This solution was worked out in 2021 by Meep, Scarfy and Mehdrescher, three members of the Stay Forever Podcast community.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH

 

Preparations: Iris Steel

Before we can send our agents on missions, we need money to pay for the travels and suitable credentials to have a chance to see certain high-ranking persons.

 

Prompt Command
Steel, rob a bank for money now
Confirm? OK

WAIT until Steel reports back

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH

WAIT until Steel has returned to the ship

Prompt Command
Steel, steal credentials from the State Department in DC now
Confirm? OK

WAIT until Steel reports back

WAIT until Steel has returned to the ship

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH

Mission 1: Carl Czernak

 

Prompt Command
Czernak, meet Arthur Sylvester today at 1915 at his house in DC
Who is he? He is the Assistant Secretary of Defense
Assign me to someone else? No
Should I tell him that I’m from the future? No
Confirm? OK

 

Mission 2: Bridgette Cooper

 

Prompt Command
Cooper, meet Carl Kaysen on 11/19 0900 at his office in DC
Who is he? He is the Deputy Special Assistant for National Security
Should I tell him that I’m from the future? No
Confirm? OK

 

Mission 3: Alexander Blue

 

Prompt Command
Blue, meet Nettie Carlson on 11/19 1530 at her hotel in DC
Who is she? She is the aunt of Evelyn Lincoln
Why is she important? She meets the president in the Oval Office on November 20
Should I tell her that I’m from the future? No
What else can I tell her? Nothing
Confirm? OK

 

WAIT until Czernak reports back

Czernak met Arthur Sylvester, but was no help. Czernak suggests meeting one of Sylvester’s colleagues at the Defense Department.

Prompt Command
Do you agree? Yes
What should I do? Meet Roswell Gilpatric on 11/18 0715 at his house in DC
Should I tell him that I’m from the future? No
Confirm? OK

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH

WAIT until Czernak reports back

Czernak managed to speak with Gilpatric at his house; Gilpatric referred him to Adam Yarmolinsky, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara’s press aide.

Prompt Command
Should I try to meet Yarmolinsky? Yes
Should I tell him that I’m from the future? No
When should I try to meet him? Now at his office in DC
Confirm? OK

 

WAIT until Czernak reports back

Czernak convinced Adam Yarmolinsky to arrange a meeting with Undersecretary of Defense John McNaughton at 3 pm tomorrow.

 

Prompt Command
Should I meet McNaughton? Yes
Should I tell him that I’m from the future? Yes
What can I say to convince him? McNaughton is pessimistic of the South Vietnamese government

(Note: Any input is acceptable here, so you might just as well type “Nothing”)

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH

WAIT until Cooper reports back

Kaysen directed Cooper to speak with either Michael Forrestal or William Sullivan, but secretly arranged for the FBI to intercept her at either place.

Prompt Command
Should I see one of them? Yes
Sullivan? No
Forrestal? Yes
Should I tell him that I’m from the future? No
How can the FBI agents be stopped? I will send Steel
When should I try to meet him? At 1000
Confirm? OK

 

Mission Assistance: Iris Steel

Cooper will need some help to avoid being arrested by FBI agents.

Prompt Command
Steel, stop the FBI agents at the office of Michael Forrestal in DC on 11/20 at 0900
Should I stop Michael Forrestal instead? No
Can I use lethal force? No
Should I subdue them non-violently? Yes

 

WAIT until Blue reports back

Nettie Carlson was skeptical, but called Evelyn Lincolns husband Abe and arranged a meeting for Thursday.

Prompt Command
Should I meet with Abe Lincoln? Yes
Should I tell him that I’m from the future? Yes
What can I say to convince him? Kennedy called Abe and Evelyn on December 7 1957 to locate rough drafts of his book Profiles in Courage

 

WAIT until Czernak reports back

He convinced McNaughton to set up a meeting with Defense Secretary Robert McNamara at the Pentagon

Prompt Command
Should I tell him that I’m from the future? Yes
What can I say to convince him? McNamara believes the first strike policy with nuclear arms in Europe to deter Soviet aggression is immoral

(Note: The game may glitch here. An alternative path is to answer „No“ two times to Czernak’s question whether to tell that he’s from the future. This is clearly a bug, but works.)

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH

WAIT until Steel reports back

Steel managed to subdue the FBI agents.

 

WAIT until Cooper reports back

Michael Forrestal believed Cooper, and arranged a meeting with Kennedy’s special counsel Theodore Sorensen.

Prompt Command
Should I meet Sorensen? Yes
Should I tell him that I’m from the future? Yes
What can I say to convince him? Sorensen has access to diplomatic cables / Nothing

 

WAIT until Steel reports back

Prompt Command
Should I let the FBI agents go now? Yes

 

WAIT until Steel reports back

She let the FBI agents go.

Prompt Command
What should I do now? Return to ship now
Confirm? OK

 

WAIT until Steel returns to the ship

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST

 

WAIT until Czernak reports back

He convinced McNamara, who promised to inform Dave Powers.

 

WAIT until Czernak reports back

McNamara has warned Dave Powers.

Prompt Command
What should I do now? Return to ship now
Confirm? OK

 

WAIT until Cooper reports back

She managed to convince Theodore Sorensen, and he agreed to call Dave Powers.

 

WAIT until Cooper reports back

Sorensen has warned Dave Powers.

Prompt Command
What should I do now? Return to ship now
Confirm? OK

WAIT until Blue reports back

He convinced Abe Lincoln thanks to the secret information, who in turn arranged a meeting with Evelyn for tomorrow in Texas.

Prompt Command
What should I do now? Return to ship now
Confirm? OK

Mission assistance: William Stein

 

Prompt Command
Stein, meet Evelyn Linclon at the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth on Friday at 0700
Has someone made an appointment? Yes
Should I tell her that I’m from the future? Yes
What can I tell her to convince her? On November 14, Evelyn Lincoln had a premonition that president Kennedy was in danger when Caroline recited the Star Light Star Bright nursery rhyme
Confirm? OK

 

WAIT until Czernak returns to the ship

 

FRIDAY, NOV 22

 

WAIT until Cooper returns to the ship

WAIT until Blue returns to the ship

WAIT until Stein reports back

Evelyn Lincoln believed him thanks to the secret information and called Dave Powers.

ENDGAME

Now you have 15 minutes (in real time) about the Air Force One to convince president Kennedy to cancel the motorcade.

 

Prompt Command
Save game? y
What is your concern? Lee Harvey Oswald will try to kill you in Dallas
Are you part of the conspiracy? No
How do you know then? I am from the future

Major points (these two are sufficient to convince Kennedy):
Convince me you are from the future? This morning you said Westward look, the land is bright
Convince me you are from the future? Krushchev wrote a letter to you in which he wished not to pull the knot of war too tightly

Minor points (three of these are sufficient to convince Kennedy):
Convince me you are from the future? Dave Powers likes Heineken beer
Convince me you are from the future? During the Cuban Missile Crisis, you issued bomb shelter passes to members of your cabinet
Convince me you are from the future? You met Dave Powers at the Gold Star Mothers meeting in 1946
Convince me you are from the future? During the 1960 Democratic Convention, Dave powers prepared a breakfast of fresh orange juice, a vitamin pill, two eggs, four strips of bacon, toast and coffee
Convince me you are from the future? In Boston, you and Dave Powers walked down Boylston street with a paper sack with chocolate frappe
Convince me you are from the future? In Choate you formed the Muckers Club with Lem Billings
Convince me you are from the future? On Saturday, November 16 you watched the navy-duke football game with Dave Powers and Torby MacDonald
Convince me you are from the future? Jim Reed helped you negotiate a 2300 dollar lease for a summer house on Squaw Island
Convince me you are from the future? During a golf game with Red Fay in 1961 you exclaimed: Arnie would have been proud of that shot

 

That’s it – Kennedy saved, game won!