Word: telexes
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...plant back from the hands of British receivers, he appears to have invented investors he said were poised for the rescue. Sir Kenneth Cork, one of the two British receivers, said last week, "They were always shadowy people whose names we never learnt. There would be a telex saying businessmen would put up so much, but always on the condition they were not named. They never emerged into daylight...
...prevent the Solidarity supporters from coordinating activities with other groups across Poland, the generals quickly cut telephone and telex lines to the troubled port. Convoys of police and ZOMO, the paramilitary police force, roared into Gdansk, turning the city into an armed camp. When the strikes stretched on for two days, riot police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse crowds that gathered on the square outside the shipyard. As flames lighted the night sky, police battled youths who blockaded streets with bonfires and trash cans...
Shortly before midnight Monday, the telex message from the Iranian bank began coming through-a test message that would have to be perfected to constitute the final instructions so funds could be moved. I had been assured by Treasury officials that this kind of message would be sent using the most modern electronic technology for speed and accuracy...
...principal and interest amounting to $5.5 billion. Lawyers and officials of all twelve, the Federal Reserve System and the Treasury Department were huddled over Teletype machines in London, Washington and Algiers to check the accuracy of the instructions. (However, it seems the Iranian operator was only playing with the telex machine or checking out the line...
...tell Cutler: "Get Solomon, Christopher and the lawyers on the same line. I will use all the authority I have to get this resolved. We can use the escrow agreement, the written understandings and today's telex messages combined to cover any possible procedural problem. We can work out the remaining questions later." I eventually convince the Fed officials and attorneys that the package is adequate...