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To: Perdogg

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the Cuban missile crisis prompted the “hot line” between the USA and USSR.

8 posted on 05/19/2008 8:31:29 PM PDT by Don Carlos (No8Do)

To: Don Carlos

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the Cuban missile crisis prompted the “hot line” between the USA and USSR.

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The Cuban crisis was a main factor. Did you know that the hotline was a Telex 9teletype), not a phone?

59 posted on 05/20/2008 7:14:01 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")

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