![]() ![]() On February 24 after steps were taken to make tracing the BritishĪction impossible. Over the text to American Ambassador Walter Hines Page in London Ill-fated telegram of early February 1917. German diplomatic code and deciphered Foreign Minister Zimmermann's Rapid steps culminating in the American entry into the war inīritish Naval Intelligence cryptographic experts had broken the With the Allies against Germany, and the first of a series of Telegram was a major turning point in the attitude about intervening so stunned the American people."Īmerican Congressional and public revulsion to the Zimmermann On March 1 he announced the discovery of the secret German machinations.Īrthur Link, President Wilson's biographer, wrote that "No Shocked by the threat to American security. To regain New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Out to the Mexican Government the possibility of German assistance With Mexico and Japan against the United States. To the German Minister in Mexico proposing a German military alliance Saturday, February 26, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson receivedįrom Acting Secretary of State Frank Polk, the decoded text ofĪ secret message sent by German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann Zimmermann Telegram Eighty years ago today, on the evening of This Day in Diplomacy: President Wilson Learns of the ![]() Press Statement by Nicholas Burns/Spokesman NOTE: External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views contained therein. Contact us with any questions about finding information. Archive sites are not updated, so external links may no longer function. Or visit for information from that period. Please see for current material from the Department of State. One thing that is pretty obvious however, is that joining the war would more than likely not have benefited Mexico whatsoever, and is why they didn't join.The State Department web site below is a permanent electronic archive of information released online from Januto January 20, 2001. Either way, both sides are reasonably arguable. and get them to join the war (something Germany would not have wanted, and thus would not have made themselves). Then again, it may have been made only to anger U.S. It may just have been that they wanted more people on their side, and thought this to be an effective form of bribery to get Mexico to fight alongside them. Germany knows very well that Mexico is unable to compete with the U.S. This leads us to the original prospect as to why might the telegram be fake. was a lot more powerful (in military, population, government, etc.) than them. already fully occupied the lands Mexico would "get back", and that the U.S. They might or might not have been told, more likely not). If it was fake, there was nothing to agree to in the first place (Even if they didn't know that. Mexicans could have refused the telegram for 2 reasons. to enter into the war, while others argue that it is what we are told it is. Some people believe that the ZImmermann Telegram was just an excuse for the U.S. Why Germany would chose to contact Mexico is open to question, and a very arguable matter. ![]() would lead to more damage for them (and increase in racism from part of the whites). Technically, Mexico has never been that strong or prominent of a nation, and I'm guessing that they knew that a war with the U.S. The truth is, we just will never know the true legitimacy of the telegram, no matter how much you want to argue it. Arthur Zimmermann publicly confirmed the telegram, but if you think about it, that could be bogus, too. The Zimmermann Telegram is "proven" to be real and sent to Mexico, but then again all this proof was discovered by the British, and other proof of the letter was found in the UK. ![]()
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