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==The telegram==
==The telegram==
[[Image:NYT1Mar1917.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The revealing of the Zimmermann telegram in the ''New York TImes'', March 1, 1917]]
In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause:
In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause: