Decoded in the days after it was intercepted by British Naval Intelligence, Germany’s Zimmermann Telegram was ultimately revealed to the initially incredulous American Embassy in late February 1917.  In the telegram Germany proposed a military alliance with Mexico against the United States, promising in return the restoration of lost territories such as Arizona, Texas and New Mexico.

Shown here is a later confirmation decode made by Edward Bell of the American Embassy in London, and sent to the State Department on March 2, 1917

Source: research.archives.gov

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