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The State Department's Dam Dispatch

Introduction

The U.S. State Department printed this 25-codeword dispatch in 1876 as an official worked example of its message system. It is authentic period training material, not a sent telegram. Federal historical edition

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DISINCLINES STRODE STRODE ORTHOGRAPHY GIRLING RECHEATERS STRODE DECIMATE AWARE IMPERILED STROPED SAINT KEYHOLE PROSECUTOR GOSLET AWARE IMBANKED CRATES PLANETARY IMPERILING LIMPETS COCKMAN Disgust AARON TITCOMB