Question

What kind of peace does president Kennedy speak of in his speech at the conclusion of the film

Answer 1

This speech was delivered at the height of the Cold War – an appeal for peace at a time when what President Eisenhower had described as the Military-Industrial complex was much more interested in weapons and war than peace. It was also a time when President Kennedy was sending personal representatives to Cuba in order to eventually achieve a rapprochement with Fidel Castro. The CIA was aware of these contacts by tapping the telephones of the representatives – and its leaders and right-wing friends, and above all the anti-Castro Cubans, were fiercely opposed. They were also opposed to Kennedy's plans to withdraw from Viet Nam. It was also a time when Robert F. Kennedy was making it hot for the mafia. JFK was assassinated five months later. [Editor]