Zimmermann Telegram

:For other uses of "Zimmermann", see Zimmermann (disambiguation)

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The Zimmermann Telegram was a telegram dispatched by the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire, Arthur Zimmermann, on January 16, 1917, to the German ambassador in Mexico, Heinrich von Eckardt, at the height of World War I. It instructed the ambassador to approach the Mexican government with a proposal to form an alliance against the United States. It was intercepted and decoded by the British and its contents hastened the entry of the United States into the war.

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Telegram - German Empire - Arthur Zimmermann - January 16 - 1917 - German - Ambassador - Mexico - Heinrich von Eckardt - World War I - Mexican - Alliance - United States - British - War

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