The phrase "a cable reported that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where information is being conveyed from a news source or communication channel, often in journalism or reporting.
Example: "According to the latest updates, a cable reported that the negotiations have reached a critical point."
Alternatives: "a report indicated that" or "a dispatch stated that".
A year ago, a cable reported that proliferating scandals had sent the clan into a "tailspin" and "provided local observers with enough dirt for a Libyan soap opera".
By October 2009, a cable reported that "leaders in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are pressing hard for NATO Article 5 contingency planning for the Baltic states," referring to the mutual defense provision of the NATO treaty.
A 2006 American embassy cable reported that a businessman from Barbados seemed to have obtained a Dominican diplomatic passport in exchange for a financial contribution to Roosevelt Skerrit's re-election campaign.
The same diplomatic cable reported that a former mayor of Juárez had admitted that "100 percent of the municipal police force was corrupt".
The WikiLeaks cable reported that the regional director of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights had claimed that one of Duterte's sons had a history of drug abuse.
The cable reported that the article went on to suggest that Sanader believed that Pliva must go to a US company in order to maintain good bilateral relations with the US.
At the end of one 30-minute meeting, a cable reports that the Dalai Lama embraced the embassy's officials and "made a final plea".
One cable reports that Sadiq Khan, who is now shadow justice secretary, criticised a programme introduced by the last government.
Another cable reports that Delhi hopes to use links between Shia Muslim clerics in the Indian city of Lucknow and their counterparts in the Iranian religious centre of Qom to influence the Iranian political leadership.
A leading Chinese official who met him in December 2009, the most recent face-to-face encounter recorded in the cables, reported that as a result of his worsening health Kim had developed a tendency to "reverse policies", and that "officials also chart their own course as different factions competing for Kim's attention, making it difficult for Kim to set a firm, clear direction".
THE cables reported that Mr. Surkov routinely contacted editors about coverage, sometimes engaging in "close textual analysis".
