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Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
And there was a very particular shot with the postman, who's bringing the telegram, and that was very specifically Brasilia.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
In June of 1944, after a year in the army, Waterfield got a Western Union telegram from Charles Walsh, the general manager of the NFL's Cleveland Rams.
—CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
However the telegram could not be decoded because there was an issue finding the keys to the safe where the codebook was kept.
—Hope Coke, Vanity Fair, 7 Feb. 2026
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Gerhart Riegner, a representative of the World Jewish Congress, put it into the form of a telegram addressed to Stephen Wise, the head of that group, which reached Wise at the end of August.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
And there was a very particular shot with the postman, who's bringing the telegram, and that was very specifically Brasilia.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
In June of 1944, after a year in the army, Waterfield got a Western Union telegram from Charles Walsh, the general manager of the NFL's Cleveland Rams.
—CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
However the telegram could not be decoded because there was an issue finding the keys to the safe where the codebook was kept.
—Hope Coke, Vanity Fair, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Telegram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telegram. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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