The Soviet Union is furious, believing it…

1973 CE

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.

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Cairo > Al-Qahirah Al-Qahirah Egypt View →

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Anwar Sadat View → Henry Kissinger View → Leonid Brezhnev View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or Soviet Union View → Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of View → United Nations, The (U.N.) View → Syria, or Syrian Arab Republic View → Gaza Strip View → West Bank View → Israel View → Palestinians View → OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) View → Egypt, Arab Republic of View →

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Cold War View → Yom Kippur War, or Arab-Israeli War of 1973 (also “October War,” or War of the Ramadan) View → 1973 oil crisis View →

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Fuels, lubricants and sealants View → Land View →

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Commerce View → Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View → political movement View →

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