The Moscow-Washington hotline is established - August 30th, 1963

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🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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On this day in 1963, the first message was sent on the Moscow-to-Washington hotline.

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0:00.0	Ever get the feeling someone's watching you?
0:02.0	Well, in 1971, a group of anti-war activists
0:07.0	had that feeling.
0:08.0	I was in the heart of the dragon,
0:10.0	and it was my job to stop the fire.
0:12.0	So they decided to do something insane.
0:14.9	Break in to the FBI and expose
0:18.0	J Edgar Hoover's dirty secrets.
0:20.4	We had some idea that this was pretty explosive.
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0:46.7	marked the beginning of the end.
0:48.5	It sent the message that we can prosecute these people.
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