Meanings of signed the letters in English

Only a half-dozen offshore firms signed the letters, the Bank said last week.

He signed the letters with a firm hand, "per pro P. Maloney, editor."

Mr Craig allegedly signed the letters and poems "love C".

Around the time he signed the letters, Salgado sought public funds to save the family empire, arguing that it was important for Portugal.

The honoured individuals made up only a tiny fraction of the hundreds who signed the letters warning of the dangers of EU withdrawal.

Those men who would be easiest believed wrote and signed the letters, and certain others added characteristic postscripts best calculated to bring results.

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton signed the letters, along with top committee Republicans Greg Walden, Lee Terry, Mary Bono Mack and Marsha Blackburn.