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Moscow–Washington hotline

Direct communications link between the US and Soviet heads of government, agreed in June 1963.

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1963 –
Also known as
Hotline, Direct Communications Link, Washington–Moscow hotline

The hotline was created by a US–Soviet memorandum signed in Geneva on 20 June 1963, after the Cuban Missile Crisis showed how slow and unclear communication between Washington, D.C. and Moscow had been. It began as a teletype link, not a telephone.

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  1. 1963 – Moscow–Washington hotline
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  1. The Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    In an effort to prevent this from happening again, a direct telephone link between the White House and the Kremlin was established; it became known as the “Hotline.”
  2. Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Establishment of a Direct Communications Link (narrative and text), U.S. Department of State, 20 Jun 1963. Primary record
    The Cuban missile crisis of October 1962 compellingly underscored the importance of prompt, direct communication between heads of state.
    a full-time duplex wire telegraph circuit (Washington-London-Copenhagen-Stockholm-Helsinki-Moscow)
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