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| Keywords: u.s. national archives usnationalarchives today's document todaysdocument january january 19 january19 january 19, 1917 january191917 01/19/1917 01191917 telegram western union westernunion cryptography zimmerman telegram zimmermantelegram zimmerman note zimmermannote the great war thegreatwar great war greatwar world war one worldwarone world war i worldwari wwi first world war firstworldwar arthur zimmermann arthurzimmermann zimmermann johann von bernstorff johannvonbernstorff von bernstorff vonbernstorff bernstorff coded message codedmessage code text document writing Title:Zimmermann Telegram, 1917 From: Decimal File, 1910-1929, 862.20212/82A (1910-1929); General Records of the Department of State; Record Group 59; National Archives. Production Date:January 19, 1917 This telegram, written by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann and received by the German Ambassador to Mexico on January 19, 1917, is a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States. The obvious threats to the United States contained in the telegram inflamed American public opinion against Germany and helped convince Congress to declare war against Germany in 1917. Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=302025 Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted Title:Zimmermann Telegram, 1917 From: Decimal File, 1910-1929, 862.20212/82A (1910-1929); General Records of the Department of State; Record Group 59; National Archives. Production Date:January 19, 1917 This telegram, written by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann and received by the German Ambassador to Mexico on January 19, 1917, is a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States. The obvious threats to the United States contained in the telegram inflamed American public opinion against Germany and helped convince Congress to declare war against Germany in 1917. Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=302025 Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted | ||||
