telegram
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A telegram from King George VI was read aloud:
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
After the telegram arrived, instructing him to head to Le Harve, the 19-year-old discovered the only available ship was a freighter packed with army lorries, according to the Royal Navy.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024
After Finnegan’s death, a local newspaper published a telegram from Gen. Douglas MacArthur expressing condolences to Finnegan’s family:
From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024
Mr. Wright kept the telegram framed in his home.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2024
The club’s telegram reached Depew in Washington twenty minutes after the final ballot, just as Chicago’s congressional delegation began celebrating at the Willard Hotel near the White House.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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