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 | | Prussia's prime minister Otto von Bismarck edited the king's account of his meeting with the French ambassador to a shortened and cutting version, and authorizing its release to the press and embassies, as the famous Ems Dispatch. |
| | When the French ambassador bypassed diplomatic channels and directly confronted the king at his holiday resort, King Wilhelm was "very polite but cooly categorical." His message to Berlin (the Ems Dispatch) reporting this event with the French ambassador reached the desk of Bismarck. |
| | Bismarck edited the telegram in such a way as to arouse French indignation, and then released it for publication. |
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