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M.Dv. 32/1.

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d) Befehlsheber der Kuestenbefestigungen von Nordfriesland


KUESTENBEFEHLH. NORDFRIESLAND.
NORDFRIESLANDBEFEHLHBR., and so on.


e) Minensuchboot (Minesweeper)


MINENSUCHBOOT.
MINBOOT.
MMMBOOT.
MMM. . . .(with boat-number following), and so on.



20. If several addresses follow in succession then care is to

be taken that they do not get misunderstood. If necessary, they
are to be separated by Y (comma) (see paragraph 25).




21. If the text of the message is as understandable without address or

signature as with it, then one of the two, or in some
cases even both of them, can be dispensed with -- for example, in
situation reports, weather reports, and so on.




Punctuation Marks.



22. A period is expressed by X, colon by XX, question mark by

UD, comma by Y, slant, dash and hyphen by YY, parenthesis by KK.


In general, punctuation marks cannot be dispensed with --

except for a period at the end, which is not to be put in. Before
eliminating punctuation marks in the interests of brevity, check
the text carefully for intelligibility.



Numbers


23. Numbers are written out in letters. In numbers of several

digits, the words for separate digits follow right after one
another.


For example: 223 = ZWO ZWO DREI.



24. The following numbers, hovever, can be written in one word:


ZEHN, ELF, ZWOELF, ZWANZIG, DREISSIG, etc.

HUNDERT, TAUSEND, etc.



25. In a series of numbers, any two which would be separated by

a comma in correctly written German are to be separated by Y.
For example:


a) Pruefnr. 18, 20 und 25 = PRUFNR EINS ACHT Y ZWO NUL UND
(Check No.) ZWO FUNF.

b) M 4, 7, 11 = MMM VIER Y SIEBEN Y ELF.



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