Cable Sections
You're Just My TYPE
TAG, You're It
Are you SMARTer than a 5th Grader?
Elements of Style
100
This section should be able to convey the message of the entire cable when read by itself.
What is the summary?
100
This cable tasks a Post to deliver talking points to the host government.
What is a demarche?
100
"ECON" officers most frequently use this TAG.
What is ECON?
100
This is a vital and elementary building block of the Department of State's overarching e-diplomacy strategy.
What is SMART?
100
This is the only acceptable title in a cable for members of the U.S. lower house.
What is Representative?
300
This is the only section of a cable where Post can inject its opinion.
What is the comment?
300
Washington relies on this cable for Post's views on breaking events.
What is a spot cable?
300
Subject, Program, Geographic Area.
What is the correct order for TAGs?
300
This captures essential, official evidence of the State Department that would otherwise be documented in a cable.
What is Record E-mail?
300
According to the Style Guide, this word is overused in headlines when referring to earthquakes or bombings. Try "strikes," "hits," or "destroys."
What is rocks?
500
This is the section of your cable no one will ever read.
What is the body?
500
You will not write this cable when you leave your first (or second or third...) Post.
What is a "swan song"?
500
KM
What is Comoros?
500
SMART replaced this system.
What is CableXpress?
500
One is the loneliest number of these.
What are spaces between sentences?
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