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title="Federal Foreign Office">German Foreign Office</a> on January 17, 1917, that proposed a military contract between the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_Mexico#Revolution_of_1910%E2%80%931920" title="History of Mexico">Mexico</a> if the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> entered <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> against Germany. With Germany's aid, Mexico <a href="/wiki/Reconquista_(Mexico)" title="Reconquista (Mexico)">would recover</a> <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>. The telegram was intercepted by <a href="/wiki/Room_40" title="Room 40">British intelligence</a>. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zimmermann_Telegram_as_Received_by_the_German_Ambassador_to_Mexico_-_NARA_-_302025.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Zimmermann_Telegram_as_Received_by_the_German_Ambassador_to_Mexico_-_NARA_-_302025.jpg/220px-Zimmermann_Telegram_as_Received_by_the_German_Ambassador_to_Mexico_-_NARA_-_302025.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Zimmermann_Telegram_as_Received_by_the_German_Ambassador_to_Mexico_-_NARA_-_302025.jpg/330px-Zimmermann_Telegram_as_Received_by_the_German_Ambassador_to_Mexico_-_NARA_-_302025.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Zimmermann_Telegram_as_Received_by_the_German_Ambassador_to_Mexico_-_NARA_-_302025.jpg/440px-Zimmermann_Telegram_as_Received_by_the_German_Ambassador_to_Mexico_-_NARA_-_302025.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2073" data-file-height="2625"></a><figcaption>The Zimmermann telegram as it was sent from <a href="/wiki/Washington,_DC" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, DC">Washington, DC</a>, to Ambassador <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_von_Eckardt" title="Heinrich von Eckardt">Heinrich von Eckardt</a>, the German ambassador to <a href="/wiki/History_of_Mexico#Revolution_of_1910%E2%80%931920" title="History of Mexico">Mexico</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zimmermann_Telegram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Zimmermann_Telegram.svg/220px-Zimmermann_Telegram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Zimmermann_Telegram.svg/330px-Zimmermann_Telegram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Zimmermann_Telegram.svg/440px-Zimmermann_Telegram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1677" data-file-height="1789"></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/History_of_Mexico#Revolution_of_1910%E2%80%931920" title="History of Mexico">Mexico</a> in 1916 (in dark green); 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It helped to generate support for the <a href="/wiki/American_entry_into_World_War_I" title="American entry into World War I">American declaration of war on Germany</a> in April 1917.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> The decryption has been described as the most significant intelligence triumph for Britain during World War I<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> and it marked one of the earliest occasions on which a piece of <a href="/wiki/Signals_intelligence" title="Signals intelligence">signals intelligence</a> influenced world events.<a href="#cite_note-BBCHistory2017-3">[3]</a> The decryption was possible after the failure of the <a href="/wiki/Niedermayer-Hentig_Expedition" class="mw-redirect" title="Niedermayer-Hentig Expedition">Niedermayer-Hentig Expedition</a> to <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Afghanistan" title="Emirate of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, when <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Wassmuss" title="Wilhelm Wassmuss">Wilhelm Wassmuss</a> abandoned his codebook, which the Allies later recovered, and allowed the British to decrypt the Zimmermann telegram.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Content">1 Content</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#History">2 History</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Previous_German_efforts_to_promote_war">2.1 Previous German efforts to promote war</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#German_motivations">2.2 German motivations</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Mexican_response">3 Mexican response</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#British_interception">4 British interception</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Use">4.1 Use</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#U.S._response">5 U.S. response</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Japanese_response">6 Japanese response</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Autograph_discovery">7 Autograph discovery</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#See_also">8 See also</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#References">9 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Sources">10 Sources</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Further_reading">11 Further reading</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#External_links">12 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="Content">Content</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Content" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arthur_Zimmermann.png" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Arthur_Zimmermann.png/170px-Arthur_Zimmermann.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="250" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="247" data-file-height="363"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 250px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Arthur_Zimmermann.png/170px-Arthur_Zimmermann.png" data-width="170" data-height="250" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Arthur_Zimmermann.png 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Arthur Zimmermann</figcaption></figure> The message came in the form of a <a href="/wiki/Code_(cryptography)" title="Code (cryptography)">coded</a> telegram dispatched by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Zimmermann" title="Arthur Zimmermann">Arthur Zimmermann</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_state#Germany" title="Secretary of state">Staatssekretär</a> (a top-level <a href="/wiki/Civil_servant" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil servant">civil servant</a>, second only to their respective minister) in the Foreign Office of the German Empire on January 17, 1917. The message was sent to the German ambassador to Mexico, <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_von_Eckardt" title="Heinrich von Eckardt">Heinrich von Eckardt</a>.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Zimmermann sent the telegram in anticipation of the resumption of <a href="/wiki/Unrestricted_submarine_warfare" title="Unrestricted submarine warfare">unrestricted submarine warfare</a> by Germany on February 1, which the German government presumed would almost certainly lead to war with the United States. The telegram instructed Von Eckardt that if the United States appeared certain to enter the war, he was to approach the Mexican government with a proposal for military alliance with funding from Germany. The decoded telegram was as follows:<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> Original (German): <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><div title="German-language text"><div lang="de">Wir beabsichtigen am 1. Februar uneingeschränkten Ubootkrieg zu beginnen. Es wird Versucht werden, Amerika trotzdem neutral zu halten. Für den Fall, daß dies nicht gelingen sollte, schlagen wir Mexico mit folgender Grundlage Bündnis vor; Gemeinsame Kriegführung, gemeinsamer Friedensschluß. Reichliche finzanzielle Unterstützung und Einverständnis unsererseits, daß Mexiko in Texas, Neu Mexiko, Arizona früher verlorenes Gebiet zurückerobert. Regelung im einzelnen Euer Hochwohlgeboren überlassen. Euer pp. wollen Vorstehendes Präsidenten streng geheim eröffnen, sobald Kriegsausbruch mit Vereinigten Staaten feststeht und Anregung hinzufügen, Japan von sich aus zu fortigem Beitritt einzuladen und gleichzeitig zwischen uns und Japan zu vermitteln. Bitte Präsidenten darauf hinweisen, daß rücksichtslose Anwendung unserer U-boote jetzt Aussicht bietet, England in wenigen Monaten zum Frieden zu zwingen. Empfang bestätigen. Zimmerman.<a href="#cite_note-Cryptologic_Quarterly-7">[7]</a></div></div></blockquote> Translated: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"> On February 1 we intend to begin submarine warfare without restriction. In spite of this it is our intention to endeavour to keep the United States neutral. If this attempt is not successful, we propose an alliance on the following basis with Mexico: That we shall make war together and together make peace; we shall give general financial support, and it is understood that Mexico is to reconquer her lost territory of New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. The details are left to you for settlement. You are instructed to inform the President of Mexico of the above in the greatest confidence as soon as it is certain that there will be an outbreak of war with the United States, and suggest that the President of Mexico shall on his own initiative communicate with Japan suggesting the latter's adherence at once to this plan, and at the same time offer to mediate between Germany and Japan. Please call to the attention of the President of Mexico that the employment of ruthless submarine warfare now promises to compel England to make peace in a few month [sic]. – Zimmerman.<a href="#cite_note-Cryptologic_Quarterly-7">[7]</a> </blockquote> (The signature dropped the second n of the name Zimmermann for telegraphic purposes.<a href="#cite_note-Cryptologic_Quarterly-7">[7]</a>) </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="History">History</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Previous_German_efforts_to_promote_war">Previous German efforts to promote war</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Previous German efforts to promote war" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Germany had long sought to incite a war between Mexico and the United States, which would have tied down American forces and slowed the export of American arms to the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Allies</a>.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> The Germans had aided in arming Mexico, as shown by the 1914 <a href="/wiki/Ypiranga_incident" title="Ypiranga incident">Ypiranga incident</a>.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> <a href="/wiki/German_Naval_Intelligence_Service" title="German Naval Intelligence Service">German Naval Intelligence</a> officer <a href="/wiki/Franz_von_Rintelen" title="Franz von Rintelen">Franz von Rintelen</a> had attempted to incite a war between Mexico and the United States in 1915, giving <a href="/wiki/Victoriano_Huerta" title="Victoriano Huerta">Victoriano Huerta</a> $12 million for that purpose.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> The German saboteur <a href="/wiki/Lothar_Witzke" title="Lothar Witzke">Lothar Witzke</a>, who was based in Mexico City, claimed to be responsible for the March 1917 munitions explosion at the <a href="/wiki/Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard" title="Mare Island Naval Shipyard">Mare Island Naval Shipyard</a> in the San Francisco Bay Area,<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> and was possibly responsible for the July 1916 <a href="/wiki/Black_Tom_explosion" title="Black Tom explosion">Black Tom explosion</a> in New Jersey. The failure of United States troops <a href="/wiki/Pancho_Villa_Expedition" title="Pancho Villa Expedition">to capture Pancho Villa in 1916</a> and the movement of President Carranza in favor of Germany emboldened the Germans to send the Zimmermann note.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> The German provocations were partially successful. President <a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a> ordered the <a href="/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Veracruz" class="mw-redirect" title="United States occupation of Veracruz">military invasion of Veracruz</a> in 1914 in the context of the Ypiranga incident and against the advice of the British government.<a href="#cite_note-Michael_Small-13">[13]</a> War was prevented thanks to the <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_peace_conference" title="Niagara Falls peace conference">Niagara Falls peace conference</a> organized by the <a href="/wiki/ABC_nations" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC nations">ABC nations</a>, but the occupation was a decisive factor in <a href="/wiki/Mexico_in_World_War_I" title="Mexico in World War I">Mexican neutrality in World War I</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Lee_Stacy-14">[14]</a> Mexico refused to participate in the embargo against Germany and granted full guarantees to the German companies for keeping their operations open, specifically in Mexico City.<a href="#cite_note-J%C3%BCrgen_Buchenau-15">[15]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="German_motivations">German motivations</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: German motivations" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Mexican_Telegraph_Company_--_Galveston.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/The_Mexican_Telegraph_Company_--_Galveston.jpg/220px-The_Mexican_Telegraph_Company_--_Galveston.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4507" data-file-height="3557"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 174px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/The_Mexican_Telegraph_Company_--_Galveston.jpg/220px-The_Mexican_Telegraph_Company_--_Galveston.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="174" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/The_Mexican_Telegraph_Company_--_Galveston.jpg/330px-The_Mexican_Telegraph_Company_--_Galveston.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/The_Mexican_Telegraph_Company_--_Galveston.jpg/440px-The_Mexican_Telegraph_Company_--_Galveston.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>The Mexican Telegraph Company building in Galveston through which the Zimmermann telegram was relayed<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></figcaption></figure> The Zimmermann telegram was part of an effort carried out by the Germans to postpone the transportation of supplies and other war materials from the United States to the Allies, which were at war against Germany.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> The main purpose of the telegram was to make the Mexican government declare war on the United States in hopes of tying down American forces and slowing the export of American arms.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Oberste_Heeresleitung" title="Oberste Heeresleitung">German High Command</a> believed that it could defeat the British and French on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> and strangle Britain with unrestricted submarine warfare before American forces could be trained and shipped to Europe in sufficient numbers to aid the Allies. The Germans were encouraged by their successes on the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Eastern Front (World War I)">Eastern Front</a> to believe that they could divert large numbers of troops to the Western Front in support of their goals.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="Mexican_response">Mexican response</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mexican response" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> Mexican President <a href="/wiki/Venustiano_Carranza" title="Venustiano Carranza">Venustiano Carranza</a> assigned a military commission to assess the feasibility of the Mexican takeover of their former territories contemplated by Germany.<a href="#cite_note-Katz_1981,_p._364-19">[19]</a> The generals concluded that such a war was unwinnable for the following reasons: <ul><li>Mexico was in the <a href="/wiki/Mexican_Revolution" title="Mexican Revolution">midst of a civil war</a>, and Carranza's position was far from secure. (Carranza himself was later assassinated in 1920.) Picking a fight with the United States would have prompted the U.S. to support one of his rivals.</li> <li>The United States was far stronger militarily than Mexico was. Even if Mexico's military forces had been completely united and loyal to a single government, no serious scenario existed under which it could have invaded and won a war against the United States. Indeed, much of Mexico's military hardware of 1917 reflected only modest upgrades since the <a href="/wiki/Mexican-American_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican-American War">Mexican-American War</a> 70 years before, which the U.S. had won.</li> <li>The German government's promises of "generous financial support" were very unreliable. It had already informed Carranza in June 1916 that it could not provide the necessary gold needed to stock a completely independent Mexican national bank.<a href="#cite_note-William_Beezley-20">[20]</a> Even if Mexico received financial support, it would still need to purchase arms, ammunition, and other needed war supplies from the <a href="/wiki/ABC_nations" class="mw-redirect" title="ABC nations">ABC nations</a> (Argentina, Brazil, and Chile), which would strain relations with them, as explained below.</li> <li>Even if by some chance Mexico had the military means to win a conflict against the United States and to reclaim the territories in question, it would have had severe difficulty conquering and pacifying a large English-speaking population which had long enjoyed self-government and was better supplied with arms than were most other civilian populations.<a href="#cite_note-Katz_1981,_p._364-19">[19]</a></li> <li>Other foreign relations were at stake. The ABC nations had organized the <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_peace_conference" title="Niagara Falls peace conference">Niagara Falls peace conference</a> in 1914 to avoid a full-scale war between the United States and Mexico over the <a href="/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Veracruz" class="mw-redirect" title="United States occupation of Veracruz">United States occupation of Veracruz</a>. Mexico entering a war against the United States would strain relations with those nations.</li></ul> The Carranza government was recognized <a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a> by the United States on August 31, 1917, as a direct consequence of the Zimmermann telegram to ensure <a href="/wiki/Mexico_in_World_War_I" title="Mexico in World War I">Mexican neutrality during World War I</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Thomas_Paterson-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-Paterson_Clifford-22">[22]</a> After the <a href="/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Veracruz" class="mw-redirect" title="United States occupation of Veracruz">military invasion of Veracruz</a> in 1914, Mexico did not participate in any military excursion with the United States in World War I.<a href="#cite_note-Lee_Stacy-14">[14]</a> That ensured that Mexican neutrality was the best outcome that the United States could hope for even if it allowed German companies to keep their operations in Mexico open.<a href="#cite_note-J%C3%BCrgen_Buchenau-15">[15]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="British_interception">British interception</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: British interception" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ztel2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Ztel2.jpg/170px-Ztel2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="357" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="295" data-file-height="619"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 357px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Ztel2.jpg/170px-Ztel2.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="357" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Ztel2.jpg/255px-Ztel2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Ztel2.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>A portion of the telegram as decrypted by <a href="/wiki/British_Naval_Intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="British Naval Intelligence">British Naval Intelligence</a> codebreakers. Since the word Arizona was not in the German codebook, it had to be split into phonetic syllables.</figcaption></figure> The decryption was possible after the failure of the <a href="/wiki/Niedermayer-Hentig_Expedition" class="mw-redirect" title="Niedermayer-Hentig Expedition">Niedermayer-Hentig Expedition</a> to <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Afghanistan" title="Emirate of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, when <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Wassmuss" title="Wilhelm Wassmuss">Wilhelm Wassmuss</a> abandoned his codebook, which the Allies later recovered, and allowed the British to decrypt the Zimmermann telegram.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> Zimmermann's office sent the telegram to the German embassy in the United States for retransmission to Von Eckardt in Mexico. It has traditionally been understood that the telegram was sent over three routes. It went by radio, and passed via telegraph cable inside messages sent by diplomats of two neutral countries (the United States and Sweden). Direct telegraph transmission of the telegram was impossible because the British had cut the German international cables at the outbreak of war. However, Germany could communicate wirelessly through the Telefunken plant, operating under Atlantic Communication Company in <a href="/wiki/West_Sayville,_New_York" title="West Sayville, New York">West Sayville, New York</a>, where the telegram was relayed to the Mexican Consulate. Ironically, the station was under the control of the <a href="/wiki/US_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="US Navy">US Navy</a>, which operated it for Atlantic Communication Company, the American subsidiary of the German entity. The Swedish diplomatic message holding the Zimmerman telegram went from Stockholm to Buenos Aires over British submarine telegraph cables, and then moved from Buenos Aires to Mexico over the cable network of a United States company. After the Germans' telegraph cables had been cut, the German Foreign Office appealed to the United States for use of their diplomatic telegraphic messages for peace messages. President Wilson agreed in the belief both that such co-operation would sustain continued good relations with Germany and that more efficient German–American diplomacy could assist Wilson's goal of a negotiated end to the war. The Germans handed in messages to the American embassy in Berlin, which were relayed to the embassy in Denmark and then to the United States by American telegraph operators. The Germans assumed that this route was secure and so used it extensively.<a href="#cite_note-SigSec-24">[24]</a> However, that put German diplomats in a precarious situation since they relied on the United States to transmit Zimmermann's note to its final destination, but the message's unencrypted contents would be deeply alarming to the Americans. The United States had placed conditions on German usage, most notably that all messages had to be in cleartext (uncoded). However, Wilson had later reversed the order and relaxed the wireless rules to allow coded messages to be sent.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> Thus the Germans were able to persuade <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Germany">US Ambassador</a> <a href="/wiki/James_W._Gerard" title="James W. Gerard">James W. Gerard</a> to accept Zimmermann's note in coded form, and it was transmitted on January 16, 1917.<a href="#cite_note-SigSec-24">[24]</a> All traffic passing through British hands came to <a href="/wiki/British_intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="British intelligence">British intelligence</a>, particularly to the <a href="/wiki/Cryptanalysis" title="Cryptanalysis">codebreakers</a> and analysts in <a href="/wiki/Room_40" title="Room 40">Room 40</a> at the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a>.<a href="#cite_note-SigSec-24">[24]</a> In Room 40, <a href="/wiki/Nigel_de_Grey" title="Nigel de Grey">Nigel de Grey</a> had partially decoded the telegram by the next day.<a href="#cite_note-Gannon-26">[26]</a> By 1917, the diplomatic code 13040 had been in use for many years. Since there had been ample time for Room 40 to reconstruct the code cryptanalytically, it was readable to a fair degree. Room 40 had obtained German cryptographic documents, including the diplomatic code 3512 (captured during the <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamian_campaign" title="Mesopotamian campaign">Mesopotamian campaign</a>), which was a later updated code that was similar to but not really related to code 13040, and naval code SKM (Signalbuch der Kaiserlichen Marine), ⁠which was useless for decoding the Zimmermann telegram but valuable to decode naval traffic, which had been retrieved from the wrecked cruiser <a href="/wiki/SMS_Magdeburg" title="SMS Magdeburg">SMS Magdeburg</a> by the Russians, who passed it to the British.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> Disclosure of the telegram would sway American public opinion against Germany if the British could convince the Americans that the text was genuine, but the Room 40 chief William Reginald Hall was reluctant to let it out because the disclosure would expose the German codes broken in Room 40 and British eavesdropping on United States diplomatic traffic. Hall waited three weeks during which de Grey and cryptographer <a href="/wiki/William_Montgomery_(cryptographer)" title="William Montgomery (cryptographer)">William Montgomery</a> completed the decryption. On February 1, Germany announced resumption of "unrestricted" submarine warfare, an act that led the United States to break off diplomatic relations with Germany on February 3.<a href="#cite_note-SigSec-24">[24]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zimmermann-telegramm-offen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Zimmermann-telegramm-offen.jpg/170px-Zimmermann-telegramm-offen.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="201" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 201px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Zimmermann-telegramm-offen.jpg/170px-Zimmermann-telegramm-offen.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="201" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Zimmermann-telegramm-offen.jpg/255px-Zimmermann-telegramm-offen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Zimmermann-telegramm-offen.jpg/340px-Zimmermann-telegramm-offen.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>The telegram, completely decrypted and translated</figcaption></figure> Hall passed the telegram to the British Foreign Office on February 5 but still warned against releasing it. Meanwhile, the British discussed possible cover stories to explain to the Americans how they obtained the coded text of the telegram and to explain how they obtained the cleartext of the telegram without letting anyone know that the codes had been broken. Furthermore, the British needed to find a way to convince the Americans the message was not a forgery.<a href="#cite_note-BBC2017-28">[28]</a> For the first story, the British obtained the coded text of the telegram from the Mexican commercial telegraph office. The British knew that since the German embassy in Washington would relay the message by commercial telegraph, the Mexican telegraph office would have the coded text. "Mr. H", a British agent in Mexico, bribed an employee of the commercial telegraph company for a copy of the message. Sir <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hohler" title="Thomas Hohler">Thomas Hohler</a>, the British ambassador in Mexico, later claimed to have been "Mr. H" or at least to have been involved with the interception in his autobiography.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> The coded text could then be shown to the Americans without embarrassment. Moreover, the retransmission was encoded with the older code 13040 and so by mid-February, the British had the complete text and the ability to release the telegram without revealing the extent to which the latest German codes had been broken. (At worst, the Germans might have realized that the 13040 code had been compromised, but that was a risk worth taking against the possibility of United States entry into the war.) Finally, since copies of the 13040 code text would also have been deposited in the records of the American commercial telegraph company, the British had the ability to prove the authenticity of the message to the American government.<a href="#cite_note-BBCHistory2017-3">[3]</a> As a cover story, the British could publicly claim that their agents had stolen the telegram's decoded text in Mexico. Privately, the British needed to give the Americans the 13040 code so that the American government could verify the authenticity of the message independently with their own commercial telegraphic records, but the Americans agreed to back the official cover story. The German Foreign Office refused to consider that their codes could have been broken but sent Von Eckardt on a witch hunt for a traitor in the embassy in Mexico. Von Eckardt indignantly rejected those accusations, and the Foreign Office eventually declared the embassy exonerated.<a href="#cite_note-SigSec-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Use">Use</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Use" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> On February 19, Hall showed the telegram to Edward Bell, the secretary of the American Embassy in Britain. Bell was at first incredulous and thought that it was a forgery. Once Bell was convinced the message was genuine, he became enraged. On February 20, Hall informally sent a copy to US Ambassador <a href="/wiki/Walter_Hines_Page" title="Walter Hines Page">Walter Hines Page</a>. On February 23, Page met with British Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Arthur_James_Balfour" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur James Balfour">Arthur Balfour</a> and was given the codetext, the message in German, and the English translation. The British had obtained a further copy in Mexico City, and Balfour could obscure the real source with the half-truth that it had been "bought in Mexico".<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> Page then reported the story to Wilson on February 24, 1917, including details to be verified from telegraph-company files in the United States. Wilson felt "much indignation" toward the Germans and wanted to publish the Zimmermann Telegraph immediately after he had received it from the British, but he delayed until March 1, 1917.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="U.S._response">U.S. response</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: U.S. response" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cartoon_for_a_Telegram.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Cartoon_for_a_Telegram.jpg/220px-Cartoon_for_a_Telegram.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="205" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="955"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 205px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Cartoon_for_a_Telegram.jpg/220px-Cartoon_for_a_Telegram.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="205" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Cartoon_for_a_Telegram.jpg/330px-Cartoon_for_a_Telegram.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Cartoon_for_a_Telegram.jpg/440px-Cartoon_for_a_Telegram.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>1917 political cartoon about the Zimmermann telegram</figcaption></figure> Many Americans then held <a href="/wiki/Anti-Mexican_sentiment" title="Anti-Mexican sentiment">anti-Mexican</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Anti-German_sentiment" title="Anti-German sentiment">anti-German</a> views. Mexicans had a considerable amount of <a href="/wiki/Anti-Americanism" title="Anti-Americanism">anti-American sentiment</a> in return, some of which was caused by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Veracruz" class="mw-redirect" title="United States occupation of Veracruz">American occupation of Veracruz</a>.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> General <a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">John J. Pershing</a> <a href="/wiki/Pancho_Villa_Expedition" title="Pancho Villa Expedition">had long been chasing</a> the revolutionary <a href="/wiki/Pancho_Villa" title="Pancho Villa">Pancho Villa</a> for raiding into American territory and carried out several cross-border expeditions. News of the telegram further inflamed tensions between the United States and Mexico. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Exploding_in_his_Hands.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Exploding_in_his_Hands.jpg/220px-Exploding_in_his_Hands.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="237" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 237px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Exploding_in_his_Hands.jpg/220px-Exploding_in_his_Hands.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="237" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Exploding_in_his_Hands.jpg/330px-Exploding_in_his_Hands.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Exploding_in_his_Hands.jpg/440px-Exploding_in_his_Hands.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>"Exploding in his Hands"</figcaption></figure> However, many Americans, particularly those with <a href="/wiki/German_Americans" title="German Americans">German</a> or <a href="/wiki/Irish_Americans" title="Irish Americans">Irish</a> ancestry, wished to avoid the conflict in Europe. Since the public had been told falsely that the telegram had been stolen in a decoded form in Mexico, the message was at first widely believed to be an elaborate forgery created by British intelligence. That belief, which was not restricted to pacifist and pro-German lobbies, was promoted by German and Mexican diplomats alongside some antiwar American newspapers, especially those of the <a href="/wiki/Hearst_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Hearst Corporation">Hearst</a> press empire. On February 1, 1917, Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare against all ships in the Atlantic bearing the American flag, both passenger and merchant ships. Two ships were sunk in February, and most American shipping companies held their ships in port. Besides the highly-provocative war proposal to Mexico, the telegram also mentioned "ruthless employment of our submarines". Public opinion demanded action. Wilson had refused to assign US Navy crews and guns to the merchant ships, but once the Zimmermann note was public, Wilson called for arming the merchant ships although antiwar members of the <a href="/wiki/US_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="US Senate">US Senate</a> blocked his proposal.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Wilson_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilson administration">Wilson administration</a> nevertheless remained with a dilemma. Evidence the United States had been provided confidentially by the British informed Wilson that the message was genuine, but he could not make the evidence public without compromising the British codebreaking operation. This problem was, however, resolved when any doubts as to the authenticity of the telegram were removed by Zimmermann himself. At a press conference on March 3, 1917, he told an American journalist, "I cannot deny it. It is true." Then, on March 29, 1917, Zimmermann gave a speech in the <a href="/wiki/Reichstag_(German_Empire)" title="Reichstag (German Empire)">Reichstag</a> in which he admitted that the telegram was genuine.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> Zimmermann hoped that Americans would understand that the idea was that Germany would not fund Mexico's war with the United States unless the Americans joined World War I. Nevertheless, in his speech Zimmermann questioned how the Washington government obtained the telegram.<a href="#cite_note-:0-35">[35]</a> According to Reuters news service, Zimmermann told the Reichstag, "the instructions...came into its hands in a way which was not unobjectionable."<a href="#cite_note-:0-35">[35]</a> On April 6, 1917, Congress voted to <a href="/wiki/United_States_declaration_of_war_on_Germany_(1917)" title="United States declaration of war on Germany (1917)">declare war on Germany</a>. Wilson had asked <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> for "a <a href="/wiki/The_war_to_end_war" title="The war to end war">war to end all wars</a>" that would "make the world safe for democracy".<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Wilson considered another military invasion of Veracruz and <a href="/wiki/Tampico" title="Tampico">Tampico</a> in 1917–1918,<a href="#cite_note-Ernest_Gruening-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-Halevy-38">[38]</a> to pacify the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Tehuantepec" title="Isthmus of Tehuantepec">Isthmus of Tehuantepec</a> and Tampico oil fields and to ensure their continued production during the civil war,<a href="#cite_note-Halevy-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-MeyerL-p45-39">[39]</a> but this time, Mexican President <a href="/wiki/Venustiano_Carranza" title="Venustiano Carranza">Venustiano Carranza</a>, recently installed, threatened to destroy the oil fields if the <a href="/wiki/US_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="US Marines">US Marines</a> landed there.<a href="#cite_note-Stephen_Haber-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-MeyerL-p44-41">[41]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><h2 id="Japanese_response">Japanese response</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Japanese response" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> The Japanese government, another nation mentioned in the Zimmerman telegram, was already <a href="/wiki/Japan_in_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan in World War I">involved in World War I</a>, on the side of the Allies against Germany. The government later released a statement that Japan was not interested in changing sides or attacking America.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><h2 id="Autograph_discovery">Autograph discovery</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Autograph discovery" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: the six "closed" files may now be "open". Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Last update: 2006 (18 years ago) (August 2024)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> In October 2005, it was reported that an original typescript of the decoded Zimmermann telegram had recently been discovered by an unnamed historian who was researching and preparing a history of the United Kingdom's <a href="/wiki/GCHQ" title="GCHQ">Government Communications Headquarters</a>. The document is believed to be the actual telegram shown to the American ambassador in London in 1917. Marked in Admiral Hall's handwriting at the top of the document are the words: "This is the one handed to Dr Page and exposed by the President." Since many of the secret documents in this incident had been destroyed, it had previously been assumed that the original typed "decrypt" was gone forever. However, after the discovery of this document, the GCHQ official historian said: "I believe that this is indeed the same document that Balfour handed to Page."<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> As of 2006, there were six "closed" files on the Zimmermann telegram which had not been declassified held by <a href="/wiki/The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom)" title="The National Archives (United Kingdom)">The National Archives</a> at Kew (formerly the <a href="/wiki/Public_Record_Office" title="Public Record Office">PRO</a>).<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-8 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London. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120915075640/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1500812/Telegram-that-brought-US-into-Great-War-is-found-found.html">Archived</a> from the original on September 15, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Telegram+that+brought+US+into+Great+War+is+Found+Found&rft.date=2005-10-17&rft.aulast=Fenton&rft.aufirst=Ben&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuknews%2F1500812%2FTelegram-that-brought-US-into-Great-War-is-found-found.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGannon2006" class="citation book cs1">Gannon, Paul (2006). Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret. London: Atlantic Books. pp. 495, 17, 18. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84354-330-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-84354-330-3"><bdi>1-84354-330-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Colossus%3A+Bletchley+Park%27s+Greatest+Secret&rft.place=London&rft.pages=495%2C+17%2C+18&rft.pub=Atlantic+Books&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-84354-330-3&rft.aulast=Gannon&rft.aufirst=Paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"> </li> </ol></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(10)"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sources" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-10 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-10"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Beesly" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Beesly" title="Patrick Beesly">Beesly, Patrick</a> (1982). 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New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-15-178634-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-15-178634-8"><bdi>0-15-178634-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Room+40%3A+British+Naval+Intelligence%2C+1914%E2%80%931918&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Harcourt%2C+Brace%2C+Jovanovich&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=0-15-178634-8&rft.aulast=Beesly&rft.aufirst=Patrick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Boghardt" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Boghardt" title="Thomas Boghardt">Boghardt, Thomas</a> (November 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060902235946/http://cges.georgetown.edu/docs/Docs_Working_Papers_Page/Working_Paper_Boghardt_6-04.pdf">The Zimmermann Telegram: Diplomacy, Intelligence and The American Entry into World War I</a> (PDF). 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cges.georgetown.edu/docs/docs_working_papers_page/working_paper_boghardt_6-04.pdf">the original</a> (PDF) on September 2, 2006.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Zimmermann+Telegram%3A+Diplomacy%2C+Intelligence+and+The+American+Entry+into+World+War+I&rft.place=Washington+DC&rft.series=Working+Paper+Series&rft.pub=The+BMW+Center+for+German+and+European+Studies%2C+Edmund+A.+Walsh+School+of+Foreign+Service%2C+Georgetown+University&rft.date=2003-11&rft.aulast=Boghardt&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcges.georgetown.edu%2Fdocs%2Fdocs_working_papers_page%2Fworking_paper_boghardt_6-04.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988">; 35pp</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBoghardt2012" class="citation book cs1">Boghardt, Thomas (2012). The Zimmermann Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and America's Entry into World War I. Naval Institute Press. p. 319. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1612511481" title="Special:BookSources/978-1612511481"><bdi>978-1612511481</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Zimmermann+Telegram%3A+Intelligence%2C+Diplomacy%2C+and+America%27s+Entry+into+World+War+I&rft.pages=319&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1612511481&rft.aulast=Boghardt&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Capozzola" class="citation book cs1">Capozzola, Christopher (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335491.001.0001/acprof-9780195335491">Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen</a>. Oxford: Oxford Scholarship Online. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781803990064" title="Special:BookSources/9781803990064"><bdi>9781803990064</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Uncle+Sam+Wants+You%3A+World+War+I+and+the+Making+of+the+Modern+American+Citizen&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Oxford+Scholarship+Online&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=9781803990064&rft.aulast=Capozzola&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfordscholarship.com%2Fview%2F10.1093%2Facprof%3Aoso%2F9780195335491.001.0001%2Facprof-9780195335491&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGannon2022" class="citation book cs1">Gannon, Paul (July 7, 2022). Before Bletchley Park: The Codebreakers of the First World War. London: Paul Gannon Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781803990064" title="Special:BookSources/9781803990064"><bdi>9781803990064</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Before+Bletchley+Park%3A+The+Codebreakers+of+the+First+World+War&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Paul+Gannon+Books&rft.date=2022-07-07&rft.isbn=9781803990064&rft.aulast=Gannon&rft.aufirst=Paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Hopkirk" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hopkirk" title="Peter Hopkirk">Hopkirk, Peter</a> (1994). On Secret Service East of Constantinople. Oxford: <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-280230-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-280230-5"><bdi>0-19-280230-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=On+Secret+Service+East+of+Constantinople&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-19-280230-5&rft.aulast=Hopkirk&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Massie" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Massie" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Massie">Massie, Robert K.</a> (2007). <a href="/wiki/Castles_of_Steel" title="Castles of Steel">Castles of Steel</a>. London: Vintage Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-09-952378-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-09-952378-9"><bdi>978-0-09-952378-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Castles+of+Steel&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Vintage+Books&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-09-952378-9&rft.aulast=Massie&rft.aufirst=Robert+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Pommerin" class="citation book cs1">Pommerin, Reiner (1996). "Reichstagsrede Zimmermanns (Auszug), 30. März 1917". 'Quellen zu den deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen. 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Independent Print Limited. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/historical-notes-184-kings-road-tighnabruaich-1117153.html">the original</a> on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=The+Zimmermann+Telegraph&rft.date=1999-09-08&rft.au=Singh%2C+Simon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpeople%2Fhistorical-notes-184-kings-road-tighnabruaich-1117153.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://simonsingh.net/media/articles/maths-and-science/the-zimmermann-telegram/">Alt URL</a></li></ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(11)"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-11 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-11"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Bernstorff" class="citation book cs1">Bernstorff, Count Johann Heinrich (1920). My Three Years in America. New York: Scribner. pp. 310–11.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=My+Three+Years+in+America&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=310-11&rft.pub=Scribner&rft.date=1920&rft.aulast=Bernstorff&rft.aufirst=Count+Johann+Heinrich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBridges1969" class="citation journal cs1">Bridges, Lamar W. (1969). "Zimmermann Telegram: Reaction of Southern, Southwestern Newspapers". Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 46 (1): 81–86. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F107769906904600112">10.1177/107769906904600112</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144936173">144936173</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journalism+%26+Mass+Communication+Quarterly&rft.atitle=Zimmermann+Telegram%3A+Reaction+of+Southern%2C+Southwestern+Newspapers&rft.volume=46&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=81-86&rft.date=1969&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1177%2F107769906904600112&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A144936173%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Bridges&rft.aufirst=Lamar+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDugdale1937" class="citation book cs1">Dugdale, Blanche (1937). Arthur James Balfour. New York: Putnam. Vol. II, pp. 127–129.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Arthur+James+Balfour&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=Vol.+II%2C+pp.-127-129&rft.pub=Putnam&rft.date=1937&rft.aulast=Dugdale&rft.aufirst=Blanche&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHendrick2003" class="citation book cs1">Hendrick, Burton J. (2003) [1925]. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page. <a href="/wiki/Kessinger_Publishing" title="Kessinger Publishing">Kessinger Publishing</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7661-7106-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7661-7106-X"><bdi>0-7661-7106-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Life+and+Letters+of+Walter+H.+Page&rft.pub=Kessinger+Publishing&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-7661-7106-X&rft.aulast=Hendrick&rft.aufirst=Burton+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKahn1996" class="citation book cs1">Kahn, David (1996) [1967]. The Codebreakers. New York: Macmillan.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Codebreakers&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Macmillan&rft.date=1996&rft.aulast=Kahn&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_W._Tuchman" title="Barbara W. Tuchman">Tuchman, Barbara W.</a> The Zimmermann Telegram (1958) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/zimmermanntelegr00barb_0">online</a> best-seller for the lay reader by the noted historian</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWinkler2008" class="citation book cs1">Winkler, Jonathan Reed (2008). Nexus: Strategic Communications and American Security in World War I. Cambridge, MA: <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University_Press" title="Harvard University Press">Harvard University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-02839-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-02839-5"><bdi>978-0-674-02839-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nexus%3A+Strategic+Communications+and+American+Security+in+World+War+I&rft.place=Cambridge%2C+MA&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-674-02839-5&rft.aulast=Winkler&rft.aufirst=Jonathan+Reed&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZimmermann+telegram" class="Z3988"></li></ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(12)"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Zimmermann_telegram&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit 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data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Телеграма на Цимерман – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Телеграма на Цимерман" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegrama_Zimmermann" title="Telegrama Zimmermann – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Telegrama Zimmermann" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann%C5%AFv_telegram" title="Zimmermannův telegram – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Zimmermannův telegram" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegrammet_fra_Zimmermann" title="Telegrammet fra Zimmermann – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Telegrammet fra Zimmermann" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann-Depesche" title="Zimmermann-Depesche – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Zimmermann-Depesche" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegrama_Zimmermann" title="Telegrama Zimmermann – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Telegrama Zimmermann" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegramo_de_Zimmermann" title="Telegramo de Zimmermann – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Telegramo de Zimmermann" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermannen_Telegrama" title="Zimmermannen Telegrama – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Zimmermannen Telegrama" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86" title="تلگراف زیمرمن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تلگراف زیمرمن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9gramme_Zimmermann" title="Télégramme Zimmermann – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Télégramme Zimmermann" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%98%EB%A8%B8%EB%A7%8C_%EC%A0%84%EB%B3%B4" title="치머만 전보 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="치머만 전보" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%91%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D6%80" title="Ցիմերմանի հեռագիր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ցիմերմանի հեռագիր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermannov_brzojav" title="Zimmermannov brzojav – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zimmermannov brzojav" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_Zimmermann" title="Telegram Zimmermann – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Telegram Zimmermann" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann-s%C3%ADmskeyti%C3%B0" title="Zimmermann-símskeytið – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Zimmermann-símskeytið" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegramma_Zimmermann" title="Telegramma Zimmermann – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Telegramma Zimmermann" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A7_%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%9F" title="מברק צימרמן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מברק צימרמן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90" title="ციმერმანის ტელეგრამა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ციმერმანის ტელეგრამა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimermano_telegrama" title="Cimermano telegrama – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Cimermano telegrama" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann-t%C3%A1virat" title="Zimmermann-távirat – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Zimmermann-távirat" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_Zimmermann" title="Telegram Zimmermann – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Telegram Zimmermann" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermanntelegram" title="Zimmermanntelegram – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Zimmermanntelegram" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%84%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E9%9B%BB%E5%A0%B1" title="ツィンメルマン電報 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ツィンメルマン電報" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann-telegrammet" title="Zimmermann-telegrammet – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Zimmermann-telegrammet" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_Zimmermanna" title="Telegram Zimmermanna – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Telegram Zimmermanna" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegrama_Zimmermann" title="Telegrama Zimmermann – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Telegrama Zimmermann" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegrama_Zimmermann" title="Telegrama Zimmermann – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Telegrama Zimmermann" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Телеграмма Циммермана – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Телеграмма Циммермана" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann_Telegram" title="Zimmermann Telegram – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Zimmermann Telegram" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Цимерманов телеграм – Serbian" 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Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Telegramang Zimmermann" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tagalog</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%8C" title="โทรเลขซิมแมร์มันน์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="โทรเลขซิมแมร์มันน์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann_Telgraf%C4%B1" title="Zimmermann Telgrafı – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Zimmermann Telgrafı" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li 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