�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