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A printed out message sent by telegraph. The telegram has traditionally had its own special format: a ‘from … to …’ heading (e.g. ‘Outward Telegram from Ministry of Foreign Affairs "X" to Mission "Y"’; ‘Inward Telegram to MFA "X" from Mission "Y"’), precise times of despatch and receipt, a number, security classification, subject heading, numbered paragraphs, and circulation list. These features have tended to contribute to the impersonality of this form of diplomatic communication. On the other hand, the basic text of a telegram may be written in a style much like that of a letter, if generally pithier, and steadily became the normal means of communication between MFAs and missions abroad from the middle of the nineteenth century until it began to give ground to electronic mail at the end of the twentieth. See also despatch; Greenwich Mean Time; NO DIS; saving; savingram; unofficial letter; Z. |
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