diplomatic pouch
Immune courier's bag
A diplomatic pouch is a container used to transport official documents and materials between a government and its embassies abroad, protected by international law from inspection or seizure by foreign authorities.
The term covers anything from an envelope to a shipping crate.
The classified cables arrived by diplomatic pouch.
The immunity from search has occasionally been exploited to smuggle contraband.
Restricted from disclosure
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
- tamper-evidentShows if opened
- encryptedTransformed into cipher
intelligence · secrets · documents · safekeeping · protection · espionage · smuggling · contraband
Delivery person or service
- messengerOne who delivers communications
- dispatchSend with speed
- carrierOne that transports
- bearerOne who conveys something
transporter · delivery · shipment · cargo · parcel · valise · satchel · container
Protected from transgression
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- extraterritorialityLegal reach beyond borders
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
untouchable · protected status · legal protection · noninterference · sanctity · international law · treaty rights · reciprocity
Official foreign representative
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
- legationDiplomatic representative's headquarters
- chanceryEquity tribunal or archives
- missionPurpose-driven task
foreign service · envoy · consul · political officer · posting · protocol
classified
Restricted from disclosure
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
- tamper-evidentShows if opened
encrypted · intelligence · secrets · documents · safekeeping · protection · espionage · smuggling · contraband · surveillance
courier
Delivery person or service
bearer · transporter · delivery · shipment · cargo · parcel · valise · satchel · container · package
inviolability
Protected from transgression
- exemptionRelease from requirement
- extraterritorialityLegal reach beyond borders
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
sovereignty · untouchable · protected status · legal protection · noninterference · sanctity · international law · treaty rights · reciprocity
ambassador
Official foreign representative
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
- legationDiplomatic representative's headquarters
- chanceryEquity tribunal or archives
mission · foreign service · envoy · consul · political officer · posting · protocol
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- embassyambassador, visa, consul, passport, visa office
- pouches
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- diplomatic documentstreaty, accord, communique, protocol, cable
- diplomatic itemstreaty, passport, visa, peace treaty, trade agreement
diplomatic pouchcommercial shipping
Transporting goods for business
commercial freight · contraband · checked luggage · seized goods · parcel post
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