He dropped down dead when he received the official telegram.
It consists of copies of official telegrams, airgrams, reports, memorandums, correspondence, diplomatic notes, and other documents related to foreign relations.
During the first week in February, Trenchard was summoned to London by official telegram.
I am writing to let you know this so that you may not learn of his untimely death through an official telegram.
"There's no telling that, Ja--Mister--" Ryan looked up from the official Belgian telegram.
Next morning, however, an official telegram confirmed the fact of the assassination, though eliminating the distorted circumstances that had been communicated the night before.
The official telegram announcing his death stated "He died a horrid death, and suffered intensely."
Three dispatch departments (telegraphische Expeditionen) located in Berlin, Cologne and Koblenz handled the coding and decoding of official telegrams.
Two days later, the official telegram arrived.
The contents of the official telegram from your embassy were not disclosed this time by Sir David Hannay, but by the representative of the German Government.