Moscow–Washington hotline
Also known as: MOLINK · red telephone · Hotline
The Moscow–Washington hotline is a system that allows direct communication between the leaders of the United States and the Russian Federation .
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Moscow–Washington hotline: John F. Kennedy
In addition, Parade editor Jess Gorkin personally badgered 1960 presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, and buttonholed the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev during a U.S. visit, to adopt the idea.
Moscow–Washington hotline: The Cuban Missile Crisis
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis made the hotline a priority.