My First Fax

The first fax I ever sent was to a DuPont office in Belgium, from the DuPont Louviers office in Newark, DE. I was a temporary purchasing clerk, and had a phone relationship with several suppliers. The fax was on behalf of a small machinery fabrication operation waiting on a significant payment. How could I help?
I asked a seasoned purchasing agent who handled the hard stuff. He told me to say that the Belgian non-payment was "affecting Louviers' ability to do business with" the supplier. He told me to sign my name and the name of the facility, but not bother with a title.
It was 1988 and faxing was relatively new. The Louviers office had a telex room with a dedicated operator, and had newly established a fax room with a dedicated operator! I troubled over how to indicate that the document was a fax, and then decided on the cool words, "Via FAX" on a line by itself. I typed up the letter, had the operator fax it to Belgium, and send a copy via USPS.
In a few days, the vendor called and said I had saved his company's Christmas.