William Taft actually said...

"I transmit for the information of the Congress a report by the Secretary of State, with accompanying correspondence, touching the condition of affairs in the Kongo."

"Despatches regarded as especially of a reserved or secret nature should be conspicuously marked 'Confidential' on the top of the first page."

"Recourse to private letters to the Secretary of State or other officers of the Department of State upon topics relating to the official business of the consulate is disapproved."

"Despatches should be written on one side only of single-sheet despatch paper."