German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann sent this encoded message to the President of Mexico on January 16, 1917, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause in World War I. In return for Mexican support, Germany would help Mexico regain New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona from the United States.

German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann sent this encoded message to the President of Mexico on January 16, 1917, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause in World War I. In return for Mexican support, Germany would help Mexico regain New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona from the United States.

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