USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On the 30th August 1963 the first message was transmitted over the Moscow–Washington hotline. Formally known in the United States as the Washington–Moscow Direct Communications Link, the establishment of the hotline to the Kremlin came in the wake of the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

Detailed explanation-2: -In reality, the “hotline” wasn’t a red phone. It may well have been a lifesaver, though, when it was established on this day, June 20, 1963, between the United States government and the former Soviet Union. Its purpose? To lessen via nearly instantaneous communication the threat of an accidental nuclear war.

Detailed explanation-3: -On June 20, 1963, the United States and the Soviet Union signed the “Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Regarding the Establishment of a Direct Communications Link, ” also known as the hotline agreement.