In fact, President Carter has wanted to call a hotline more than once to ask Brezhnev over there what he thinks.
NATO and the Warsaw Pact, two powerful giant-like organizations, are constantly confronting each other. The United States and the Soviet Union are both nuclear-weapon powers. Therefore, if any misunderstanding occurs, terrible mistakes may be made.
No one wants to really break out a nuclear war. Nuclear deterrence means that it is used for deterrence, not for real use. It's like a fight with punks. If you move, I will try, try and try. I've been talking about it all the time, but no one does it. This is deterrence. If it is really done, it will not repeat the topic of chicken and egg.
In order to avoid unexpected situations, the top leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union decided to be able to make calls directly. This is the hotline.
This is a two-way telegraph circuit, which runs through Washington, London, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki and Moscow. The communication link between Washington and London relies on the world's first transatlantic telephone cable connection. For insurance, the United States and the Soviet Union have also opened up a spare radio communication line from Washington to Tangier (Morocco) to Moscow.
The hotline at the beginning was only in half-duplex mode. This mode is like using a radio station. When you press the intercom, you can only talk, and you cannot hear the other party. If you listen to the other party, you will Can't speak.
Therefore, with such equipment, the two definitely can't quarrel.
In the beginning, it was just a telegram. It was not direct voice communication. It was not like a dialogue. Instead, it was like reading a speech. Until 1971, with the advancement of technology, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to upgrade the military hotline system to more advanced. In the satellite transmission mode, two US international communications satellites and two Soviet "Lightning-2" communications satellites serve as information transfer tasks, so that the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union can achieve real voice calls.
Under the current circumstances, the conflict in Hokkaido is already escalating, and a world war may detonate at any time. What did the Soviet leaders think? Carter would like to know that the current crisis level has reached the point of using the hotline. However, since the Soviet ambassador has come, President Carter still hopes to communicate face to face. The two sides can sit down and talk until they reach a mutually satisfactory result.
If you can not use force, then stop using force and end this conflict in a peaceful and decent way. Well, that's it.
With this idea, President Carter met Dobrynin.
In private, both sides are good friends, but now, the confrontation between the two countries has filled President Carter’s face with majesty. The recent events were purely provoked by the Soviets. Therefore, I should first express it. Protest
Who knows, before President Carter had spoken, Dobrynin spoke: "Mr. President, on behalf of Moscow, I express a serious protest to you. Last night, one of our troops lost their way and accidentally crossed Rumoi-Kushiro. The road is on the front line. They just acted unintentionally, but they have been bombarded by your side. Your side is trying to expand the conflict! This is a serious provocation to our Soviets!"
This is the instruction of Moscow, so Dobrynin has to say that. In fact, Dobrynin knows that what is lost is actually a proactive attack. If it succeeds, it will completely occupy the entire Hokkaido.
It is a pity that this troop is not progressing smoothly, and the lone troop has gone deep. When it was about to pass the most dangerous Snow Mountain, it was discovered by the Americans. The bombing put this troop in danger.
Now, many parts of the canyon have been blown down, and the armored troops are unable to move a single step. When their fuel is exhausted, the troops may only be left with the fate of surrender.
Of course this will not work!
How to rescue this force? Relying on military power would definitely not work, the roads there would be difficult, and sending a second army over would not work, so I just sent Dobrynin over.
What we were talking about was the Kushiro-Rumoi front line. Our Soviets talk about credibility. Our troops just lost their way in the dark and passed by accidentally.
We are just lost, and you keep bombing. This is a provocation to our Soviets!
Hearing Dobrynin's words, Carter was actually confused in his mind. No, who reported to me that he went to bomb this Soviet army? Isn't this expanding the conflict
Since they are lost, let them go.
However, of course Carter would not immediately issue an order to release people. If that were the case, he would indeed be stupid, stupid and cute, of course in the eyes of the Soviets.
"Your landing in Hokkaido is the culprit of this incident." Carter said: "I want to know, what exactly Moscow wants to do? Is it planning to provoke a third world war? Although we love peace, but when the war comes We will definitely not compromise when we do."
Carter’s words are very harsh, but in the eyes of Dobrynin, this is nothing at all. If you don’t compromise, you should have acted long ago. Up to now, the mainland has not planned to send reinforcements. With so many opportunities, you are simply too stupid.
"We never thought about fighting the Third World War. We just wanted to recapture what belonged to us." Dobrynin said: "At that time, an agreement was clearly reached with President Roosevelt. The island nation was a defeated nation and should have been It was divided and occupied, but we did not have it at the time. We were all fooled by MacArthur!"
It’s not clear what happened in history. At the 38th line that year, the two sides obviously didn’t make it clear, or deliberately pretended to be confused. As a result, the Americans took advantage of it.
"Your actions again and again have seriously angered us. Moscow is already considering things to develop in the worst direction." Dobrynin continued: "Now, we are still working hard to fight for the final peace. If you stop the bombing of our lost troops and let them return to the Kushiro-Rumoi line, then we can guarantee that we will only occupy the Kushiro-Rumoi generation and will never advance half a step south, otherwise, we Get ready to fight a world war!"
"How is that possible?" President Carter said: "We will not agree to such a territorial claim."
In the northern part of the Kushiro-Rumoi line, Soviet talents occupied about a quarter of the territory. The Soviets actually wanted to pass all the territory? If you do that yourself, won't you be cursed by everyone
"It seems that we cannot reach any agreement." Dobrynin said: "I'm really sorry, President Carter, who said that you are a peace-loving president, but now, in your term, the third world The war is about to break out." (End of this chapter)