[Animats]

PDF of the message on a diplomatic letterhead. 8.5x 11", 15 point type, 1 inch margins, seal of the State Department at the top of the first page.[1] The style is formal, but very plain and clear English.

Wars have started because of badly drafted or mishandled diplomatic notes. The Japanese diplomatic note announcing war was supposed to be delivered just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The communications between the US and Saddam Hussein before the Kuwait war left Hussein with the incorrect impression that the US would not intervene if he invaded Kuwait.

[1] https://fam.state.gov/FAM/05FAH01/05FAH010610.html

[aspenmayer]

More info on preparing these notes here:

https://fam.state.gov/fam/05fah01/05fah010620.html