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This Day in History –August 30th，1963
Starring - Hot Line

August 30, 1963 - in a one sentence press statement, the U.S. Defense Department declares the [-----1-----] between Washington and Moscow is now operational. The direct communications link was better known as the “Hot Line“, a teletype line running from machines in the Pentagon to a [-----2-----] near the offices of Premier Khrushchev in the Kremlin. The messages, to be used only in times of emergency, between the heads of government would [-----3-----]. The 7,100 mile communications link was established as a [-----4-----] against nuclear war after communication delays [-----5-----] negotiations between Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy in the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
direct communications link facility be carefully coded to prevent interception safety precaution hindered