                              Command : TELEGRAM

 SYNTAX:
   [mc ##] Command : telegram <NATIONS>

The telegram command allows you to send small diplomatic communiques from your
country to others.  You specify the recipients as one or more target countries
with whom you have diplomatic relations.

If you send to "all countries" (country '*'), you  need  not  have  diplomatic
relations in order for the telegram to arrive.  For each telegram that is sent
to a target country, you are charged $3 and 1/2 of a btu, rounded up.

Currently you are  given  only  512  characters  per  telegram,  so  telegrams
encourage  succinct  diplomacy.  While entering your telegram the system tells
you how many characters you have left.  You end the telegram by typing a  sin-
gle period '.' or a ^D on a line by itself.

See also : prayers, read

