The Beijing–Washington hotline is a system that allows direct communication between the President of the United States and the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. This hotline was establ
The Pentagon, outside Washington, D.C.
Zhongnanhai (site of China's state council), Beijing
The Moscow–Washington hotline is a system that allows direct communication between the leaders of the United States and the Russian Federation. This hotline was established in 1963 and links the Penta
Beijing–Washington hotline
…Ministry of National Defense of China. The hotline was set up on 10 April 2008. The Beijing–Washington hotline uses different procedures compared to the Moscow–Washington hotline which was set up after the Cuban Missile Crisis. The 2008 agreement with China arranges a call to be put through to the Zhongnanhai telecommunications…
ITT Intelex Teletype L015, as displayed in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
An East German T63-SU12 teleprinter from the hotline, as displayed in the National Cryptologic Museum of the NSA. The black box behind the teleprinter is an ETCRRM II encryption machine.
In Finland there are still several signs marking the cable's location. This one is in Forssa. The text reads "Post and telegraph department". The cable was also used for the ordinary national telephone service.
A non-dial "Red Phone" which is on display in the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum. This telephone is actually a prop, erroneously representing the hotline between Washington and Moscow.