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The Zimmermann telegram (or Zimmermann note or Zimmermann cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office on January 17, 1917, that proposed a military contract between the German Empire and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany.
He wrote the 1912 campaign biography of Woodrow Wilson. [1] Later, after souring on Wilson, he wrote a derisive critique of Wilson's literary style. [2] He is described in Barbara Tuchman's The Zimmerman Telegram as a German propaganda agent. [3] According to the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia (6th edition, 2012),
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) ... In late February, the U.S. public learned of the Zimmermann Telegram, ...
Arthur Zimmermann, the German foreign minister, sent the Zimmermann Telegram to Mexico on January 16, 1917. Zimmermann invited Mexico (knowing their resentment towards America since the 1848 Mexican Cession ) to join in a war against the United States if the United States declared war on Germany.
The Zimmermann telegram: intelligence, diplomacy, and America's entry into World War I (Naval Institute Press, 2012). De Quesada, Alejandro. The Hunt for Pancho Villa: The Columbus Raid and Pershing's Punitive Expedition 1916–17 (Bloomsbury, 2012).
US President Woodrow Wilson considered another military invasion of Veracruz and Tampico in 1917–1918, [36] [37] so as to take control of Tehuantepec Isthmus and Tampico oil fields, [37] [38] but this time the new Mexican President Venustiano Carranza gave the order to destroy the oil fields in case the Marines tried to land there.
March 3 - Arthur Zimmermann admits the authenticity of the Zimmermann Telegram; March 4 - Second inauguration of Woodrow Wilson; April 6 - Wilson signs the 1917 United States declaration of war on Germany, beginning the U.S. involvement in World War I
The British interception of Zimmermann's telegram and the German unrestricted submarine warfare against US merchant ships soon afterward, were effectively both final justifications that President Wilson needed to request a declaration of war against Germany, in April 1917. [19]