The creation of a communications hotline between the United States and the USSR was a result of

The Cuban Missile Crisis showed how dangerous delays and misunderstandings could be when the United States and USSR communicated through slower channels. After the crisis ended in 1962, they established a direct communications hotline so leaders could contact each other quickly during future emergencies. Therefore, the hotline resulted from the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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