Jack Ryan enters CIA headquarters. He is shown a top secret WILLOW file that contains important information from the CARDINAL, a highly placed spy in the Soviet government. This file states that a letter was received from Captain Ramius and that all the Soviet missile submarines have been recalled. All the fleet has been assigned to hunt down the Red October and sink it. Ryan believes that the officers of the Red October are planning to defect. He goes to the White House to brief the President. Ryan has evidence of previous submarine defections among Soviet sailors. He recommends that the submarine be met and the defectors welcomed.
The President takes Ryan aside and explains the secretive nature of the new mission. Greer will fly to England to inform the.....
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