def header_body_from_content(content):
    """\
    Tries to extract the header and the message from the cable content.

    The header is something like

        UNCLASSIFIED ...
        SUBJECT ...
        REF ...

    while the message begins usually with a summary

        1. SUMMARY ...
        ...
        10. ...
    
    Returns (header, msg) or (None, None) if the header/message cannot be 
    detected.
    
    `content`
        The "content" part of a cable.
    """
    m = _CLASSIFIED_BY_PATTERN.search(content)
    idx = m and m.end() or 0
    m = _SUMMARY_PATTERN.search(content)
    summary_idx = m and m.start() or None
    m = _FIRST_PARAGRAPH_PATTERN.search(content)
    para_idx = m and m.start() or None
    if summary_idx and para_idx:
        idx = max(idx, min(summary_idx, para_idx))
    elif summary_idx:
        idx = max(summary_idx, idx)
    elif para_idx:
        idx = max(para_idx, idx)
    if idx > 0:
        return content[:idx], content[idx:]
    return None, None