7/14/2021, 8:43:15 AM · by yesthatjallen · 46 replies
American Military News ^ | 07 12 2021 | Liz George
Biden looking to set up ‘red phone’ to China: report
NY Post ^ | 07/14/2021 | Emily Jacobs
Posted on 7/14/2021, 2:07:32 PM by ChicagoConservative27
The Biden administration is looking at the possibility of setting up an emergency direct hotline between the US and China, a new report alleges.
Citing a US official and another source familiar with early conversations about the device, CNN reported Wednesday that the administration was pursuing an idea similar to that of the “red telephone” set up between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
The Moscow-Washington hotline — as it was also known, as there was never actually a red phone used for the communications — was established in 1963 under President John F. Kennedy.
At the time, it allowed for a secure dialogue between the Pentagon and the Kremlin in an effort to avoid nuclear war between the feuding superpowers.
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