2353 (clap).
[off camera]: All right, sir.
We have a tradition in the history of the United States that men should live gloriously
and not have to die gloriously in a cause that may have already been lost.
And we were of the opinion that the proper thing for us to do at that time
was to try to save as many of them as we possibly could,
and that was the reason we were anxious to have Russia in the war.
[off camera]: Can you tell us that, I decided to make a direct approach to Stalin,
even though I knew we couldn't trust him.
In the long run, I decided to make a direct approach to Stalin even though I knew that he wasn't to be trusted.
[off camera]: Good. And would you just give us this one line, that we were going to save them.
In the United States we have no tradition of kamikazes.
We were going to save them. In the United
States we have no tradition of kamikaze.
[off camera]: Cut.
