Since the Soviet Union already rejected your terms, the negotiations fall through. Each side blames the other and the tensions threatens to explode. You are short on options now. Your allies are pressuring you to do something, to take a stand or cut a deal. Some of your advisors caution you that going back and accepting a deal you have already rejected will show weakness. Others argue that since the only alternative is taking a stand militarily, you should accept the deal, since a military stand could risk war.
| Go back to Dobrynin | Accept the amended conditions. Peace is of primary importance, and neither the people of the United States nor your allies will know that you are asking for a deal you already rejected. |
| Take a stand | Launch air strikes at military sites and prepare for an invasion of Cuba if need be. Move more battleships into the Caribbean Sea and around Cuba. Prepare to fight if you must. |