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diplomatic pouch

American  

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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