Franklin cartoon 8th April 1963 K to K Hotline to be installed.

Nikita Khrushchev and President Kennedy sitting on clouds each wearing a pair of wings, both on the telephone as the world is consume by a nuclear explosion. Caption reads "Didn't hear the last bit you were saying Nik, I think we were cut off." Cartoon refers to the Hotline agreement proposed by the chief Soviet negotiator, Semyon Tsarapkin, whilst attending the disarmament conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Tsarapkin, announced that the U.S.S.R. would agree to an immediate establishment of a direct communications link with the United States for use in an emergency. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)