WORLD WAR 3 was on the brink during the height of the Cold War and former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan feared Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev may have taken things a step too far.
can reveal how much anguish this move caused the west, who feared they may be close to all-out nuclear war. to David Ormsby-Gore – the British ambassador in Washington – Macmillan unleashes fury towards Khrushchev, who has apparently tried to play JFK. of [National Security Advisor McGeorge] Bundy’s talks through our direct line.
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