CONTENTS

�DIVISION A � GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL METHODS OF WORKING
I.���� Hours of service of offices
�1���� Duration and closing of service � Legal time
II.���� Classification of correspondence� in the international public telegram service
�1 ����Telegrams and special services
������� 1.1���� Obligatory telegrams
������� 1.2���� Optional telegrams and special services
III.���� Preparation and handing in of telegrams
�1���� General
�2���� Characters that may be used for the preparation of telegrams
�3���� Order of arrangement of the various parts of a telegram
�4���� Heading
�5���� The address part
������� 5.1���� The service indications
������� 5.2���� General provisions for the address
������� 5.3���� Full postal address
������� 5.4���� Registered address
������� 5.5���� Telephonic address
������� 5.6���� Telex and facsimile addresses
����������������� 5.6.1���� Telex address
����������������� 5.6.2���� Facsimile address
������� 5.7���� Poste restante or t�l�graphe restant address
������� 5.8�� ��Post office box address
�6���� The text part
������� 6.1���� The text
������� 6.2���� The signature
������� 6.3���� Long telegrams
�7���� Cancellation of telegrams at the request of the sender
IV.���� Counting of words
�1���� General provisions
�2���� Counting the number of chargeable words
�3���� Indication of the number of words in the preamble line
�4���� Irregularities in the counting of words
V.���� Routing and retransmission of telegrams
VI.���� Transmission of telegrams
�1���� Order of transmission of telegrams
�2���� Order of transmission of the various parts of a telegram
�3���� Transmission of the heading
�4���� Transmission of the other parts of a telegram
�5���� Reception
�6���� Errors and interruptions
VII.���� Interruption of telegram communications
�1���� Diversion of telegrams
VIII.���� Delivery at destination
�1���� General provisions
�2���� Methods of delivery
�3���� Non-delivery and delayed delivery
IX.���� Obligatory telegrams
�1���� Telegrams relating to the safety of life (SVH)
�2���� Government telegrams and telegrams relative to the application of the United Nations Charter
�3���� Telegrams concerning persons protected in time of war by the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949
�4���� Ordinary private telegrams
�5���� Telegraph service correspondence
�6���� Meteorological telegrams
X.���� Optional telegrams
�1���� Postal financial telegrams
�2���� Letter telegrams
�3���� Privilege telegrams
XI.���� Special services
�1���� General provisions
�2���� Urgent transmission and delivery
�3��� �De luxe form
XIII.���� Archives
�1���� Archives
�2���� Inspection of original forms of telegrams � Supplying copies of telegrams
DIVISION B � OPERATIONAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORSE AND SOUNDER WORKING
I.���� Morse code
�1���� Morse code signals
�2���� Spacing and length of the signals
�3���� Transmission of signs for which there is no corresponding signal in the Morse code
������� 3.2���� Multiplication sign
������� 3.3���� Percentage or per thousand sign
������� 3.4���� Inverted commas (quotation marks)
������� 3.5���� Minute and second signs
�4���� Transmission of groups of figures and letters, of ordinal numbers or of fractions
II.���� General transmission rules
III.���� Transmission of telegrams with identical text
�1���� Identical texts
IV.���� Transmission irregularities � Service notes
V.���� Checking the number of words transmitted �� Acknowledgement of receipt
�1���� Checking the number of words transmitted
�2���� Acknowledgement of receipt
VI.���� Transmission procedures
DIVISION C � OPERATIONAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO� PRINTING TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS
I.���� Transmission signals
�1���� Transmission signals of International Telegraph Alphabet No. 2
�2���� Transmission of signs for which there is no corresponding signal in the telegraph alphabet
�3���� Transmission of ordinal numbers, groups of figures and letters or of numbers that include fractions
II.���� General provisions for transmission of telegrams
�1���� Calling
�2���� Transmission with running series of numbers
III.���� General provisions for reception
IV.���� Special provisions for point-to-point operations
�1���� Transmission of telegrams to tape-printing systems
�3���� Reception
V.���� Special provisions for gentex operations
�1���� General provisions
�2���� Answer-back codes
�3���� Responsibility of transmitting or receiving stations
�4���� Procedures before transmission of a telegram
�5���� Transmission of telegrams
�6���� Reception of telegrams
�7���� Abnormal conditions before transmission
�8���� Abnormal conditions during transmission
11�� ��Special transmission procedures for use with format converters and/or automatic error correction devices
12���� Service advices (A) and use of codes
VI.���� Interworking between the telegram retransmission system and the gentex network
DIVISION D � TELEGRAPH SERVICE CORRESPONDENCE
I.���� Telegraph service correspondence
�1���� Definitions
II.���� Service telegrams and service advices
�1���� General provisions
�2���� Service telegrams
�3���� Service advices
������� 3.1���� General provisions
������� 3.2�� ��Procedure
����������������� 3.2.1���� End-to-end servicing
����������������� 3.2.2���� Follow-on service advices
����������������� 3.2.3���� Return service advices
������� 3.3���� Wording
������� 3.4���� Repetition of a telegram
III.���� Examples of format and wording of service correspondence
DIVISION E � OPERATIONAL PROVISIONS APPLYING TO INTERNATIONAL� FACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS OF TELEGRAMS
�1���� General provisions
�2���� Preparation of telegrams for transmission
�3���� Routing and retransmission of telegrams
�4���� Delivery at destination
�5���� Service correspondence
�6���� Archives