Following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cuban Missile Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a>, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow–Washington_hotline" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Moscow–Washington hotline">red telephone</a>" link between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." id="mw4g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow" id="mw4w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>.