a. It was a coded telegram sent on January 16, 1917, from Arthur Zimmermann, Germany's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to Heinrich von Eckardt, Germany's ambassador in Mexico.
b. The telegram asked the ambassador to discuss with the Mexican President the possibility of Mexico declaring war on the United States if the US should enter the war in Europe.
c. In return, Germany would help finance their war effort and help Mexico recover all the territory lost to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War.
d. The telegram was intercepted and decoded by British intelligence agents and made public.
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Discuss the Zimmermann Telegram:
a. It was a coded telegram sent on January 16, 1917, from
, Germany's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to
, Germany's ambassador in Mexico.
b. The telegram asked the ambassador to discuss with the Mexican President the
possibility of Mexico declaring war on the United States if the
should enter the war in
.
c. In return, Germany would help finance their war effort and help Mexico recover all the territory lost to the United States as a result of the
.
d. The telegram was intercepted and decoded by
agents and made public.
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