“Read the cable.” – Charles, Citizen Kane ... Movie Quotes Database

Charles

Read the cable.

Bernstein

"Girls delightful in Cuba. Stop. Could send you prose poems about scenery, but don't feel right spending your money. Stop. There is no war in Cuba, signed Wheeler." Any answer?

Charles

Yes. "Dear Wheeler: you provide the prose poems. I'll provide the war."

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