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The Soviet Union is furious, believing it …
Years: 1973 - 1973
The Soviet Union is furious, believing it had been double-crossed by the United States.
On October 24, the Soviet ambassador hands Kissinger a note from Brezhnev threatening that if the United States is not prepared to join in sending forces to impose the cease-fire, the Soviet Union will act alone.
The United States takes the threat very seriously and respond by ordering a grade-three nuclear alert, the first of its kind since President John F. Kennedy's order during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.
The threat comes to naught, however, because a UN emergency force arrives in the battle zone to police the cease-fire.
On October 24, the Soviet ambassador hands Kissinger a note from Brezhnev threatening that if the United States is not prepared to join in sending forces to impose the cease-fire, the Soviet Union will act alone.
The United States takes the threat very seriously and respond by ordering a grade-three nuclear alert, the first of its kind since President John F. Kennedy's order during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.
The threat comes to naught, however, because a UN emergency force arrives in the battle zone to police the cease-fire.
Locations
People
Groups
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or Soviet Union
- Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
- United Nations, The (U.N.)
- Syria, or Syrian Arab Republic
- Gaza Strip
- West Bank
- Israel
- Palestinians
- OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)
- Egypt, Arab Republic of
Topics
- Cold War
- Yom Kippur War, or Arab-Israeli War of 1973 (also “October War,” or War of the Ramadan)
- 1973 oil crisis
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Years: 1973 - 1973
Locations
People
Groups
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or Soviet Union
- Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
- United Nations, The (U.N.)
- Syria, or Syrian Arab Republic
- Gaza Strip
- West Bank
- Israel
- Palestinians
- OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)
- Egypt, Arab Republic of
Topics
- Cold War
- Yom Kippur War, or Arab-Israeli War of 1973 (also “October War,” or War of the Ramadan)
- 1973 oil crisis
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions