diplomatic pouch

noun

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.

He commands no coercive authority and carries neither carrots nor sticks in his diplomatic pouch.

I take it, though, you would say that Commission Exhibit No. 930 went by diplomatic pouch.

This he placed in the diplomatic pouch, called for a courier, and despatched him at once for the frontier.

The envelope was marked for delivery from Hong Kong to Chungking via diplomatic pouch.

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