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diplomatic pouch

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noun

diplomatic pouches plural
  1. a sealed mailbag containing diplomatic correspondence that is sent free of inspection between a foreign office and its diplomatic or consular post abroad or from one such post to another.


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That led to the creation of covert radio systems which could be smuggled in a diplomatic pouch.

From BBC Dec. 5, 2023

His words are taken seriously, as if delivered by diplomatic pouch.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2023

Soon, the CIA shipped $30 million in cash in two enormous cardboard boxes via diplomatic pouch from Frankfurt to the U.S. embassy in Warsaw.

From Washington Post Oct. 29, 2021

"Investigators determined that Lavarello did not send the classified notebook via secure diplomatic pouch from the U.S. Embassy Manila to Hawaii, as required."

From Fox News Jul. 21, 2021

People responded that he was being sent coconut ice cream and Soviet arms via diplomatic pouch.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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