081
01:45:50,845 --> 01:45:51,971
Sir, when you recruited me,
2082
01:45:52,096 --> 01:45:53,848
you told me
we could make a difference.
2083
01:45:54,891 --> 01:45:56,934
You told me
we could make America safer
2084
01:45:57,060 --> 01:45:58,061
than when we found her.
2085
01:45:58,186 --> 01:45:58,978
It's over.
2086
01:46:03,483 --> 01:46:05,109
Ask him to come to Washington.
2087
01:46:05,943 --> 01:46:08,571
For what? More talk
that leads to nothing?
2088
01:46:08,696 --> 01:46:10,364
Maybe this place is haunted.
2089
01:46:12,617 --> 01:46:15,578
Ask him anyway, sir.
Please, in spite of it all.
2090
01:46:15,703 --> 01:46:17,914
We have maybe a minute left
until he comes out that door,
2091
01:46:18,039 --> 01:46:19,832
gets in that car,
and he is gone.
2092
01:46:21,084 --> 01:46:23,753
Do not let what happened
in that house, in that room,
2093
01:46:23,878 --> 01:46:25,296
over the last 30 hours
2094
01:46:25,421 --> 01:46:27,173
destroy our entire future.
2095
01:46:27,298 --> 01:46:28,716
[thunder rumbling]
2096
01:46:32,804 --> 01:46:34,263
This is the red line, sir.
2097
01:46:35,473 --> 01:46:37,058
You asked me to tell you.
2098
01:46:37,934 --> 01:46:39,102
Well, this is it.
2099
01:46:40,812 --> 01:46:43,523
This is it.
2100
01:46:46,025 --> 01:46:48,945
You don't want
to be seen as a warmonger.
2101
01:46:49,737 --> 01:46:51,489
Sir, if we fail here,
2102
01:46:52,615 --> 01:46:53,866
there will be war.
2103
01:46:55,034 --> 01:46:56,244
And when that war is over,
2104
01:46:56,369 --> 01:46:58,621
there will be nothing left
on God's green earth
2105
01:46:58,746 --> 01:47:01,582
but smoldering, irradiated,
lifeless rock.
2106
01:47:03,668 --> 01:47:05,670
I know that
that is not what they want.
2107
01:47:05,795 --> 01:47:07,755
That is not what
any sane person wants.
2108
01:47:07,880 --> 01:47:10,675
It's not about want, George,
it's about need.
2109
01:47:10,800 --> 01:47:12,343
We need peace.
2110
01:47:13,219 --> 01:47:15,805
And that requires
the end of them.
2111
01:47:17,390 --> 01:47:23,354
Liberty, George,
only liberty equals peace.
2112
01:47:30,987 --> 01:47:33,030
You didn't come here
2113
01:47:33,614 --> 01:47:35,825
to negotiate
about nuclear weapons.
2114
01:47:36,492 --> 01:47:39,203
You came here
to try to prove to them
2115
01:47:39,328 --> 01:47:41,664
that they are
fundamentally wrong.
2116
01:47:45,334 --> 01:47:49,297
You came here
to end the Soviet Union.
2117
01:47:50,089 --> 01:47:53,259
I came here to show him
the contradiction.
2118
01:47:54,969 --> 01:47:56,512
That holding people at gunpoint
2119
01:47:56,637 --> 01:47:59,599
and claiming you're a utopia
is not possible.
2120
01:47:59,724 --> 01:48:01,184
No one is safe,
2121
01:48:01,309 --> 01:48:04,061
no free citizen anywhere
is safe,
2122
01:48:04,187 --> 01:48:06,355
until a system
2123
01:48:06,480 --> 01:48:10,026
that is based on the devaluing
of individual liberty,
2124
01:48:10,151 --> 01:48:13,654
that threatens everyone
with tyranny, is over.
2125
01:48:14,447 --> 01:48:16,782
We can talk about arms control,
arms reduction,
2126
01:48:16,908 --> 01:48:19,619
missile shields
'til Kingdom come,
2127
01:48:19,744 --> 01:48:22,914
but if they just admit
that they're wrong,
2128
01:48:23,039 --> 01:48:27,210
they admit that their perfect
Soviet commune is wrong...
2129
01:48:28,127 --> 01:48:30,421
if he admits
something as simple
2130
01:48:31,380 --> 01:48:33,049
as people want to leave...
2131
01:48:34,342 --> 01:48:37,261
then it's over, it crumbles.
2132
01:48:38,012 --> 01:48:40,765
We consign them
to the ash heap of history.
2133
01:48:42,683 --> 01:48:47,271
George, we just have
to show that it's possible.
2134
01:48:49,774 --> 01:48:52,610
- [sighs, sniffles]
- [laughs]
2135
01:48:52,735 --> 01:48:53,819
Last night we had a deal
2136
01:48:53,945 --> 01:48:57,114
to rid the planet
of nuclear weapons, sir.
2137
01:48:57,240 --> 01:49:00,284
Ah, anything is possible.
2138
01:49:02,245 --> 01:49:03,663
May I suggest, sir,
2139
01:49:04,580 --> 01:49:08,626
that you retry your test
with Rostropovich's sister,
2140
01:49:08,751 --> 01:49:10,086
this time with a compromise.
2141
01:49:10,211 --> 01:49:12,588
Well, why should I compromise
when he won't?
2142
01:49:12,713 --> 01:49:15,675
Because, sir, good leaders
make the present better,
2143
01:49:15,800 --> 01:49:18,636
great leaders
make the future better.
2144
01:49:19,262 --> 01:49:21,430
He wants
to do great things too, sir.
2145
01:49:22,265 --> 01:49:23,182
He needs a partner.
2146
01:49:29,772 --> 01:49:30,606
Well...
2147
01:49:32,817 --> 01:49:34,235
what's the compromise?
2148
01:49:36,153 --> 01:49:37,822
That you'll send her back home.
2149
01:49:39,824 --> 01:49:42,493
And it won't be forever, sir.
Not if you're right.
2150
01:49:47,790 --> 01:49:49,333
Secretary-General.
2151
01:49:53,421 --> 01:49:58,175
[reporters clamoring]
2152
01:50:00,344 --> 01:50:04,181
Let Rostropovich's sister come
to his birthday in Washington.
2153
01:50:05,224 --> 01:50:07,810
Let her leave,
and I give you my word,
2154
01:50:07,935 --> 01:50:09,061
she'll return.
2155
01:50:13,190 --> 01:50:15,401
A journey of a thousand miles
doesn't start
2156
01:50:15,526 --> 01:50:18,154
with the most incredible
arms agreement in history,
2157
01:50:19,030 --> 01:50:20,948
it begins with a single step.
2158
01:50:21,073 --> 01:50:21,949
If you seek peace,
2159
01:50:23,075 --> 01:50:25,786
tear down this wall between us,
Mr. Gorbachev,
2160
01:50:26,746 --> 01:50:28,080
tear down this wall,
2161
01:50:28,205 --> 01:50:30,458
just this one time,
for this one woman,
2162
01:50:32,335 --> 01:50:33,544
and we will meet...
2163
01:50:35,212 --> 01:50:36,922
we will talk again.
2164
01:50:41,177 --> 01:50:46,974
[Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major,
BWV 1007: I. Prélude plays]
2165
01:50:52,188 --> 01:50:54,857
[Shultz] The world thought
it was a failure at the time.
2166
01:50:55,483 --> 01:50:57,068
Even I had my doubts.
2167
01:50:59,111 --> 01:51:00,613
But a year later,
2168
01:51:00,738 --> 01:51:02,448
President Reagan
and Mr. Gorbachev
2169
01:51:02,573 --> 01:51:07,078
{\an8}signed the first arms reduction
agreement in human history.
2170
01:51:08,037 --> 01:51:10,998
{\an8}Since then, nuclear weapons
have been reduced
2171
01:51:11,123 --> 01:51:14,543
{\an8}to less than 10%
of their Cold War peak.
2172
01:51:15,961 --> 01:51:18,547
Two years later,
the Cold War was over.
2173
01:51:19,173 --> 01:51:21,717
And just as President Reagan
had foreseen,
2174
01:51:22,593 --> 01:51:24,261
the Soviet Union ended
2175
01:51:25,471 --> 01:51:26,597
because our leaders
2176
01:51:26,722 --> 01:51:29,308
decided to build bridges
instead of bombs.
2177
01:51:32,520 --> 01:51:34,522
Rostropovich flew to Berlin
2178
01:51:35,314 --> 01:51:38,109
and, with a folding chair
and a borrowed cello,
2179
01:51:38,234 --> 01:51:40,861
played Bach
as the Wall came down.
2180
01:51:42,530 --> 01:51:44,365
A few years later,
2181
01:51:44,490 --> 01:51:47,201
Mr. Gorbachev visited me
out at Stanford.
2182
01:51:48,869 --> 01:51:51,789
I said, "When we first met,
2183
01:51:51,914 --> 01:51:55,251
the Cold War
was at its most dangerous point
2184
01:51:56,794 --> 01:51:59,088
and, three years later,
it was over.
2185
01:52:00,798 --> 01:52:03,759
What do you believe
was the beginning of the end?"
2186
01:52:06,095 --> 01:52:07,888
He replied with one word:
2187
01:52:10,349 --> 01:52:11,559
"Reykjavik."
2188
01:52:13,436 --> 01:52:18,315
[music continues]
2189
01:52:22,027 --> 01:52:22,945
Deal.
2190
01:52:23,779 --> 01:52:27,741
[applause]
2191
01:52:32,872 --> 01:52:35,332
- [camera shutters clicking]
- [indistinct chatter]
2192
01:52:35,458 --> 01:52:39,253
[applause continues]
2193
01:52:51,807 --> 01:52:54,351
[gentle dramatic music plays]
2194
01:57:47,311 --> 01:57:49,521
[music fades]