hot-line

Japanese: hot-line(英語表記)hotline
hot-line

...The idea of ​​crisis management became fully established between the United States and the Soviet Union after the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. In order to avoid a conflict that actually posed the risk of nuclear war, like the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States and the Soviet Union came to an agreement in June 1963 to establish a government-only telegraph and telephone line called a "hot-line" between Washington and Moscow. The idea was that in times of crisis, American and Soviet policymakers would restore peace by securing a means of communication with each other and minimizing mutual misunderstandings and distrust.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "hot-line" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…危機管理の考え方は,1962年10月のキューバ危機ののち,米ソ間で本格的に定着するようになった。キューバ危機のように核戦争の危険を実際にはらむ紛争を避ける目的から,米ソは1963年6月にワシントン~モスクワ間を結ぶ〈ホットラインhot‐line〉と呼ばれる政府専用の電信電話回線を設置する協定を生んだ。危機の時点で,米ソの政策決定者たちが,互いのコミュニケーションの方法を確保し,相互の誤解や不信をできるだけ少なくすることによって平和をとり戻そうというのである。…

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