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Telegram from United States Ambassador Walter Page to President Woodrow Wilson Conveying a Translation of the Zimmermann Telegram, 02/24/1917

This telegram was sent from the American Embassy in London to President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. It regards a German proposal to enter an alliance with Mexico. The telegram includes a translation of an encoded message German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann sent to the President of Mexico in which an alliance was proposed and German plans to begin unrestricted submarine warfare were disclosed. In addition the telegram from U.S. Ambassador Walter Page discusses how the British had intercepted and deciphered the Zimmermann telegram.

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