As I said yesterday, I will post the telegraph right here in a few minutes. however I need some time to talk about today. today has been rough, especially when we discovered the horrifying Telegraph and this message. however we couldn’t stop there . the Germans were following us and we had no choice but to advance to the p o w camp. we have discovered some secrets from the German soldiers that were housed at the p o w camp. in Lyon, France. however, we need the code breaker in able to find out what the Germans are saying. the Germans won’t talk no matter how much we bribe them and  that all they did was give us a coded message. however, we can’t crack the coded message without the decoder.

 

As I said earlier here is the telegraph translated to english.

 

Dear POW camp 347,

we have received intel that a german ransom
note stated that if we do not pay the ransom of

700 papiermark then commander francis will be
torchered and executed within 1 week of this
telegram. you must rob the german treasuary
Wendsday.
This telegram is approved by the French
Telegram assosiation.

Signed, John Mapper. August 16, 1917.