Because they didn't have each others numbers! No just kidding, actually their was no line connected between them and letters allowed them to plan what they were going to say to each other. Telegrams were also used.
Communication was actually described as a difficult process and at one point in the CMC Kennedy pretended not to receive one of Khrushchev letters.
After that they established a direct line so that phones were available.
Kennedy's and Khrushchev's phones could have been tapped . Others could have been listening, like other countries.
The "Hot Line" for direct communication between both leaders.
Men in Crisis - 1964 Kennedy vs Khrushchev was released on: USA: 12 May 1965
He didn't. Kennedy forced Khrushchev to back down on his plan.
Kennedy, Castro and Khrushchev.
He was the premier of the USSR during the Kennedy presidency.
Kennedy, Castro and Khrushchev.
The office of the Historian of the US State Department houses the correspondence between Kennedy and Khrushchev. These important historical documents highlight the informal relationship during the Cold War..
Nikita Khrushchev
Kennedy and Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev from Germany debated against Kennedy during the Berlin Crisis.