telegram
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A telegram from King George VI was read aloud:
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
“The Queen and Elton John sent me a telegram of congratulations - my mum and dad were interviewed all week - it was a big thing.”
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024
His family had to wait almost two weeks before a telegram arrived, addressed to his mother.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024
Posters in Detroit depicting a military man resembling Hitler were ordered, by telegram, to be destroyed.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
The British intercepted the telegram and cracked it.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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