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54 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATION-APR. 8, 1938 Question Abbreviation QSK QSL QSM QSZ QTA QTB QTC QTI QTJ QTO QTP QUG QUK QUL QUB QUH Answer or statement Must I continue the transmis- sion of all my traffic; I can hear you between my sig- nals? Can you acknowledge receipt? Must I repeat the last telegram which I transmitted to you? Must I transmit each word or group twice? Must I cancel telegram no. . . .as if it had not been transmitted? Do you agree with my word count? How many telegrams have you to transmit? Movement What is your true course? What is your speed? Have you left dock (or port)? Are you going to enter dock (or port) ? Will you be forced to come down on water (or on land)? Can you tell me the condition oftheseaobservedat... (place or coordinates)? Can you tell me the surge ob- served at (place or coordi- nates)? Meteorology Can you give me, in the follow- ing order, information con- cerning: visibility, height of clouds, ground wind at . . . (place of observation)? Will you give me the present barometric pressure at sea level? 1635 Continue the transmission of all your traffic; I shall inter- rupt you if necessary. I am acknowledging receipt. Repeat the last telegram which you transmitted to me. Transmit each word or group twice. Cancel telegram no. . . . as if it had not been transmitted. I do not agree with your word count; I shall repeat the first letter of each word and the first figure of each number. I have . . . telegrams for you (orfor . . .). My true course is . .. degrees. Myspeedis...knots(or . . . kilometers) per hour. I have left dock (or port). I am going to enter dock (or port). I am forced to come down on water(oronland)at... (place). Theseaat . . . (placeorcoor- dinates) is . . . Thesurge at . . . (placeorco- ordinates)is . . . This is the information re- quested: .. . ........ The present barometric pres- sureatsealevelis... (units).