Why did they stop it. The note revealed a plan to renew unrestricted submarine warfare and to form an alliance with Mexico and Japan if the United States declared war on Germany. Document Deep Dive What Did The Zimmermann Telegram Say World War I World War World War One In January 1917 British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico Heinrich von Eckhardt offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. . The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany. The Telegram wrote that if the United States entered World War I Mexico would regain Texas New Mexico and Arizona. The telegram said that if Germany went to war with the United States Germany promise...
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