Category: Hot line

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The origins of the Cold War term “hot line” and the mythical “red phones”…

4 years ago
Robert Deis

Many books and websites note that the famed “hot line” communication link between the Pentagon and the Kremlin was established on August 30, 1963. Press reports about this new tool,…