[GreenKeys] History question: White House to Kremlin "hotline"

[Gary Chatters]

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, McNerney, Tim wrote:

> Does anyone remember any details on the White House to Kremlin "hotline,"
> which is long-rumoured to have been a TTY connection of some sort.  If
> anyone has the scoop, I'd love to hear it.
>


Rumoured?  I thought it was well known that the hotline link was a TTY
link.

I don't really remember any details, but a google search will get you a
few dozen pages on the topic, one of which is:


http://www.govcomm.harris.com/about/history/did-you-know/

Which describes the link as a duplex teleprinter circuit.

Gary