The Moscow–Washington hotline opens
1963 · Event
Shaken by how slowly the two leaders could reach each other during the Cuban Missile Crisis — Khrushchev's climb-down went out by radio because a cable would take too long — the superpowers open a direct teleprinter link between the Kremlin and the Pentagon.
On these timelines: Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Master, Russia & the USSR, USA
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