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A N E N D TO C O L D WAR?
"Theyta lka bo utwholost andw ho w o n .H u m an
reasonWOIl.Mankindwon.,. T hese.'wordswere
spokenbyth eSovietleader, K hr u sh che v.afterth e
C u banMiss ileC risisof1962.P res ide ntKen ned yfelr
t he same. Bothmenknewt hat fortend ays the yh ad
beenclo se tobringingdeathto millionsofpeople.
T he ybeganwork inghard e rtom ak e such dangero us
situat io ns lesslikely.
InAugu st 1 ~ 63 ,th e U nited St atesandt heSoviet
Unionsign eda t reat ya g n: c lIlgto s to ptes tingnew
nuclear wea po ns in the at m o sp he re or und e rw at er.
They also set up a specialtelep ho n elink bet ween
Washin g to n and Mo sco w.Onthis"Hotline"
Am eric an andSo viet l ea derscould talkd irec tly to
o m: a nother. In fu tu reanyd an ge ro uscris iswouldbe
d ealt w it hmoreq u icklyand with lessrisk of
m isund erstand ing.
T hehorlineproveditsvalu e in 1967 .WJrb roke o ut
between Israel and Eg yp t.Th eUnited$tJ.h.·SWJS
friendly withIsrael. andtheSovietUnion..virh
Eg ypt.Hurbothtook grea rcarenottoletthese
fr iend ship ,d ragth em in tofightin gonean other.
ll )' th enKenn ed ywasdeadan dKhrushchevh ad
beenrcmo ved frompOWt:r.llut newAmerican and
Russianleadersw entOiltr yin g toreduce te nsion.
Even thelong an dbloodyw arinVietnamW;\ Snot
allowedtointerferewith"detente; "asthesem o vcs
werecalled.Pr f l idm lSix"".fUffi"Jl..\f":<c..wcili,,,',ua"n'".(hilI'isifI,'II'fS,,,,ifl
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