These places were Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Germany promised to help Mexico take back land the United States had taken from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. The telegram told the ambassador to ask the Mexicans to join the war on the German side by attacking America. Please call the President's attention to the fact that the ruthless employment of our submarines now offers the prospect of compelling England in a few months to make peace." Signed, ZIMMERMANN You will inform the President of the above most secretly as soon as the outbreak of war with the United States of America is certain and add the suggestion that he should, on his own initiative, invite Japan to immediate adherence and at the same time mediate between Japan and ourselves. In the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal of alliance on the following basis: make war together, make peace together, generous financial support and an understanding on our part that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. We shall endeavor in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral. "We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. The telegram's message was: FROM 2nd from London # 5747. Bernstorff then sent it to the German ambassador in Mexico, Heinrich von Eckardt. Zimmermann sent it to the German ambassador in the United States, Johann von Bernstorff. Zimmermann was the German Foreign Secretary (took care of things with other countries). It is named for the German man who sent it, Arthur Zimmermann. It was what made America enter World War I. The Zimmermann Telegram (also called the Zimmermann Note) was a telegram sent to Mexico from Germany on January 16, 1917. Links does not imply endorsement of contents.The Zimmermann Telegram as it was sent from Washington to Ambassador Heinrich von Eckardt government sourceįor information on the World Wide Web. Zimmermann publicly acknowledged the message on March 2. Official fears at the White House and the Stateĭepartment that the Congress and the American people would notīelieve the authenticity of the Zimmermann message without revealingīritish code-breaking ability was avoided when Foreign Minister The means to intercept or to decode the secret diplomatic correspondence At this time the Department of State had neither 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. The State Department web site below is a permanent electronic archive of information released online from Januto January 20, 2001.
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