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Yet there is method in this Morse code

Sometimes a nonsense telegram makes much more sense after a methodical maneuver.
Here’s one for fun:

 - . -.. / ... .... . . - ... / ... . -. - / .... .. ... / .- -. - /
 - --- / - . . -. / ... .... . .. -.- / .. / ... .... .- -. - / .... . -..- /
 ... .. ... - . .-. / ... .- .-.. / .- ... / ... .... . / .. ... ... ..- . -.. /
 ..-. . . / ... .... .. ..-. - / .. ... / .-- . - / ... ..- . - /
 . ...- . .-. / - .. -. / ... ..- .. - / . . -.- / ... .. .-. . -.

 TED SHEETS SENT HIS ANT
 TO TEEN SHEIK I SHANT HEX
 SISTER SAL AS SHE ISSUED
 FEE SHIFT IS WET SUET
 EVER TIN SUIT EEK SIREN

 20 5 4 0 19 8 5 5 20 19 0 19 5 14 20 0 8 9 19 0 1 14 20 0
 20 15 0 20 5 5 14 0 19 8 5 9 11 0 9 0 19 8 1 14 20 0 8 5 24 0
 19 9 19 20 5 18 0 19 1 12 0 1 19 0 19 8 5 0 9 19 19 21 5 4 0
 6 5 5 0 19 8 9 6 20 0 9 19 0 23 5 20 0 19 21 5 20 0
 5 22 5 18 0 20 9 14 0 19 21 9 20 0 5 5 11 0 19 9 18 5 14

 10100 101 100 0 10011 1000 101 101 10100 10011 0 10011 101 1110 10100 0 1000 1001 10011 0 1 1110 10100 0
 10100 1111 0 10100 101 101 1110 0 10011 1000 101 1001 1011 0 1001 0 10011 1000 1 1110 10100 0 1000 101 11000 0
 10011 1001 10011 10100 101 10010 0 10011 1 1100 0 1 10011 0 10011 1000 101 0 1001 10011 10011 10101 101 100 0
 110 101 101 0 10011 1000 1001 110 10100 0 1001 10011 0 10111 101 10100 0 10011 10101 101 10100 0
 101 10110 101 10010 0 10100 1001 1110 0 10011 10101 1001 10100 0 101 101 1011 0 10011 1001 10010 101 1110

What’s that telegram really trying to tell?

Everything you need to know is below and most of the work to be done is above.

     Morse     Binary           Morse      Binary            Morse      Binary

    A  .-     1      1         J  .---   10    1010         S  ...    19   10011
    B  -...   2     10         K  -.-    11    1011         T  -      20   10100
    C  -.-.   3     11         L  .-..   12    1100         U  ..-    21   10101
    D  -..    4    100         M  --     13    1101         V  ...-   22   10110
    E  .      5    101         N  -.     14    1110         W  .--    23   10111
    F  ..-.   6    110         O  ---    15    1111         X  -..-   24   11000
    G  --.    7    111         P  .--.   16   10000         Y  -.--   25   11001
    H  ....   8   1000         Q  --.-   17   10001         Z  --..   26   11010
    I  ..     9   1001         R  .-.    18   10010      space         0     0
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